Starts of the Week + Week 1 Breakdown, Injury Panic - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/10

probable but not guaranteed. Wait to hear these numbers, though. Tennessee minus one and a half at home. That's fine. Over under 38 and a half. Lowest of week one. You're talking about the 29th and 30th ranked offenses last year in points per game and yards per game. They were not good. Cam Ward, you know, I still hope that he's not a liar when he said in the preseason, look, we've got a lot of, we've got a lot of stuff we're not doing yet.

and we'll do it when the game time happens. That's all fine and well, but the stuff you were doing, you were not doing very well. So I hope the stuff that you haven't done, you're really good. I mean, that's a fair point. Robert Sala echoed that, you know, after some of the preseason struggles, he said, you know, when it came to. I would too. No, I know, but I believe it. I believe that they were not focused on necessarily like, I think there's going to be a lot of,

worry about starting Carnal Tate. You haven't seen it yet. Looked bad in preseason. Do I start or as a rookie, do I just like hold off? And I would absolutely be starting them. How high of a level of a start? Are you saying like a wide receiver? Yeah. No, I would say a wide receiver two. Is that a wise receiver? Is that I heard? I see I see him as a top 24 play. Okay. I mean, it's, you know, the Jets defense is is not going to be very good. I do think that they're going to force him the ball.

And design plays for him. Brian Daibald did this with Malik Neighbors in his rookie season. I think there will be some design plays for him. I am very curious to see the Wondale involvement. I brought up Alec Pierce as being one of the only receivers drafted that late where he had 1,000 yards the year before. Wondale was the only other one. Like they paid him a ton of money. He's a very good player. And he played for Brian Davel. When Brian Daibel goes and gets you, it means something to me.

So I am curious about the utilization there. On the other side, we just want consolidation, Breece Hall, Garrett Wilson. I'm not watching for much else. Honestly, if I had to pick a sleeper surprise performance of this entire game, to me, it's Adonai Mitchell. Yeah, people talked about him during the off season. Maybe this is the year. Yeah, I mean, I liked what I saw in the, I mean, it was hard to watch the Jets last year, but in his limited time once he arrived.

I thought it was pretty good. Baltimore, the Ravens at Indianapolis, Vegas line here, Baltimore minus three and a half, over under 47 and a half. You feeling good about this one? Much better than the last game. I am very curious about this. Both of these teams are teams that I'm very like, I'm not sure how it's going to go. I know that Baltimore is expected to win, you know, double digit games and they should be great. Their defense should be great. They've got Lamar. They've got Derek Henry. But.

they've gotten much, much worse on the offensive line. They lost their star fullback. I could see their offense potentially struggling. And with the change in the long-term leadership that this organization was very used to, you know, a harball run in the show. And now it's a completely new system in here with new coaches. I'm just curious. I want to see what we see for Baltimore. And then when it comes to the Colts, it's like,

That was the tale of two halves last year with and without Daniel Jones. They were, Daniel Jones was an MVP candidate. They were the number one seed in the NFL after eight weeks and everything looked good. He got injured and then they were a putrid team. And so it's like, well, are they going to be as good as they were to start last year this year now that Daniel Jones is back? This is a great test for both teams. I am absolutely fascinated to watch it. Yeah. So you're going to start your studs in this one.

The health of Alec Pierce is something we're watching, the distribution of the downs, Keenan Allen. You know, what does Daniel Jones look like? Jacoby Lane, a rookie we're watching, mostly to see what's the snaps like? Yeah, snaps is everything for Jacoby Lane. Which I'm not expecting a lot. I'm not either. I'm not either. Even though he had one of the loudest drum beats of the entire offseason, we know the...

traditional path for rookies drafted in the range that he was, that it takes time, would expect it will be Flowers and Rashad Bateman as the primary guys, but maybe we're pleasantly surprised. Yeah, when day two or day three picks get a bunch of buzz, you get really excited. And Lane was three, right? Was he a fourth? I remember that right?

No, he was the third round. You get really really big, baby. Yeah. But even them, they don't usually play enough snaps week one to be relevant. So that's what to watch for. And of course, you know I'm watching the Josh Down snaps. Yeah, and it's always. Are you on the outside? It's important to know that these rookies, while they don't get a lot of opportunities in week one, that doesn't set the table for them to never work themselves into an offense. Things evolve with effectiveness. Rashad Bateman has the legal plus.

talent troubles and we'll see what happens for the offense as it goes and that you know the debut of jesse minner deklin doyle offense is it's a big deal yeah i'm it's i think the ravens are extremely exciting for week one to because each like it should absolutely work out your concerns jay are i think are very valid but you're like you have superstars on this team yeah so it should work and

The whispers, they're very quiet, but the whispers of Derek Henry catching more passes this year, we'll see. Atlanta at Pittsburgh, they can't all be winners. Vegas line here, Pittsburgh minus three and a half, over under just 42 and a half. Is there a worst quarterback matchup on a single week? What's worse to watch, Rogers v. Tua or Camward v. Gino?

Cam Ward Vigino, I think. So we're getting a couple of the super combos this week. The Falcons have not had a winning season since 2017. The Pittsburgh Steelers were the slowest, most plotting offense last year, 28th in plays per game, which it's one thing to just be, like, disappointed in the offensive output of your wide receivers in Pittsburgh, when Kenny Gainwell leads the team in receiving instead of D.K. McAfther Alpha.

But it's another thing to do it in such a way that makes me so bored and so sad. They were the worst to watch last year. Like if we just watch a back and forth affair where Tua is throwing four-yard passes to Kyle Pitts and Aaron Rogers is throwing four-yard passes to Darnel, Washington. Yeah. I mean, that might be the game. Who has the lower A-DOT this week? Between those two guys. Gosh, I think Tua. Yeah. Man, it, he is done soon.

He is done soon. Two of E. Rogers. We're hoping that Mike McCarthy brings some new life to the Steelers. Well, and the same with Kevin Stefansky and Atlanta. Sure. And Tommy Reese. But right now, play B. Jean Robinson and Drake London. Play Kyle Pitts for sure. Mike's start of the week. And then on the offensive side for Pittsburgh, I think you would probably concede Jalen Warren's going to be in lineups.

Warren and Dowdo will both be played. Metcalf was not in – he was not drafted in a place that means you have to start this guy. No, but I would. You know, this is a perfect matchup. Obviously, last year, the Falcons were the 30th against wide receivers giving up over 31 points a game with McCarthy in tow. I would say that this is a –

You know, D.K. Metcalf is going to be in one of those situations where until one of the two things are proven, like he is really good or he's irrelevant on this offense, you're going to be playing matchups. And this is a matchup you want to play. So week one at home, I would be starting D.K. Metcalfe. The Chicago Bears travel to Carolina to take on the Panthers. Chicago three-point road favorites. The overrunners 46.5. Okay.

implied point total puts the bears at 24 and a half Carolina at 21 and a half what is the man is that you're surprised they're not favored by more or favored at all or what is it no it's I think favored by three is strong that's kind of that's how I felt too I mean if you want to say the bears are favorite like okay a point a point and a half that a full field goal is pretty surprising to me well we'll see it is uh

Boy, I'm getting reminded of the Bryce Young when he was traded for what equated to. Listen to this. DJ Moore, Darnell Wright, Tyreeks Stevenson, Caleb Williams, and Luther Burden. That was the net. Wow. That was the net. We call that a whoops a doozles. That is, man. That is a franchise. That is a lot of players. Last year we had this Chicago Bend Don't Break defense that got them pretty far.

Oh, it bent, though. They did bend eventually. And, well, can Bryce Young bend it this week? He's got Ted McMillan, Jalen Coker, healthy. Darren Waller, don't forget, he plays football. Yeah. The Wallerish himself, boy, do we even have that anymore in the drops? Is he in the right jersey? I think we probably don't. We're going to have to get that fixed. He's probably in a Dolphins jersey. Just imagine it was Panther Blue. Is Bryce Young going to do enough this week? No. I will say that every week.

He honestly... Will he do enough for Tet? Because he's... Yes. Mike's start of the week. Yeah, no, he will. If he... If there's any matchup where Bryce is going to do enough, this is one of them. I think one thing I'm watching, because we're kind of using that language in week one. I'm watching for, you know, Ted McMillan where he's lining up in this offense. And if they start to move him around more, that's exciting. Yeah, he was in the slot a decent amount with preseason. Like, we saw it. So...

That would be a huge boost if they're actually willing to move them around and not just be dumb. Odds that we are satisfied in any meaningful way by what happens in the running back room for Carolina this week. No. I think it's more of a... The odds are no, Jason. The odds are no. Yeah. They are no. Okay. It's looking for rotation. Like I guess I mean, like when we get done with the day, are we like, hey, we know what's going on? Or not really.

I think the only way you know what's going on is if Jonathan Brooks takes control. Jonathan breakout? Yeah. Like that's the only, that would be like, oh, holy crap, off of, you know, he was released by General Sornness. Oh, yeah, from duty. Yeah, where Chuba's healthy. If, if they switched it in week one, that would feel like a big deal. Yeah, I really hope it's honorable. Yeah. Yes. DeAndre Swift is a must start. Absolutely.

Great matchup, Carolina, 31st and yards before contact allowed. And DeAndre Swift, if he knows anything, it's how to get yards before he gets hit. It is true. And we'll keep an eye on Roma Dunesay in the injury and whether he's 100%. We hope so. He was limited on Wednesday. I think they expect him out there. But, you know, right now it's Burden, Loveland, Adunzee in terms of our priorities. Probably Loveland Burden, Adunze. Yeah, that's how I would do it. Jason thoughts there?

For sure. I think you've got to, you know, make sure you see the practices that Roma Dunesay is practicing in full. Yeah, I mean, with that injury, it's got to be burden ahead of him. And Loveland is obviously, there's no world where he's not starting because he was, you know, pretty much a third round draft pick. Okay. We're ping pong in between games that we're excited about in games that are going to be interesting. Cleveland, the Browns have an implied point total of 15 and a half this week.

15 and a half. Taking on the Jacksonville Jaguars. I did hit the Duval button. It didn't work. Do it, Mike. Duval. All right. Jacksonville, 24 points in plied points total. The game is only a 39 and a half over under. Jacksonville minus eight and a half at home. Yeah, don't worry about that part for Jacksonville. Jacksonville, they won their last eight games last year. Cleveland 31st and points per game. Deshaun Watson is playing quarterback in the NFL this week.

So that's happening. Didn't he just get pulled over, arrested again for speeding or something yesterday? He did? I think so. I didn't see it. Yeah, I didn't see it. I think Watson got pulled over or something. Well, careful on your reporting here. Cited going 86 miles an hour and a 60. Someone just saw it. Pled non-guilty to the citation. This happened 19 hours ago. You can do that? Yeah. It's pro football talk has it too. Cited for speeding. I mean. You can get pulled over going.

86 and a 60. And you'd be like, no, I didn't. Not guilty? Not guilty. Hmm. Well, I don't think accepting guilt has really been. Oh, no. Nice. Oh, Boston. You know what he should be saying in court is more along the lines of, I hold myself in contempt. You know what I mean? But he's watching. Oh, man. Is that it? That was it. That was that it. That was the third. Okay. We made it.

Quinch on Judkins Bayshaw, Tootin at the running back spot. Both guys probably in your lineup will get to watch Chris Rodriguez and maybe LeQuint Allen active and how that distribution goes. The Tootin and Rodriguez of listed co-starters. Yeah, they're co-starters. And if you get down on the eight-yard line and it's C-Rod every time, it's going to be bad. It's going to feel bad. It's going to feel real. It's, yeah, it would be bad. I'm excited to watch the rookie wide receivers. I don't know if their quarterback can get them the ball.