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

You could feel more confident about that house call if he could see a target that's 20 yards down the field, which he has yet to see this entire year. They're not taking shots, and that's putting a lot more on. That's his superpower. Yeah, but they didn't want to do it. They said, no, you've got to let him fly. There is at least. They're tating their time on this one. Swish. Okay, good. You got it in there. Man, that was close. That was close to being a cricket. I thought it was a misspeak at first. And then.

They're like, no, it was just a good old-fashioned footballers pun. I don't think I've ever switched before. That might be my first switch on the show. I think that it felt it. It felt important to get that in there. They just need to throw the ball more and I don't expect it to happen in this specific matchup. He's got 24% target share, which is like for a rookie through two weeks, you're going, okay, that's not bad. It's a biggest slice of a turd pie though with this team. Yeah, it's a small turd pie. Yeah, so they need to like.

They need to bake a new pie. We got to take a break, guys. It's really limited touches because it was seven carries a week one, 14 carries in week two. Tony Pollard's running for 4.7, man. You're back to Tony Pollard. You just, you are in love with Tony Pollard. I mean, Mike, we'd start him over Judkins. We know this. I don't hate it. Would you? I mean, Judkins has got a great matchup. Which do you take? We've got to take a break. Give me an answer.

Judkins. All right. Well, he just said Judkins. Yeah. Clip that. All right. We'll be back in a second. I had to say Judkins are Pollard. You were going to say clip it no matter what I said. Yes, I was. Here we go. It's a trap. All right, Phook, Clan, whether you are on the go or at home, Team mobile, while they're built to keep you connected, wherever you're scouting your fantasy team. And that on the go part, that is important. With America's Best Network, you'll be connected to the latest news and player projections.

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Well, I say somehow because they don't ever start a season well. Oh, I mean, it does seem like a fair comment. Yeah. They normally start falling on their faces slash injured. And it's because of their defense more than their offense through two weeks. Two and O traveling to Pittsburgh who is one and one, Vegas line Cincinnati minus three and a half over under 40. Over under's 42 and a half. And I really hate to do this, but I'm going to. I understand. Andy's almost upset of the week. I am not just almost upset that I did that. I am fully upset. Yeah. You're wrong.

But I understand. Yeah. Look, the Steelers' offense has been so hard to watch. Yeah. We did get word that Jalen Warren is back at practice and Rico Dattle is still not practicing. It could be the Warren only experience. Warren was limited. He's definitely still injured. Michael Pittman was limited, also injured. So it's like they're kind of there and we're hoping they play, but they're being done. What was Metcalf's designation? Bad.

that he's just limited with bad. He's limited with wet farts. Yeah. Metcalf sucks. This team offense sucks, but for some reason. So, wait, you're calling for an upset, but who do you possibly play? It's T.J. Watt. He's calling for the defense. The passing defense for the Pittsburgh Steelers has been very good. You know what? I just remember, I need to know that Jaylon Ramsey is playing in this football game.

because I know he missed Wednesday practice. Do we have a Thursday practice report on Ramsey yet? Because I could, I could undo that. If Ramsey's active in this game, the over-under is low, he is participating. Okay. This will be an old-fashioned AFC North battle. It's a low over-under. I don't think that, I haven't seen the Cincinnati offense that I've been like, like I saw Jamar Chase make the play of his life on a pretty much an alley-oop.

Like, but I haven't seen. There's no, been no point during the season where I'm like, man, they are running on every cylinder on the offensive side yet. It's been the defense. And I think the defense going to Pittsburgh, that'll be a challenge. And look, you play the players you're going to play in this one. Jamar Chase Higgins, Burrow, Chase Brown, easy on the Cincinnati side. I just think it'll be a dog fight. And I wouldn't expect prolific numbers from them going up against the defense for the Steelers. That's just the Steelers right now through two weeks. It's two weeks. And one of them was Cooper Rush.

but they're number one against quarterbacks, two against wideouts, and fifth against tight ends. They're going to put the pass rush on. The other one was Drake May. Yeah, but that, I mean, okay? Drake May was a number two quarterback last year, right? Drake May has been doo-do since the wild card round. So the two games, oh, the rest of the playoffs in these two games. Yeah, I mean, like I said, it's two games, Mike. I disclaimed it. One of them is Drake May.

But we know that the Steelers' DNA is on the defensive side of the football, and that part is what keeps them in games. So, I mean, you wouldn't say this is a plus matchup for the Bengals, would you? No, no, not at all. The Steelers, I mean, you might be forced into playing DK Metcalf. The targets are there. Maybe someday he will actually convert and something good will happen. Would you play him or Adanii Mitchell? Oh. I'd be willing to go back to the well with Metcalfe this week.

personally. And that is... That's tough. I like the environment of that Detroit game so much more than this. That's true. Yeah, that's true. Yeah, I'll probably play Adnye Mitchell. Also, then I don't have to play D.K. Metcalfe. But the... That would be one of these keys. I was going to bring up the mute of... Look, Dr. Schultz against Cincinnati, 12 for 140. Cincinnati, you know, we mentioned Carolina against...

running back. It's like just historical long enough. It's a disaster. Cincinnati. We're like eight years running of just target Cincinnati with the tight end position. Pat Fryermuth, yeah, I mean. It's a floor play, but it's, you could definitely do worse. Yeah, it's a touchdown play. You know, it's like Fryer Muth, who else can catch a touchdown there? BK can't. It feels that way. Warren, if he's all alone, yeah. Sure. Take the volume. Take the volume. I'm hiding right.

You're just saying the name of a player you recently signed out loud? Yeah, I was sad to see Jalen Warren back at practice because Eli Hydenreich, their late round rookie running back who, I mean, has an analytical profile in college that is outrageously good, a very jack-of-all-trades. I just want one week this year.

Where, and I thought it might be coming right now where Warren and Rico are. Beautiful butterfly. Yes. I want him to turn into a beautiful butterfly. Eli Heimlich. Eli Heimlich. I'm a cute little bumblebee. It would be, it would be awesome to see him forced.

into the role where he gets all the opportunity. I would love to see it. Perfect fit for Aaron Rogers checking down the way that Kenny Gainwell did last year. He's as good a receiver as he is a running back. You might see him this week. One more game to preview. Seattle 2 and 0 against the Washington commanders who are 0 and 2 right now. Oh my gosh. The lowest implied point total possible this week. 16.8 points for the commanders. They will not have Jaden Daniels.

Have we gotten any updates? We've had no updates. And what's wild is, I don't know if you saw this, Kurt Warner came out and said he suffered the exact same injury in 07 and played the next week. He said, yeah, he's like, Jaden can play if he wants. I did. Look, I don't. It's a little bit different, Doug. I know we're doctors. It's not just the injury. It's a redo of the redo. But there's no redo there. The injury was, they did not repair the ligaments.

They are torn already. The dislocation, I'm sure, causes a bunch of swelling and inflammation and pain. I bet it hurts. Yes, it hurts. But that might lean itself into the Kurt Warner side of things. All I know is he throws with one arm and the other arm is hurt. Generally, when that kind of thing happens, I think a quarterback, if they can catch the football on a snap, I'm shocked that they can't play. Now, I know that oversimplifies it. I'm not trying to imply that Jaden Daniels is not tough. I don't know.

I guess I'm implying it a little bit, but I don't know the details. Kurt's wife responding by saying, quote, yeah, Kurt, and your arm has been messed up since. That's fair. I mean, it's fair. But, you know, I guess I'm just surprised that we haven't gotten an update. The no update is very weird. It's Thursday. Yeah, I mean, we had that injury happened. We had Jackson Dart situation all.

figured out as of two days ago, basically. And here we are sitting with Jaden Daniels is like, well, what's going on? So look, the point is, is this week, the over-under is low, right? It's 40 and a half, but Seattle's got 24 points implied. So Seattle's going to be fine. Mike, your stream was either Darnold or Locke, whoever starts. Yep. I think JSN is obvious. But other than that, do you have a start on Seattle that you feel comfortable with? And is it Emmanuel Wilson at running back?

No, I mean... I'd play him over price. You'd play Emmanuel Wilson over... I think they're going to give Emmanuel Wilson the opportunity to continue what he started last week. Yeah, I mean, the matchup is, you know, last year the commanders were very bad against the running back position. You could do worse, but I think this game is going to be over quickly. And when I say that, I don't mean like...

the score is going to mean the game's out of reach. I mean, the game, I think, is going to disappear fast. Like, you know, sometimes you look up at all the afternoon games and you're like, oh, that game's over already. I just feel like this is going to be few plays in this game. It's not a game environment I'm excited to have players a part of. The commanders are only implied for 16.8 points. That is the lowest of any team this week. The Seahawks defense is so good. I.

I think that, I mean, that speaks to saying that a running back for Seattle could be good for sure. And so, Judarian Price is banged up. That is question number one. But for what happened last week, I mean, through the first three quarters, it was, it was far closer. And it was like, Judarian Price in the first half had three more carries in the third quarter, Judarian Price four to three for Wilson. It was the fourth quarter where they were.

Price was hurt and knocked out of the game. And then they just, they full salted with Emmanuel Wilson. Stefan Diggs has found his way into the end zone frequently so far this year. Yeah, he's on my roster. I would prefer, I'm, are you benching him? I prefer not to play Stefan Diggs with the backup quarterback against Seattle. I don't want to play anybody on Washington. I don't want to play Bill. I don't want to play Dick. That would be Dick White. White. And I don't want to play Ketron Allen. So.

I would be trying to find other options. Not many people are aware of that name. Dick White? Yeah. What did that come from? I don't even know. I don't know. I don't even know. At this point. Nobody remembers? No. Doesn't matter. Richard. It came from Richard instead of Rashad? Yeah, Richard. And then Dick is short for Richard. Yeah. Yeah.

So then he became Dick White. That can't be how it happened. Everybody's nodding over there. Yeah, because Betts accidentally typed in Richard. Oh, okay. Yeah, I mean, that sounds exactly how this show was. That does seem the math now checks out. I will say. Anyway, Bill and Dick. I will say that usually when Marcus Mariotta plays, he just ends up great for fantasy, he should be rostered. This matchup against Seattle. He should be rostered?

I think so. I mean... In a 12-man league? Yeah, I think Marcus Mariotta will have good fantasy output as the season goes on. When he gets the opportunities to start, he oftentimes, I mean... He started eight games last year and averaged 11 fantasy points. Yeah, but he has those big games in certain matchups. He had 23.3 against Denver. Well, what's the actual schedule? Because there's 0.0. I'm not playing him against Seattle. No, I'm not either. Coming up, Indie, Indianapolis the next week.