Go Get Calvin Ridley ASAP! | Week 2 Buy Low and Sell High Targets (Ep. 1696) - FantasyPros - Fantasy Football Podcast

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello everybody. Welcome into the Fantasy Pros Football Podcast. I
am Ryan Warmley, joined as I will be every Tuesday
all season long by Andrew Ericson ericson, How are you doing, buddy?
We are one full slate of games into the twenty
twenty five season.

Speaker 2 (00:15):
I'm doing pretty good, worm. A lot of action to
break down from all the exciting games that we had
in Week six In Week sixteen, geez in week one,
of course, my mind is all over the place.

Speaker 3 (00:26):
You're ready for it to be Week sixteen already.

Speaker 2 (00:28):
It feels like Week sixteen. That must be what I'm
my brain is going through right now. But a lot
of just really fun games to watch. It just seemed
like rewatching some of these games going down to the
fourth qurt, going down to the final drive with one
team a chance to win, one team a chance to
stop the game winning drive. Just a lot of fun action.
I know that your favorite game was obviously the Ravens
and Bills going ahead to head. I know that game

(00:49):
was a ton of fun to watch, so sorry, I
just had to mention it.

Speaker 3 (00:53):
I'm sorry you didn't, though, is the thing?

Speaker 2 (00:55):
Yeah, no I didn't, But he don't worry, man, My
Patriots also didn't win, so it's okay.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
We're not in the same way. There's no comparison. We
don't need to talk.

Speaker 2 (01:04):
One score, so.

Speaker 3 (01:06):
I do want to talk. I do want to talk
about one game.

Speaker 1 (01:09):
I had an obligation last night, so I did not
watch any of Vikings Bears, which.

Speaker 3 (01:13):
I was really disappointed about because I.

Speaker 1 (01:14):
Was really curious to see year two of Caleb Williams
with Ben Johnson now, and I was really curious to
see a year technically two, but basically one of JJ McCarthy.
So I did not get to watch this game. I
wanted to kind of just take.

Speaker 3 (01:27):
A moment here.

Speaker 1 (01:27):
We will do like a little small Monday night football recap.
Most of these weeks, I basically just want you to
kind of tell me, like what I should know about
this game in terms of fantasy takeaways.

Speaker 3 (01:36):
I'm looking at the box score right now.

Speaker 1 (01:37):
I see kayleb Williams rushed for fifty eight yards in
a touchdown. He threw for two hundred ten and one touchdown,
so I'm curious how he looked ra Madoonday catching a touchdown.
I like leading the team in targets. I like as
well as somebody who's really high on Roe Madoon Day
this year. You know, Jefferson just four catches on his
seven targets, just forty four yards. So it looks like
maybe not a ton of volume and explosiveness from the

(01:59):
Viking passing game. But JJ McCarthy has three total touchdowns,
it appears. So I just kind of run in through
the box score there. What were the actual real fantasy
takeaways as somebody who watched the game?

Speaker 2 (02:08):
Yeah, man, I think that one of the things was
that the Vikings offense was like non existent in the
first half. You're like, wait, what's going on? Like this
is like not what we expected necessarily out of the
gates from McCarthy. But then in the fourth quarter they
could just turned it on and it just started throwing
touchdowns like left and right. So I think it's just
the progression of two young quarterbacks taking that next step

(02:31):
in year two. And I mean give credit to McCarthy,
like again, someone that it didn't look like everything was
there to start the game, but I don't know, something
finally clicked at the end of the game and then
he just started dealing making big plays using his top receiver.
So again Jefferson catching a touchdown, Aaron Jones catching a touchdown.
Jordan Mason was the leading rusher. I guess I wouldn't
be surprised by that type of box score, where yes,

(02:52):
Mason should leave this team in rushing yards like that
shouldn't be the surprise. But at the same time, Aaron
Jones forty four receiving yards, receiving touchdowns. So both these
guys can co exist in this offense. It's not just
about well, who's going to see most carries. It's not
about that. It's both guys are going to be used
and deployed in a way, and especially with a young
quarterback that Beyer, the Vikings office is leaning on these

(03:13):
two running backs and both guys. Again, Mason didn't find
the end zone, but he rushed for sixty eight yards
on fifteen carries, like he saw a decent amount of
touches where he would have been a viable flex or
RB two play Caleb Williams again using his legs. He
scored rushing touchdown on the game's opening drive. DJ Moore
was seeing backfield carries like like, not just like reverses,
just like DJ Moore is in the backfield lined up

(03:34):
at running back. I panned the ball off to him
because it was swift as the Bell Cowgan not inspiring
in any way. Seventeen carries for fifty three yards three
point yards per at ten.

Speaker 1 (03:43):
The only running back to get a carry though for Chicago.

Speaker 2 (03:45):
So Manonguy played in this game as the RB two.
Roch On Johnson was inactive, but Mang guy, he didn't
get any carries and he had one catch. So and
then Odunsday, like, I think the thing with him was
always a bet on the touchdowns, obviously catching a touchdown
this game, being a red zone threat. I think I
was going back to a rankings debate I had so

(04:06):
much trouble with during draft season. Was Odunsday versus Pierce Olivers, Egbuka.
And they'll all kind of see my hits after week one,
they're like, right, the answer was all of them, so great, Great,
you feel good about those three guys where they were
being drafted. So yeah, again, there's more takeaways. You guys
can read my article that kind of recaps all the games,
so I'll have a more in depth analysis of the

(04:27):
Bears and Bikings that kind of get caught up on
everything from Monday night. But those are some of my takeaways,
but overall, a really fun game to really cap off
not Week sixteen, worm, but week.

Speaker 3 (04:36):
One rest of the season. McCarthy or Caleb, I will
still go with Caleb Williams.

Speaker 2 (04:43):
Okay, both guys are on the up and up.

Speaker 3 (04:45):
Yeah. Interesting, All right, Well let's dive into the show.

Speaker 1 (04:48):
So the way we're going to open the show, besides
maybe like a quick Monday night football reaction, you know,
depending on the week and how relevant it is, is
with some kind of high level strategy advice from Eric's
and this is going to be some that he is
thinking about at this point in this season. It can
be a strategy that is based on the time of year.
It can be strategy based on something he likes to do,
you know, every year after Week one, these are the

(05:09):
archetypes of player that I target, that sort of thing.
It can be about a specific player, really any direction
Ericson wants to take it. This is his segment to
kind of, you know, it doesn't have to be like
a true monologue, but really just kind of share with
us his overall trade strategy right now. So this is
the first one of the year, coming off of the
first actual games we've gotten heading into week two, ericson

(05:30):
what are you thinking about trade strategy wise?

Speaker 2 (05:32):
So this is actually gonna be twofold answer. So the
number one thing is I think that the group think
has gone too far where now it seems like nobody
wants to react to week one at all. It's all
just can't overreact. You can't overreact, you can't react. So
so we're not going to react at all anything we
saw in week one, Like, I think that's wrong, Like
we have to react somewhat now. I agree that we
shouldn't overreact to everything, like, oh, the Bengals office is

(05:55):
going to be terrible every single week, Like no, like
this happens every single year with the Bengals. They always
suck against Browns. It was early in the season. They're
going to bounce back, They're going to be fine. So
I think that it is maybe more advantageous now to
maybe take a little bit more from what we actually
did see in week one instead of just not reacting
all pretending everything is fine. You know, for example, like
the Miami Dolphins, right, it seems like that is going

(06:16):
to head south, and I feel like that's not going
to get any better. It's probably just going to get
worse for that Dolphins franchise. So those are a potential
cell low type of propositions. That's kind of what I'm
thinking when it comes to those types of teams. And
the other thing I would think about is, well, what
was your expectation of some of these players that disappointed
in Week one? Was that your expectation going because I

(06:38):
had a couple of players in mind that I was
expecting games where they would kind of flop. So when
they flop in Week one, I'm not viewing them in
any different way than I did during redraft season. You know.
The perfect example being Calvin Ridley. We talked about him
at nauseum. We loved him long term outlook, but we
just pointed to like, week one is probably gonna be
rough at Denver. And what was it rough? I mean,

(07:00):
he got the Stan treatment. He was basically not used
at all in the first three quarters of the game,
and when he even had opportunities, he was dropping passes.
Did not look good. But I didn't see anything from
cam Ward that suggested to me, Okay, like this guy's
not ready for the prime time. Like no, he is.
If anything, it's Callahan that's holding him back. His head
coach in the play calling. So I think that as
we'll talk about our buys and sales for week one,

(07:21):
are coming out of week one, adjusting your expectations from
what you were looking for these players to do. And
if they disappointed you, but you were expecting disappointment, it's
really easy to go out and buy those players because hey,
I didn't really expect a lot from this player, and
vice versa. If you were expecting a player to hit
and they hit, I don't think you nearly need to
adjust and be like, oh well, I need to sell
high on this player. Like if you like Davonte, like,

(07:43):
you don't need to jump off the bandwagon after he
had looked good in his first game score two touchdowns,
Like I think that's the immediate thing we think is like,
oh man, this guy that I got late did good.
It must be a trap. It's like no, Like, you
may have just gotten a really good value when a
player that was under value draft season and you take
that to the bank and you profit. So so those
are two things I'm kind of thinking about as I
look at the landscape for Week one and doing some

(08:04):
buys and cells.

Speaker 1 (08:05):
We're going to get into Calvin Ridley Moore. He was
the first name you sent me to put in the sheet.
You basically sent me his name in July when we
figured out we were doing the show together. So we're
going to get to him in a moment to kick
things off. I think Jravonte is a really good example, though,
of the point you're trying to make. I really liked
Javonte this year. You me and debro It was funny

(08:27):
when he had his two touchdowns on the opening night game.
I went back and I found it. In late May,
the three of us had a seven and a half
minute conversation on a show where we were imploring people
to draft Javonte w We weren't saying take him in
the top twenty. We were saying RB thirty seven was
just too low. And one of the reasons that I
felt that way was because I was like, this is
this is too low for a guy who has a

(08:48):
real shot at double digit touchdowns this year because of
the opportunity in this offense. It's not because I thought
he was going to set the world on fire. It's
not because I thought he was going to rewrite the
history books. It's because the exact game we saw play
out against is the type of thing that I thought
was in his outcomes for this season. You know, a
few times, he's not gonna two touchdowns every game, but
like at some point in the year that that could happen.

(09:08):
So just because it looked inefficient and he's not going
to get two touchdowns every week doesn't mean he's an
auto sell. If you can get the right thing for him,
you can consider it.

Speaker 3 (09:17):
Right.

Speaker 1 (09:17):
I'm not saying that he's an auto hold either. We're
actually gonna talk about him briefly later on at the show,
But I think he's a good example of the point
you're trying to make, which is if somebody did something
that you were kind of buying into, you know, either
direction in draft season, you don't have to just assume
regression is coming.

Speaker 2 (09:34):
Yeah, you can. Again, we spend all off season trying
to make the right calls and make the right decisions,
and when the things work out in Week one, it
doesn't necessarily mean oh I got lucky. I should pivot
off of my take from all the off season. I mean,
you can be right and be confirmed that you were
right after Week one. And there's also circumstances where maybe
you're adjusting your priors. I think you should be open

(09:56):
to changing your opinions on certain things after we see
what happened a week one, especial if it was something
that you didn't see coming where you expected a player
to be used like X and then they end up
being used like why, or you expected this back to
be a committee and it ended up not being, or
vice versa. So I really try to take in what
do we see in week one that was actually new
information that we would use to again construct our rest

(10:18):
of season rankings, where which essentially is okay, if we
were going to draft again, how would we draft these players?
And obviously a guy like Javonte Well, we feel more
confident that he is the cut clearcut RB one for
the Dallas Cowboys, ahead of Miles Sanders, ahead of Jayden Blue,
so he would be ranked higher than he was when
drafts close around outside the top thirty running.

Speaker 3 (10:38):
Backs before we get to Calvin Ridley.

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I'm clearing the paint here. Players to buy Calvin Ridley
right off the bat. We've been talking about.

Speaker 3 (11:23):
It for months. This is the moment I've been waiting
for this.

Speaker 1 (11:26):
Like I said for about eight weeks here, why should
you buy Calvin Ridley?

Speaker 2 (11:31):
Because the matchup against the Deveron Broncos, we knew it
was gonna be brutal. We didn't want to play him
this week, and predictably so, he got shut down just
four catches, but he saw a season high or a
team high eight targets twenty eight percent target share. Again,
he was locked down by certain for most of that game,
and he did have a drop, so Eve when he
had opportunities, just didn't really deliver. I wouldn't read too

(11:53):
much into the iman or targets. I think that was
a relationship between certain doing so much on Ridley that
it really opened up opportunities for Iu Man or the rookie.
I do like him long term, but I think that's
still right now. Ridley is the guy you want to
buy here. I mean, Tyler Lockett was a ghost in
that game, like I barely even know that he was
like playing, So really, I think it's still the clear

(12:14):
cut number one. I think the schedule is going to
lighten up for the Tennessee Titans. I didn't think cam
Ward can show. I think he's shown that he can
be an elevator for wide receivers. The fact that he
was willing his way against I mean, the guy almost
covered against the Denver Broncos on the road with a rookie,
a day three rookie receiver as his leading receiver in
the game, Like that's what he was working with. Jasey

(12:36):
Latham got hurt one of his starting tackles hostile environment.
So I don't think the moment's too big for cam Warren.
I think that Ridley is going to be a bounced
back candidate. And for all the reasons we talked about
him during draft season why we liked him so much,
those are all still apparent. So you don't need to
write him off after just one bad week when it
was arguably the worst matchup you could ask for for
a receiver in Week one, I.

Speaker 1 (12:57):
Thought cam Ward really passed the eye to for me,
not saying that he's going to be a super duper megastar,
but just like this is gonna be a capable NFL
quarterback Like that it is a question, right, Like until
you actually see it in a real NFL game, you
can't know for sure.

Speaker 3 (13:15):
Even for the number one overall pick.

Speaker 1 (13:18):
And again you look at the stat line, it's like
twelve of twenty eight, one hundred and twelve yards, no touchdowns,
no pick, Like that doesn't look very good. But watching
the game, I felt like he just really looked poised
and like he belonged and like the type of guy
who if he's giving Calvin Ridley eight targets most weeks,
we're gonna be really happy with that. Like he can

(13:38):
support a receiver in that way. And I just I
just came away more impressed than I expected to, especially,
like I said, given the stat line, and yeah, like
I can't imagine Ridley has a tougher matchup on the
slate the rest of the season.

Speaker 2 (13:53):
No, I don't think that he does. I think I mean,
when you're facing the reigning defensive player of the year, Yeah,
like you're just to get locked down. Even on the Broncats.
They were talking about, well, it's basically ten on ten
because Tartanas took Ridley out of the game.

Speaker 3 (14:06):
So what would you trade for Ridley? Then? Like, what
specifically would you be looking to move for him? It
doesn't need to be a name. It can be like
kind of an archetype of player.

Speaker 2 (14:15):
I think any of these receivers that just kind of
popped off in Week one that you probably drafted significantly
later than Calvin Ridley. Again, I don't think in my
rest of season rankings, I don't think I really moved
him down substantially from where I was drafting him. So
I think that he was inside my top thirty receivers.
I think that looking at any of these players where

(14:37):
maybe they're going to be facing more target competition in
the future with guys returning to the starting lineup. If
guys are benefiting from injuries, I just think it really
is probably going to be the guy the number one
receiver for the rest of the season for the Tennessee Titans.
So again, check out the rest of season rankings if
you're looking for potential trade names, because you'll get okay
around this area. It's this particular player that you can

(14:58):
get for a guy like Calvin Ridley. But and I'm
just not willing to write him off after just an
absolutely brutal match because again, if it had not been
Calvin Ridley that was set sacrificing week one, wouldn't someone
else that had to draw the certain matchup. It would
have been really disappointing.

Speaker 1 (15:12):
We're on agreement on Calvin Ridley. You me, everybody fansterize
everybody in the world. So great, were great call. There
can't argue with it. An obvious name that we could
not include. Let's go to your second player to buy.

Speaker 2 (15:24):
I going with a Travon Henderson running back for the
New England Patriots, my New England Patriots. So Henderson led
the Patriots and rushing yards in Week one. He had
five carries for twenty five yards. And he handed up,
leaving the team in rushing Ramondre Stevenson looked like he
was running with cement shoes. Not a great look for Stevenson. Yes,
the snaps were very much in favor of Ramandri sixty

(15:45):
five percent versus Henderson's thirty five percent, But you could
just clearly tell that Patriots offense just moves so much
better when Henderson was on the field. First drive, he
doesn't play at all. They go three and out and
then immediately comes in on the second drive and they
are able to move the ball effectively. So he's still
caught six passes where he's offering you a floor in
these PPR half PPR formats that you don't always get

(16:07):
from rookie running backs out of the get go or
right out of the gates. So I think that there's
a floor there with the receiving that he's being involved
a lot. I means six catches for a rookie in
his debut as a running back. That's significant. So I
don't want to overlook that. And we're going to get
a bounce back effort from this Patriots offense, I think
because they're playing the Dolphins in Week two again, so
Patriots did not look great collectively in Week one. But

(16:29):
you know who looked worse The Miami Dolphins the entire time.

Speaker 3 (16:32):
I can't don't believe how bad Miami it looks.

Speaker 2 (16:34):
It looked really bad.

Speaker 1 (16:36):
I actually was fading the narrative a bit because it
was a lot of like vibes in Miami are really bad,
Like this thing could really like completely fall off the rails.
And I was like, you know what, Like they still
have Jalen Waddle, they still have Tyree kill Tua is
healthy right now, they have Divine h Han Mike McDaniel
like ken design offense, especially when he's been in the
lab all summer.

Speaker 3 (16:55):
I was like, I'm gonna kind of go against this.
I picked them in my Survivor for a week.

Speaker 1 (16:59):
One because I was like, I was like, well, they
face the Colts who are bad, and I was like,
they're healthy right now. They might not be healthy in October,
but they're healthy now. And I think everybody's way over
reacting to this. And boy did I look like a fool.
I mean, was that could hardly have gone worse. And
I knew it was a risk picking them. It wasn't
like I had like a ton of confidence and you
try and gain the system and find teams that other

(17:20):
people aren't picking. But holy cow, that is the most
like this team quit halfway through Week one that I
can recall seeing in a long time.

Speaker 2 (17:31):
Yeah, the vibes again, sometimes we're right about this stuff
with the vibes with the Dolphins, Yeah, bad vibes entering
the year and so far, bad vibes coming out of
week one. But on the other side of the coin Jets,
I would say the Jets also had kind of bad
vibes around them and then they came out and just
like Gangbusters. So that was the other point of sometimes
the vibes is the right, sometimes is wrong. But is

(17:51):
it gonna get better in a week two? I just
I'm not as optimistic about that for Miami's sake. So
that's why I want to buy into this Patriots offense
a bounce back here. I think that Henderson is the
best player on the Patriots offense. He's like one of
the few guys that has a ton of juice. I
think that they have to realize that they want to
start winning games, they have to keep him more involved.
And yes, he's always going to be on some type

(18:13):
of snap count to an extent just so they don't
overload him, but as long as he's getting highvalue opportunities
also too. It was a wet field that they were
playing on in New England in Week one, so not
as many opportunities I think to generate as in many
explosive plays. Now. I know the Raiders had no problem
with that, but I think the Patriot's office is in
for a bounce back. And I think Henderson, again, a
guy that we're really excited about, just kind of put

(18:33):
up a lackluster Week one. He's still a really talented
rookie from a strong rookie class that there's a buying
window that might get close shut if he puts them
a big game in Miami. So I want to try
to get ahead of that.

Speaker 1 (18:44):
By the way, just because we're not talking about him
and we're in this game right now, Ashton gen d
like nineteen for thirty eight. He did get a touchdown,
but you know, averaging two yards per carry. I would
also consider him a buy candidate just because he's very
talented and that was just his first ever NFL game,
And I'm not saying I would give up like the
house for him, but I would see if maybe there's

(19:04):
an opportunity to buy coming off of his debut, as
this really value hooed prospect under forty yards rushing. I
would see what your opportunity is there, Let's go to
your next player to buy.

Speaker 2 (19:18):
Another receiver that I wasn't necessarily super high on entering
just week one, and it was George Piggins. So again,
lackluster debut with the Dallas Cowboys. I didn't like the
matchup playing against the Philadelphia Eagles. Now I probably would
have changed my tune if I knew that Jalen carb
was going to get ejected on the first game. I
also would have told people not the bench Dak Prescott,
But it ended up kind of working out. This is

(19:38):
one of those things where it's like, was the process right?
Did I just get lucky with the results because Dak
looked fantastic? Right? But you just didn't scor any fantasy
So sometimes you get lucky with calls like that. But
that being said, George Piggins did not put up a
good stat line, just three for thirty on four targets. However,
I still think that from an involvement st point, I mean,

(20:00):
he played basically every single down. He ran around on
ninety percent of the dropbacks. I want receivers attached to
Dak Prescott if this offense is going to be throwing
the ball a ton, and Dak just looked really good,
like he looked healthy, he looked like he was moving
around in the pocket really well, making plays off structure.
So yeah, those are reasons why I want to buy
in George Pickens, who a lot of people bought into

(20:21):
we'd like the upside with him. The upside case still
exists with him, except now it's at a fraction of
the cost because he just disappointed in week one. So again,
this is where I'm looking for angles this week is
who just disappointed Week one? Where the bet hasn't really changed.
The bet on George Pickens hasn't really changed. Again, it
was his first game ever with Dak Prescott, so I
think that this is only going to get better as

(20:43):
the season progresses. And now that he's significantly cheaper, I
think to acquire, I'm willing to take it on because
I feel like there's way less risk, Like the same
amount of risk is still baked in, but it just
doesn't cost nearly as much to try to acquire a
guy like George Pickens, and again I didn't like that
matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles on the road. So Pickens
for me would be another guy to buy after just
a MIH week one.

Speaker 1 (21:05):
I was really high during draft season on the idea
of the Cowboys being the poor man's Bangles, and then
I also felt that way about the Panthers being kind
of the poor man's Cowboys. The Panthers side maybe doesn't
look quite as good, but the Cowboys won.

Speaker 3 (21:20):
Like I think it was spot on.

Speaker 1 (21:21):
I wasn't the only one saying and I'm not trying
to say like I deserve all the credit in the
world for that, but like I was in strong agreement
on that point, and I think it looks really clear.
So the fact that Pickens didn't have a huge game,
I don't care about. I really do think he's going
to be the T Higgins in this offense, and this
is going to be an off I know they only
scored twenty points, but the the Eagles are very good team,

(21:42):
even you know, with Jalen Carter and I and they're
like I think in most weeks, this is going to
be the team that scores like closer to thirty, and
I think Lamb, Pickens, and Javonte as long as he's
getting all the workload he can get. And then Dak,
I think those four again are going to be the
equivalent poor man's version of Burrow, Chase Higgins, and Chase Brown.
And I'd be looking to buy any of them now, Ceedee,

(22:03):
Lamb's going to cost a ton, so that's a lot harder.
But Dak coming off the bad game, Javonte Williams if
if somebody is looking to sell, you know, because they
think he's gonna regress and isn't looking for that much.
And then Pickens, Like, I think all of these guys
are really good buys.

Speaker 2 (22:18):
Honestly, I think two with Pickens, I believe that he
picked up a deep pass interference call. If he just
catches that instead of getting a PI, then you kind
of feel.

Speaker 3 (22:25):
It looks different.

Speaker 2 (22:26):
Yeah, you just look you feel way different about the
box score. It's in so much of this too, with
buying players selling players is did they catch touchdown or
not catch touchdown?

Speaker 3 (22:35):
Because it just moves the.

Speaker 2 (22:35):
Needles so significantly between a player having a great game
and a player having a met game when it's just
because he kind of touchdown this week doesn't mean you
won't catch one next week.

Speaker 3 (22:43):
And so yeah, it's really it's really simple.

Speaker 1 (22:46):
I sometimes wonder if the best strategy of fantasy football
is just target the guys who like drew a lot
of defensive pass interference calls, because if those yards counted,
their stats would look so much better.

Speaker 2 (22:55):
Like it's I mean, you're you're definitely onto something here.
It's it's really because just because you get like you
hot touchdowns last week doesn't necessarily mean like touchdown aren't
nessarily predictive. It's really just the touchdown opportunities that are
really more predictive of future touchdowns.

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or Virginia. Ericson let's get to the players to sell.
Who do you have for us?

Speaker 2 (24:31):
Deebo Samuel, this is my wide receiver sell And going
back to what were my expectations going in for week one?
I was high on Deebo for week one rankings above
ECR just because I thought he's been there the entire
training camp for the Commanders. Terry McLaurin was holding out,
so I really felt that Deebo's healthy right now, they're
going to involve him from the jump, and that's exactly

(24:52):
what we saw. He had a monster game, ten targets,
seven catches, seventy seven yards. He also had a nineteen
yard rushing touchdown. But this is why I also thought
it's gonna make him the perfect sell high candidate to
start the year because you can get a lot for
debo right now because oh, we see the new number one.
I don't think so. Remember Terry McLaurin, he played all

(25:13):
the snaps in this game, but I don't think that
he was probably one hundred percent. I think that if
he told people that he's probably lying to them. He
missed so much of training camp. We see this with
guys coming off of holdouts with their contracts. They don't
hit the ground running until a couple of weeks into
the year. Even Jamar Chase, as great as he was
in twenty twenty four, the Triple Crown winner, he was
not good in Week one. He was not a good

(25:34):
part in that Bengals offense. So I presume that we're
gonna get McLaurin up to speed and he's going to
start to see more targets in this offense, be more involved,
be more productive attached to Jadan Daniels. So I just
think right now that the peak hype with Deebo is
so high that you can get a lot for him
when we know that, Look, Deebo, he's not built the last,
He's got a long injury track record, and we saw

(25:55):
last year how things really fell off when he started
to get banged up, and I think that's probably gonna
end up happening again for San Amuel. So again we
talked about a lot of these receivers. Already, we were
drafting I think Pickens and really ahead of Deebo Samuel
pretty consistently. Maybe that was right, maybe that was wrong,
But now you can probably get one of those guys
plus something else for a player like a Deebo Samuel.

Speaker 1 (26:14):
I can't sell Deebo Samuel because I don't have him anywhere.
I was kind of fading him. I didn't really trust.
Like it's not that I didn't trust him. I guess
I didn't trust trust Cliff Kingsberry to use him in
unique and interesting ways the way he was in San Francisco.
I did feel like eventually Terry McLaurin would be like
the clear number one in this offense early on, I'm

(26:37):
not surprised to see it be Deebo Samuel given all
the other stuff you just said, hold out and everything.
And you know, Daniels did miss along one to McLaurin
that could have made his stat line look a lot
better too. But as this season goes on, I expected
to be more McLaurin than Deebo. That might have been
an overreaction, honestly, Like I came away from this game
thinking like maybe I was too low on Deebo during

(26:59):
the off sea and I was like weighing him down
too heavily for like, you know, he had pneumonia and
just kind of like a lost you know. I just
looked at Deba and I was like, the ceiling has
really only been there one season in his career, and like,
he's pretty old for a guy that you can say
that about. So I just didn't want to really mess
with it and take the chance on a new team.
And I watched this game thinking, oh, maybe I was

(27:21):
wrong about that, but I would if I did have him, I.

Speaker 3 (27:24):
Would be interested in selling.

Speaker 1 (27:26):
I do think like I need to see more to
be totally convinced that I was wrong. So if I can
get something like real significant asset back, if you could
treat a deva Samuel for Calvin Ridley, I'm like sprinting
to do that, and.

Speaker 2 (27:36):
I think you probably can. That's the thing with deebo Is.
After one week, people will be sold, Oh yeah, he's back,
Like this is the guy that I was super excited about,
and I felt like and I had to move him
up my ranking substance because we again similar to you.
I was really low on him out of the Gates
twenty twenty five rankings. But then I started to just

(27:56):
accept that, Okay, well, Samuel was gonna plaby start the
season pret good because he's going to be healthy. Mclaurin's
gonna be coming back slowly, and he's still at an
offense attach to Jaydan Daniels where there's still not a
lot of weapons in this offense behind Terry McLaurin. So
I kind of felt, Okay, he's going to offer a
lot of early season value, but you have to be
strategic and smart about using debo, take advantage of what
he does early in the year, but then cash out

(28:19):
soon arrither than later because we've seen him break down
in the second half of the seasons consistently, and I
think that's going to probably coincide with McLaurin coming back
full speed into the lineup. So we'll see what he
does on a short week. They're playing on Thursday night,
so maybe if you can't get the deal done today
or this week, but something just kind of keep in
the back of your minds and a lot of the
players to do we talk about today. You don't necessarily
need to sell them like right now. It's just something

(28:40):
to kind of keep in mind with. Okay, this type
of player, he has a cell type of profile. You
have to keep that in mind. If the deal arises, Okay,
maybe I should move this player.

Speaker 3 (28:51):
Let's go to your next cell.

Speaker 2 (28:53):
Going with JK. Dobbins, the starting running back for the
Broncos in Week one, so he was the volume leader,
the snap leader for the Broncos. Sixteen carries, sixty three
yards three point nine yards for Perry. He also scored
a red zone rushing touchdown. However, we had a three
running back committee here in Denver. Sean Payton up to
his Shenanigans once again. Tyler Batty, excuse me, Tyler Bedet

(29:16):
getting six targets out of the backfield again. Jalen Carter
getting eject out on the first play was not on
my bingo card. Neither was Tyler Bendey getting six targets
in the first game for the Denver Broncos. Jillian McLoughlin
was ruled an active before the game and thinking, okay,
like Harvey Dobbins, right, two headed monster here. I like this.
Sean Payton consolidating the backfield. No no, no, no, no no.

(29:38):
The Tyler bay Love has gone back from last season.
He got him involved again. So that's one concern with
Dobbins is now is this morph can do a three
headed backfield. I think Harvey looked really good on the
touches that he did get. He had a fifty yard
rush again, he played less snaps than JK Dobbins, but
I don't think that's going to last the rest of
the season. I think that Harvey is going to continue

(29:59):
to get more more involved. He's a super talented running
back that they drafted real life draft capital into, so
that he's going to continue to eat into Dobbins workload.
I would say that Dobbins looked okay. His rushing success
rate wasn't anything spectacular in Week one again, average under
four yards per carry. Yes, he scored the touchdown, but
I think that's why you can get some value for
a JK. Dobbins who again going back to a player

(30:20):
like Debo, what was the first player we talked about
last year on the Cell high after Week one? It
was JK Dobbins And we're like, oh, I don't want
to do this because we like JK Dobbins so much.
But what ended up being the right call was selling
JK Dobbins after Week one because we know he's not
built to last like JK Dobbins, love the man, He's
not built to last for the long hold for a
seventeen game season, So based on him being the RB

(30:42):
one four week one, I would try to sell high
off the touchdown off the sixty plus rushing yards.

Speaker 3 (30:49):
I don't have anything to add. I just like totally agree. Yes,
I mean it.

Speaker 1 (30:55):
I mean we basically had the conversation last year, right,
only last year there wasn't in r J. Harvey sitting
there waiting to take over. This year, it's the same situation,
but there's an actual, obvious, like pivot point for them
to make to say this is Harvey's backfield. Now at
some point, maybe it won't happen. It is Sean Payton
that we're talking about. Maybe the opportunity will force itself
on him if Dobbins gets hurt, which we're not hoping for.

(31:18):
But yeah, like I feel very similarly to last year,
if not stronger, because Dobbins is another year older, and
more importantly, Harvey's there so and now bidday apparently also.
So Yeah, I stially agree. I think we can move
on from Dobbins. Let's go to James Connor. Is your
last player to sell?

Speaker 2 (31:35):
Yeah? So this one is tough for me because I
liked James Connor a lot in draft season as a
draft value. Wasn't a must have target for me, but
someone that I thought was undervalued. And now I'm starting
to try to change my opinion. So going back to
are you changing your expectation for players based on new information?
And I think that how this backfield was deployed in
Week one, I think is changing my outlook for James

(31:57):
Connor because this wasn't him clear work course like we
saw mostly all of last year when Trede Benson was
a rookie. This year it was more of Trede Benson.
So Trey Benson played thirty three percent of the snaps
while James Connor played sixty five. Trey Benson's thirty three
percent snap share that was tied for the highest that
he saw his entire year as a rookie. So, and

(32:17):
I believe in that game last year's rookie where he
played thirty three percent of snaps, it was in a
blowout where James Connor wasn't being used. So in a closer,
back and forth game, the Cardinals were open to using
Benson more. He obviously delivered because he had a big
explosive run, which we know that at this point in
his career, that's not really James Connor's game. So if
they're open to doing more of a thunder and lightning

(32:38):
type of approach. Well, that means that that's going to
hurt the bottom line for James Connor, just if he's
seeing less volume overall. Again, sixteen touches overall for him,
Tredy Benson had nine, And I think that with Connor,
you have to be this one's tough because they're playing
with the Carolina Panthers a week two. So do you want
to sell him before they played the Carolina Payers, who

(33:00):
it's obviously a great matchup. James Connors probably gonna be
a top ten running back this week, but after that
you have the forty nine Ers and Seahawks, two teams
that when they played head to head there was not
a lot of running room against either of those teams.
So those are too tough for matchups. So maybe you
can sell James Connor in the idea that, hey, he's
playing in the Panthers this week, so you can get
a lot for him, or you can try to sell
him after he plays the Panthers and has a really

(33:21):
good game. But you know the main point is I
think that Benson is going to be more involved than
he was last season. That's something that I didn't necessarily
think of heading into the year, but after week one,
I'm probably changing my opinion on and I'm kind of
lowering Connor.

Speaker 3 (33:34):
And I think that Conner, I think Benson's a bye
by the way.

Speaker 2 (33:37):
Yes, I think that Benson is still kind of like
a waiver wire guy. I think that he's still available
on some waivers. I would say Benson is a buy candidate.
We've seen this before with some guys where they take
that next step in year two. I thought maybe it
could be like a Blake corm or something like that.
That's obviously not the case after his usage in week one,
But Trey Benson, Okay, maybe you see this year is
like Tank Bigsby type of player where again really absent

(33:59):
as a rookie. But then okay, week one shows something. Okay,
maybe he does a little bit more into James Connor's workload,
which is what we saw in week one, and Connor
he looked okay. I would say that it was against
the Saints, and the Saint stephen'sive line is not good,
so the fact that Connor didn't Missili pop off the
page twelve carries for thirty nine yards. Again, Connor got
there because he scored a receiving touchdown, caught four targets

(34:22):
for five yards. So I think the value with Connor
is still there to still get something really strong for
returning to him, especially because he's playing the Panthers this week.
But I think you want to get out of the
Connor business sooner rather than later, because I think that
Trey Benson is going to remain a factor in his
backfield moving forward.

Speaker 1 (34:38):
Trey Benson is thirty nine percent rostered on Yahoo, fifty
three percent roster on ESPN. Just to give a sense
of where he is where he's rostered.

Speaker 2 (34:47):
Well, I want to ask you where just about the
Panthers situation. So do you think you can wait after
he plays the Panthers to sell him again and again,
assuming he has a pretty good game and then two
tougher matchups coming up after that, or do not risk
it because you want to be able to move him
in and kind of entice the other manager. Hey, he's
playing the Panthers this week, you should buy James Connor
for me? Like, how would you approach it? Because I'm

(35:08):
trying to figure out what would work for me to
get the most of return while also not trying to
give up a potential smash week from James Connor.

Speaker 3 (35:17):
I think I think it depends on the league you're in.

Speaker 1 (35:22):
Really, really, what it depends on, honestly, for me is
less like convincing them about James Connor and more about like,
if Trey Benson has a better week again, then I
think that will be the Like even if if Connor
has a good week but Benson has a great week
because of the matchup, then to me, that is the
scarier proposition of like missing out on the window to
sell Connor, because because I think people are always excited

(35:45):
and optimistic about like the young guy breakout, like you
want to be right about that. It's fun to be
right about Trey Benson. So if he has a big
second week, to me, that impacts Connor's value more than
what Connor does.

Speaker 2 (35:59):
No, that's a really good point like that.

Speaker 1 (36:03):
All right, let's go to the quarterbacks and tight ends.
We're gonna kind of loop these guys together. There's fewer
names to be working with, so there's less to really
talk about here. So one one buy for you amongst
this pair of positions, and one sell.

Speaker 3 (36:15):
What's your buy? Justin Herbert quarterback by I think maybe
he looks good.

Speaker 2 (36:20):
He looked fantastic. And the thing that I noticed the
most was he was just running so much in this
Greg Roman offense, and he set career highs in rushing
last year despite entering the season with the foot injury.
So we had heard rumblings this off seas Okay, just
Herbert's gonna run more. It's like, okay, let's wait to
see it. And then from the jump against the Chiefs

(36:40):
on Friday on YouTube, he's basically running all over the plays,
just making plays. And we know Justin Herbert is a
super talented quarterback what he saw in the beginning of
his career. Now he's kind of fallen off a little
bit in terms of fantasy the last couple of seasons.
But maybe it's the fact that he's running more, the
fact that Keenan Allen is back in on the roster.
He has McConkie in year two and Quentin Johnson. I mean, look,

(37:01):
I don't know how reliable that guy is, but he
got just touchdowns most of the touchdowns. So I think
Herbert is just slated to be an absolute monster at
the fantasy quarterback the position this year. He has all
the recipe, all the ingredients to be that league winning quarterback,
and because he was going so late in drafts this year,
maybe you can still acquire him with your quarterback plus

(37:23):
a skill position player. Yeah, I would be trying to
send deals for Justin Herbert, and I'm trying to rank
him aggressively in the rest of season rankings because I'
just so impressed by what he did against the Chiefs
and just what his season long outlook can be.

Speaker 1 (37:37):
And remember, so he seven for thirty two yards. But
this is when where you had to have watched the game,
because he had like a twenty three or twenty four
yarder regard rush that was called back dude to penalty
that would have put him, you know, over fifty rushing
yards in the game, and just watching him even when
he wasn't scrambling, and actually, you know, on his seven
rushing attempts, even aside from those, he just looked really

(37:57):
mobile to me, Like, I'm sure you had this same reaction,
Like I thought. I thought, eye test wise, that was
the best game I saw. I mean, besides lamar Vus Allen,
because those guys are on a different level from pretty.

Speaker 3 (38:08):
Much everybody else.

Speaker 1 (38:09):
I thought that was the best game of quarterback played
besides those two, this this whole week one, and like,
he just looked insane, honestly, like, and the stats backed
it up. It's not like it's just an eye test thing,
but the stats plus the eye test.

Speaker 3 (38:20):
I came away thinking, like every year.

Speaker 1 (38:22):
There's like a quote unquote pocket passer who ends up
like running hot on touchdowns and is like, you know,
QB four on the season. I think Herbert could be
that and also run a bit more like I'm it's
just one week, so again we don't want to like
totally overreact, but that's a good defense.

Speaker 3 (38:38):
It wasn't at.

Speaker 1 (38:39):
Home, and he just looked awesome, So I'm fully in agreement.
I would buy high, and by the way, I didn't
say by low, right, I said buy because you can
buy high and still like that. To me, buying high
and selling low is sneaky, like the most important skill
you can have, because it's very easy to find opportunities
to buy low and sell high, and we still want
to talk about them. I'm not diminishing those conversations, but

(39:01):
buying high and selling low to me is like kind
of the best way to differentiate yourself from your from
your league mates and your opponents, and I think buying
high on Justin Herbert is very smart.

Speaker 2 (39:11):
Would you try? Would you trade Tyreek Hill for Justin.

Speaker 3 (39:13):
Herbert in a heartbeat? I was awesome.

Speaker 1 (39:18):
I also don't have a lot of Tyreek kill because
I was fading him in that proof early on.

Speaker 2 (39:23):
Unfortunately, I don't think Wadall's going to get it done
for it.

Speaker 1 (39:27):
Yeah yeah, yeah, all right by Justin Herbert.

Speaker 3 (39:31):
Who are you selling?

Speaker 2 (39:32):
So same game I'm selling Travis kelce I just was
not inspired whatsoever in terms of the lack of targets
that he was getting in that Week one game, No
Rashie Rice, Travis Kelcey knocks out exavior worthy first drive
of the game, and yet he only puts up a
ten point three percent target shared despite running a route
on eighty one percent of the dropback. So I know

(39:55):
that he scored the perfectly schemed up touchdown pass from
Patrick Mahomes, but I'm just not optimistic that Kelsey's going
to take full advantage of this window where all these
Chiefs receivers are hurt, and yet who is leading the
team in targets. It's not Travis kelce Like if it
didn't happen in Week one against the Chargers in a
game that the Chiefs were trailing, they were trying to
catch up. It wasn't Kelsey that was stepping up and
commanding this high amount of targets in this offense. It

(40:17):
was Marquis Brown that was making plays, Drew Smith, Schuster
out there commanding targets like one, Thornton seeing downfield looks
not Travis Kelcey. So I was worried about Kelsey entering
the season just after the dramatic fall off from last year.
And even if he does have a boost in production
in this time period where Worthy is out, Rice is out,
those guys are going to come back at some point.
So I don't want any part of Kelsey if he's

(40:40):
going to fall off in the second half of the
season when I need his production the most. So I
think I'm trying to sell high on the idea that, hey,
he's going to see a boatload of targets over the
next couple of weeks when we just saw Week one
play out and that was not the case whatsoever, And
just continuing the trend of downward production from Kelsey, and
I'm hoping that I can move him off of the
touchdown and off of the idea that he's going to

(41:00):
see a lot of targets, just because I'm not that
optimistic that it's going to be the case.

Speaker 1 (41:04):
Let's go to our buy, sell or hold segment. I'm
gonna throw some trios your way, and you're gonna tell
me pick one of them to buy, one of them,
to sell, one of them to hold. This can be
thinking about it like in terms of head to head
to head against the names themselves, but it could also
be like in a vacuum. Even if I'm ranking like
a guy that you are ranking ahead of the other

(41:26):
two names that I give you, you can still say
a sell if you just think they kind of fit
that category best.

Speaker 3 (41:31):
If that makes sense. So it does.

Speaker 1 (41:33):
Saying that you're selling doesn't mean he's your least favorite guy.
It just means you think he fits that answer best.
But these are intended to be names that are roughly
in the same range rest of season.

Speaker 3 (41:41):
Normally you will see these ahead of time.

Speaker 1 (41:43):
I did kind of come up with these very last second,
just due to some scheduling stuff and prepping for the show.
So this will be you shooting from the hip here.
We'll see how it goes. Buy seller hold. I got
two running back trios and two receiver trios. First at
running back, O'maron Hampton, Breise Hall, Kenneth.

Speaker 2 (41:57):
Walker elite running backers to start with. So gott to
buy Breeseaw. I just thought that the guy looked absolutely
fantastic in week one. I thought schematically he fit what
the Jets were trying to do offensively, and yeah, so
I'm I'm all the way back in. It took me

(42:17):
one week, but yes, Breeshall would be the buye for me.
I think Hampton. Hampton, and ken Walker are tougher because
I did. I didn't think Hampton necessarily looked that great
in week one. I thought that he was fine. He
is also a rookie, so I'm trying to kind of
keep that in mind, and I don't think that I
necessarily want to just write him off after one game,

(42:41):
so I think. But at the same time, you can't
sell Kem Walker right now because you're not going to
get anything for him. So I think I would probably
sell Hampton just because you can still get a lot
for him. And in the back of my mind is
Worm's voice talking to me about Roman doesn't use a
bell cow Najre Harris could get more involved now that
he's kind of getting back his legs back underneath him.

(43:04):
So I think Hampton probably just because I think you
can probably get like I would trade Hampton to get
Breese Hall to be like as an example. So if
we're talking about I don't.

Speaker 1 (43:12):
Know if everybody would do that, that's an interesting point to make.
I don't know if everybody out there would make that choice.
I just just after one week, Yeah.

Speaker 2 (43:19):
I just, I mean, I just really wanted to see
because I know Breestol's talented guy. Like that was never
my hesitation. It was, okay, is this offense going to be?
Is this going to be a disaster? And week one
it wasn't, and they just used him in the exact
way I hope that they would. Whereas Hampton, he didn't
really jump off the page. To me, I thought that
he was fine. So I think that I would make
that move for brees Hall from Omar and Hampton, and

(43:43):
then with Walker, I think he's a hole for me.
I want to see how this backfield plays out in
week two. Now it looked like Sharbonnay was the guy
in week one, but was that because Walker was coming
back from you know so much time off, he grually
playing the preseason. Maybe they're just kind of easing him in.
And Walker started the game still. And the thing that
was interesting was Walker had all the targets to the backfield.

(44:05):
Sharpon I had zero targets, So I thought that was
kind of peculiar too. Where yes, Sharpona looked better as
a rusher, got the more red zone score, the red
zone rushing touchdown, but Walker had three targets. So not
ready to completely write him off. I do want to
see another week of it. But if we come on
week two or entering week three and it's just like
the Sharpona show again, well it's like, well got to
take the l on Walker. After two weeks, it's it's
clearly Sharbona is the guy. So I will hold Walker

(44:27):
just because those are two. If you trade Walker now,
you're not gonna get I mean, if someone sends you
a Walker for sharbon Adal, are they accepting Like that's
like that's kind of where I feel like I think
they're they're just gonna press the reject button and move on.

Speaker 3 (44:41):
Well, Breece Hall at least seems like a strong buy.

Speaker 1 (44:43):
You can use the trade analyzer at fantasypros dot com,
slash my Playbook or on the My Playbook app to
instantly evaluate how any trade will affect your team for
this week, the rest of the season, or even in Dynasty.
Our other running back Trio here ericson Isaiah Pacheco, Bill
Krosky Mayor, and Javonte Williams.

Speaker 2 (45:02):
Okay, So, Javante you talked about alrighty, he's a hold.
I think that you just you ride it out. I
think it was a good pick. You don't need to
trade him, You don't need to sell him. Just have
him on your team, be happy that you picked him.
Pacheco would be the sell for me. Just more of
the committee usage, not the pre injury usage that we
saw from Pacheco. I don't think that Pacheco necessarily was bad,
but the Chiefs are just using a running back of

(45:23):
my committee. They like using Kareem Hunt, especially at the
goal line, which is really annoying for a guy like Pacheco.
And right now, the vibes again talking about vibes with
the Dolphins Chiefs vibes not not great super Bowl hangover.
Maybe a little bit that that's a little bit concerning
with the Chiefs. So I think I'm cool with fading Pachecko,
So I'm willing to be wrong or be wrong about
Pacheco and his upside this year. And then the who's

(45:45):
the last guy that the guy I want to buy
with Bill? Bill? Oh yeah, Bill, you got yes, Bill, Yes,
you gotta buy Bill Crosskey Merritt. Dude, he the minute
that Chris Rodriguez is the main active is like, oh baby,
wheels up for Jack carry Crossky Merritt. He checked off
all of the boxes. Dude. Week one again against the
fierce Giants defensive line was not held back. I think

(46:07):
he's got a top twenty four floor. Again they view
him as Brian Robinson plus juice. Brian Robinson was a
locked and loaded top twenty four running back. He felt
good about starting. He's got touchdown upside, and I think
that in this scheme with Daniels, he's gonna benefit from
so many favorable looks where because there's the mobility of
the quarterback, you're getting the linebackers put in uncomfortable positions,

(46:28):
and Chakoy cross Ky Merritt is taking full advantage of that.
Average over eight yards per carry in the first game
looked explosive, so I think it's kind of off to
the races for Bill, and I think that he might
be undervalued still what his actual ceiling can be, which
I think is much closer to top twenty four top
twenty running back now that we feel secure about his
role and if Austin Eckler is really the only clear

(46:49):
competition for touches, I mean, Eckler is an older player
past his prime. So I think it's really wheels up
sky high for mister Bill.

Speaker 3 (46:58):
We'll go quicker on the receivers. I gotta get going here.

Speaker 1 (47:02):
First wide receiver trio Za Flowers, Ricky Piercell, and Mecca Agbuka.

Speaker 2 (47:06):
Oh Man Okay, So Pearcell.

Speaker 1 (47:10):
In Agbuka I really wanted to put together because I
had them together like basically throughout draft season, at least
by the end of it, and they all start coming
off with good games in their own respective ways, and
so I was trying to find a good third receiver
to include them. But that those are the first two
names I wrote down, were Pierceall and Agbuka.

Speaker 2 (47:25):
Okay, So let's say I think that you have to
you got to hold Agbuka. I think that the guy's
just too talented. And too good. And the fact that
he does is his first game ever. I think that
just shows you the type of ceiling he has. Any
when Chris Godden comes back, I don't I don't know
if how much of a factor he's going to be,
so I will hold on to Eggbuka. I mean, are
you guys ready to say Flowers? I know everyone did

(47:48):
not like Zay Flowers a lot in Fantasy, so it's like, man,
this guy's really.

Speaker 3 (47:51):
Good, Like let me let me answer this one.

Speaker 1 (47:55):
And you're correct about holding Abuka by Pearcel, I think
like he's gonna be awesome this year and sells say Flowers.
Say Flowers is a very good receiver, but he is
particularly good against the type of defensive coverages that the.

Speaker 3 (48:08):
Bills throw your way.

Speaker 1 (48:10):
That was a big reason why they lost in the
playoffs last year, and so I'm not surprised he had
a big game against the the Ravens. In that game,
Sam Hoppen, our former co worker, posted an explosive play
kind of like rankings of everybody. The Ravens had an
explosive play in that game twenty three point five percent
of their plays, which was first by a mile. The

(48:31):
gap between them and second place was the same between
the gap between second place and thirteenth place in Week one.
That that's an out Like the Ravens, I think are probably,
if healthy, going to be the best offensive football this year.
It's not going to be by that kind of outlier,
and it's not going to be where all of the
passing game production goes to A Flowers. So if anybody
is believing that he is like a league winner because

(48:53):
of that first game, like I would sell him by
like I said, piersol and holding Buka, No, I think.

Speaker 2 (48:58):
That you're right. It just feels bad because you know,
like it shows just the ceiling that Flowers has in
an offense. That imagine if he did get double the
jit targets every single week, right, like how because he's
such a good player, Like he's such a fun player.
He's so good after the catch, he's dynamic. But to
your point, Mark Andrews always sucks against the Bills no
matter what it is. He just doesn't do anything against

(49:18):
that team. He's not going to see one target every
single week. That's going to flatten out a little bit.
So I would agree with you. You can get a lot
for especially in a primetime game. I mean, I like,
we're coming on the show and it's like, oh man,
I gotta sells a flowers. But to your point, you
can get a lot for him and then slick Rick,
I mean to the moon even with Mac Jones.

Speaker 1 (49:35):
Yeah, all right, last wide receiver trio.

Speaker 3 (49:37):
I do have to go quickly on this one. Romadonsay
Michael Pittman Junior or Keenan Allen.

Speaker 2 (49:42):
Okay, So I'm going to hold romadonsay. You know, second
year player showing potential with Caleb Williams. I like that.
So I'm going to hold onto a doonsay. Uh, Michael Pittman,
I probably sell. I think that the Colts receiver room
is still pretty crowded where maybe he's not going to
give you the biggest return long term. And I know
that he scored touchdown. I don't think Gale Jones is

(50:04):
gonna necessarily play that well. He's also playing the Broncos
in week two, So what do we just talk about
with certain who's he gonna be on. It's probably gonna
be on, Michael Pittman. So that's not a matchup that
you like. So I think that it is time to
just you know, sell high and Michael Pittman take the profit,
and then the who's the last guy again more, I'm
so bad at this.

Speaker 3 (50:23):
It's okay.

Speaker 1 (50:23):
Normally you would have these in front of you with
this was kind of thrown together. It was a do'sday
Pittman and Keenan Allen.

Speaker 2 (50:29):
Oh yeah, so then I would I would. I would
buy Ken't out right, because he's probably the cheapest player
that you can acquire, just because he was drafted so late.
But what do you see, he's justin Herbert's one of
his best buddies. Now, I think maybe you could flip
Pittman to get Keenan Awen right now. They could probably
do that.

Speaker 1 (50:46):
We'll wrap things up with one mail bag question here
from the Twitter audience. We'll be posting those every week,
so if you have any trade questions of your own,
feel free to respond to that tweet and we will,
you know, talk about it on the show here each week.
We've got one for you to day. Should I trade TJ.
Hockinson And if so, what should I respect? What should
I expect? Excuse me for compensation?

Speaker 2 (51:07):
Well, I believe the Hawkinson is not coming off the
greatest game. Yeah, he only had three cats for fifteen
yards on four targets, So I don't know if you're
gonna be able to get a lot for Hawkinson. I
think you might need to wait a week just to
see him pop off a little bit again. Obviously McCarthy showed, hey,
he can be a good quarterback for fantasy. It took
him a little bit of time, So I think that
you want to wait on I think he's a hole

(51:28):
for me, especially with Addison out for the next couple
of weeks. I think we could see Hawkinson bounce back,
and then I would probably try to sell before Addison
returns to the lineup. So I would wait and then
maybe try to get another Titan, either coming off a
poor performance, or some of the five players we talked
about on today, maybe like a Calvin Ridley, another receiver,
if you need a receiver, maybe Calvin Ridleys at a

(51:49):
target that you use Hawkinson to try to acquire if
that team also needs a tight end.

Speaker 3 (51:54):
We'll go ahead and.

Speaker 1 (51:54):
Wrap things up there for Ericson. I'm Ryan warmly, thanks
everybody for tuning in. We'll be with you every Tuesday
else season long.

Speaker 3 (52:00):
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