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Fantasy Football Week 3 Love/Hate (2QB & Superflex): Sam Darnold Up, Bo Nix Down + Opening Drive
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Opening Drive: Jeanty worry level, JSN top-5 buzz, Daniel Jones MVP talk
LOVE (2QB/SF): Darnold, Rodgers • Scadabo, Jordan Mason • Ayomanor, Troy Franklin • Sanders/Fannin/Ertz
HATE: Browning, Bo Nix • RJ Harvey, TreVeyon Henderson • DJ Moore, Travis Hunter
Quick trends, matchup edges, and start/sit calls you can use today.
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Transcript
Introductions and NFL Season Uncertainty
00:00:12
Fab
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back ladies and gentlemen to the week three, week three of this wonderful NFL season right now, Bush to Cuddle Fantasy Football Podcast.
00:00:24
Fab
I'm Fab, I'm joined as always with Nak
Episode Segments Preview
00:00:26
Fab
and Raj and we're here to tell you that after two weeks in, do we really know what's going on right now?
00:00:26
Roger Emeka
you
00:00:33
Fab
So before we jump into this week's episode, which is, we're going obviously and go over Our love hates for the week for week three, we're also going touch on to a new segment called the opening drive.
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00:00:43
Fab
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00:01:00
Fab
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NFL Overreactions: Daniel Jones Leads
00:01:10
Fab
But with that out of the way, we are going to kick off with something called the opening drive, which I think is a nice little, you know, it's little little nugget of information. So maybe some overreactions from the last week.
00:01:22
Fab
And, you know, after two weeks, honestly speaking, I know I said that right in the beginning of the podcast, but after two weeks, like, what do we really know? right and In a year where Daniel Jones is is leading the NFL in passing yards after two weeks that I'm sure nobody had on their bingo card, what do we really know at the moment right now?
00:01:37
Roger Emeka
Thank you.
00:01:39
Fab
So we're going to go into some five-over reactions, and we're going to spitball a little bit here and get get some hot takes, or as Nick likes to call them, the spicy takes. We're going see how things go. So we're starting for the first one here.
Concerns Over Ashton Gentry's Performance
00:01:51
Fab
Ashton Gentry, is he cooked this season? Like we saw him ah week one.
00:01:56
Fab
Wasn't that good week two? I mean obviously he went up against a tough Chargers defense but for all those people that invested such a high draft pick in Ashton Gentry and who Coming into the draft was allotted as being the next Saquon Barkley the next generational talent and I don't want to take anything away from the guys only been two weeks, but Are we if you're an Ashton Gentry owner right now like how worried are you on a scale one to five?
00:02:22
Fab
Like four worried
00:02:22
Nacc
Pretty worried.
00:02:24
Roger Emeka
Very worried.
00:02:26
Fab
Yeah, I would tend to agree. I would tend to agree. If I'm if i'm an Ashton Gentile owner right now, when looking at you, Marco, I'm a little bit more concerned than I normally am. You've got to assume that at some point he's going to turn it around, but when the guy has 81 rushing yards in the season and 84 of those came after contact, it kind of tells you everything you need to know about the situation.
00:02:48
Fab
I mean, it's just... Yeah, ah but it's little bit of cause for concern. i don't know if there's any of any trade value right now for Ashingenti, seeing as the stock is so low, but it might be something to look into going forward. You drafted an RB1 and he's getting you RB2 numbers.
00:03:06
Fab
yeah I'd be
00:03:06
Nacc
Not even.
Brandon Aubrey's Kicking Surprises
00:03:07
Fab
concerned.
00:03:07
Fab
But I wouldn't be concerned if I had this guy on my team, Brandon Aubrey, apparently who is churning out kicker numbers like he's an RB2, outscoring the likes of Brees Hall, Karen Williams, the aforementioned Ashton Gentile, Travion Anderson, Lam McConkie, Drake London, Nico Collins.
00:03:27
Fab
And we're talking about how kickers are no longer ah thing of of importance on fantasy teams.
00:03:33
Roger Emeka
They still aren't.
00:03:34
Fab
Brandon Aubrey was like was like, hold my beer.
00:03:38
Fab
This is one. get Listen, kickers are people too.
00:03:38
Nacc
One kicker.
00:03:40
Roger Emeka
Exactly.
00:03:41
Nacc
One kicker.
00:03:42
Roger Emeka
and also it's also it's because of the the the balls being absolutely juiced that he's able to hit those those long field goals.
00:03:48
Fab
So we're going to make excuses now for Brandon Aubrey. Is that what we're doing?
00:03:51
Roger Emeka
Yes, we are. Look, I'll...
00:03:52
Fab
We've seen we've seen more 60-yard field goals in the last few years we've ever seen in the first 100 years in the NFL.
00:03:59
Nacc
Well, the balls are juiced for him. The balls are juiced for all of them.
00:04:01
Fab
Yeah, exactly. So wouldn't...
00:04:05
Roger Emeka
You're supposed to my side with the kicker debate, Nak. What are you doing?
00:04:07
Nacc
Hey, there's also Boswell who finished one point behind him last year. and But still, it's it's two kickers, right?
00:04:11
Roger Emeka
Steelers.
00:04:12
Nacc
Like it's two kickers. One kicker, two kickers. Even if it's three kickers, I want him out of fantasy football. There's no place
00:04:19
Roger Emeka
ah Yes,
JSN's Rising Potential
00:04:20
Roger Emeka
thank you. Exactly.
00:04:20
Nacc
for kickers.
00:04:21
Fab
There's no place for it. Well, that is a ridiculous take.
00:04:24
Nacc
Next segment.
00:04:25
Fab
Only took you four minutes. um So this one this I think we can all kind of agree on right now, but JSN will be a top five wide receiver this year. ah He's leading the league first in the first two weeks in target share at 44.23%.
00:04:33
Nacc
He looks good. Looks good.
00:04:40
Fab
um I mean, those are ahead of guys like Malik Neighbors, who typically has in the 40s, right? Puka Nakua, Jamar Chase, obviously, Justin Jefferson. So in a year where you're looking at some wide receivers that are now going to be fed the football by some backup quarterbacks, I'm looking at you, Justin Jefferson and Jamar Chase.
00:04:57
Fab
There's guys like JSN right now are going leapfrog them, potentially, because he's been getting a big target share, and he's not the slot merchant that everyone thought he was. He's working a lot more on the outside, and you can see all that juice that he has. so If you drafted JSN right now, I think you should be pretty happy.
00:05:14
Fab
We got... this is ah This is a nice one.
Vikings' Decision on Sam Darnold
00:05:18
Fab
The Vikings shouldn't have let go of Sam Darnold. After two weeks of J.J. McCarthy, yes, he had that wonderful fourth quarter comeback in the first game of the season.
00:05:28
Fab
You guys are correct me if I'm wrong, but last Sunday, apart from getting injured, I mean, he didn't exactly look all otherworldly. He's looking like the rookie that he is, and now he's injured.
00:05:41
Roger Emeka
you
00:05:42
Nacc
Doesn't bode well.
00:05:43
Fab
No, no, no. And you've got to give props to Sam Darnold for actually going to Seattle and signing that massive contract because he's having a decent season so far. But if you're, again, this is another one of those things where like if you invested heavily on JJ, and I know that us on the podcast, we were, we had our own concerns. We were very trepid, trepidatious about that.
00:06:05
Fab
Because it's like this guy hadn't played in a single down yet in the NFL and all of a sudden he's going as a top 10 quarterback. It's like, why? We'll kind of, now we're kind of seeing why, so.
00:06:13
Roger Emeka
18 of 32, 214 yards, no TDs, three INTs, and one fumble through two games if you take away the fourth quarter he had in week one.
00:06:22
Fab
Yeah, that that looked like Geno Smith numbers on Monday night.
00:06:22
Roger Emeka
Just... Yeah. Looked like Zach Wilson.
00:06:29
Fab
Man. Yes, exactly. And number five.
Daniel Jones MVP Discussion
00:06:34
Fab
Daniel Jones is QB number two on the year. And he's sorry, he is a is a two QB and a one QB league winner.
00:06:43
Nacc
M-V-P. b
00:06:45
Fab
Like, so I know he was on, I think it was Roger, your hate list last week and deservedly so, you know, because he's going against Denver. And I think everybody would have called that because everyone was saying how that is.
00:06:57
Fab
This is the test now. Now we're going see the real Daniel Jones. And maybe this is the real Daniel Jones that we saw. Like Denver is no slouch of a defense. He played well. And after, like I mentioned before, in two weeks of the season, if I would have told you that Daniel Jones was leading the league in passing yards and Russell Wilson was second, it would make.
00:07:18
Fab
Nobody would have believed that. Whatever the odds were on the parlay in Vegas on that, right now we'd all be millionaires.
00:07:20
Nacc
much
00:07:24
Fab
Nobody would have believed that.
00:07:24
Nacc
but Much better O-line than he had in and New York. That's kind of one thing. But he also has 70% completion percentage against the Blitz this year.
00:07:30
Fab
Yep.
00:07:38
Fab
And that actually, i listen my my perspective, I think a lot of that has to Shane Steichen.
00:07:44
Roger Emeka
Yeah, just gonna say.
00:07:45
Nacc
Yes, 100%. 100%. hundred percent hundred percent
00:07:46
Fab
Yeah. Like, um I don't want to take anything away from Daniel Jones. Like, he's he's playing fantastically well. But the the knock that I always had on him was the fact that he never played with confidence.
00:08:00
Nacc
You knocked on him?
00:08:03
Fab
that was That was a knock that I always held very
Success Stories: New Team, New Life
00:08:05
Fab
true. I was very... i was very steadfast with my with with my one blemish to General Jones' pristine career in New York, is that...
00:08:13
Roger Emeka
One.
00:08:15
Fab
and he I find he never played with confidence, and you can see it in his decision-making. Whereas now in Indy, I guess, listen, to there's there's something to be said for a change of environment for certain quarterbacks and how they...
00:08:27
Fab
Like, they really blow up in a new environment. We saw it with Sam Darnold. You see it a little bit with Mac Jones, too, with the Niners and even Jacksonville. Like, he's doing well despite not playing huge numbers. Obviously, Baker Mayfield's a great example.
00:08:41
Roger Emeka
I think you have to give KOC credit too. That half-year stint that Daniel Jones had in Minnesota, I think, probably had another big impact too.
00:08:44
Fab
Yeah. That's right.
00:08:49
Fab
Yeah.
00:08:52
Fab
Yeah, and then it leads me to concerns about, like, is Brian Dable the... offensive guru that everyone makes them out to be.
00:08:58
Roger Emeka
Well, I think what' sorry and last what's more concerning is how bad is Anthony Richardson?
00:08:59
Fab
Anyways, we're not going get into that. Yep.
00:09:05
Roger Emeka
Like, how bad is Anthony Richardson that Daniel Jones could just come in and so far be... look like a top QB, a top 10 QB fantasy or real life in the NFL.
00:09:15
Nacc
Imagine he gets a $200 million dollars deal next summer.
00:09:15
Fab
Yep.
00:09:15
Roger Emeka
We
00:09:20
Roger Emeka
we don't have enough time for the podcast for fab add, to dissect that.
00:09:20
Nacc
and he any and and he does it And he does it to another franchise.
00:09:24
Fab
Honestly, if he keeps up this if he keeps up this pace for the whole year, how can you say no?
00:09:25
Nacc
Like, it's going to be over $200 million. Four years, $50 million per.
00:09:31
Nacc
or years fifty million per
00:09:31
Fab
Yeah, you got like
00:09:33
Roger Emeka
Yeah. You get like a, you get a Sam Darnold deal.
00:09:36
Fab
to stand on. I'll do it. Yeah. he probably takes a smaller He probably takes a smaller term to say, like you know what?
00:09:37
Roger Emeka
You get a, yeah. yeah
00:09:41
Fab
This isn't a fluke. I'm actually this good. And then he cashes out a later contract. But yeah.
00:09:45
Nacc
and I would love that.
00:09:45
Fab
But also, like the c Colts. And with with Daniel Jones or Indiana Jones, I believe, as he's called now, currently running the most efficient offense at 85 and a half percent of their drives and the score.
00:09:57
Fab
To put that in perspective, second place is Buffalo with 66.7 percent.
00:09:59
Roger Emeka
That's awesome.
00:10:02
Roger Emeka
Hmm.
00:10:03
Nacc
MBP. b
00:10:04
Fab
right Right now, yeah. Two weeks into the season.
00:10:08
Roger Emeka
me check the odds on that, actually.
00:10:09
Fab
September 17th in the year of our Lord.
00:10:11
Roger Emeka
not ah na I'm disappointed you haven't checked the odds already on that.
00:10:15
Fab
that not placed like a ghost pet in vegas over the weekend
00:10:17
Nacc
Is he even listed?
00:10:18
Roger Emeka
i put i put Justin Herbert as my MVP pick. It was playing like plus 1,300. That's actually looking
Week 3 Quarterback 'Love' Picks
00:10:24
Roger Emeka
not bad.
00:10:24
Fab
yeah that is actually looking about it oh boy oh boy so this so that was the that was the opening drive uh sort of set the scene for rest of the podcast right now now we're going to jump into you know I love hate for for week three, but you know what what kind of podcast would we be if we wouldn't go over our record of last week, which unfortunately was slightly abysmal.
00:10:44
Roger Emeka
we really have to?
00:10:48
Roger Emeka
we really have to
00:10:49
Fab
I mean, quickly, so I had a love for my running backs on Zach Charbonnet, Trayvon Henderson, and Brenton Strange as a tight end. I lost all three of those, so I apologize to everybody. I did hit on my hates.
00:11:00
Fab
Ashton Gentry and Tony Pollard did not hit their projections, so that's two wins for Fab. Knack was working with wide receivers. His loves were Stefan Diggs, Hollywood Brown, and Jonu Smith as a tight end.
00:11:13
Fab
He missed on all three of those. ah His hates were Cortland Sutton, who he hit on, and then his really spicy hate that almost cashed in of Malik Mabers.
00:11:21
Nacc
Don't even say it. Don't even say it. I'm just going to put a pin in that. And Daniel Jones is 60 to one odds to win MVP.
00:11:29
Fab
it's not as bad as i thought be
00:11:30
Roger Emeka
I'm going put money on that. ah
00:11:32
Fab
We're going to go through Roger. Roger had the had the quarterbacks last week. He had Jared Goff as a love and C.J. Stroud. Jared Goff with his five touchdown performance came through. C.J. Stroud, like all of last season, did not.
00:11:46
Fab
um His hates were Daniel Jones, yeah above Sam Darnold, and Dalton Kike as a tight end. So collectively, last week we went 4-11. which was horrible.
00:11:57
Nacc
Thank
00:11:58
Fab
But we're going to try do better on that, you know, like every week a little bit better. so that's why we're going jump into our our week three love hates.
00:12:05
Roger Emeka
Thank
00:12:05
Fab
And if you guys don't mind, I want to jump this off right now with the quarterbacks. I was... I was randomly selected to do quarterbacks this week, which I'm very excited about because, you know what, it's been, I've been off the pot a little bit. you know, I'm trying to come back into the swing of things right now. So let's just jump right into the most important position in all of fantasy football for week three, which is arguably one of the most important weeks and all in all of fantasy football, because you're either or you're oing to You're staring on the barrel and you need some wins like me.
00:12:35
Fab
I need some wins. Do I ever need some wins? So right off the bat, We are going to start off with the loves for the
Analyzing Browning and Nix's Challenges
00:12:43
Fab
quarterback. So my first love this week is actually Sam Darnold. We just spoke about him right now. He's facing New Orleans at home in Seattle.
00:12:49
Fab
So he's usually like an every week QB two, but he has a really nice matchup where he can give you, I think QB one numbers this week versus a very shaky New Orleans defense, right?
00:12:54
Roger Emeka
you
00:12:58
Fab
Like they got torched last week by Mac Jones for 295 and three touchdowns. And Kyler did them in for 163 and two scores in week one. so they haven't registered an INT for the first two weeks and their quarterbacks who face them right now are averaging 22.5 points against i think donald is in a great spot to potentially string to string together two wins in a row and back-to-back 20 plus fantasy point outings for me in a 2qb and super flex league he's a must start in a one quarterback league i think he's gonna be flirting with some top 12 numbers but i really like him this week i think he's in a good spot and
00:13:33
Fab
Like Clint Kubiak is doing really good stuff with with with that offense right now.
00:13:37
Roger Emeka
much better improvement from week one for sure.
00:13:39
Fab
Yeah. And that's what you want to see, right? Just week over week improvements, sort of like us with our own love-hates. Hopefully that happens this week. For my second love of the week, Nak, I was looking at you when I said this one. Aaron Rodgers at New England.
00:13:53
Nacc
Hey, my boy.
00:13:53
Fab
you know He's your boy, your 42-year-old boy. he had a rough outing last week versus Seattle, but that's not the let's not forget the four-touchdown day he had in week one.
00:14:04
Fab
Rodgers was let down a little bit too much by his wide receivers. he They had uncharacteristically quite a few more drops than they should have last week. and But I think we're still seeing a lot of the shades of old Rodgers. New England surrendered 340 yards of passing offense per game in the first two weeks on average. 340 yards per game.
00:14:24
Fab
And it's yet to be confirmed that star quarterback Christian Gonzalez is back this week. So in my opinion, he's another must-start in both two QB and Superflake leagues. And again, similar to Sam Donald, he has an upite outside shot of potentially low-end QB1 numbers this week.
00:14:33
Roger Emeka
to with that
00:14:42
Roger Emeka
hard to disagree with that
00:14:43
Fab
Hard to disagree. Guys, disagree. This pod has to be interesting. Disagree. Nak, what's that? You said Christian Gonzalez is back this week? No?
00:14:51
Nacc
Good for him. Good for Kristen Gonzalez.
00:14:52
Fab
Okay, good for him. Guys, you can see we're selling a hangover from Vegas. We spent we spent Friday up until Monday and Monday night we were representing the podcast in Allegiant Stadium as we saw the Raiders take on the LA Chargers, which is why I got this hat, which wearing right now. so good um I'm officially...
00:15:14
Fab
ah It's hard not to be a Raiders fan. I know we're going to a tangent here, but it's hard not to root for the Raiders when you go to that stadium, when you see the fans, when you see like the hype that they do.
00:15:23
Nacc
It was easy for me.
00:15:25
Fab
What's that?
00:15:26
Nacc
it was easy for me not to root for them.
00:15:27
Fab
Yeah, but we're talking about normal people. like it's just The vibes are so high in Allegiant Stadium, and that is such a gorgeous stadium, and it's just...
00:15:37
Roger Emeka
I kept telling all of you like. I've always liked the Raiders and i hated when they left Oakland because they felt such a part of Oakland, but there could not have been ah better city for them to go to than Las Vegas.
00:15:51
Roger Emeka
And they travel like they've always traveled. They dress like they've always dressed. You walk around like the tailgate area and it feels like Raider country. So it was an awesome experience. Everyone was super cool, dressed up. Like I think Las Vegas has taken on the Raiders very, very well.
00:16:10
Fab
I would agree with that. Los Raiders, they yeah let's just was it was nuts. it was great like Tailgating was ridiculous. like you saw Whatever you see on TV, that's what you saw in real life. With all the guys with their shoulder pads and dressed up in skulls and everything, it was fantastic. fantastic what's what What won't be fantastic are my hates for the week.
00:16:29
Fab
so Just moving right along with the podcast. so I got two quarterback hates. First one being Jake Browning. the new quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals. Jake Browning at Minnesota. So Minnesota held Michael Bendix Jr. to 135 yards last week.
00:16:43
Fab
And Caleb's performance the week before was saved by a rushing TD. So the Minnesota defense is very tough. They average about 175 yards passing against and only one TD in the first two games the season. So they're off to a very fantastic start.
00:16:55
Fab
Browning does know the offense well. Obviously, he's been in the system for quite a while. And he does, unfortunately, have a lot of starting reps to his name because think Mr. Joe Burrow is now was starting to get that injury-prone designation cemented on his status.
00:17:12
Fab
um But even despite all the weapons and how well he knows the offense, I still think he's going to be struggling a little bit against Minnesota defense. And unless you have no other option, Roger, I'm looking at you, Jake Brown, in my opinion, i think should be riding your bench.
00:17:27
Fab
I think Burrow's season-long replacement will have to wait another week before he starts to put up some points.
00:17:33
Nacc
Are we sure that that's his season long replacement?
00:17:33
Roger Emeka
Yeah, thankfully, 100%.
00:17:36
Roger Emeka
ah hundred percent No, it's not.
00:17:37
Fab
From a fantasy perspective, I believe so. I think it's all but confirmed.
00:17:41
Roger Emeka
so he was
00:17:41
Fab
No, they're not going to trade for James.
00:17:42
Roger Emeka
Browning was fantastic.
00:17:43
Fab
Jameson Woodson is not going there for less than a third round pick.
00:17:45
Roger Emeka
Yeah, yeah.
00:17:46
Fab
Less than a fourth round pick.
00:17:47
Nacc
Third, fourth.
00:17:47
Fab
Sorry. Yeah, 100%.
00:17:48
Roger Emeka
Browning was fantastic the year the two, three years ago.
00:17:49
Fab
Yeah.
00:17:52
Roger Emeka
think he was almost the top 10 QB in that stretch that he had.
00:17:52
Fab
yep Yeah.
00:17:55
Nacc
Pretty sure he beat the Steelers one game.
00:17:57
Roger Emeka
Yeah, and he was really good against the Ravens.
00:17:57
Fab
ah right Yeah.
00:17:59
Roger Emeka
I think the game that Burrow was trying to throw, and that's when like the wrist thing happened.
00:18:03
Nacc
Yeah.
00:18:03
Roger Emeka
Thankfully, i do have better options in Bush League, Darnold and Caleb. Despite the fact that I spent $60 of fab on Browning as a Joe Burrow owner, I had to.
00:18:10
Fab
Oh, you had to. Yeah, you yeah had to.
00:18:13
Roger Emeka
I am sitting him this week for Darnold and Caleb. But it's tough because you don't want to go against Jamar Chase and Tee Higgins.
00:18:18
Fab
I like those calls.
00:18:25
Roger Emeka
But um considering the Vikings lost quite a few players on defense, i'm it's not a bad call. But I could see him going off as well.
00:18:36
Fab
I guess we're going to find out this time again next week, boys and girls. But for my second hate of the week, I have... I got Bo Nix at the LA Chargers. The Chargers, go Chargers, go.
00:18:49
Fab
So, no, I think that was not.
00:18:50
Roger Emeka
Was that really their chant?
00:18:52
Nacc
No, that's Arnold Schwarzenegger when he was governor.
00:18:53
Fab
That's Arnold Schwarzenegger.
00:18:57
Nacc
You know, that classic scene.
00:18:57
Fab
When he was the...
00:18:57
Roger Emeka
Oh, that makes it worse, Nak.
00:18:59
Nacc
Go, Chargers, go.
00:19:01
Roger Emeka
Oh, yes, yes, yes.
00:19:05
Fab
The Knack was saying that all weekend was fantastic.
00:19:07
Nacc
Yeah.
00:19:07
Fab
So Bo Nix at LA versus the Chargers. Three I and T's and one lost fumble this first two games. So the Chargers have been playing QBs very tough in the first two weeks.
00:19:18
Fab
So you take out Mahomes' 57 yards rushing on one touchdown, and he would have had a day that was not too far off from what Geno Smith did last week versus them. So Chargers defense, we saw we saw the first two weeks. They look legit. They look good.
00:19:33
Fab
Bo Nix seems to be in a bit of a sophomore slump. It's only two games in, but so far having three INTs and one loss fumble his first two games isn't exactly what you expected when he drafted him.
00:19:45
Fab
And I think his early season struggles continue, and he finishes outside the top 15 this week. So for me, he's a mid-tier QB2 option versus the tough LA Chargers in LA.
00:20:02
Roger Emeka
He's still a start, right? Like, I didn't know we're i know we're not doing start-sit.
00:20:03
Fab
He's still a start. He's still a start. These are just the players that I hate.
00:20:08
Roger Emeka
Of course, of course. I'm not a big fan of Boznik's game. So I kind of saw this coming. And let's see if he gets to get right a get-right game this
Running Backs: Scadabo and Mason Insights
00:20:22
Roger Emeka
weekend.
00:20:22
Fab
And I've been hearing that they want him to run less too.
00:20:23
Roger Emeka
But...
00:20:24
Nacc
A very tough opponent.
00:20:29
Roger Emeka
Well, he's also getting into crap with his head coach as well. It's like not the first time.
00:20:35
Roger Emeka
And I think they're working through, I mean, I'll talk about a little bit in my section, I think they're working through also who is the main target there? And I'll get into that, so i don't want I don't want to spoil it, but I think that's something that they're working on as well and trying to figure out.
00:20:51
Fab
And maybe they won't figure it out this week.
00:20:55
Nacc
Amina.
00:20:55
Roger Emeka
Boom, boom, boom.
00:20:55
Fab
Because he's going to put up poo-poo numbers again, Bo Nigs.
00:20:58
Roger Emeka
Pum, pum, pum.
00:20:58
Fab
um but So those are my love-hates for the week, guys. I mean, I think um I have a pretty good shot at going 4-0.
00:21:05
Fab
Hopefully. um We're going to move it on to running backs. Nak, you have the boys that that that run with the Rock this week. You got the running backs. Give me your two loves and two hates.
00:21:18
Nacc
Yeah, right away, sir. Right away. ah So my first love this week is going to be your boy, Cam Scadabo.
00:21:26
Fab
Oh, wow.
00:21:26
Roger Emeka
I knew you were taking, like, I don't know I knew you were taking Kem Scadaboo.
00:21:26
Fab
I like this one already. I like that. I like that.
00:21:31
Nacc
yeah Yeah, Cam Scadabo.
00:21:31
Fab
I didn't realize we had Kyle Brandt on the podcast. oh my God.
00:21:34
Nacc
Yeah, it's Kyle Brand's favorite player. He's Fantasy Pros RB35 for week three. And he had a nice little outing there in week two. Yeah. finding the end zone on only 11 carries and added two catches for 14 yards. And I know the Chiefs have a great defensive front, but that didn't stop Barkley from having a a productive day against them.
00:21:56
Nacc
um I'm obviously not comparing Scadabo to Barkley, but I love the way he runs and he won week one of angry runs on his first career rush. So, um and also worth noting, he out carried Tracy, who's actually being used more in the return game, 11 to five.
00:22:09
Roger Emeka
Yep.
00:22:12
Nacc
i ah last game and I think he has a high end flex play and and most I think he finds the end zone again in week 3
00:22:22
Fab
i Yeah, this is a pretty good call. Actually, I like this a lot. And you hit on exactly what I was going to say about how I think he's starting to take over the backfield carries more. um ah it's it's really the perfect type of runner that they need in that offense where the guy is he generates like he looks for contact, he breaks those tackles and then he just he takes the ball he takes the rock to the house as much as he can and when you have an offensive line that doesn't give you a lot of run blocking opportunities, it's the best type of running back to have that scheme.
00:22:48
Nacc
I love his running style.
00:22:54
Fab
So I like this call a lot actually i put for an upside play on a flex like yeah, great.
00:22:59
Roger Emeka
He's going to have a very short career.
00:23:01
Fab
Also that too, yeah
00:23:02
Nacc
Yeah.
00:23:02
Roger Emeka
He's going to get concussed often.
00:23:05
Nacc
Yeah, he runs hard though, man.
00:23:05
Roger Emeka
is ah He runs very hard, which is good it's a good thing.
00:23:07
Fab
Yeah.
00:23:07
Nacc
he's I love his running style though.
00:23:10
Roger Emeka
I do too.
00:23:10
Nacc
like I love watching him play.
00:23:11
Roger Emeka
as As a non-family member of his, I do too. um Otherwise, I think he's got let up a little bit. like he doesn't you don't have to finish every single run by trying to blow someone up.
00:23:24
Nacc
yeah
00:23:27
Nacc
Yep, so my second love this week is actually going to be Jordan Mason.
00:23:33
Fab
oh yeah
00:23:33
Roger Emeka
Ooh.
00:23:33
Nacc
Fantasy Pros RB16 versus the Bengals.
00:23:33
Roger Emeka
who
00:23:36
Fab
yeah
00:23:36
Nacc
um He's not had the greatest start to season fantasy-wise, but I feel like it's going to change heading into week three. So not only did McCarthy get injured,
00:23:48
Nacc
um and he's going to be gone for a couple weeks. But Aaron Jones also headed to IR, so he's going to be missing the next four weeks. And Mason becomes the unquestioned top back in his absence. And with Carson Wentz under center, didn't ever think I'd hear his name again, but the Vikings figured to run the ball a lot.
00:24:09
Nacc
And what a game to get it going versus a Swiss cheese defense set that are the Cincinnati Bengals. ah They've given up the second most points to running backs through two games and allowed Etienne and Tutin to reach double digits last week.
00:24:24
Nacc
So I feel like Mason is a locked and loaded high-end RB2 with definite RB1 potential this weekend.
00:24:32
Fab
I mean, are we really surprised that Aaron Jones went on IR?
00:24:36
Nacc
No.
00:24:37
Roger Emeka
I was just gonna say, it took two weeks.
00:24:38
Fab
Like, I feel like this was... it took i feel And I feel bad for Aaron Jones because he was really good last year. He played very well. And we kind of all knew that it was going to happen at some point this season. I don't think any of us wanted it to happen after two weeks. But if you have Jordan Mason, man, you're looking at an RB1 for the next four or five weeks.
00:24:38
Nacc
No.
00:25:01
Fab
Yeah.
00:25:01
Nacc
potentially longer.
00:25:01
Roger Emeka
they got They got a guy to spell him, and he somehow still got injured this early.
00:25:03
Fab
Yeah.
00:25:07
Roger Emeka
I didn't see the play, so I don't know like if and like how how
00:25:09
Fab
Mm-hmm.
00:25:11
Roger Emeka
how painful it was, but man... i wish I wish I picked up Jordan Mason as a handcuff early. And I think we talked about it in our off-season shows where it was kind of a backfield to like avoid in some sense where you like both running backs, but you figure that both will be fitting into the equation.
00:25:31
Roger Emeka
But I just didn't see this coming that Jordan Mason would be the lead guy this quickly.
00:25:35
Fab
I think it was a value play more than anything else, right?
00:25:35
Nacc
Yeah.
00:25:37
Fab
Like when draft time came around, like nobody was talking, nobody was looking at Aaron Jones and he was being drafted as like RB 19, RB 20, whatever. And then, you know, two rounds later, you can get the guy who's going to be starting anyways, at some point in Jordan Mason.
00:25:51
Fab
I think that was the, I think that was a play for a lot of
00:25:51
Roger Emeka
Yes. Yep. Totally.
Rookie Running Backs' Struggles
00:25:53
Fab
people.
00:25:53
Fab
And it obviously worked out pretty, like you're cashing in on this ticket two weeks in. It's fantastic.
00:25:58
Roger Emeka
sort of
00:26:01
Nacc
So that's without those are my loves. And for my hates this week, I guess we're piling on on the Broncos. I've got RJ Harvey, Fantasy Pros, running back 41 against the Chargers.
00:26:09
Fab
Thank you.
00:26:15
Nacc
He, to me, was one of those draft mysteries this year. Like, I wasn't quite sure why he was being drafted so high, especially after they named Dobbins a starter. league winner Dobbins, the starter.
00:26:27
Nacc
And, um, he's actually been out touched by Dobbins 33 to 13 to open the season. And hopefully, those of you who drafted him high and, uh, you know, plan for a backup plan here, a fallout plan, because, uh,
00:26:42
Nacc
Things don't get any easier in week three versus Stingy's Chargers D, giving up the third fewest rushing yards through two weeks. So going to be hard to turn his limited touches into big production this week.
00:26:58
Roger Emeka
Nak, basically everything you said about Harvey to start, you should basically apply to every rookie running back so far this year. It's been absolute disaster.
00:27:06
Nacc
Well, especially the ones named Gentty, because Gentty obviously went first or second round.
00:27:08
Fab
Well, not Cam Scataboo.
00:27:12
Nacc
Harvey was going like round four, round five, which was crazy.
00:27:15
Roger Emeka
has Hampton.
00:27:17
Fab
To Los Hampton? Yep.
00:27:17
Nacc
Yeah.
00:27:18
Roger Emeka
Hampton was going super early too. Henderson it was a ton. This, I don't know, i like this off season, my takeaway already early on this year is next off season, I'm listening to very little of what beat reporters are saying.
00:27:33
Roger Emeka
And I'm only going to tune in once the official depth charts are... are alive because there was so much smoke and so much stock about all these players Braylon Allen, Travion Henderson even Zach Charbonnet who like yeah like he's splitting but Kenneth Walker has looked better and I got got on some of these to way too much noise last offseason this hot offseason
00:27:54
Nacc
you
00:27:57
Fab
you know That depth shark comet is very true because Everyone thought that they knew more than what the depth chart was showing about how all these guys four string. He's not really four string. Don't worry. He's been getting second team reps and all that stuff. No, these guys are fourth string.
00:28:12
Fab
They're third string.
00:28:12
Roger Emeka
Yeah.
00:28:13
Fab
They're not getting those reps. Like that it actually means something. And everyone was poo-pooing it over the entire off season about how like, like don't take it for what it is. It's fine. It's for now. It's just for now. Like you have two co-starters at court quarterback or whatever.
00:28:25
Fab
It doesn't mean anything. It means something.
00:28:26
Nacc
i I got got with Caleb Johnson.
00:28:29
Fab
Yeah.
00:28:29
Roger Emeka
Yeah.
00:28:30
Fab
Yeah.
00:28:30
Roger Emeka
We all got got.
00:28:30
Nacc
Big time. And speaking of speaking of getting got with my second hate, um,
00:28:32
Fab
It means something.
00:28:36
Roger Emeka
We're Sean Lynch.
00:28:39
Nacc
Well, it's going to be a guy we we we we just named, but second hair of the week is going to be Trevion Henderson running back 33 versus the Steelers at home. So, like i said, similar to Harvey, the lack of touches haven't been really well received from from fantasy managers. Like rookies are are stumbling out of the gate. and we just We just mentioned it. And another reason to kind of beware of the high praise rookies in, in, in mini camp and in preseason, like how this Henderson was like the epitome of that. He was, he had such a great preseason. He had that return touchdown as well in the preseason. So everyone kind of freaked out, but they're getting eased into action. And even though I think he has a ah pretty decent matchup in in week three against a Steelers team, giving up seven multi yards through the ground after a couple of weeks,
00:29:28
Nacc
Lamondre Stevenson has been the preferred back and looked better while doing so. And Henderson's managed a total of 16 touches through two games. So I don't know. ah he's He's another one. Must bench and again in week three. Like these rookies, really hard to trust even as a flex.
00:29:46
Fab
their Their snap counts are still super low. They're still like in the 30 percentages and 20 percentages. You're going to be able to do anything with that. You're going to have to, as Roger always says, like miss me on the first game where they blow up.
00:29:57
Fab
like it's That's how it's going to have to be with the rookies, to be honest with you, until you see it.
00:30:00
Roger Emeka
Yeah.
00:30:02
Fab
We might have saw it with Cam Scadable last week because I know his share percentage went from 12 to 53, and the opposite obviously happened to Tyron Tracy.
00:30:13
Fab
But it could also be game script, we don't know, but still.
00:30:13
Nacc
yeah but so
00:30:15
Fab
Yeah.
00:30:15
Nacc
If you're getting the ball, you're got you're getting chances.
00:30:17
Fab
Yeah.
00:30:17
Nacc
But if you're not getting the ball, like...
00:30:19
Roger Emeka
But also, Tracy's basically a rookie and extremely fumble prone.
00:30:19
Fab
yeah
00:30:23
Fab
Yes.
00:30:23
Nacc
Yeah.
00:30:24
Roger Emeka
So it's...
00:30:24
Nacc
I said it at the beginning that that was going to happen.
00:30:25
Fab
Yes.
00:30:25
Roger Emeka
There's not...
00:30:26
Nacc
Everyone laughed at me.
00:30:26
Roger Emeka
Yeah. There's not much quote-unquote competition for him right now.
00:30:29
Nacc
Week two. Yeah.
00:30:32
Fab
No, there isn't. No, there is.
00:30:34
Roger Emeka
Yeah.
00:30:35
Fab
Anyways, we don't have to talk too much about the Giants.
00:30:36
Roger Emeka
Yeah.
00:30:36
Fab
We've already mentioned them way too many times. but So um thank you, Nak, for your awe-inspiring love and hates for running backs this week.
00:30:38
Roger Emeka
Yeah.
00:30:44
Fab
I do wish you the best in week three ah from a love-hate perspective.
00:30:48
Roger Emeka
The best brother.
00:30:50
Fab
From a love-hate perspective, only.
00:30:50
Roger Emeka
The best.
00:30:52
Fab
Speaking of the best, brother, show me your wide receivers, brother.
Week 3 Wide Receiver Standouts
00:30:55
Roger Emeka
Yeah, big rookie theme today. So wide receivers I love. The first one is Elik Ayomanor versus the Colts. He's ranked WR55 in Fantasy Pros.
00:31:04
Nacc
Items.
00:31:07
Roger Emeka
So the rookie from standard Stanford had a 25% target share and a 38% first reach share in week one. In week two, he had six targets tied for the team lead with Calvin Ridley.
00:31:18
Roger Emeka
Four catches, 56 yards, and a touchdown versus the stellar Rams D. Six foot two, 206 pounds. So he has really good size to be a jump ball threat as evidenced by that TD pass from Ward.
00:31:29
Roger Emeka
And so far the Colts are middle the pack versus wider receivers this year. But I think we've talked about it. The Titans will be playing from behind all year. And we've seen Cam Ward throw the deep ball all over the yard. So I like him versus the Colts in this week's matchup.
00:31:43
Roger Emeka
And just through two weeks, he's actually outperforming Calvin Ridley in fantasy points. very close in target share 23 for Ridley and 21% for IOM and and yards per route run.
00:31:57
Roger Emeka
He's besting him 144 to 133. That's
00:32:01
Nacc
That's another one I got caught on is Calvin Ridley.
00:32:05
Fab
Yeah, it's two two weeks in.
00:32:05
Roger Emeka
thats
00:32:07
Nacc
Yeah, for sure.
00:32:09
Roger Emeka
That one's two weeks in, but I think that the telling signs in terms of target share routes, I think more so it's, I wasn't expecting him to usurp Tyler Lockett maybe so quickly.
00:32:09
Fab
Yeah.
00:32:19
Fab
Yeah.
00:32:20
Nacc
Right.
00:32:21
Fab
Yeah. Yeah, I think that's more a credit to Elek ah like
00:32:27
Roger Emeka
Ayo Manor.
00:32:27
Fab
that name I can't pronounce, versus, and ah hold on, I wasn't even looking, I can like can look, Alec Ayumanor.
00:32:29
Nacc
Try.
00:32:34
Fab
I think it's more of a credit to Alec Ayumanor than it is a discredit to Calvin Ridley, personally. I don't think did they expected him to fly up the charts like he did, and that pass from Cam Ward, across the field, across body, like what a TD, what a beautiful TD.
00:32:46
Roger Emeka
It's nuts. It's nuts.
00:32:52
Roger Emeka
Yeah. So the second wide receiver i love, we talked a little bit about it. We talked we talked about a lot of don Denver players. Troy Franklin at the Chargers, wide receiver 54. So this has been brewing a lot with Troy Franklin. There was reports out of camp that he was really playing well. He had a fantastic camp.
00:33:09
Roger Emeka
during the offseason. This is one where I think we haven't gotten got in terms of the smoke that's been coming out of the offseason from beat reporters. He has more catches, yards, target share, and routes, yards per route run than Cortland Sutton so far this year.
00:33:24
Roger Emeka
There's a chemistry factor as well. lot lot of people has talked about it, but he's played with Bo Nix for four years, the last two years in Denver and in two years at Oregon. Yes, the Chargers have been really good on defense this year. We saw it live at Allegiant Stadium on Monday night.
00:33:39
Roger Emeka
ah But the defense their defense is second in opponent yards per pass attempt. So they're allowing the fewest yards per pass attempt in the league. That means that deep players like we saw Trey Tucker and Dante Thornton could not get going.
00:33:56
Roger Emeka
But Jacoby Myers was able to get some yardage. I think Troy Flankton were able to use him underneath.
00:33:58
Fab
Yeah.
00:34:01
Roger Emeka
So this is an area where I see Courtland Sutton not having a good game, not being able to hit the jump ball in the deep passes, but Troy Flankton being ah available underneath with Bo Nix's short passing game as he's typically been good.
00:34:13
Roger Emeka
So I think Troy Flankton was a hot player on un waivers, and I think he's going to have a solid game, a startable game against the Chargers.
00:34:14
Nacc
got him for $2.
00:34:23
Fab
Troy Franklin being ranked as wide receiver 54 is some disrespect. This is such a nice, easy call. like he's This has wide receiver 3 finish all over, it even wide receiver 2.
00:34:38
Fab
I like this i just call a lot, actually.
00:34:41
Nacc
and got in for two bucks
00:34:43
Fab
Yeah, I should have dropped other guys for him. I decided to pick up Russell Wilson instead.
00:34:45
Roger Emeka
you
00:34:47
Fab
i was debating.
00:34:48
Roger Emeka
So again, we talk about off season.
00:34:48
Fab
It's just...
00:34:51
Roger Emeka
Like who were we talking about for Denver? It was all about Pat Bryant.
00:34:54
Fab
Yeah.
00:34:54
Roger Emeka
We haven't heard about Pat Bryant at all.
00:34:56
Fab
Even Marvin Mims Jr.
00:34:57
Roger Emeka
Marvin Mims Jr., that one, I think it's more on him, where I think he was listed as a WR2, and he just hasn't showed up so far, so...
00:35:03
Fab
Yeah. Yeah.
00:35:04
Nacc
Thank you.
00:35:05
Roger Emeka
um In terms of wide receivers I hate, there's this one's going to pain me.
DJ Moore's Challenges and Trade Rumors
00:35:11
Roger Emeka
DJ Moore versus Dallas. deja DJ Moore has not been good so far. He's ranked as the WR30 consensus in Fantasy Pros.
00:35:19
Roger Emeka
He's been in the news a lot recently with Chicago over the past 12 months. Body language and reports of poor effort in 2024. We're seeing those same reports in 2025. Even Ben Johnson said in his presser this week that...
00:35:32
Roger Emeka
Some of the vets, if they're not pulling in the effort, you're going to start seeing some of the rookies. And those that route that means more Luther Burden. And it's obviously meant more Roma Dunze, who to me, I think to everyone, is the clear WR1.
00:35:45
Fab
Yep.
00:35:45
Roger Emeka
Dunze has 20 targets so far this season to Moore's 11. Moore has less targets than Olamita Zekidis, who has a 16% target share. And he's 36 in yards per route run.
00:35:57
Roger Emeka
So that means he's again being used more so as either a decoy or in short yardage, in short yardage situations, screens and bubble screens, all that stuff. So despite an amazing matchup, I don't trust him currently.
00:36:11
Roger Emeka
And he's going to ride my bench in quite a few of my leagues.
00:36:15
Fab
Yeah, i agree with that. I have him in one of my leagues, and i think I started him in week one, and I saw the dud. I'm like, okay, no, I can't trust him anymore. And yeah, I think he's...
00:36:26
Fab
It discontinues. He's even going to be a waiver drop consideration.
00:36:28
Roger Emeka
Well, there's some rumors about him.
00:36:29
Fab
like
00:36:30
Roger Emeka
i would i would hold on to him because I saw some rumors about him getting traded. Right? They have Luther Burden. They picked him up pretty early.
00:36:36
Fab
Yeah.
00:36:38
Roger Emeka
I think second round. So, um
00:36:40
Fab
but it would It would make sense for them to trade him.
00:36:42
Roger Emeka
yeah. Totally.
00:36:43
Nacc
Is that contract really tradable though?
00:36:43
Fab
Because I feel like that he's not Ben Johnson's guy.
00:36:45
Nacc
With the dead cap style?
00:36:45
Roger Emeka
It's...
00:36:45
Fab
Hmm.
00:36:46
Roger Emeka
They re-signed last year. 28 million AAV, I believe.
00:36:48
Nacc
Yeah.
00:36:50
Roger Emeka
I think it was for four years. So, that's a good point, NAC.
00:36:54
Fab
Yeah, it's going be a tough contract to negotiate.
00:36:55
Roger Emeka
Yeah. I feel like you're looking at it, Nax. So i'll ah while you look at it, I will continue with my last hate.
Travis Hunter's Dual-Role Dilemma
00:37:03
Roger Emeka
Travis Hunter versus Houston. He is ranked as the WR39 consensus.
00:37:05
Fab
Hmm. Hmm.
00:37:08
Roger Emeka
Through two games, the Hunter wide receiver experience has had mixed reviews. If you drafted him in the fifth or sixth round, which is has been his ADP, I think you'd be relatively disappointed right now.
00:37:21
Roger Emeka
He's played 64 and 59 snaps respectively in weeks one and two, six point yards per reception on average. So he's second in target percentage behind brahman Brian Thomas Jr., but he's been deployed like Kendrick Bourne.
00:37:37
Roger Emeka
It's all short stuff. They're not utilizing his his speed and athletic ability and talent that we saw in Colorado. And his involvement is either game flow or match-dependent or even dependent on how many defensive snaps he'll play.
00:37:49
Roger Emeka
he's facing the Texans and Derek Stingley Jr. this week. who held Mike Evans and Emeka Abuka to under 60 and 30 yards, respectively. And again, depending on what Liam Cohen says during press conferences, if they want to play him on more defense, well, that means he's going to play less offense. And that's something you don't want to deal with, even as a flex play.
00:38:08
Roger Emeka
They need to pick a position for him, figure out if he's a wide receiver cornerback, and just stick to it because they're not doing him any service right now.
00:38:16
Nacc
I know. I feel like it's all noise. Like, they want to be, like, they want the headline of, oh, he's playing both. He's playing defense. He's playing. But even him, like, like dude, i know you're I know you're trying to be the guy and, like, that dude.
00:38:22
Roger Emeka
They're trying to justify the trade.
00:38:24
Fab
Yeah.
00:38:28
Nacc
But you, too, pick a position. Tell them, listen, let me just play offense, man.
00:38:32
Roger Emeka
Yeah.
00:38:32
Nacc
Like, put me on ah offense and let's just let's just roll with the offense.
00:38:32
Fab
Yep.
00:38:36
Roger Emeka
i really think they're trying to justify the trade.
00:38:36
Fab
How?
00:38:37
Roger Emeka
It's like, hey, we paid all this capital.
00:38:39
Fab
Yeah.
00:38:40
Roger Emeka
This capital was for two players in one. it's It's not going to work. Like, you try to be two things, you you end up being nothing.
00:38:44
Nacc
No.
00:38:49
Fab
Yep. You become the Jack of all trades and the Master of none.
00:38:50
Nacc
By
00:38:52
Fab
And it's...
00:38:53
Roger Emeka
The Jag of all trades.
00:38:55
Fab
Ohhhh the Jag of all trades. I think we just got our line of the season. Look at Roger Leeds!
00:39:01
Roger Emeka
I stole it i stole from another podcast, not going lie.
00:39:03
Nacc
by the
00:39:05
Fab
Pretty good.
00:39:05
Nacc
by the way, if and believe if TJ Moore is traded, he leaves behind $60 million dead cap.
00:39:12
Roger Emeka
Oof.
00:39:13
Fab
Ooohhh.
00:39:13
Nacc
I don't know if that's lowered per game that he plays this season. Next year, that drops to $35 million. Dead cap.
00:39:21
Roger Emeka
Stole a lot.
00:39:22
Fab
I mean, and considering the man but considering they have a lot of rookies on their rookie contract. Like have Rome, you have Luther.
00:39:27
Nacc
Yeah, but 60 is a lot sick for a wide receiver.
00:39:30
Fab
Yeah. No, I'm not saying it's nothing, but it's digestible.
00:39:34
Nacc
he's He's a UFA in 2030. Oh, that not age well, that contract.
00:39:38
Fab
What could you even get for DJ Moore? Like a fourth round pick?
00:39:43
Nacc
What can you get for him?
00:39:44
Fab
Yeah.
00:39:45
Nacc
ah Maybe a fifth.
00:39:45
Roger Emeka
Second, third.
00:39:47
Nacc
No. For DJ Moore?
00:39:48
Roger Emeka
What have other wide receivers gotten? what have other, like some other WR2s?
00:39:52
Fab
I think a second is a lot. I think i think a third is very high.
00:39:55
Roger Emeka
Third, okay, third, third.
00:39:56
Fab
third Third is possible, but if with that contract that you're taking on, there would be a fourth. if you
00:40:01
Roger Emeka
Yeah.
00:40:03
Fab
It's not like Jameis Winston that would go for like a second round pick.
00:40:05
Nacc
Well, look, de actually, comparable would be DK Metcalf that went for a second. That was also offseason.
00:40:12
Roger Emeka
Yeah.
00:40:13
Fab
I think DK's got better stats, though.
00:40:13
Nacc
i don't know.
00:40:15
Roger Emeka
DK's not,
00:40:16
Nacc
Well, he's a better player, I feel. I'm not saying by miles, but maybe he could fetch a third.
00:40:18
Fab
ah No, that I'll disagree with.
00:40:20
Roger Emeka
ugh.
00:40:22
Fab
I think DJ Moore is a better wide receiver.
00:40:25
Roger Emeka
Yeah.
00:40:26
Fab
i think DK Metcalf is a better athlete.
00:40:26
Roger Emeka
DK Metcalf's an athlete. He's just a, DK Metcalf, Nak, we were sitting in the cabana in Vegas and you were just like, every drop, you were just like Patrick Ricard, like just facepalm, like Patrick, what's name?
00:40:30
Fab
I mean, we're also splitting hairs.
00:40:38
Fab
Yeah.
00:40:39
Roger Emeka
The the Star Trek guy, sorry.
00:40:42
Nacc
Patrick Stewart.
00:40:42
Roger Emeka
Patrick Stewart.
00:40:43
Fab
Patrick Stewart.
00:40:43
Roger Emeka
ah Patrick Ricard is the one.
00:40:44
Fab
It's Jean-Luc Picard.
00:40:45
Nacc
Sean Lick-Picard.
00:40:45
Fab
It's Jean-Luc Picard.
00:40:46
Roger Emeka
Jean-Luc Picard. Jesus Christ.
00:40:47
Nacc
Yeah. You messed that up royally.
00:40:49
Fab
You were meshing them together. wasn't that bad.
00:40:50
Roger Emeka
Either way, every time d DK Metcalf dropped the pass, which was like five of them, Justin Nack was like, well, and there's another one.
00:40:51
Fab
You've done worse.
00:40:57
Fab
Yeah.
00:40:58
Roger Emeka
DK Metcalf.
00:41:00
Nacc
And then he goes and makes that crazy catch in the end zone where he jumps over the guy.
00:41:04
Roger Emeka
Oh, man. Aaron Rodgers is going love and hate him all year.
00:41:08
Nacc
Yeah.
00:41:12
Fab
So those are your love hates, right? You're done? You got any more?
00:41:15
Roger Emeka
No, it's four or five.
00:41:16
Fab
Fantastic. Moving that around, ladies and gentlemen. So the wide receivers are now in the bag. Roger, best of luck for for week three. Week three. Let's all go collective... 12-0. Yeah, 12-0. Let's do an all-collective 12-0. That'd be great. But and we still got some little bit of tight ends to go over, huh?
Tight Ends to Watch
00:41:33
Fab
Hey, Raj, want to keep this ball rolling? You want to continue with your tight ends? you have a love or a hate this week?
00:41:38
Roger Emeka
I do. I have ah the Panthers' J. Tavion Sanders versus the Atlanta Falcons. He is the tight end 19 consensus. So he was tied for the team lead in targets week two versus the Cardinals with nine.
00:41:52
Roger Emeka
He had seven catches and 54 yards. While he's still still sharing snaps with Tommy Trimble, he played 66% of the snap share in week two. And i think he's a player we've been hearing about the last two years out of Texas, a little bit last year in his rookie year, and then more so as a potential sleeper tight end pick.
00:42:11
Roger Emeka
I think he could be a second or third option, either with or behind Hunter Renfroe, as they're still figuring out what they're going to do with x Xavier Leguette. And Jalen Coker is still injured.
00:42:21
Roger Emeka
And obviously, TMAC is there. So i think this could be an interesting week for him. And if he has a big game, you could start seeing him creep up in the ranks more and more.
00:42:30
Nacc
You can say his full name. It's Tetroia McMillan.
00:42:36
Roger Emeka
I thought you were going to tell Jatabian Sanders. It was like a longer name than that. Teteroya McMillan.
00:42:40
Nacc
ah No, no. Tetroia.
00:42:42
Fab
He finished as a tight end six last week.
00:42:46
Roger Emeka
Sanders?
00:42:46
Fab
yeah
00:42:49
Roger Emeka
God, tight ends are tight ends are rough, man.
00:42:49
Fab
Yeah. It was a bad week for tight ends. Bad week for tight ends, but still seven receptions, 54 yards gets you.
00:42:52
Nacc
How did Ferguson?
00:42:53
Roger Emeka
Yeah, he is.
00:42:55
Nacc
Ferguson has been quietly having a very good year, too, for the Cowboys.
00:42:59
Fab
i
00:43:00
Roger Emeka
Yeah. yeah
00:43:00
Fab
Yes, he has.
00:43:00
Nacc
I just picked him up off waivers.
00:43:02
Roger Emeka
yeah
00:43:03
Fab
Yes, he has. yep Last week, too, he a great week. Five receptions, nine receptions. Very good. Do you have a love or hate this week for tight ends?
00:43:10
Nacc
I've got a love as well. Actually, I've got, um, Harold Fannin Jr.
00:43:15
Fab
That's my boy.
00:43:15
Nacc
For the Cleveland Browns. Uh, he quite, he's, he's had a very good start to his career. 14 targets, 12 receptions, 111 yards in his, in his first two NFL games. And that's what Njoku playing. And like,
00:43:29
Nacc
on the roster and playing, which was kind of shocking to me. And he was actually 0.2 point shy of back-to-back double-digit weeks. So it seems like he's already carving out like a major role in, in that offense.
00:43:40
Nacc
And when you look back, he had 117 catches and over 1500 yards and 10 touchdowns last season for Bowling Green. So I know it's not the school that jumps off the page, but that's still pretty impressive for a tight end.
00:43:50
Roger Emeka
Yeah.
00:43:55
Nacc
He was also used as a a running back as well. Um, And the Browns seems to have gotten some and like an absolute steal in in in this guy. And I think the party continues in in week three versus the Packers team who's given up the fifth most points to tight ends to start the year.
00:44:10
Nacc
So um I think you lock you keep you keep the party rolling with Fannin Jr.
00:44:11
Fab
I like it.
00:44:16
Fab
Yeah, I think they'll be using a lot more two tight end sets. I think David Njoku is more of a blocking tight end now. and that That's how I'm seeing it.
00:44:21
Nacc
And he's tight end. Fannin's consensus tight end 13 week.
00:44:26
Fab
Yep. Very nice. I also have a love for tight ends. I guess we're all liking tight ends this week. So we have... I have Zach Ertz versus the Las Vegas Raiders. The Raiders.
00:44:40
Roger Emeka
Raiders.
00:44:42
Fab
ra Raiders have actually given up the least amount of points to tight ends in this very young season. But that was to Hunter Henry and Will Disley. so
00:44:52
Nacc
Your favorite.
00:44:53
Roger Emeka
Just...
00:44:53
Fab
My favorite Will Disley. My favorite who catches all the passes when I start him. My favorite. So basically, take that with the grain of salt.
00:44:59
Nacc
was the funnest game ever, by the way.
00:45:01
Fab
No, that's the worst. I started two Chargers. They both got McDonald's.
00:45:01
Nacc
I'm sorry. It was just really the funnest game ever. It was a very fun game for me.
00:45:07
Fab
So take that as a grain of salt, just like like my team. So Ursa is actually continuing his resurgence, his renaissance, if you will, this year with back-to-back double-digit fantasy point games and touchdowns. He scored a touchdown in two straight games right now.
00:45:23
Fab
So I don't really see stopping at all this week. He's a must start. I think he's ranked as tight end eight on this week as for fantasy pros. But he's he's top 10 value every single week.
00:45:35
Fab
And I love i love him a lot versus the Raiders this week. So yeah, fire him up if you have him.
00:45:39
Nacc
even
00:45:39
Fab
You probably do.
00:45:40
Roger Emeka
Yeah.
00:45:41
Nacc
Even with Mariota starting?
00:45:41
Fab
And just...
00:45:43
Roger Emeka
Yeah.
00:45:43
Fab
ah Yeah, absolutely.
00:45:44
Roger Emeka
Daniels didn't practice today.
00:45:46
Fab
Yeah, absolutely. It's a 50-50 chance he plays. Hopefully, as an owner of his, I hope he sits.
00:45:52
Nacc
He's not going to play.
00:45:53
Fab
i don't think he would I don't think he should, and i don't think he will.
00:45:56
Roger Emeka
is it it is it Is it in Washington?
00:45:58
Fab
It's in Washington.
00:46:00
Roger Emeka
Is it a kneeat is a knee injury, right?
00:46:01
Fab
Yeah.
00:46:02
Nacc
Kneespring.
00:46:03
Fab
Yeah.
00:46:04
Roger Emeka
last time Last time a a commander's QB or an ex...
00:46:05
Fab
Yeah, here we go.
00:46:10
Fab
Here we go.
00:46:11
Nacc
I believe they were the Redskins back then.
00:46:12
Roger Emeka
Yeah, just I'm just going to say the Redskins knee sprain in that field. We never saw him again. He was never the same.
00:46:18
Nacc
Hey, they they're going back to RFK.
00:46:21
Roger Emeka
Yeah, it's official. They are going back to RFK.
00:46:23
Nacc
Yeah.
00:46:24
Roger Emeka
Sit that man. Please do not start him.
00:46:26
Fab
Yeah, please sit.
00:46:26
Nacc
Sit at...
00:46:27
Fab
Yeah, no, for sure. I mean, a lot of Redskins or Commanders quarterbacks really don't have good luck when it comes to knees and the knee injuries. We've seen we seen several happen in real life.
00:46:38
Nacc
Going back even to Joel Teisman.
00:46:39
Roger Emeka
Joel Theismann, yeah. Oh my God.
00:46:40
Fab
But yeah. And Alex Smith.
00:46:44
Fab
Like it sits.
00:46:44
Nacc
was Was that with the Redskins that he did that?
00:46:48
Fab
Was it not with the Redskins?
00:46:48
Nacc
His leg?
00:46:49
Fab
was it Isn't that the thing that happened while he played for
Quarterback Injuries and Closing Remarks
00:46:52
Fab
the Redskins?
00:46:52
Nacc
Yes, you're right.
00:46:52
Roger Emeka
was just before...
00:46:53
Fab
it was like and It was an anniversary of the same day and this and the same score.
00:46:57
Nacc
It was the same day. I think it was the same day. Yeah,
00:46:59
Fab
Yeah, and a very similar score. Same team, but I'm not mistaken, too.
00:47:02
Nacc
that was crazy.
00:47:02
Fab
like There's a lot of commonalities that that made it super, super eerie. so
00:47:06
Nacc
That was crazy.
00:47:07
Fab
Yeah, Jaden Daniels, if you just sit, please. I mean, it would make sense if you were to play and get injured because every single quarterback has gotten injured so far this year.
00:47:14
Nacc
Thank you.
00:47:15
Fab
But yeah, if you don't mind, I want to not go 0-3. um So thank you. Thank you for the loves. Thank you for the hates. Thank you for our projections for for week three. Ladies and gentlemen, that's our episode. That's our podcast. We gave you a nice opening drive. We got you some...
00:47:32
Fab
Very interesting names to consider this week on those who got to start versus those who got to bench. But these are just the people that we love and we hate. But one thing is for sure, we love all of you, all of our listeners, all the people watching us right now and listening to us on your and your car ride to work or your commute and all that stuff. So we just want to continue to remind you all where to follow and find us.
00:47:52
Fab
Just like on YouTube, just like on Spotify, just like on Twitter, just like on Apple Music. just like on all the other wonderful places where you find all your great social media stuff, please go look for us, follow us, tag us, ask us questions in the comments, especially right now.
00:48:09
Fab
and know on TikTok, we're blowing up a little bit.
00:48:11
Roger Emeka
Yep.
00:48:11
Fab
We've all of our listeners asking us a bunch of questions and all that stuff. We're pretty active, guys, so please feel free. Send us all your questions, your start sits, your issues, your trade, all that stuff. we engage our We engage with our listeners often and early and all throughout the day.
00:48:26
Fab
So that being said, He's Raj. That's Nak. I'm Fab. Thank you very much for listening everybody. Enjoy week three. Peace out. Roger, cue the music. Bam.
00:48:39
Nacc
Oh, Raj, you that up pretty good without even a asking. That was good.
00:48:44
Fab
I saw Roger on the butt and he was waiting to go
00:48:44
Nacc
Well done. Well done. need some Canva meal tea or something for this voice.
00:48:47
Roger Emeka
like arthur Like Arthur Smith?
00:48:50
Fab
I was like, oh, it's your Smith. Is this going the cue music from now on? This is going to be the cue the music.
00:48:54
Roger Emeka
It sure will.
00:48:55
Fab
Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Podcast after dark.
00:48:58
Roger Emeka
Vegas.
00:48:58
Nacc
We're going to get banned from YouTube for this.
00:48:59
Roger Emeka
Vegas.
00:49:00
Fab
podcasting after dark, ladies and gentlemen.
00:49:02
Roger Emeka
Vegas.
00:49:03
Fab
got to have supper.
00:49:04
Roger Emeka
Good night.
00:49:05
Fab
Good night, everyone. Peace out.
00:49:06
Nacc
Goodbye.