Week 1 Studs & Duds, Rising Stars, Trey Doo-Doo

You see that play, and I've seen one player do it. It was like Aaron Rogers. That was an Aaron Rogers play. But 15 for 33, for 261, and three pick. Yeah, you saw two interceptions that were just his inaccuracy, which, you know, that's the opposite of what we've heard. You know, he's so accurate. There were two passes that just got away from him that that's the reason they were picked off. Granted, this was against the Minnesota Vikings, a phenomenal defense. You have to take it with a grain of salt. Nobody was...

here recommending to start Garoppolo in this matchup. No. I'm still fine with him. Who I'm not fine with is Sam Bradford. He looked terrible. He looked terrible. He looked terrified. Terrified. I mean, scared Bradford. There is no silver lining here. No. No, there's not. And what you saw. And I'm sorry, because I thought it would be different. What you saw with the garbage from both.

Sam Bradford and Dak Prescott. The putrid offenses of those two teams. Look, David Johnson and Zika Elliott, they got it done. And this was why they weren't in that one-two with Lev Bell and Gurley pre-draft season was because you worried about the offenses. Will the offenses be good enough to really propel them to fantasy victory? The players are good enough. But you have to start worrying about their offenses. I mean, they still belong right there at that three-four spot. Offensive.

Offenses. Yes. Not pleasurable to the eye. What was Des Bryant thinking when he was watching the Cowboys game? He was cackling and figuring out his next tweet. Did you see his reply? No. Somebody said, hey, you need to call Jerry Jones on Monday and get back in there. He said, now I'm good? He said, no thanks. He goes, I'd rather, he literally said, I'd rather go to New England and get one-on-one coverage on the outside. And then he said, Washington's nice, too. Oh, get body, Dallas.

Big Ben, like I said, I'm not actually that concerned about this game. The weather conditions were terrible. He still threw for over 300 yards. He made some mistakes, but this is Big Ben, and it's Road Big Ben. And next week, he gets to take on Kansas City. I think it's going to be... At home. He's going to be a top five quarterback next week. Yeah, I love him. He's no Mad Max. Hey, guys, Nathan Peterman's not too good. Not very good. The Mayan sacrifice. Jason, he was absolutely a Mayan sacrifice. Mike was right.

Here's the thing, though, that I want to point out. An object of wrath. Buffalo Bills fans. I'm sorry that I have to remind you of this. Your head coach during a playoff run last year thought it was a good idea to bench Tyron Taylor for Nathan Peterman. That's a, what do they say? Sometimes you get fired with cause. Sometimes you get fired without cause. That's cause. I mean,

What? I get starting him in week one against the Baltimore Ravens because you know that Josh Allen's just not ready. And then, but, but to put, you, you remedied your mistake. You put Alan in, get him some reps in the second half of the game. And then you come out after, it's too early. It's too early to know who the quarterback will be. Maybe we'll put Nathan Peterman back out there.

What are you doing to your fan base? Give them some hold. Look at the schedule, Mike. They need more sacrifices. Chargers may never die. Yeah, Chargers, Vikings, Packers. If there's a way, I don't know how, I don't do a lot of sports betting or anything like that, if there's a way to bet on them losing the next three games. A parlay? Like a three-game Buffalo Bill lost. Sorry, Buffalo. It was a massacre. All right. Speaking of some poopers, let's go to running backs. Shady McCoy, Kareem Hunt.

Derek Henry, Jamal Williams, Tariq Cohen, the pair of 49er running backs, Morrison Breedah, and then gilly-gilly gum drops. Mike Gillisley. Did he have big boy pants? I know he did. He did not. He's just in here because I think Brooks wanted to troll Jason. It's a good story. And if you were listening here, I was, you know, saying gilly is a sneaky star. Right.

This is why, and this is a genuine PSA, not self-promotion, even though it is, you need to follow Mike, myself, and Andy, on our personal accounts on Twitter at the FFIP, at FF, Hitman, at Andy Holloway, and at Jason FFL. Because after we're done, recording on Friday, things happen Friday night, Saturday, and Sunday morning that completely change what might have been said. I tweeted out,

on Saturday, the fact that Jonathan Williams was reactivated from the practice squad and brought back in in the New Orleans backfield just said, now there's murkiness. You don't know who's going to get the ball. So, I mean, I took him out of all of my lineups. I hope you did too. But it was certainly wrong. And his fumble did not have. It is true. If you follow us on Twitter, it's the closest thing to getting one of those like ear monitoring pieces in your ear. Right.

heading into the weekend, just to give you information. That's where they put them. Did I say ear monitoring pieces in your ear? You did. Okay. You don't want an ear monitoring piece. Anywhere else. Somewhere else. I'm going to throw out my real actual concerns. Yeah, who are you actually concerned about here? LaShawn McCoy, just because of the offense, but I'm not concerned in terms of volume. He's going to give volume. I'm not worried about Hunt. Derek Henry is...

Very concerning at this point. Really? Absolutely. Very. Very concerned. He had a 60-yard touchdown run that was called back on a phantom. He's always a big play potential guy. But here's the problem. And they started out. They went to Henry at the beginning of the longest game of all time because of all the delays. Seven hours. And then they got down. But here's the thing. Derek Henry got completely game scripted, got removed because they could not run on the Miami Dolphins.

Next up, the Houston Texans. After that, the Jacksonville Jaguars. After that, the Philadelphia Eagles. That's why there is great concern for Derek Henry. After week one, they've already said, if Henry doesn't get it going, we're going not just to Dion Lewis. They're going almost exclusively to Dion Lewis. That's where...

That's where the problem lies with Henry. Yeah, I mean, that was the issue we talked about preseason was that he's not the past catching back. I'd rather have Dionne Lewis. I am all on board on that. But I'm not too worried about Henry. He was the clear back in the beginning. And if they're not down, I mean, if Marcus Marietta is gone. It's efficiency, though. If Marcus Mario is gone, then I'm extremely worried about Derek Henry because Blaine Gabbard is just going to be there losing games, big and bad game scripts. And then Derek Henry will be.

In this game, Dionne Lewis outtouched Henry 21 to 11. He's also a much better football player. Oh. He's just a better football player. Butter. The San Francisco backs, they're about split touches and they were both okay against Minnesota. I mean, so I wasn't that bad. I'm not going to bail on them. Next week against Detroit, initial thoughts on Morris versus Breda. I would rather have his same exact situation. I'd rather have Breda because I believe that he will be more involved in the passing game.

than Alf. Do not worry about Jamal Williams. I'm going to throw that out there right now, at least for next week. Well, next week's Minnesota. So maybe you pause. But from a workload standpoint, Jamal Williams got a lion's shirt. And from a pass protection standpoint, he will be in the game always. He is a great pass protector and Aaron Rogers has a knee problem. He going, I mean, that's. Yeah, I didn't see a lot of time Montgomery. Hogan, Benjamin.

Garson, Watkins, Crowder, Hearns and Gallup, the poopers at the wide receiver position. Look, I'm concerned about all these guys. The one I'm least concerned about is Hogan. Obviously, I brought him up as a trade target. And then I'm not as concerned as I probably should be about Kelvin Benjamin. He had seven targets from Nathan Peterman. Things will be better for Benjamin.

in the future. He played one of the better defenses in the league in Baltimore. He's still the number one on a bad offense. I get it. He's not good, but he's in the wide receiver three range for me still. Do you agree? Do you disagree? Do you throw him? Is he a cut, you know, to go get a... Yes. Like, would you rather have... I'm sure you'd rather have Randall Cobb. I'm sure you'd rather have... Kenny Stills. Kenny Stills than Calvin Benjamin? Yes. I agree with your take, Andy, that...

Calvin Benjamin is still the number one on a bad team, and he'll be fine, and he should be rostered. But if you need to make a cut, because the next two weeks are difficult defenses on paper, that's why I worry a little bit about Calvin. Tight-in poopers. Oh, man. Travis, Kelsey, Jimmy Graham, Trey Doodoo. Mm-hmm.

one for 15 on six targets. I like the six targets. That part is good. The part that's not good is who's throwing on the ball. Kelsey had six targets too. Call it how it is. Mitchell Trubisky is not a good quarterback. Oh, I don't agree with that at all. I do not agree with that. You liked him in the scripted part. You liked him when he came out and had the game scripted. But the problem is every single game is going to have to have a second half. Well, no, I get it. And he's going to have to grow and learn how to do that. But he made throws in this game that I thought were professional NFL throws. And he's with an offensive.

mine now, and I thought he looked okay. I'm hopeful. I got my fingers crossed. I want it. I'm not rooting against him. So to be a good quarterback, you have to be able to on the road against Aaron Rogers on the last drive of the game. I mean, he drove him halfway down the field. He's not playing against Aaron Rogers. It wasn't just from a mindset standpoint. It wasn't just the last drive of the game. It was a lot of, I can say for sure, at least the fourth quarter. He.

He got very, very skittish. Yes. Oh, I agree. He started to try and run everything, which is not going to work. No, he pulls his eyes down immediately. So Travis Kelsey, where's your concern level? Almost zero. Mine would be... Six targets. They didn't have to throw the ball a lot. What, 27 attempts? I'm not that worried about Travis Kelsey. I'm not. I've seen him in the preseason.

I think he'll be fine. I've seen, you know, some stats talking about how Mahomes has never played with the tight end and worries there. And my, my worry level is actually zero percent. I have no worries whatsoever about Travis Kelsey. Mine's, mine's warming. Is it? Yeah. Okay. If you have them, trade them to me. Jimmy Graham did nothing. Two for eight on four targets. You know what my concern level with Graham is? Oh, my concern level with Graham is a, is.

exactly where it was pre-drafts because i had no expectations he is going one victory left he's i mean look a week one victory left way too early hobbled aaron rogers that couldn't extend the play and maybe find jimmy graham in those plays but the truth is i think jimmy graham is going to be what mike and i thought which is a touchdown only guy boomer bus touchdown so wait just to be clear you think what you thought that is right okay i think i was right rickie seals jones oh very disappointing

Drop the touchdown. Drop the touchdown, three for 19 on six targets. San Bradford was terrible. The thing, the silver lining here is Ricky Seals Jones was running routes all game long, and he was on the field for 49 and 53 snaps. I would not jetty, I would jettison him for George Kittle. I would consider jettisoning him for, you know, some other big name tied in.

What about Uncle whatever his face is? No, I'd keep Ricky Seals Jones. Yeah, me, me too. It was a terrible game, but it was a terrible game for all these guys that we're talking about. And the reality was he was on the field. He was running routes. He was getting targets and he dropped a touchdown. That's it. That's it. And you're going, oh, okay. You're not worrying about it. It's funny. He gets that touchdown and he's a top tight in. Kyle Rudolph had one catch. He was a top tit in this week. He was like the number four tight end or something.

So I don't freak out about him. Are you freaking out then, Mike? I mean, Jason, you just threw the bad quarterback take on Mitchell Trubisky. So where's your Trey Boo-Boo love? I mean, where's your week one? Trey-Bubu conclusion. Trey-Bubu had the weirdest game to be part of imaginable, right? You had the first half where you are up 20 to nothing, were not needed because your defense was great. They start running the ball and trying to run the clock out. At that point,

Look, I mean, I turned the game on five minutes late. Trey Burton already had a catch. He was involved. He got six targets. But then the second half, what you said, Mike, was just true. Mitchell Trabisky got scared in that pocket. I think that game appeared a little bit too big for him. I'm not that worried about Trey Burton. He got six targets. He was lined up the way that we wanted him to get lined up. Solo isolation, all the time running routes. He had a bad game. I'm worried about the quarterback play, but I'm like, I'm not cutting.

Trey Burton. To be fair, he was brought in to be the Travis Kelsey for the Chicago Bears, and he was better than Travis Kelsey. That is true. They both caught one pass. One of them had 15 yards. On six targets. All right. More to come tomorrow on this show. We have Waverwire. We'll talk through a ton of these players, and you can find us on Twitter at the FF Ballers. You're going to play some daily. Check out draft.com slash ballers. We'll see you tomorrow. Goodbye. Good luck tonight.