Become a Creator today!Start creating today - Share your story with the world!
Start for free
00:00:00
00:00:01
2025 Week 2 Preview
22 Plays4 months ago
Listen in as we prepare and make adjustments after the first week of the NFL season!
Don't forget to follow the ZNG Bet of the week!
Recommended
Transcript
Welcome and NFL Week 1 Excitement
00:00:01
Lord Hinkie
Ladies and and gentlemen, welcome to another episode of the ZNG Dynasty podcast.
00:00:13
Lord Hinkie
I'm joined here by my other two to my three stooges. As always, Zig, go ahead and say hi to the people, bet buddy.
00:00:21
Dakota Zeigler
What up everyone riding high over some week one wins and NFL is back red zone is here it has been an enjoyable weekend just sitting back and watching football I mean i got my little boy we've been watching football I got a little TV for him on the side because he likes to watch his shows haven't needed to use it much we are an NFL household now let's go
00:00:33
Damien
going
00:00:45
Lord Hinkie
Amazing. Can't believe we're training that kid right already. Appreciate that so
Eagles Game Controversy and NFL Red Zone Discussion
00:00:49
Lord Hinkie
much. Ninja, go ahead and say hi the people, big fella.
00:00:53
Damien
Yo, what's going on, everybody? Finally back to football on a regular basis. First off, go Birds!
00:00:59
Lord Hinkie
Go birds!
00:01:00
Damien
that was a really interesting situation to start that game, and I'm sure we can talk about that a little bit. great to be back on with the boys. Finally, football. Bets are underway. Hopefully, you bet our bet, because guess what?
00:01:12
Damien
We hit, because we're masters at what we do here gambling-wise. Let's go!
00:01:16
Lord Hinkie
Mm-hmm. Yep. We'll get to that at the end of the podcast. But, man, that Eagles game, is there a weirder way to start the NFL season than having your best defensive player thrown out of the game? I don't think there is.
00:01:27
Damien
So weird.
00:01:28
Lord Hinkie
So strange. Hopefully that doesn't set the tone for the rest of season, but we'll see. Anyways, I had a great time watching NFL Red Zone. Red Zone's back, and I and don't think it's going yet. I think there was a lot of controversy going around Red Zone this offseason.
00:01:43
Lord Hinkie
with the addition of these ads. But, hey, Redstone's still
Football Week 1 Highlights: The Goods and Bads
00:01:46
Lord Hinkie
got its fastball. yeah yeah Scott Hansen's never going to steer you wrong. Love that guy. But anyways.
00:01:53
Dakota Zeigler
If he ever leaves, I think it's going to be maybe over. I don't know if red zone could exist without him.
00:02:00
Lord Hinkie
Scott, yeah, Redstone is Scott Hansen. Scott Hansen is Redstone. They are one and the same.
00:02:06
Dakota Zeigler
Yep.
00:02:07
Lord Hinkie
anyways, boys, we got to watch the football last weekend. Let's talk about it. We just call it a good and a bad segment. We don't do the pros and the cons. We don't do the studs and the duds.
00:02:16
Lord Hinkie
We do the goods and the bads.
00:02:19
Dakota Zeigler
And sometimes the
00:02:21
Lord Hinkie
And the ugly, which is what we're here for. Anyways, starting off with the goods. I mean, we have to talk about it. That Sunday night football game was probably one of the best football games I've sat down and watched ever.
00:02:37
Lord Hinkie
Maybe ever. It's top five for me, for sure. Just straight football games. I'm not sit here and it's better than Super Bowls and playoff games and stuff, but a week one Sunday Night Football matchup, just a beautiful game.
00:02:49
Lord Hinkie
Ravens looking like they're dominating the entire game, taking over the line of scrimmage. Offense looked unstoppable. Defense was making Josh Allen look silly. And then it all flipped on its head.
00:03:00
Lord Hinkie
Derrick Henry fumbles in the fourth quarter. Josh Allen throws for 250 yards, two total, I think two or three total touchdowns in the fourth quarter. They scored 22 points and they win the game.
00:03:11
Lord Hinkie
Beautiful. Damien, what's your thoughts on this game? And then is this like, is this everything we wanted that football game to be? Because I feel like it was.
00:03:20
Damien
Yeah, this was a very beautiful game. Sadly, I didn't get to watch it all, you know, working and stuff the next day. But I watched the highlights afterwards and holy cow, what a game.
00:03:32
Damien
What a game. It's everything you wanted from Lamar Jackson early in the game. This was a playoff duel, and you saw it. You saw exactly how would play out. For the Ravens, it sucks when one your most trusted guys coughs up the football late in the game, Josh Allen comes back and wins. This is top-tier AFC football.
00:03:51
Damien
Now, if only Josh Allen could do it against the Chiefs. You know, we'll see. But a phenomenal game. You can't go wrong here. Everyone for your fantasy teams hit in this game.
00:04:02
Damien
It didn't really matter who.
00:04:02
Lord Hinkie
Oh, yeah.
00:04:04
Damien
I know, Gary, you were big on the over here. You love this matchup. You thought it's go to be high scoring and you were right. You crushed it this week.
00:04:12
Lord Hinkie
Mm-hmm. Yep. And the other thing that crushed was my Josh Allen anytime touchdown pick for our parlay. And, man, I was sweating that one out. Trust me. I didn't want to let the boys down. i didn't want to let the listeners down. And finally it hit right there in that fourth quarter.
00:04:27
Lord Hinkie
next thing we want to talk about, the Jets and the Steelers was – one of the highest scoring football games the entire week. I don't think anybody saw that coming. think the final score is 34, 32 Steelers.
00:04:40
Lord Hinkie
The Jets offense looked competent. Aaron Rodgers looked like his former MVP self. Is this just the, is this a game we should just look at, appreciate, and then completely ignore? Or is this what these football teams are for the rest of the year? Zake, are your thoughts?
00:04:56
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, I'm more or less throwing this out of the window for week one. I mean, this is this is a scripted part of the NFL. You could say, I mean, the starters of each other swap teams, they face each other week one.
00:05:10
Dakota Zeigler
I mean, we should have saw something coming from the NFL in this game. just because the storyline was perfect. But it was a wonderful game to watch. It was so much fun and enjoyable watching Justin Fields run the ball.
00:05:21
Dakota Zeigler
He actually looked decent as a passer as well, which was not the reports we saw coming out of the camp in the offseason.
00:05:27
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:05:28
Dakota Zeigler
Brees Hall looked good. There wasn't as much of a committee as I thought we would see. Like he said, Aaron Rodgers looked like his former MVP self. I also want to make the comment here that Can we move one from Roman Wilson now?
00:05:42
Dakota Zeigler
Can we just be done with him? I'm cutting his name from the podcast. any I'm done with this kid. Calvin Austin played over him. The kid, again, love the work ethic.
00:05:53
Dakota Zeigler
The kid's not football guy. Not a football guy.
00:05:56
Lord Hinkie
What's that meme where it's like, if that guy doesn't have any haters, it's because I'm dead. If Roman Wilson doesn't have any haters, it's because Zig's dead.
00:06:05
Damien
And to say that,
00:06:05
Lord Hinkie
He's the one and only Roman Wilson hater I've ever met entire life.
00:06:10
Damien
like, it's so funny to,
Emerging Players and Team Strategies
00:06:11
Damien
like, hear, like, obviously you made the NFL, so he's really good at what he does. Like, you don't make the NFL, like, if you're bad at football, you know what mean?
00:06:18
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:06:19
Damien
Everyone's good at the NFL. It's like, this guy sucks. I'll never like him. He's garbage.
00:06:24
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:06:24
Damien
The worst of all time.
00:06:25
Lord Hinkie
He's like, he's just trying his best, man.
00:06:25
Dakota Zeigler
yeah
00:06:26
Lord Hinkie
Yeah. That's
00:06:27
Damien
Like, he's just out here trying, it bro.
00:06:31
Lord Hinkie
not his fault. Boy, I guess Scott is. Damien, back to actual football. Damien, obviously we talk about the Dynasty stock market a lot of times.
00:06:42
Lord Hinkie
Are you selling whoever you can out of these two teams in Dynasty if can? Like Justin Fields, Aaron Rodgers, even Calvin Austin.
00:06:47
Damien
All of them. All of them.
00:06:50
Lord Hinkie
Like players that had big games that game. Are you just going, So high, so high, so high.
00:06:55
Damien
Yep. I'm lucky enough this year I didn't have any Jets. I made sure of that on any one of my rosters. Don't have any Jets whatsoever.
00:07:03
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:07:03
Damien
But I have a couple Aaron Rodgers shares as like a third QB. I have a couple DK shares. Got a couple Calvin Olsen shares. Selling. All hit the trade block this week.
00:07:13
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, have to. I feel like you just have to.
00:07:13
Damien
Trying to move them quick for just about anything.
00:07:16
Lord Hinkie
It's almost too obvious, but I feel like you still have to do it.
00:07:19
Damien
You have to do it.
00:07:19
Lord Hinkie
Speaking of a guy should sell high on, Daniel Jones had the best football game of his entire life on Sunday for the Indianapolis Colts. I think it has a lot to do with Miami being an awful football team and being awfully coached.
00:07:32
Lord Hinkie
Also has a good, like Daniel Jones, I think Shane Slakin is a good coach.
00:07:32
Dakota Zeigler
Thank
00:07:36
Lord Hinkie
He has a bad rap there and in Indianapolis, but Daniel Jones scored, I believe, on seven of seven drives. He, like all seven of the drives he started for, they ended up scoring.
00:07:47
Lord Hinkie
A lot of field goals, but He obviously had a really good game. Zig, is this something we're thinking he can continue on for the season? Or do you think it was just matchup dependence?
00:07:59
Dakota Zeigler
I don't think it's going to be a long-term thing for Daniel Jones. He did look good. He made a lot of players around him look good. I just don't think it's going to be a ah ah forever thing. He'd be a guy, if I could sell him, I'm selling him.
00:08:15
Dakota Zeigler
I think we're all kind of on this page. Anthony Richardson is not the future of the Colts. I'm hoping, I'm holding out hope still that he could play somewhere else.
00:08:22
Lord Hinkie
Someone clipped that.
00:08:23
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, but I think the...
00:08:25
Lord Hinkie
Dakota Ziegler.
00:08:25
Damien
Nope. Clip it. Clip it.
00:08:27
Lord Hinkie
Dakota Ziegler. Wait, say that again for people in the people in the back.
00:08:30
Dakota Zeigler
I don't think Anthony Richardson is the future of the Colts, but I'm hoping he can play somewhere else.
00:08:35
Lord Hinkie
Period. End.
00:08:39
Dakota Zeigler
I'm still holding out hope that he can be somewhere else and be at least a half-decent quarterback. But i more or less, I'm starting to think that the future of the Colts is not on the c Colts.
00:08:53
Dakota Zeigler
Whether they trade for a guy or you they tank for a guy. Lenore Sellers is a guy we've been talking about. Wait two years and keep bridging it and get Arch Manning, build around him.
00:09:04
Dakota Zeigler
i don't think he's coming out next year. and Maybe Drew. Maybe this is a spot where Drew lands. The team's decent enough to win couple games here with Daniel Jones and pick up Drew. and I don't know.
00:09:16
Lord Hinkie
Drew Willard does smell like an indian Indianapolis cult.
00:09:16
Dakota Zeigler
i just
00:09:19
Lord Hinkie
He does. Like I can just see it.
00:09:20
Dakota Zeigler
It's gross, isn't it?
00:09:22
Lord Hinkie
It's that is exactly what it It's gross. He's going to go there. he's going to have the highest expectations in the world. And then he's going to underproduce like all Indianapolis cults do. if
00:09:30
Dakota Zeigler
You know who's going to be a great target when Drew gets there? Tyler Warren.
00:09:36
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, baby. Home aisle. didn't even think about that. Now it it has to happen. I just got way too excited. My laptop almost fell. Anyways, I think Daniel Jones is fine fantasy option strictly because, i mean, he ran two touchdowns in for the Colts.
00:09:53
Lord Hinkie
Vulture Jonathan Taylor from not being able to score touchdown week one. But he's going to continue to run the ball, run the ball in the red zone. And if he is like slightly efficient passing the ball, he's still going to be a decent fantasy option.
00:10:02
Dakota Zeigler
Thank you.
00:10:06
Lord Hinkie
That's not... Daniel Jones is a bad NFL quarterback, but he's a decent fantasy quarterback. Same thing with Justin Fields. Not a good NFL quarterback, but fantasy-wise, he's always been decent.
00:10:17
Lord Hinkie
I wouldn't mind holding him if you can like flex him in and out on like matchup dependence. If he's a QB3, I think
Game Previews and Player Performances
00:10:23
Lord Hinkie
I'm fine with it. And to be honest, obviously it's week one, but I don't see a reason he's not going to start the whole year.
00:10:29
Lord Hinkie
Unless, obviously... things go downhill, which they probably will. But anyways, next stop, JSN had one of, you know, the bright spots there for the Seattle Seahawks. Probably the only one for being honest.
00:10:42
Lord Hinkie
Finished the game with like nine, nine receptions, whole bunch of yards. I think he's going to be the only bright spot out of Seattle. And it's pretty obvious pretty early on Damien. and um Is there anybody else on this team? You're,
00:10:55
Lord Hinkie
thinking can maybe change that or is JSN just the guy there?
00:11:00
Damien
He'll end up being the guy there. i got I got some hope out for Charbonnet, but that's not impacting the receiver room at all. It's JSN or bust for these guys, and you saw it in week one.
00:11:10
Damien
if anyone can contain JSN at all, the Seahawks are a bad football team. A very bad football team.
00:11:17
Dakota Zeigler
No qualms with that.
00:11:17
Lord Hinkie
fair. Yeah, zero qualms. I have B. John Robinson in here, but we knew he was a stud, and he's going to continue to be a stud. The receiving game he got week one, I am extremely excited for all my B. John Robinson shares. There's no reason he can't finish as the RB1 this season.
00:11:36
Lord Hinkie
qualms with that?
00:11:37
Damien
No qualms.
00:11:39
Dakota Zeigler
and Just got to stay healthy. That's only thing with Bijan. Just being in a running back, seeing that much work. But, I mean, it's Bijan. You got to ride it while you can. Can't bank on injury.
00:11:48
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, I mean, speaking of staying healthy, the next two bright spots we have are Christian McCaffrey and Ricky Pearsall. CMC got normal CMC work on Sunday. 22 carries, 10 targets, 9 receptions.
00:12:02
Lord Hinkie
Had a total of like 150 yards. No touchdowns, which is surprising, but then again, it was a very low-scoring game there for San Fran. But if CMC stays healthy, he's going to get the workload.
00:12:14
Lord Hinkie
This is what we expected. Zig as the CMC truther with there being literally no other healthy options for San Fran besides CMC and Pearsall. Is this just going to be the usual week in and week out?
00:12:28
Dakota Zeigler
I think so. I mean, they're going to have to rely on CMC now. I don't know if we talked about it yet. They're trying to work on some other things on the side here. But, I mean, Brock Purdy's injured.
00:12:38
Dakota Zeigler
Kittle's on IR. Dron Jennings may be injured. I mean, this comes down, like you said, it is Kelsey and Pearsall. And I believe, fact check me, Damian, if you mind right now going to the San Fran depth chart, is Mac Jones quarterback two there?
00:12:55
Lord Hinkie
He is. Yeah, I have that pulled up.
00:12:56
Dakota Zeigler
He is?
00:12:57
Lord Hinkie
He is backup quarterback.
00:12:57
Dakota Zeigler
Okay. I mean, he wasn't bad for the Jaguars last year. He wasn't terribly awful in New York. So this could be ah a still a half-competent team, especially with Shanahan, half-decent quarterback.
00:13:15
Dakota Zeigler
And, I mean, Rickon Pearsall's a guy. I mean, we've been saying it. He looked good. I think this is going to be a team you got to stay in on. Don't be scared off these players that are still playing.
00:13:24
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, you got to ride it out. You have to. Damien, big Ricky Pearsall guys, me and you. Week one, ah you I'm very excited about what I saw. what are your thoughts?
00:13:33
Damien
Very excited. this only clears the way it sucks that entries go down, but this just clears the way even more in a room that we thought he was going to lead to begin the year anyway. So expect a lot of targets his way. And then CMC's lighting it up.
00:13:47
Damien
Uh, could easily finish as the running back one. I think he only had like 33 rushing yards, some awful number like that, but he had like 120 receiving, which is insane.
00:13:58
Damien
i don't even know how you do that as running back anymore. But very, like, this duo is the one to own in that San Fran offense.
00:14:07
Lord Hinkie
Yeah. After that, I mean, obviously, once Kittle comes back from IR, which I think we did mention that, he will be the other target for this offense.
00:14:10
Dakota Zeigler
Okay.
00:14:16
Lord Hinkie
But it's Pearsall, CMC all day. And to be honest, i if Mac Jones ends up being the starter this week with Brock Purdy out, I don't know if I'm switching out of those. Obviously, you're starting CMC regardless. But even Ricky Pearsall, I think I'm still fine starting him with Mac Jones. Any of you guys have qualms about that?
00:14:36
Dakota Zeigler
I don't. i Especially, they're playing the Saints this week, I believe. believe that's what I just saw.
00:14:44
Lord Hinkie
Yes.
00:14:45
Dakota Zeigler
You know, we just talked about this off-air on the Survivor Pool. I'm sticking with it. I'm doing it. I'm playing the 49ers against the... I'm taking the bet. ah The Saints... yeah I don't like... I don't know. Saints looked rough.
00:14:59
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, Saints and that look good.
00:15:00
Dakota Zeigler
Hmm.
00:15:02
Lord Hinkie
Next bright spark, Quinn Johnston. Wide
Fantasy Football Insights: Predictions and Debates
00:15:05
Lord Hinkie
receiver for the Chargers. I mean, Friday night against the Chiefs, two touchdowns to start off the year. Gross.
00:15:12
Lord Hinkie
Ew. But also, is this a guy?
00:15:14
Damien
put
00:15:14
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
00:15:16
Lord Hinkie
Is this guy, like is this something we have to pay attention to for fantasy? Because Justin Herbert looked really good. If that offense can produce, with those wide receivers there in l L.A. are going to produce.
00:15:29
Lord Hinkie
McConkie didn't have the best of games, and it's got to come to him eventually. But is Keenan Allen a guy? Is Quentin Johnson a guy? Damian, what do you think?
00:15:37
Damien
Quentin Johnson had a good week, and I saw a lot of NFL memes that Quentin Johnson and CeeDee Lamb should switch bodies for the weekend. Because C.D. Lamb had like four drops or something like that against the Birds.
00:15:50
Damien
And then Quentin Johnson had great touchdowns and everything.
00:15:50
Dakota Zeigler
Mm-hmm.
00:15:50
Lord Hinkie
that's,
00:15:54
Damien
No. I don't think Quentin Johnson's a guy going forward. I really don't. I think it's going to more lean towards none of us are really big Trey Harris guys, but he's eventually going to have to see the field quite a bit as a second-round pick.
00:16:10
Damien
And then after Ladd in this receiving room, I don't want anybody. You know it's John Harbaugh. He's going to want to run the ball a lot. And I think we're only hitting the tip of the iceberg with what we saw last week with Amari and Hampton because Kansas City does have one of the better run defenses in the NFL.
00:16:21
Dakota Zeigler
Thank
00:16:27
Damien
So we expected him to get
Injury Impacts and Game Analysis
00:16:29
Damien
slowed down quite a bit. But as his schedule lightens up to some other teams, man. they're going to run the heck out of the football. And then Quentin Johnson is going to be like your best ball darling, where some weeks he's going to put up like 30 and then other weeks he's going to have four.
00:16:45
Damien
So it's a pick your poison. I'm not on the train yet. If I was a fantasy owner with Quentin Johnson, I'm selling immediately if I can to get anything back a mid second, high second this year or in 2027, do it.
00:16:54
Lord Hinkie
yeah
00:17:01
Damien
But Zig, I'll let you go next.
00:17:03
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, I don't disagree with the sell and everything. i i I think he is the best, like, touchdown. That's what he's going He's going to be a touchdown-dependent guy because he's just got the size a over a lot of the other wide receivers. He's a better jump ball than this day and age Keenan Allen type of deal.
00:17:21
Dakota Zeigler
So definitely sell if you can. Like you said, just a best ball guy if you can get a, you know, few touchdowns out of him because like Herbert looks good.
00:17:32
Dakota Zeigler
He does, but this team's identity is to run the ball.
00:17:33
Lord Hinkie
yeah
00:17:35
Dakota Zeigler
So you got kind of, I mean, it's almost going to be a matchup dependent play. If anything,
00:17:43
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, I can completely agree pretty much with everything you guys said. their Their schedule does lighten up a little bit here in the middle of the season.
00:17:48
Dakota Zeigler
to,
00:17:51
Lord Hinkie
They play booty teams like the Giants in Miami, Indianapolis, Tennessee. Those weeks, I think Hampton's going to get majority of the work and they're not going to throw the ball as much, but I do think Keenan Allen is a fantasy asset. I mean, he had 10 targets, seven receptions a week one.
00:18:07
Lord Hinkie
He's kind of Justin Herbert's like safe haven. So I think PPR leagues, he's definitely a flex option for you guys that have like two or three flex positions and you need somebody to start against, you know, a good matchup. I'm fine playing Keenan Allen.
00:18:21
Lord Hinkie
Next one here.
00:18:22
Dakota Zeigler
How?
00:18:22
Lord Hinkie
We have Puka Nakua.
00:18:23
Dakota Zeigler
How?
00:18:23
Lord Hinkie
No, go ahead.
00:18:24
Dakota Zeigler
how big are you in on Keenan Allen? Like, who are you starting Keenan Allen?
00:18:27
Lord Hinkie
How about, I mean,
00:18:29
Dakota Zeigler
Like, Isaiah Flowers. Keenan Allen or Isaiah Flowers.
00:18:31
Lord Hinkie
Oh, I'm playing Zay Flowers.
00:18:34
Dakota Zeigler
So, let's go.
00:18:36
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, you can give me some options here.
00:18:37
Dakota Zeigler
i' I'm curious here because this is another gross option, in my opinion. But there's no other wide receiver. So, Marquise Brown or Keenan Allen.
00:18:48
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah. Yeah.
00:18:48
Lord Hinkie
I'd probably play Keenan Allen, depending on if Worthy's healthy or not.
00:18:51
Lord Hinkie
But if Worthy's healthy, play Keenan Allen.
00:18:53
Dakota Zeigler
Calvin Ridley with a rookie quarterback.
00:18:56
Lord Hinkie
I'd play Keenan Allen.
00:18:58
Dakota Zeigler
like So we're kind of in that range.
00:18:59
Lord Hinkie
Safer.
00:18:59
Damien
We'll get into that later. We'll get into that later. And no, Keenan Allen shouldn't.
00:19:01
Dakota Zeigler
so
00:19:03
Damien
Like, I understand he's a safe haven for Justin Herbert. It's not going to be an every week thing.
00:19:08
Lord Hinkie
Oh, no, I'm not saying it's going be every week thing, but I think he is. he is playable for fantasy. I think he
00:19:15
Dakota Zeigler
Keenan and or Michael Pittman Jr. with Daniel Jones? Because he saw a bunch of targets, a touchdown...
00:19:19
Lord Hinkie
is. I'd play.
00:19:20
Damien
Give me Pittman.
00:19:22
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:19:22
Damien
Like, so all the names you're saying, I'm taking the name above Keenan Allen. And I think that says a lot. I don't know. It's like, he's like a weird zone. Like, it's such a weird zone to like try and pick guys because they're all like in one like tier and it's kind of gross.
00:19:38
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, depends on what you have.
00:19:38
Damien
you're gross on gross.
00:19:40
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
00:19:42
Damien
But definitely good outing week one for Keenan Allen.
00:19:46
Lord Hinkie
right, next one here. We have Puka Nakua and Kyron Williams as bright spots there for the Rams. Pretty much the only ones there week one. ah Stafford played well as well, but have a feeling this is going to be a trend going forward with the Rams running their offense through these two guys.
00:20:03
Lord Hinkie
Any qualms with that, fellas?
00:20:05
Damien
No problems.
00:20:05
Dakota Zeigler
think Devontae is a sneaky guy to be keeping an eye out for, especially if Herbert or not Herbert, but like Stafford can get a go, you know, depending on the matchup, if they're going to be a little more pass heavy.
00:20:09
Lord Hinkie
I think going to be week to week.
00:20:17
Dakota Zeigler
Devontae is a guy you can never count out, like not a, you know, Puka is the number one there, but you just can't forget about Devontae there.
00:20:18
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:20:26
Lord Hinkie
Yeah. The Green Bay Packers looked awesome as a football team, I would say, in general, but their offense also looked really good.
00:20:28
Damien
Thank you.
00:20:33
Lord Hinkie
Jordan Love played well. Josh Jacobs did well. Spread the ball around. There really wasn't one pass catcher that you stood above the rest, but just the pack and the defense looked great against the Detroit.
00:20:45
Lord Hinkie
I also think Detroit looked a little lackluster, to say the least. But Damian, are your thoughts on this Green Bay team?
00:20:54
Damien
Yeah, I thought they looked great. I always wasn't sure on this offense. I'm not a Jordan Love guy. That's very well known. And I wasn't very high on this receiver room. And it kind of showed that way.
00:21:05
Damien
But they got the job done. And that offense just looked fluid all game. Whatever they drew up worked. And like Lions, like you said, came out slow and they weren't like the Lions we expect, but they're without Ben Johnson now.
00:21:21
Damien
So is this what the Detroit Lions are or did the Packers actually like have this good of a game plan going in? Because that offense was really good and like no one got too many touches and no one like blew up, but this was a really effective offense.
00:21:36
Damien
And then Micah Parsons, what do you expect? Game wrecker.
00:21:39
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, definitely a game wrecker. Zig, go ahead.
00:21:44
Dakota Zeigler
Matt LaFleur is a great head coach and is a guy that can utilize the players the way they need to be.
00:21:53
Dakota Zeigler
So you got Josh Jacobs, who if they need to run the ball, they can pound the ball. You got Jaden Reed, who can kind of do it all, almost like a Debo Samuel type. You got the deep guy in Golden. You got Dobbs, who's a pretty solid wide receiver who's underrated.
00:22:10
Dakota Zeigler
I don't think Green Bay and LeFleur get the love that they should in, like Damian said, in like the game plan everything. They always are...
00:22:22
Dakota Zeigler
i don't kind of forgotten about, kind of on the back burner in that aspect. So they're a team I think we need to watch out for. They're, you know, contender. They really are.
00:22:32
Lord Hinkie
Next up here, Geno Smith played pretty well for there for the Raiders against a pretty decent Patriots offense. Obviously, Brock Bowers in that game had a pretty good game until he went down with that knee injury.
00:22:45
Lord Hinkie
To be determined now, the severity of that. But Geno Smith played well. I think he's just going to be a decent QB for the rest of the season. Damian, are thoughts?
00:22:54
Damien
Yeah, I added him to this list because I was watching this game, and he only had one bad throw all game, and he tried to get Brock the ball in double coverage. I get it. It's Brock, but you can't throw it in double coverage like that. But the entire game, Geno Smith was lights out.
00:23:09
Damien
Lights out until that one ball. But other than that, he he looked like a top-seven quarterback. processing and we didn't, none of us think the offensive line is great.
00:23:21
Damien
He made it work. And I know that the Patriots defense, you know, isn't anything special, but like he looked really good with not a lot of weapons. So I just thought he was a a good person to throw in here to get some love, maybe someone to acquire in your fantasy leagues.
00:23:35
Lord Hinkie
Oh, baby.
00:23:38
Dakota Zeigler
That's got to rely on for me. That's relies on Brock's injury. If it's anything major, I'm not going with Geno Smith with just Jacoby Myers. You know, they get it.
00:23:48
Lord Hinkie
Understandable.
00:23:50
Dakota Zeigler
and Not with the Raiders.
00:23:50
Damien
Well, we don't like Trey Tucker there?
00:23:51
Damien
Come on.
00:23:53
Dakota Zeigler
yeah I mean, Thornton over Trey.
00:23:56
Damien
Deep cut, I'm a Trey Tucker guy. Deep cut, I'm a Trey Tucker guy.
00:24:01
Lord Hinkie
That's another podcast. Anyways, moving on to the bads here.
00:24:03
Damien
Yeah.
00:24:05
Lord Hinkie
There's a lot of bads here in week one. i have it, first off, just the Bengals. Shocker, the Bengals started off slow. I mean, offense did not look good.
00:24:15
Lord Hinkie
i think the Cleveland Browns defense pretty good, and they always play well against the Bengals. But, I mean, this offense just completely shut down. the only guy who had a decent game was Chase Brown.
00:24:25
Lord Hinkie
and it's only because he had a touchdown. Jamar Chase did nothing. Barrow did nothing. Teagan did nothing. Noah Fant was the the top receiving option for this offense. That can't happen.
00:24:36
Lord Hinkie
That can't happen. With the names you have on this ah offense, it can't happen. Any qualms?
00:24:42
Damien
Yeah, this was really gross. Somehow the Bengals escaped losing a game. so I think they had like 12 yards in the second half.
00:24:48
Lord Hinkie
I don't know how.
00:24:51
Damien
And will the Browns be doing Browns things and losing games that they should win?
00:24:55
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, they're browning all over themselves.
00:24:57
Damien
Yeah, unreal. Yeah, but the Bengals stunk.
00:24:59
Dakota Zeigler
and
00:25:01
Damien
Bad.
00:25:02
Dakota Zeigler
Little late, Gary. I was laughing at that one. I forgot I had the button. and That was funny.
00:25:05
Lord Hinkie
Too busy giggling to hit me with the... hit me with the boum Another bad I have here is the Texans. I was really looking forward to the Texans start. it's looking like all the offensive line moves that they didn't make this offseason definitely turned into slowing this offense down, look making CJ Stroud look bad.
00:25:27
Lord Hinkie
Nico Collin was invisible. The running game there is non-existent. Very, very disappointing start for this Texans team, Zig. What do you think about these ah Houston Texans? And are we turning around this week or what? Because we'll be talking about that later.
00:25:43
Dakota Zeigler
it's always hard to count out the Texans with Nico Collins, Jaden Higgins. I mean, even Stroud, it's always hard to count them out, but with no O-line, I mean, they, they're going to have to figure something out, especially with no run game either. Honestly, it's, it's, uh, this week against the Bucks, it'll be a tough matchup. I think it's going be a really fun game to watch, but, Damian, what's your thoughts as the resident Texans fan?
00:26:10
Damien
Yeah, was a rough one to watch, especially fantasy-wise. This was a really rough game to watch, too. It was a great defensive battle the entire way. That Texans defense is legit, and I think the Rams is really good, too, but that offensive line does stink.
00:26:26
Damien
It's super bad. I don't know what the Texans are going to do to remedy this throughout the season, but got to do something. I don't know what else they can do, but trade for a guy, maybe, or try and get a pick in the draft because this offensive line sucks.
00:26:42
Lord Hinkie
they mean They need to transition into like a quick hit offense. They need to start doing a bunch of quick, easy hitters that they can just like maneuver down the yeah like
00:26:50
Damien
Yes.
00:26:55
Damien
miami Miami Dolphins offense last year. Quick screens and stuff.
00:26:58
Lord Hinkie
the old like Giants ah offenses with like ah ah Eli Manning. It's like snap, step back, throw.
00:27:04
Damien
but then like But then, like, that turns into, like, a old Big Ben and and
00:27:11
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:27:12
Damien
Antonio Brown, which isn't Nico Collins or Jaden Higgins at all.
00:27:16
Lord Hinkie
No, it's not.
00:27:16
Damien
that They're meant to throw it down the field. And they're going to have to chip guys. They're really going to to find their matchups when they can do it.
00:27:23
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:27:25
Damien
I think they're going to have to strike a lot on first down. that They can't wait until second and third. If you're going to take a shot, I think they're going to have to take it on first down. But they really did suck this week.
00:27:35
Lord Hinkie
I need to get some kind of run game going, too.
00:27:38
Damien
Yeah.
00:27:39
Lord Hinkie
The next bad spot we have is the Miami Dolphins. looked gross, sounded gross, was gross, disgusting to watch. My eyes burned. The only bright spot is Devon Echan, and it's strictly just because he scored a touchdown and he had a bunch of receptions.
00:27:54
Lord Hinkie
the rest his offense stunk. Tua, I think, had three or four total total turnovers, two picks and a fumble. Tyreek Hill was nonexistent. Jalen Waddle didn't do anything.
00:28:05
Lord Hinkie
This team needs to turn around and turn around fast, and I don't think they're going to. Zig.
00:28:11
Dakota Zeigler
A hot take, gross take, but I think da Darren Waller is going to be fantasy relevant relevant when he comes back just because this team sucks so bad and Tua looks so lost without his outlet in Johnnie Smith that I think they're just going to try to force feed Darren Waller as Tua's outlet just because this team sucks.
00:28:34
Dakota Zeigler
So, I mean, cheeky pickup on if you have a spot in fantasy just to see how this first week with him goes, but... It's gross. It is, but that's that's what Tua needs. Tua needs like a ah ah ah guy just to sit there and take it right in the middle.
00:28:49
Lord Hinkie
God, it's so gross.
00:28:51
Lord Hinkie
i don't even know what to say. on. Another bad we have was the Detroit Lions. Slow start there in Green Bay. I think that Green Bay defense is good, and obviously playing in Lambeau is kind of tough.
00:29:04
Lord Hinkie
New offensive coordinator. Slow start to the offense indeed.
00:29:08
Dakota Zeigler
Thank you.
00:29:09
Lord Hinkie
Jameer Gibbs ended up having an okay game because I think he had like 10 receptions or something stupid like that. But other than that, No real production there in that offense. What are you taking away from this game, Damian? And is it just like a wash, slow start here for Detroit?
00:29:24
Damien
Yeah, I'm going to consider it a wash. i I don't think they're bad. I think it's just like poor executions, especially on third downs. And that's going to eat you at the end of the day.
00:29:34
Damien
So I don't think anyone particularly played bad. Obviously, I want to give this coordinator some time before I start casting him to the fire. i just i don't think they're ready to play this week.
00:29:45
Damien
I don't think they were on the same page. Zig, what are your thoughts?
00:29:52
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, I think there's just going to be some learning curves there and ah ah yeah for Detroit. Again, Green Bay is good. They have the consistency in the weapons. There's not many changes in that that team. So it's just going to be learning a new system and figuring out what works for them, I guess.
00:30:11
Dakota Zeigler
I guess kind of what I'm banging on.
00:30:13
Lord Hinkie
I think a very underrated change during the Lions offseason was Frank Ragnow retiring. longtime center there was a staple in their offensive line and like their culture in general.
00:30:20
Dakota Zeigler
that.
00:30:25
Lord Hinkie
Kind of like Jason Kelsey retiring from the Eagles. Obviously, we had a replacement, and I don't know what the replacement is for the Lions, but it feels like that identity was kind of taken away from the Lions when he retired, and they kind of need to find it again.
00:30:39
Lord Hinkie
we'll see if they can figure it out. then another bad spot we have is just offenses in general. I have in here 11 out of the 13 games played on Sunday went under their projected total.
00:30:53
Lord Hinkie
That is astonishing. The only over games on Sunday was the Sunday night football game, which already had the highest over-under for the week, and the Jets-Steelers.
00:31:05
Lord Hinkie
The only two games to go over their projected totals for the week Offenses got off to a slow start. Defenses, I guess, stood up pretty well. But I think in general, was just offenses were kind of boring.
00:31:16
Lord Hinkie
Red zone was kind of boring. And then Damien has a note in here. receiver ones looked grossed week No targets, no production. But Damien, what the heck's going on here, buddy?
00:31:29
Damien
Yeah, for all you gamblers out there like we are, ah this was a really gross week to bet. Because nothing hit. All your parlays you make right before 1 o'clock Sunday trying to find some guys to score some touchdowns, none of them hit this week.
00:31:46
Damien
like You had to get really lucky to hit those this week. Unless you listen to the ZNG Podcast, because have you covered.
00:31:52
Dakota Zeigler
Hey...
00:31:53
Damien
But it it was super gross this week. I put in here Jamar Chase, really gross. AJ Brown, one target, gross. Nico Collins had a pretty gross game.
00:32:05
Damien
Like a lot of the guys, especially in redraft, you drafted in the first round or high-end second round, put up stinkers this week. so it was just kind of gross. And like um I said, I like defensive games, but I feel like this, like a lot of these games weren't even like good defensive games. It was just really bad executed offense, like just pretty poor play all around. And hopefully this picks up so we can all make some more money down the road.
00:32:31
Dakota Zeigler
I want to jump in here quick. And now I did not do any research on this. It's just popped in my brain, but I wonder how many of these teams that did terrible that, you know, had the poor offense, especially with these big wide receivers ones, how many of them didn't play in the preseason?
00:32:48
Dakota Zeigler
That was a conversation we had with something I want to look into. Like, like I know Jamar Chase did play that one week when he played the birds. I don't know if AJ Brown, if Nico Collins played like a lot of these bigger name guys, I don't think they played at all. So is this a byproduct, you you know, fade those wide receivers week one if we see him sit out next year?
00:33:09
Dakota Zeigler
don't know. Something I'll have to look into and report back.
00:33:13
Lord Hinkie
Zig's on some stats there. I think that's a perfect time for us to transition into the week two preview. Zig, even with that transition, let's be a podcast, buddy.
00:33:25
Lord Hinkie
Wow, look at us sweeping that floor away. That's amazing. Thursday night football. Commanders at Green Bay going up against the Packers. Jaden Daniels versus Jordan Love.
00:33:36
Lord Hinkie
I think this is going to be a really good football game. Eileen Green Bay early and probably pretty often. I think it's going to be a sneaky under game with how well the Green Bay defense played in week one and just playing in Lambeau in general.
00:33:50
Lord Hinkie
I think you start your usual players here. You're going to start Jaden Daniels. You're going to start Jordan Love if you have him. Start your Terry. Start your Josh Jacobs. But Damien, I want to go to you.
00:34:00
Lord Hinkie
What are we doing with this running back situation in Washington, buddy? And it's JCM to the moon. Are we victory lapping?
00:34:08
Damien
I kind of put it in here because I wanted to get what you guys do before I start overreacting. me, it's a victory lap time. Here we go.
00:34:18
Lord Hinkie
ha There we go.
00:34:20
Damien
Wow.
00:34:20
Dakota Zeigler
Thank you.
00:34:21
Damien
Guys, I don't get that often in this podcast. So this is a moment.
00:34:24
Lord Hinkie
Oh, sure.
00:34:26
Damien
But i think I think we saw exactly like we said in our Dynasty Gems podcast, this is a guy. And then they traded Brian Robinson Jr. away. And I was like, hey, this is a guy. And then he had a pretty good stat line week one.
00:34:42
Damien
All signs point towards this is a guy in this offense, and I can't ignore it. I'm starting JCM everywhere I have him. Obviously, start your studs first, but like am I going to start Travis Etienne or JCM?
00:34:57
Damien
I'm starting JCM. He's got Jayden Daniels. With that read option, I think think it's gross. but That's like the one point. is I think he's a start over like most of like your second tier of running backs.
00:35:11
Lord Hinkie
Yes, I agree. I agree with that aspect of it. I think he's very startable. My question going into the game was, are they going to give him the Brian Robinson role where he gets all the short yardage carries and he dominates with the touches?
00:35:25
Lord Hinkie
Or is Eckler going to eat into that carry load but also get the receiving work? And it looks like they're just going to split it, Brian Robinson, Eckler, how they did before.
00:35:36
Lord Hinkie
JCM's going to get all the early down short yardage work. Eckler's going to get the third down reception side of things, and that's just how they're going to split it. And if that's how it is, JCM to the moon.
00:35:48
Lord Hinkie
Zake, are your thoughts?
00:35:50
Dakota Zeigler
No, I agree here. I was a little bit worried going into the week as he was projected like fourth on the depth chart or something like that. But I mean, the but exactly, that's the thing.
00:35:58
Lord Hinkie
Never listen to those.
00:36:00
Dakota Zeigler
You don't actually take it into heart until you see it on the field.
00:36:02
Lord Hinkie
Never. Never.
00:36:05
Dakota Zeigler
he proved he earned a spot there. So yeah, I think his wheels up.
00:36:10
Damien
Guys, I won't have to shove Nico Collins down your throat too much longer.
00:36:14
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, we have another guy.
00:36:15
Damien
JCM's on the way.
00:36:16
Lord Hinkie
We got another guy, man. I have to find mine very soon because I've been throwing out stinkers the past couple years.
00:36:21
Dakota Zeigler
Oh. Yep.
00:36:24
Lord Hinkie
You guys remember Jalen Polk? Anyways,
00:36:26
Dakota Zeigler
oh
00:36:28
Lord Hinkie
are we are we throwing out any Green Bay wide receiver or are we just playing Tucker Craft and calling it a day?
00:36:34
Damien
Yep. Tucker Craft and it's it's a day.
00:36:34
Dakota Zeigler
yeah
00:36:36
Damien
We still don't know what we got there.
00:36:36
Lord Hinkie
yeah just Yeah, we have no idea. I like Golden for the future, but yeah I do think Eckler is a sneaky play. The only reason I say that because Jameer gets had 10 receptions last week as a running back.
00:36:49
Lord Hinkie
If this game ends up being where green Bay's favorited and then yeah Washington has to play like the comeback side of things, I think Eckler might get some receptions, but even that it's like a DFS play. If anything, moving on here, Browns at the Ravens.
00:37:04
Lord Hinkie
I think it's another sneaky low scoring game for week two. I mean, it just, I, I, If it's not a pummeling by Baltimore, I don't know anything about football. You're starting to Lamar Jackson, starting your Derrick Henry's.
00:37:17
Lord Hinkie
I think Flowers is a good start too, but I think he's going to have a less productive week than he did last week with that high scoring game in Buffalo. But the Brown side of things is where there's a lot of question marks.
00:37:30
Lord Hinkie
And I'm to throw it to my guy Damien here because we have some questions to answer here. The tight end position is a big one. Hailed Fanning. David Njoku both played pretty much similar snap percentages last week.
00:37:45
Lord Hinkie
Fanning had a great week. Njoku did not have a great week and an okay week. What are we making with that tight end room?
00:37:52
Damien
Yeah, I don't know. ah ah I'm pretty sure it was in our group thread all Sunday through the first slate. Where is David Njoku?
00:38:01
Lord Hinkie
Where is he?
00:38:01
Damien
like He was on the field a lot, but you just didn't see him. He almost was non-existent in this offense. And I kept saying, where is he? Because I expect him to get a lot of work here, especially with Joe Flacco under center.
00:38:13
Damien
And Njoku should have been a guy, and he just wasn't. I don't know if this means like Harold Fannin is the new guy now there in Cleveland.
00:38:24
Damien
I don't want to go that far yet, but I was super disappointed in just the work that Njoku saw. Because i didn't even see him on the field. I think we did it earlier. He had like an 84% snap share.
00:38:38
Lord Hinkie
Yep.
00:38:38
Damien
I don't remember seeing him on the field. Like, that's how...
00:38:41
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, only three catches.
00:38:43
Damien
That's how little of an impact he had. So that's my one question this weekend is what is with that tight end room? And are we starting Harold Fannin Jr. now? I still think no, especially this week.
00:38:56
Damien
But something to really keep your eyes on going forward for this offense.
00:39:01
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, I don't know how you feel about it, Zig, but I just don't think this Browns offense is going to be able to produce two tight ends that can play for fantasy, let alone one, let alone another wide receiver in Jerry Judy, who you love, which is what I was going to throw it to you there.
00:39:18
Lord Hinkie
Do we like Jerry Judy this week in a plus game scoring matchup for him? You're expecting him to be down. Brown's go to throw the ball. Are you playing Judy against the Ravens?
00:39:29
Dakota Zeigler
More of a PPR play, if anything. Like I said, they're just going to have to get the ball out there and everything. I like what you said about you this offense not being able to produce for two tight ends.
00:39:40
Dakota Zeigler
That's why you're starting Fanning because Najoku's not a good starting tight end.
00:39:45
Damien
laughter
00:39:47
Dakota Zeigler
Had to throw it in there.
00:39:49
Lord Hinkie
You took my own words and used it against me.
00:39:49
Dakota Zeigler
mean We talked about this. We talked about this right before the pod. Damian and I sat there. We had a whole text thread of where the heck is David and Joku. He played 84% of snaps.
00:39:59
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:40:00
Dakota Zeigler
You couldn't find him on the field.
00:40:01
Lord Hinkie
It's like a where's Waldo.
00:40:03
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah. I think Jerry Judy is not a terrible play if you have to, but I mean, if you could find a better matchup in this game, like you said, I think it's going to be end up being low scoring.
00:40:16
Dakota Zeigler
more More than people realize. So it's kind of just gross.
00:40:19
Lord Hinkie
Yeah. This smells like a 21-7 game.
00:40:21
Dakota Zeigler
Do we talk about...
00:40:24
Dakota Zeigler
I mean, what's your thoughts on Judkins?
00:40:24
Damien
This smells like a Ravens kick in the Browns' butt.
00:40:27
Damien
Don't start Judkins this week. Please don't start him this week. and see.
00:40:30
Lord Hinkie
want I also i wouldn't start any i wouldn't start any Browns running back.
00:40:31
Dakota Zeigler
Do you think he plays this week?
00:40:34
Damien
i don't i don't even i don't even think he plays this week. i think I think he's going to sit this week, but starting next week is when you're going to start seeing him eat into that Jerome Ford role quite a bit.
00:40:37
Dakota Zeigler
and so That was my my question.
00:40:47
Lord Hinkie
I think he'll be active. I don't know how much he plays.
00:40:50
Damien
Yes. Yeah, that.
00:40:53
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, but i I personally would just let that running back room. I'm not starting any Brown running back. I don't care who their name is. I don't care how many catches Dylan Sampson gets. I don't care.
00:41:07
Damien
That was
00:41:10
Lord Hinkie
Rams at Titans. Ew, gross.
00:41:15
Lord Hinkie
I'm not starting any Tennessee Titan. I don't care who their name is. Epic I. You mean, I love Damien. I love seven targets. Amazing. But he's a second option in a Titans ah offense with cam board so far who looks like he kind of stinks.
00:41:31
Lord Hinkie
I, as of now, I don't want any tennis Titan. And do you agree?
00:41:38
Damien
Thank you for bringing up my point about Epic IU Manor, who fantasy footballers, we're after you. We're still coming with the lawyers. We just got to get the money around first, because right now it's just me and I'm dumb.
00:41:51
Dakota Zeigler
Speaking of which, time for an ad. oh no
00:41:54
Damien
yeah
00:41:54
Lord Hinkie
I can do better health.
00:41:57
Damien
No, but...
00:41:57
Lord Hinkie
to
00:41:58
Lord Hinkie
and
00:41:59
Damien
So we say, like, it's it's gross now. Like, we don't want anything to do with this Titans offense right now. But, like, going forward, I think this was a big indicator for like, especially, like, later this year, next year, when Calvin Ridley isn't there, it's going to be IU Manor. If he sees seven targets week one, you know that Cam Ward likes him.
00:42:21
Damien
So, wheels up to one of my guys.
00:42:24
Lord Hinkie
Yeah. Our guys.
00:42:26
Damien
But I think this is...
00:42:26
Lord Hinkie
Throw me in there.
00:42:28
Damien
Was this an hour guy?
00:42:30
Lord Hinkie
Oh, yeah. I had him as, like, my receiver for that year.
00:42:33
Damien
That year. That was last year. Yeah, me too.
00:42:35
Lord Hinkie
Shut up.
00:42:37
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
00:42:38
Damien
No, but this is a wait and see on that Titans offense. We know they're going to stink this year. That's no surprise. But like I'm just looking for any sort of sign with either Cam Ward, Epic IU Manor,
00:42:50
Damien
Like this is what we want to see, especially coming from week one where they played the Broncos and he got seven targets against the Broncos. That's pretty good. I'd like to say, ah especially for a rookie week one.
00:42:59
Lord Hinkie
Pretty good.
00:43:02
Damien
Love that his numbers weren't so great. I think it was like three for seven for like 24 yards, something like that. But like good signs that he's at least looking his way. So that's the only bright spot I found in the Titans play this past weekend.
00:43:17
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, Dynasty outlook looks pretty good there in Tennessee, especially for Epic. Zig, Ram side of things. We're starting Puka, we're starting Kyron, starting Stafford probably.
00:43:28
Lord Hinkie
And your Devontae call, probably going to be a pretty good option this week. are your thoughts?
00:43:33
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, i i I would definitely be starting all my Rams this week. Titans defense isn't that great. Puka is definitely the one number one there. I think Devontae is still solid. I think a lot of people are going to be counting him out, and I think he's going to have a bunch of solid weeks up there.
00:43:50
Dakota Zeigler
A higher-end wide receiver, too, there that people are kind of discounting. Most weeks, not all weeks, though. Yeah. the Cam Ward, though. i You know, the first half of the Broncos game, you know, and I'm watching that first half pretty intently.
00:44:06
Dakota Zeigler
Cam Ward looked... Didn't look bad, though.
00:44:10
Lord Hinkie
No, he did not look bad.
00:44:10
Dakota Zeigler
I think you guys are... I think you guys are kind of discounting him. I think at this point, he's a better football player than a fantasy player. Like, not picking up fantasy-wise. But he didn't look like a rookie to me. Not in that first half. He came out slinging that ball, making some good reads.
00:44:26
Dakota Zeigler
You know, I think this guy is going to have a
00:44:30
Dakota Zeigler
Not a great career, but I think he's going to have an above average career, especially a long one if he could play that the way he did. so Definitely a guy I'd like to see.
00:44:42
Dakota Zeigler
you know he needs more weapons around him to become fantasy relevant, I think is the biggest thing right now.
00:44:49
Dakota Zeigler
don't know. I kind of liked what I saw out of him.
00:44:50
Lord Hinkie
he He needs a lot. He needs some weapons. He needs a new head coach. He needs a new off offensive line. He needs experience.
00:45:01
Lord Hinkie
think the Cam Ward show is like a year to two to three away, depending on how long they give that Brian Callahan leash for. I don't think it's going to be too long.
00:45:10
Lord Hinkie
But – I did like what I see from came award, but I don't think he's going to be fantasy relevant the entire year at all.
00:45:18
Dakota Zeigler
No,
00:45:18
Dakota Zeigler
and
00:45:18
Lord Hinkie
Dynasty.
00:45:19
Lord Hinkie
Yeah. Dynasty outlook, I think looks fine, but fantasy this season, I don't think he's playable anywhere.
00:45:24
Dakota Zeigler
I guess that's what I was going for. Like, it's the more of a longevity. Like, definitely not playing him this year. Not with that team.
00:45:30
Lord Hinkie
Yes.
00:45:30
Dakota Zeigler
Not with what's going on. But, like, longevity. I don't think he's going to be. Like, if you could buy him low this year, think he'd be a nice hold.
00:45:40
Lord Hinkie
Yeah. Yeah, I agree. Bears at Lions. I think this has to be a bounce back for the Detroit Lions and really for ma mainly for the offense, but team in general.
00:45:53
Lord Hinkie
I think Sun God has a bounce back week. Jameer Gibbs is obviously going to be fine. Laporta I even like this week. I think golf's a fine play. David Montgomery might be a sneaky play. I don't know how much I love it because it looked like Gibbs got most of the work week one.
00:46:09
Lord Hinkie
But I think ah ah definitely a bounce back there for Detroit. then for the Chicago side of things, you're starting your Kalebs, I think. for the most part. Swift was a fine play. And then the DJ Moore-Dunze situation.
00:46:23
Lord Hinkie
Zig, I wanted to ask you about this. do Obviously, if you have them, you're probably playing whoever you do have, but who do you like more fantasy-wise for the rest of the season? DJ Moore Roman Dunze?
00:46:37
Dakota Zeigler
If you would have asked me a couple weeks ago, I'd probably say DJ Moore. But more and more, I find myself liking Odunze. He had an underrated year last year.
00:46:44
Lord Hinkie
Mm-hmm.
00:46:48
Dakota Zeigler
wouldn't even say underrated. like I think he's kind of was what people expected out of him.
00:46:52
Lord Hinkie
It was fine.
00:46:53
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
00:46:54
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:46:55
Dakota Zeigler
But the underlying statistics, I've seen a lot of underlying statistics on and deep dives people have been doing on Roman Dunsay. And I think he's going to be a guy.
00:47:05
Dakota Zeigler
ah ah He's a guy I was trying to buy, you know, hard to buy because a lot of people saw what I was seeing. But I think he has a good report with Kaleeb. It's going to keep building because Kaleeb and Roman Dunsay are the future of the Bears.
00:47:22
Dakota Zeigler
It'd be Rome, Luther Burden, Colson Loveland, who Caleb's throwing to. DJ Moore, I mean, he got the big bag of money, and he's a fantastic player, but I think they'd be okay moving on from him if they need to.
00:47:39
Dakota Zeigler
Rome is a guy I think they're going to focus on to kind of prime to take over that role. I guess is what I should say. so I'm wheels up. and Even for this year, redraft, I'm probably starting Rome over DJ Moore if I had both.
00:47:56
Lord Hinkie
I agree with you there. Damian, speaking of guys ready to take over the reins, Colston Loveland and Colt Komet were battling for the tight end one position in Chicago.
00:48:07
Lord Hinkie
Early on, it looks like Komet's still the number one guy. He got 90% of the snap shares, only had the one catch, but Loveland only played like 50% of snaps, two catches, really wasn't productive at all.
00:48:20
Lord Hinkie
How many more weeks do you think we get of this? And how soon until Loveland takes over this job and becomes a factor in this offense?
00:48:28
Damien
Yeah, that was the one big question I had this week. like That was my one takeaway from this game is we all love Loveland coming out. It was just, what is his snap share going to be?
00:48:39
Damien
and it was kind gross. I think it starts to turn around. But is he going to be fantasy relevant this year for the Chicago Bears?
00:48:51
Damien
I don't know. i would lean no
00:48:55
Lord Hinkie
I think it would take a commit injury for that to happen.
00:48:58
Damien
Yes. Like Komet's still good. Like people forget, like they drafted Loveland high, but Komet's still a good tight end.
00:49:05
Lord Hinkie
He's a good NFL.
00:49:05
Damien
Like he would start almost anywhere else.
00:49:05
Dakota Zeigler
Mm-hmm.
00:49:06
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:49:09
Damien
Yes. He's a great NFL tight end.
00:49:09
Lord Hinkie
yeah
00:49:11
Damien
But I just don't know where we're going to get. And it's it's kind of weird. It's kind of gross. Because like if you drafted him, especially in some of our crazy leagues where you start two tight ends, like you're going to start Loveland.
00:49:23
Damien
But is he actually going to do anything for you? I don't know. um So that's just one question I had coming in. was What does Loveland play here? um um and I don't even think they're looking the tight ends way that much.
00:49:37
Damien
Like, and for Ben Johnson, that's surprising with how good used Sam Recorder.
00:49:41
Lord Hinkie
True. Those Warren over Loveland picks to start those rookie seasons looking pretty good, huh, Zig? Go ahead, say it.
00:49:48
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, it was.
00:49:50
Lord Hinkie
Go ahead.
00:49:52
Dakota Zeigler
i can't right now.
00:49:52
Damien
Don't back down now.
00:49:53
Lord Hinkie
Anyways, moving on here.
00:49:54
Damien
Don't back down now.
00:49:55
Lord Hinkie
Bill's. Bills at Jets. Probably one of the weirdest football games we've seen. i think we talked about already. Steelers-Jets. Is this Jets offense legit?
00:50:06
Lord Hinkie
Or is that just like a wash, complete game for Pittsburgh? I'm voting on a wash. Even though the Bills defense did look very poor against the Ravens, It was the Ravens. It was Derrick Henry. It was Lamar Jackson.
00:50:20
Lord Hinkie
This is Justin Fields and Breeze Hall. Let's remember that. I think Damien said it here perfectly in our notes. Jets come back to earth, and he doesn't like anybody to play there for for him this week. So, Damien, are we playing any Jets, buddy?
00:50:34
Damien
Absolutely not. You got them week one if you had them. Sell them if you got them. is Is this a saying? you You're outside a bar and you hear someone say, smoke them if you got them. Same deal here at the Schiff's offense. You want to smoke them if you got them. Get them off your team. Get them out of your paycheck.
00:50:50
Damien
You don't want nothing to do with them the rest of the year. They had one good week, which is what we were hoping for. So their fantasy value is higher. Now you sell.
00:50:58
Lord Hinkie
Yep, exactly. Zig, with that being said, are we playing Garrett Wilson this week? How do you feel about fields if you have like those super flex leagues?
00:51:08
Lord Hinkie
Is he startable for you? Brace Hall, ew.
00:51:14
Dakota Zeigler
i I agree with the sell them if you have them. But I think with this team and the way they ran the play action, i I'm going to be the odd guy out on this podcast.
00:51:27
Dakota Zeigler
I'm going to play him until they let me down. And that may be this week that that could very well happen this week. But I'm going to play Garrett Wilson, Brees Hall, and Justin Fields until they let me down.
00:51:41
Dakota Zeigler
Damian, if i I battled playing Bryce Young against you, i wanted to beat you with Bryce Young. If I were stuck to my guts to play Justin Fields, I would have beat you in the fantasy league.
00:51:52
Dakota Zeigler
I was going to send you the meme, who's your daddy now? And then I looked and saw that I lost to you and did not send that.
00:51:55
Lord Hinkie
that
00:51:58
Dakota Zeigler
And yeah. But yeah, it looked good. You're muted, Damien.
00:52:02
Damien
Who's your daddy? Say it.
00:52:04
Dakota Zeigler
yeah
00:52:04
Damien
who Who's your daddy?
00:52:06
Dakota Zeigler
We're one and one right now. We're one and one. We're tied. So...
00:52:10
Damien
But what I want to say post-production when you get to this, Zig, we need an EW button so we can just do the EW and move on.
00:52:17
Lord Hinkie
Ew.
00:52:19
Damien
EW!
00:52:21
Dakota Zeigler
you or gross or something like that.
00:52:21
Lord Hinkie
Love that.
00:52:23
Dakota Zeigler
I love that idea.
00:52:23
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, that'd be amazing. Bill's side of things. that being said, I think I agree. I think Wilson might be an okay start just because that Bill's secondary looks pretty poor.
00:52:34
Dakota Zeigler
And, and with the target share, great PPR.
00:52:34
Lord Hinkie
But other than that, yeah, kind of have to start Wilson. I'd probably sit Hall if I could, but you probably can't. Fields, if super flexed, you don't have any options, sure.
00:52:46
Lord Hinkie
Bill's side of things. Obviously, Josh Allen's a stud. I think we get a bounce back game for James Cook here. only reason he produced the week one is because the touchdown.
00:52:55
Lord Hinkie
I think kenni Keon Coleman is a guy. i i said it during the offseason. I think he's emerging as his wide receiver one here and in Buffalo, and week one showed that. Obviously, had the fluke touchdown where it, like, tipped to him in the end zone, sure. But even before that, he was dominating downfield targets, and I want that guy for Josh Allen.
00:53:16
Lord Hinkie
Kinkade and Shakur, both good options as well. Kinkade had a touchdown, four catches. Shakur, I think, i had like six catches. If this ah offense can keep producing, which I think it will with Josh Allen, you're going to want all the assets.
00:53:29
Lord Hinkie
Damien, any qualms?
00:53:32
Damien
I know Keon Colen had a good week. Is it still gross that I don't think he's a good wide receiver? I think it's just he's the only one there.
00:53:39
Dakota Zeigler
I
00:53:42
Damien
understand like that might be like hot, but like I'm not saying he didn't.
00:53:42
Lord Hinkie
He is... He made some good catches Sunday night.
00:53:47
Damien
I'm just saying he might be the only wide receiver there. like i expected a lot more from Shakir.
00:53:52
Dakota Zeigler
thought you were Shakir guy.
00:53:54
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, I thought you were Shakir guy.
00:53:54
Damien
I am, and I was disappointed.
00:53:56
Damien
I was very disappointed. I think he's coming back from injury, so he's like a slower start for Shakir, but like i still don't like Keon Coleman.
00:53:59
Dakota Zeigler
I thought
00:54:05
Dakota Zeigler
No, was not in on Keon last year.
00:54:06
Damien
And like maybe he can turn me around, but.
00:54:10
Dakota Zeigler
I was not in on Keon last year, but like Gary and I brought up, I think right before the season started, like we're both in on Keon Coleman. He was the guy that can take a jump in this offense.
00:54:20
Dakota Zeigler
You know, he's the only guy that can become a true alpha. I mean, he's on the trajectory to hit that. Like he can be the guy there, you know, the dominant wide receiver.
00:54:32
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah. I'm not a Kincaid guy. I mean, he's fine. i but I don't see him being dominant in that offense. Yeah.
00:54:39
Lord Hinkie
I agree. i agree. And I'm a, I am also a Kincaid guy. i don't think he's going to be able to dominate that team and take over the target share that like Keon Coleman can.
00:54:51
Dakota Zeigler
If Kinkade could have done it, if Kinkade could have done it, he would have done it before now.
00:54:52
Lord Hinkie
And I think Keon Coleman's talented.
00:54:58
Dakota Zeigler
Like, he had last year when Keon Coleman wasn't anything. Keon Coleman took the step up. Kinkade didn't. I mean, Dawson Knox was still more relevant than Kinkade was last year. Hot take.
00:55:10
Damien
But brings us back to the point for tight ends going in. like We got spoiled with Brock Bowers and Trey McBride and LaSam Laporta where they show out year one.
00:55:18
Dakota Zeigler
Laporta. Laporta.
00:55:23
Damien
Why not give this guy a little bit of time? He's with Josh Allen after all. Give him a little bit of time. Like three, four years. Like what we're used to with tight ends. Like, you draft these guys, you expect them to be on your bench for a while, and then three years down the road, guess what? They're superstars for you.
00:55:40
Damien
Where is that mindset anymore? And are we just, like, fanning these guys who were drafted really high, have all the intangibles, have all the physicals, and just because they don't produce here, one, we're like, oh, they bust.
00:55:53
Dakota Zeigler
So Damien, are you giving Kyle Pitts that? Because he's on your four.
00:55:58
Lord Hinkie
Mm-hmm.
00:55:59
Damien
Brother, I told you it was draft stock and capital. I always liked Kyle Pitts. it was The stock market value was always really gross.
00:56:10
Damien
Let's not get into that today.
00:56:10
Dakota Zeigler
I
00:56:11
Damien
Junior, let's move us on from that real quick.
00:56:13
Dakota Zeigler
But I see what you're saying with like giving him time. And I'm not saying he can't take a step up, but I just don't see Kincaid ever being elite. where I could see Keon Coleman pushing a top-end wide receiver.
00:56:25
Damien
Pitts has never been elite. you You just want a tight end one?
00:56:27
Dakota Zeigler
No, no, no, not going to pits.
00:56:29
Damien
Pitts is your guy. Tight end 13 every year.
00:56:32
Dakota Zeigler
But look, I'm more on Tucker Craft.
00:56:33
Damien
Let's go.
00:56:37
Dakota Zeigler
Let's go that route. I love it. I love getting used to But the Tucker Craft route,
00:56:40
Damien
Let's move on. Let's move on.
00:56:41
Dakota Zeigler
Luke Musgraves was drafted over Tucker Craft. Tucker Craft is the guy. He's the dominant. He's the clear wide receiver one on a team that has half-decent wide receivers.
00:56:53
Dakota Zeigler
they can do it, they're going to do it more often than not now.
00:56:53
Damien
move on.
00:56:56
Lord Hinkie
Hold hold on, hold on. We're talking about Luke Musgrave right now.
00:57:00
Damien
Yeah, I was going to say that.
00:57:00
Lord Hinkie
What are we doing?
00:57:01
Damien
That's gross. You went on a weird tangent there, and I hate how much we're saying the word dominant.
00:57:02
Lord Hinkie
Anyways.
00:57:05
Damien
Let's let let's move away from that.
00:57:06
Lord Hinkie
and Anyways, let's bring it back to reality. Listeners, don't worry. I am still here. I will keep this podcast moving. With that being said, the New York Giants are going to Dallas to play the Cowgirls.
00:57:19
Lord Hinkie
Gross. Ew. This is when that thing would pop up again. Dak and CD, I think, are fine plays. They're just going to, you know, tag team each other and finish off the season like they always do. Leave that in.
00:57:31
Lord Hinkie
I might pump the brakes on Javante Williams. I am pumping the brakes on Javante Williams. The Giants defensive front, I think, is pretty good for the most part.
00:57:42
Lord Hinkie
I am I'm not going to play my Javante's I'm not gonna you know think he's gonna score two touchdowns like he did last week against the birds and giant side of things ill gross nasty disgusting neighbors just because you have to Damien qualms
00:57:58
Damien
Uh-uh, you're perfect. I'm not saying anything on what you just said.
00:58:01
Lord Hinkie
good zig
00:58:04
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, the Javante thing made me happy week Miles Sanders is trash. let Just let it all be known. But it's not going to happen again, especially not against. We talked about this before. Damian brought this up.
00:58:16
Dakota Zeigler
The giant defensive line is low key solid.
00:58:21
Damien
dirty.
00:58:21
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, it's.
00:58:22
Damien
Dirty.
00:58:22
Lord Hinkie
gee j JCM made him look pretty nasty last night.
00:58:26
Dakota Zeigler
I don't think it happens again. don't think it happens again.
00:58:31
Lord Hinkie
I agree. i also think JCMs are way better on Emac.
00:58:33
Damien
They were also worried about a mobile quarterback. Yeah.
00:58:36
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:58:36
Dakota Zeigler
Yep.
00:58:37
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
00:58:37
Dakota Zeigler
Yep.
00:58:37
Dakota Zeigler
So it is going to be throw Pickens.
00:58:38
Lord Hinkie
that's
00:58:38
Lord Hinkie
That's the take right there. That's the take.
00:58:44
Dakota Zeigler
Ferg again. Dak loves his Ferg. If you need a tight end, especially with a lot of injuries with Kittle and Brock Bowers down, Ferguson, CD and Pickens.
00:58:48
Lord Hinkie
Yeah. Yeah.
00:58:52
Lord Hinkie
Fergie bad.
00:58:54
Damien
Can we get a Fergalicious soundbite? Like that song? Yeah. And it's just real quick and you cut it and that's it.
00:59:02
Lord Hinkie
Honestly, i can probably get McKenzie to do that for us. Anyways, 49ers at the New Orleans Saints.
00:59:04
Damien
Let's go.
00:59:08
Lord Hinkie
Babe, I'm doing a podcast. Focus.
00:59:10
Dakota Zeigler
yeah
00:59:11
Lord Hinkie
George Kittle is officially on IR.
00:59:11
Dakota Zeigler
you
00:59:13
Lord Hinkie
He'll be out at least four weeks with a hamstring injury. CMC's a stud. He got all the work. Ricky Pierce also stud. We already talked about these guys. think the one thing we have to talk about in San Fran is Purdy's injury.
00:59:27
Lord Hinkie
And if it's going to be, you know, he going to be out this week? Is he going to be slow? shoulder injury and I think of like a toe or something else and also Tungus the backup tight end that came in for San Francisco looked pretty good in second half there I think had three four catches and a touchdown which like was a really nice catch is he just going to be a plug and play if you have Kittle and now he's on your IR pick up Tungus and play him Zig what are your thoughts you're the Kittle guy
00:59:55
Dakota Zeigler
I am the Kittle guy. i don't know. I don't know much about this Tongue-tongue-toss guy. i think if I could find anyone else, I'm probably playing them.
01:00:05
Dakota Zeigler
I mean, if you are a too tight and starting two tight ends in a deep league, sure, why not swing for the fences, especially with not many other weapons?
01:00:05
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, yeah
01:00:09
Damien
you
01:00:16
Dakota Zeigler
But, I mean, there's going to be other tight ends on your waiver wire I'd play over him.
01:00:21
Lord Hinkie
I agree. I do think he's an option for those two tight ends. And honestly, I don't hate the matchup here against new Orleans. you have to play in my wood, if you have no one else there on the waiver wire, but you probably do when you're white one tight end leaks.
01:00:35
Lord Hinkie
The Saint side of things, you're going to play Kamara if you have him. I think Juwan Jennings is a pretty good start.
01:00:39
Dakota Zeigler
Thank you.
01:00:41
Lord Hinkie
He was Rattler's favorite target there in week one. think he got like seven catches. I think Juwan Jennings is a good play there. Now, with that being said, he's going to play up against Fred Warner, which is probably one of the best linebackers in the game.
01:00:54
Lord Hinkie
Is he going to do it again? i don't know. Chris Alave is okay, but I don't love him. Damien, first off, are here with us, buddy? No, he's not. Okay, so Zig, what are your thoughts on the Saints here, and do we like anybody?
01:01:06
Dakota Zeigler
I don't know. It's ugly. The Saints looked awful. The quarterbacks stink.
01:01:16
Dakota Zeigler
I mean, ja John.
01:01:16
Lord Hinkie
Ill gross, and we move on?
01:01:17
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, I mean, John John Johnson needs to be brought up, I guess. Just in the tight end landscape, I think think he's the number one tight end. Number two. I don't He's up there.
01:01:30
Dakota Zeigler
He's seen a lot of work. he's Again, that quarterback's favorite friendly target, just being nice and close.
01:01:30
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
01:01:39
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah. i Gross. Move on. I don't even want to talk about it anymore. Yeah.
01:01:44
Lord Hinkie
All right. So Patriots at Dolphins and down to Miami. Give me all the give me the Pats all day. I think the Pats are winning this game outright. I'm shocked that the Miami Dolphins are favorite in this game. I think the Patriots take this thing all day.
01:01:58
Lord Hinkie
I think the Dolphins are just a ticking time bomb down there in Miami. And I don't know if that head coach gets fired this year, but they're going to have to make some big wholesale changes down there in Miami if they actually want to turn the ship around the Dolphins. I think I only like a Chan and that's it. i don't know how you guys feel. Do you have any qualms with that?
01:02:16
Damien
no qualms
01:02:18
Dakota Zeigler
I really don't.
01:02:18
Lord Hinkie
No qualms. Can't trust any of those wide receivers until Tua can turn it around, but we'll see. And then the Patriots side of things, May, I think is a pretty good streamable option this week in your redrafts leagues. If you need a QB, I'd pick up Drake May.
01:02:33
Lord Hinkie
Trayvon Henderson, I think is a great start. Damian will talk about him later. And then it's kind of take your pick at wide receiver. Booty had a good week, week one. Demario Douglas scored the touchdown. Hunter Henry had a decent week. But I think it's going to be kind of pick your poison there with the wide receivers until they turn it around. But give me all the Drake May.
Wide Receiver Debates and Bengals' Bounce-Back
01:02:51
Lord Hinkie
Give me all the Trayvon Henderson.
01:02:53
Lord Hinkie
Zig, what's takeaways?
01:02:55
Dakota Zeigler
Damien, are we on on the same wide receiver here? Because I know who would I'd be taking.
01:03:02
Dakota Zeigler
Are you there?
01:03:05
Damien
Where do you want me to go, man?
01:03:06
Dakota Zeigler
There you go What? I mean, Patriots wide receiver. I'm taking Douglas, dude.
01:03:12
Damien
To Mario Douglas? Yeah!
01:03:13
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, he's the answer.
01:03:14
Damien
Yeah!
01:03:15
Dakota Zeigler
Take your pick. He's the answer.
01:03:17
Dakota Zeigler
He's the most consistent guy out there.
01:03:17
Lord Hinkie
It's fair.
01:03:18
Lord Hinkie
Slot guy, PPR guy.
01:03:20
Dakota Zeigler
Yep.
01:03:21
Lord Hinkie
Don't hate it. Don't hate it. I think I'd take the shot on a little booty.
01:03:25
Damien
little bootie!
01:03:25
Dakota Zeigler
Gotta get little tap-tap.
01:03:27
Lord Hinkie
yeah Ain't nothing wrong with a little booty. All right, move on. Jacksonville Jaguars go into Cincinnati to take on the Bengals. I think this is going to be a little cheeky high-scoring game. Definite bounce-back game for the Cincinnati Bengals and that entire offense.
01:03:43
Lord Hinkie
Start up your whole – every Cincy. Burrow, Jamar Chase, Chase Brown, T. Higgins. only question there is, are we playing Noah Fant? Like, is he a thing? Is he – Is he a streamable tight end?
01:03:56
Lord Hinkie
Is he the number one tight end there in Cincinnati? It's just, it's so weird.
01:04:01
Dakota Zeigler
I mean, they did the same thing with Gasicki. When he came over last year, he was kind of the guy. They saw a lot of work.
01:04:08
Lord Hinkie
And he disappeared.
01:04:10
Dakota Zeigler
It's just how the Bengals' offense is. Yeah. ah Maybe a, you know, best ball guy, you know, do your DFS plays just because you can have a, you can always have a big week with them, but I'm staying away.
01:04:17
Lord Hinkie
Cheeky.
01:04:23
Lord Hinkie
Yep. Ninja.
01:04:26
Damien
there's any week for Jamar Chase to drop 200 yards, it's this week.
01:04:30
Lord Hinkie
Bada bing, bada boom.
01:04:31
Damien
And then you're going to see Travis on our defense a lot more, and then my bet's looking a lot better.
01:04:35
Lord Hinkie
Heck yeah, buddy.
01:04:36
Damien
I think they get absolutely schooled here by the Bengals right receiver.
01:04:40
Damien
Big game for all Bengals right receivers this week.
01:04:43
Lord Hinkie
All the Burrow overs, all the Jamar Chase overs, T. Higgins, all of them. yeah Honestly, I might not play Chase Brown just because I think they're going to throw the ball so much.
01:04:47
Damien
Yes.
01:04:52
Lord Hinkie
But if you have Chase Brown, you have to play him. Jacksonville side of things, they just traded away Tank Bigsby to the Philadelphia Eagles for like a two late round picks, showing that ETN is probably going to be the guy and that they like the Bashal tootin to be a very serviceable backup there at ETN and probably get some workload in there as well.
01:05:12
Lord Hinkie
You're probably playing ETN just because you think he's going to catch some passes. Two in, you're just stashing to see what happens. But wide receiver-wise, you've got to think Brian Thomas comes back and has a bounce-back game here.
01:05:23
Lord Hinkie
And I still like Travis Hunter as a startable option. I think he's going to have a lot of catches. Week one, i think he had six catches but only like 33 yards. That's kind of going to be his game, I think, to start the year. Just get him the ball, see what happens.
01:05:34
Lord Hinkie
So we'll see if he can turn it around. But Zig as the other Jacksonville Jaguar guy. What are your thoughts on this team, buddy?
01:05:42
Dakota Zeigler
yeah Was hoping to see a lot more out of Trevor Lawrence in the first game there. Love seeing ETN, you know. But here's the name in the running back room you need to pay attention to.
01:05:53
Dakota Zeigler
LaQuint Allen. He out-snapped Bayshall Tootin in that first game. i He's an underrated guy. ETN, I don't know, makes it there much longer. i like ETN, but he's not the long-term play for the Jags.
01:06:09
Dakota Zeigler
LaQuint Allen's a very good pass catcher as well. So...
01:06:12
Lord Hinkie
Are
01:06:12
Damien
Hang on, hang on, hang on. Don't let him get away with that, Junior. Don't let him get away with that.
01:06:16
Lord Hinkie
you talking about my seventh round pick, LeQuint Allen?
01:06:20
Damien
No, we passed over. He just said that Etienne isn't a guy. Did we just cross over that real quick?
01:06:26
Dakota Zeigler
Long-term. A long-term guy.
01:06:28
Lord Hinkie
Oh, he did say long term.
01:06:29
Dakota Zeigler
Like the Dynasty.
01:06:31
Damien
The only person you need to be concerned about is darn tootin'.
01:06:31
Dakota Zeigler
Like a... He's not...
01:06:35
Damien
You know what I mean?
01:06:36
Dakota Zeigler
I love that Dave.
01:06:38
Damien
Take that, fantasy footballers.
01:06:38
Dakota Zeigler
That's great.
01:06:44
Lord Hinkie
That was awesome.
01:06:44
Damien
Still a second nickname for one of my guys, you bums.
01:06:47
Lord Hinkie
That's awesome.
01:06:48
Dakota Zeigler
Definitely.
01:06:48
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, they listen to the show.
01:06:49
Dakota Zeigler
definite Definitely playing Brian Thomas.
01:06:49
Lord Hinkie
They have to.
01:06:55
Dakota Zeigler
He's got to have a bounce back. Strange look good though, too. ah Speaking of those tight end leagues.
01:07:00
Lord Hinkie
Strange did the...
01:07:00
Damien
Told you.
01:07:02
Dakota Zeigler
Yep. So definitely a team T law. Again, I'm a T law guy. This is a make a break year for him. This is my insanity play, but he's got a,
01:07:12
Damien
After seven years in the league. That's so funny.
01:07:17
Dakota Zeigler
This is the first real chance
DFS Lineups and Offensive Doubts
01:07:19
Dakota Zeigler
he's had. I mean, he has just been through the ringer, and he has. Look back at the history of everything that's going on. He hasn't had a great wide receiver. This is his time to shine if he can do it.
01:07:30
Dakota Zeigler
So, I mean, it's the same. i mean, we could give Khalid the same excuses. This is his, like, I don't know if I would count last year with the hot mess going on. Like, this is for us to see what Khalid actually is, in my opinion.
01:07:42
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, but it's like Caleb Williams was like 28 years old, not 23. There's a little bit of a difference.
01:07:48
Dakota Zeigler
I mean, fair.
01:07:49
Lord Hinkie
But with that being said, with that being said, i I agree. I like pretty much every fantasy asset in this game. I'd play them. I would love to do like a DFS lineup where I just go back and forth with all these players.
01:08:02
Lord Hinkie
I think this has a chance to be like, uh, like kind of like the 40, 41 game we had Sunday night football. i think it's got a chance to be like 35, 31. It's going be a good game.
01:08:11
Dakota Zeigler
Let it be high scoring, please.
01:08:11
Lord Hinkie
Uh, Seahawks at Pittsburgh Steelers. I have another ill, gross, nasty, gross, nasty, gross game here.
01:08:18
Dakota Zeigler
Mmm.
01:08:20
Lord Hinkie
I don't think Aaron Rodgers is legit. I don't think this offense is legit. I think that game was just a wash. I think Metcalf is fine just because you have him. Jalen Warren's probably also fine if you have him.
01:08:31
Lord Hinkie
Other than that, i don't want anybody. Calvin Austin, I guess, is a player you have to look at. Stash him in Dynasty if you have him. And then Seattle side of things, JSN's a stud. And I'm taking charges over Kenneth Walker, and I've been saying it all gosh darn offseason. I wish I could curse right now, but I can't.
01:08:48
Lord Hinkie
But give me all the Zach Charbonnet because i don't really have any shares of him and I want more of him.
01:08:48
Dakota Zeigler
okay
01:08:53
Lord Hinkie
I've been talking so highly of him this offseason. I'm so glad I'm right for once.
01:08:58
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, Charbonnet definitely is ah is a guy. He looked great out there. And this may be them moving on from Kenneth Walker. If he continues this up, this may be a Kenneth Walker sell midseason.
01:09:11
Dakota Zeigler
i'm
01:09:12
Lord Hinkie
I believe it's his last year of his deal. If I had to guess.
01:09:14
Dakota Zeigler
Exactly.
01:09:17
Lord Hinkie
Damian, any qualms?
01:09:19
Damien
Zig, I just hope you know how much I'm behaving this pod compared to Junior. We can move on.
01:09:23
Dakota Zeigler
You are doing wonderful. Actually, the record shows that Gary curses more on this podcast than Damien does.
01:09:26
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
01:09:28
Dakota Zeigler
so
01:09:29
Lord Hinkie
I am statistically an awful podcast host, but here we go. Broncos at...
01:09:34
Dakota Zeigler
That's what I'm here for.
01:09:35
Lord Hinkie
oh Yeah, buddy. Broncos at Colts, and we said it all earlier, Daniel Jones is the biggest sell on the face of the earth. I think they're – and speaking of the face of the earth, I think they have a back-to-earth game here in the Indianapolis with that Broncos defense. It's definitely going to slow down Indianapolis.
01:09:51
Lord Hinkie
I still like JT. I think Pittman's an okay option. Don't love him. Tyler Warren's a start pretty much every week as a rookie. You just have to play him as a – He's just going to get so many targets.
01:10:03
Lord Hinkie
And then on the Broncos side of things, Bo Nix is a pretty good start. You got to start Sutton if you have him. And then what are we doing with this running back, Rimsig? You've been saying Dobbins is going to take over the role early on. He obviously had most of the carries week one and the touchdown, but RJ Harvey did have that monster 50-yard run, and he looked pretty good.
01:10:20
Lord Hinkie
What's your takeaways for this backfield, and are you playing either one of them or both week two?
01:10:26
Dakota Zeigler
I think you smashed both here. I don't think there's a wrong answer. I think they're, I mean, and that's, that was my whole thing. a Damien's whole value on Kyle pits being too high. That's why I'm in the JK Dobbins. The value was so much lower than RJ Harvey and being at the timeshare. Like I said, this is a Sean Payton system.
01:10:45
Dakota Zeigler
He's going to use both guys, been saying it all year. Not that I'm out of RJ Harvey. I love the kid. but it was the value of Dobbins. This is start both of them. Let them run.
01:10:57
Dakota Zeigler
Indianapolis is, you know, the Broncos are going to score up and just let them run. Let them run the ball, run them to death.
01:11:05
Lord Hinkie
I don't hate it, actually. I like the value take of Dobbins. I would be in the camp of like, let me let let me watch this for like four to five weeks and then let me sell him for like a second round pick somewhere to some running back needy team.
01:11:18
Lord Hinkie
But anyways, Damien, what's your takeaways for this backfield? And do you like anybody in this game?
01:11:24
Damien
Ew. It's my take for the backfield. Ew. It's RJ Harvey or bust. I still don't see it with Dobbins. I think he played a bad team week one.
01:11:36
Damien
That's it.
01:11:37
Dakota Zeigler
Gonna play a bad team week too.
01:11:38
Damien
think it's very gross there.
01:11:40
Lord Hinkie
ye
01:11:40
Damien
So sell him now. Second biggest sell. is J.K. Dobbins. And then it's wheels up for every other Bronco. Literally every other Bronco.
01:11:51
Damien
I don't care if you have Marvin Mims, Cortland Sutton.
01:11:51
Lord Hinkie
Marvin Mims this week?
01:11:54
Damien
Marvin Mims is a sneaky touchdown guy.
01:11:56
Dakota Zeigler
Whoop.
01:11:57
Damien
Give me an Adam... Who's their tight end now? Evan Ingram.
01:12:02
Lord Hinkie
Evan Ingram.
01:12:02
Damien
Give me an Evan Ingram shout. I almost said Adam Troutman, which is really gross.
01:12:05
Lord Hinkie
Oh, buddy, what a poll.
01:12:06
Dakota Zeigler
and
01:12:06
Damien
yeah
01:12:07
Dakota Zeigler
Throwback.
01:12:09
Damien
But it's, this is, I think this is going to be like a grossly high scoring game.
01:12:15
Damien
Like this is a weird one to pick the over on. And I kind of like the over in this game.
01:12:20
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, that'd be a very cheeky play. I don't know if I'd do it, though. Carolina Panthers take on the Arizona Cardinals. Biggest thing is, obviously, the Cardinals played well enough week one to beat the Saints.
01:12:33
Lord Hinkie
But do the Carolina Panthers just stink? going to throw it to you here, Damian, because obviously you're the Bryce Young guy.
01:12:36
Dakota Zeigler
yeah
01:12:39
Lord Hinkie
So give me your take on this team week one. What do we have to look forward to this season?
Panthers' Struggles and Player Recommendations
01:12:45
Damien
I think a lot of it was play calling this week. I don't know what else. Brayshung isn't this bad, is he? i don't think so.
01:12:54
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
01:12:56
Lord Hinkie
I don't know.
01:12:58
Damien
be i just think it's play call. like I don't know what it was. He just didn't look like himself. It's still a battle line. People forget about that. still a very bad offensive line.
01:13:09
Damien
I just don't think the play calls are there. I think they're still looking way too far down the field. This has got to be, like, not a dink and dunk, but you got to pick your spots for when you want to do that. And it seems like they're not scheming anyone open.
01:13:22
Damien
Ever.
01:13:23
Dakota Zeigler
I mean, they lost their best wide receiver Damien.
01:13:26
Damien
Moving on.
01:13:29
Dakota Zeigler
He was bra Bryce Young's guy.
01:13:30
Damien
Has Cipras.
01:13:31
Dakota Zeigler
He was Bryce Young's guy.
01:13:34
Lord Hinkie
talking about Jalen Coker right now?
01:13:36
Dakota Zeigler
No. The Vikings, Adam Thielen.
01:13:39
Lord Hinkie
Oh, I thought you were going Coker. Okay.
01:13:42
Dakota Zeigler
No. Adam Thielen. He doesn't have a safety outlet.
01:13:44
Damien
Coker?
01:13:44
Dakota Zeigler
I mean...
01:13:45
Damien
I barely know her.
01:13:47
Lord Hinkie
All right.
01:13:47
Damien
Cut that.
01:13:48
Lord Hinkie
Okay.
01:13:48
Damien
Cut that. Cut that. that was That was bad.
01:13:50
Dakota Zeigler
Bye.
01:13:51
Lord Hinkie
Okay.
01:13:51
Damien
Cut that.
01:13:53
Lord Hinkie
Arizona side of things.
01:13:54
Dakota Zeigler
hello
01:13:55
Lord Hinkie
Arizona.
01:13:56
Damien
yeah
01:13:56
Lord Hinkie
Arizona Cardinals offense. James Conner's a play. Marvin Harrison's a play. he hit for his Ziggs touchdown pick in the parlay last week. McBride's a good play as well. I think Martin Murray is a pretty solid option too in your super flex leagues.
01:14:11
Lord Hinkie
It just wheels up for all the Cardinals besides whoever their wide receiver too is. Michael Wilson, who cares?
01:14:16
Damien
Yeah, it's wheels up for everybody.
01:14:19
Lord Hinkie
any Any qualms?
01:14:19
Dakota Zeigler
Yep. No qualms.
01:14:22
Lord Hinkie
Panthers that you have to play are probably Chuba Hubbard. Tet, because you have to. But I think that's all. I'd be sitting Bryce Young. I'm going to wait and see you for Bryce Young.
01:14:34
Lord Hinkie
Damian, any qualms?
01:14:36
Damien
No, we can move on.
01:14:36
Dakota Zeigler
What's your
01:14:37
Damien
already said enough bad things.
01:14:40
Dakota Zeigler
Chuba Hubbard, though? Gary, you're a big Chuba guy. What's your thoughts on
01:14:46
Lord Hinkie
Don't make me the Chuba Hubbard guy.
01:14:46
Damien
You big chub guy?
01:14:49
Dakota Zeigler
Okay, let me be honest.
01:14:49
Damien
apparently I'm the Jonu Smith guy.
01:14:49
Lord Hinkie
look. I know.
01:14:51
Damien
You're you're the Chuba Hubbard guy.
01:14:52
Lord Hinkie
I know put on some pounds, but I'm not the chubby guy, okay?
01:14:55
Dakota Zeigler
No, not you're just a Canadian's friend. But you you kind of got me up here thinking about...
01:15:02
Damien
does that even mean?
01:15:03
Dakota Zeigler
I don't know. He's Canadian. Trooper Hubbard's Canadian. But
01:15:10
Lord Hinkie
I like him.
01:15:10
Dakota Zeigler
the but that's thing.
01:15:11
Lord Hinkie
I do.
01:15:12
Dakota Zeigler
You kind of got me on this guy.
01:15:12
Lord Hinkie
I think...
01:15:14
Dakota Zeigler
This is a guy I was not looking at offseason at all.
01:15:17
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
01:15:18
Dakota Zeigler
but you kind of got me on board a little bit. I thought this was going to be a, no one, but ETN backfield in Carolina, Trevor ETN for Gary, knowing his love for Trevor, but,
01:15:28
Lord Hinkie
Oh, I mean, I do love Trent Reetion.
01:15:30
Dakota Zeigler
but then he he got me on this Chuba Hubbard kid. I mean, he's playing still a not great defense in the Cardinals, the offense.
01:15:38
Lord Hinkie
Oh, yeah, I think he's definitely a play.
01:15:40
Dakota Zeigler
So it,
01:15:44
Dakota Zeigler
he can't be everything.
01:15:44
Lord Hinkie
you have a question here?
01:15:45
Lord Hinkie
Are you just, like, glazing me?
01:15:46
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, no, I'm trying to figure out how to phrase it because like, I can't, he can't be the offense for this team, right?
01:15:47
Lord Hinkie
I'll take it.
01:15:48
Damien
yeah
01:15:48
Lord Hinkie
I'll take it.
01:15:54
Lord Hinkie
know, he can't, but he is.
01:15:54
Dakota Zeigler
Like, is he going to be, is, is he good enough to produce even if that passing game stinks?
01:16:03
Lord Hinkie
Yes.
01:16:04
Dakota Zeigler
Does that make sense?
01:16:05
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, I do think he that does make sense.
01:16:06
Dakota Zeigler
He,
01:16:08
Lord Hinkie
And I think he can. mean, last week they scored seven points. He had the touchdown. That's going to be what this this Carolina offense is. Even though they were down literally the whole game, he still got 16 carries.
01:16:21
Dakota Zeigler
Thank you.
01:16:23
Lord Hinkie
He is their offense. He's even getting reception work. He had three catches, 33 yards.
01:16:27
Damien
Thank you.
01:16:28
Lord Hinkie
He's going to produce. or not Carolina produces and in itself, he will be their highest scoring fantasy option. And I think he's a very, very fine high-end RB, I would love to pair him with like a high-upside running back, like an A-chan.
01:16:45
Lord Hinkie
like If I have Hubbard and A-chan on my team, I'm very happy because I get my steady Hubbard, and then I got my boomer bust with my A-chan pick. So I like him a lot for that aspect. He reminds me a lot of James Conner on the other side.
01:16:57
Dakota Zeigler
Okay, that makes sense.
01:17:01
Dakota Zeigler
Just going to stay healthy, Connor. Connor's in...
01:17:03
Lord Hinkie
Got to stay healthy.
01:17:05
Dakota Zeigler
I mean, Connor is a great player and when he's healthy. I mean, he he's always underrated just because of his injury history, but he shows it every year that he's dominant.
01:17:15
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, yeah. He gets all the carries there, too. Trey Benson did look good, but I don't think he's going take away the main workload from James Conner. Anyways, moving on here, probably the game of the week.
Eagles vs Chiefs Excitement and Predictions
01:17:26
Lord Hinkie
The Philadelphia Eagles go to Kansas City take on the Chiefs in a Super Bowl replay matchup.
01:17:35
Lord Hinkie
Buddy, I'm excited and very nervous for this football game. I think it's going to be a big bounce-back game for equals wide receivers. I'm calling my shot now. I think A.J. Brown has a bay fantastic fantasy outlook game.
01:17:49
Lord Hinkie
Don't be afraid to start him. I know he had an awful week one. He's going to turn it around a week two. Bank it, call it, clip this. i'm I'm throwing my flag down on A.J. Brown to have a good week two. And Devontae like as well. I think this is going to be battle. This is going to be a battle. This is going to be a war, if you will.
01:18:09
Lord Hinkie
Obviously, you're starting to Hurts. You're starting to Saquons. We don't even really have to say it at this point. Kansas City side of things, you kind of have to start Mahomes if you have them.
01:18:15
Dakota Zeigler
Thank you.
01:18:17
Lord Hinkie
And then Kelsey is a pretty good option there at tight end. He did score the touchdown last week, and he had some catches. But Damian, I want to throw it to you. What are we making of this Kansas City wide receiver room, my friend?
01:18:29
Lord Hinkie
Obviously, it depends on if Worthy is healthy or not, but do you want any of them?
01:18:34
Damien
First off, go birds. Second of all, no. I don't. don't know where Jalen Royals is at. I like Jalen Royals. I don't know if he plays this week.
01:18:47
Damien
So I'm out on any other Kansas City wide receiver as of now.
01:18:52
Lord Hinkie
Fair Zig any qualms.
01:18:54
Dakota Zeigler
No, no qualms here. Are you guys excited for this game? I mean, this is the rematch of the Super Bowl, but...
01:19:03
Damien
I'm excited for another beatdown.
01:19:03
Dakota Zeigler
but
01:19:05
Damien
That's what I expect.
01:19:07
Lord Hinkie
Belt.
01:19:08
Damien
Belt to...
01:19:09
Dakota Zeigler
Oh, here we go. I'll write it down. Say it.
01:19:14
Lord Hinkie
Yes.
01:19:18
Lord Hinkie
Thank you.
01:19:19
Dakota Zeigler
You guys have been waiting waiting to say that.
01:19:20
Damien
I had to get that out. God. Whew.
01:19:24
Dakota Zeigler
I'm worried it's not going to be for you guys.
01:19:25
Damien
Hey. Hey.
01:19:26
Dakota Zeigler
I know the Chiefs just lost the Chargers, and the Chargers are a much worse team than the Eagles. I think this is going to be an ugly game for you guys. I'm worried it's going to turn out to be.
01:19:34
Damien
hey hey The Chiefs stink. Even if we stink this game, I think we stink less than the Chiefs stink. You know what i mean?
01:19:45
Dakota Zeigler
I mean, I would absolutely love to watch the Chiefs go 0-2 to start in this division.
01:19:45
Damien
Go birds.
01:19:50
Dakota Zeigler
I mean, that'd be a dream.
01:19:51
Damien
It's going to happen. Mark it.
01:19:52
Dakota Zeigler
i'm root and I'm rooting for the birds.
01:19:54
Damien
Check it.
01:19:54
Dakota Zeigler
Don't hear me. But i I'm worried this isn't going to be a BTA game that you guys think it is. So,
01:20:01
Lord Hinkie
I don't like what you're saying right now, Zig.
01:20:01
Dakota Zeigler
yeah.
01:20:02
Damien
but is What does BTA mean?
01:20:03
Lord Hinkie
I don't like at all.
01:20:03
Dakota Zeigler
I'm sorry.
01:20:05
Damien
Am I missing something?
01:20:06
Lord Hinkie
You know what BTN means.
01:20:06
Damien
What's BTA?
01:20:07
Lord Hinkie
buddy.
01:20:07
Dakota Zeigler
Just yell it, Davian. Just yell it.
01:20:10
Damien
Oh, sorry. i was like
01:20:11
Lord Hinkie
Oh, yeah.
01:20:12
Damien
that i was like, bet the over. i was like, that doesn't, no, that's not it.
01:20:15
Dakota Zeigler
yeah
01:20:15
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
01:20:18
Lord Hinkie
You're the best.
01:20:18
Damien
Okay.
01:20:19
Dakota Zeigler
I love you guys.
01:20:20
Damien
Oh God, I gotta go to bed.
01:20:20
Lord Hinkie
You're the absolute best.
01:20:20
Dakota Zeigler
This is such a great time.
01:20:22
Damien
I'm so tired.
01:20:23
Lord Hinkie
I love you, buddy. You're so funny.
01:20:26
Dakota Zeigler
yeah That's a zig moment right there.
01:20:26
Damien
Oh God.
01:20:28
Lord Hinkie
I think it's going to be a very...
01:20:30
Dakota Zeigler
That's a zig moment.
01:20:30
Lord Hinkie
That is a zig moment right there.
01:20:31
Dakota Zeigler
yeah
01:20:33
Lord Hinkie
I think this is going to be a really good football game. I'm not going to sit here. like If I can give my unbiased opinion, the Chiefs, it's going to be a close game. I probably lean, like the Chiefs private better odds just because they're home.
01:20:44
Lord Hinkie
And you Eagles didn't look good week one. Obviously, the Chiefs didn't look good either. But playing in Kansas City, it's going to be tough to win there. But I think this is a matchup between two very, very good teams. And I like the Eagles offense way more than I like the Chiefs offense. So I think it's going to be really good game.
01:21:01
Damien
Go Birds!
01:21:01
Lord Hinkie
But no birds. Sunday Night Football. The Arizona, Arizona, Atlanta Falcons. Man, I think play the Minnesota Vikings in Minnesota.
Fantasy Team Names and Player Comparisons
01:21:13
Lord Hinkie
Back to back primetime games for the Minnesota Vikings, which I think is just weird. And I want to throw this out to you, Zig specifically.
01:21:23
Lord Hinkie
I came up with a fun new team name for any fantasy football owner that has both Justin Jefferson and J.J. McCarthy on their team. They should call their team J.J. and the Jets.
01:21:39
Lord Hinkie
Like instead of Benny and the Jets, i think that's pretty good.
01:21:41
Damien
All right.
01:21:42
Dakota Zeigler
I like that. I, you came up with that on the spot. Like,
01:21:45
Lord Hinkie
I came up with that earlier today when I wrote it down because I wrote down JJ and then comma Jets and I went, JJ and the Jets.
01:21:49
Damien
yeah
01:21:54
Lord Hinkie
You know what I mean?
01:21:55
Dakota Zeigler
uh, I'm going to, I need, I need you to record your soundbite for that.
01:21:57
Lord Hinkie
You're
01:21:59
Dakota Zeigler
And I'm going to make my team and I'm then going to throw that right into the, uh, Oh, I don't have that team anymore.
01:22:06
Lord Hinkie
you're going to add it to like one of the sound links?
01:22:08
Dakota Zeigler
I thought I had, yeah, I thought I had that team anymore, but I don't. Never mind. I had another league where I had both of them, but I was going to say I was going to drop that right in the league chat.
01:22:12
Lord Hinkie
All right.
01:22:17
Lord Hinkie
think it's a pretty good bit. Shout out on John. But I love, obviously, Justin Jefferson's going to produce here for this game. I like JJ McCarthy as well as a fancy option. If he continues to run the ball as much as he does. Aaron Jones looked like to be be a very good option there in the Minnesota offense against Chicago.
01:22:36
Lord Hinkie
And Jordan Mason got 15 carries. He's got to be a guy we're playing if we have him, strictly just out of a workload. But, Zig, what do you make of this Minnesota offense?
01:22:49
Dakota Zeigler
The NFL has to be in on J.J. McCarthy too to give him back-to-back. I mean, this is his second NFL game.
01:22:55
Lord Hinkie
Two games in a row to start your career.
01:22:57
Dakota Zeigler
prime time. Like the kid, I was messaging a buddy during the game and he was like, JJ McCarthy looks bad.
01:22:59
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
01:23:04
Dakota Zeigler
i was like, dude, he's actually a rookie. Think of him like a rookie playing his first game in prime time.
01:23:07
Lord Hinkie
You did have a run.
01:23:10
Dakota Zeigler
I mean, give him some time.
01:23:10
Lord Hinkie
Is
01:23:11
Dakota Zeigler
And then right after I said, that's when he started rushing and he settled in, you could watch him during the game, just kind of start feeling the game again. You know, it's it's a different feel, especially on prime time when you know the whole world's watching.
01:23:24
Dakota Zeigler
So that let's go, JJ. Wheels up. Could look good. I mean, i seen a meme this morning. It was when JJ realizes, when McCarthy realizes that you have J.
01:23:35
Dakota Zeigler
Jets as a wide receiver. And then everything goes right.
01:23:37
Lord Hinkie
is it? Oh.
01:23:38
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, everything starts going right, especially when you got J.
01:23:40
Lord Hinkie
I did see that as well.
01:23:40
Dakota Zeigler
Jets to throw the ball to.
01:23:42
Lord Hinkie
And then obviously Kevin O'Connell think is a great head coach. He's never going to steer JJ wrong. I was, I missed the first half of the game because I was out watching the conjuring movie, shivering in my boots, man, that thing was scary.
01:23:55
Lord Hinkie
But anyways, I got to see the second half of the JJ McCarthy performance. And I think he played pretty well from what I saw. Damien, what are takes on this Minnesota team?
01:24:09
Damien
Yeah, I mean, it's it's Kevin O'Connell's offense, so i ah ah I don't think it matters who's back there. I think I could be back there and have a decent fantasy performance, at least like 12 points.
01:24:21
Damien
So it's like if you find J-Jets, you're going to be fine. You find Hawkinson, you're going fine. You're going to start all your Vikings. You're going start all your Falcons.
01:24:31
Damien
The only place of contention I have for this game is I know you guys are both Drake London guys. I'm probably out on Drake London for this game.
01:24:41
Lord Hinkie
Hmm. Why?
01:24:41
Damien
Just this game. I just don't like the matchup. And I know that's weird because I can't name Vikings Corner off the top of my head. i just don't like it. I just don't think he's going to have a good week this week.
01:24:52
Lord Hinkie
You just, you just calling a shot.
01:24:54
Damien
I got a feeling. I got a tingle.
01:24:57
Lord Hinkie
Uh, Brian Murphy comes the name of Minnesota corner, but I think he plays mostly in the slot.
01:25:02
Dakota Zeigler
Gary, I last time Damian said, I have a feeling i have a tingle, is when he bet back-to-back next touchdown scores in the Super Bowl. So I think we got to believe him.
01:25:11
Lord Hinkie
We have to take his word. and
01:25:15
Lord Hinkie
So I'm.
01:25:15
Damien
That was one of the best moments of my entire life.
01:25:15
Lord Hinkie
so
01:25:17
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, you peaked. um I like I like Michael Penix. I like Michael Penix in this matchup. Obviously, you're playing your B. Johns and Kyle Pitts. I know you're not going to say Damien, but I will. Kyle Pitts had a really good week one.
01:25:31
Lord Hinkie
He's going to have another good week, too, and he's going to turn it into a good fantasy football season. My friend Zig back me up and also mute Damien on your way.
01:25:39
Dakota Zeigler
Oh, he... yeah I'll always mute Damien. he He looked good. It took him a little bit to get going. I thought we'd see more of Pitts early, early on.
01:25:51
Dakota Zeigler
But once the game flow got going, Penix found his guy. I mean, Penix has been talking about Pitts all offseason. So it was only a matter of time before Penix got his guy involved.
01:25:59
Damien
Oh,
01:26:01
Dakota Zeigler
So... like And like we've been saying, the consolidation of targets also helps that team. You know, you got Bijan, you got Penix, you got Pitts. Or Bijan, sorry, London and Pitts.
01:26:12
Dakota Zeigler
You got three guys.
01:26:13
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, but don't start London this week because Damien said not to. so
01:26:16
Dakota Zeigler
mean Are we going Ray-Ray McLeod if London's out?
01:26:20
Lord Hinkie
Darnold Mooney, buddy. What are we doing here?
01:26:22
Dakota Zeigler
Is he back?
01:26:23
Lord Hinkie
Hopefully he stays healthy. I think he he's probably going to play week two is what I heard.
01:26:24
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah. Gotcha.
01:26:27
Lord Hinkie
think it's going to be a really good Sunday night football game. Go ahead, Damien. I'll let you speak.
01:26:31
Damien
Yeah, it's going to be a really good game. Also, that's one of the funny funniest things ever said on this pod is, yeah, you peaked and then you just moved on real quick. That was so funny.
01:26:41
Lord Hinkie
but
01:26:42
Damien
i just i just wanted to keep that moment. That's why I lost my cool. That was so funny.
01:26:47
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
01:26:49
Damien
ah i i just got a feeling, i don't know, we can move on. I don't think any other wide receiver does like great. I think they all like kind of like even each other out. I think it's kind of meh from a lot of people.
01:27:00
Damien
But obviously you start your guys' game. All of them.
High-Scoring Games and Player Recommendations
01:27:04
Lord Hinkie
We have two Monday Night Football games this week. The first one, and really the only one we care about, is the Bucs at the Houston Texans.
01:27:10
Dakota Zeigler
Thank you.
01:27:13
Lord Hinkie
is the Monday Night Football game, game one. I think it's like a 7 o'clock start, which is lovely. I think it's a big Nico Collins bounce-back game, and I know I got another friend who's going to back me up on that.
01:27:23
Lord Hinkie
I like C.J.
01:27:24
Damien
One more time for the people in the back.
01:27:24
Lord Hinkie
Stroud as well. Start your Nico Collins, obviously. I think he has a good bounce back week. I like Stroud a lot this week. I think i think it's going to be a chance. It's going to be like a sneaky high-scoring game.
01:27:39
Lord Hinkie
Might even throw out like a Jaden Higgins, Noel pick this week for like a little cheeky touchdown. But bounce back for the Texans. And then the Buccaneers side of things,
01:27:50
Lord Hinkie
Emeka Egbuka, definitely a start, especially with the injuries there wide receiver. Mike Evans, definitely a start. Baker, Stud, Bucky Irving, good play. I think you're you're playing a lot of the fantasy options you have in this game, and I'm pretty excited about pretty much all of them.
01:28:07
Lord Hinkie
Damian, go ahead.
01:28:08
Damien
Obviously, you start your Nico. i told you to say for the people in the back. Big game this week. I said he was playing hero ball week one. Postpone it to week two. Here we go.
01:28:19
Damien
It's all wheels up. Jaden Higgins, love that shout. Anytime Jaden Higgins gets shout out and um I'm not the one doing it, it's a great day for me.
01:28:25
Lord Hinkie
Ciao.
01:28:29
Damien
It doesn't matter who says it or why. Shout out, Jaden Higgins. Going to have a good game. think he did go with the targets he had last game. Expect that to only increase as that offensive line stinks.
01:28:43
Damien
They have no running game, so they're to to throw the ball, and it has to go to someone. So why not Jaden Higgins? I like the Jalen Noel shout. Very nice. that This might be the highest scoring game of the whole week right here.
01:28:55
Damien
I love both offenses a lot. I love Emeka Apuka a lot. I love Mike Evans a lot. I love Baker Mayfield a lot. We're all lower on Bucky. Guess what? You start him here.
01:29:07
Damien
This is a good Texans defense.
01:29:10
Damien
But
01:29:12
Damien
I don't know if like Texans offense, like if they can't run the ball at all, like worth a lick like last week, is that defense actually going to be effective if they're on the field what seems like 80% of the time?
01:29:25
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, constantly.
01:29:25
Damien
Who knows? um But full go for everybody here.
01:29:31
Lord Hinkie
Zig, any qualms?
01:29:32
Dakota Zeigler
Only thing i want to bring up, for the sake of time, I'll keep it short and sweet, but unfortunately, only Rashad White saw 24% in the snaps. I was expecting a little bit of a bigger share.
01:29:41
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, it's not looking good.
01:29:43
Dakota Zeigler
and That was why I was lower on Bucky, but if Rashad White, I mean they're going Bucky everything, he's going to be a guy.
01:29:46
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
01:29:51
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, definitely not looking good for Rashad White Sayers. And I'm glad this game is kicking off at like 7 o'clock we'll actually get to watch it.
Betting Highlights and Fantasy Picks
01:29:58
Lord Hinkie
Speaking of a game no one's going to want to watch or get the chance to, the Chargers take on the Raiders and they kick off at 10 o'clock Eastern on a Monday night.
01:30:08
Lord Hinkie
Who in the hell? is staying up to watch this football game.
01:30:11
Damien
yeah
01:30:13
Lord Hinkie
I'm sorry. You can cut this all out, Zig, but holy who the
01:30:16
Dakota Zeigler
good.
01:30:17
Lord Hinkie
Who wants to watch the Chargers play the Raiders on Monday Night Football at 10 o'clock at night? We got jobs, man. We got work on Tuesday, 7 a.m. I got us an alarm for 5.30 in the morning on Tuesday, and you want me to watch the Chargers, the Raiders?
01:30:33
Lord Hinkie
That's disgusting.
01:30:34
Damien
Keep it going, buddy.
01:30:34
Dakota Zeigler
Gary, I'm going to say this here real quick.
01:30:36
Damien
You're on a roll.
01:30:37
Lord Hinkie
you Can't do it anymore, man.
01:30:39
Dakota Zeigler
The reason this is the Chargers and the Raiders is because this is for the West Coast. This is not for anyone on the East Coast. This is for the West Coast fans. They're not putting the birds on at 10 o'clock at night for us because they know we need to watch in that.
01:30:50
Lord Hinkie
On a Monday.
01:30:53
Dakota Zeigler
This is for the West Coasters. I mean, I don't think anyone works out in California, so just let them let them enjoy
01:30:58
Lord Hinkie
Monday.
01:30:59
Damien
That's so crazy. Anyways, I'll give you some positives here.
01:31:04
Lord Hinkie
I don't know why that makes me so mad, but it makes me so mad.
01:31:06
Damien
but but
01:31:08
Damien
That was amazing. I love that tangent. Zake, keep score. Junior's way ahead of me in for cutting stuff.
01:31:15
Lord Hinkie
how i' i'm i'm I'm fully diving into this bit now.
01:31:16
Dakota Zeigler
Damien,
01:31:18
Lord Hinkie
I'm going to be just letting them loose.
01:31:18
Damien
Okay.
01:31:21
Dakota Zeigler
I think the only time you curse is when I gave you permission for the birds. like You've been doing awesome. And Gary's out here just pissed off at a 10 o'clock start that he doesn't care about.
01:31:28
Damien
Go birds! Uh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
01:31:35
Lord Hinkie
It makes me so mad. It makes me so angry.
01:31:37
Dakota Zeigler
Are you watching this game?
01:31:38
Lord Hinkie
Like, whose idea was it to put this game at 10 o'clock on a Monday night?
01:31:38
Dakota Zeigler
are you
01:31:43
Dakota Zeigler
Gary, if this game was at 7 o'clock, you're not watching this game either.
01:31:43
Lord Hinkie
Who? who like i might I might flip to it.
01:31:47
Dakota Zeigler
So why are you putting this much thought into it?
01:31:49
Lord Hinkie
I might flip to it if it's on at 7, but ten I'm in bed at 10 o'clock. Who's watching this game? I'm sorry.
01:31:55
Dakota Zeigler
Gary, we're six minutes away from 10 o'clock.
01:31:56
Lord Hinkie
But I'm not.
01:31:59
Damien
good
01:31:59
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, and I'm getting sleepy. Let's hurry this up.
01:32:02
Damien
a So I'll give you the good news. um And by good news, I mean, what is a Bowers injury? We don't know yet. So is it going to be a fun game to watch if Bowers isn't in it?
01:32:13
Damien
Who knows? We'll know more by Saturday. So you're going to have to trust your sleeper notifications, your ESPN notifications, see what goes on with that.
01:32:22
Lord Hinkie
yeah Pick up Michael Mayer if you have Brock Bowers.
01:32:23
Damien
Ashen Jensie had a
01:32:26
Damien
Yes, that. that And be careful with Gentry had a really rocky week one. I don't know if it gets any better week two here. a really tough matchup.
01:32:35
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
01:32:37
Damien
And another side note I put for this is, this is this the worst game all week? I think we got our answer. It's yes.
01:32:46
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
01:32:47
Damien
it's It's going to be a gross one. like Like a 17-10. i don't know. It's going to be grossed.
01:32:53
Lord Hinkie
Or it's going to be like 38, 35. Wow. thirty eight thirty five
01:33:00
Dakota Zeigler
Damian, this is for you. And I have to hit it just because it's your guy. Excuse me. I open up my social media to see that Bill Krosky Merritt is the highest graded rusher of week one.
01:33:16
Dakota Zeigler
10 carries, 82 rush yards, one touchdown, 8.2 a carry.
01:33:21
Lord Hinkie
wow
01:33:21
Damien
Hear that? I don't have to milk Nico anymore. i don't have to do it.
01:33:24
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
01:33:25
Lord Hinkie
Oh my God.
01:33:26
Dakota Zeigler
i Highest graded rusher.
01:33:27
Damien
I'm still gonna, but...
01:33:29
Dakota Zeigler
yeah Sorry to cut you off there, but I had to just do it. just It's your guy. I mean, he's eat eat that up, Damien.
01:33:36
Damien
love it. Love it. he's just tickling my balls right there. What great news. I've said it from the Dynasty Gems podcast, and he's only proven me right so far, and to be right this early, man.
01:33:49
Damien
Oh, gosh.
01:33:51
Lord Hinkie
Gorgeous.
01:33:52
Damien
It does some things that I can't express on camera. You know what I mean? What a great ad. But let's move on here, Junior.
01:34:02
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, boys, i think the we only thing we have left is to give out our parlays of the week. Zig, hit me with a transition.
01:34:12
Lord Hinkie
Love it. We have to, obviously, if you guys listened to the podcast that last week, we gave you Josh Allen, Saquon Barkley, and Marvin Harrison Jr. as our touchdown parlay, ZNG Dynasty touchdown parlay.
01:34:26
Lord Hinkie
And guess what? We're one for one, fellas. Zig, hit me with the ding, ding, ding, d ding ding all that stuff. Yes, gorgeous, beautiful, amazing.
01:34:32
Dakota Zeigler
I was cheering.
01:34:37
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, I believe, Zig, you have the numbers, but it was like a plus 1,000 we hit here for the people.
01:34:42
Dakota Zeigler
That was five.
01:34:43
Damien
yeah It's like plus 600.
01:34:43
Dakota Zeigler
i was only like 588. Yeah, almost 600.
01:34:46
Lord Hinkie
Oh, yeah.
01:34:47
Dakota Zeigler
This week we're plus a thousand.
01:34:47
Lord Hinkie
But still.
01:34:49
Dakota Zeigler
No teaser there.
01:34:49
Lord Hinkie
Yes, that's what it was. Sneaker.
01:34:51
Dakota Zeigler
It's only because Damien.
01:34:51
Lord Hinkie
Very sneaky.
01:34:52
Dakota Zeigler
Damien did it to us.
01:34:54
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, we had a minus 10,000.
01:34:54
Damien
Hey, hey, I hit for the people. I hit for the people.
01:34:58
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
01:34:58
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
01:34:58
Lord Hinkie
Hey, chalk is chalk, buddy. But chalk pays. We're going to be doing it again this week, obviously.
01:35:02
Dakota Zeigler
Damien's out here throwing chocolate LeBron.
01:35:05
Lord Hinkie
And
01:35:10
Dakota Zeigler
All right.
01:35:10
Lord Hinkie
yeah speaking, that's really good idea, actually.
01:35:10
Dakota Zeigler
but us scar
01:35:10
Damien
New shirt idea. That's a new merch idea.
01:35:13
Dakota Zeigler
Damien's face.
01:35:14
Lord Hinkie
But it's Damien Trace. Yeah. that's ah That's awesome.
01:35:18
Dakota Zeigler
Just put ninja more takes in the chalk.
01:35:18
Lord Hinkie
And then the chalk. i was going to say the chalk goes up to like Nico Collins, JCM, all of the players he's good takes on.
01:35:26
Damien
yeah i love how you can only name two. It's so great.
01:35:31
Dakota Zeigler
Isaiah spilled a gravestone up there. but
01:35:33
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, it's just like ah yeah like a sad face.
01:35:35
Damien
Yeah, it's tough.
01:35:36
Lord Hinkie
i Speaking of chalk, my pick this week for the ZNG Dynasty touchdown parlay is going to be Jamar Chase, wide receiver for the Bengals. Big bounce back this year, or this year, this week, for that whole Bengals offense, but especially Jamar Chase and your 101 pick.
01:35:53
Lord Hinkie
in your redraft leagues. Yeah. I mean, I think he's scoring. I think it's pretty chalk. Zig has numbers. i think it's like minus one 30, but even then i I love it. I think since he's going to score a lot in that game and it's got to go to Jamar, Zig hit me.
01:36:08
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, you're minus 135. Numbers are in the chat there if you scroll up a little bit. I'm actually going to let Damian go next. I'm going let you have your moment, and I have the highest odds, so I'm going to go last here.
01:36:19
Damien
Yeah, fellas, we hit early last week, and I gave you a bit of a chalk pick. I still think this is chalk, but we got a lot better odds this week.
01:36:25
Dakota Zeigler
oh
01:36:27
Damien
Give me Nico Collins anytime for plus 140 this week.
01:36:28
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah.
01:36:31
Damien
Kind of stunk last week. Guess what? Ain't going happen two weeks in a row. ah They're going to force feed this man the ball. ah He's going to be choking on targets this week. He's not going to know what to do.
01:36:42
Damien
At plus 140, give me that every day of the week.
01:36:46
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, the bounce back parlay.
01:36:46
Damien
Sig.
01:36:48
Dakota Zeigler
Yeah, we were expecting this one to be like around 100, minus 110, maybe plus 110, plus 140 for Nico. Absolute smash. Now, I gave you the highest as odds last week around plus 150 with Marvin Harrison Jr. Got that touchdown.
01:37:04
Dakota Zeigler
I'm going even higher this week. I'm the one that keeps your parlay numbers up high so you actually make money. Damian did good job this week, but i mean Gary's dragging us down again. i got Cortland with my Denver Broncos, plus 170.
01:37:19
Dakota Zeigler
seventy I mean, he is going to score. He's Bo Nix favorite target. He is a fantastic, ah you know, spectacular catch guy. He makes crazy plays.
01:37:31
Dakota Zeigler
I know Joe Thomas won't be making this bet, but that's all right. Everyone else will make money. He doesn't have to. When you pair all these guys together, Jamar Chase, minus 135. Nico Collins, plus 140. Cortland Sutton at plus 170.
01:37:46
Dakota Zeigler
And this is all on DK, by the way. Your odds are plus 1,028. So making a nice chunk of change. Oh, and by the way, Cortland Sutton plays a terrible indie team. So, yeah.
01:37:58
Dakota Zeigler
We got some great odds this week. I think this is another smash.
01:38:02
Lord Hinkie
I love the odds there. And the fact that we have a chance to go two for two in the parlays this week, we might be one of the best gambling fantasy football shows, let alone football shows in general.
01:38:13
Lord Hinkie
We just might have to switch to a gambling show.
01:38:16
Dakota Zeigler
do we we didn't come up We didn't come up with a punishment, did we?
01:38:17
Lord Hinkie
Speaking of, oh, go ahead.
01:38:21
Dakota Zeigler
I didn't bring this up last week. So the whole reason I'm keeping track is I want to...
01:38:23
Lord Hinkie
Oh, for who doesn't hit.
01:38:26
Dakota Zeigler
Maybe who doesn't
Parlay Strategies and Podcast Goals
01:38:27
Dakota Zeigler
hit? I mean, if we could find like a weekly punishment, I think that'd be hysterical. But I would love an end-of-the-year punishment for the guy who has the least amount of picks.
01:38:36
Dakota Zeigler
Like the least amount of hits in the year.
01:38:37
Lord Hinkie
a
01:38:39
Dakota Zeigler
So maybe some fans and viewers send out some ideas in the socials or email us at ZNG Dynasty.
01:38:44
Lord Hinkie
Yeah. i just got
01:38:46
Dakota Zeigler
Something I want to come up with here. Right now, we're all still tied.
01:38:48
Lord Hinkie
Yeah.
01:38:49
Dakota Zeigler
so
01:38:50
Lord Hinkie
If anybody has any ideas for a funny little get together, you know, punishment for one of us guys for having the worst picks, let us know in the comments, us know in, you know, hit us up in the sleeper streets, if you will.
01:39:03
Lord Hinkie
But ah Damien,
01:39:04
Dakota Zeigler
we could even We could even live stream it. Live stream something.
01:39:06
Lord Hinkie
True, that'd be fun. Oh, yeah. Damien, hit with your parlay this week, buddy.
01:39:11
Damien
Yeah, so last week, fellas, the Ninjas way out parlay of the week. It's way out for a reason, didn't hit. Our tight ends didn't do what we thought they were going to do this week. And like we said earlier in this pod, where was David Njoku? Don't understand that. He crushed my parlay.
01:39:26
Damien
Anyways, we move on, we get better, and we get a touch safer. We're not doing any tight ends this week, although I do love a good tight end. We're doing James Cook, anytime touchdown score, are minus 130.
01:39:40
Damien
The Sun God himself, anytime touchdown score, plus 115. A.J. Brown at plus 165.
01:39:48
Lord Hinkie
All right.
01:39:52
Damien
And then a sneaky little guy, Zig and Gary guy. Give me Travion Henderson, anytime at plus 140. We had all that math up. All that math and up. it's It's a big payday for you guys. Five bucks can you win you $120.
01:39:59
Dakota Zeigler
What?
01:40:07
Damien
We're not asking you guys bet a lot, but if you want to throw a sneaky little fiver down, I think I can make you $120 this week. That's your ninjas parlay of the week.
01:40:14
Dakota Zeigler
yeah
01:40:17
Dakota Zeigler
Plus 2,319. Like crazy odds. And it's like you, Damien said, it's not way out there. It's a pretty good bet.
01:40:26
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, I like that one a lot. Just to follow up, James Cook, Amara St. Brown, A.J. Brown, and Travion Henderson. Throw them all together. Great little parlay there. I love it. I don't see any of them missing, especially A.J. Brown.
01:40:40
Lord Hinkie
with that being said, fellas, I think that's all we got for today. Long one. Thank you guys for listening. in Thank you guys for tuning in. Like we said, we're going to be doing weekly podcasts here throughout the NFL season, and since we only have one episode per week,
01:40:53
Lord Hinkie
You're going to get some long ones here. I would expect this to be the regular, like the hour and a half, hour 45 shows. It's going to be a long time. Thank you guys for listening. Appreciate you tuning in. Appreciate you hanging out and listening to us just yap and talk about, you know, stupid Monday night football games that kick off at 10 o'clock at night.
01:41:08
Lord Hinkie
But Zig, anything before we head out of here, buddy.
01:41:12
Dakota Zeigler
I love seeing you guys get riled up. I mean, that's a great part of the pod and I hope our listeners enjoy it too. I mean, we're not only here to provide you with great fantasy advice, but also just to have some laughs along the way. You know, we try to keep a PG on this pod just in case there's any listeners out there, the little younger starting to get into fantasy.
01:41:29
Dakota Zeigler
I mean, our advice is for everyone.
01:41:29
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, I'm sorry, Big Pants.
01:41:31
Dakota Zeigler
but But we're here to have fun. I mean, what is fantasy? What is friendship without having fun? you know, let us just do our thing. Just follow along with our bets.
01:41:42
Dakota Zeigler
Follow our advice. We're here to win you championships. Let's have a good time. Damien.
01:41:49
Damien
The fact that the ninja here is the PG one is insane. but yes, we're here.
01:41:54
Lord Hinkie
It's been a rough day, okay?
01:41:56
Damien
We're here to give you some solid fantasy advice. We're here to, you know, hopefully win you a little bit of cash along the way. Hopefully you follow last week's bet. You would have made a little, a nice little chunk of money. Uh,
01:42:07
Damien
Just listen to the fellas here and keep in mind, we are doing not just fantasy rere recaps throughout the year. going to be doing some other kind of nifty pods. Keep tuned.
01:42:18
Damien
Probably sometime around midseason, me and Junior are going to throw out our way too early 2026 retraft, which is going to be so much fun.
01:42:29
Lord Hinkie
Yeah, that board is moving around a lot after these first couple weeks.
01:42:31
Damien
Oh, flying around.
01:42:33
Lord Hinkie
It is moving, buddy.
01:42:33
Damien
I don't even know where I'm going with it. Oh, gosh.
01:42:35
Lord Hinkie
Sellers.
01:42:37
Damien
love Lenore sellers. Holy cow. I've said that a year and a half ago. So chalk that down. That's one of my guys. Uh, yes, thank you all for listening. stay tuned for all the fun stuff we're doing. Hopefully we got a few more collabs in us before the end of the year. Hopefully a few more fun ones for you. Other than these, uh, just recaps. These are nice, you know, just hanging with the boys, talking some football, me being the PG one.
01:43:01
Damien
Gosh, it's so nice to be here.
01:43:03
Lord Hinkie
Shocker. Those odds were plus 5,000. And here we are. Hope you bet it. But as always, everybody, thank you guys for tuning in. Appreciate you guys listening. As always, be a friend. Tell a friend something nice. You never know what someone else is going through out there.
Closing Message: Kindness and Enjoyment
01:43:17
Lord Hinkie
they just need a hug. Maybe they just need to sit down on a Sunday or a Saturday and just watch some football with the boys. That's what we're going to be doing this week. And, man, I cannot wait. no other No better way. I'd rather spend a birthday than than with a couple bros watching football and some beverages flying around, if you will.
01:43:34
Lord Hinkie
But, yeah, ask a buddy if you need something. Be a kind, smiling face out there. And, you know, just enjoy life. Fall season's coming around. Football's here. What could be better?
01:43:46
Lord Hinkie
As always, thank you guys for listening. Appreciate you guys. Tune into the next one. We'll see all next week. Goodbye.