Week 2 fantasy viewer guide: Games to binge, stream and skip

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We actually have things to talk about as opposed to you know, prognosticating and talking about ADP and whatnot. We actually have a real football to discuss. So I'm excited. Yeah, we can say things like you know this happened last week. This happened in this game. And how might that help us going forward? You know, it's great. We had TJ Hernandez also a four for four Jen is from from four for four. I probably should have mentioned that at the top if I was a good podcast host. We had TJ last week and it was sort of the again, it's that weirdness of yeah, it's week one. It's a real game. But we don't know what we're talking about. Like Jen said, we have a ton of information now that to deal with when we're projecting these games. And if you listen last week, we appreciate you. I appreciate you for listening to the show on a consistent basis. But if you're new, we're doing a little bit of a different format for our weekly preview shows here. It's the binge stream skip preview. I'm also doing an article on the site. So definitely make sure to check that out. Continue to justify my employment. Again, if you're new or if you need a little reminder, this is how this works. Games that you want to binge. Those are like the shows you can't miss. You're watching as soon as it's live. And you may just crush all the episodes in one weekend. These are sort of the fantasy games where you want to start all your dudes. They may even have some season defining storylines. Games you want to stream are kind of like the shows, you know, you're going to watch start to finish for sure. But you may watch them over the course of a few weeks. You're not going to just going to hit them all back to back. These games, they're going to feature you know, a ton of must starts. But we can like pick also picking Jews or spots to find valuable plays elsewhere. And they are likely to at least one of the teams matter in the grand scheme of the playoff picture come December. And lastly, the games you want to skip. These are kind of those shows that you're leaning on pat you leaning towards passing on. You might catch an episode here and there or you may just stick to reading the recaps. To keep up with the memes and all that. And again, these are like they might not have the juiciest fantasy storylines. But again, we might be able to pick out a few players that we like in each game. Jen does that make sense. And also I should let you know the real fun part about doing the preview this way is that I get to have a ton of anxiety about like where I put each and like where I put each game and I totally have self doubt with all of it. And it also gives me yet another way that I can be wrong. Not only could I be wrong about the players, I could also be wrong about the category that I put these teams in. Yeah, you're you're setting yourself up for a little bit of you know, yeah, I mean, there's anxiety there because I think it listen, I think it's also one of those things where some people may see a game as differently than you see it. So I think that you know, it's all based on perception. But yeah, I think that there's certain games that obviously are going to stand out to everyone. But then I think those middle ones, the stream category I think can go either way. So, you know, you're setting yourself up for some, you know, we'll see. I like to set myself up for a little bit of potential disagreement. So yeah, that's a great point too that hey, if you out there disagree with me or Jen, you know, you certainly disagree with me about where a game is placed. Feel free to let me have it, you know, feel free to make a case that a game should be in a different category because especially like I haven't wrote the article yet. So I can, you know, adjust by the time we get to Friday. All right. With all that out of the way, let's dive into the week two fantasy football viewers guide here, starting with the binge category. And I don't think anybody would disagree that Baltimore Ravens at Cincinnati Bengals needs to be in the binge category. Despite the fact that argued these are two of the more disappointing offenses from week one, the Bengals are three and a half point home favorites. The over under is 46 and a half. So Jen, like I said, these were two offenses that I think let us down just a little bit in week one, maybe a lot of it if you're this in Cincinnati Bengals. How are we feeling about these two teams as a head into an AFC North matchup? I think both teams, the managers that have these teams and these players are looking for a bounce back from both. I mean, let's be real lots of disappointment around. We had obviously JK Dobbins out for the year again, which is a huge blow to everybody for himself, you know, what not. So I think it's one of those why it's interesting. There's, as we know, you know, a big waiver wire frenzy over the over the Baltimore running backs there. And you know, the Bengals were very disappointing. So and then they're a highly rostered offense. So I think that I think people are going to be watching that game, not only just, you know, it is an exciting division game, but we also have a lot of a lot of me a fantasy pieces in there that need redemption already. Yeah, I think the one bright spot for Baltimore, obviously there will be a ton of intrigue on the on the running backs, but the one bright spot from Baltimore was rookie wide receivers, they flowers. I mean, incredible debut. I know he got a lot of designed touches, you know, a lot of screen passes, stuff like that. But you also saw him, I mean, you know, I charge this game for reception perception. Like you saw him winning against man coverage, winning downfield. So he's really a guy that I think you're kind of starting with confidence in this game. Agree or disagree? Yes. I agree. I think he's I think he's a good probably like a wide receiver too. This week. And I know, you know, I think that's kind of better when we drafted him. We were thinking maybe okay, he'll be all right. Maybe a wide receiver three. So yes, I think you drafted him with confidence in your wide receiver two spot. Yep, I like that a lot on the Ravens backfield though. You kind of I mean, this one's tough for me, right? Because I've been a big Gus Edwards guy. I really appreciate the way he played it. Especially, you know, kind of in multiple points early in his career. But he's had a lot of injuries. It certainly seems like, you know, a new offensive coordinator Todd Monkin really liked what he saw out of Justice Hill, who's also an Achilles guy. And we know that's a tough injury to come back for from running backs. Any lean with either of these these running backs here? For me, I would probably go hill just because he got the go line work. So I think if you're if you're debating and you're looking to plug one in, I'd probably go with the one that's going to probably maybe score a touchdown or two. But I don't think Edwards is a bad play if you need him. Yeah, I personally think that like I'd really rather not start either one of these guys. But I mean, look at the the name of the game at running back is sometimes you got to do some things you don't really want to do. So I'm with you that I think I think that Justice Hill is probably the guy that's going to touch the ball the most. I mean, he's certainly going to be involved more on passing plays than then Gus Edwards is at this point. And then that's going to matter in this offense. Like I kind of doubted that Oh, JK Dobbins is going to have this big passing game role. But man, he was on his way to dominating dominating running back work in Baltimore. So I don't think that's going to be the case with Justice Hill or Gus Edwards. But I think from the passing game standpoint, it's probably going to be Justice Hill there. Yeah, I can get behind that. Like I said, I feel the same way with you. Like I'm not rushing to to start either one. But sometimes we have to. On the bangles side of things. What's your read on what happened in week one? Because again, it was just I've got my thoughts, but I'm curious like from your standpoint, what do you think like kind of was the biggest issue in week one for this team? I think it was probably just not a lot of play in the preseason. I mean, that's what I'm hoping, right? Burrow didn't play. He had a calf injury and I think maybe they just I don't know the chemistry kind of took the season off season off as well. That's kind of what I'm hoping because I feel like this can't continue with between and there's too much talent in that team. So I hope that it's kind of just a rust shaking off situation and we're going to be okay moving forward. And this week, I mean, the Ravens are pretty good defensively obviously. But I think there's a room there for the bangles to produce. I will say just the one thing that kind of has me concerned. You know, I read Derek class and who does quarterback charting work. I read his write up. They did for reception perception too on Joe burrow and the part that stuck out to me was him saying, quote, every aspect of Burrow's game was affected by the injury and the missed time over the off season. This was the most apparent when Burrow tried and failed to drive the ball, right? Like Burrow's not, he's not Josh Allen. He's not Patrick Holmes. He's not Matthew Stafford from like a physical gift standpoint. So any loss of lower body drive, you know, potentially with this calf injury, it reminded me a little bit when Jamar Chase kind of just casually throughout in training camp. I don't even want to see, you know, I don't need to see Joe burrow until week five. And I remember Charles Robinson from Yahoo, like kind of raising the alarm bell. They're like week five. That is a really weirdly specific number and makes no sense when you look at the schedule. You know, it just makes me think that yeah, burrow might not be right until maybe yeah, after the first month of the season, which for our purposes, like, yeah, you're going into this game and you're playing Joe Burrow and you're playing these guys in fantasy. But I don't know what, like, let's, let's project a few days into the future, right? Like, let's say Jen, we wake up on Monday morning and, you know, this has not been a good game against the Ravens. You know, the Bengals has started slow historically. But what would you like your level of panic be at that point? I'd say it's increasing from mild. Like right now, I'm at zero panic. But I would say I get to like a mild to medium level if they can't get it together this week. Like you said, historically, the Bengals don't really produce from a real life football perspective. You know, they don't come on hot until the end. So that's not super surprising. But we need to see some, some production here from this offense or I may start to panic and I do have Joe burrow on a team. So I hope that that is not the case because I would hate to, you know, you can't sit the guy, but you may have to, I guess. Yeah, and that's tough to against a defense in Baltimore that's actually given him a little bit of trouble. So there's just a lot at play here. Like we're saying, I think if you have these guys, you're starting your guys here. And I mean, I think the most likely outcome is we wake up on Monday morning, being like, yeah, things are good with the Bengals. But I feel a little bit more concerned about it than I did probably three days ago, which is a little bit alarming. Let's be one of the next game here. Seattle Seahawks at Detroit Lions. Five and a half point home favorites are the Detroit Lions with 47 point over under. Yo, Jen, this game last year was an absolute barn burner. Are we going to get anything close to that here this week? After these two offenses, obviously Detroit won Seattle lost. Again, these are offenses that left you want, certainly with Seattle and a little bit with the Detroit Lions. These are offenses that left us wanting a little bit more in week one. They are, but I'm excited. I feel like I feel like we're going to get what we want here. I feel I mean, it may not be, I think it was 48 to 45 or something like that. I don't know if we're going to get that kind of score, but I think with these offenses and lack of defenses, I feel like we're going to get another really good game. I'm excited about the pieces here and I feel like they're all in play. And I hope, you know, I'm a little worried about Geno, right? Because coming into the season, we were like, okay, is he going to kind of turn back into the, you know, the pumpkin Geno that we knew for 10 years before last season? So that's a small concern. But I think that, yeah, I'm excited for this game. I think it's going to be a shootout of sorts. Maybe not as high as last year, but I feel like we're going to get a shootout. Yeah, like 90 combined points. That's a lot to ask for. Even the Chargers Dolphins game that we're all so gassed up about. Even that didn't reach 90 total points. So I think that would be certainly a lot to ask these two teams here. I'm with you that the Seahawks. I certainly have my eye on more from like a skepticism standpoint. Number one, because, you know, Abel Lucas is going to be out multiple weeks now. You know, they're starting right tackle left tackle Charles Cross also banged up as well. They signed. They signed Jason Peters who somehow is going to play left or play tackle in the NFL at 41 years old. I mean, that's nuts. Like we saw how much Dwayne Brown struggled. And in brief glimpses with the New York Jets at 38 years old. And I mean, this is tough. It's a tough situation for the Seahawks who lose your starting tackles in the first game of the season. That's brutal. And, you know, Aiden Hutchinson came on pretty strong in week one. So is he a potential game record here? I will just like stick with the quarterback stuff here, you know, with Geno Smith. Because I know I drafted a lot of Geno Smith from a quarterback ranking standpoint. Where do you think you would have him here in week two? Put him probably put him just outside of a quarterback one, like maybe 13, 14. I think that he's, yeah, I put him just outside of QB one. I think if you are in a league where you lost Roger as possibly, you know, you can throw him in there. But yeah, I put him kind of, yeah, just outside QB ones territory. Yeah, same here. I right now have him a quarterback 15. I've got guys like, I think even Daniel Jones. I know he was awful in week one, but I think I think he's going to have a nice little bounce back. Got Daniel Jones ahead of him. I have Jared Goff in the same game ahead of him. You know, just Sean Watson. We'll talk about that game later. I'm a little kind of waffling on that and Brock Purdy. I have above him as well. So we're kind of on the same page from a Geno standpoint there. I know, like I think we're playing these Seahawks receivers. You know, JSN maybe not as much, but we're going back to DK. We're, I think we're going back to Tyler Lockett. You know, he gets banged up in that game, misses some time. He'll have a nice bounce back here. I think he's in must start territory after being a feature back player. But on the Lions running backs. That was one of the biggest talking points. It feels like a thousand years ago now, because you know, recording this on Thursday was literally a week ago. A week ago in the NFL season, Jen, not me shoot. That might as well be a thousand years ago at this point. One of the biggest talking points coming out of the game is like, Jamir Gibbs' role and Dave Montgomery being the feature back. What's your expectations for these two running backs and their playing time going forward? I definitely did not panic on Gibbs. I couldn't believe that just that there was a lot of, I thought overreaction on Gibbs because yes, he had limited, but he, he was really good in what he was given. Yes, he tripped once and he should have scored. I get that, but he showed explosiveness. He took some big hits for a little guy and got up. So to me, that was encouraging. I think his volume is going to grow. I know that going into the season. There was discussion from Dan Campbell that he was going to be a specialist. I feel like it's going to grow. I feel like that he's going to get more run. It may not be this week. He may just get a few more touches this week, but it's definitely not panic mode. I would not sell Gibbs. I would not drop Gibbs. I think that he's going to be fine. It may be a slow, you know, he's a rookie and he's little. So maybe they're using him in and they don't want to burn him out too quickly. So I'm fine with Gibbs. I like him. Like I said, I like what I saw from him when he didn't have the ball. Yeah, he was electric when he got the ball. My big takeaway from week one. And to be fair, this is how I viewed these two backs going into the season. I think if we redrafted today, I think Gibbs would have to come down a little bit. And I think Dave Montgomery has to come up a little bit from where he went. Like Montgomery having that goal line role, having some access to passing game. I mean, Jimi Gibbs only ran around on like 19% of the dropbacks. You know, that was that was unexpected. I do think that Montgomery is a nice play here. If you're chasing touchdowns, like I think he is sort of in my, like I'm going to rank him ahead of Jamir Gibbs this week. You know, I think he's going to be a fair. Yeah, I think he's a quality running back to at this point. Until we've seen otherwise, like maybe Gibbs takes this thing over, but I think these guys can coexist together. Anyways, it's just going to, I think it is going to take some time with Jamir Gibbs going going through the rest of the season. No, I absolutely agree. And I think that's fair as far as like you said, if we were going to redraft, I absolutely think Gibbs is not a third-rounder. But I still think that he's, I like him. And I mean, I have him on some teams and I'm happy. And Montgomery, I'm happy to see what we did see. Because he was one of those guys that people were kind of iffy on. And you could scoop him up for some value this off season. So I'm happy to see the work that he got. And like you said, I think they can absolutely coexist. Alright, next game up here in the binge category. You can see the chiefs at Jacksonville Jaguars. Chiefs are three and a half point home favorite Earth. Chiefs are three and a half point road favorites in Jacksonville. 51 and a half point over under here. Pretty beefy despite the chiefs not really showing it in week one. Jen, this one, I'll let you take it. You want chiefs. You want Jags where we starting with this one. Because both these offenses are very, very fascinating at this point. They are. I'll start with Jags because I'm kind of fascinated by what happened there. I think that, you know, with Ridley going in, we were all a little concerned that he was being drafted too high. But I mean, he had 11 targets. He was the target leader. Zay Jones was seven. Like I'll take it. I like them both. Kirk. You know, a little disappointing, right? He had three targets. I'm spending a lot of money on the guy. He only had three targets. But what to me is even more fascinating is the running back room. Like I feel like, you know, there was a huge drum beat for Bigsby coming in. That he was going to take over and. And then at the end wasn't going to get anything. And I mean, it's he had 23 touches. Like that's legit lead back territory there. So to me, that was interesting. I mean, Bigsby had seven. And that's great. And all. But I know that, you know, there were people talking a full split coming into the season. And clearly, at least at the moment, right? Week one. It is, you know, Travis, it's he ends backfield. So that's me was kind of interesting. There. So I think all those guys are in place. I mean, not Bigsby, but as far as the. Wide receiver room. I think Ridley Jones. There's Ingram as well. He saw five targets. So I think he's he's involved too. So against this Kansas City defense. I think you play all those guys. Kirk is a question mark to me. Like I don't know. Yeah. I don't know if you can start him. But. They may flip it on us and go, you know, the other way this week. We have no. Yeah. Yeah. I think you can't be surprised if Christian Kirk has a big game here. Because he's a good player. I think he they're going to spread the field in this game, right? Like last game, they played a lot of 12 personnel. Two tight end sets. It would be kind of surprising to me if they go into Kansas City and they don't like spread the field with at least three receivers. You know, they're going to motion. Evan Ingram around the formation too. Essentially have four wide. Travis ETN's past game role was really nice and week one. So they'll have a lot of passing game options there. I think Kirk is going to be on the field more often in this week. Then then then he was in in week one. But that being said. You can't play the guy. I think I think it would be. You have. You can't play the guy. I think it would be you have to be in like multiple receiver leagues. You got to be kind of desperate in order to play him just because of the role that he had. And then I mean, if he doesn't have. If he has another game like he did in week one. And he's not running as a clear starter. He's running as a slot only player. Then you're then you're in a bit of a tough spot with Christian Kirk. So I agree. I don't really know if you're playing him. But he is one of those interesting storyline from a fantasy perspective in this game. Certainly interesting is on the other side. The chiefs again going into Jacksonville here. We are kind of expecting Travis Kelsey to play in this game based on practice reports. And like they need that so bad. I read this stat on the on the show yesterday that Patrick Holmes threw to his first read at the third at the third lowest rate. Among week one quarterbacks because they were just throwing stuff at the wall and trying to see what sticks. I think whatever the chiefs are going to be the rest of the season will probably get a better indication of it in this game than we did in week one. Yeah, I have to say I heading into the season. I was I was out on all of them. So I'm kind of happy. I mean, I'm not going to victory lap week one. It's not. You know, but I definitely I was not I didn't draft any Kansas Citywide receivers. That it just scared me too much. And here we are. And especially now we see what happens without Travis Kelsey. I just I don't even know where to go there to be honest. I don't know that you can. I just don't know if you can start any of those guys this week. I mean, I'm sure there's there's, you know, desperation out there and a flex that you're going to need to. But it's just mental gymnastics. I can't do it. I can't either. And I like I liked sky more as a potential like small win at his ADP, but not a guy that had a high ceiling. And I mean, you can't get lower the floor than zero catches in week one. I mean, again, I think the receiver distribution will be a little more a little bit less all over the place than it was in week one. Like they're probably not going to, if Kelsey's out there, they're probably not going to have seven guys active. They're probably going to have one of these receivers be a healthy scratch on game day. And we'll see who that ends up being. So should be really fascinating because I don't think anybody other than M.V.S. on his couple targets, which that's pretty much all you're asking of M.V.S. Like nobody really shined in week one even Rashid Rice scores the touchdown on like a broken play. He drops a pass. Like there's a lot of miscues going on there. So we'll see, but I'm with you that I can't really stomach playing any of these guys. And I think the same is the same is kind of true with the running back position too. That was a pure rotation as well. Like Pacheco had four catches, but McKinnon is still involved. C.E.H. starts on the early downs over him. So these guys are barely, like Pacheco is barely flexible at this point. Yeah, no, I agree with you. It's tough. I mean, I know people are going to have to start Pacheco. And I mean, he had 12 touches, but it just wasn't pretty for any of them. And McKinnon, I kind of expected McKinnon to actually be more involved. And he wasn't. And that was kind of a bummer as well. I kind of, I almost put him in my deadweight column, but I was like, you know what? Let's just wait another week with him. But I thought for sure he'd be more involved in the passing game. And he just kind of, I mean, he had, I don't know his exact usage, but it wasn't what I was hoping for. I have to tell you what, for a game we put in the binge category, there was a lot of like, you probably can't play. You probably can't play your chief's receiver. You probably can't play Christian Kirk. You probably want to play in these chief's running backs. Very weird game. I think we're going to learn a lot more about the chiefs in this game than like we're excited to play dudes and fantasy going into it. So let's move on to a game. I'm really, really curious about San Francisco 49ers. Eight point road favorites going to the LA Rams to 45 point over under. Like the 49ers offense, Jen, I feel like we know what we're getting here. Although, of course, distribution can be wacky week to week here. But I don't know about you. I was really impressed with the way Brock Purdy played in week one. Any way that you can kind of like see what's coming here with these 49ers offensive players. Before we talk about the Rams who are far more interesting. Well, yeah, I mean, the 49ers, they're interesting enough and that they're pretty much all playable. I think the one surprise was IU, you know, I think he had. And I think people are panicking a little bit on Dibo Samuel. I think he's going to be fine. I think they're all playable. Purdy to me. I mean, I he's he's moved into, you know, he's a QB1 category. Like I put him. I mean, I don't do official rankings, but I would put him, you know, maybe QB 10 this week. Like I feel like he's up there and. I'm jealous by the way. I'm jealous by the way that you don't have to do official rankings. I hate him. Listen, I, yes, that is the one. Yes, I don't. Yes. But yeah, so yeah, I like Purdy this week. I think that he's a, yeah, I think he's moved into QB1 territory. And if you would have told me that two months ago, I probably would have laughed at you. So, but yeah, I think it's a great matchup. And I think you play all those guys. I mean, everyone is pretty much who we thought they were, right? CMC, Kittle, Samuel, I mean, you can play them all. I think Kittle is going to end up being the one that gets squeezed out here in terms of like the target. I mean, at this point in his career, he's a 30 year old tight end. Right. You know, these other guys, I think you just still ascending to me. Debo is still like in his prime and CMC is still in his prime. But like, if you have a better option than George Kittle at tight end, like I'd love to know how you constructed that particular roster at this point. Right. That was what I was going to say. Like, I agree with you that he's getting squeezed out, but tight ends grow. So you're playing him. It really isn't a question. Yeah. And then with Debo on with you, we ran around on 97.1% of the dropbacks. Like he was still, if he has a massive game in week two here against the Rams, you can't be surprised about that. This is just an interesting matchup on that side because the Rams defense outkicked expectations in week one. The 49ers, we had high expectations for from a defensive perspective going to the season. And oh boy, did they deliver against the Pittsburgh Steelers? So the question here, Jen, the kids in LA, Stafford and the kids. Are they going to be all right? Again, in week two, especially Puka Nakuwa, like, I mean, Nara's been so much Puka Nakuwa steam. And I've been a part of it because I like, I really, really, really like the player coming into the NFL draft. I think the landing spot was perfect with the Rams. You know, and I'm what we saw in week one, I think it's legit. Like it's exactly what I expected from Puka Nakuwa, the player on an individual standpoint. I certainly didn't expect no damn 15 targets. So I guess the question here is what are like, you don't do official rankings again. I'm very, very jealous of you because I have no idea where to rank Puka Nakuwa this week. Just from like a vibe standpoint and a much tougher matchup here against the 49ers. Where are we at with Puka? I haven't seen that, like, I feel like Puka this year is like, and I'm going back a few years, but like when La Vesca should all became this thing. And just like, oh, God. And I remember doing it was like a Thursday night game. And I forgot who it was, got hurt. And people were like, writing me, should I, you know, should I sit digs for? Should I just be ridiculous? And I feel like Puka has become this. I'm excited for him. And I'm excited for two to out well. And I feel like they have a great opportunity here. But I think we need to kind of, you know, temper a little bit. I think against this offense, I think we're looking at a wide receiver three situation. Like, I think that's fair, right? For really for both of them. I think that, you know, two to out was kind of getting lost in all the Puka hype because he had a pretty good game. I mean, he really did. He had, you know, he had eight targets. I think that both of them I would put in the wide receiver three, maybe two to more of a wide receiver four. But either way, I think that's fine. I'm kind of just, I mean, Van Jefferson. I'm kind of bummed about that. I just felt like coming into the season. I was so excited about him because he was finally healthy and him and staff were both healthy together. And there's a lot of hype from from the LA beat writers about the two of them and their chemistry. And so I drafted a lot of Van Jefferson thinking that that was going to be a thing. And unfortunately, it seems like these younger guys have overtaken. So I'm excited about that. I mean, you know, we also have Higby, which is a little bit. I mean, Higby's always, you know, the boring, like, yeah, do you want to, he's not the sexiest tight end. And we always just kind of, but he's usually okay. I think he had three targets last week. So, I mean, if you need him, he's there. But it's, I'm excited about it. I feel like, you know, they do have a difficult matchup, though. As we said, San Francisco is no joke. But I know a lot of people spend a lot of of their fab money on Puka. So you're going to want to start him. But I would, like I said, I would, I would start him thinking he's going to be a wide receiver three. I wouldn't throw him in there as you're, you know, wide receiver one thinking he's going to win you the week. Because I don't know that that's going to happen. Yeah, I think people are going to be really tempted to start him over established guys. Yes. And again, I'll probably have him somewhere mid 30s, maybe, like mid 30s in the wide receiver rankings. You know, just depending on injuries and everything else, like we get final practice reports. I'll probably have him there. So again, not a guy that you need to get in your lineup. Because let me tell you what, if you have, if he comes out here and he's got, you know, three catches for 28 yards and against the 49ers in week two, I am not giving you permission to be surprised. You're not allowed to be surprised by that. That would be an expected outcome. And it also doesn't mean that everybody that, you know, got excited about Puka's and idiot. So like there's, both things can be true here in this one. What about everybody that got excited about Kyron Williams? I do think that Kyron Williams might have like overtaken Kamakers as the starting running back here. But I'm also not sure like how much that's worth against the 49ers in week two, obviously. And specifically, like I think Sean McVeigh has had a wandering eye at the running back position ever since Todd Gurley left. And if we're in Kamaker zone in week six and seven, I think that wouldn't be the like weirdest thing that's ever happened with the Rams running back. So I'll tell you that. Yeah, yeah, it's interesting because I found it interesting this off season when all of a sudden, everyone was talking about Kamakers and he was the grade value and I was like, I just don't buy that they all of a sudden like him again. Like they didn't like him last year and they didn't like him. Like I don't understand that all of a sudden they're not going to be all in on him. So I'm not even a little bit surprised that Kyron Williams got the amount of work that he did because they don't, they just never bought into acres. And so here we are again, you know, and I feel like I'm mad at myself for not actually drafting Kyron Williams. I should have because I came in. I actually have a bet with my podcast host about acres. He said he was going to be top 15 at the end of the season. And I was like, absolutely not. So we have we have a bet on that coming in. So I feel like, like you said, for this week, though, we have to temper our expectations a little bit against the 49ers, but I think that it was a wise pickup for those that did get him this week, because he may end up being that leader for that backfield down the stretch. I like your chances of winning that bet quite a bit. All right, let's move on to the next game here. Las Vegas Raiders at Buffalo Bills. Bills are nine and a half point home favorites 47 point over under. Look, let's just get right to it. Josh Allen disaster disaster game in week one. I mean, if it's kind of like the it's very overshadowed. I think at this point, because there were other quarterbacks like burrow and other guys that had disappointing games. Lamar had a disappointing game. And then obviously in the same game, the biggest disappointment probably of the entire season that Aaron Rogers goes out after 75 seconds of game time. I think we're national attentions, probably not as much on Josh Allen really having a disaster game. So how much percentage wise do you blame the New York Jets versus like, is this something or we should be worried about with Josh Allen? I think that game was just weird. I think with Rogers going down, it's just the mentality. I think he was just in kind of like yellow, you know, like I just he just didn't care. Like he made some really bad decisions. I love Josh Allen. Like he can do no wrong to me. So like I'm just kind of blowing it off. Like he just kind of I don't know. He just kind of I think went out of his head and just decided screw it. I'm just going to do whatever I want to do. And you know, he made some bad decisions. It was not a good game. And they eventually lost, which is really, you know, it's a bummer. They should not have lost that game. So I'm not worried about Josh Allen long term as far as the season goes. Like fantasy wise. Yeah, he's fine. It was strange though. It was a strange game. And I'm sure he got a talking to after that that he needs to, you know, rein it in a little bit and not make the throws that he was making at the end. You know, he even said after the game, it's one game. We're not going to let it turn into two games. Right. Like this is going to be something we're going to move on from. And yeah, like let's hope because the throws were available. The plays were available. And he really just made things to this was it was just a Josh Allen game. Like anybody that's like, well, the offense or this, no, like this was. I found with you that I think Josh got in his head a little bit. You know, he tried, he definitely tries to play hero ball way too much. And hopefully this is a lesson against a great defense. And again, I think the jets are going to do this to a lot of teams. A lot of teams going forward. Like this is going to be an issue for teams going against the jets. But you know, nevertheless, regardless, I think the bills move on here. And like I think you're playing almost all your bills with confidence. Even James Cook who actually sneaky usage wise had a really nice game. And like the Raiders here. I think the Raiders are more impressive in week one than I thought. Like Jacobi Myers not missing this game potentially with being in the cushion protocol is kind of a bummer. I think because he's the one guy I think would be a great sleeper in this game. I'm by his week one role. But now obviously that's up in the air. And Adams is her too, which is a little bit scary as well. I don't know he has a foot. I'm not exactly sure. I haven't seen an update today. So I don't know exactly what is happening there. But if they're both hurt. I mean, I don't know. I mean, we're looking at Hunter Renfrow and Michael Meyer. I don't know. That's that's going to be ugly for the Raiders there against the bills for sure. Yeah. Very, very shallow team there. There's a lot of options on the bills you could consider starting. You know, don't concade. I think is in the title one range. Gabe Davis, you know, you could look for it. Like again, same thing with Pukka Nakua, but on the inverse. If he has like 100 yards and a touchdown in this game after what he did in week one, you're not allowed to be surprised. That's that's the Gabe Davis show. So a lot of options on the bills not so many on the Raiders, depending on injury there. Let's take a quick break. We come back. We get into the games you want to stream this week. With the new fantasy season underway, you're always looking for a weekly W. But is it a smart decision to start a running back with a history of fumbles? Of course not. You want someone smart who can come in the clutch with the right knowledge to nail your next move. That's why Nerdwallet has a whole team of nerds who provide objective ratings and reviews to help you compare and find top credit cards. So you know you're making a smart decision. It's time to make a smart play with the nerds at Nerdwallet. Compare and find top credit cards, saving counts, and more today at nerdwallet.com. Nerdwallet, the smartest decision for all your financial decisions. All right. We're back. Game number one in the stream category. Green Bay Packers. One and a half point road favorites going against the Atlanta Falcons. 40 and a half point over under. Yeah. We'll see about that. We'll see if the Falcons want to score that many points. I think the biggest story in this one, Jen, is the health of Aaron Jones. Because I, I mean, I'm such an Aaron Jones fan. I love him as a player. Didn't draft him enough in fantasy this year for sure. And he really, I mean, he had the juice in week one. He looked awesome. Matt LaFlor was cooking things up for Jordan Love. But if Aaron Jones gets removed here, you know, AJ Dylan is just not the same type of back. So how much has that changed the projection for the Green Bay offense? Yeah, that's a bummer. Yeah, that's a bummer. I like Aaron Jones as well. And I thought coming into the season, you're such a good value. Like you could grab two, you know, two or three wide receivers and then get him in the fourth round. It was great. So I took advantage of that. So I hope, you know, Aaron, Aaron Jones claims that he's fine. He claims it's not. It's not that bad of a hamstring thing. So or a quad. Yeah. So anyway, I'm okay with that. Like you said, Dylan is not the same back. So that, that changes things. But the good news for Green Bay is their passing game looks good. I mean, Jordan Love looks to be legit and he can, you know, he, he looks like he can move the chains if they don't have a running game. So and the good news also is they're playing Atlanta and they're not great on defense. So I don't think we need to worry about the Packers as a whole. And I think that there's, there's plenty of options there to start fantasy wise if you need them. Yeah. But Falcons had a nice defensive showing in week one. But how much of that was Bryce Young and a Panther's offense to talk about lack of juice has no juice right now at this point. So I'm with you that I think I'm excited to see. I'm at least excited to see the screen. They passed. And even if we don't get Jordan, excuse me, even if we don't get Christian Watson again for a second game because I mean, the floor was just in his bag in week one. That was those were some great, great play designs. Love to see it. Hi, I mean, the Bears obviously not intimidating defensively either. But you know, I think again, impressive performance. So all right, let's talk about the Falcons. I mean, Jen. The Falcons. What do we do here? I mean, this, this running back room was definitely split. I think we're start. I mean, I don't know about you, but I feel pretty confident about starting both running backs here. But confident is not exactly the word I would use for the passing game after what we saw in week one. No, and I agree with you. I think both running backs are in play. I think that. Yeah, I mean, I think that. Yes, I think they about Chicago. I'm sorry. Gugging Bay gave up 27.8 half PPR points to the Chicago backfield last week. So I feel like. Yeah, Atlanta. I feel like both both Al Jir and Virgin Rob is in the play. Now when he gets the other side, scary. I mean, Drake London, a zero, like Kyle Pits, non-existent. It's scary. And that's Arthur Smith. I mean, he's he's scary and heading into the season. We were kind of scared of that. And then here we are. So I. I don't know. I don't know what to do about Drake London. You know, he's not going to obviously he's not going to continue to get a goose egg every single time he goes out there. But I think that we have to be mildly concerned, right? Yeah. I mean, he's going to be a tough guy to play. I mean, this is also not. It's not as if you get him in a cookie cutter matchup here in week two either because Jair Alexander's a really good corner. Is he just going to track Drake London around the field? Maybe, maybe not. They could certainly get these guys open on play actually. That needs to be the case here. I think they were way too quick in week one to just like take the ball completely out of Desmond Riders hand. But they didn't have to do much to beat the damn Panthers. I think they'll have to extend themselves a little bit to beat the Packers. But look, if you're out there and you got Drake London in your fantasy team and you're like, I am not playing him in week one period or week two period. No questions asked totally get it. That's fine. And I think we might get it like coming down the line here with Drake London. It just might not be in week two, but shoot. I'll tell you what, Jen, I would love for it to be week two for my own. Even if I don't start him on my fantasy teams, I just need to see something better than, you know, zero catches, which we're not going to see, but something much better than zero catches would be appreciated. Agreed. All right. Let's move on to the next game here. Los Angeles Chargers. Three point road favorites going into Tennessee. So the Titans, not a fun game for them. Ryan Tannenhill disaster performance in week one in New Orleans. And Deandre Hopkins is dealing with an injury, although he might just be, you know, these veterans get Wednesday rest days. I think he's somebody to monitor from a practice performance standpoint because that was just a locked in connection. Him and Ryan Tannenhill in week one. So I don't know your expectations for the Titans after a rough game. And obviously we've got some questions with the, with the chargers as well. Yeah, I think I'm laying off the Titans here. I mean, don't blame me. Not that I was on them to begin with, but I just feel like Deandre Hopkins, like you said, if he plays, he's probably the only guy. I mean, Berks is questionable. You know, Westbrook O'Keney. I mean, I guess you could start him as like a wide receiver five slash six. I mean, look, the chargers gave up a lot of passing yards to the dolphins last week. They did, but unfortunately, I don't think Tennessee. I just don't think they have enough to even make it worth it if that makes sense. So I mean, I think you start Deandre, and I think that's about it for me. And then I mean, you start nuke if you have him if he's playing because you can't really sit him. Other than that, I'm staying away. Yeah, Chig gave you the zero in week one, but he did, he did run a route on 74% of the dropbacks. Like that involvement was nice, but he's, again, you, a guy that you can't really turn back to yet at this point. Chargers side of it. I think we know we're starting Herbert. We're starting Keenan Allen. We're starting Mike Williams. All those guys are definitely. And then obviously, Ecuador is, I mean, he's dealing with a lot this week, right? His agent passes away. He missed practice yesterday because of that. And, you know, obviously, obviously, we're thinking about Austin, right? Of course, you know, he's good friend of the show. But, you know, he talked on the show this week about Josh Kelly and like his potential role. So, you know, he's also dealing with an ankle injury is Austin Eccler. So he's obviously questionable for this game. If you play as you play in him, doesn't, doesn't matter. But I do think that Josh Kelly, like again, as Austin said on the show, should be 100% rostered in fantasy at this point. Interesting. I did not know that about his agent. That's, uh, that's a bummer. That's really sad. Um, but yes, I agree with that. I mean, obviously, if Austin is in you play him and Kelly, you listen, if you picked him up this week, you're in a good spot because, uh, they obviously like him. And he's going to get some work. Next game up here at New York Jets at Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys are nine and a half point favorites against the fighting Zach Wilson's. Thirty and a half point over under. I'll tell you what, the must start of this game is definitely the Cowboys defense. Um, other than that, one thing to note here, Brandon Cook's dealing with the sprained MCL. Um, they're, you know, considering him, you know, it's a potential. I think it's like day to day or week to week type situation. I'm, I'm a little, I'm a little spook that Cook's is going to miss this game. Couple guys to note there. Michael Gallup will jump to wide receiver two, but deep sleeper. Try not playing him, but keep an eye on Jalen Tober who was invisible as a rookie, but did get a lot of good reviews in the off season. Yeah. I agree through there. It's interesting. I am, yes. I mean, I, I wrote up Michael Gallup in my dead weight report this week. And then of course, Brandon Cook's is now hurt. So we'll have to see there. But and I like Jake Ferguson as well. I feel like he, you know, he's in a good spot. He didn't have a great game, but he definitely saw the targets. So I feel like he's someone you can throw in there as well. Yeah, I think both those guys are going to be in play here. It's a tough defensive matchup. Like this could be a very low scoring game. Cause unlike what we saw on Sunday night when the Cowboys face the giants, I think the Jets defense will be able to punch back on the other side a little bit more than the other New York team was against Dallas. So it's not like even with Brandon Cook's potentially being absent. It's not like I'm jumping to get Michael Gallup in my lineup. Or I'm jumping to get certainly Jalen Tober or Jake Ferguson or these guys in my lineup. But if Cook's misses multiple weeks, I think this would be a really important role here to monitor with Brandon Cook's absent on the Jets side. Okay. What do we do? What? Jen, what do we do with Zach Wilson back in our lives for Garrett Wilson and Breeze Hall? And I mean, honestly, like Calvin Cook, Alan Azard, any of these other bros, like I, you're not, I don't even think you're considering at this point with the way this offense has changed. Yeah. I think if you, honestly, I think if you have Garrett Wilson, I think you try to ship him. That's what I would do. I know that he did okay last season, obviously with Zach Wilson as well. But I just can't deal with that every week. If I, if I was someone that had him on my roster, I would try to ship him. But as far as this week, I mean, I guess you're playing. But like you said, against Dallas T, I don't know if you can. I mean, but I don't know if you have a better option. I mean, if you drafted Garrett Wilson, like, I don't know who you're starting over him in your lineup. So it's a tough place to be. Like I said, sell him that way you don't have to deal with it every week. Yeah, really, really, really tough, especially just this week, just a disaster run out spot for the Jets. It'd be so nice if they had like, again, a little cupcake defense in week two to ease the blow. But it's like, nah, instead go into Dallas and like go against those guys that made Daniel Jones's life a living hell in week one. Next game up here, Miami Dolphins, three point favorites going into New England, 46 and a half point over under. This is going to be on Sunday night football. I'm actually really, really interested. Of course, I'm interested to watch the damn Dolphins offense after what they didn't. I think we know what we're doing with the Dolphins offense, the Patriots. I want to talk about them for a second here. Mac Jones dropped back a ton through to a bunch of different guys in week one. Kendrick Bourne had a really nice performance, you know, a little bit too many like a ZEQ Elliott designed targets for me. That wasn't my favorite part about Bill O'Brien's offensive game plan there. But they got a lot of guys involved other than that, you know, what if we, what do we think here, especially if Devonte Parker comes back? Like what do we think this target distribution looks like here? Yeah, I kind of hope he doesn't come back just for everyone that picked up Bourne this week and then you just start him with a little more confidence because you got Parker hurt and take one Thornton has heard. So it was kind of born. You know, and then you have Hunter Henry Henry, which, you know, I mean, he was kind of a surprise ish. I was on him a little bit heading into the season, but it was nice to see him get that kind of volume. You know, and he let all tight ends in week one with 56 yards. I mean, seriously, wow, that's, that's funny. But yeah, no, and I knew that I figured that he would kind of emerge there ahead of Micah Sikki. Like I wasn't really worried about that, but it is very interesting. Mac Jones, like you said, he had a lot more throws than I thought he was going to have. Ramanjari was dealing with a stomach issue. So I don't know if that, you know, maybe they didn't give him as much for that. I don't know, but like you said, I'm not interested in Ezekielia. Like I know he had a lot there, but he wasn't super efficient with what he had. So I'm cool with not playing him if people are thinking about that. But yeah, I think you can fire a Bourne. I mean, I think he's kind of in a similar situation with Puka where you got to lower your expectations. Point had a great game, but I would consider him a wide receiver three slash four. Yeah, despite the Ezekielia usage, Ramanjari is still on the field for 74.4% of the snaps. He had 15 and a half expected PPR fantasy points, according to fantasy points data more than Ezekielia. So there was a lot there for Ramanjari, who I think I feel really good about. Like people threw Ramanjari Stevenson into the panic meter segment we did with Andy on Monday. I'm not panicking on. Nope. On Ramanjari. And Kendra porn. Yeah. Like Parker is getting a limited participation in practice. But the vibes around Juju's Mishuster are, I mean, God awful right now. Like that saw a report that teams from, I saw Evan Silva shared. I can't know the exact outlet where it came from now. Unfortunately, I'm sorry, but there's a team source said he was like the fifth most explosive. Like not in their top five. Most explosive offensive players right now at this point, most effective offensive players. Not, not good vibes are bad there. So I think Kendra porn. I really was impressed with his ability to beat man coverage in week one. You know, the dolphins are going to play as much man as the Eagles did in week one. But I think that that's a, he's a pretty interesting guy here on this one. Next, let's move on to the next one. NSC South match up. One of the two, I mean, two Monday night football games. Come on. What are we doing here? I mean, one of the three point favorites in Carolina. Again, Carolina, really not a good showing in week one. Receivers, not great. Bryce Young made mistakes. Miles Sanders got the past game usage. I was expecting though. I, I was in on Sanders this year. So that was encouraging. But that's it. I mean, Carolina. It's, it's pretty cut and dry there. Yeah, I'm not interested in anyone other than Sanders there. For the Saints, though, the Saints have a lot of guys they can throw at you. Like, Chris Olaves usage was beautiful in, in week one. They were doing the stuff that I wanted to see them do more last year, like getting him layups, getting him in motion. That, that was great. I think he's, he's probably a top 10 receiver, or at least top 12 receiver rest of season to me. And he kind of was going into, into it for me. So I'm very excited about Chris Olaves. But like talking about Rashid Shaheed, talking about Michael Thomas and Joanne Johnson, like a lot, Jamal Williams, like he got a lot of volume in week one. There's plenty of potential dudes to make impact here for the New Orleans Saints. Yeah, it's funny. I was very, very in honor of Rashid Shaheed all off season. And then I didn't even, I, I ended up not even drafting him. I mean, I took him in a bunch of best ball. But when it came to my actual homelies, I don't even have him. And I'm super bummed because he was my guy this off season. And it's funny because he was my guy because I really thought Michael Thomas was not going to do anything. And then I was shocked. Like Michael Thomas to me was kind of the one interesting story of that game. Just because I really expected him to kind of just, I don't know. I guess expect him to fall apart, I guess. But I was impressed. He looked pretty good. So I feel like all those guys are in play there. And like you said, I mean, Joanne Johnson. Good. I was actually surprised. Take some ill wasn't as involved as I thought he would be. I kind of thought heading into that game. We'd see a little more of him. A little more fun there with that. So that's a bummer. But overall, I think all those guys are in play. Is it a bummer? Is it a bummer? I mean, I guess it's a bummer. It's a bummer for best ball teams. How about that? It's not a bummer for. Right. It's not a bummer for redraft and for having to deal with that. But I do like to see, you know, those crazy weeks where he gets like three touchdowns. Like that's, I mean, he's the perfect best ball guys. So that it was a bummer there. But no. As far as regular football. I was impressed with with the Saints overall. And I think this game against the Panthers, like fire them all up. I'm in. I love that. Yeah. Tasm's going to have that game. Restry touchdowns. It could be week. It could be this Monday night game. I mean, what a treat that would be for a primetime audience. But I'm with you. I'm a huge Rashid Shaheed fan. Big fan of the player. Love what he showed in year one. Road up that he's like a real receiver. He's not just a speed guy. But the speed is unbelievable. And against the Panthers defense. It's not going to have JC Horn. You know, Brian Burns is definitely a game record. He had a great week one. The Saints offensive line was a little hit or miss. But yeah, I'm trusting Rashid Shaheed to get a big Game off here in this one. So if you have him, you picked him up. I think he's like a viable flex play at this point. Let's talk the second Monday night game here. The last one in the stream category. Cleveland Browns. Two and a half point favorites in Pittsburgh going against the Steelers who are likely to be without Deontay Johnson. Just for the IR bros out there. And they have been all up in my mentions about. Why is Deontay Johnson not listed as out on Yahoo. He's trying to put him on IR. Well, buddy, because the team hadn't declared him out yet. Okay. He's not. They's not declared him out yet. Even today, Deontay comes out and calls himself day to day. Look, I don't know if Deontay is going to play this game. He's probably not going to play in this game. But we don't know right now. Okay. And we probably not even might not even know until like Monday morning. So good luck. I'd plan to be without him. But that's my little soliloquy on that. So the Pittsburgh Steelers offense disaster performance and weak one. I mean, holaceous effort from Kenny Pickett, who was just straight up inaccurate, even when he had clean pockets. The Browns defense really, really good. Now they're not going to play without their best separator in Deontay Johnson. What do we do? Is there any Steelers player you are like remotely interested in here in week two? Well, yes, actually, I am. I'm going to throw a very deep. Can I interest you in some Calvin Austin? You can. Yeah. I feel like he had six targets. He caught all six. He had 9.7 PPR points. Like, I feel like nobody's talking about him. Everyone's kind of a rob, a rob, whatever. That's fine. But they love Calvin Austin. I mean, he got hurt last year and didn't get to play. But they really like him. I mean, from what I was reading over the summer, the beatwriters and whatnot. Like, you know, the team likes him. So I feel like he's kind of a secret. I mean, I wouldn't throw him in there unless you're in a deeper league and you need a flex or something like that. But yeah, I feel like he's a guy this week that's kind of going on talked about, you know, all the waivers and all that. I just didn't see anyone talking about him. So I like him. And of course, I like Pickens. I mean, I'm a University of Georgia Homer. So I'm always going to like Pickens, no matter what. But I think, you know, if Johnson is out, he clearly gets, you know, an advantage there. So I think a rob is fine. I mean, I, you know, he, I have recency bias. Unfortunately, he's he's burned me the last couple of seasons. So I just can't go in there. I'd rather invest in the younger Austin if I'm going to, if I'm going to play a stealer. Well, Jen, lucky for you, you're actually speaking to one of the three or four people who attended the Calvin Austin truth or his meeting. Oh, I also happen to moonlight in the out in the like cobweb filled, nobody else is in the room. I get might just be me there that like still thinks Alan Robinson could be a viable NFL player, but like a viable NFL player. Okay, I'm talking about a role player who they might need, right? Because he's only going to run short routes out of the slot at this point. They're going to need those layup targets from him, especially with Miles Garrett coming after Kenny Pickett. Like, I bet Miles Garrett is just gassed up for this game after watching the tape from week one, the stealer's offense. But on Calvin Austin, a guy I think that showed in his collegiate profile and reception perception that he can line up outside, despite the fact he's like a hundred and, you know, 62 pounds or whatever. That's what he's listed at. He could line up and like beat man coverage as an outside receiver. So that's pretty exciting. If Robinson's going to stay in that slot role and the aunt is going to miss this game, they might just drop Calvin Austin into that role or there's also a possibility that we see Calvin Austin in, I mean, Matt Canada's pre snap motion sucks. Like, you know, you see all the offices out there using motion to like get things going. And the stealer's offense just motions guys around for no purpose. And the defense doesn't react because nobody everybody knows it's purposeless. But maybe it could have a purpose with Calvin Austin. I think it's an exciting player. So I'm glad you brought him up again. I'm one of the me and you are like one of the three or four people in the in the Calvin Austin meeting. So that's good to see on the brown side. I do like Elijah Moore in this game. I think he got nice usage in week one. And Mario Cooper got a little banged up. So, you know, if you're looking for like non obvious players to play on the Cleveland brown side, he would be the one I'd spotlight. Yeah, I can get behind that. And I mean, obviously you're starting, Chubb. And yeah, I would not. Yeah, Sean Watson is not someone that I would be, I would be into. Yeah, just rough. I mean, this is like a fine performance in week one ups and downs. And like that's going to be the case. We'll see in a clean. I mean, we'll see if we get clean weather in this game. And if we do, if he can take advantage of it. All right, let's move into our final category, the skip category. And we'll go a little quicker on these games because there's not as much talk about. But I do want to talk first about the Indianapolis Colts. One point of favorites going to Houston. This was the game I'm thinking about moving actually to the stream category and potentially bumping the brown stealers down into skip when I do the article version. Because, you know, I look at it and I actually think, hey, there's a lot of potential options to play in Indianapolis at Houston. Weird as that is to say, anti Richardson, great debut, Michael Pittman, great week one. I think Damien Pierce is going to bounce back. I think Nico Collins is extremely viable at this point. If Zach Moss plays over some of the other kind of less inspiring options for the Indianapolis Colts backfield, he could be a guy that's that I'm into. You know, CJ Stroud, I'm not playing, but he had a nice, he had a really nice week one. I think a really nice debut in a hostile environment. So I don't know am I crazy for thinking like actually this Colts of Texans game could have some sneaky fantasy value. I think there's a little bit there. I think, like you said, I think Richardson and Pittman, I'm down with both those guys. I'd really Pierce, I don't know, I've been, I've been kind of, I was out on him this off season and hate, I don't know. I don't know that he's done enough yet. It's been one week, of course, to change my mind. So, but yeah, I mean, I could see you the appeal. I could see how you might move them up into the stream category. I think that it's an interesting. I mean, you've got, you know, rookie quarterback against rookie quarterback. That's always a fun, a fun watch. But I was definitely encouraged by what I saw from Anthony Richardson. I mean, we all, you know, heading into the, it wasn't a surprise, but it was just nice to see. That was a very nice way of Jen saying like, yeah, maybe keep this one in the skip. So let's move on to the next game here. Chicago Bears, a Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Buccaneers are two and a half point home favorites, 40 and a half over under. Oh, my goodness, the Bears offense was a disaster in week one. If you haven't treated yourself to JTO Sullivan, QB schools break down on, I mean, he's been putting it on Twitter, but watch the full YouTube. It's, it's rough, okay? So I, I think that the Bears are in a tough spot here. I guess you're starting Justin Fields, but I think DJ Moore like kind of needs a prove it game. I think nothing I'm really interested here in Chicago. And I mean, at least with the bucks, I think the receivers are interesting. But I don't know, this one's tough. Yeah, this one's tough. There's not really a lot to like from a fantasy perspective, or a real football perspective, to be honest. Yeah, but Bay was a little bit, you know, surprising last week. I feel like people wrote them off. And Baker did a pretty good job. I know he's dealing with a shoulder injury of some sort, but I think for fantasy-wise, I don't know that you're starting him. But yeah, the receivers are fine. And I actually had to start K-Daten in a pinch last week. It was a guillotine league that has 18 teams. And I have Andrews. So there wasn't a lot of options on the waiver wire. So I had to start out. And I think he got me five points. I mean, he's okay. But I think in a regular normal redraft, I don't think you're starting a lot of the pieces of either of these teams. Yeah, I think only one receiver is going to eat per week. I think Mike Evans could be the guy this week. But if it goes back to Chris Goddard, and if he gets like 10 targets for eight catches and 75 yards in a touchdown, I don't think that's necessarily surprising. And panic level on Rashad White. Last thing on this game. It's interesting. I had a, I had a Discord AMA earlier right before this. And someone asked me the exact same question. Mile panic. I mean, he had a decent amount of touches. So the volume's there. He just wasn't very efficient. Sean Tucker is kind of breathing down his neck. I mean, mild panic, not so panic, but mild. But I mean, he wasn't a high draft pick as it was. So I feel like it's kind of where we are, right? I mean, I don't know that it's. Yeah, mild panic. Yeah, I'm. I don't love it. I didn't draft a lot of Rashad White. So that's a, that's where, that's where I'm at. I'm not panicking about it. But we'll see. All right. Let's move on to another game here. New York Giants. Six point favorites. In Arizona. Hmm. Oh, boy. 39 and a half point over under. Are you injured? I mean, we know the guys on the Giants. I think we can feel pretty confident that Daniel Jones, say Quan Barkley and Darren Waller bounced back and like maybe someone else pops up on this team but Cardinal side wasn't ready for the Zach Hertz shown week one. Jen, I'll tell you that. Nor was I. Yeah. I don't, I don't, yeah. I don't think that there's anyone there. I mean, I guess you start or you start or it's if you're in a situation where you need him. But I don't know. I mean, Marquis Brown runs out more like it just. I feel like the Giants. I would hope the Giants are. We're completely humiliated and hopefully they come out, you know, firing. I hope so. And it's like they couldn't have a better matchup to do it to be honest. So hopefully that's the case and. But yes, like you said, Barkley Jones, Waller, maybe Hertz. Oh, you can start Conner. I don't have a problem with Conner. I think James Conner had, you know, he hit plenty of volume. So I think I think if you're in position where you have him, you can start him. But that's about it. Cardinal's defense was better than expected in week one. But did that have more to do with the week one opponent? Beautiful transition to our final game of the week. Washington commanders at Denver Broncos. Broncos are three and a half point home favorites. Oh, a real beefy 38 and a half point over under. Even Washington, and you know, I love these receivers. I'm a huge fan of Terry McLean and Johan Dotson. I think there's a chance McLean, who's probably not 100% healthy even if he's participating in practice and played last week, could get the Pats or Tan treatment, which makes me think Johan Dotson is interesting in this game because we saw Jacobi Myers roast up the number two corner for the Denver Broncos. So maybe Dotson gets back in the box here. But I don't know. I wasn't super, super enthused with what I saw at a Sam Hall in week one. Um, he was okay. Hey, I think he, you know, and I think that's kind of what we expected. I mean, he's, you know, he's got that rushing upside, which is fun. But, um, yeah, I mean, I don't think you're starting him this week unless you're in a super flex or a two quarterback league. So that's kind of as expected. But yeah, like you said, I think Dotson's interesting. Um, as far as Denver goes, pretty gross over there. I mean, the backfield, I mean, it is. And I live about three miles from, uh, from the stadium here in Denver. Um, and it, yeah, I mean, you saw, it was almost a 50-50 split, I think, with, with Samajepirine and Javante Williams. And, um, you know, Wilson, we were hoping for this big step forward. And I just, it wasn't there. And now Dotson just heard. So we have Adam Troutman, which I guess you can play him if you need him. But, uh, I, I'm a little, I fear that the Broncos are, are just picking up exactly where they were last year, which we just did not expect with Sean Peyton there. But I don't know. I mean, Russell looked like last year, Russell to me last week. It just wasn't pretty. It wasn't pretty. The running back sir committee. You know, Jerry Judy still kind of up in the air. They're not playing Marvin Mims or playing like little Jordan Humphrey in the guys over him. It's not, it's not good. I, I'm with you that there's nothing I'm interested in, in Denver. The only thing I'm interested in this game is, yeah, Superflex Sam Hall. I think you can give him another week and then the receivers for Washington. I think those guys are at least important to track. But all right. That's it. Before we go, we have one final piece of advice for your fantasy lineups. It's week two. And we're going to help you make some smart decisions on who to start in your Flex spot this weekend courtesy of Nerd wallet. Nerd wallet helps people make smart decisions every day with their side by side comparison of top financial products. Jen, let's do a little side by side comparison of our own and chat about a few smart Flex options that fantasy managers might be choosing between this week. You give me your two. I'll give you my two and we'll get out of here. All right. My first one, Jamal Williams. He had 20 of 21 touches last week. Carolina gave up 131 yards and two touchdowns to Atlanta backs. So fire up Jamal Williams in your flex. I think he's in a good spot. Second guy. We talked about him a little bit at Romeo Dobbs. He had two touchdowns against the Bears. He in love clearly have chemistry. He gets the red zone looks. So I think Dob wins out if you're deciding in the Flex. I like Romeo Dobbs. He showed something. And like we mentioned at the top of the show. Really, really encouraged by what I saw out of the Green Bay Packers offense and Jordan love. So I like that Romeo Dobbs call especially. I'll give you a couple here. Number one, Odell Beckham didn't talk about him in the Ravens Bengals game. That was intentional because I wanted to save him for this segment. I'm all in on the Z-Flower type. Okay. I am on that Z-Flower type train. I'm riding that thing. I'd be willing to conduct that thing. Okay. I'm a big fan of that player. I'm also a big fan of what I saw out of Odell Beckham in week one who ran a route on 74.2% of the drop-axe. He had one big massive catch. Actually led the team in an area yard share because of Z-Jones. Excuse me, Z-Jones. Z-Flowers was getting so much work in the screen game. He ran downfield routes too, but so can Odell Beckham. We saw sort of a vintage OBJ catch. And it's also worth noting that he also drew a lot of pass interference flags in week number one against the Texans. So we two Bengals should be a high scoring game. I think Lamar and Odell connect for a couple of big plays. So if you need a flex, I like Odell there. And I'll give a guy that, you know, I think in most rankings is going to be in that flex territory. But I actually think he's a straight running back to James Cook. I mean, James Cook for the Buffalo Bills had a pretty nice role in week one. He had 14.2 expected PPR points in week one, according to fantasy points data. That shows that he pretty much got the role that we were hoping for. You know, he's not going to get goal line work. He's going to, I didn't love like him losing some two-minute drill stuff to Latavius Murray from a pass protection standpoint. But nevertheless, this should be a get right game for the Bills against the Raiders defense that I don't really feel too intimidated by, despite what they did to Denver. We talked about the Broncos. So I feel pretty good about James Cook and a bounce back spot here for this entire Bill's offense. I think, hey, as I said, I'm a UGA Homer. So James Cook always. There we go. James Cook always. Those are your smart flex plays for week two. And when you need to make a financial decision, make it a smart one with nerd wallet. All right, Jen. Appreciate it. We have run through everything. The people need to know here in week two. Thanks for doing this. Absolutely. Thanks for having it. It was fun. I never get to go to every single game by game. So this is a great little precursor to the weekend. Well, hey, people. Jen crushed it. Shout out to Jen. If you need even more, how could you possibly need more? But if you do need more, check out my article, which will be live on Yahoo Sports dot com. The binge skip stream. A binge stream skip. Let's get it in the right order from going to promote the article. It'll be on the website Friday morning. So make sure you read that also. Be sure to tune in to this very podcast. First thing Monday morning to hear Scott Pinausky. And I break down all the action from week two. Until then, we're out. Thank you.