Starts of the Week + Week 3 Breakdown, V8 Special - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/24

But it's a mirage. Week one was the Patriots. We just discussed how they don't have running backs. And then week two, last week was against Buffalo where they just didn't need running backs because Josh Allen was like, and you get a touchdown. And you get a touchdown. So I think you can run against Miami. And my main point here is that I think James Robinson is good. And he's getting the opportunity. He's got enough talent. I'm willing to start him. My running back start of the week is.

As always, whoever is playing the Carolina Panthers, and you're saying, well, it's Austin Echler. That's too out of reach, too obvious for the start of the week. I completely agree. That's why it is Joshua Kelly, who has been a running back two now in both weeks. Last week, we saw 26 opportunities. We saw his snap count jump 25%. They are back. They are back to the Austin Echler and the Melvin Gordon mold for this offense.

And that's who Joshua Kelly. Joshua Kelly is playing the part of Melvin Gordon. So I'm in on him. The matchup is great. The opportunities will be there. My running back start of the week is a response to the vast amount of poo-pooing that this player has received. And when you talk about playing Carolina, well, it's pretty nice to play. Yes, please. Detroit Lions. Kenyon Drake is playing the Lions this week. Detroit just got utterly...

bamboozled by Aaron Jones. Bamboozle. They did. They've given up, they've given up 6.92 per carry this year on 51 carries. Opposing running backs are averaging, averaging an extra 13 fantasy points against the Detroit Lions. Kenyon Drake breakout week this week. I love it. Against me in our league of record. Oh, let's, let's hope. This better not be any kind of fantasy reaper. If it is. Backwards logic here.

All right, at wide receiver, I've got my last week's taking it to a hundred player who came through. It's Deontay Johnson. Dare I say, the wide receiver won for the Pittsburgh Steelers. That's not a dare. He is. He looks great. He's hyper-targeted. His target market share is great. He has the eighth best matchup this week, according to pro football focus as far as the cornerback matchup if Bradley Robey is on him. If you remember.

Week one, Sammy Watkins had a very good week. I think that that's going to be kind of a similar matchup here against Houston. Deontay Johnson should be able to beat them. And I'm going with Alan Robinson. We talked about it a little bit before us. I'll keep it short. Atlanta is the worst team against quarterbacks right now. They are the fourth worst team against wide receivers. The matchup is there. I think Alan Robinson has his breakout week. If you're going to try and trade for him, you have to do it now.

I'm going with the rookie C.D. Lamb this week. No team has given up more fantasy points to opposing wide receivers than Seattle. That's why they got to let Russ Cook as they're giving it up on the back end. Giving up 65 fantasy points last week against Atlanta, then 44 against New England.

They're just hemorrhaging fantasy points. And C.D. Lamb's been very impressive. I think we're going to see a big play in this one. I really wanted to go Michael Gallup for my start of the week, but I saw you had C.D. Lamb. Yeah, the logic is the same. It's 100% the same. You guys remember when Lamar Jackson had a just an astronomical 9% touchdown rate last year. It's completely unsustainable. Do you guys know what Russell Wilson's touchdown rate is right now? Oh, no. I'm guessing north of 10. 14.3.

And you know what's crazy about it is, you know, he had two of the five longest past completions of the week last week. And it's like it's Russell, but David Morris catch was like,

ridiculous. They're making Russell look good too. He has some sous chefs over there for sure. He's not alone, but he is in the kitchen. Chef jokes, card puns. This show is unbelievable. Welcome to the fantasy footballers podcast. That's right. At tight end, I've got Noah Fantastic against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers against anybody. It doesn't matter. He's.

Right now, he's locked in. With Cortland Sutton being gone, Jerry Judy is a little bit banged up. They just have to give him the ball in his hands at least six or seven times. And if that happens, he has this athleticism that can break big plays that can get in the end zone. So you've got to stay in the flames with Noah Fantastic. And I'm going with Logan Thomas. Look, if you're a supporter on join the foot.com, not only do you get an extra podcast episode each and every week.

You get access to our tools like the streamfinder, and it is streamfinder time. You want to find those tight ends to play. Well, you're going to see a glaring situation here against Cleveland allowing the most points to the tight end position. You say, well, one of those was Mark Andrews. Yeah, I got it. I got it. But CJ Usama and Drew Sample both had a fantasy productive game.

Logan Thomas is pulling in a robust 27% target shirt. That's second behind only, Darren, I am the Walleris. So the volume hasn't completely hit yet for Logan Thomas, but the volume is there and the matchup is there. Turns out we're going to have three players in our starts of the week that play tonight because I'm going Mike Gisicki at the tight-in position. All right.

Gassiki got going last week. Huge athletic plays. I don't know if you saw the one-handed catch across the middle. 11 targets, eight catches, 130 yards, and a touchdown. That was a huge week. And Jacksonville's been shalacked in the first two weeks by opposing tight ends, including Johnny last week, torching them. So I think he is a reliable start this week. Jason Moore's Ironclad, locked and loaded, 100% guaranteed boom, boom kicker of the week.

With a fire first name that I really admires, I'm going with the Seattle Seahawks, Jason Myers. The best. Some of your finest work. Thank you. Thank you, Mike. Admires. To be clear, you rhymed Myers with Myers there at the end. Admires, but sure. Okay. I put a prefix on it. Were you impressed, Brooks? Oh, yeah.

It's not about impressing. It's about entertaining. Yeah. And the bar. There is no bar. There is no bar for that. The bar is a line drawn on the ground. I can simply step across. All right. The rest of the matchups. And you still manage to trip on it. Sometimes it gets in my way. The rest of the matchups tomorrow. But we're done for today. So enjoy the game tonight. Join the foot.com is the community. If you want to get the extra episode, we just came out with the footcast yesterday.

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