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Week 3 is a Bloodbath - Recap - Injury News - Look Ahead to Week 4
The fantasy football world experienced a devastating Week 3 as injuries ravaged rosters across the league. Star players like CeeDee Lamb, James Conner, Mike Evans, and Najee Harris all went down, leaving fantasy managers scrambling for replacements. But amid the chaos, opportunity emerges.
Defensive units stole the spotlight with 9 non-offensive touchdowns, including 4 pick-sixes and 4 blocked kicks – the most in a single day since 1991. This defensive dominance flipped many fantasy matchups on their head, while also highlighting why many leagues are moving away from including defenses and kickers altogether.
We dive deep into the Cincinnati Bengals' offensive collapse, where Tee Higgins has practically disappeared and Chase Brown managed just 3 yards on 10 carries. If you're holding these players, we discuss when to hold firm and when to make a move after their first good performance. Meanwhile, emerging stars like Rome Odunze, Trey Tucker, and Quentin Johnston are reshaping the fantasy landscape as they climb into the top-10 WR rankings.
The waiver wire becomes critical this week as Trey Benson steps into Arizona's backfield, Omarion Hampton takes over in Pittsburgh, and Cam Scattebo continues to impress with his three-down skillset for the Giants. We also explore exciting Week 4 matchups, including why Kenneth Walker III might be poised for a monster Thursday night and why Ashton Jeanty owners might finally see the breakout they've been waiting for.
Whether you're licking your wounds from Week 3's carnage or looking to capitalize on others' misfortune, this episode provides the strategic guidance you need to navigate the aftermath of fantasy football's most brutal week yet. Join us and ensure your team doesn't become another casualty of the bloodbath.
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All right, guys, week three is in the books. We're going to talk about that bloodbath right away. We're also going to get into the news tell you about the injuries, and then we're going to look ahead to week four and see how this week's looking. Let's go All right, all right, all right. Welcome to the show. This is the Frankly Fantasy Football Podcast. We are your hosts, frankie and Johnny. Welcome in man. Week three baby, holy shit.
Speaker 2:Bloodbath.
Speaker 1:Bloodbath, absolutely bloodbath.
Speaker 2:Brutal Week one was a liar. Week two is dangerous. Week three bloodbath.
Speaker 1:Absolutely bloodbath. Brutal. Week one was a liar. Week two is dangerous. Week three bloodbath. Week three I just want to go to bed. Give me a glass of wine and a bike and I want to go back to sleep. I want to wake up tomorrow and just not realize this nightmare. I actually got lucky and avoided most of the injuries here, but I don't know How'd you do, man? I know you got killed in one league.
Speaker 2:Oh, CeeDee Lamb. Ceedee Lamb's hurting Mike Evans is hurting me. We're going to name a few others, but boy, oh boy, it is one of. And James Conner, it's just one of those things, man.
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Speaker 1:It's going to tell you every week when these episodes come out. We're dropping them on either Tuesday nights, wednesday mornings. Also, don't forget, guys, when you're on Instagram, tiktok, youtube Reels, you're going to see every week, frankie's going to put out his waiver wire pickups of the week. And then you got Fridays with Frankie. On Fridays, he's going to give you the top five things you need to know before going into the weekend. It's going to be who's starting, who's sitting, who's playing, who's heard Love it man. Valuable information. Make sure you join us, guys. Frankly fantasy football. Okay, today, guys, we are going to get into the week three recap. We're also going to talk about some news and notes, and then we're going to look at week four. Here, guys, we got some really interesting matchups and some guys that we weren't expecting to be in the top ten in fantasy football, and, yeah, we're going to talk about some of these guys here.
Speaker 1:So, frank, let's get into week three. Here, man, what happened last week? I mean, jesus, defense, fucking rules. I mean that's my God. I have never seen such dominant defensive performances. I mean I was at the edge of my seat just going holy shit, the picks, the pick sixes, the touchdowns, the blocks. I mean, let's look at a few things here, matt. I mean we had nine non-offensive touchdowns, four pick sixes, four pick sixes you never see that Fumble return for a touchdown. Five turnovers for the Bengals and the Patriots. Each, each of them had five turnovers Unbelievable. And then four blocked kicks. Get this Frank Four blocked kicks all in the fourth quarter. Okay, huge, huge implications here. The most blocked kicks in a single day since 1991. Incredible, what a cool stat, incredible.
Speaker 2:I mean, hey, man, if you had the Vikings defense, if you had the Eagles defense, if you had the Steelers defense, let me tell you they certainly, prope, certainly, propelled you to win. If you, if you were, if you had those guys, I mean it was incredible man.
Speaker 1:You know, I I saw people losing their fantasy games because the defense they played against got 35 points. Oh, it's so gross, let me tell you something, guys, if you can get rid of kickers and defenses we did this in our big family league, 14 team league I love it. I absolutely love it because you don't have this bullshit Block kicks. Can you imagine if you lost your fantasy league because you got negative two or negative three points on a blocked kick?
Speaker 2:from your kicker.
Speaker 1:Just gross, man. I mean, it's shit you cannot predict or expect and it can kill your fantasy. So my recommendation get rid of the defenses guys, because shit like this will crush you. Speaking of defenses, man, and the top defenses of the week, how about the Browns defense? Listen, man. I know the Browns are a joke and they're the butt of all these jokes and all of this, but the Browns have a championship defense with a middle school offense.
Speaker 1:That's what's happening right now, seriously. So what I mean? What do we do next week? Real quick, we'll take a look. Lions.
Speaker 2:Browns. I mean John, you got to fire up the line. I mean what we just saw from David Montgomery 12 rushes for 151 yards.
Speaker 1:Well, you're not going to stop. You're not going to stop.
Speaker 2:Yeah, no Daily fantasy, like if we're talking DFS here, be mindful, like right, we mentioned it last week yes, you're starting Josh Jacobs, but level set expectation, because if he doesn't score which he was lucky to score, that touchdown, and that's not me saying it from a Browns fan, I'm saying that strictly from how everything kind of unfolded he was very lucky. I mean, you look at John, from the Browns standpoint, held Chase Brown to 43 yards, held Derrick Henry to 23 yards, held Josh Jacobs to 30 yards. Guys, these are all powerhouse offenses. Well, now the Bengals aren't because Joe Burrows hurt, but at the time they were. And so for me, man, yes, you're still starting Jameer, yes, you're still starting David Monti, but in DFS there's better options elsewhere just to be safe.
Speaker 1:Can't believe we're saying that Crazy. You're absolutely right. Yeah, Interesting stat here. Frank, I just wanted to point out to you here Travis Hunter, wide receiver, cornerback for the Jacksonville Jaguars, rookie sensation, played more defensive snaps this week than offensive snaps. He had 41 defensive snaps, 35 offensive snaps. What do you think about that? What do you think about Travis Hunter right now? What are you doing there? Hot?
Speaker 2:take. He is not startable in fantasy football right now. If you are not counting defensive opportunities Now, if you're picking actual player positions and things like that, then yes, he's at a premium, of course, but if you're not, like most leagues are, guys, you cannot start him right now. It's just not something, guys. He hasn't had over 30 yards or 33 yards um receiving yet this year, and we're talking he's receiver two on this team um with BTJ being down at this point. So for me, man, yeah, it's totally wild to say this, but you can't start Travis Hunter, right?
Speaker 1:now, I agree. Another person you can't even think about starting. In fact, the only person really on this team you can play is Nico Collins. Cj Stroud has not thrown for over 250 yards since week 11 of last year. Over 250 yards since week 11 of last year.
Speaker 2:Brutal, that's absolutely brutal man.
Speaker 1:I mean, how do you see a fall from grace from his rookie year to these last two years? I mean, this is not, this is a trend, this is what's normal. Now we see his rookie year as kind of being a fluke and a freak thing. Sure, definitely. I mean, if you statistically it is.
Speaker 2:You have to, you have to be in that camp and again we're. We're Ohio state fans and for me, man, this, this hurts. But then you look at the full body of work. Even when he had the ability in the pocket, he's missing some of these throws. Now, again, those have been few and far between. You know, in terms of his offensive line has been terrible. So when he's had that opportunity he's been flustered and when he hasn't, I mean we're seeing him get destroyed. We're seeing them stack the box on Nick Chubb. We're seeing them say go ahead, you know these defenses, go ahead and try to throw, because we're going to come at your offensive line. It's bad, man. I mean, dare I say they're the second worst offensive line behind the Bengals.
Speaker 1:I agree, and all they have to do is just blanket Nico, yeah, who else is going to kill him at this point? Nobody, not Kirk, not Higgins. You know what I mean? Yeah, well, speaking of the, uh, the, they have the second worst offensive line. Let's talk about the worst offensive line here. Panic at the disco, baby, wow, the Cincinnati Bengals. Panic at the disco. I mean, oh, offensive lines, poop, it's an absolute poop. I don't care if they make a trade, I don't care if they make an offer for Kirk cousins, he's going to die. I mean, it's just the offensive line. Is poop T Higgins, he gone? Is he? The only place I've seen T Higgins is on a milk carton. He's gone, he's missing. I don't know where he is. I think he's been trafficked. We need to find him. Is he on the Epstein list?
Speaker 2:He's gone.
Speaker 1:I don't know where the hell he is. Yeah, he's like one of these celebrities that's on the Diddy list or something. He moved to France and he's hiding out.
Speaker 1:I don't know where they John two targets in a positive, the most positive game script you could possibly have, and it's two targets, that's awful man and I'm joking about it and all this stuff with all the funny comments or whatever, but I mean, realistically, what do we do? I had the Joe Burrow, t Higgins. Obviously I dropped Joe Burrow trying to stream quarterbacks there. Do I continue starting T Higgins? I mean this is a three receiver, one flex league, so I kind of have to. But my God, I mean, at this point you've got to look for better options. There has to be other options until he's getting five, six targets. How can you possibly throw him out? Right?
Speaker 2:Right, john, you're a hundred percent right. Guys, listen, if you have Tee Higgins, you are in purgatory hell right now because you got him at a premium value, more than likely. You drafted him third, fourth, fifth round. You need him to play and you don't have enough from him for a tradable asset. Guys, here is the key when he pops off just trust me on this when he pops off, package him together with another player and trade him, get him off of your team. Try to get another stellar piece stellar receiver three, receiver two option that you can then actually have playable. Because right now, man, yes, the Vikings defense is very good, but when you look at the Bengals and who they're playing, I mean they still got to go through the Ravens multiple times, the Steelers multiple times the Browns again and a lot of these other top tier defenses. Times the Steelers multiple times, the Browns again and a lot of these other top-tier defenses.
Speaker 2:Guys, nothing is going to change for the offensive line, unless there's something crazy that happens that they have a come-to-Jesus moment and all of a sudden now they're locking arms and they're fighting as a unit, which I don't see that happening. I honestly see them kind of folding, john, and just chalking this year up to it is what it is. Because Burrow's not going to come back. Why would you rush him back? They need to go back to the well and try to get this offensive line rebuilt in the offseason. And I know it's crazy to say that, knowing it's only we're bleeding into week four, but it's just the reality, man. And what we're seeing from Browning is he's nowhere near where they need him to be in order for it to even be effective. And so for me, man, yeah guys, wait till T Higgins pops. There will be a pop in one of these games coming up After that trade his ass.
Speaker 1:What about Chase Brown? I mean, look at Chase Brown's last three weeks. This is a round two guy who we were super high on. Now, obviously we were planning on the passing game being a monster attack. You know, one of the best in the NFL with Burrow and Chase and Higgins. But you know now that that's gone.
Speaker 1:This team is very one dimensional. Look what it's done to Chase Brown man. I mean, you look at, you know, the past three weeks here 43 yards rushing, 47 yards rushing. Last week, frank, week three, he had 10 carries for three yards, man, three yards, man. I mean and it's not like he's involved in the passing game eight yards, 18 yards, 17 yards. He hasn't eclipsed more than 63 total yards actually. Yeah, yeah, it's right around that area. Uh, about 65 yards is what he has combined yet this year. It's absolutely bananas. And what you're saying, you know in in a vacuum. What you're saying is correct.
Speaker 1:Let's look at reality as well. When you're looking at do I start T Higgins? Do I start chase Brown? What do I do with this team? Let's actually look at the schedule at Denver. I do with this team. Let's actually look at the schedule at Denver. Detroit at Green Bay, pittsburgh, the Jets, chicago. Bye, it must get better after the bye. Just hang on, guys, a few more weeks, everything will be fine. Oh wait, at Pittsburgh, new England, at Baltimore, at Buffalo, baltimore, dude, it's brutal. It's brutal. It's not going to get better for these guys. I mean, it really isn't. They're going to have to make, they're going to have to do something, unless they're just going to punt. But you know, for fantasy it's brutal. We're going to have to see how this team develops and what changes they make. Because, as of right now, you're right T Higgins has one good game at all and he's gone. I'm going to trade him for a tight end. I'll trade him for any piece I can get man.
Speaker 2:And John, what's crazy when you're talking about that schedule coming up and when you're talking about Chase Brown, guys, you know what this reminds me of. And we were high on Chase Brown, like, obviously, with Burrow, and the way he was able to stretch the field and the way he was able to make things happen for Chase Brown, etc. This reminds me of Travis Etienne, after he had that bomb season to where he was a top six, top seven fantasy back right, we're riding high, we're coming back, we're even having a, would you rather, between him and Derrick Henry. And here's all the reasons why for Travis Etienne, guys, this is what we're seeing live time for Chase Brown. And so, again, just as what I'm saying for Tee Higgins, it may be worse, it may actually be worse for Chase Brown.
Speaker 2:And because the reality is, if he's getting stuffed by a lot of these teams and you're telling me that now he's got to go to Denver, denver, with that offensive line, and then you go to Detroit, right, and you go to all these other, the Steelers, I mean, dude, this isn't great. And so again, guys, if I'm level setting expectation, you got it and I get it. Chase Brown's going to be a little bit more difficult because you probably got him in the second round and so you anchored your team. There were certain guys that also did a zero RB strat when keeper league shout out Matt McGlone, who we've had on, who kept him in the eighth round from last year, who's in absolute, miserable hell. So, guys, you got to hold strong right now, but the reality is, if he starts popping off, you might have to make that really difficult decision as well. Do I offset him and get somebody else? Maybe get two pieces, or do you want to ride and stay in the flames? And that's something that we're going to have to see.
Speaker 1:All right, real quick. Talk to me about Jamar Chase. Got to keep. What do we are? We? Got to hold him right. Got to hold.
Speaker 2:You got to hold, guys, because here's what it is His ceiling's gone. His receiver one overall ceiling is gone. Let's play in the realm of reality here. However, he could still certainly be a top 15 receiver, like I don't think that that's even remotely close to off the table. And, john, I know this is like perfect, because we're going to talk about who the top receivers are really, from three to seven, and you're going to be like what the fuck are you even saying to me. But the reality is is Jamar Chase is still there, but he's the only one. And again, I don't really see him maybe one game or two games. I don't see him having those 30 point weeks, like we saw last year and the year before, and that sucks because he's so dominant. So you got to keep them and you got to hope that you're building better pieces around him.
Speaker 1:We just talked about that brutal schedule. I mean he did have a 30 point week. In week two that was against Jacksonville, that's against Jacksonville. He was the wide receiver three, but before that wide receiver 77 and last week wide receiver 44. Chase, in my mind, could be one of those guys.
Speaker 1:If you've lost Connor, you lost Eckler, you lost running backs here and you need to make a move to try to pick a running back up, I mean Jamar Chase, if he has a great game and scores a touchdown, get you 70 yards or something, I would look to move him. If you can't, if you can, if your receiver depth allows you to move Jamar Chase, maybe you got lucky on the waiver wire, maybe somebody you drafted seventh, eighth round, maybe you got a guy like Quentin Johnston that you can play. You know that you weren't expecting to start. You might want to make a move when he does actually pop off. Just because of the name value. You're going to get a little more value than you should for Jamar Chase. Just look at the numbers. You look at the schedule, you look at what's happening. You look at the offensive line and the quarterback. I mean that's a guy I'd be saying not to start on most teams if it's anyone else besides Jamar Chase.
Speaker 1:But yeah, I mean, take a look at that, guys. I mean we're going to have to be monitoring this. We're probably going to talk about it every week. Is this the week to move jamar? Is this the week to move t higgins? Is this the week to move chase brown? We're going to be probably talking about that week after week here, guys. Uh, the other team, I would say total panic. But the cowboys, man, yeah, the cowboys are struggling, dude, I mean, at this point you know what do you do with? I mean you really, if you drafted the dac cd stack?
Speaker 2:what do you do, guys? For me I'm sitting. It's just what it is. You've got to sit back until CD comes back. Now, thank the Lord it's a high ankle sprain and I know a lot of times we're like that sucks, but what we're seeing is a lot of guys being put on IR and out for season. So when, comparatively speaking, if CD lamb ends up missing two, three weeks, you're okay. You're like okay, if I can, if I can at least go 1-2, or if I can go 1-1, or if I can go 2-1, you're really happy with that without CeeDee Lamb. But if you have Dak right now, guys, sit him. There's other people Look at.
Speaker 2:Yes, I get it recency bias, because when you look at Week 2, you're like you're a liar. But Geno Smith right, week 2 was terrible, but that's because of the team. He was playing against man playing against man. It was a brutal defensive game and he looked like dog shit. And it was that late-night Monday-night game against the Chargers. And what we're finding out? Chargers are damn good. Chargers are a top-three AFC team and I don't think there's anything to debate that. But then you look at what Geno Smith plays this week and he goes off for three, you know three tuds over 250 yards looking great. And so for me man I think that there's other players out there You're going to have to go matchup by matchup. That's what's going to happen. If you drafted Dak as your QB1, you got to go matchup by matchup here, but there are other options.
Speaker 1:How about the quarterback three right now, which Caleb Williams, caleb Williams, caleb Williams, yeah. How about the quarterback four on the year right now, which is Daniel Jones Crazy. How about the quarterback six right now, which is Drake May? So, guys, I think the point is, you know, you've got Gino Smith at 11, aaron Rodgers at 12. There are options, there are other options and, yeah, I think you're just going to have to look elsewhere until CD gets back. Guys, really the only guys on this team you're starting. I'm even hesitant with Javante Williams at this point, frank, because the game scripts are probably not going to allow Javante Williams to get that much volume.
Speaker 1:I mean, you're looking at George Pickens, which, hey, good for you. If you got him, he's going to be a target monster. Fire his ass up. These next couple of weeks is where he's going to return all his value for you. Ferguson and Jake Ferguson, yeah and Jake Ferguson, yeah, turn Ferguson, get them out there. It's just a matter of bodies and targets and they're going to get them All. Right, frank, we talked about this. I just I want to talk about just some surprise finishes. Talked a little bit about quarterbacks there. I want to talk to you about the receivers here. Frank, just looking at you know the top 10 receivers. You know you got Puka, you got Amon Ra. You're like, yeah, okay, they were expected. That's one and two, excellent, three through seven. Frank, I just want to touch base with you here. Man Number three is Roma Dunze, number four, trey Tucker, number five, quentin Johnston, six, jackson Smith and Jigba and number seven is Keenan Allen. I mean, this is obviously the top 10 receivers that we put out prior to the draft.
Speaker 2:Right, that's what we were talking about. Talk to me about that.
Speaker 1:I mean, what stands out to you in that list, man? I mean that's just bananas.
Speaker 2:I mean absolutely for sure, trey Tucker, and I say that because Akron boy let's go, man Akron boy CVCA, let's go Hometown hero, let's go, baby, let's go.
Speaker 2:Trey Love to see it. But is it real? We have to see it again. Not to that level. I'm not saying a 40-point game, but I'm saying the nine targets. And, guys, what we're seeing, trey Tucker. Here's what he's done the last two weeks and this is what's interesting Eight targets in week two, three receptions, 12 yards. Nine targets in week three eight receptions, 145 yards and three touchdowns.
Speaker 2:Guys, what I'm saying is, if we keep seeing Trey Tucker with eight, seven, nine, ten targets, you got to play him. You got to play him in your flex. He's getting all of the opportunity and then some, and he's their deep threat. And so for me that's super surprising, because not that he's doing, not that he's their deep threat, but that the guy's putting up four touchdowns in three weeks. That's surprising to me. And so we got to see if there's something to continue to replicate on a week-to-week basis there. But the other man for me yes, I could hang my hat on Keenan Allen.
Speaker 2:That's not where I'm going. I'm going with Roman Dunzay because his consistency is wild. Guys. We're talking even back half of last year, bleeding into this year. That's where kind of the hype started coming from. Right, he's like oh shit, there's something there with Rome. And then all of a sudden now this year, guys, here's what we're seeing Nine targets, week one.
Speaker 2:Here's what we're seeing. Nine targets week one 11 targets week two, seven targets week three so far he has 16 total receptions and, guys, he has four touchdowns as well in the first three weeks, and those aren't fly-by-night touchdowns, guys, these are absolutely dissections of what Caleb William is doing to the defenses and going to Roma Dunzey as his number one target. Dj Moore is not his number one target and I think we need to say that outright, with our chest out and be real about it. It's not that guy. He's not that guy. This year Maybe he could end up coming along and truly being a 1A, 1b. Right now he is receiver two on that Chicago Bears team. It is Roma Dunzey as true receiver one and, honestly, man, I'm here for it. So to see him at receiver three for me is mind-blowing.
Speaker 1:It is. He's getting the separation. I mean he's open on every play. I've been watching him because I'm just wondering is this real? Is?
Speaker 1:he just kind of filling in because dj moore's being blanketed. And is it the defensive scheme? He's the deep threat, he's the short sideline outlet. I mean he's kind of doing it all. Caleb is looking for this. So 100, fire him up, man. I mean until further notice. Yeah, we don't even need to talk about roma dunes. They just get them on your starting lineup and feel good about all right. Franken, let's get to the news, baby.
Speaker 1:All right, get the bell out, Frankie, Unfortunately we're going to hear the bell a few times here. Man, bring out your dad. Okay, james Conner running back for the Arizona Cardinals guys. He's going to have to have ankle surgery. They haven't committed to it, but he's likely missing the rest of the season. So he's, he's done. Get that bell, oh, man. And we were just talking about how good he's been, how important he is to that offense, how good he is out of the backfield receiving. But we also did talk about about he will miss some games. We didn't think it was going to be the whole season, but we did say last week especially pick up Trey Benson. He's a guy who could be very good for you down the stretch. If you know, connor misses three, four, five games this year. Benson, you know, could be a top 10 running back for you. All right, well, here we go. I mean Trey Benson, frankie, talk about it a little bit here, man.
Speaker 2:Here we go. I mean Trey Benson guys. So again, we've talked about this guy since his rookie year. He was so dominant at Florida State he finally gets the opportunity. What's really cool for me, man, even in the midst of all this situation, is the post that he did in honor to James Conner. It's basically like and I'm paraphrasing but really cool post picture of him and James Conner and it was like I got your back, brother, and I'm paraphrasing that, but it was something along those lines and, dude, I really think that we could see, finally, what we all saw in college and what we had, you know, glimpses of very few but a few glimpses of his rookie year.
Speaker 2:And for me, man, looking at what his you know he I mean they're playing Thursday night against Seattle. This is not going to be an easy game by any means for Arizona, knowing how well Seattle as a whole is playing, but also their defense as well. So for me, man, I think that we could see Trey Benson be really nice out of the backfield from a receiving perspective. Dare, I say it could be what we a lesser version of poor man's Chase Brown for what we were expecting walking into this year. I think that that could be Trey Benson's ceiling.
Speaker 2:So for me, guys, hop on the bandwagon, let's see what happens from Trey Benson's standpoint. He's not a scrub. But also, keep in mind there's also DeMarcato that's on this team as well, so he might be an interesting pickup guys that you can get off the waiver wire if Trey Benson's gone, just in case if Trey Benson does not work out, if it, or something like that, because we have seen D Mercado actually provide some fantasy value in the past. So you know, there might be a little bit of a one, two kind of punch here, but it's definitely going to be Trey Benson show.
Speaker 1:They could have D Mercado out there. He could get a lot of passes. I mean, I could see him getting four, five, six targets Totally. You know which would bring fantasy value for you, no question about it. All right, all right, bring out the bell again, frankie. Another bell man. I said it was a bloodbath this week. Guys, it's rough. Najee Harris finally gets back on the field after his eye injury in the offseason. Najee Harris has a torn Achilles. He is going to miss the season. I mean this is not good. I mean, jk Dobbins is really one of the only guys I've seen really successfully come back from an Achilles. I mean, at his age this could be the end for Najee Harris. I'm not sure how long was his contract? Was it a one-year?
Speaker 2:contract.
Speaker 1:It was a one-year deal, which really sucks. Yeah, that's tough, man, man all right, but let's take a look at a positive though here. Um, marion hampton, let's go, let's go.
Speaker 1:This is what we're waiting on, guys this is what we're waiting on two tough weeks for marion hampton to start off the year. Week three he comes out while he's got the carries. While he's got, he needs volume. Marion hampton's volume guy with a split backfield, it was going to be rough. I was ready to sit Amarion Hampton if he wasn't going to get it done this week. But now that he's getting the carries, he needs the volume. This is a team that will run through the teeth, run through the teeth and then drop a deep bomb to Quentin Johnston. So he needs to continue getting that to actually pop one out, squirt out through the middle there. But yeah, I mean, I, I, Omarion Hampton, I was nervous, Fire him up. All you know, guns ablaze and let's go.
Speaker 1:Ceedee Lamb. Frankie, he's going to miss a few weeks there. Man, it's a high ankle sprain. It's typically a two to four week thing. You're going to have to watch it every week, guys. But yeah, it's. It's not great, but the good news is, man, fire them up those are the guys to go with.
Speaker 1:Yeah, those are the only guys. I'm starting right now from Cowboys, like we said. Another one here, mike Evans. Oh man, this one's rough too. Mike Evans left the game with a hamstring injury. Everything's saying that he could go on the IR. It didn't look good. Hamstrings are tough to predict. There's a wide range of severity there. This one looked a little rougher than what you normally see, so he could potentially go on IR. Good news is Chris Godwin could play this week, and boy do they need him. Big time man, I think the story is a mecha buka.
Speaker 2:So good Is that, odell.
Speaker 1:Beckham out there catching balls.
Speaker 1:Seriously Did you see the one-handed grab he had Didn't even use his other hand, brought it down like it was nothing. This guy's incredible. I mean I wanted him to be my champion and I took T-Mac instead and I should have taken Iqbuka. He's proven a man, absolute stud for the value you drafted him in what round? Six, seven, something like that for Iqbuka. Oh yeah, crazy. I mean this is major, major keeper written all over Ibuka here. All right, let's keep going here. Frank, terry McLaurin I don't know A lot of people didn't even know this one here.
Speaker 1:Terry McLaurin left the game with a quad injury. We're going to have to watch the practice reports, guys, because it doesn't look great. I'm not hearing a ton of information about it, but keep an eye on that. We could be without Terry McLaurin this week, guys. Tyrone Tracy, running back for the New York football Giants, left of the shoulder injury. We're looking at two to four weeks is what it's looking like right now for Tyrone Tracy. Hey, cam Scadaboo, bring him out. Talk about it, man, bring him out. Talk about Cam Scadaboo, man.
Speaker 2:I love watching this guy, I mean you know, what's funny is like he's seriously man, a mix of like Mike Allstott and, like you know, I can't even find the other guy but there's just something there. It's almost like Mike Allstott meets Peyton Hillis and I'm not just throwing out like white big running backs, but it's just the way, the style, the meanness that he plays with and dude he's. I mean he looks good Like we're not just talking about the rushing or the receiving. Check out his pass blocking and I know that sounds ridiculous, guys he's taking on linebackers, he's taking on defensive ends, he's taking on blitzing safeties and he is wrecking them and he's enjoying it. It's wild. And so for me, man, I think that this is the opportunity for him to then finally step up. Guys, we talked about it when we were doing our rookie review and we got him I got a ton of shit for basically saying that Cam Scadaboo, in my opinion, is the best pass catching back out of this particular rookie class from a running back standpoint, and I got destroyed rookie class from a running back standpoint, and I got destroyed. Guys, look at what he's done, look at the routes that he's doing.
Speaker 2:Again, I mentioned the game when Arizona State played Texas last year in the playoffs. This isn't a fluke. This is who Cam Scadaboo is, and it's time to get on that train, guys, because this is exactly what the New York Giants need. They need Cam Scadaboo and damn it, man. They need Jackson Dart. And then you got Malik Neighbors and we're going to see a very young offense slowly start to grow together. I'm not saying that they're going to come out here and light the world on fire, but I'm saying Cam Scadaboo has the ability to put double-digit points up every week. And I'm also saying that Malik Neighbors is, in my opinion, a true top five receiver in the NFL. And then you bring in Jackson Dart, who they traded up to get in the first round, who said all of the records for Ole Miss. Guys, there's something special brewing in the giants right now and it's hard to see, kind of the forest or the trees, but trust me when I say this, there is something here and it's really exciting.
Speaker 1:Well, the nice thing about Scataboo and why I like him so much he's game skip script proof. You know, if they actually for some reason, they get up in a game and they're running the ball, that's great for him too. But most likely they're going to struggle on a lot of these games, man. I mean they just are. And that's great for Cam Scataboo because he's going to get the passes out of the backfield. And I know when you say he's got great pass protection, people will be like it's fantasy football. He gives a shit about that. The point is he's going to be on the field always. They don't have to pull him off and put somebody else who can do pass protection. He'll be on the field and he'll be an outlet. You'll see him blocking, You'll see him chipping and turning around for an outlet. Catch, there's going to be a lot of that. So, man, fire him up. Yeah, I think he's a must. Start right now.
Speaker 2:Eight targets, six receptions, 61 yards from Cam Scadaboo this past week.
Speaker 1:Keep going. Boo you, my boo. I'm Mac Jones. Let's go over to the 49ers here in San Francisco. Mac Jones, aggravated PCL injury is what he's got going on. Brock Purdy is expected to practice this week and it looks like he should play, so watch and monitor that Also happening for the 49ers. A little good news, I guess, for these guys. I've never seen a team get so obliterated and they're 3-0. I mean, they're 3-0 with all of these injuries.
Speaker 1:Yes, Bananas man, yeah, but we're looking at Demarcus Robinson, wide receiver now with the 49ers. He's going to join the team after serving his three-game suspension. He's probably like man I'm glad I had that three-game vacation because it's a bloodbath out there, so he gets to come in healthy Interesting. What are you doing with Demarcus Robinson? I mean, is he a must pick up on the waiver wire? He's certainly on the waiver wire at this point. Definitely Guys Must pick up.
Speaker 2:Yeah, pick them up. You can get them dirt cheap. This is not somebody that you need to spend 10% or 5% of your fab dollars. No, guys, put a couple bucks on and if you get them, great, because here's the deal. Juwan Jennings is in and out of the lineup, you have Ayuk, who's still banged up Right, george Kittle's still on IR. The load is it's been great. So you add in a guy like Demarcus Robinson, who has the ability to get open down the field and, knowing Brock Purdy's coming back, guys, this could be really good stuff. We could see some fantasy value coming from Demarcus Robinson. So, don't be afraid, throw a couple dollars on him. Pick him up if you're in a fab type of auction setting.
Speaker 1:All right, another guy coming back from suspension. Here, guys. Jordan Addison, wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings, served his three-game suspension and should be good to go for week four. What kind of implications are you seeing here with adding Addison into this offense here, frank?
Speaker 2:I'm super excited to see Addison in this offense. I think it's going to take some heat off JJ. I think we'll see JJ open up a bit, but but this could have some issues with TJ Hawkinson, especially now with what we're seeing with JJ McCarthy kind of being in and out being banged up. Obviously we're seeing some backup play with Carson Wentz, who looked okay, but Carson Wentz was certainly looking at Hawkinson to the tune of six targets, five receptions, 49 yards and a Tud Guys, with Jordan Addison coming back.
Speaker 2:Now what do we see from that standpoint? Do we go back to seeing Hawkinson have three targets, one reception for 12 yards. Do we see him have three targets for two receptions for 25 yards? Guys and I'm not just throwing these out, these are real, actual numbers that he's been doing. And so for me, man, I'm super excited to see Jordan Addison temper expectation with Hawkinson. I would give Hawkinson probably another two weeks, three weeks, to actually see how he's going to be incorporated with that of Addison, et cetera. And also seeing that Jordan Mason absolutely popping, going crazy. He's everything and then some that they wanted for a lead back. And so do we see them kind of shift to just more of that run first type of play, which then could kind of hinder both Hawkinson and that of Addison. So, guys, there's a lot up in the air with some of these receivers that we haven't seen this year so far, finally getting some PT, and now we got to see how this unfolds.
Speaker 1:Guys, I would try to move Hawkinson. If you're in a league that they don't know that Addison's coming back, hawkinson, it's not like he's lighting the scoreboard up here, man. I mean he had three catches on four targets in week one, one catch on three targets in week two. That's all without Addison. We're adding another target monster into this offense. Last week, five catches on six targets, 49 yards and a tutty 13 points in fantasy. Guys, I would try to move them. I would try to move them. It's a tight end. You can stream tight ends. Try to get a piece, try to get a flex piece or something for it, if there's somebody willing to do that. But I'm going to make some offers out there and see if there's anybody interested. Man, you never know. Yeah, all right, a couple of players to watch here. Know. Yeah, all right, a couple players to watch here. Guys, not a lot of info on them, but they did have some injuries and we got to check out their status. Jatavion sanders, tight end for the panthers, injured his ankle in the fourth quarter. Did not return. Xavier laguette, still out with the hamstring. Pay attention to that as well. Colston loveland left the game. Didn't return with a hip injury. Okay, this is if he's going to be out.
Speaker 1:Cole Komet immediately has some serious value. He's been playing well, even with Colston on the field too. So, yeah, his targets will go way up here. A couple of guys in concussion protocol here Zay Jones, noah Fant, alec Pierce all in concussion protocol, watch their status. Diami Brown left the game with a shoulder injury. Xavier Worthy watch his status. He could play this week, guys. I think he was real close to playing in week three. He was Could bode well for week four for him. Here, guys, also a little news on Jaden Reed Expected to be out until November after successful surgeries, surgeries plural fractured collarbone and fractured left foot. So they were just like hey, man, while you're in there, you know, uh, pop the hood open and, uh, you know, see if you do an oil change, rotate the tires.
Speaker 2:What else you got going on in there, that new air filter? Why don't you, and just you know, kind of massage some things out?
Speaker 1:Yeah, oh is that Deshaun?
Speaker 2:Was that Deshaun? Yeah, was that the massage?
Speaker 1:Okay, been a while since we pulled that one out, you know. All right, speaking of the of the Packers receivers here, christian Watson, it's been out for a number of weeks but he's expected to return to practice after week four. Just interesting, try to get a little bit ahead of the waiver wire on this. Guys Might be a guy you might want to pull up here, cause Jaden Reed is going to be out until at least november. It's looking like all right, all right. That is the news. Football is back, baby, yes, it is, and underdog is the best place to make picks and win money all season long. Playing underdog is so easy. Guys just pick whether you want. Your favorite players are going to go higher or lower on all kinds of stats like touchdowns, receiving yards, interceptions, so much more.
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Speaker 2:Get a pint of Guinness. Oh, that was bad Get a point. There we go. I needed that, get a point, get a point. That was pretty good. That's a blend.
Speaker 1:There's something there, yeah, and that wasn't bad. I don't know that's somebody whose mom is Irish and dad is from the UK, where it's like they don't really like each other and get along.
Speaker 2:They're just kind of confused with each other.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, I get it All right. Let's look at this Ireland game. Man Love Dublin. We got the Steelers right now. Eh, I mean, you know, week two, they seem to look great. Week three kind of came back down to earth. What are we doing here, frank? What do you think about these guys?
Speaker 2:Guys, here's the deal you got to fire up Jalen Warren. I think that he is absolutely the number one option for this Steelers offense. I mean from a receiving perspective, from a rushing perspective, right now he's doing it all and he's been pretty damn excellent. When you look at DK Metcalf man and I gotta call this out he's a guy I'm nervous about this week. When we see what Minnesota's defense is doing and I apologize, I forget the cornerback's name, but their top cornerback, who had two of the pick sixes this past week, he's the first time in NFL history to have a perfect PFF rating following a game of 99.9. And I want to repeat that that is the gentleman that is going up, that's the player that's going to be probably over top of that at DK Metcalf, who just had a 99.9 rating NFL history on PFF.
Speaker 2:And then when you look at what DK is doing, john, it's concerning, and I say that because is he's getting a shit ton of targets? No, when we were talking about his target share and what we thought was going to happen, it could certainly still happen, but we haven't really seen it, man, from what Aaron Rodgers was able to do with Devontae and that of Garrett Wilson right when he was at the Jets. We haven't seen that translate for DK it's actually been Jalen Warren, and the reason why I'm harping on DK man. Last week, four targets, three receptions, 32 yards and a touchdown. Week two six targets, three receptions, 20 yards and a touchdown. Guys, had he not had those touchdowns in week two and in week three, his stat line is terrible. We're talking not even remotely close to a startable asset from fantasy football perspective. So, man, this is a very risky start, in my opinion, to roll out there with DK Metcalf this week.
Speaker 1:You're talking about the number one defensive scoring IDP player in fantasy football. If you're playing with defensive players, guys, you're talking about Isaiah Rogers. Thank you, isaiah.
Speaker 2:Rogers.
Speaker 1:Thank you, that's exactly who it is yeah, two defensive touchdowns this week. I mean, just the guy was insane, unbelievable. He was incredible. Yeah, I love it. All right, let's look at the Chargers. And Just, the guy was insane, unbelievable. He was incredible. Yeah, I love it. All right, let's look at the Chargers and the Giants. We got breaking news here. Frankie, why don't you lay it out for us? Chargers, giants what are we going to see this?
Speaker 2:week, baby. We're going to see Dart. We're going to see Dart throwing some darts, and what I mean by that breaking news. Again, we record this this guy's on Tuesday. We typically drop it Tuesday night, wednesday.
Speaker 2:So it just happened that, russ, his cooking is done, he is no longer, he's putting the pans away and we're bringing out Jackson Dart and what this means to me, man, we were just talking about it of that young core. Yes, this is kind of throwing him to the fire against the Chargers, no question about it. But damn, sometimes there's sparks that happen when there's no expectation, when they have no film on this guy right being the Chargers with that of Jackson Dart. So, man, I'm super excited to see this kid with Malik Neighbors and that of Cam freaking, scataboo baby running all over the damn place. But man, here's the other thing I'm super excited to see Omarion Hampton.
Speaker 2:So we could actually see these two top tier rookie running backs. There's a storyline here, man Top two rookie running backs getting to go at each other like crazy. You got Jackson Dart starting. You've got Justin Herbert, who's on an MVP prowess right now, going crazy, and then you have Keenan Allen. You have him back from the dead, who we've talked about quite a bit Quentin Johnston looking fantastic. Laddie, kind of being that third receiver in the mix.
Speaker 1:Man, it's a big game. Let's talk about Laddie real quick. Let's talk about Laddie real quick man.
Speaker 1:I mean, I ended up taking him because he fell to me. I was worried about Laddie this year and I wasn't even expecting Keenan Allen to be a thing at all and I was worried about Laddie, about laddie. Laddie's the third target leader on the team. I mean, he's the number three receiver on this team right now. I'm trying to move him. Frank, I'm trying to move laddie. No touchdowns, yeah, I mean he's fine, he's okay. But what was the second round, third round pick for you? Yeah, not returning that value right now? Hey, that's for damn sure. I'm trying to move him. Um, without an injury to keenan allen or quentin johnston.
Speaker 1:I, I think it's going to be these three guys and they're all probably going to get on a good day. Like 50 yards each and you just got to hope one of them scores. You know, I mean they're really, and Justin Herbert's spreading the ball around so well. But, yeah, I'm in one of those modes where you know if Laddie can get a touchdown. I am going to try to move him. Yeah, I am going to try to move them. Yeah, I am going to try to move them. All, right, let's keep moving here. Cincy versus denver oh shit, frank, I mean t higgins man two targets last week t higgins.
Speaker 2:Hey, where the hell is he? Where is he he gone? Yeah, what are you doing here, man? I mean, guys, really and I know this is nuts I for me it's jamar chase um, you, you're, you're starting him. You probably have start Chase Brown. I hate the matchup, guys. This is not a great matchup by any means, and I mean what Denver's defense has the ability to do to that offensive line. It could be another. We could see another Minnesota type of game. I'm not saying two defensive touchdowns and all this other shit. I'm saying, though, it could be another three turnovers for Denver's defense and then they just run the ball. Could be another three turnovers for Denver's defense and then they just run the ball. So, man, I don't know. I'm not really liking anybody other than Chase. I know Jamar Chase, I know that Chase Brown and I know that, t Higgins, you more than likely need to start in, based on your roster construction this early. But, guys, I don't like it.
Speaker 1:I don't like it at all yeah, yeah, I mean, it's in Denver. They're favored by seven and a half of the 44 and a half over under. Uh, if you're in a shallow league, guys, you're in a 10 team league. I'm looking for a different option than Chase Brown, you know. If you've got, even in a 12 team league, if you've got some other options, I mean, you know, would youN? I'm starting over Chase Brown. Jk Dobbins on the same game, I'm starting over Chase Brown, that's a deep one there. Jalen Warren I'm starting over Chase Brown. Jordan Mason, cam Scadaboo, Definitely, the list goes on and on. Man, find another replacement if you can Highly recommend that.
Speaker 2:And John from T H Higgins standpoint. Real quick. I mean I'm starting Michael Pittman Jr over him, which is crazy to even say. I'm starting Corlin Sutton over him. I'll even take it a step further, man, I'm starting Ricky Pearsall. I'm starting Ricky Pearsall over T Higgins this week.
Speaker 1:Oh, okay, what about Trey Tucker, you going to stay in the flames? I mean, that's something people may see. I mean three touchdowns last week, four touchdowns, you know, in three games.
Speaker 2:It's what do you think Is?
Speaker 1:it a little too risky. I think it's a little Worry about the targets we need to see consistent targets.
Speaker 2:Yes, I need to see another game of consistent targets. Even if it's a modest stat line, that's okay. Him demanding the rock, right. And if that happens, guys, get ready, it's going to be Trey Tucker's show this year, all right, carolina at the Patriots.
Speaker 1:How about the Carolina Panthers last week? I mean, we talked about this game should have been fantasy gold. Yeah, falcons and Panthers, and I mean, really, was it a goose egg for the Falcons? It was. I mean, what in the hell? 30-nothing, 30-nothing, 30-nothing. What in the hell? 30-0?, 30-0. I mean 30-0. What in the hell was that man? So what are you doing with this game?
Speaker 2:I mean for this particular game, when we're looking at the Carolina Panthers and the Pats, I mean T-Mac has got to be a guy that you're firing up no matter what. And then also man, I mean it's got to be Chuba Hubbard. He's looking pretty decent. I mean he hasn't been super crazy, he hasn't been super bad. He's been right in the middle, but I really kind of like where he's at for an RB2 standpoint, especially with all these injuries. So you got to fire up Hubbard. But from the Pats perspective, man, it's wild.
Speaker 2:From their running back situation, I mean Trevion Henderson had to have hooked up with Vrabel's kid or something or his wife or something. I mean, what is going on? Give the dude the lion's share of the load. Like I get that. He had the most rushing attempts this particular week, but that was solely because of Ramondre fumbling multiple times and Antonio Gibson fumbling that they eventually then were just like yeah, go ahead, you can, you can be the feature back moving forward. You got to see Trevion get more reps. This is crazy man. It topped your back Moving forward. You got to see Trevion get more reps. This is crazy man, top tier talent. So if we actually get notified this week that he will see an uptick. Guys, I'm starting Trevion this week. I'm starting him and I want to see how this pans out.
Speaker 1:Every week his snap shares ticked up. It was almost 50-50 last week, which is fantastic to see. Ramondre, he's a fumble away from sitting the bench and. Trevion getting the full load. So yeah, I like it. Are you saying you'd fire Trevion Henderson up this week? You're going to be that bold.
Speaker 2:Yes, I am. So here's the deal In one of our leagues, john, in the 14 team. It's a super deep league, super deep league. I am actually going to be starting Trevion Henderson over that of Calvin Austin, and that's how deep these benches are, guys. I know I'm throwing out just ridiculous names, but the reality is man, I mean Calvin Austin. Last week I mean he had a pretty damn good showing, had another touchdown on the board, ended up finishing with five targets, three receptions, touchdown and 34 yards. But, man, when you're playing, it's just tough. When you are playing the defenses that they're going to be playing from the Steelers' perspective, but then, in addition, when you're looking at, okay, does Trevion see an uptick? I love the Carolinas matchup a bit more. I'm rolling with that. So for me, man, yeah, I'm willing to start Trevion Henderson in deep leagues.
Speaker 1:I love TMAC this week too. Guys Start Ted Aroua-McMillan. Loving him this week Are Green Bay at Dallas? Okay, green Bay is going to come back with a vengeance. They're going to be super pissed. Yeah, they're going to come back with a vengeance here and that Dallas defense. I just don't think it's going to be able to stop them. So I love all the options with Green Bay. What are we doing with Dallas? We talked about a little bit, but is that it, those two guys?
Speaker 2:Yeah, man, I'm literally going, I'm rolling with Ferguson pickings and if you have to, you got to start Javante. But let me tell you remember, micah Parson has had this game circled since he's been traded. This could be bad news for that offense, for the Dallas Cowboys, even without CeeDee Lamb, Even if CeeDee Lamb was in, this is not a good game for Dallas, just because of the emotion. So, yes, level set expectation. But, guys, from the Packers standpoint, josh Jacobs is going to return to form. Don't worry about the 30 yards. He's going to have a bonkers kind of day, in my personal opinion. Tucker Kraft, if he's playing, you got to fire him up. But, john, we are starting to see Matthew Golden get involved a little bit. Man, it was good to see that, you know. So I'm rolling out Matthew Golden this week, either due to injuries in deep leagues.
Speaker 1:If you need a flex piece, he could be very good, all right, the Bears are going out to Vegas here. Frankie, this is a weird one for me. This one looks extremely unpredictable, even to Vegas itself. Over-under is 48.5, and the Raiders are favored by a point and a half. After what we've seen out of the Bears, that's a little surprising to me. I mean, what are you doing fantasy-wise with this game?
Speaker 2:Well, I think let's start with the Raiders. Guys, if you have had Ashton Gentry, you have been miserable. You have been miserable, pissed, everything in between, knowing you drafted him for a second round. And here's what's interesting, though Some good, positive vibes coming to you, guys that have Gentry. The Chicago Bears have given up in every single week so far this year, over 100 yards rushing each particular game. So this week Ashton Genting should be able to finally eclipse. Here we go finally eclipse 64 total yards in one game. That's how bad he's been. Now here's the other interesting thing. I was digging into some of the stats. Ashton Gentry has also been hit and or met at the line by a defensive player in over 50% of his snaps. So, guys, he doesn't have the room right now to even remotely get the job done. This will be the week, in my personal opinion, that we'll see, they need to get creative.
Speaker 1:Yeah, they need to get creative and get him the ball in space because he looks good. It's not that he is bad, it's just he's not getting the opportunity. It's the play calls, it's the blocking scheme. He's just getting met at the line of scrimmage on half his plays. I mean, nobody can get.
Speaker 2:No, and even if it's 19, Henry struggles with shit like that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but he looks good. So this is the week you're saying fire him up and love it. Fire him up and love it Like that. We talked about Trey Tucker here. We'd like to see a little bit more. If you have to play him, you can, but I would wait and see what kind of targets he's getting this week. Yep, and Roma doomsday is just goddamn. Hate Fire. Yep, uh, and Roma Doomsday is just goddamn it. Fire him. I'll hear it out. Um, all right, let's take a look at Cardinals backfield. Here we talk about Trey Benson. Uh, are you nervous about Marv? The receivers for the, the receivers for the Cardinals man, they're just killing Kyler Murray. Trey McBride has been fantastic, tight end one right now. Great, roll, roll him out, love it. But Jesus Christ, what's going on with Marv, do you?
Speaker 2:play him. John, I think he's broken. I think he has the yips, and I mean that, like I think there's something mentally wrong and because he has all of the talent and then some. We've seen it, we've seen it firsthand.
Speaker 2:But, man, point it's affecting. It is affecting Kyler Murray, because Kyler Murray's hitting him wide, the fuck open, and he's just dropping these passes. We're hitting him in the red zone or end zone, excuse me and he's dropping these touchdowns. So for me, man, I think I'm probably on the fence of even starting him this week. I think you got to sit him, especially against the Seattle defense. Now we could see all of this be squashed right in terms of he's going to have to bounce back like he had in week one. He was a badass, he looked really good and then he had, you know, a couple rough starts and now he's prime time. Now it's time to get everything going. This is a divisional rival. It's time to make it happen. We could see that, certainly. But it would be really shitty if you rolled him out there and he's rolling in with a three reception, 30 yard and you're counting on him for more. So it's going to be a tough start really tough game thursday night versus seattle seahawks.
Speaker 1:It's going to be tough here. Seattle's playing extremely well, very well ball. I don't. I don't know if they're going to have much of an answer for kenneth walker. The third, like kw3, I think, is going to have a fantastic watch for a huge boom game. This could be one of those get those weeks where you wake up on friday morning you're playing against kenneth walker and you go oh my god, thursday night I got a huge deficit to come back with. Just mark my words. That's johnny's prediction. Uh, going into thursday night football here, guys, all right. Well, last game we want to take a look at here, frankie, it's the jags at the 49ers jags it. We haven't talked about Liam Cohen. No, it's because I don't know what to think about the Jags team right now. Talk to me a little bit about it. I'm confused A little Confucius over here.
Speaker 2:Talk, I'm super confused man. They're 2-1, and it's like they were almost 3-0, but they're also really bad and it's just kind of like what is going on. Like Trevor, you know, like Trevor Lawrence, has been down, btj is dropping passes and doesn't look right. Travis Hunter's droppable in fantasy, or you, sitable for sure in fantasy, and outside of Brendan strange and Travis ETN. Guys, there's not much else right now. That's there. So for me, man, yeah, you fire up, you have to, I get it.
Speaker 2:I'm also having to start Brian Thomas Jr this week in one league. It's miserable, it's not good. He has to figure this out. Something's got to break. And also, if Mac Jones would have played, there would have been a little bit of some rivalry shit happening, right, because he was a backup trevor lawrence and then he came over to the 49ers, right, but it looks like it's going to be purdy things of that nature. So for me, guys, I think you got to roll out utn, uh, you got to play him. You got to start brendan strange and I think you got to start btj, just where he, where you draft him at this point time.
Speaker 1:but it's not great he had a big play, but he had a lot of drops too. I mean, he could have had a much better week for you last week, but he had some drops there, man, which he does tend to do. That was a little bit of a trend last year as well, so really interesting. I think ETN is going to be the guy in the Jags, no question about it, and then CMC.
Speaker 1:I think he's going to be running back one this week that Jacksonville defense is not going to be able to stop CMC. I don't even think it's going to be on the ground, I think it's going to be through the air. I think it's going to be absolutely ridiculous. So enjoy CMC this week, guys.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah.
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