Starts of the Week + Week 1 Breakdown, It’s Football Time! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/10

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with your host, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright. Oh, welcome in. It's football time. Hey! Welcome into the show. It's football time. Hey! Thursday, September 10th, the fantasy footballers podcast, Jason Moore, Mike, the fantasy hitman, right, Andy Holloway. Judge Giamatti, Al Borland. Oh.

Did you join in? Were you a part of that? Oh, they were in. Oh, yeah. Okay. Everybody's in. It is, this is the most triumphant and glorious return of football that any of us has ever experienced. It's really true. This is the biggest first day of football. Yes. Since the first day of football. And honestly, that probably... And when was that? What was that date? That was, uh, 1918. It was just before the war, see.

Why did you turn it to an old-timey reporter? Well, I mean, if it's 1980. That's how they talked back then, Mike. Hey. Welcome in a jam-packed episode of the podcast. We've got a lot of news to talk about. We've got matchups on the show. We've got starts of the week. We've got the return of an infamous and famous segment at the end of this show. I am just so ecstatic that we're here.

that we're talking about week one. A lot of you out there on Twitter at the FF Ballers have been messaging about our League of Record draft. I feel like we really haven't even left the studio because we were here late last night. Al Borland was almost falling over asleep during that draft. How are you doing today, Al? I feel rested. I'm excited for some football. And how do you feel about your draft? I feel like I could have done better. Oh, no. You and I made a trade in that draft.

Yeah, that was a good trade. I think it was a great trade for both teams. And I hate that because you're both in my division. I traded up to acquire Jonathan Taylor in last night's draft. I, you know, I just want, there's a place that the Jonathan Taylor's, Antonio Gibson's, and even Dobbins, Acres, the rookies, where they go in drafts. But everybody kind of wants them just sitting there on the bench, if not in the lineup, just to, what if something special happened?

Look, that's what fantasy football is, man. I don't want, oh, here's boring player. Yeah, exactly. I don't need the tuba going up and down the field. Sorry, tuba players. I don't know. Did you guys see the other day a tuba player tweeted at us. They showed, they were upset.

That we were... Oh, that we were using this drop? No, that we were just tossing shade in general on tuba players. I don't really have a problem with the tuba player. I think they're spectacular. They just... It's just imagine running with that around you. You're going to be slow. You're not playing that song and lighten the field on fire. Get over it. It's a fair point, Jason. You aren't a featured instrument. I'm sorry, tuba players. And now the solo.

Tuba, take it. Stay in your lane, tuba players. Stay in your lane. I love that we got back to insulting tuba players. We did get back to blasting tuba players. And joic bell at the same time. All right, Thursdays this year, we've got a brand new segment. We're going to be picking a player that we think is going to take it to 100 this week, which is going to be basically a player.

that either had a down week, the week prior, which obviously were starting the year, or somebody ranked generally outside the consensus group of fantasy starters on the week. So let's do that right now. Taking it up to 100. Presented by Head and Shoulders and Walmart. 100 is where that intro to the show was, just for the record. Look, that was probably a 110. It was pretty good. That was sensational. We all said the same thing at the same time.

And we didn't even have to practice. No. It just happened. Yeah. Yeah, that was great. All right. Who do you guys have taking it to 100 this week? Obviously, we did not have a set of games last week, so we're not looking at players that had a down week for week one. But somebody that maybe you're either questioning, starting, or is just outside the group of considered starters for the week. Well, I'll go first because we were just talking about him. You trade it up for him. I am making my player, taking it up to 100, Jonathan Taylor,

Thomas. And the reason why is because if I don't take it up to 100 right now. Is that Mike's hair today? Does he have the Jonathan Taylor Thomas hair today? I have, I've taken my hair up because I finally got a haircut. But I was, as soon as he said, I was like, oh, I kind of got the JTT hair. You kind of have the JTT. Got the throwback. Yeah. Yeah, it's nice. The stamos. You were taking it to about three before the haircut. Oh, that's, that's being nice. The neck hair was up to 100, but.

Yeah, so Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Jonathan Taylor, rookie running back for the Indianapolis Colts lovingly referred to as JTT over here, is a phenomenal talent. And he has the backup. So if I have Marlon Mack and I've got Jonathan Taylor and I'm looking at my lineup, who do I start this week? I would start Marlon Mack every single time. But what I believe will happen this weekend against a terrible Jacksonville Jaguars team.

is when that offensive line meets no defense and Jonathan Taylor meets a few handoffs, you're going to see a player take it to 100 in the sense that he is phenomenal. He's a big play guy. Once he gets out in the open, he's sub 4-4 at his size. You're not tackling him. You're not catching him. I am terrified to play him in week one, even though the matchup's great. I'm really worried about it. I have that decision on my team. David Montgomery, he's practicing.

He looks like he's going to start. He's the number one on the Debt chart. And I'm staring down David Montgomery coming off the injury, Tariq Cohen yesterday saying he's good, or Jonathan Taylor. I'm staring down Kareem Hunt against a tough matchup, Baltimore, sharing a backfield just like Jonathan Taylor or Jonathan Taylor. I get the difficulty. I don't think that's an easy question, but I can. I was hoping it was easy. I can confidently. Well, no, I can confidently say that I would start if I had your roster.

I would start Jonathan Taylor. You're not afraid of five carries in week one. I think if he has five carries, he could end up with a good game. But I don't believe five carries happens because I expect this game to be a more one-sided affair. And if you're up and you're running the ball, you know, running the clock out, Marlon Mack's going to get his, but so is Jonathan Taylor. All right. I'm going to go with a name we haven't talked about a lot lately, but might have a nice week one.

Boston Scott of the Philadelphia Eagles. Look, yesterday Doug Peterson talking about Miles Sanders returning from the injury. He could have his reps limited for the first handful of weeks compared it to last year when he was coming off of an injury. And that death chart, it's Boston Scott. It's Corey Clement. And Boston Scott had a very effective end to last year. You could see more of the same in week one.

He went very, very late in our draft last night, but it's a situation of week one. Boston Scott's got a shot to produce, and it's Washington. The matchups, Washington. So that's my pick for this week, Mike. Yeah, I like that pick. I just want to point out that the last month of the season, while Miles Sanders was the running back seven, Boston, so this is not like Miles Sanders has to be out and injured.

While Miles Sanders was good, Boston Scott was the running back nine. This was a lot to do with the fact that they had injuries at their wide receiver position. And lo and behold, this week. I love this pick, Andy. I didn't know until I sat down in this chair that you were going Boston Scott. I think it's a great option. And I'm just, look, the chips were already in the middle of the table. I've already pushed them in, but now I am. People need to hear this from you. But I'm just, I'm pushing them in even farther. Antonio Gibson.

Washington's rookie running back. Week one. You both picked a rookie. Yep. I'm going with him. I am starting him this week. There has been, I mean, the hype was, we were soaring through the atmosphere. There was at least perceptively a little bit of doubt cast of, you know, J.D. McKissick came out on top of the depth chart. The word committee has been used by Ron Rivera. But Ron Rivera then.

talking about Jady McKissick. They said, we just happened to put him on the chart first. Like that's, that's not the, that's not the old butt tap of saying this guy is, this is the starting running back. He is absolutely our guy. Dwayne Haskins was commenting about, can they keep Gibson under wraps in week one? He's like, ah, that's not going to happen. Antonio Gibson is the most talented player on this team committee. Sure.

That could happen. There's other guys that will get on the field. But I think Gibson shows out week one that he is the best player in the backfield. All right. Boston Scott, Jonathan Taylor and Antonio Gibson. Take your hair up to 100 with head and shoulders available online at walmart.com and at Walmart stores. Pick yours up today. News and notes from around the league.

Just what everybody wanted to think about. Mike Evans missed practice Wednesday with a hamstring injury. Status for Sunday against New Orleans is now going to be, could come down to be a game time decision. We're seriously, we're doing this? Mike Evans does not believe the injury is serious. He thinks he'll be good to go. The game is the later game. Oh, no. Some people might say, oh, that's good news. More time.

A couple hours is not going to heal your hamstring. Who says that? They just strap that like a barometric pressure on it. I see that written about so often, whether it's a Monday night or a late game in the sense that it's like, oh, you've got a little bit extra time. Monday night, I'd get that for sure. But the issue here is you want to know Sunday morning, you know, if your waivers are running once a day on Sunday, you need to have a game plan for if he misses.

Yeah, and it's another one of those reminders. The Evans situation is why if you have a Thursday wide receiver, put them in your wide receiver spot, not your flex spot. So that way you can flex Evans out on Sunday for a running back if you need to. Amari Cooper practicing in full. It's great news. We weren't sure. Miles Sanders, Jalen Rager, both returned to practice on Wednesday. I mentioned managing the workload, but the news on Rager is really good.

that he was basically doing everything at practice. We don't know whether he'll be active week one. I'm leaning no. Yeah, I lean that he will be out. The bigger news blurb is the Miles Sanders. Is he actually, do they manage the workload? All off season, it was everyone from their coaching staff coming out saying, we will not manage him. Now, of course, they had, he's dealing with the injury.

He's like, I'll manage myself. Watch this. But the quote from Peterson is, it's a possibility. So if you drafted Miles Sanders in the early second round, you're starting him. Yeah, I'm starting Miles Sanders. I don't see a world where you are benching him. David Montgomery was limited in Wednesday's practice. Trey Cohen commented on the fact that Montgomery has bounced back from the groin injury. It's like it never happened. A total fabrication. Never happened.

Never happened. Confidence level of being able to put... It was a lie. Montgomery out there against Detroit. I mean, on paper, this seems like it could be, you know, a volume play for Montgomery. They don't have anybody in that depth chart outside of a couple of gadget players in Cohen and Patterson. So... I would have a really hard time starting David Montgomery. Starting someone that a couple weeks ago was carted to the locker room after he hobbled off the field.