Week 1 Matchups + Mark Andrews Panic Alarm? - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/6

He's still good, but he might not play in this game, is the point I was going to bring up. He's very questionable to play. This game has a 49 point over under. D.K. has the Dolphins minus three. You know, the history over the last two years of Miami has come out and kind of blowing people away offensively. That is one of the reasons why Tua was Jason's start of the week yesterday. A. Chan and Mostert should both be in your lineup. Tyree Kiel, Jalen Waddle, who is off the injury report, Mike, so you do get a break there. So it's pretty easy on the dolphin side of the football. I think the biggest storyline is just how many backs, you know, how many running backs and how are they used? You know, is it a two-man rotation? Is Jalen Wright getting involved?

Is A. Chan playing the slot? Yeah, and what's the goal line looking like? Is it a tradeoff? Is it one man? Yeah, the running backs are what you're going to be watching. And I think what you're going to see is quite a bit of what you saw at the end of last season, which is both backs on the field at the same time. They run that more than most teams, and that's because of their personnel. And you're going to see Devon A. Chan in the slot a lot, and I can't wait. Yeah, like D.K. has his line set right now at 21.5 receiving yards.

Is that for A-chan? Yeah, that is for A-Chance. So they're, look, that 21 receiving hours, like, that's expecting a healthy dose. Yeah, for a running back. On the other side of the football, Travis C-TN, he's going to get it all. I'm just going to get it all. I think they're going to give Bigsby a chance in this game. They're going to say, like, okay, we want you to use you, Bigsby, and then it's up to Bigsby. But, I mean, I'm sure. He could really quickly tell him. Just give them and just give it. I just believe that there's a possibility that if we had never mentioned Tank Biggsby's game name during the entire off season up to this moment, it would have been more beneficial for fantasy players than if we had. Okay. But that's just because I believe Travis E.T.N. is that good of a player and that important of a player. And they're going to be needing him tremendously in this game to keep up. Kirk, we talked about the fact that Christian Kirk right now.

Three wide, they're going to do that a lot, but Evan Ingram was a dominator in the middle of the field. I do believe that that was something that was further established. This was not just incidental, accidental. Ingram to me is a court, and this is opinion, right? This is not statement of fact. In my opinion, what Evan Ingram did last year and did so far this preseason further confirms that his role in the middle of the field is very, very secure. It's one of the reasons why I believe Gabe Davis and Brian Thomas Jr. are the outside starting wide receivers.

And I think that's going to limit Christian Kirk from an upside standpoint. I think there's more vulnerability and worry in my mind about Kirk than there has been in previous years. Yeah, the wide receivers, that's the big story, is between the three of them, how are they actually utilized? Last year, week one, it was a full panic alarm on Christian Kirk of he was only on in three wide receivers. He was not utilized very much. And then Christian Kirk went on to have before the injury. We don't have a really good season. So it is something to watch. And like this is just top of the head of, you know how like Miami has this, at this time of year, it's hot, it's nasty, it's muggy down in Miami. And they're playing another Florida team. I wonder if they're actually going to have that much of an advantage or not, weather-wise. Yeah, I mean, that's a good point. They won't have an advantage weather-wise, but I do think that.

This is a game I want a part of. These two defenses are mid, and these two offices can be really, really good. So, like, I think people are going to be questioning, can I start Trevor Lawrence over maybe some of these guys I drafted? There are. I would. You know, really? Yeah. I, like, Joe Burrow against the Patriots with hobbled wide receiver. You know, it's like, I think I would rather take a shot of Lawrence in this game. Would you play Brian Thomas in his debut or Jameson Williams? Sunday night football against the Rams. We haven't seen Brian Thomas do it yet, so I would take him because we have seen Jameson not do it. Okay, we've got our, we've got our opinions. I would play Brian Thomas this week. The Carolina Panthers travel to New Orleans to take on the Saints. The draft king sports book line Saints minus four. The overrunner is 41 and a half in this game. That is very low. Come on, Panthers. Come on Panthers. Do it for me.

Do it for me. Do it for America. This is part of your five-step plan to remove Dennis Allen from the planet. The five steps are the first five games. This is step one. Shock the world, Carolina. So look, they're going to have an opportunity. Right now, the D.K. Sportsbook line has the Saints minus four, the overrunners, 41 and a half. Dave Canal is very likable. Dennis Allen, very unlikable. Carolina, I am so excited to see. this game. The Saints defense was not what it had been last year in terms of fantasy points given up across the board. Especially against running backs. They had been walked down forever and then they were beatable there. Yeah. I think that Chuba is a very good spot start, which you got, if you got Chuba, you got really, really late. Miles Sanders, which we have listed as Miles Moneybags, Sanders. I enjoy that. Is that him getting paid and doing nothing? Yeah. He's hurt.

Yes, he has a fingee, right? Yeah, yeah, some sort of hand slash finge. There's nothing more demeaning of an injury for you to say to someone. Miles Moneybag has a fingy problem. Yeah, so finger hurts. Look, I think that Chuba is going to be very active in this game. He averaged over 21 opportunities over the final seven weeks. And he was good. He was good on them. And he produced. And for a team that couldn't throw the football, you think about how defenses were playing that offense. Bryce Young, we'll see what he's like with... Yeah, I'm excited for Deontay. Yeah, I really am. I'm excited for the new refresh of this team to see if we can get something out of it. The player that I'm watching for, the storyline that I want to see on the Carolina side is Xavier Legate. I want to see, I don't expect him to get a ton of snaps, but I want to see how they use him and how he...

is against NFL defenders because I'm really excited about his physical talents. Six, three, almost 2.30? Yeah. Is he really still that big? Is he still that big? I don't think he's drinking. Well, I just like, you know, weights fluctuate. So tell me about it. That was a legitimate question. Well, the amount of food, the food we ate last night, I want the Foot Clan to know. You thought it was like, I saw somebody say like, oh man, it's cool. They're doing a show right before they're. Their league of record draft, that would have been prepping. Nothing compares to us being here today after the food we ate yesterday. It's a miracle we're all here. Yeah, I think we've generally been eating healthier. And then, you know, on draft eight calories don't count. Right. Can you erase six months of work in one day? Because I try it. Yeah, we, yeah, you did. Yes, you did. Look, it was unhealthy food, but you put it down, brother. Eight.

Raising Cades fingers. Like, we're getting those dinner, though, because that was after the, what, the four slices of pizza? We're disclosing all this? Oh, well, it's, look, I mean, we're people here for the world, but it's a lot, man. Yeah, I had conversations with all eight, all night long. So we got Carolina's storyline there. We're going to be optimistic. See, you said we have no optimism. We'll be optimistic. Not that optimistic with D.K. having Bryce Young at 200 passing yards. But. Price Young's at 200. 205. But we don't. We set our lines based on what we've known in the past, not what we know for the future. So we can have some hope. On the other side, Derek Carr gets to lead this offense. Alvin Camara, I'm very curious to see what his involvement. If it's going to look the exact same as last year, I think most of us think it will. Olave and Shaheed will be on the outside in this offense. Shaheed is somebody that is still interesting to me.

late in drafts, I was taking shots at wide receiver 2s, just seeing, you know, some of these guys that have not been prolificate fantasy players that have an opportunity to be the starter. Michael Thomas has gone. Shaheed will be out there a lot. This is Shaheed's third season. He has kept pace with Olave in terms of touchdown pacing. So when you look at opportunities late in your draft, he's had a connection with Carr, I'm keeping my eyes on it. I'm not saying start him. He's just one of those players where if you came out in week two and he was like,

a waiver wire pickup because he scored twice, it would not shock. Yeah, he's a guy you might want on your bench heading into the week. The question mark for me on the Saints side is Taysam Hill, how involved he has a running back. And I expect him to be. Talking about my new tight end in League of Record guys. Did you just pick him up? Yeah, because of Mark Andrews. No, I think he's good. And if you're questioning whether to start him. He may have moved up the queue just in case. If you, uh, If you've got him or Bowers or Goddard or Schultz, I would start Tayson Hill over all those guys. All right. We're all hoping Alave pays off on the draft price. So he'll be somebody to watch too. Do they get off to a good start? Now, Carolina's defense last year was very good. And so I'm optimistic that they can get things going this year. Minnesota at New York, the Giants, Draft King Sportsbook Line, Minnesota on the road are one and a half point favorites.

The overrunner's 41. What? Wow. Yeah. 41 and a half is the ever under. Can you double check that? I'll check it. I have some closet optimism for the Vikings being a little bit more surprising. You need to be. You don't say that out loud. People are listening. He's been saying it for a little while. I'm looking at it right now. The Vikings are one and a half point favorites on the road against the Giants with Sam. Darnold. Yes, because Sam Darnold, this offense had some success last year with a miscellany of quarterbacks because the system in place, the coaching staff, Kevin O'Connell and the offense, they do it the right way. And you talk about being, like it's a little bit like Shanahan, okay? Shanahan had a lot of success with Nick Mullins, with various backups because the system in place was very, very.

conducive to game management. And I think Sam Darnold, when you have Jefferson and Addison, when you have Aaron Jones out of the backfield, I do think that there's a chance that this is a better than you think offense with Darnold. I'm just, I don't want to be the guy that said it. I don't want to be the believer in Sam Darnold because I'm really not. But I do think that Darnold has been given every chance to fail as an NFL quarterback. And he's ceased those opportunities. He has ceased those opportunities. So. From a starting perspective, is there anybody on the bubble on the Minnesota side that you are, you're dancing with whether or not you would consider it. I think Jordan Edison is on the bubble of, I don't mind you saying that the Minnesota offense could have some success here. But with him having the ankle injury, remember, it's, it was, we're not that far removed from that dark, dark day for Minnesota Vikings fans when J.J. McCarthy was ruled out for the season and.

Then Addison went down and was carted off because of a high ankle spread. I think it was the same day. Or it was at least rapid when those two pieces came out. So because of that and just what he, his role in this offense, I would have some pause putting him out there. There could be a better option. What about the other side of the football? The other side of the football, I think Devin Singletary is an okay play every week. It's volume. It's just volume. We expect him to be, you know, he's a flex option. He's not an RB2. I think he's an RB3 that will have enough utilization where you hope he's involved in the passing game. I think that's where he'll have enough value. Malik Neighbors is, I think, I'm just excited to see him. I want to start him. The Vikings, their defense was much better last year with Flores, but they were beat at wide receiver.

I don't know if Stefan Gilmore still got, you know, the lockdown shadow ability against a young Malik neighbors. Would you play Singletary or Chuba? I would play Chuba. Yeah, good for you. I play Chuba. How'd that feel? Bad. Yeah. Zemir White or Singletary? Zemir White. I think. I think Zemir gets off to an okay start to the season. And Andy, how's your confidence on Malik with his DK lines sitting at five and a half receptions? Very confident. Okay. Very confident. Was pleased that Jason made him a start of the week yesterday. Very good. He was one of the players that we had somebody in our league be extremely aggressive, like gave up pickings and picks to go get Malik neighbors earlier than I think people thought he might go off the border about where he was supposed to go.

So a very competitive market for Malik neighbors because the upside is so outrageous. And it will be worth it if he can perform like we expect. So Denver at Seattle. Okay. Well, drafting sportsbook line here, Seattle minus six. The overrunners 41 and a half. That gives Denver just the 17 point implied point total. Bo Nix is making his debut. I like targeting rookie quarterbacks for. defensive starts. Generally, it's delightful. And from what I remember, Seattle's not the most fun place to go and play in. So I think it could be a little bumpy from the Detroit or from the Denver side. The nice thing is that the way Bow Nix plays football, you'd hope he and the way Sean Payton coaches him, he'd hope they'd be conservative, but that doesn't mean good things for fantasy. No, it doesn't mean good things for fantasy. And I think it means.

not good things necessarily for the Seahawks defense either. I do like that the Seahawks are home if you want to use them as a streaming candidate, but their defense is not very good. And if Bo Nix, who is very experienced, runs the Sean Payton system well, I think this will be a little bit of a boring game. That's my expectation. Cortland Sutton dropped really far in drafts, Julian McLaughlin as well. The storyline on that side to me is, you know, outside of Sutton, who is most involved in the passing game? And then what does the running back rotation look like with Giovante? And how does Giovante look himself? This is the perfect matchup for Javante. I think it's a very good start of the week for you, Mike. If Javante is going to have success this season, we'll find out right off the bat. He's going to be utilized in the receiving game. You have a bad Seahawks rush defense.

And, you know, there's just no one else of note after Cortland Sutton. So I think, you know, this is this is someone who was number one in targets per route run last year. And Sean Peyton throws to the running backs. Yeah, with all those receptions for Giovante and the D.K. rushing line sitting at 15.5 yards rushing. Like, I do. I believe that Javante is going to come out and be a strong start. Now the. The tough part of that is just going to be the game script and the passing work and Seattle's heavily favored. On that side of the ball, Kenneth Walker, the Bone Zone. Yeah, baby. Ken Bone. Did you try to put Bone Zone in the dock, Kyle? Yeah, yeah, totally. But you put Bone Town. Oh, that's a, no. It's not Bone Town, Kyle. No. Boston. No. Boston. Boston. No.

Kyle, are you... I don't know if I want to know if I had a water bottle, I'd be spritzing you in the face. I don't know. Like a cat. Was that a mistake? Because if it wasn't a mistake, it's worse. He went rogue. He's trying to change the nickname. No. You thought I would Ron Burgundy that one? I was hoping so. That I'd just go Kenneth Bown Town Walker? No. It's the bone zone. It's way better. Um, play him. His DK line is 67 and a half rushing yards, which is awesome. This is a huge storyline, honestly. The Seattle offense is going to be extremely fascinating to watch going from the Pete Carroll regime, Waldron, where they don't throw the ball to the running back. They throw the ball to Jackson Smith and Jigba at the line of scrimmage whenever he got a target. What does this transformation look like? This is on the...

the upper end of the games that I'm very excited to watch. Yeah, because there's a lot to learn. And it's JSN. What is his involvement? And it's Greg Dulcich to me. Sure. It is a sneaky, surprising, you know, he could be a big waiver wire pickup. Oh, yeah. At the end of this week. Las Vegas, Los Angeles, the Chargers are at home. Drafking Sportsbook line. Chargers minus three. The overender is 40. Okay. I am. I'm in on Zemir White, just for the record. Okay. In on him. Tell me what that means. I'm in on him this week. And I'm in on him as a running back two candidate every week. Okay. So you think for the season. Yeah, I do. Okay. I do. I think Zemir White has got the, he's got a lockdown on a situation that we deem unsexy. 100% he has a lockdown on that. Now, historically speaking, when a guy is locked down into a role as a running back.

this late in a career. They find ways to fail through the course of the season. But to start the season, he is the guy. He is the starter. This isn't a 50-50 timeshare. You know, the coaches come out and made that clear that Alexander Madison is there to spell him. And so, yeah, I'm confident starting Zemir White. White or Pollard? White. I would go white. White or DeAndre Swift against Tennessee? DeAndre Swift. Okay. The, what's the line on? The thing for Samir, which, where I'm in full agreement of he has the starting roll locked down. He is, when they're running the ball, it will be Zemir White. But the DK line on his receptions over, under is at one and a half. Like that speaks very loudly of that's the concern. If we're seriously like, is you only going to catch a pass? Then.

He has to score. He has to get a touchdown or it's going to be really mediocre stat lines. So that's the concern. Is just will they actually utilize them in the passing game? And it is a historically he hasn't. He hasn't yet. That doesn't mean he can't get more involved in that. But that's, for me, that's everything on Zemir. Also some questions on that side of the ball. Brock Bowers is expected to play. Do you have any interest in starting him over somebody like the Muth, knowing that Russell Wilson might not be there over Goddard tonight against Green Bay? If you're going that low? Yeah, that low, I'd be willing to roll the dice. I think it's okay, but I still don't think he makes it into my top 12. You know, like him or Tayson, it's not close to me. 36 and a half receiving yards is his over under on DK. That is, I mean, if he gets 40 yards, you're not happy. Yeah, but what if he has eight touchdowns?

then I will apologize profusely for telling you not to start. It would be good, though, right? That would be pretty good, pretty good. Devante Adams, put him in your lineup, see what happens. Gardner Minshu will start. Jacoby Myers has been very good. He's had a good offseason. For you, hit that nasty button. Oh, you got it. Trey Tucker. Watch him in this game. Watch Trey Tucker in this game. Hard dog time. Yeah, Jason, take it away. Hard dog time. Hard dog and G. Row. We finally get to see the off-season narrative play out of what is this Chargers system. Even though they've got Herbert, they don't have great receiving options. They brought in all the Baltimore Ravens they could, including both running backs, J.K. Dobbins and the Gus Bus. So how much are they going to run the ball? My big concern, and what I'm watching for probably because I have a lot of Ladd McConkey.

I'm watching for this more than anything this entire week is how jumbo are they going to get? How much are they bringing in that 6-4, 700-pound fullback? How many times are they both having Disley and Hearst on the field? Because when they're in that package, if that's 50% of their snaps is like bringing in these extra guys, McConkey's not going to be on the field. I do think McConkey will be their best target earner while on the field. So that's what I'm watching for more than anything. It's just how hardcore high tea are they going to transition? I am on the Josh Palmer side of things by a pretty wide margin this week. I do. I'm pretty excited for Palmer this week. But we get to see it. We get to see what the new distribution of targets looks like and whether, you know, we don't have, you know, Quentin Johnston, how does he get in there?

versus, you know, DJ Chark is hurt. He sneaks in. Yeah, DJ Chark being hurt is how he gets in. Oh, I was saying like, no, he literally like, he goes, what's over there? Oh, and then he gets, he gets Harbaugh to turn around and then he runs on the field. Or hear me out, just swap jerseys with Chark. He's, it'd be like, Char, it's a miracle. It's me, DJ Chark. All right, let's take a quick break. Why does DJ look so bad, guys? Oh, DJ dropped another one. All right, we'll take a break. Be right back. Okay, well, let's just do this. Breaking news. All right, let's just keep you apprised. Adam Schaefter. Yeah, yeah, get him, Jamar. Just tweeted. Jamar Chase to the media today believes today is the deadline in his mind to get a deal done. Believes the two sides are in reach of a deal. Okay, okay. We'll likely be limited on Sunday if he plays, calls himself a game time decision. Now, is that regardless of a deal? That sounds regardless of a deal.

I would be willing to play this season without a new contract. Well, that's a pretty big deal. So in other words, he's setting a deadline. So that if the deal's not done, he's going to play this season. I believe that is what Jefferson did. I believe Jefferson said, we're going to draw a line. If it doesn't happen by this date, I'm moving forward and playing. So, Jamar, just throwing this out there. Sounds like you're not getting a new deal. I mean, right? Like, why would? Well, look, the price goes up. Sure. Yeah. I mean, that's what happened. And if he's, but it does seem like he will, if I'm reading this right now, it seems like what we're going to have is game time decision on, on Jamar Chase regardless of this contract. And Mike is already breathing that in. And limited if he is active. Correct. So he is not going to be a full Jamar Chase week one. And Andy is happy because it turns out that Andy's opponent in league of record. That is the best situation ever if you're facing Jamar Chase because.

What do you do? I'm asking because I don't know right now. I would start him. So a limited Jamar Chase. I think you do start him to me when you're saying like Jamar is limited. It means that maybe outside of the 20s you'll give him some plays off. You let the other guys go. But when you get into the red zone, you put Jamar Chase. It also means when Jamar Chase goes in when the package is like, okay, Jamar, you're in. Right. chance that they better play that chief's triple bracket defense and he could be limited in a game higgins is not in oh my gosh so look uh you want a quick pickup you want to use the ultimate dashboard on a spot start that's going to get adjusted for me andre yoshivas because if both of these guys if higgins is out and chase is out are limited because out time decision means that like he could be out yeah uh dot dot dot dot like who are you throwing the football to

Kyle. Yoshibos is a great. Kyle just dropped in Yoshivash on if you're playing some DFS on DK. Of course. Stone cold minimum. Yeah. Yeah. He's going to be. Oh, Kyle is smirking back there. How many lineups you got him in already? We talked about him on this episode that came out today. Okay. He's on the radar. Check out the DFS podcast. It's back. It's back because we're back. And the pain is back. Dallas at Cleveland. Now this game has a low over under. D.K. has it at 41. Browns minus two and a half. I think that that makes me proud. That makes me happy. Of the Browns. Yeah, because the Cowboys are a good football team. They did not go on the road. They're not favored against Cleveland. Cleveland is a good football team. Cleveland put it together last year. I'm excited for this game, actually. We have Deshaun Watson, who will take the field wink, wink, wink healthy. Man. I mean, he is everything to watch on that side of the ball. It's, it's.

Is he good? Does he look good? And I'm talking more for the Browns and more for the weapons, not for him because he can look bad and be okay for fantasy. Morally good? No, Superman is good. Deshaun Watson is well. Well, he's probably not. Here's the thing. He can be okay for fantasy while he's not good at playing quarterback. But I don't think that the team is going to be good if he is not good. at quarterback. And my expectation is that he's never going to be the same to Sean Watson. He was. Did you, there's one thing. Did you hear the rumor mill? I don't recall the source. So this is, look, I'm just. I heard something at the rumor mill. The mill doesn't talk itself. This is just got him. This is just blow torch type of stuff. But it was when he was in Houston, they were willing to play the Clemson playbook.