Starts of the Week + Week 3 Games, Tucker 2x4! | Fantasy Football 2026 - Ep. 1979

He is the first player in NFL history with 3,000 passing yards and a 67% completion rate through his first 13 career games. He's old. He was seasoned. He was ready to play. He's in the perfect system with Kellynne Moore. You're essentially getting an extra five or more dropbacks. It's like an extra drive per game because of how fast they play. When you're looking at these players, we got Drake May at Jacksonville, Herbert at Buffalo, Stafford at Denver.

Yeah. I'm rolling out Tyler Shuck. It's a big week. We've talked about it all week long. I think the offensive line, maybe no A. Chan, I cannot wait to see if he can. Yeah. I think it's a big week for him. I'm going with the player that had a down week. These are the kind of starts you need sometimes. David Montgomery.

is going to be my start of the week at the running back position. It should work. Eight total opportunities last week, less than five fantasy points, still out snapped Woody Marks, who Woody Marks was pretty good, efficiency-wise again. But the Colts, boy, you want to start players against the Colts right now. 30th in EPA per rush attempt, 31st and yards per carry allowed. I think it's that kind of week. I think, honestly, I think C.J. Stroud's kind of okay this week. I really think he'll throw for a ton of yards. But I'm going to go Monty at running back.

Yeah, wait until we get to my tight end. For now, I'll talk about Cameron Scataboo. Oh, going Cameron. I'm going, yeah, well, he wants to be called Cameron, not Cam, according to Cameron. But, yeah, so through two weeks.

He's seen 16 and 18 opportunities. He is the Giants lead back. Now that you've got Jackson Dart gone, I think they're going to have to rely on him even more at home against Tennessee. I think the Giants are going to run, play defense. He should be a very solid RB2 this week for fantasy. Yeah, there are going to be matchups for the Giants where not having Jackson Dart scares me about the run game. This is not one of them. Yeah, there's a good matchup. And I think James is going to check down to a little bit more to Camman than we've seen the first two weeks.

I'm going with a running back two on his own team. I'm going Blake Corum against the Denver Broncos. I like him this week. I think he's very playable through two weeks on a per touch basis. He's looking awesome. Six yards per carry on 22 attempts. Only Ken Bone, the absolute the man is higher than Blake Corum in that. Speaking of Ken Bone, this is... The man, the bone, the legend. The man, the bone, the legend.

I love it. This is the matchup where Kenneth Walker showed us maybe the Denver Broncos are not so good at tackling through two weeks. Dead last in EPA per rush. Dead last in yards after contact per attempt allowed. 29th in fantasy points allowed to running backs. He's like he might be the backup, but I think Blake Horm is very playable this week. I keep expecting to finally.

see that Blake Cormout scores Kyron Williams on a week because of how well he's playing. That won't happen. And it just doesn't ever happen. They were like identical rushing the football this past week. I'm going D. Bo Samuel when it comes to. Oh, that's a man. Yeah. He's the last man standing. I was going to say. I was. Debo against Arizona the stack with Brock Purdy.

He's 50% out wide, 5% in the backfield, 45% in the slot. He's going to be a part of the game plan. What I love about Shan Ann is he goes into these games and he says, look, this is how we win. He's running out of options to choose from on the, this is how we win. You can't overload Kettle right now recovering. It's a Debo game. And Mike, I know you got him and you're going to play. I'm pretty happy about it. I am going at wide receiver with Ladd McConkey, injured Ladd.

If you watch the practice reports last week, he barely practiced. And then in the game, he was more of a decoy. He was out there a little bit, but played less than half the snaps. It wasn't a good game. Already this week, full participant practice on Wednesday, I think that the matchup is good. They desperately need him. I expect a billion points in that Buffalo game. I couldn't imagine having him on the bench if he goes off in an environment where he should. The bill's offense has been great, but their defense,

They've been winning so you're not worried about the defense as much, but the 31st and points per drive allowed 28th, the past success rate allowed 30th and fantasy points allowed to wide receiver, specifically losing a lot to the slot wide receiver. So this is just a perfect matchup. I know he's a little banged up, but based on the practice reports, I think he's going to have a very fine fantasy week three. I'm going Josh Downs. I love it. Against the Houston Texans. Last week, downs was awesome. Nine targets, seven for 72.

Alec Pierce is now officially out of the picture. And, you know, all the analysis of like, is Josh Downs going to be out there? The answer is yes. He is a full-time player. He is their number one wide receiver now. And he's trying to trade for Alec Pierce for me right now. So we'll have. I did. I gave you a 24-hour period to accept my trade. Was it you mean Josh Downs or Alec Pierce? What? You said Alec Pierce. Did you mean Josh Downs? Yes, Josh Down. Okay. And speaking of that.

30th in first read target share 30%, I should say, 29% of the team's receiving yards so far. And maybe it's just a Buffalo Cincinnati thing. Houston is bleeding points to the wide receiver position. And coincidentally, this is a matchup that Josh Downs has actually been pretty good in five career games versus Houston. Downs is averaging over 10 fantasy points per game against that defense. And if you want to be just...

mesmerized by a stat. My tight end start of the week is Travis Kelsey, who, quote, leads all past catchers in the NFL in yards after the catch. Oh, yeah. Yeah, there was a couple big runs. They are 11.5 point road favorites. He leads the team and targets per route run. And if it was just some hidden stats and not the eyeballs, I would not be bringing it up. But if you go and you watch the game, looks good. I think he's lost some weight. I think he looks in better shape than last year.

And it's Miami boys. I mean, if he doesn't score in this game, I'll be shocked. I think it was a friend of the show Matt Harmon had tweeted about. He's like, Travis Kelsey got in wedding shape and then just stayed in shape. He's like, I see you, Travis. There you go. Hey, if we like a narrative, I don't hate it. But what about all the pictures when he shows up to camp and he looked like? He was just bloated. Yeah, very. I'm going to go with the doctor.

Oh, the doctor said. Dr. Schultz, we said last week that he was going to get a bazillion targets for probably, for probably 30 yards, but he broke a few Travis Kelsey-esque long, empty field runs. He was 12 for 140 against Sensi last week. 12 on 14 targets. Did you hear him going down the field? Oh, you upgraded him. I did. I gave him credit for running for being the tight end two on the week. That's it. There it is. Are certainly a team that you are targeting right now.

I mean, that was who Travis Kelsey just obliterated on Sunday night. So if Kelsey could do it, the doctor can do it. Okay. Also, Terrence Ferguson on waivers. Yes, yes, yes. If Puka's gone, would be like a secondary start of the week. Oh, that would be very good. That starts of the week back to you, bye. Hey. Hey.

Mike gets one. My tight end start of the week. Oh, I'm so sorry. Get out of here. You're going to like this one. They reminded me about this ETA. And then I was like, let's just do it now. I was over here waving my hands at you, but you didn't see me there. Well, you know what? Maybe just, sorry. I'm going with Tucker second and fourth craft for tonight. Yeah, tonight against the Atlanta Falcons. Second and four. What is second and four? What is that? That's what your trade was. Ah.

A second and a fourth? Yeah. You think it's worth it? It will be in the end. I just, that's what I'm calling him right now. The ramp up. He played 98% of the snaps. Yes, they have some offensive line issues. That's a huge jump. But Tucker Kraft is back to being a full-time player. With Jaden Reed out, Tucker Craft should absolutely dominate the middle of the field.

And Atlanta is currently 29th and scheduled adjusted points to the tight-end position. And they played The Muth and Darren Waller. Yeah, that's great. I will say when I saw this in there, I really liked the two-four in there. But I thought you wrote it wrong. I thought you were calling him Tucker two-by-four. And I was like, oh, yeah. Oh, wait a minute. Oh, he's just going to smack guys. Hold on. Tucker two-by-four? Two-by-four? Yeah, in the face. Hold on.

Tucker two by four. Tucker two by four. I don't hate it. I don't really mind it. Yeah. The two by four? He brings a two by four. You're getting out of the way. It takes a two by four to get him in a trade too. Uh, that was starts to the week. Officially, officially starts to the week. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Brought to you by the Apple card. Apply in the wallet app on your iPhone today. Subject to credit approval. Apple card issued by Goldman Sachs Bank, USA, Salt Lake City branch. Terms and more at Applecard.com.

Tucker 2 by 4. All right. We'll take a break. I'm in. Put it on the board. It rolls off the tongue. Let's take a break and we'll get into the forecast. All right. It's week three. Fantasy forecast presented by prize picks. If there were two teams that couldn't be in more opposite sentiment situations, right? The vibes around the Los Angeles Chargers who are o' and two traveling.

to the brand new Highmark Stadium. The Buffalo Bills are 2 and 0. The Vegas line is Buffalo minus 7. The over under is 50 and a half. Nearly every part of my being is tempted here. Oh, yeah. Because this is the National Football League. There wasn't a soul who thought that the Ravens would lose last week to, well, there were a few. But it was a big line, right? It was eight and a half points. You had the Browns come back.

with a win last week against tampa i don't think anybody expected that i just i would not be shocked if you got one of those weeks where the rubber met the road and the charges made it close i'm not i'm not going to do it because it's just the extremes are too extreme right now dj more we could get them back this week we'll see it's the second highest over under the week so for fantasy purposes independent of the outcome

Very exciting game. Yeah, I mean, I made Ladd start because the Buffalo Bill's defense has been very, very bad. CJ Stroud destroyed them, and their offense has been so good. It's been irrelevant. I mean, they're blowing guys out. And I agree partially with your sentiment that...

I think the Chargers are going to figure stuff out. I think they're going to get better. And I believe getting Lad back is crucial to this offense. When Ladd has been out there, you know, the very beginning, the first half against Cardinals, their offense looked significantly better with Lad out there. I also think their offense might be more explosive with Gadsden being forced in instead of Najoku. And, you know, they were playing this slow, tight-end heavy, you know, scheme. And I think that it could be good.

I still believe that right now Buffalo is just cooking so they are on fire. And that second game at home at Highmark, I don't see the charter stop. You got any more heat-related analogies cooking? They're on fire. What else you got? Blazing? I think they're scorching. They're magma, man. Magma. Yeah, this is, they're playing good football. And here's the thing about Buffalo that I don't think people, like if you say, okay, Josh, Josh, down those two games,

That's otherworldly. You're not going to get that all year. You don't want to know. This is Joe Brady. McDermott was the coach for all those years. When McDermott was the head coach, I always had confidence that this defense would progress over the course of the season because that's what he did. That's what made him good. It didn't matter if they lost personnel. They figured out the defensive side. You could say, oh, we just want to run the ball and play defense through two weeks.

Joe Brady looks like he's got the offense on lock and the defense looks suspect. Sure, that's fair. But play Alan, play Cook. If DJ Moore is active, do you play him? He was limited on Wednesday. That's a good sign. Yeah, I probably play him, but understand the risk of, I mean, a hard fall on that shoulder and you could lose DJ Moore again. Khalil Shakir, Keon Coleman.

risky at best. Yeah, Coleman didn't practice on Wednesday, which is unfortunate. Of course you make the one one game you look competent as a receiver and you don't practice. So I'm at least keeping an eye on him, maybe just a speculative ad, not so much of a nasty play this week. We did mention that like that might swell up after the game because he went back out there and then Dalton Kincaid, yes, please. Yeah, Dalton Kincaid has just been awesome. He looks like their number one receiver. Even with DJ Moore out there, it's just he is, he's always been.