Week 1 Matchups + Fantasy FACEOFF! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/11

he will receive the workload he should get. He's also, you know, I called him as one of my players that I think is going to be better in the second half of the year than the first half of the year. I think the Giants are going to have their hand forced to where it's like, yeah, we've got to give this guy work. He plays better when he's out there touching the ball 30 times, you know, like a Marshaun Lynch or a Derek Henry type of guy that's just running into you over and over and over.

I'm thrilled that the first week matchup is Dallas because I think he can have five fewer touches in this game than his peak towards the end of the season and still have a great game. The Denver Broncos take on the Kansas City Chiefs. What a Monday night game we're going to have here in the AFC West. Vegas line Kansas City minus two and a half over under 43 and a half. Screams defensive battle. Holmes will try to return from a.

very bad knee injury in a very short amount of time currently started at least in terms of the sleeper league lineups 31% of them yeah it's wild in our league of record to be going seeing yours truly yeah going into week one and there are so many guys i would rather play he's my quarterback 20 i hope

I hope that what this stat means is that 31% of leagues are super flex. 19 for me. Yeah, I mean, there's no chance I would start him in a single quarterback league. And it's not to say he can't hit on a great deep bomb to, you know, Tyquan Thornton or Xavier Worthy or, you know, Cyrus Allen comes in and surprises on a snap. You know.

He's Patrick Mahomes. I noticed you never said Rashi Rice in that whole group. Well, I said, no bombs. Yeah, I said deep bomb. I think he's had one catch of over 20 air yards in his career. Like, are you guys in agreement with me that, uh, like Tyler Shuck at Detroit? I would play Tyler Shuck for sure. I would play Malik Willis over, over Patrick Mahomes. Man. Um, it's, it's a really good defense. I think that they're going to want to try to establish it with Kenneth Walker. Um,

I don't know how much he will rush when I was looking at prize picks lines. The rushing attempts were really tempting because they were very low on Patrick Mahomes. So then I'm like, I don't know, you know, on that knee, I don't know if he's going to run the ball. And if he does, he's not going to be as effective as he was last year. And that's where a lot of his fantasy points came from last year. So, yeah, I mean, obviously he should be rostered. Best or second best quarterback all time. But no.

For this matchup, week one, off the knee, I'm just holding on to him on my bench. The defense should be very good for Kansas City as well. Ken Walker should be the main cog in this offense. I'm hoping we see quite a few targets in this game for Ken Walker. That would be exciting. Red zone opportunities. I'll be watching. Like yesterday we talked all about the main focus in week one is sometimes it starts sit stuff, but not often because you've drafted guys and you're going to play them in week one. The bigger thing is what are you watching for?

Does Rashi Rice look like a good player? Yeah, that's super important. And it should be so easy to see because snap one, well, snap one's probably like, let's get it to Walker. But as soon as they drop back to pass, it's going to be that little play that they do every time where Rushi Rice just hits a little slant, gets the ball, and then he will either break the tackle like he always does or he won't. And that's all you got to see right there. Travis Kelsey had 19 targets in two games against Denver last year.

With the offensive line challenges at left tackle, I won't be shocked if Travis Kelsey is peppered with what I'll call DeMario Douglas targets. Did you see Douglas was four for 20 last night? Impressive. Four catches, 20 yards? I think Kelsey in any sort of half or full PPR is fine. On the other side, J.K. Dobbins is listed as the running back one on this team. You'll see plenty of R.J. Harvey in the game as well. I don't know if we'll see Jonah Coleman. That's one of the things that we're watching for is what's the rotation of the backfield there.

Yeah, absolutely. And we're watching Pat Bryant, aren't we? We are watching. Yeah, we are. Yes, we are. We're watching, especially because one of my other bench-wide receivers, Desjohn, Stribling is down. Oh. So we need some depth there. But yeah, Jaylon Waddle, we're watching him as well. There was some talk of Pat Bryant being more involved than people are going to believe. But we'll see. And then Bo Nix. I mean, we like Bo Nix over the course of the year. The reason Bo Nix was not in my guy consideration is the first six weeks of the year for Denver.

is brutal. Yeah. From a production, you're going to go into Arrowhead on Monday Night Football in the first week of the year where, again, we've seen defenses be dominant so far and have a huge fantasy game. It's hard for me to believe that that's going to happen in week one. Bonix is also coming off of an injury. Yes. Like his is kind of lost. Breaking news. All right.

I'll let Jason take this one. We knew this was coming. At least I did. The Patriots are placing wide receiver, AJ Brown, on injured reserve due to his high ankle sprain. So he will be gone for a minimum of four weeks. That does not mean he will only miss four weeks. He could miss six weeks. They were saying three to six. I think that that's the timeline. Five weeks? And I mean, if he misses six weeks with the injury and already ruined your week one,

I don't know where their bi-week is off the top of my head, but I mean, this is a guy that, I mean, what a terrible pick. What a terrible. What a terrible. Well, I mean, terrible just start to the whole week 11 season for the Patriots. Week 11 is a bi-week. And even when he comes back, we know that he will have multiple weeks, statistically speaking, he will have multiple weeks where his production is down. Yeah, I mean, it is not, we've not even seen it with Drake May.

You don't know what I mean? We haven't got to see it. And now you're going to have limitations potentially when you come back. It's brutal. Fantasy football is so fun. You know, Jay? It's delightful. And, you know, my favorite part are injuries. Right, right. That's just, like, so cool. What a man's game. It's part of it. Has there ever been a league in which, like, you, I don't even want to start down this run. Let it go. Let it go.

Dobbins versus Chuba against Chicago. Which one do you like more? Tough matchup. I will never say Dobbins. Oh, man. So Mike's on Chuba. I'm going to take Dobbins. Give me that in my board. I disagree with Mike. I'm going to take Dobbins. We'll never say Chubin. Lloyd. Marshawn Lloyd or J.K. Dobbins. Dobbins. Yeah, I think I would go Dobbins. I will say that Chuba, if for some reason of Jonathan Brooks does not suit up.

Because that's... Because he's still facing corporal punishment from general soreness. Yes. Corporal. Corporal. Yes. Exactly. If Jonathan Brooks doesn't suit up, then I would go, Chuba. Okay. Jalen Waddle, we feel good. We feel excited. I'm excited to watch it. It's a tough matchup, but he should do all right. And this is, you know, this is a Monday night game. These guys are going to hopefully surprise us and...

go over the 43.5 point line, because I think, I think I would, I would say that our expectation right now is that this is going to be a very defensive battle, not a lot of offense, not a lot of points. I'm hoping on Monday night football, maybe we get a little sweet surprise, but I'm doubtful. Jaylen McMillan, doubtful for week one, a little injury update for you. JCM cleared to play in week one. Mike had said he had been groined up. He is growing down. Yeah. He's doing all right. Let's jump into the face off.

Fantasy Face Off, presented by prize picks. The Wheel of Shame returns for what I believe is a sixth year. Oh, man. A sixth season. A reminder for those or those that are coming in for the first time. At the end of Friday's episodes, we are building four-player lineups based on more or less projections in the prize picks app. We each make a selection at quarterback.

running back wide receiver and tight end and the loser spins the wheel of shame the following week which is always a delight so let's get right into it my quarterback this week baker mayfield okay and uh he is my green goblin each of us allowed one green goblin pick a week which is a uh just a little old

It's a little easy. Nicer projection. A little softer. More than 161.5 on the past few yards. That is pretty soft for Baker Mayfield. Yeah, that seems pretty achievable. I used my Green Goblin on the quarterback as well. I found that that was the most difficult of the four positions for me this week. I am taking Jordan Love more than two and a half rush attempts. Okay. In a divisional matchup, must win.

The running game might not be there. A couple of little scrambies. The rush attempts ones. I love them. You're addicted to them. They're funny to watch for. They are. They are because every single time he goes, it's like, yes. Just need two more. I like the new graphics. We see the Green Goblins up there, too. I have joined Andrew on Malik Willis. Okay. Passing yards, 179.5 more.

Not a green goblin. That's for sure. That is not a green goblin. My running back is from the same team as my quarterback. I'm taking Bucky Irving more than two receptions. That is the... I can't believe that's not a godwin. That's my favorite one for the week. That's a delightful one. I do worry about Kenneth Gainwell there taking some of those passing downs, but...

I'm hopeful as the new Bucky Irving truther at heart that he has 50 receptions. I'm taking a running back reception category as well. David Montgomery, more than one and a half receptions. All right. I still think he's going to be a three-down back for this team. That is, that's, I like that. Yeah, that's probably going to happen. That seems very achievable.

Well, all this positivity needs to stop. Okay. It's time to hate. Quinn Sean Judkins. Oh, of course. 59 and a half rushing guards. You're taking the less? Less. Yeah. Well, I'm, I'm willing to hate. You ready for this one? Jerry Judy. Yeah.

three receptions i'm taking no less oh what with his brother with john watson look that's dangerous the amount of physics you woke up to happen between john watson's hands i get it and jerry judy's hands i don't i will say i don't like it this is not targets so he could still have 10 targets in this game that's right i think that's where you might

You might be okay here. Well, that's where I'm going. I like that. I like that a lot. I don't, I wouldn't, I'm scared of it, but I like that you did it. Yeah. That's going to be fun to watch. I'm taking my, my guy, Garrett Wilson, more than 60 and a half receiving yards in Tennessee. That's a line that he beats on the reg. And he did that with Justin Fields. Now he's got superstar Gino Smith.

Of course, Mike, where yet? I got my start of the week. Tetaroa McMillan of the Carolina Panthers. Like Chicago, their secondaries beatable. 58 and a half receiving yards. I will take them more. Interesting. He is your start of the week and that means you have a green goblin left because you haven't picked one yet. That is correct. My final selection here.

You'll see. I may have ran into an issue. Oh, I love it. Dallas Goddert. I talked about him earlier today. 34.5 receiving yards. I'm taking the more. I trust the most experienced pass catchers in that offense. There's my four. If you want experienced on a pass catcher, I'm going to take someone that is old and forgotten. We completely forget about this guy. Darren Waller.

Darren Waller in week one more to do that more than 17 and a half receiving yards okay okay he doesn't have to do much okay well but I know he'll do it uh sure I like it um I mean we all who doesn't love Cooper Rush guys oh I had this in before uh Tua went down with his weird

Phantom back injury, but it's fine. It's Kyle Pitts. It's two and a half receptions. Okay. That's not an issue. Yeah, we should be fine. I mean, that one is. I felt like the most freebie of freebies. Unless, of course, you know, we have injuries like we always do. But that was fantasy face off presented by prize picks. Prize picks, they help you out when you have the injuries. First half a series. With Friday flex, win your flex or get your net loss back in bonus lineups. Prize picks run your.