Week 2 Studs & Duds + Trade Drama, Bye Guys! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/21

CMC with two of them. James Cook with one and then Jemir Gibbs with one. Big boys doing the work. I mean, Kenneth Walker right now, Mike, you want to wax poetic for a second? I mean, it's just been majestic. He is exactly who I thought he was. We have a tweet from next gen stats. Kenneth Walker, the third, forced 15 missed tackles in week two, exceeding his career high of 14 that he set in week one.

Walker has forced 14 or more mistackles three times since 2024. The entire rest of the NFL has done so twice. You might want to start playing people against the Colts. The Colts have given up, I believe, the most yards through two games to start a season ever. It's not good. But also, I mean, this is. They played Henry and Walker, so it's.

Yeah, tough matchups, but the utilization of Walker is incredible. 10 targets. It reminds me very much of what we saw last year from Christian McCaffrey, where when you can be the second highest score on a week and not get a touchdown? Yeah. How, how? Oh, and he had three chances on the goal line. How do you have bad games? It feels impossible. It's injury or he's awesome. Yeah, let me ask you this question right now because he got into the end zone. Rashi Rice did.

But the targets, the utilization, it's been different. And by the way, Travis Kelsey looks slimmer and faster than he looks last year. Would you trade Rashi Rice away on the high of the touchdown this week? We would have traded him away on the high last week. Yeah, yeah, probably. Did he get a touchdown this week? I think his touchdown was week one. This week he was four for 83. Oh, yeah, more yards. Oh, my bad. I don't think you have to force him away, but.

Six targets this week, too. But I'm willing to. I'm willing to move on. He also had, didn't he have like a complete garbage play? Wasn't it like right before the half or something where he got? There was, there was some play. Yes. Oh, yeah. It was a complete throwaway like 30 yards for free for nothing. Yeah, it was like instead of the Hail Mary, they just threw it underneath and let him run for 30, 40 yards. Let's talk about Amaranhampton. 23 carries, 94 yards, a rushing touchdown.

A fumble. Another fumble. And this fumble cost him the game. He leads all running backs and yards after contact. We watched this game. We watched them all, but we watched this game closely. And like when he gets moving downhill, he breaks through people. Here's the wild thing about Hampton. One of the differentiators between him and A-chan to me was, hey, you want running backs on a good team.

I'm not sure that that's what he is going to be. Yeah, that was part of the... Because the next seven weeks is a gauntlet. So I liked what I saw, but I don't like the fact that this team can't move the football. He looked really, really good. He had a fantastic fantasy output. Yeah. They used him in the screen game. I mean, you can't ask for him to do much more other than not fumble, but it will, it's funny to think like maybe he's on a bad team. Yeah, it's, I think...

The actual player, the metrics look good, but the team looks bad. Derek Henry, you're not getting targets for Hampton. No, that's been, and it's, you know, that's a problem. McDaniel coming over, I think the biggest surprise for me is the lack of running back targets. Like, was that? It's funny because the two targets he got, I think were both play, like they were designed plays. I remember one of them was a really nice play, totally designed for him.

It's the checkdowns that aren't coming. Like that's where I would expect, especially with what we've seen in the first couple of weeks from Justin Herbert, who has been a checkdown machine. When he had Austin Eckler, it was like, oh, let me check this ball down. Things are getting hairy. Let me check this ball down. He's not doing that. And he needs to be doing that. Well, and here's something to think about because I was just looking into this. Part of the thought was, hey, A. Chan got a bunch of work in the passing game because Tua loves to check it down. And Malik doesn't. And it was Mike McDaniel.

And then, well, Mike McDaniel is going to come over here and throw the ball a bunch so, Martin Hampton. Right now, A-chan's on pace for more targets this year than last year with Mike McDaniel into the tongue-upiloa. He's on pace for 93 targets last year at 85 targets. Sometimes it might be, it's the player that overwhelms the situation more than the scheme because, you know, I was expecting more passing game work from Hampton as well. Yeah, we all were. And Keaton Mitchell has been involved. So.

Yeah, I mean, I don't think Hampton is somebody you panic on right now. No. I think he's going to be a solid running back, but when you don't win football games, it's unlikely he'll be a top five type of contender. You're talking probably on fringe running back one range right now is how I'd look at him. Yeah, that's fine. Like, would you trade? I mean, I would certainly rather have Gentie than Hampton right now. I would rather have Gentie than Hampton. And I don't feel like we felt that way in the draft period. So wide receivers, big names as well. JSN, Cid Lam, Ammon Ra, Jamar, Jamar Chase.

and Devante Smith. I didn't think on Monrock could get passed, and he got passed by two players this week. J.S.N. with three touchdowns and C.D. Lamb with two touchdowns and looked, I mean, C.D. Lamb has looked great. Yeah. I didn't get any puns in there for George Pickens, but they weren't good. Yeah. It's been a slow start. Yeah. Other performances by maybe smaller, you know, expected players, Safon Diggs, Trey Tucker, Cody White.

Yeah, Cody White, who is a Raiders wide receiver, two touchdowns on two targets, which is wild. He was elevated from the practice squad. But, you know, Diggs has scored twice. Do you think the Atlanta Falcons wish they had someone like Kirk Cousins? Yeah, of course they do. Of course they do. Just like all the teams that ever had like Jacoby Brissette and are throwing out Cooper rushes of the world. I mean, it's rough.

Dinsel Boston through two weeks. Wide receiver, 18, wide receiver 11, playing every snap, scoring both weeks. Yardage went up to 95 yards. Dinsel Boston, man. So week one, it was kind of a late game, garbagey 50-yard bomb touchdown. But he still caught a 50-yard touchdown. It was great. This week, he broke tackles. Oh, man. I fell back. His touchdown was awesome. His touchdown was awesome. He's really looked like a man out there. Yes.

He's going to be an important pickup. It's tough to rely on, you know, the Browns passing game, but you bet on talent for rookies and he's shown it so far. Does Sean of a gun. Yeah. I mean, he got it done. The Watson steals a win. Had he didn't have a bad game. He didn't have a bad game. How on earth does Tampa Bay not win that game? I mean, that's. You have a bajillion hour delay.

There's two minutes left, and all you've got to do is score a touchdown. I haven't seen a quarterback look worse on deep balls this year than Baker. Yeah, I mean, that was... Sean Watson, by the way, through... Go ahead, Jay. I was just going to say, when they came back, it was pouring rain. He was, you know...

The weather really affected that game. That's what Baker was talking about. Why did they throw it deep on every play then when they came back? That's what Baker said after in the press conference. He was basically saying, you know, we're connecting on that. The balls were really slick and I probably shouldn't. He said afterwards. He probably shouldn't have been throwing it deep and should have been checking it down. Yes. But hindsight's 2020 didn't do it in the game. Deshaal Mazen 24 for 30 with 80% completion, 238 and 2, no turnovers. The opposite of whatever hindsight is.

What do we call this? Forsyte. Sure, foresight of just watching it in real time going, what are we doing? You just, you have half a field to go and you have two minutes to do it. Third and 15, you're going deep so that you can have to go deep again on fourth and 15. Ridiculous, man. That team is the number one contender for midseason firing by far. Sure. Because they almost did it in the offseason. They fired everybody else and let Todd Bulls stay around and they look terrible. Hey, Jalen Waddle. There you are. Eight for 138, Jalen Waddle.

This was the game. We got at least one bounce back. This was the game we said was the perfect test, like the perfect type of defense where it's average. It's not a bad gimmee team. It's a team that can score. Does Jalen Wattle command the targets? And he did. Double digit targets, eight receptions, 138 yards. That week one in Kansas City, Kansas City just shut down the Broncos. I'm throwing that in the garbage, and I think Jalen Waddle is going to be very, very good.

the rest of the season. I think Deshaun Watson was the fourth highest pass rating of the week. I don't think it's going to be Shador at home next week. No, it won't. Tight ends. Is that where we're moving to? Yep. Travis Kelsey, number one. And he looked great. He just did. And they don't, I don't think the Colts know how to play defense. I really don't. Because there were multiple, like, breakdowns where Travis Kelsey is just left.

wide open. Nobody covers him. Kenneth Walker is a, it's a problem for everybody else's defense. Like, Travis Kelsey will remain very startable because everyone, you have to be terrified of Kenneth Walker. Yeah. And that's what they wanted when they went out and got it. Dalton Schultz. Oh, the doctor said. Mike's start of the week. 12 for 140. It wasn't Noel. It wasn't Hutchinson. It wasn't booty.

It wasn't John Wayne. Whatever. I don't know his first name is. That's not nice. I would love to know it. I just don't. Don Kincaid, 19 points. Jake Ferguson got in the action. He took the spot of Pickens. Jared Wayne. Jared Wayne. It's not that far from John Wayne. If you're wondering where George Pickens' production went, it went to Ferguson this week. And then Darren, the Walleris, you know, three for 33 and two. That's kind of what he did last year in Miami. It was touchdown.

Central for him. Did you see what I tweeted this morning about the numbers for Tyler Warren are ridiculous. Oh, yeah. He is, Jason, through two weeks, he has nine catches for 34 yards. Gross. Yeah. Colston Lovin's like I could never get that. No, I mean. But he's had a touchdown in both weeks. He's had a touchdown in both, but 13 yards and 21 yards on three and six catches. It's wild. Dude. I will say that the target share.

It hasn't been abysmal. Five targets week one, seven targets this week. I expected far more. Well, maybe with Pierce out, maybe you'll get it. Yeah, I mean, I, you know, this is a player I think who should be, you know, really getting 10 targets a game. But I've got to prove it. Happier or sad here. I'm going to blitz him real quick. Top 12 tight ends by ADP. Happy or sad? Brock Bowers. Sad. Trey McBride. Super happy. Colson Loveland.

Oh, Super Sam. Tyler Warren. I think you're happy. Tucker Kraft. I guess because the touchdowns. You'll be all right. You knew what you were signing up for. Sam Leporta. Meh. Harold Fanon. Sad. Kyle Pitts. Super sad. And then three in a row late round tight ends. You ready? George Kittle, Dalton Kincaid, Travis Kelsey. Yeah. And then Dallas Goddard now injured. Yeah, he's hurt. All right. We'll take a break. We'll talk duds.

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Nobody helped Justin Herbert this week. 15 for 27, 192 and 1 through two picks. I mean, there are interceptions that are your fault and there are interceptions that are not your fault. He had one of the not your faults in this one where I believe it was Brennan Thompson juggled the ball 15 times and threw it into the air. So many drops. But also, you know, barely 50% completion percentage for him with all those drops. I mean, I don't know. He's a mess. You can.