Week 2 Matchups + In-or-Out, Pantomime Jason

I know that technically right now Ryan Fitzpatrick is the starter. Ryan Fitzpatrick is not finishing this game. Josh Rosen will be thrown in again. We'll find out. And that means you are betting on Josh Rosen. No, I'm not. I'm betting on Ryan Fitzpatrick keeping a close in this game. 7 to 3 after the first quarter. That's what I'm predicting. All right. So, Jason, thank you. We just bet on the, you just got to bet on the Patriots minus 20. I just really wanted some action on that line.

Yeah, well, you got it. I think it's going to be a bloodbath. 50 to nothing. You could have given him 12 points and he would have taken it. No, he wouldn't. I've watched these situations happen over and over and over and over again. You are correct in everything you're saying. And I, you know, my outlandish desire to see a 50 nothing bloodbath here is, is, you know, that you're usually right on these things and the history and the data.

supports your side. So it is important that I think people... But Tom Brady. I mean... It will feel great to water me. It will. If Tom Brady comes out and it's a 52 to nothing smashing. Yeah. He's my start of the week. I really believe that they are going to hold nothing back. All right. Sony Michelle, if you have him, I am giving you the... You have to play him here. 100%. You've got to do it. Now, can you play James White in this game. Yes. Yes, you can. All right. We've got him at RB21 on the week. Drake and Belage? No, thank you.

Yeah, put them in the garage. That's what... Oh, nice. Not even Kenyon Drake, the pass catcher. I just no thank you at all. Julian Edelman? Yep. Josh Gordon? Yep. What if Antonio Brown plays? Do you change your thoughts on Josh Gordon? I think that Josh Gordon would be the biggest one impacted. Now, what if Antonio Brown doesn't play? Do you play Philip Dorset and take a dart throw there? If you believe they're going to win by 600 points, Jason, do you take the Dorset dart throw? If Antonio Brown is not playing, I would be...

if I needed to go a little deeper, I'd be fine with Philip Dorset. You had two touchdowns, great game week one. This is a plus matchup for him, and he's the third guy. So even though there are great corners that Miami has, they're not going to be focused on Philip Dorset. Yeah, I can't imagine you don't light up any Patriot that you have that you want to play. You said you want an action on the game, Jason. You probably want action with any of your Patriots in this one and just take your shot.

The Chiefs take on the Raiders. By the way, I didn't bring up any other dolphins because come on. Yes, come on. You're not playing any other dolphins. I will just say my note. One note here was very unfortunate for Albert Wilson. My man, he got knocked out of the game. He ran five routes. He got four targets. What could have been? The offense was trying to run through him. I'm not saying start him by any means, but.

Keep your eye on Albert Wilson. The Chiefs take on the Raiders in Oakland. This game is a 53.5 point over under. The Chiefs are 7.5 point road favorites. And we like Derek Carr because the last two times when he's played home games against Kansas City, 417-yard average, three touchdowns. All right, okay, these were the two games. 417 and 3, 285 and 3. Yes.

The Chiefs last week gave up 53 points. To the Jacksonville anonymous wide receiver club. To a sixth round rookie quarterback. With a heck of a mustache. Oh, that, I like it. I like his mustache. Last week, Josh Jacobs was electric. He was great. He had two touchdowns. 23 plus carries. He's the first running back to do that in over 25 years in their debut. The others were Alfred Morris.

L.T. and Marshall Falk. Great debut for him. We like Darren Waller in this game on the Raiders sign. Love him. Tyrell Williams. Is he in every week wide receiver two in your mind? I don't know about every week, but certainly this match up against the Chiefs. I would put him in the every week category. He could earn it. He looked great. He did. It wasn't just like the production. Like I actually thought he looked like.

a guy that can handle the job. Well, and it's always nice when you have teams, whether they're great or whether they're mediocre, when there are teams that really only have two or three weapons. You know, I think of the Vikings, right? They might not throw the ball that much, but when they do, you know it's either Adam Thielen or Stefan Diggs, and then they've got Brandon Cooks. Here, you've got Tyrell Williams, Darren Waller, and Josh Jacobs, and then nothing. So I think Tyrell Williams is

safe not because of who he is, the style of play he has, but because of the needs of an NFL team to have a wide receiver won. Now, I'll throw this out there. I think the one concern I would have about Derek Carr, Williams, Waller is built on the principle of how does John Gruden win this football game. And the way he wins this football game is up front, running the ball with Josh Jacobs, and slowing down the clock. Last week, they were the second slowest pace.

They won the game. You don't do yourself any favors putting the ball into Patrick Mahomes's hands as often as possible. So I believe the game plan will be go out and put yourself in a position to not have a huge deficit where Derek Carr has to come back and run, run, run the football. I totally agree that will be his game plan. And then after five minutes. After two drives from the Chiefs, he will turn around and he will shred that game plan and he'll have to keep up.

Like Matt Nagy did with his game plan from week one. Yeah. We said he's inventing all new plays for week two. Oh, very much looking forward to that. You're playing Patrick Mahomes. Yep. You're playing the Lizard King himself. Your start of the week, Mike. Yeah. Damien Williams, LaShawn McCoy, Nicole Hardman. I am willing to play both running backs. I'm like, Damien Williams still got a ton of opportunity through the air and a ton of opportunity in the red zone.

We can see that starting to shift with how good Shady McCoy looked, but I still think that both of them are going to be playable for now. For example, in our league of record, I have with Sean McCoy. I have Miles Sanders. In this matchup, I'm playing Shady McCoy over Miles Sanders until we see a little bit more from Miles Sanders. All right. I don't think there. What about McCall Hardman?

I think he should be owned everywhere, but I'm not forcing him out there this week. Is there any interest in any sort of bet with him about his production this week? I guess we did the John Ross. Yes. Okay. I'm content. I am apparently really trying to bet with him over and over again. So that means you believe that he should be started? I think he should be started. Yeah. I think he should be flex. No doubt. So we'll see what happens in that one.

Chiefs are going to remain heavy favorites in the majority of their games this year. Yeah. And teams will be playing catch up against the defense that, you know, you're going to be able to play catch up against. You can catch up on. Yeah. At least put up a lot of garbage time. Like those are the games where the chiefs get out ahead and you have Derek Carr sitting at like 10 fancy points through three quarters. Don't worry. You're like, yeah, don't worry. It's coming. The Bears, oh and one. Take on the Broncos. This game's got a pitiful 40-point.

over under. Gross. The Bears are two and a half point road favorites in this one. Mitch Trubisky, Joe Flacco. We have two notes on those. Mitch, Mitch's note says, no. And Joe Flacco's note says, never. And they are tied at consensus quarterback 25 in the week. And that is all I will say about them. Yes. Bigger question marks remain at the running back position.

People want to know what they should do with David Montgomery this week after a very disappointing week one. I would say utilization by Matt and Aggie, opportunity. Maybe. Maybe Matt Nagy is saying, I'm going to shred the playbook from week one. I'm coming up with all new stuff for week two. Maybe that means he saw the light and watched the film and said, why did I keep giving the ball to Mike Davis when David Montgomery was looked like the better running back?

Do you believe that to be true to the point where you will play David Montgomery? No, I do not. That's just my hopes and dreams. Yeah, at this point, I believe David Montgomery will be much more involved this week, but you don't bet on that. You don't put that in your roster. You believe it and you put them on your bench and you watch and wait because what we believe should or could happen is often not what NFL coaches.

end up doing. So, you know, that's a wait and see with David Montgomery. So I mean you would play Tariq Cohen over David Montgomery? I would play Tariq Cohen over David Montgomery because of guaranteed passing work. I am a little concerned with Tarike Cohen simply because he was a slot wide receiver. He wasn't running back this week. Last week, yeah, yeah, yeah. He had zero carries. Do you realize that? He had no carries in the game. I mean, I remember a carry. I got called back or something. I'll vet it, but I'm,

Confident that he's right. But here's the thing. He was utilized as a slot wide receiver. Correct. But Anthony Miller was not being, you know, he didn't have that many snaps. He wasn't healthy. So I have concern going forward for Tariq Cohen of, okay, well, Anthony Miller is a better wide receiver than Tariq Cohen. So when Anthony Miller is out there playing 60, 70, 80 percent of snaps, that will have to take away from someone is not going to come from Taylor Gabriel.

I think it would come from Tariq Cohen. So where he goes, maybe he goes back to the backfield a little bit more. So it's something to keep an eye on. Philip, Lindsay, can you play him this week? Yeah, I mean, I would not play him or Freeman. I would bench both. You, yes. You know, the Bears give up six points to fantasy, you know, six fantasy points of running backs last week. They're the Bears. I'm not playing either player because you can't predict snaps. The offense looked really bad. Like,

This could be one of the worst offenses in football. That's in the range of outcomes. And that's not me saying they will be first week for Joe Flacco, but they could be. Sure. And, you know, I told you, I think Cortland Sutton is going to be the number one drop player next week after being picked up because this is just not a good matchup. The Bears give up 16 fancy points total to the wide receiver position in week one. And that was against Aaron Rogers, not Joe Flacco. So, you know, does this defense travel into Denver and do that? I tend to lean on the side of yes.

Alan Robinson. Who are, Alan Robinson, I think you play because he was the tar. So who do you play out of this game? And outside of Alan Robinson, is there anyone you really want to play? No. I would flex Emmanuel Sanders. But really, but a really want to play? No. Not against the Bears. Yeah. It's not good. It's not good. Yeah. So, all right, Saints, Rams. This game's in Los Angeles. Both teams want to know. It's got a healthy 52 point over under. Rams are two point home favorites.

And we get to see Jared Goff come home, Mike. You are confident in Jared Goff. Yes, I am. At home, he's your start of the week. Drew Breeze, it's been a lot better in terms of total passing yardage at home than the road. At home, his average 321 passing yards, this is last year, 217 on the road. So confidence level in Drew Breeze traveling into Los Angeles. Confidence to play him as a quarterback won. And it's game script of,

The Rams are favored, a 52 point over under. I don't believe the Saints will be able to just run, run, run, and keep up with the Rams. I think Breeze will be forced to use that $100 million man a little bit. Todd Gurley, we've talked about him. What do you think? 15 touches over under for Todd Gurley this week. Over. I would go over. So he's startable. We've got to play him. Alvin Camara? Yes. I'll go ahead.

I'll think about playing him this week. Yeah, he's a good player. Latavius Murray, though. Should you bench him on the road in this game? He was very limited work in week one, but had the touchdown, which might distort the play. I don't think I'd play it. I would. Okay, well, Latavius Murray or Philip Lindsay? I'd take Lindsay. Okay. Would I? Yeah, I would. I would. I would. The wide receivers, where's the question marks in this game? Not.

There's nothing huge here. You play Michael Thomas. I'm not playing any of the other Saints wide receivers. If they're at home, I'll take the shot on Ted Ginn or Trequan Smith, but on the road, I'm not going to. And then on the ramp side, you play all three of them. Yeah, you play. They were all out. Woods, cups. You play. I mean, really, the only two questions in this entire game to me are Malcolm Brown. Are you willing to take the shot at he didn't have that much utilization despite the two touchdowns? And Jared Cook.

Jared Cook to me is a question mark because, look, Drew Breeze threw it like 700 times, and there were only four targets that went Jared Cook's way. Three. So Jared Cook this week, you probably don't have other options of Jared Cook. I'm fine playing him. But Jason, it's a revenge game. From those years, look, if I played for Jeff Fisher, I'd want revenge. I feel like this is such a different team, different location. Not a lot of revenge here. All right. Let's move on.

Let's talk about the Eagles Falcons game. This is the Sunday night football game, 52.5 point over under. And Carson Wins looked great, Mike. He's your QB3 on the week. You're starting them against this Atlanta defense. That is correct. That's a wise decision, I think. Matt Ryan at home. That's right, everybody. You heard it here first. Yeah, you heard it here. Start Carson Witt. Here first and only.