Introduction and Setup
00:00:15
Damien
and gentlemen, welcome back to the ZNG Dynasty podcast.
Host Absence and Humor
00:00:21
Damien
As you can probably tell already, I'm not our glorious host, Lord Henke.
00:00:25
Damien
He has life to do, work and whatnot. Couldn't be me. Can't imagine that. But we do have our other co-host on, Zig. How you doing today?
00:00:33
Dakota Zeigler
What is up, everyone? Hey, I know we are not the sexiest part of this show, but I say we're doing pretty darn good and we look amazing right now. Now, when Gary comes, if he shows up later, just toss that to the side. We're the scrubs of this podcast, but we're here for your daily entertainment. This is probably going to be a little more abnormal as we're not the hosts. We don't know what we're doing, but we're here for a good time, not a long time.
Listener Interaction and Shoutouts
00:00:56
Damien
Only here for a good time. Yeah, this might be a little rough. but We're without our host here, but you know what? We move on. Hopefully, we both get our raises from this. We keep talking about Junior getting raised. How about we can make some money too?
00:01:11
Dakota Zeigler
I mean, I would love some more money.
00:01:13
Dakota Zeigler
I would love some more money.
00:01:15
Damien
who doesn't love some more money? But we had another great slate of NFL football. I don't know about you, buddy, but there was a lot more scoring this week, and it was really fun to watch.
Fantasy Football Trades
00:01:25
Dakota Zeigler
There was. Hey, before we get into this, I want to do a shout out to a listener. And I was supposed to get to this a couple of weeks ago. Life gets busy. We have not been a recording on time in the past couple of weeks.
00:01:36
Dakota Zeigler
We've been flying by the seat of our pants. But I want to shout out this guy. We had a loyal listener actually send in a question and he wants to keep it anonymous right now. And if our host jumps in here at some point, I will revert back to this question and get his take on it as well.
00:01:52
Dakota Zeigler
The guy writes in, in one of my leagues, a guy keeps ripping me in the chat that I turned down three first-round picks for Justin Jefferson. Hmm. What's your first takes on that? There's more to it, but three first-round picks for JJ. What's your thoughts there, Damian?
00:02:05
Damien
What are the first? That's the question.
00:02:07
Dakota Zeigler
and So what if they were a 26, 27, 28? ah twenty six twenty seven twenty eight Just say your normal dynasty. one of each
00:02:17
Damien
I'd probably pass. oh Only because 28 is really far out, guys. Like for you Dynasty guys, we don't know who's all coming out. And we don't know who's coming out next year, let alone 2028. So is it going to be a good class, bad class? Is that team good, bad?
00:02:32
Damien
If they get Jay Jettas, they're only going to get better, so it's probably a later round pick. So I'd probably sit on it. I don't hate the offer. like Three first-round picks for Jets is probably what you need to get, it but I'd probably want 126 and 227s is what I would try and go for.
00:02:50
Dakota Zeigler
Okay, but... So we're saying three first-round picks is fair value depending on what picks are.
00:02:57
Dakota Zeigler
Fair? Okay.
00:02:59
Dakota Zeigler
Continuing on, it says, his actual offer was DJ Moore, a first, and two seconds. Okay. So the guy's ripping him for sending in three first rounders, but his actual offer is DJ Moore a first and two seconds.
00:03:12
Dakota Zeigler
The question is, is DJ Moore worth two firsts? And was that three for and was the three firsts? So did he actually offer DJ Moore a first to make three firsts is his question.
00:03:23
Dakota Zeigler
Is DJ Moore worth two first round picks?
00:03:27
Damien
No. No, he is not.
00:03:31
Damien
So this is funny. Back in one of our big leagues that we do, I traded DJ Moore and two firsts for Justin Jefferson probably two, three, four years ago now.
00:03:42
Damien
But that's when DJ Moore was still big, blowing it up with the Panthers. But nowadays, DJ Moore is worth maybe a singular first. He hasn't really been a part of the offense.
00:03:53
Damien
So I would consider him a first. um So no, I wouldn't have accepted that trade either.
00:03:57
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, think I think around a first is right. Now this is recording after Roma Dunsay is blowing it up for the Chicago Bears right now. I think before the season, we would have had him a little bit higher in our pricing, but as it stands right now, definitely not.
00:04:12
Dakota Zeigler
He continues to go on saying, was he worth one first in the two seconds? Is trading now about science? Two thirds now equal a second. Player your X is worth a first in a second, so I'm basically getting multiple draft picks.
00:04:25
Dakota Zeigler
How do you view that?
NFL Week 2 Recap
00:04:27
Damien
I mean, that all comes down to so each one of us is different how we view players, how we view picks. Now me do two thirds equal a second. It depends on where those thirds are, because if I get the three one and say the three four for a late second, like 210. Yeah, I'll take that deal.
00:04:46
Damien
I'll move down a couple slots and I'll add more talent to the draft. But then, you know, if you're real stinchy, you don't really like the class coming out. Why would you trade down? If you like, you know, if you think it's top heavy, why would you want to move down from tier?
00:05:01
Damien
at the end of the day, if you do your own scouting, you're going to find guys deep that you like. Everyone finds it every year. You have those little deep sleepers, uh, JCM, uh, Pat Bryant. How you doing?
00:05:11
Dakota Zeigler
Epic A Manor.
00:05:12
Damien
Epic IU Manor. God, i I would have almost spent a first round pick on it. He went a round center. He would have been a first round pick for me. me. um well We'll get to Epic IU Manor later in this podcast, but no, that's a great question. It all depends on
Future NFL Draft Class Analysis
00:05:26
Damien
how you view your drafting. like Because I know most people are degenerates like me and have plenty of time to do film work and scouting and you listen to another podcast and another podcast to go, okay, this is the field of guys I want to research, and then do all my own research. We talked about this. This was a bad quarterback class. I had 14 guys that I scouted, which is gross.
00:05:53
Damien
I should have scouted four, maybe. I still love you, Seth Hennigan. But, at like, four quarterbacks tops. it all depends on what you want to do. Like, it's, you know, it's a, it's, you know, pick your own poison at the end of the day.
00:06:10
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, I agree with that. i think the biggest thing that you said there in my thoughts is that How do you like the draft class? If you like the draft class, go for it Get some extra picks.
00:06:23
Dakota Zeigler
But if you don't, I mean, like I think I personally think 26 is very top heavy. Are you going to find guys late? Sure. But I don't think the talents there this year is quite as what we've seen in previous years.
00:06:36
Dakota Zeigler
I feel like we're going to get a really bad draft class coming out here and we're going to just absolutely trash all these guys just because we've been blessed with some amazing draft classes recently.
Podcast Dynamics and Football Enjoyment
00:06:45
Dakota Zeigler
So, yeah. I don't know. 26, I'm a little scared about. I'm in love with the 27. I think everyone's in love with the 27.
00:06:53
Dakota Zeigler
That 27 pick is like the most value in a pick I've seen since I've started playing fantasy.
00:07:00
Damien
It's gold right now. It's gold. And, Zig, I'm slowly starting to shift your way for the 26th class. I don't want to go on a rant, but Makai Hughes, what the hell, bro? What are we doing?
00:07:11
Damien
Anyways, let's actually get into the meat and potatoes of this podcast. We had a great slate of Week 2 football this week.
00:07:19
Damien
And I shouldn't says we got the good, the bad, not the studs and the duds. We're not corny like that. We just got good and bad. And guess what? You know who's surprisingly good? Daniel Jones.
00:07:31
Damien
Are the Colts any good sake? They beat your Broncos this week, but more so not the Colts, but Daniel Jones. He's starting to look like a guy.
00:07:41
Dakota Zeigler
That's all I want to say. Unfortunately, he looks good, and I put in a few waiver claims for Daniel Jones, which is absolutely disgusting. i I hate... the I almost shed tears hitting the button. It was so gross, especially because I was the A-rich guy on the pod. like That should have been A-rich looking good in that offense, except...
00:08:04
Dakota Zeigler
I mean, if A-Rich's pass percentage went to, like, 60%, we would have Daniel Jones. Like, and we can't be... Pass percentage is so low. he's He's terrible. He needs, like, rehaul.
00:08:18
Dakota Zeigler
Like, can someone just...
00:08:20
Dakota Zeigler
Let me be completely honest here because someone like and this is terrible. I don't want anyone to get hurt. Like, let's make that known, please. I hate people getting hurt. But can you like break a riches arm so has to relearn his throwing mechanics or something like yeah get this guy to start from scratch?
00:08:36
Dakota Zeigler
The guy's got the talent. And I've been saying that and I want him to succeed. I purely think he can succeed, but we just need to start from the basics with him. We really do.
00:08:47
Damien
You hear that, eh, Rich? All you got to do is break your arm and start over.
00:08:51
Dakota Zeigler
Not a doctor.
00:08:52
Dakota Zeigler
Not a doctor. I don't know if that'll work or not. but
00:08:55
Damien
and We'll keep moving on. The Lions, with a big bounce back in week two, absolutely smoked the Bears. And Amon Ross St. Brown is a stud. I don't know if you guys didn't know that yet, but he's a stud.
00:09:08
Dakota Zeigler
I played against him in way too many leagues. like And I don't own him anywhere. Gosh, I should have listened to Junior more. I really should have in that draft class. But, I mean, the Lions look good.
00:09:19
Dakota Zeigler
And they they needed a good week this week compared to their first week.
00:09:23
Dakota Zeigler
Now, on the opposite side, I'll hold my horses. We'll save that for the bad.
00:09:29
Dakota Zeigler
Let's stay in the good. Let's stay upbeat here. Let's keep this thing rolling. Lions look good also. My boy, Tucker Craft. I mean, Titan of the Week.
00:09:40
Dakota Zeigler
You got that on Thursday night. You sat him Thursday night. You're a fool. You pity the fool.
00:09:47
Damien
You know who's a fool? Because I forgot that Brock Bowers got hurt and I didn't check my fantasy lineup. Me, Tucker Craft on the bench. It's okay. I still won that league. It's fine because Brock Bowers is a stud and played through.
00:09:59
Dakota Zeigler
You're lucky you said you won.
00:09:59
Damien
but yeah, Yeah, yeah.
00:10:00
Dakota Zeigler
I just about booed you. I almost booed you for signing Tucker Craft.
Player Highlight and Fantasy Implications
00:10:04
Damien
Tucker Craft, I realized it Saturday night when I went to set my lineup Sunday. i was like, oh man, the one spot I have Tucker Craft, he's sitting on the bench.
00:10:13
Damien
Yikes. Didn't mean to do that. But we move on. We get better. We still win fantasy championships here. and Another good point. Jamar Chase. Welcome back, buddy. I missed you week one.
00:10:25
Damien
I don't know what happened, ah Jamar Chase is back, guys. I think he was fourteen to sixteen on targets, over 100 yards, and a touchdown. It's good to have you back in the fold.
00:10:34
Dakota Zeigler
Is he back? Because there's something we're going talk about later.
00:10:37
Damien
We'll get to that.
00:10:38
Dakota Zeigler
Is he back?
00:10:39
Damien
We'll get to that.
00:10:40
Dakota Zeigler
Glad he had a big week.
00:10:40
Damien
i don't want to discredit him too much. Yeah.
00:10:43
Dakota Zeigler
glad He had a great week and he looked phenomenal, but you guys already saw the big news. I'm sure like something we're going to ponder about here in a little bit. Here's the issue. Like Damien said, we had a ton of touchdowns.
00:10:54
Dakota Zeigler
We had a huge football week. We were sitting there with the boys hanging out of juniors place. You know, we had a great weekend of football and I'm just scared that that weekend was a great weekend and it went a little too hard, little too fast.
00:11:08
Dakota Zeigler
You know what I mean?
00:11:11
Damien
We all got together at a Junior's house. Us and the boys, shout out. You know, Steph and...
00:11:16
Dakota Zeigler
Hey, happy birthday to our host too, by the way. Let's let's give this boy a big old happy
00:11:20
Damien
Yes! Happy birthday to Junior. Yeah. Oh, what a guy. i can tell you what he's not getting for his birthday. A raise. He's not here. Anyways.
00:11:30
Dakota Zeigler
to our children.
00:11:31
Damien
The next good we have... Is James Cook. Man, I told you he was a guy at the beginning of the year. I said it and boy, did he look the part this week.
00:11:41
Dakota Zeigler
I don't want to admit it. I don't want to do it. I think he's a one-hit wonder. I don't think I'll repeat it. i don't want to believe it.
00:11:48
Damien
We'll make a bet later.
00:11:48
Dakota Zeigler
He's the number one overall. He's the number one overall.
00:11:51
Dakota Zeigler
He's had two good weeks a bit against
00:11:51
Damien
We'll make that bet later.
00:11:54
Dakota Zeigler
I just don't want to admit it. And I mean, he's playing the Miami defense this week. like
00:12:00
Dakota Zeigler
If he is not like the highest price on the DFS, you're smashing that. like He has looked really good, as well as much as it pains me to say that as well.
00:12:10
Damien
Yeah, very good. I said a long time ago. And am I reading my notes right? Oh, wait, I am. It's my notes. Kylan Granson, welcome back, buddy. We were all sitting there.
00:12:20
Damien
oh my goodness, man. It's been a long time since this name was mentioned. we We were watching the birds. We were at juniors. Obviously, we had the bird games on. Go, birds. And Kylan Granson, you know...
00:12:31
Dakota Zeigler
Go bird. All right.
00:12:32
Damien
yeah Didn't throw up a big stat line, but every play you noticed him. What a great teammate. Great blocker, which he isn't known for. Great blocker. We love to see the hustle out of the kid. So I just wanted to give my boy a little bit of a shout out, Kylan Granson. And the one note Junior has here, which is fair, is stop it.
00:12:52
Damien
Which is absolutely fair.
00:12:53
Damien
But Zig, what did you think about my boy's performance this weekend?
00:12:57
Dakota Zeigler
I got to say, when you have a room full of Eagles fans, right? I mean, the whole place bumping birds. We had the Kelly Greens on. you know We had the the decked out, head to toe.
00:13:11
Dakota Zeigler
Go birds, right? locked-in game against the Kansas City Chiefs, a must-win in this economy. like We are pounding the rock. It was a close game through and through.
00:13:21
Dakota Zeigler
And the only thing that whole entire place cared about, where's 83? Where's 83? You heard it every single play. Where's 83?
00:13:28
Damien
Where is 83? Better? It
00:13:30
Dakota Zeigler
We were locked in on watching Kylan Granson. Damian, I want you to move on with the next one. I'm going to do a quick search and see if Kylan Granson's a jersey made it in the Eagle shop yet. So move on to the next point.
00:13:41
Dakota Zeigler
i'm gonna i'm I'm looking right now for you.
00:13:43
Dakota Zeigler
I'm looking right now.
00:13:45
Damien
So I want to give another shout out while we're doing this. Gary Buck Sr., how you doing, big fella? I know you were rooting on 83, so just just just don't forget the love, okay? I expect that every week out of you, kid.
00:13:57
Damien
Anyways, we move on to another good Malik Neighbors. What an absolute stud. Torched the Cowboys secondary all game, and he had probably the best catch of the weekend.
00:14:08
Damien
That diving touchstone grab in the end. Oh, man. It was a thing of beauty to watch. And as a guy who owns Malik Neighbors in a lot of places, I needed a big week this week from him. And he absolutely delivered.
00:14:21
Damien
What did you think i hit about his performance here, Zig?
00:14:24
Dakota Zeigler
Oh, he looked really good. The throw in the fourth quarter from Russ. I mean, Russ, where have you been, dude? You should have played like that for the Broncos.
00:14:35
Dakota Zeigler
That's all I'm saying. You could have got us there earlier. Russ looked phenomenal. The fact that Jackson Dart even saw the field in that game boggles my mind.
00:14:45
Damien
I love how he took one snap and they go, yeah, he sucks, took him right back out.
00:14:45
Dakota Zeigler
And I saw him.
00:14:51
Dakota Zeigler
Did you see that Brian Dable? I read somewhere, and i I didn't get to vet this or not, but I saw that Brian Dable turned off Jackson Dart's comms with him to challenge Jackson Dart.
00:15:04
Dakota Zeigler
So like there was no coach to play communication.
00:15:04
Damien
Yeah, that kid ain't doing nothing. that That kid ain't doing nothing.
00:15:09
Damien
He doesn't know what an expo marker is without someone telling him what it is.
00:15:09
Dakota Zeigler
I want to see what this kid can do.
00:15:13
Dakota Zeigler
The only thing he does know, Damien, are you with me?
00:15:13
Damien
out of here. That guy sucks.
00:15:15
Dakota Zeigler
The only thing he does know?
00:15:18
Dakota Zeigler
Three, two, one. That's all he got. That's all he got.
00:15:22
Damien
Yeah, that guy sucks. That guy sucks.
00:15:24
Dakota Zeigler
Payball's like, is this guy?
00:15:24
Damien
Before I go on a rant here. That guy sucks.
00:15:27
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah. Granson's jersey.
00:15:30
Dakota Zeigler
Breaking news.
00:15:34
Dakota Zeigler
It's in the Eagle shop, Damien. It's not in the Kelly green.
00:15:37
Damien
Hey, I'm about to be...
00:15:39
Dakota Zeigler
It's not in the Kelly green yet.
00:15:40
Dakota Zeigler
It's the midnight green. But it's in the shop.
00:15:43
Damien
We'll take it. so So I'm about to be like $180 poorer this week.
00:15:44
Dakota Zeigler
Hey, one step closer.
00:15:50
Damien
that what's going on?
00:15:50
Dakota Zeigler
once night
00:15:52
Damien
Oh, that's not bad. We'll take that. We'll take that.
00:15:54
Dakota Zeigler
Free shipping if you use code hurdle, by the way. Shout out.
00:15:58
Dakota Zeigler
Saquon Barkley hurdle.
00:15:59
Damien
So I'll be $130 poorer this week. But we move on to another one of my guys. Another great week. Epic IU Manor. I said this guy was a stud.
00:16:10
Damien
Man, he's showing it.
00:16:11
Dakota Zeigler
you You deserve it. You deserve another one there.
00:16:14
Dakota Zeigler
You've been nailing it.
00:16:14
Damien
Am I on a roll this season? I'm on a roll. I don't know what to do. I'm on fire, guys. This guy is a stud.
00:16:20
Dakota Zeigler
You beat Nico Collins to the ground. Someone else had to show up for you.
00:16:27
Damien
Yeah, it's it's about time that someone actually came to my defense. But his touchdown was really funny. We were watching it as it happened. And it seemed like a 30-yard touchdown grab. No, it was just Cam Ward running for 48 yards and then throwing a 9-yard touchdown. It was awesome.
00:16:43
Damien
I loved everything about it. But Epic IU Manor is a stud. I've been saying it for a long time now. This is, if you, you need to get him right now. Right now.
00:16:54
Damien
If you don't already.
00:16:56
Dakota Zeigler
i and you may even be late people. If you're watching these games and watching Epic IU Manor play and seeing what he's doing with Cam Ward, like the connections there, that young stud connection is there.
00:17:09
Dakota Zeigler
he's soon going to push Ridley for the wide receiver one position there. How fast he moved up the ranks, how fast he moved up the ranks to be the number two.
00:17:18
Dakota Zeigler
Cause what was the other guy that Cam Ward play with that was supposed to be Cam Ward's guy?
00:17:25
Dakota Zeigler
Restrepo, that's his name. And then the fact that I didn't know it just shows you how bad that kid actually is. Anyway, drafted DK, they picked up Restrepo, they have Tyler Lockett they signed.
00:17:37
Dakota Zeigler
I mean, it was the room full of mids. It's the wide receiver room full of mids. And there's one bright spot in that wide receiver room. And he is going to be the number one wide receiver on this team by the end of the year.
00:17:49
Dakota Zeigler
Congrats, Damian. You did it again.
00:17:51
Damien
Thank you. Thank you, man. Oh, God. Guys, I'm not this right this often. I'm on a hot streak this year. I don't know what to do. Someone got a fire extinguisher. But our last get of the week was just all offenses. This was a fun week of football. There's a lot of scoring, unlike last week.
00:18:08
Damien
It seemed like red zone was actually red zone this week, where we weren't just watching games.
00:18:12
Damien
We were watching a whole lot of touchdowns. And it was just fun to see, especially with the boys. We were celebrating every touchdown, if we cared or not. It didn't matter. We were all jumping, hooting, hollering, buzzing little bit. You know what I mean?
00:18:26
Damien
It was just good to see touchdowns.
00:18:26
Dakota Zeigler
I want to do a I want to do a shout out to Dilly kid. i know, i know you may be listening in for the first time here in Dilly. I'm going to let you know you got a huge shout out on this pod. I mean, we, this kid would place a one touchdown bet.
00:18:41
Dakota Zeigler
I forced them. Granted, I forced him to place a one, a touchdown bet, one player for every game. So every touchdown or every, Oh my goodness.
00:18:52
Dakota Zeigler
I'm going to cut this out. Yeah. Every single game, he picked one player to score touchdown in. So he picked, I think it was 13 players, I think he did all the way through Monday night, to score touchdown that week.
00:19:08
Dakota Zeigler
He was on fire. Absolute fire. This kid's going to win me a bunch of money one of these days. The kid just got a knack for ball. He just knows who's going to score.
00:19:21
Dakota Zeigler
Shout out to Dilly Kid.
Poor Performances and Critiques
00:19:23
Damien
Shout out Dilly. up and And that's after we shout out Dilly because we're going to go to the bat. Dilly was good this week. We're about to go to the bat.
00:19:31
Dakota Zeigler
And if you need food, if you need food, shout out Dilly.
00:19:31
Damien
And the bat starts.
00:19:35
Dakota Zeigler
Dilly makes some the best food around. I mean, Dilly is the better Philly kid.
00:19:41
Dakota Zeigler
His food's better than Philly.
00:19:42
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, phenomenal.
00:19:43
Damien
He's a stud. We get to the bad and we're going to stay in Philly. AJ Brown, man. Wow. Another stinker this week. And Junior put the whole Eagles passing game and I agree.
00:19:55
Damien
It looked really bad. And we'll get into that a little bit later in the notes. But man, this was tough. Like this was one of the worst games of the weekend. And we thought it was going to be one of the best.
00:20:06
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, it was kind of unfortunate. I mean, it's kind of hard to put him in bad after that grab he had in the fourth quarter. I mean, a single-handed quick reaction grab.
00:20:15
Dakota Zeigler
That was an amazing catch by him. But overall, it's not what we turned out to be. and And i we said A.J. Brown, but I think Junior had it right in his notes. It was the whole offense.
00:20:25
Dakota Zeigler
you see ah ah Chris Jones' comments to Jalen Carter as they were downing the ball to end the game?
00:20:35
Dakota Zeigler
We won the game. Like, shut up, dude. Like, that's the thing.
00:20:38
Damien
Shut your... Hang on, Sig. You ready? Time market 21-15. Shut up. Dude, Jalen Hurts is goaded for that response. You don't let anyone talk to you like that.
00:20:49
Damien
But yeah, the birds looked rough this week, especially in the past. Even the running game was a little bit rough. But go birds, still got the dub. Our next... Bad player of the week. And it's basically the whole offense again. The Broncos. Cortland Sun.
00:21:02
Damien
Where were you, buddy? RJ Harvey. What happened? And Bo Nix looks legitimately bad.
00:21:10
Dakota Zeigler
Bo Nix looked rough.
00:21:10
Damien
Zig, I want to hear your thoughts. Yeah.
00:21:13
Dakota Zeigler
He looked rough. When you said in the good, it was all offenses. I was tempted to jump in there and just say all but one. I mean, i love my Broncos. I can't believe we lost that game. I like I know it was a so genuine sign of a trap game.
00:21:29
Dakota Zeigler
And if Daniel Jones goes on to win, like comeback player of the year or something random like that, I won't feel as bad. But I just still don't think I know I put in waiver claims for him. He can't be that good, right?
00:21:41
Dakota Zeigler
He just can't be that good. But the whole team looked bad.
00:21:47
Dakota Zeigler
I'm wondering if I was thinking about this earlier today, and I'm wondering if this isn't going to be a trend with the Broncos offense and more or less Sean Payton system. That is such a hard system to learn that it's so rigorous that Maybe he opened it up too early this season with Bo Nix.
00:22:05
Dakota Zeigler
Now, Bo Nix looked bad and slow at the beginning of last year. And then halfway through, it clicked and it turned on for him. And I think it's just going to take some time again. I'm honestly, we play the Chargers this week.
00:22:20
Dakota Zeigler
If I can start anyone but Bo Nix, I think I'm starting anyone but Bo Nix. And I hate saying this as a Broncos fan. J.J. McCarthy got hurt. I think I'd honestly start Carson Wentz over Bo Nix this week.
00:22:34
Dakota Zeigler
Until Bo Nix...
00:22:36
Dakota Zeigler
I love the Kevin O'Connell's offense. Aaron Jones is hurt, by the way, as well. I mean, they're going to start slinging that ball. And I think fantasy upside, Carson Wentz may have a little bit more than Bo Nix at this point.
00:22:49
Dakota Zeigler
I think they're going to take it back to nice and slow, get Bo into some rhythm passing. And I don't know if we can press the Chargers like we want to. I think it's going to be a gritty run the ball game from the Broncos and a gritty run the ball game from the Chargers.
00:23:05
Dakota Zeigler
It'll be a game I'll be tuned into. i think it'll be a good game. but more of your gritty defensive run the ball, you know, old school football. I think this week is a fatal bow next week.
00:23:17
Dakota Zeigler
It's so disappointing to say, but I think you have to at this point.
00:23:22
Damien
Folks, you heard it here first. I know I wasn't going to say it. I think it wasn't going to say it because Zig's here. But since Zig said it, I kind of
00:23:30
Damien
Mainly until they figure it out.
00:23:32
Dakota Zeigler
and And they will, they will figure it out.
00:23:33
Damien
It's just been gross. It's just been gross.
00:23:37
Damien
And so we'll go back to the formats, you know, pod we did with Mr. Joe Thomas. Bo Nix snuck into the end of the first round. Junior, how do you like that one, buddy?
00:23:47
Damien
It's kind of stinking on you right now. I
00:23:50
Dakota Zeigler
I am the Broncos fan. And when he told me he's going Bo Nix, I just stared at him. like i was amazed that he was taking Bo Nix that high.
00:24:00
Dakota Zeigler
not Again, Bo Nix is a guy, and he will figure it out. hu But, I mean, there's just so much going on in that offense still. Again, I think it's mostly a system thing for him.
00:24:12
Dakota Zeigler
It's just so much with only so much he can do to start. So, yeah, yeah that pick looks bad.
00:24:19
Damien
Well, so we don't lose another host here.
00:24:23
Damien
I'm to move on quick before I really talk
Team Injuries and Coaching Changes
00:24:26
Damien
garbage about the Broncos.
00:24:27
Damien
We're going to move on. we We're mainly a fantasy football podcast, so you don't have to worry about defenses too much. But I justโthe Steelers' run defense is garbage. past two weeks, terrible. And they drafted a guyโme and Junior were both really high on defensive guy, Derek Harmon out of Oregonโ That run defense is bad. I think Kenneth Walker had 10 carries for like 110 yards in a tutty.
00:24:50
Damien
What are we doing, guys? we can move on from that real quick. cause That's not really fantasy. That's just football. That's just me being a...
00:24:57
Dakota Zeigler
To take it to fantasy real quick, Steelers' run game is bad. They play New England. Another player that didn't look good Travion Henderson.
00:25:09
Dakota Zeigler
That rotation is kind of the gross thing.
00:25:09
Damien
We'll get to that.
00:25:11
Dakota Zeigler
Okay, you got it in here?
00:25:12
Damien
We'll get into that.
00:25:13
Dakota Zeigler
ah ah Okay.
00:25:14
Dakota Zeigler
all right, moving on, moving on.
00:25:15
Damien
Don't you worry. It's coming. The Dolphins. God, do they stink. They're terrible. offense looked okay this week. Yep. Boom. They're terrible. The offense looked okay.
00:25:25
Damien
Tua actually looked good. But it's just the whole team in general. I don't know. I don't think you can start really any of them. were all big waddle guys to start the year. I'm kind of fading that right now.
00:25:38
Damien
obviously, like, if you don't have better options, you're gonna start your Jalen Lotto, gonna start your Tua, but, like, this is gross. A-chain's still a stud, so that's cool, but it's it's just a gross team to watch.
00:25:50
Damien
It's still discombobulated. The offense finally came together, but you saw on the back end their defense stinks.
00:25:58
Dakota Zeigler
It's just a team you don't want to watch. I can't believe they are actually step for step with the Patriots. had a nice little side bet going on there this past weekend. That was a really fun bet to watch because that game got really good, and it was just more of a garbage time game the dolphins just look awful.
00:26:17
Dakota Zeigler
And like I said, we were a big dolphins. I mean, not big dolphins, but like we loved HN. We loved waddle. I saw report that no teams are calling for Tyree kill shocker. they're not really looking to, they're not really looking to trade them either.
00:26:30
Dakota Zeigler
So waddle stuck as the number two, on a right now bad offense on a bad team uh i'm kind of hoping waddle gets traded somewhere i would love to see him get traded to a team that can utilize him to a quarterback that can get him the ball i know you're not the pennix guy on this but i mean if pennix can sling that ball downfield you got the big play guy in drake london and then waddle just seaming it down the sideline down for the falcons don't know i think that'd be fun but Yeah, Dolphins just look bad.
00:27:05
Damien
Speaking garbage time.
00:27:05
Dakota Zeigler
And Mike McDaniel, first coach to get fired?
00:27:09
Dakota Zeigler
Mike McDaniel, easily.
00:27:09
Damien
so Put that bet in right now.
00:27:11
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, okay, moving on.
00:27:12
Damien
Put that in. But speaking of garbage time, Bryce Young, my boy, what are we doing? I had Bryce Young until garbage time because he looked horrendous up until midway through that fourth quarter. And then he lit it up and actually gave you a good stat line as a quarterback.
00:27:28
Damien
think he threw for over 300 yards, couple tutties. I think he threw an interception, but it didn't come until midway through the fourth quarter. And it actually made the game close.
00:27:42
Dakota Zeigler
This would be the perfect time for the ew button is all I'm thinking. I didn't find one yet, but this would be the perfect Bryce Young garbage time.
00:27:50
Damien
Yeah. Yeah, he's in the bad for a reason. I don't want say on it too much. I still think he's a guy. We can move on from that real quick. The Saints. God, these guys suck. like i Like, I feel bad for Kamara, man.
00:28:01
Dakota Zeigler
was red alert?
00:28:03
Damien
I feel bad for Kamara. It's just a bad offensive line.
00:28:06
Dakota Zeigler
Wasn't Rattler like...
00:28:09
Dakota Zeigler
Rattler like one for six.
00:28:09
Damien
I think he started the game one for nine. Yeah.
00:28:12
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, it was terrible.
00:28:13
Damien
Yeah. He was terrible.
00:28:15
Damien
I don't know what happened to that shuck guy, but if Spencer Rattler's starting over you, you stink at football. I don't know about you. I think we can keep moving on real quick because a lot more enticing stuff down the road.
00:28:25
Dakota Zeigler
yeah Nothing fun to talk about in the Saints.
00:28:30
Dakota Zeigler
Nothing fun.
00:28:30
Damien
No. And then the Sunday night football game. What a stinker. After a great day of football, the Sunday night game stunk, fell flat on its face, and most of it was because of the Vikings offensive line.
00:28:43
Damien
I think I saw that their center got hurt, and I think their left tackle was hurt as well. But six sacks allowed early in the game, too. It was before halftime or right after, because I went to bed because the game stunk.
00:28:58
Damien
It's just bad. It was such a bad game. compared to that we We were high all day. We were all riding high, and then it fell flat. Vikings' offensive line sucks. And that's a Falcons' D-line. That stinks, too.
00:29:10
Damien
So that was really discouraging. And the one I really wanted to talk about this week, the Chiefs and Travis Kelsey, especially Travis Kelsey. think Travis Kelsey is up to two or three drops this year already.
00:29:24
Damien
Mahomes can't... Mahomes is a leading rusher through two weeks.
00:29:29
Dakota Zeigler
That's the thing.
00:29:29
Damien
Can you believe that nonsense?
00:29:32
Dakota Zeigler
As Joe Thomas says, I don't want a running back for my quarterback. Yeah, that's that's basically Patrick Mahomes. That's the only thing he can do right now. The only thing he can do is rush it himself. and The team, they have no wide receivers. Everyone's hurt.
00:29:46
Dakota Zeigler
Kelsey's just done with football. I mean, the guy has no interest in playing anymore.
00:29:51
Damien
Kelsey injured two guys in the past two years. Solo injured his own teammates.
00:29:57
Damien
I don't know any harder sign you have to look for that I need to retire than injuring two of your teammates. Anyway, let's move this turns
00:30:07
Dakota Zeigler
yeah Conspiracy theory. That's the only way Kelsey can get targets anymore. So, taking on his own guys.
00:30:15
Damien
Yikes. We're going to move on from that. I'm not going to piss that many people off. Caleb Johnson, a guy who I was really high on to start the year.
00:30:23
Damien
I know Junior was pretty high on him too. I think I don't want to quote him. But two fumbles in two weeks, and they stink. For a kick return, it's I don't think it's his fault. He shouldn't be fielding kicks. He took five kicks into college, and you're having him on kick return? What are we doing?
00:30:41
Damien
that was a terribleโthat's a low light for the ages. for Caleb Johnson. And I don't, I want to say by now, but I'm scared. You know what I mean? Like he's going to be in the doghouse for a long time, especially in that Steelers organization.
00:30:56
Damien
I still think he's a great talent. Just get him off kick return, man. Sick.
00:31:00
Dakota Zeigler
This is, if you have a stacked team and you have and a taxi spot open or something like that. I mean, you can't put them in taxi now, but an empty bench spot and and you have guys you could spare.
00:31:11
Dakota Zeigler
This is a long-term buy low. Now, Damian and I had him as a... Didn't we have him in our top 12 of rushing this year? We both liked him a lot.
00:31:23
Damien
I had him as my RB4 out of the rookies going into this year.
00:31:29
Damien
RB4! And the situation I wanted to
00:31:32
Dakota Zeigler
I mean, Kenneth...
00:31:35
Dakota Zeigler
Kenneth Gainwell is going to have more rushing yards than Caleb Johnson this year, and that's gross.
00:31:40
Dakota Zeigler
It's so gross.
00:31:40
Damien
First off, go Birds. ah ah Anyways, we can move on to the to the next bad.
00:31:46
Damien
And, Zay, can I get...
00:31:46
Dakota Zeigler
Oh, we're skipping over this one.
00:31:49
Damien
can Can I get the sad music real quick?
00:31:51
Dakota Zeigler
I got you.
00:31:54
Dakota Zeigler
I'm crying, boys.
00:31:55
Damien
Guys, if you follow us, you know, you listen to LastPod, we threw out bets. We were flawless through week one, and we would have been flawless throughout week two, but if Zig...
00:32:06
Damien
Zig blew the parlay for us. I don't know what else to tell you guys. And it sucks. We couldn't win you any more money. Zig blew it. Gary's pick hit, my pick hit early Monday Night Football.
00:32:18
Damien
And Zig's, you know, he doesn't care about you guys like we do. blew the parlay. Oh, God, this sad music is really hitting me. Oh, a moment of silence.
00:32:35
Dakota Zeigler
It gets deep. It's like seven minutes of sad music, I think is what it is I found. The fact that it was my own Broncos team too, Cortland Sutton, they hit. I mean, again.
00:32:48
Dakota Zeigler
The Colts. The Colts. freaking Colts we lost to.
00:32:51
Dakota Zeigler
and I mean, most of Bo Nix's bad passes, I'm going to go on this a little bit. Most of bad Nix's Bo passes almost looked like he was trying to force it to Cortland Sutton.
00:33:02
Dakota Zeigler
The guy's like airmailing Cortland Sutton, like, just go up and get it. Like, this ball's for you. Like, I miss you. Like, he is just chugging at the Cortland Sutton. A lot of those missed passes were to Sutton, and it's not Sutton's fault by any means.
Quarterback Injuries and Speculation
00:33:16
Dakota Zeigler
The fact that I missed Week two, we were five for six.
00:33:21
Dakota Zeigler
We were on a roll. And i I'm sorry. I love Nico Collins. It was a great bet by you, Damian. I was begging for him not to. Don't let me go down this early.
00:33:31
Damien
I know you, buddy. I know you, buddy. So you brought up...
00:33:35
Damien
So the folks know there's an open poll. And by poll, I mean you can give suggestions. ah person who hits the least out of these parlays, we're going to do a punishment.
00:33:47
Damien
Uh, we're gonna live stream it. we We'll do it somehow. I don't know how we're gonna do it yet, but you guys have the option to vote on what the loser has to do.
00:33:54
Damien
And so far it's Zig. Uh, so, so make sure they're brutal. make Make sure they're harsh. Make sure he feels it for a long time. Cause we're trying to win you guys money. We don't want this guy selling you short.
00:34:05
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, I mean, we've been kind of bouncing around some ideas. Nothing's settled on yet, so please send them to ZNGDynasty at gmail.com or drop it in one of the comments. I mean, are we dressing up by standing so alongside a road saying, I suck at betting? Is this a food challenge? Is this a... I don't know.
00:34:21
Dakota Zeigler
yeah Give us something terrible. We'll either live stream it or we will record it and post it somewhere. Yeah, let's... just's Nothing too crazy expensive. You know, our, our money's not rolling in like the all four months podcast. We're not rich over here, but, uh, yeah, want to do something fun and entertaining for you guys.
00:34:38
Dakota Zeigler
And right now I'm, I'm, I'm the guy to do it at this point.
00:34:43
Damien
Yeah, then I know Junior had in here for bad. I don't know if they're bad, but they just got hurt. J.J. McCarthy and Joe Burrow. They're going to be out for multiple weeks. I think Joe Burrow might be out for the year, it sucks to see. J.J., he didn't he wasn't having too good of a game anyways. oh He's been stinking it up, but his own line sucks. We talked about that.
00:35:04
Damien
And then Joe Burrow, I sent a link in our chat today. has been sacked over 20 times more than Andrew Luck was in his entire NFL career.
00:35:16
Damien
God, that offensive line stinks. wouldn't say that he's bad, but he's just out,
Transition to New Segment
00:35:21
Damien
so make sure you throw him on IR and try and find your Daniel Jones on the waiver claims.
00:35:28
Dakota Zeigler
Here is, it's i saw it this morning, and it was labeled perfectly, the meme that keeps on giving. Do you remember back in this draft class, ah ah joe Jamar Chase's draft class, it was Joe Burrow passing to Jamar Chase and Burrow's down on the ground, or Joe Burrow throwing to anybody else and Panay Sewell's right in front of him?
00:35:47
Dakota Zeigler
I mean, I would love to know what it actually would have been like. You know, we talked about our what-ifs pod. This is a big what-if for me. Like, what if they actually went Panay Sewell and saved...
00:35:57
Dakota Zeigler
Joe Burrow and all his injuries. What if he had anyone to throw to, like T.
00:36:01
Dakota Zeigler
Higgins, anyone else, and he wasn't laying on his back for real good?
00:36:04
Damien
Higgins would be real good. T. Higgins would be real good, but he's not. So we move on. That definitely has to be on our list for podcasts to do in the future.
Week 3 Predictions and Fantasy Advice
00:36:12
Damien
we'll go into our...
00:36:12
Dakota Zeigler
What ifs is going to be so fun?
00:36:15
Damien
Can I get our transition music? Can we be a podcast?
00:36:18
Dakota Zeigler
Ready? I got you.
00:36:20
Damien
There we go. God. It's about time we were a podcast. That was just us a little bit. Mark that. thirty seven thirty six so Just kidding. I'm a ramp it up because Junior can't have my title.
00:36:30
Damien
So our week three preview. Dolphins at Bills. ah The Dolphins showed some life. They lost, but the offense showed quite a bit of life this week. Two will look pretty good.
00:36:40
Damien
Was it a just a bad Patriots team they played? I don't know. The defense still stinks, but the offense, you can see it. They're starting to put together. I think they're going to work Tyreek Hill in a little bit more. I think they're going to get back to the Dolphins of old here real soon.
00:36:56
Damien
And the Bills are good. Who knew? the secondary still sucks. I have Tua and Waddle are decent starts. A-chan is a must start.
00:37:07
Damien
Josh Allen and James Cook are studs. The rest are startable against a bad Dolphins defense. Any qualms here, Zig?
00:37:15
Dakota Zeigler
no No qualms. i Start all bills against this defense. It's absolutely terrible. Tua... toa And Waddle are fine. If you can find someone else to play over, play over them. It's not a must bench, but it's if you can find someone. I mean, and we can talk about tier base. If you can find someone the same tiers you'd like a little bit better, I'd start them.
00:37:37
Dakota Zeigler
Going on to the next game, we got the Falcons and the Panthers. I love your your ah little note here. Probably a gross game. The Panthers O-line is garbage. is going to be a Falcons win it all.
00:37:49
Dakota Zeigler
This is my pickup for my survivor pool, by the way. I think I'm taking the Falcons to beat the the Panthers. I just don't see how the Panthers win this game, even with Bryce Young's great garbage time points. I just don't think they're there yet.
00:38:03
Dakota Zeigler
uh, Bijan in London, good plays. Uh, you know, I got to say it, you could probably start Kyle pits in this one just because the Panthers are so bad. again, have you got Tucker craft?
00:38:15
Dakota Zeigler
I mean, anyone else probably starting, him but Kyle pits is a nice shout out here. Got to get him in every pot. It seems like, uh, no one for the Panthers. I don't even know if you go Hubbard in this one, Damien. I see you put maybe Hubbard in there.
00:38:30
Dakota Zeigler
I made that question last week that Hubbard may be able to do it all himself, but I don't know. I think he's going to see too much work. I think they're going to try to garbage time it with Bryce and get him reps. I mean, fine start, but I don't think you need to.
00:38:46
Dakota Zeigler
What's your thoughts?
00:38:48
Damien
Yeah, I don't know why Pitts made this podcast. He was out of my notes for a reason. Anywho, we can move on.
00:38:54
Damien
Packers at Browns. Packers look really good, but I think this going to be a closer game than you would think. Obviously, you're going to start your Jordan Loves, your Josh Jacobs, and Tucker Craft.
00:39:05
Damien
And then for the Browns, an interesting point to bring up, Quinchon Junkins. Is he a start? Had a really good week in limited touches last week. then Judy, I think it's an okay start if you have him as like a flex option.
00:39:17
Damien
But Zig, I want your opinion. What do we do with Quinchon Junkins here?
00:39:22
Dakota Zeigler
Wait, wait one more week because all I'm going to say is they got, they, Micah Parsons, dude.
00:39:30
Dakota Zeigler
I mean, he's just going to dominate that. Uh, he's going to dominate that O-line. He's going to wreck some plays. Quinn John looked good. I think you wait one more week.
00:39:41
Dakota Zeigler
See him at full strength. I, I, this is that, you know, in the week one, we had a lot of the sit and see approach, you know, just wait one more week and see, this is what I'm doing the quiz, Sean.
00:39:51
Dakota Zeigler
I think he's going to be a stud. I think he's going to be great. I think you wait this week against, I mean, he has a tough matchup. I mean, there's not many other players that go to, which is why I've been in in on Judy and everyone else.
00:40:03
Dakota Zeigler
Uh, He said he's a fine start. Judy, he's a fine start, but i this is the best team they faced, I think. Quincean gets Green Bay this week, Detroit, and then Minnesota is his next three matchups.
00:40:20
Damien
So I hear what you're saying about Quinchon.
00:40:22
Damien
I'm going to ignore you and start him anyway. Because I love Quinchon Jenkins and all that he can do. move on. That's only for one league, guys. I love Quinchon Jenkins.
00:40:32
Damien
God, I'm so glad he's back to football.
00:40:33
Dakota Zeigler
He is good. is good.
00:40:36
Damien
Oh, God. He's so good at football. Makes me want to... do terrible things. Anyway, cut that. Texans at Jags. ah Still lackluster from this Texans offense. That offensive line sucks.
00:40:50
Damien
I just saw ah earlier today that two of their offensive line, was it Texans, I think, two of their offensive linemen are hurt. Was that the Texans I sent you that link to?
00:41:01
Dakota Zeigler
That was actually the Panthers.
00:41:02
Damien
There's a lot of bad offensive lines out there.
00:41:04
Dakota Zeigler
That was the Panthers.
00:41:05
Damien
Yeah, oh yeah, out that that was defending Bryce Young.
00:41:05
Dakota Zeigler
That's what he Bryce Young.
00:41:08
Damien
Oh yeah, I can't even defend CJ Stroud no more.
00:41:10
Dakota Zeigler
Again, start the Falcons in your survivor pool.
00:41:14
Damien
It's been lackluster from the Texans. Jags lost to Jake Browning. Who? are you kidding me Trevor Lawrence he hasn't looked good. And is he beefing with Liam Cohen?
00:41:29
Damien
Did you see that that video?
00:41:30
Dakota Zeigler
I did. i i think I sent that one to you as well. That...
00:41:34
Damien
He basically told Liam Cohen to go shove it.
00:41:35
Dakota Zeigler
It just waved him off.
00:41:38
Damien
Hey, I'm not doing what you think.
00:41:39
Dakota Zeigler
Liam is there.
00:41:40
Damien
Yeah. Like, up yours, buddy.
00:41:41
Dakota Zeigler
Liam's coaching. He just... Yeah, yeah, whatever. Like, you know...
00:41:45
Damien
I've seen Urban Meyer. I'll figure it out. All right. This is going to be...
00:41:48
Dakota Zeigler
it's It's that teen sat teen girl sass. It's literally teen girl sass when you're walking out. I mean, dude, cut your hair. Maybe your
Game Analysis and Outcomes
00:41:55
Dakota Zeigler
pear drops a little bit. Like, come on, man. You get a new head coach, a guy who should take you to the next level and you're just waving him off.
00:42:02
Dakota Zeigler
Oh, I hate that for T-Law. I hate that for Liam Coleman because I... It's just going to build a tension between them. It was handled in a way that it wasn't.
00:42:13
Dakota Zeigler
Bo Nix is known for fighting with Sean Payton. He's not afraid to fire back. But I think that's the relationship they have. They beef each other that I'm this way, I'm this way. Two headstrong people, but they mutually have an understanding.
00:42:26
Dakota Zeigler
This was a pure, yeah don't give a flying you-know-what. Like, yeah, this is not a good look.
00:42:33
Damien
Say it. Say it. 44 minutes.
00:42:35
Dakota Zeigler
Not a good look.
00:42:39
Damien
God, you stink. Anyway, I think this is going to be a gross game. Like, I don't think there's really any scoring done in this game. if you have Nico Collins, shout out. Hit my parlay last week. You got to start him.
00:42:52
Damien
I think CJ is a decent play this week. Jaden Higgins kind of fell from grace, if you will, from all those targets. Curious to see what that is. Definitely a sit for now. But wait and see.
00:43:04
Damien
I'm still curious about that running game. It's still buns. then for the Jaguars, ETN had a couple good games, but can it be replicated? I really like what I saw out of... Darn tootin!
00:43:14
Damien
You know what I mean? he a start now? After what we saw, I think Trevor Lawrence and Strange are okay plays. Strange more than T-Law. But what are your thoughts on darn tootin?
00:43:27
Damien
And what are we doing with T-Law?
00:43:30
Dakota Zeigler
think T-Law, you keep starting. He actually had a half-decent week and everything. I'm still starting T-Law. As much as I hate what he did to Liam Cohen and how it's looking, I believe in the guy. I'm going to stick with it until he absolutely stinks to bed.
00:43:46
Dakota Zeigler
Tutan, I do think, is a spicy star. I like ETN. I'm going to keep playing ETN over him until he, again, shows me he's done. i think they kind of run him into the ground. This is last year of his contract, too. So...
00:43:59
Dakota Zeigler
I think this is just wheels up for ETN until he shows you no. Tootin, I know I said LaQuinn Allen. I think he's still a good player down there in the depth chart, but I think Tootin is going to be the face of this running back room by next year.
00:44:14
Dakota Zeigler
Again, I hate saying that, but i got i I'll admit when I'm wrong. I'll admit when I'm wrong.
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