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the least amount of fantasy points to the running back position, you know, the third fewest to the quarterback position. They were just a great defense. We all know that. So if you believe in Aaron Jones, you really shouldn't not believe in him if he struggles in week one. Yeah, that's very true. The big thing to watch for me is not, do I play Aaron Jones this week? You drafted Aaron Jones in the third round, maybe the fourth round. You're playing Aaron Jones. You're watching this to see if.

Jamal Williams is in the game more than you thought or hoped he would. Yeah, and this is a game where the Packers could get down, in which case you're watching to see if Aaron Jones is the pass catching back and utilized in that way to a greater degree because, you know, the last several years, Aaron Rogers hasn't targeted the running back as much. I mean, he loves to look downfield. But the camp reports are the amount of...

screens and set up for Aaron Jones in the passing game. So that's one of the things you're going to be watching for. He's going to be started. He's by running back 18 this week. So I don't have this as a great week for him, but still an RB2 range. If he is involved in the passing game, as we expect, he should be fine, even if the game turns a little bit south. The second matchup for Aaron Rogers and the Bears last year, Rogers had...

274 yards, 42 pass attempts, zero touchdowns in the Bears victory in week 15. You know, I think a lot of fantasy owners are curious about go beyond the guys that, you know, you spent a high draft pick on Devante Adams, you play him. You spend a high draft pick on Aaron Jones, you're going to play him. Yep. But some of these later round picks, seeing, you know, whether it's Geronimo Allison or Marquez Veldez Scantling, can you really roll either of those guys out there in week one with any sort of.

optimism. No. Not with confidence. I mean, perhaps you're in a three wide flex league and you have to play them because they were both Geronimo and MVS. They kind of went around the same range. You know, that eight, nine area. So you might be forced into playing them. Hopefully you don't have to. This was this was a hard part of drafting. I mean, spending that early pick on Aaron Rogers, knowing that week one, he's got to go up against the Chicago Bears. And the same.

for Geronimo and Marquez. I would prefer to sit and see how that shakes out. It will be interesting because Geronimo and Marquez are, you know, allegedly they're changing positions where last year in his short action, Geronimo was an outside receiver. Marquez in his rookie year, he was in the slot and they have swapped. Geronimo is now in the slot. I want to see that utilization. Yeah.

You know, it's probably going to take more than a week to figure this out with those two players. On the bear side, David Montgomery, Tariq Cohen, the veteran Mike Davis. Oh, we mentioned it yesterday, but cannot wait. Now, I'm really excited to see David Montgomery tomorrow night. The Packers allowed the 10th most rushing yards in 2018. It's a great opportunity at home for David Montgomery to get off to a quick start.

If he's running, I know you guys joked yesterday, it's certainly a possibility because this happens all the time that Mike Davis runs out there for the first snap because football. But what if it's not? What if it's David Montgomery snap won? I mean, they sat him down after just like a little teeny bit of preseason work. They, you know, pretty much awarded him this opportunity in the offense. You know, what if Montgomery runs out there and takes the majority of that?

drive one snap. Are people going to lose their minds? This game right here is a perfect example of, okay, let's say that you went running back heavy early and you've got Aaron Jones and David Montgomery on your roster and you can play one of them. I would play David Montgomery over Aaron Jones. You're at home, your favorite. That's good for the lead running back.

I know he's a rookie and we haven't seen it and we don't know what the timeshare is, but the capital spent on him, the way they utilized him and then sat him in the preseason. The way they've talked about and the way they have talked about, we overused Tariq Cohen last year. Yeah, I mean, it's full steam ahead for David Mopp, Pertunity. David Montgomery, RB 17 on the week, Tariq Cohen, RB 29 on the week.

That's where we have them as of right now. You can get all of the rankings at the Fantasy Footballers.com. If you support the show at Jointhefoot.com, you also get flex rankings. You get more than two players start sit comparisons. You get premium projections. Yeah, you get the projections on the week. But very excited to see what Montgomery has in store for the Packers in Week 1 at home. Mitch Trubisky. I don't hate it.

Right? I don't hate it. At home against another team that could score on the Packers or on the Bears defense. Yeah, I don't hate it, but hopefully you'd have a better option because it's week one. We're not streaming yet. No. And so in that case, you probably aren't playing Mr. Trisky. No. Just saying if you got him, I don't hate it. I want to see the way this offense looks to start the year. Mitch Trubisky's second.

season with Matt Nagy, Alan Robinson's second season in the system, another year removed from the injury, and maybe he can be more consistent, maybe he can be more regularly targeted and healthy on the field. He had a monster playoff game. He was 10 for 143 and 1 against Philadelphia. Saw seven or more targets in seven of his last eight games. You saw that Alan Robinson as the season progressed. He did become more involved. He was coming off the ACL, which it's very difficult for

us as fantasy players to remember all of the context of which these players started the year. But that's what he was. And for Mitch Trubisky, does he go back to running? Because he averaged almost five rushing attempts per game, which is, that's nice. Those are some nice numbers for your quarterback. But once he hurt his shoulder about two thirds or so through the season, that's when he stopped running around. That's when his fantasy production went right back into the toilet. So that's...

If I'm watching anything from Mitch, that's what I'm looking for. 100% because the splits between the first half of the second half of the year were massively different with his rushing attempts. I believe that was because of the shoulder injury, which leads me to then conclude that because he's healthy right now, he's able to run, he's able to get out of the pocket. That's a big part of his tool set. I expect him to be...

a mobile rushing quarterback this season. So obviously Vegas has the Bears as three point favorites. As we conclude this matchup breakdown, I would love to get a game one pick from you guys. As in who wins the game? Who wins the game? Who do you think wins the first game of the NFL season? Chicago. Now, Jason, I know you'll be tempted to take both teams. Sorry, Al. To guarantee that you'll be right in this situation. But I'm going to encourage you to pick one. The Green Bay Bears.

No, I am going to take, I'm going to take the Bears. You take the Bears at home? In a sadly lower scoring game, I'm going to take them 2417. Okay, Mike, make your pick here. The Bears. You got the Bears as well? Well, I'll be the contrarian then. I think the Packers squeak it out. I think they squeak it out in week one. I think, you know, Mitch Trubisky is put into a position where he's got a.

a final drive to come back and tie the game up and shucks, he doesn't do it. Now, hey, to be fair, to miss, the last time we saw him trying to catch up, like he had to lead the team down, he did. He did it in a great way. There was just somebody else who let the team down. Was it a kicker, Mike? It was. Was it not so boom boom as bad, bad maybe? It was rough. But, uh, all right, I'm excited. As a reminder,

I said it earlier, fantasy forecasts. The first half of the games will review tomorrow are starts of the week for week one. You guys should probably get those in, by the way. Oh, no, you dirty dog! You dirty dog! Mid-season form already! Mike is already in mid-season form. He snuck into tomorrow's show, Doc. He put his starts of the week.

I did it yesterday. Oh, my goodness. You're very, very sneaky. Then he breaks it out on the show. Don't forget to go to footclan giveaway.com. You can win a signed Alvin Camara jersey. That is courtesy of pristine auction. The show sponsor, the studio sponsor, a signed Sequin jersey, $88 yesterday on the show. And that is it for today's episode of the fantasy footballers. Thank you for subscribing, tuning in, listening. Jason, I think the Green Bay Bears have a great shot tomorrow night.

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