Week 1 Insights + TNF Preview, Quadzilla - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/9

It's been a while. That was man-made hype. That was not, you know, team-related hype with Deonté Johnson. Yeah, it was fantasy-related. There wasn't really anything coming out of Pittsburgh camp. Yeah, so it was nice to see. I think he's dropped down in a lot of drafts. And he has every chance if this offense is back to be a big factor. It's funny because I like Juju Smith-Schuster. I believe in him. I think he's going to be the clear one. I was able to, I was playing more in the Megalibol League. I grabbed him. But in most of our real drafts,

that we've done. Deonti Johnson is the one I end up with because he is, Andy, you're right, he's falling so far for what he could be, you know, the range of outcomes. If you just look at odds that he could end up being relevant, they don't put him where he should, where he's being drafted right now is not where he should be drafted. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Another voicemail. Hey, fantasy footballers. Malcolm from California here.

I'm in a 14-team PPR league, and I'm in the unusual position of having to choose one of Leonard Fournett and Jerry Judy as my flex. Any advice for week one? Also, what do you expect out of Leonard Fournett as the season goes on? Love the show. Thanks. Yeah, good luck to you. That's my advice. No, I would actually, I'd probably be playing the touchdown game. I mean, Denver has Tennessee in week one. Judy's a brand new rookie.

Fournett's brand new to the roster. I'd be playing who do I think could fall into the end zone or has the highest odds? And it's probably four net. Yeah, that's what I was going to say. If you play the touchdown game, I mean, it's really, do you want to play the touchdown game or the reception game? Those are the two ways that I look at this. If you're in a full PPR league and you think, okay, you know, you might get five or six receptions for Jerry Judy, then you go that way. If you're not in a full PPR and you're playing the touchdown game, then...

Yeah, that's where I would lean Leonard Fournett getting a goal line opportunity. But the, you know, the Saints are a very good run defense. It's close. I would play Judy. I'm not buying into this solid role being more than seven to eight carries. No, I get it.

You're probably right. And it's not like Jerry, I mean, Jerry Judy is listed as the co-starter with Tim Patrick on the other side of Corlin Sutton. I do like Tennessee's defense a ton in week one. They're probably my second favorite start of the entire week. So it's close. I lean the Judy's side as well. You're saying a prayer after you put one of these in your lineup. Oh, yeah, for sure. No matter what. Week one, man. Miracles happen in week one.

All right, Twitter question from Bayou Bengals. He says, what is Devin Singletary this year in PPR leagues? Is he an RB3? Haven't heard much about him from you guys. I am a big Devon Singletary fan. I have him in Dynasty, and I'm terrified. I really am terrified that Zach Moss will take over the backfield. I don't think Zach Moss will take over. I think it will be a split. The worry is that what...

he splits is the more valuable role of the receiving and the touchdowns. I think that Devin Singletary is an RB2, not an RB3, but he's going to be one of those RB2s that is just weakly consistent. His floor is high enough to where he doesn't fall into the RB3 category, but his ceiling is low as well. So I really don't want to...

rely on Devin Siegeltery for fantasy. His ceiling is, we've said a few times, but I really believe it. His ceiling is last year's Philip Lindsay, where it's... Well, that's not a great ceiling. Yeah, exactly, but that's what I mean... The dude hit a thousand yards on the ground, had some reception work. Barring an injury, you're not seeing... But you're just, you're like, ah, okay, I started Philip Lindsay. It's so discouraging. It is. Because when the Moss pick happened initially, I was like, okay, I can live with this.

Like we scouted Zach Moss. He's all right, but I didn't think that the team would. But then all the reports out of camp, Zach Moss has had just a beastly camp and his past catching ability. And the fumbling problems for Singletary is not great vibes. And if you tell me his ceiling is to be Philip Lindsay of last year, that is, that is a problem. Zach Moss has just been flying up draft boards. I mean. And rightly so.

We don't have any actual games to go off of. All we could go off of is the reports, the vibes out of Buffalo, the way the beat reporters are talking about things. And they're all very in on Zach Moss. All right. Instagram question on a scale of one to which is a standardized scale, actually, one to 55 scale. Of course. How comfortable are you with Calvin Ridley as your wide receiver one in a half point PPR league?

On that scale, so is 55 fully comfortable? Yes. Okay. I'm about a 30. I would put myself at about a nice healthy 45. I'm a 27. I'm exactly below the 50% mark, but I'm right there. So the reason I'm comfortable is because that means I have three superstar running max. I don't want Calvin Ridley as the number one wide receiver on my team, but I've sacrificed.

I think that's more the spirit of the question, is how confident are you in getting a wide receiver one type of value out of Ridley there? Then I would drop it a little bit, but I guess it's, I really believe in the Calvin Ridley breakout. I think he's going to have a fantastic season. So I would put it at about 35. The reason I'm below the 50% mark here is because you can stack your team with running backs and get.

people that I'm just more confident in right around that same range. If you're going for your wider Super 1, would you rather believe in Robert Woods, who's there, or Calvin Ridley? I would much rather believe in Robert Woods, who has been a 1 before and is still clear, I believe, the first target in the Rams offense. All right, I want to give one more reminder now that we're right on the precipice of this season to invite everyone who's listening out there to come be a part of the Foot Clan.

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