The BIGGEST Lineup Decisions You MUST Get Right for Week 1 | Fantasy Focus

0:00I see you in the old six, so one old. Focus, fantasy, fantasy, focus. What's up friends welcome into fantasy focus football alongside field G8 and Michael Cape Cod Clay. My name is Daniel Dopp. Got some new merch. Yeah it seems like a Michael. I'm here I got the I got this nice sweatshirt. You know I had to fit in. I had to go shop and get some Cape Cod merch. I got my daughter's hat and she wanted me to bring her toy lobster. She brought my sunglasses just in case. One of those guys. I'm one of those guys now. You know what I did you know we did take a boat into the into the city in the Boston the first night for you to keep cotton. I got to tell you a lot of people looked like field you know. Yeah, field dress like field. I thought I thought you were kind of dressed in original but a lot of field. No, don't but you know what Mike nothing if not on original they were like all in finance yeah that's how I was. I'm glad you got your vacation in because you're about to work for 18 straight weeks

1:04in a row Michael. It's about to be busy time. Less vacation more kids trip that was. Yeah. We did a nice time but yeah I don't vacation now until I don't know what we go to the Super Bowl in February. I don't think we just get a little bit. I want to add on to something you said and then we're doing football in two seconds. As a parent especially when your kids are like under the age of 15. You don't take vacation. You take trips. Oh yeah. There's not the vacation about it like we we have come home from vacations air quotes. Yeah. And the first thing my wife and I want to do is get into bed for like three streets. Yes. And catch up on sleep that you don't get family trips vacations are they're different. Yes. That's fair. All right. On today's show we got the biggest lineup decisions for week one. We're going to make them. Yeah. It's week one. It's here. We're here. Last minute draft advice as well. By the way, football starts on Wednesday. Yeah. It does. And then there's also football on Thursday still. What a weird it's such a weird year in so many ways. It's the latest because the NFL will always start its season. Yep. The week of Labor Day. So Monday of course is Labor Day the week of it's almost always the Thursday after Labor

2:07Day. But because of the fact that the NFL is playing a game in Australia. Yep. They're moving the kickoff game up to Wednesday night. So the Patriots and Seahawks will play and then basically go on a mini buy. Yep. And then on Thursday the Rams and the Niners will play. But it will be Friday in Australia. Also going to be a great game. It's going to be quirky. And the Rams by the way play they haven't even left for Australia which is wild. A Ram. They haven't left. No. They leave I think tonight because they're going to arrive at so the game is being played. I believe at 11 o'clock local on Friday morning. Okay. Or 10 30 because the game kicks off here at 8 30. The Rams are going to arrive at 10 30 on Thursday morning in Australia. So from the time they touch down until kickoff they will have been in Australia for 24 hours. Wow. Last week. Yeah. George Kiddles been their party in for a month. Ah. Yeah. They're all settled. Kiddles adopted four Kangaroos and they arrived. Yeah. Probably. All right. We got a lot of today's show we're going to do at the very end. We're going to reveal our punishments for starts of the week.

3:08We got the wheel all figured out. That's where we're going to get Eric Moody who was always holding down chat for us. But first and foremost, let's dive into our biggest lineup decisions for week one. My friends. A lot of football to talk about here. We decided why not start at the top. And number one quarterback in the game potentially going up against the number one defense also in the game. What do you do if you draft a Josh Allen? Any place the Houston Texans week one? I think it's probably important for us to know to thought on these critical week one lineup decisions. The answer might be in almost every case. I spent a really hydra on this player. I'm probably just going to play him. But man, do they make you a little bit nervous? And I think that Josh Allen's the poster child for that dynamic, right? Josh Allen who, okay, I thought you were going to reveal like a Josh Allen tattoo is you were taking your sweatshirt off. I didn't realize that my strings were on the event. And this is one of those. That's an exception to football. So Josh Allen consensus, QB1 number one quarterback for the last six seasons, two in the two seasons. He wasn't quarterback one goes up against the team. It's probably the closest thing to a Josh Allen kryptonite.

4:10Yes. A Josh Allen last year took eight sacks when facing the Houston Texans. He's one in four all time against the Texans. As you see right now, I know that quarterback win loss is not necessarily a fantasy stat. But generally if Josh Allen plays well, his team is going to win more. Josh Allen's a one and a half point underdog. Last season they were underdog five times. Josh Allen scored 17.1 fantasy points per game. So when they played good competition, he wasn't as dominant. He was 25 point, it was at 25.4 fantasy points per game in games in which the Buffalo Bills won last year. As we know, no quarterback hit even 21 points against Houston in 2025. It's an only defense. So how confident are you starting Josh Allen in week one, Mike? Yeah, I'm not super confident, but like you said, he was the first quarterback picked. You probably spent a third, maybe in a more competitive draft, a fourth round pick on him. So it'd be really hard to bench him. However, if you're still drafting a knockout tonight, maybe you avoid him because you

5:11don't want to go out in the first round. If you're playing DFS, maybe you don't utilize him this week unless it's a tournament, but you know, you said he's one and four against them. And that's not a fantasy stat, but you know what is a fantasy stat? Those numbers that fill the box corner. If you look at his last two games, they play twice over the last two seasons two years ago, he was nine of 30 passing against him for 130 when yards had one touchdown. Kind of bailed you out with 54 rushing yards in that game, but it's only at 14.6 points. Yeah. Last year, 253 passing yards, but in no touchdowns in the game, how many games did you have in the game? Josh on not score a single touchdown had two picks. You mentioned the eight sacks. He only had 20 rushing yards in that game. He had eight fantasy points. So, uh, and again, you mentioned how good the Texans defense is. And I know that's last year. Yeah, no quarterback reached 21 points against him last year, but the defense is arguably better this year. Yes. I mean, this is an elite defense. It's a tough matchup. The this is very likely or there's a really good chance this will be his worst game of the season. I think so too. In week one, but you it is going to be hard to to mention. Okay.

6:12So I want to hear why Daniel has a miss quarterback one. Like I'd understand. So I have a quarterback six. Yeah. My casemies quarterback four. You have miss quarterback one for confidence here in Josh. Shalon. No, this is because I drafted him to be my number one quarterback. And okay, to me, this question is the same for all of us. Are you starting Josh Allen or are you benching Josh Allen? It would take really unique. Sir, I'm trying to think of the circumstances. I only in a in a knockout league, what I benched Josh Allen. So as long as I have him ranked inside the top 10 to me, I think the ranking is kind of whatever. So like this is a locker room vibes ranking field. Okay. Lockroom. I'm about in my 14 league though. In your 14 league, my bench and him. Can you just win that according to your ranking? I'm starting. You might you win it once. I will say this Josh Allen. I pulled up his game law. Josh Allen and four regular season games against the Texans has three total touchdown. Yeah. And they have been making our point. They're awesome. No, you're right. No way after I drafted Josh Allen, I'd like to draft a Josh Allen. I'm just I can't bench him.

7:12Yeah. We're all I can feel you there. But, but would you ever consider sliding him down? Like I moved him to quarterback six. You could make the argument to have him. 10 and lower is defined as a starter. So 10 to one would be starting quarterback. You could make the case that the answer should be eight, nine or 10. Yeah. I mean, quarterback won this week to me. I think I have Lamar Jackson ranked as my number one QB this week. I've heard one, but Lamar's. He's got a lot of cards and a great matchup. Mar Jackson, Jaden Daniels amongst the trendiest quarterback one picks for this week. Jackson Dart as well would be an interesting name as quarterback one. We're all agreeing that we're playing Josh Allen. You just have more faith in the vibes of Josh and the right. And there's a lot of them. Would you move him at all between now and? Yeah. Eventually. I have one for you. Okay. Like hypothetically, like let's say you took Josh Allen. You're probably not taking Lamar Jackson or Jalen Hertz, but you might take Justin Herbert. Yes. Where he's going. Yes. Do you go Justin Herbert against the Cardinals or Josh Allen against the Texans?

8:14I would go Herbert. I would start Herbert. Here's what I would say is like what's the worst case scenario for Justin Herbert in that game that they are blowing them out and he doesn't have to throw. But even then he's probably probably through two or three touchdowns. Like don't you think his floor is like I think the floor for Justin Herbert this week is like 14 points. Yeah. Right. The floor. Don't you feel like the floor for Josh Allen is more like nine points? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, point one last year. So it feels like the floor for Herbert is higher. And I think you can make the case that the ceiling is higher as well. So that's an interesting one right there. You know, I love myself some Justin Herbert. You do. Part of the reason why this one's a little bit harder for me to like put into action is I'm under exposed to Josh Allen. I think we probably all are because we're patient quarterback drafters. Yeah. But if you are an aggressive quarterback drafter and you paired Josh Allen with a Justin Herbert, maybe a Jackson Dart. Whoever your second quarterback is at least consult the rankings. He's quarterback six for me, four for Mike, one, but potentially adjusted for Daniel.

9:15Generally, we lean towards plain Josh Allen, but remember, it's like the season full of emotions, but it's a weekly game. So do not be discouraged if Josh face plans in week one and feel like you totally messed up by using pick 23 overall. Although next week, send trade offers. Go get him. Yeah. He's cooked. It's over. It's an emotional thing too for me because let's say that you do decide you want to play Justin Herbert and Justin and Josh Allen goes off in scores 28 points against him. I'm okay with it. I think it was the correct decision. Yeah. Okay. I mean, this defense is so nasty. Yeah. Like they were already arguably the best defense in the NFL last year. Seattle Denver also in that conversation, of course. And then they added, they did, they signed Reed Blankenship. They drafted Kate and McDonald. They brought you Devine Clowney who was legitimate, like depth level pass pressure last year for who will be a depth, a depth level pass pressure for them this year after playing for Dallas last season, like they just have waves and waves and waves of pass pressure. It's going to be very uncomfortable for that Buffalo offense.

10:17No doubt. Then let's move on to QB two. Yes. Because this one all is also very interesting. Yeah. quarterback two for you in preseason and right and preseason range. Yes. The second quarterback we're going to talk about here this week for the biggest lineup decisions. All right. This will lead to a great question. And that's Drake May. Drake, Drake May. Drake, Drake May, May. Michael Lickley Jr. has him as QB 14 field. You know what? QB 14. I've got him as QB six guys. Quarterback 14. All right. So can I be about it? Well, can I start with the question for you? Yeah. Because you said, hey, Josh Allen, you drafted him there to be QB one. Is there any reason why you're a quarterback two overall for Drake May guy? Is there any reason why he's not higher than quarterback six in your rankings? Yeah. I know, but same with Josh Allen. You haven't you didn't move him at all. So what I'm saying, like your confidence in Drake May is less reflected in your ranking than your confidence in Josh Allen preseason. Yeah. Yeah. It does. I think my confidence in those two quarterbacks are still. There's a gap between the level of reflective of where you guys are at.

11:20So I think the gap is the same for each player. Got it. Okay. I'm like, I'm shocked by this. And part of the reason why is I had Drake May as QB two heading into the season. And I recognize field you said a great point. We're drafting for a season long thing. Yeah. But week one is a weekly game. So I get that. We all understand that. As a part of it though, do you believe that there are and based on your rankings, it looks like there's only one. There's only one. Set it and forget it quarterback in the NFL and fantasy football at this point. I think that Josh Allen has earned the right that no matter who he's playing, given how high you drafted him and given how early in the season it is that yes. Like if Lamar Jackson were playing against Houston, we'd have a comparable conversation to what we just had with Josh. Where did you have Drake May for the season? Do you guys remember what it was? At a me two, QB three, QB four, QB four, QB four for you guys for. Yeah. But I think this is reflective of how we've analyzed quarterbacks all off season, which is, yeah, Josh Allen's on his own level. Everyone else is very close to each other. And that's why you waited so long a quarterback.

12:21Maybe occasionally you took a shot in Josh Allen, but that was it. So yeah, I think from two on very matchup dependent, I think there's just so many good QB ones. Yep. So Josh Allen has higher rushing upside than Drake May obviously. I think he has higher passing upside than Drake May as well. Drake May faces off against Seattle who they had some notable defensive defactions. And they have some question marks in the secondary right now. We'll see whether Nick Eman worry their incredible safety plays in the back ends. Kobe Bryant departed their second round pick. But Clark, who they drafted to replace Kobe Bryant, he's out for the year because of a nasty injury suffered in the preseason. But Drake May through the first three quarters of Super Bowl last year had 60 passing yards had taken five sacks and the Patriots scored zero points. It was heading towards still was one of the worst performances from an offense in Super Bowl history. They for like a nanosecond made it seem like it might get frisky in the fourth quarter, but the Seahawks dominated that game. And Drake May in the playoffs last year, if you include the playoffs against teams that were in the playoffs or they faced in the playoffs scored 17.5 fantasy points per game

13:24against non-playoff teams. It was over 21 points per game. A Drake May is an amazing player. I think he's got all the makings of becoming an NFL MVP at some points in his NFL career, maybe multiple times. But last year, part of the success of Drake May was dictated by the fact that the Patriots had a very soft schedule. Yeah. We, uh, yeah, good. It did not prevent they made the Super Bowl. I think they earned that trip to the Super Bowl. But they had a very soft schedule, which you don't determine your own schedule. The NFL of course has a rotating system, but I will, I have a lot of confidence. I have a ton of confidence in Drake May. I will get to implicit confidence in Drake May. Mm-hmm. If he does it again, Josh Allen's earned that over six seasons of being quarterback, one or quarterback two for me. Yeah. No, now, uh, you took a lot of what I was going to say. So well done. I agree on pretty much everything. I did your point notes. Yeah, you did. I see that. I printed them out and I forgot to grab them. I, I, I, I, the opposite. So obviously you've got to hold them. Um, yeah, I mean, look, they played in the Super Bowl. He had 17 and a half fantasy points and that was with two touchdowns that he threw

14:24when they were down 19, nothing and 29 to seven. So obviously that was fueled by garbage time. He was atrocious in that game. I still feel like Seattle's defense is one of the best in the NFL despite some injury concerns. We're going to keep an eye on them. Maybe we bump him up a couple spots of Nicki minuaries out. We'll keep an eye on that. Um, yeah, I look back at his last four games. The last four games, Drake May play last season. We're against really good defenses. The chargers, Texans, Broncos and Seahawks. He averaged 16.2 points per game. He was in the 14 to 17 point range, 14 to 17 and half point range and all four. So week obviously, obviously saw a big drop in production when he was playing against good defenses or great defenses. He's going to play a great defense this week. So no doubt with that large tier of say even two to 15 a quarterback. He's on a lower end in this matchup in Seattle against the chance. I mean, there's so many things working against him this week. Now he does have a better supporting cast to be clear. AJ Brown, that's very way better than any other wider. So over the Patriot Ted last match. And if you average 16 points per game in the way at AJ Brown and Romeo dobs, what's your number?

15:25Good. Look without Stefan digs. Uh, we'll keep an eye on Trevion Henderson. We'll do a game preview tomorrow. Seems like he's unlikely to play, but he had traveled the Seattle. The bottom line is the Patriot weapons are better even with some injury concerns right now. But yeah, Drake May is a conversation to me in a way that Josh Allen is not a conversation for me. I think that's wild. Okay. I like I would love to talk about this. It's wild to me. The go for it. I would draft. And this is the emotional side of the world's drafting. I'm pulling up my Drake May team. The idea that we have a quarterback that you think or any of us would think is a top five guy throughout the season and already in week one, you have them ranked outside not at the top 10 or outside the top 12. You know, it's quarterback 14. The cool thing that I love about fantasy football is all those stats that you gave last year, where last year stats. That's fair. And so things are different in 2026 and they were in 2025. Yeah. And that's why we added the context of we still think these are loaded defenses. In the case of Houston and of course Seattle and not to mention this is in Seattle. It's a tough place to play. So, um, and again, it's not like he was on that Allen level.

16:27There's a difference here, right? I'm looking at the guys I had had a had a have ahead of him, Bo Nick's who can add a lot of value with his legs and got a better supporting cast as well going against the chiefs. Caleb Williams gets carl. Obviously a lot of people like Caleb Williams is a solid KB1 Kyler Murray gets the packers in week one. We know what he can do with his legs. That one you could take her leave. If you don't want to start him over, may I get that DAC driver Lawrence Matthew Stafford. And then otherwise it's just got all the quarterbacks were picked in the top six or seven. So I think it's fair. I think it's totally fair to put them on the end of that tier. I know I know that you think that emotionally. I think it's insane to draft a quarterback with like one of the first three to four that come off the board and already in week one, you're like, I am instead going to play a guy that I drafted in round 12. Maybe I get it. I get what you're saying. And I understand you won't be the rest of the season. Yeah. I mean, I get it. I have just one Drake made teams before I have six drafts today, by the way. I need to go out and touch the acid. At some point that probably won't happen. The only one that I have with Drake may also includes petripples. So I don't know like homes does not have a great match itself against the Broncos.

17:29So that one I may still wind up starting Drake may. It's a six point passing touchdown leaks. That influences things just a hair. But that'll be a good, that'll be a good conversation over the next. What do we have? I don't know. 33 hours to kick off. That was there almost there. Are they that range? Yeah. Yeah. That's a quick question from our. Are you okay? Yeah. We got someone wants to ask about Drake, Drake, May, May. This is Jeff C. Have a feeling that I should start or excuse me. I have a feeling quote, should I start Drake, May week one is a very popular question. It's a good question. May or T law give me Lauren. I don't know. Against the Browns. The Browns without miles. Garrett. I say that Drake may scores more fantasy points in week one than Trevor Lawrence. Wow. And I say, Trevor Lawrence scores more fantasy points than Drake, May and week one put on the board. We're often running close enough. First, first, we believe that. First, honestly, week one is the hardest. And I know that's why we're having this conversation. We have the most amount of information for week one because we have a whole off season

18:29of data, but also week one is different because off season data versus what they did last year. It's like it's the least amount of information. We're just going to say we get the most information from week one by far. Like more, I'd say more than we get from the off season. I mean, that's when I'm busy as this post week one just updating every little thing that we learned from the week. I got to be so you said this and I think it's an important thing because I have this dynamic in play for me often as well. You talked about the emotions of Benching Drake, May. That one like Trevor Lawrence versus Drake, May doesn't feel crazy to meet all. No, you don't feel crazy. No. And I'm okay just living with my decisions. Yeah, me too. Yeah, unless I, unless I, unless I, unless, unless, unless after the fact I look back and I'm like, the process was poor. Otherwise I'm fine. Yeah. I mean, you have to be, and it's so much easier for me to live with a process based mindset early in the season because even if your team starts oh and two, like you can dig yourself out of a hole. When it's week 14, you're like, damn it. I knew I should have started Drake, May against the Seahawks.

19:29Yeah. Now I am out of the playoffs. Why do I play this game? Yes. Then I become a little more starting Tessa Miller tight end and say I'm staying in the playoffs. Yeah. Who would do that? Want to know, would you play Drake, Reciaddle or Jackson Dart this week? Yeah, Jackson Dart for me. That's cool. I'm going to dark. I'm like 10 spot higher on Jack. I know where I will say the Cowboys defense is substantially better on paper than it was. Last year we'll see if that translates. But I still think if there's a weak spot there, it is the cornerback position. So it should set up well for guy. We're going to talk about later Malik neighbors in his return. But nonetheless, I'm still lean and dark. We're going to dive into this a little bit more tomorrow when we do a full on preview. Maybe not tomorrow. Actually, we'll do this more on Thursday. But George Kittle, taking on the Rams in a Melbourne. My friends are really tough one. He has flown there. He is in the country. So we know he's a part of it with the team. Right now, is there an expectation? Do you feel as though you're leaning one way or another field because right now we've all got him ranked outside the top 15 based on Mike's projections?

20:30I'm leaning out. There's one way in which this would change. That way it would be if there's some sort of rhetoric, other coach Kyle Shanahan or chef D comes in and reports like not only is George Kittle going to play on Thursday night, but the Niners expect him to play 70% of his normal workload. Sure. I just, it wouldn't stun me at all. Given the fact that he tours Achilles in January, if George Kittle plays 41% of the snaps on Thursday night and he runs 13 routes. And he has four targets and he catches three passes for 37 yards. And like that's just not good enough, right? Not that Tyden's great. And I think at some point soon, George Kittle is going to be not tied in 18 overall, but Tyden eight at worst in a game week. Yeah. But I need more than a week before I feel that way. I think that's right. I landed. Yeah. And here's the thing. If you drafted George Kittle, he came so cheap because we thought he was going to miss a month or so that you have another option, right?

21:30So you might have a TJ Hawkinson or you might have a Jawan Johnson or Dalton Concade or someone like that. So we're honestly, you might have Harold Fanon or something like because you got Kittle later. So you probably have a good option. You don't have to risk it this week. I will say this if there's a setback or a change in Kittle is ruled out. Just remember, Jake Tonjes, if you don't have a second tight end is a good fill in last year, almost 12 fantasy points per game, the seven games that Kittle was out. That works out to, um, eight over the full season where he was. That was ahead of Fanon, Travis Kelsey, Tyler Warren, Jake Ferguson for the season. So he was delivering you mid to back in tight end one number. So again, probably not something you have to worry about, but if Kittle is ruled out, Tonjes is a perfectly good fill in. I feel like Mike's ears must have been burning when I was making up that hypothetical scenario for George Kittle. 41% of the snaps for targets, three catches. He was like, I've got the numbers. Well, his projection is five targets. So one more than my three suggestions. And 36 receiving yards. So we are.

22:31Yeah, I just roll back his, yeah, I did roll back his, his projection for the game. That's why he's ranked as a mid range tight end one. The whole track title is, we're not waiting to find out if George Kittle is playing. You're already projecting him as though he is playing. We're deciding a less, yes, right? A limited less or a close. So you, what you would need to hear is George Kittle is not going to have a limitation in his workload or some major breaking news like that. I'd be making up by this range. I would be shocked as well. But if, and we still have until Thursday nights, it is George Kittle 55 hours at a George Kittle, there will be plenty of attention paid to the game. There will. Yep. Yeah, I would, I would play him. If that, if that rhetoric comes, I keep using the word rhetoric. If those statements come from Adam Shaftar or Kyle Shanahan, then yes, I will be playing George Kittle. Otherwise, I will give it a week. Okay. Mike, let's talk about Luther Burton. Your most fanciful. No thanks. No, I'd receive her this year and fantasy football pass. How you do? Well, he's hoping to get a lot of them against a lot of him. I assume that every note here, and an important note.

23:31Yes. Oh, Roman Deonsay. Roman Deonsay is out. Yes. Practice right now. Out of practice. Yes. So Roman Deonsay. That practice promise was really nice. Roman Deonsay is out. Out of Cheerios and he's more Roman Deonsay. Currently not practicing for the Bears. Yeah. Not a lot of information there and a reminder that starting on Wednesday for teams to play on Sunday games. Teams have to both submit an injury report and denote what the player is dealing with. I think it might be a foot thing for Rome, which is not great given the foot issue last year. But if he's out tomorrow for practice because of a foot injury, you're already calling into question whether he plays on Sunday. But let's analyze Luther Burton through both Rome plays. Rome does not play. Yeah. I mean, where you drafted him, you're going to start him either way. So if Deonsays out, obviously, he's a, you know, locked in lineup block as, you know, there'll be probably a mid range wide receiver to if Deonsays plays, he's where we drafted it basically. You know, this is a matchup in Carolina. We're not too afraid of. I'd say it's pretty much a neutral matchup.

24:32So Burton should be good to go here. I will say this about him. You know, I obviously was hard on him leading into the NFL draft and after the draft and kind of picked him apart because I feel like in the industry drafts and we saw this in drafting's best ball day and you'll like, he was going to the fourth round. Like that was way too expensive for me. But I noticed that ESPN and other more casual leagues, not that expensive, not as expensive. So I did find myself as the year went on drafting him as his ADP became more palatable. So I'm not as furious as I was before, you know, in April leading into draft season, but at the end of the day, we're going to, we're going to see how this plays out. But yeah, I mean, all systems go this week either way. You're going to start Luther Burton. Yeah, right there on the Flex radar right now. I was going to say he'd be a Flex radar or Flex guy from me assuming that Roma Deonsays plays. If Roma Deonsays doesn't play Mike, how do you think that would impact? I guess it's not just his projection, but probably also also, also cool. So in love, yeah, love and slight boost, but still going to be tight in three underboard. We're going to bowers and McBride one, two, I assume you guys agree. Yeah. But he's locked in either way. Again, it doesn't really change much because Burton, you're going to, he's an, he's an

25:34easier start. I guess in shallow release, he's more of a lineup block, but you're not starting Clea Freyman. You know, so it doesn't really change a lot for me in terms of who you are or aren't starting in Chicago. I will push back in this way, which is that I think because of Luther Burton's injury, which took place, I don't know, two and a half to weeks ago now, there were, he did drop. Like there might be scenarios where you're, I'm just throwing out random names here. Like wide receiver three for you, your, your potential flex option is James and Williams. You also have Luther Burton the third is your top wide receiver on the bench. So there is an interesting conversation to be had about Burton, vis-a-vis other flex options here. If Roma is out, though, it would be very tempting for me to not play with Luther Burton. But what an amazing opportunity this is for Burton this season, like there's so much hype surrounding this player. And by the way, the Bears don't trade DJ Moore if they don't have confidence in Luther Burton, but like any rookie and like a lot of players going into year two, we are making a big projection leap here for Burton, who last season had two games with five or more

26:34catches. Now he wasn't playing a ton, but still we are forecasting that Luther Burton, who went in the second round, but definitely had first round ability can make this leap in an offense that we think can also make a leap. Caleb Williams would be a more consistent passer. We need to see that. We need to see him more accurate as a passer this year. If those things happen and Roma Doons, they miss a some period of time. Luther Burton can go from a guy who was being drafted too high to a guy who perhaps would be in drafted too low to a guy who looks like one of the better values in all of drafts. Yeah, don't forget three of his four games that double digit fantasy points were when Roma Doons, they was outlast year. So obviously if he misses, that's a factor. Yes, I know DJ Moore was there. DJ Moore obviously was a super productive last year anyway as target usage was way down. Burton's biggest hurdle was Alameda's a keyest last year. That was who was keeping him off the field most of the year. So yeah, no doubt, no doubt about it. I mean, here he is a certified lineup lock if O'Donsey is out. For sure. Probably in your lineup if a doons a plays. I'm a 28. So I'm probably starting him in all 10 and 12 team leagues and figure something out real

27:37quick. I think we are going to bring back our reheem sandwich fund by the way this year. We are fun with that. I am calling this right now. What do we think the threshold is at the beginning? One percent or lower at the beginning of the year? Is it one so? Yeah, I think because we went to like a half a percent and it's 0.2 percent. We start a one percent. Okay, because I am already calling my shot that if Roma Doons a misses practice on Wednesday and we're doing our picks on Thursday, Khalif Rehman will be my answer. Wow. Okay. I mean, every player that you pick should elicit a wow because they're 99.8 percent available for more. Yeah. I'm not surprised by that. Yeah. Follow Ben Johnson. It's your line for a long time. Honestly. Yeah. Taking a Ben Johnson player to find the end zone isn't too bad. Not a bad idea. Not a bad idea. I have a question here from someone here in our YouTube chat. This one comes from Peter wants to know Jadari and Price or Luther Burden. Here's a good one. Flexed. Well, team league, especially because it's not wide receiver wide receiver. These ones are the harder ones to figure out. And keep in mind that Jadari and Price play tomorrow night. That's right. So Jadari and Price plays Wednesday night.

28:38If Roma Dunes a returns to practice tomorrow, the bloom will be off the rose a little bit for Luther Burden III. If Roma Dunes a doesn't practice, I would string it along and I would just roll the dice with Luther Burden III. I'll be curious to see how good the Patriots run defense is because for a while last year, remember for like the first 11 games of the season, the Patriots were like the best run defense in like 30 years. They were just a racing running backs left and right and some decent running backs at that. Dunes a good down the stretch Milton Williams ankle injury certainly impacted that. But this is not I don't think it's a great match up for Jadari and Price either way agreed. I'm leaning price. I agree. It would be a tougher call for Dunes a is looking like you might miss the game. So let's I think that's right. Yeah. That's right. And Dunes a back tomorrow. I land on price by tomorrow night. If Dunes a out tomorrow, I string it along and roll the dice that Dunes a won't play and go through the burden and worst case you have a burden, which is yeah, it's not like what they're burdened even with Roman Dunes a is like a categorically worse flex than Jadari and price.

29:38All right. Let's talk about Mike's actual favorite player in the draft this year, which is Jeremiah love. I think it's the easiest one in the entire show still dealing with a high ankle sprain. Does that give you any pause for week one, my friends? Here's the only way in which I'm not the only like circumstance in which I'm not playing to Jeremiah love is if there's any level of ambiguity that's real on Sunday morning as you know, the national reporters drop their injury information. Mm hmm. It's a late start because it's of course being played in Los Angeles. So it's a four in the four p.m. Slate of games. If for some reason all of your running back options play either Wednesday, Thursday or one p.m. on Sunday and you have no pivot available, then you can pivot off of Jeremiah love if it's still not certain whether he'll play by one p.m. on Sunday. Otherwise I'm playing him. Yeah. So it's your second or probably third round pick. You're going to be hard pressed to have a better option for your start line up. I again, yes, it's a weekly game, but running back is a lot more shallow than the quarterback

30:40position. So yeah, I'm going to start Jeremiah love this week for sure. It is a tough match against the chargers. I did project him as if he'll be limited a little bit in his first game, but that was that's been my expectation. The whole off season was they're going to they're going to force Tyler Algier on us for a while. He's going to have a large role and then it's going to start to shift as we get a few weeks into the season. And honestly, love cut out what I've been projected for 17 touches. He could have 12 or 13 and still pay off as an RB two. He's I feel like he's just going to be that player. He was drafted to be the next Gibbs, the next Robins. And I expect that level of efficiency and production. So I would I'm with you. We ranked him lower, but he's still starting. So assuming he plays, I'm playing him. There's no player and backfield utilization and deployment that I'm more interested in than how the cardinals go about this. Like how much is Tyler Algier playing? Is he going to get? If they have goal line work, will he get it? Is he going to be on the field the very first play of the game? I would not endorse that, but I wouldn't be stunned by it. I also have a stat for you guys. Oh, I get I'm playing Jeremiah love, but Jeremiah love stat.

31:40Jeremiah love stat. And I don't know how ever. I want to turn my mind. I'll check this. So you. Yeah. If there is it's not quite to the level of concern about Josh Allen that we have where this could be a leban game, but slow starts would not be atypical. Because did you know of the last nine running backs drafted in the top 12th of the real NFL draft. Only three of them scored even 12 and a half fantasy points in their debut. Interesting. The other nine did not, other six, excuse me did not. So Lena for net, say, Quan Barkley and B John Robinson also scored 12.5 or more. Zikelli it Ash and Gentie Christian McCaffrey, Jameer Gibbs, Trent Richardson and Todd Gurley under 12 and a half fantasy points. So I guess Todd Gurley. Yes. He's the man. Just because a guy is drafted super high. And just because we believe he has a ton of upside, there is evidence that slow starts are possible and keep in mind the chargers did not allow a running back to score 20 or more fantasy points after week seven of last season.

32:43Yeah. Good run defense. And I think they'll be fine again this year. It's going to be interesting. The charger defense is fascinating to me because I feel like statistically they're better than they've been on paper. But I think some of that was the offense was the protecting the defense in a lot of ways. But they're, you know, if you're right, if you're right, they're going to open up the offense this year. And it's going to put more pressure on the defense. I think they might give up. Yeah. Yeah. If I'm right. If you're right. Sorry. Sorry. Big if big if big when I'm right. Thank you. Let's talk about this next one. Maybe the biggest one that we have right now. Yeah. That was the biggest news in fantasy football. Marse on Lloyd and the packers taking on the Minnesota Vikings right now. We've got Marse on Lloyd in that mid 20s range. The big conversation here field is Josh Jacobs court hearing was moved up to September 10th. I got a couple questions about this. Who moved this date and wasn't moved because it was advantageous to us. Someone and do we know any of those things? I think that there are, there was motivation from both sides to get this date moved up. Let's get it done as much information as you can get as soon as possible is definitely

33:43advantageous for Josh Jacobs. Yes. And I'm not talking about from his fantasy football value. I'm talking like his what happens next with him in his life. And if he is guilty of what he has been accused of or charged with, then his football future maybe no football, right? But he also, I think he believes that he is not guilty of these things. And he would like some clarity because this is his livelihood. And he's got a lot of money on the line if he continues to play in play at a high level. Yep. So now having it being September rather than I believe it was like middle of November. It was November 17th. Now it's September 10th. I think this is both a, let's assume Josh Jacobs is still out on Sunday. Yep. It would be a very, very quick investigation by the NFL to conclude by Sunday. If he has a court hearing on Thursday, let's assume Josh Jacobs is out. We can talk about both March on Lloyd and how we are approaching him for this upcoming weekend. And again, tonight is probably the final night of drafts probably in all, but like a small percentage right?

34:44I think that Josh Jacobs kind of, when he firs, when the news first hit on August 30th, that he was going to the commissioners exemplar, so I'm moving down from RBE. I think it was 13 to RB 25. Then it felt like maybe he should be further down because it seemed like, oh man, like this one could be a half a season or more. Maybe it would just be off draft boards entirely feels a little bit like the winds have shifted back towards. We could see Josh Jacobs at some point and call it like the first six weeks of the season. Don't know that for a fact. We are just using as much data as we have to get our best guess. Um, then I think that Josh Jacobs should be ranked about running back 25. Yeah. I agree with that. I think, uh, what hasn't changed draft purposes, but yeah, exactly. Maybe it was this was in doubt for a few days, but it still seems like Jacobs most likely will start March on Lloyd this season. That's how I think that that's how I'm approaching both of these players, which is, yeah, we're knocking Jacobs because we think he's going to miss probably four to six games, something like that. Uh, again, we don't know for sure, but that's, we have to head somewhere and that's the

35:47line I'm choosing. So, uh, that's why I didn't over react on Lloyd either because yeah, we may get a good month out of them, but then maybe he's just a backup for most of the season. Also, like the hardest part for me with March on Lloyd is we've never gotten a good month out of it. No, if that equal March on Lloyd sounds awesome. Yes. And it's all been basically hypothetical. He has not been able to stay healthy. It is all, but so like there is a major question mark where even if you're drafting tonight, like how early is too early to draft a guy that hasn't played or stayed healthy for, you know, his NFL career and now we're expecting him to be the starting running back, potentially the squad for who knows how many games there's a wide range of outcomes that could happen. Chris Brooks is like going to play a role on Sunday. Yeah. And that's just a fact. I will, we'll probably see a little bit of Pierre Strong to my guess is Caleb Johnson will be a healthy scratch in this one. They'll probably promote Pierre Strong to be the three. Yes, he is. Uh, but you're right, especially in passing situations. I think we'll see plenty of Chris Brooks who's been, uh, he's not new. He's been a reliable player behind Josh Jacobs last couple of years. So he's not going anywhere. Um, and, and that kind of gives me some pause on starting March on Lloyd in this game,

36:49by the way, against a pretty good, not as good I think I think they, they're down a little bit are the Vikings defense, but so pretty good defense overall. They are effective against running backs last year. So, um, I've met 26. I think that he's a flex option if you need it, but not a guy I'm going out of my way to start. And DFS, yes, I mean, he's a, he's price very low 4800. So if you play a draft, things, these are good option there. Yeah, no doubt Brian Flores will maximize this defense, but on paper, there are some talent question marks that maybe weren't as prevalent in prior years. Agreed. Yeah. So just on Josh Jacobs again, for draft purposes, I have him ranked around running back 25. Yep. Um, so if you're drafting tonight, we shall see what I would say about Josh Jacobs and the draft beyond the ranking is this is depending on bench size. If you have deep benches, this is different. But assuming you have a normal, you know, four to six man bench, right? You only have so many wild cards you can afford in your roster. Right. So if you draft a guy who comes into the season already heard or if you want to take Jordan Tyson, it's hard to take Jordan Tyson and draft Josh Jacobs, right?

37:50Because right away, two of your, let's call it five, just put the difference. Five bench bots are being utilized by players that aren't usable for you at the beginning of the season. I know you could I our Jordan Tyson and add somebody off of waivers, but the point is that if you have a really clean lineup and at the six round, you're like, I want to take Josh Jacobs and I just plan to be sort of safe and secure the rest of the way. You can probably afford it. But if you're drafting a few guys like if you're going to just don't know the name out there that is injured right now, if you want to draft Travion Henderson or if you already drafted Travion Henderson, it's harder to draft Josh Jacobs. We don't have a ton of information on Henderson, but if he's not going to play week one and he hasn't, he hasn't practiced since August 24th. I could change. We'll see. But there's only so many wild cards you can afford within one roster in one draft as a part of that just as a reminder in case you didn't listen to one of these shows earlier in the week with Josh Jacobs being on the commissioner exempt list. He will not be ruled as out in ESPN's game, which will not make him eligible for IR. So he is going to utilize a bench spot for you rather than potentially an IR spot.

38:53Yeah. Just so that you know how the game will work that way. That's one more talk of craft. Another fact game. Others, I'm not really other side, but like, you know, a pass catcher. A position. Yeah, yeah, different one. Other side of the formation, but he is coming back from injury as well. A guy that was honestly good outperform his ADP given where he was drafted and what he had done. Are you more in on the Packers passing game without Josh Jacobs being around? Maybe a little bit, but it's still a MATLA floor offense. I don't think they're going from leaning towards the run to super pass heavy because Jacobs isn't there. So they may shift it a little bit. The game script is obviously a huge determining factor. If they're trailing in this game and get in Minnesota, obviously they're going to throw a mar. We know that. So that's going to be huge determination. Remember, this has generally been a good team, a winning team. So they've been able to run the football. So again, GameScript matters. I will say this about craft. There's been a lot of arguments and debates about how good he's going to be, but what seems to be lost in it and with the talk about, you know, his efficiency or touchdown regression. The mean what's lost often is like the guy towards ACL midway through last year.

39:54He has admitted. There's been already been reports that he might be limited early in the season. He will be exactly. So that cannot be ignored. And that's why we have him ranked lower here. So craft might at some point emerge and be a top five fantasy, tight end, but I feel like it's just been kind of lost in all of the dialogue on social or whatever it might be that this guy is coming off an ACL. He might not be a hater. The same guy this year. You are a hater. That's what all the practice and are saying about you and Tucker. They absolutely are. I feel like this is the so like, I'll be the guy. It feels like George Kittle is on the early end of the spectrum where it feels like, okay, we thought we might not be able to be without George Kittle. Maybe you got to make plans, but now it only feels like you need to make plans for like week one or week two. Yeah. Tucker craft, it feels like to me could take longer to get into that form than George Kittle. And that's maybe I don't know. Well, Tucker craft is younger. The injury, I think is less severe. It injury happened earlier, right? ACL in the middle of the season for a 20, probably five year old. I know there's just some about George Kittle that I just, he is a Wolverine, but Tucker

40:56craft is baby George Kittle. That's why I have Tucker craft ranked tight and 12. He and I have Kittle at 17 is that again, both of them could well play 50% of the snaps at most in their respective games. Just feels like if there's the fresher legs that's further removed from the major injury, I'll bet on that a little bit more. That's how I break the difference or break the tie, I should say, from my run that week one. That's not even the mailbag, my friends, we got even more here from our YouTube chat. And how wants to know? Martian Lloyd or Jalen Warren as a flex in a 12 person PPR. That's a good question. I'm going to go Martian Lloyd there. Just a little bit more clarity on the role. I don't really know what to make of that Pittsburgh backfield other than Rico Dattles going to have over a thousand yards and 10. Yes, that's obvious. That's a call back to Fridays hot takes episode. Well, I have Lloyd 26, warn 27. So there's your answer. Very definitive. Wow. I'm going to call for Martian Lloyd. Yeah, I'd go Lloyd. I think, uh, Dattle Mourner are going to split things and put it back. Again, I've talked about the fact that I think targets are going to be lower than people

41:56are expecting in this Mike McCarthy offense that traditionally is not been good to running backs. It's actually, let me rephrase that. It's been very bad for running backs, especially in the passing game. So not as high in him this year as I was last year. So I'll give a slight edge to Lloyd. Yep. Agreed. That's in part wide. Rico Dattles going to have a thousand. Those are the worst. Not, and I'm not blaming the question, Asker. The worst questions to be asked because it's like, yeah, it's like 51% to 49%. It's like right there. I don't feel really good. I like when people are like, Hey, are you starting Jamar Chase or Diamy Brown this week? Yeah. You know, I thought about it. And I'm leaning chase. I'm leaning chase. Are you are? No, okay. On that one. Let's get another one from my watch. I have you. You never know a field. You know, yeah. Uh, gunslinger wants to know talk to craft or mark Andrew. Have we said the name Mark Andrews once this precinct? No, not at all. Very badly. I'm saying like there. So we don't care about him anymore. I mean, I mean, he just hear us. Like, kick your, kick your mic. Sorry about that. We haven't talked about him because he signed an extension that almost immediately felt

43:00like the one of the worst deals in NFL. It wasn't almost. It was immediately. Like, well, we'll see what he does this year. Yeah. I think so. Campy, new coaching staff here. Yeah. Healthy Lamar Jackson. We'll see if the he gets back on track. Yeah. They drafted some tight ends. I think he's. Yeah. I mean, that's funny, man. Let me look. I'm going to be selling that. That's why I'm so rich. Yes. And still crazy to me. They decided to give him that money and let Isaiah likely walk. But hey, Mark Andrews is who I would take. I think it was. I don't think Isaiah likely would've taken the deal that Mark Andrews took. What took? Okay. But I wouldn't have instead pivoted and just given that money to Mark Andrews. No, no that's fair. I would have paid Charlie Kohler. I mean, you did have a bunch of money because you let your, your center walk, unfortunately. Yeah. And they said 31, 31, 31. 31. Okay. You said maybe 29 and he's 30. I would still be Andrews week one though. Yeah, I'm going to craft. Yeah, Andrews is going to Andrews. Airplane Indianapolis. Yeah, first time we talked about him was on September 8th. September. Wow. One day before the podcast. The guy was a fantasy legend for a while. He's on the poster. He was. Yeah, the big four of tight ends for a while is right.

44:01George Kiddell Travis Kelsey, Mark Andrews and 2J Hawkinson, Shadow Rita Oak Arts. I'm sure she's pumped about the game. Love that. In all of that, he did. I traded four Andrews in Dynasty. So you know, obviously this year you did. I know a couple of years ago. Oh, right before. You know, when he was at his peak, I traded four of tiny stuff. So you know, obviously, he was going to tell us how it works. One more from our chat. This one comes from Barnett 98. Nice to go in there. Death. That's right. This one feels the bond digs or Parker Washington. Yeah, PPR feels easy to me. That's a Parker Washington Parker and drafted him well before. There is. I haven't seen a single indication that suggests he's not their number with the number one. Yeah, not one. It's like, it's probably going to be Myers or no, like it's the Parker show. I keep coming back to there's a chance that we have a wide receiver to Heidegan plane site. Like right in front of us, it's like, oh, really good player, but really effective last year who's coveted by the team with a quarterback who's much more confident and offence to really good system. Yeah. Is this like it's Parker Washington this year's JSN.

45:04I don't think I'd go that far because they have mouse feed. No one will ever be this year's version of last year. Like it's part of the bit, right? So like it happens. It does, but it's just so tough. So, but like, I'm, you know, a guy, let's say, let's say T law and these Jaguars are legit and he is their wide receiver one. He will take a huge leap. Yeah. Potentially. Yeah. If you told me he was going to finish wide receiver 11, wouldn't shock me. I think this year's JSN, there's nobody. That's, so that's the right answer, right? You know, like, yes, these things rarely happen. That's why they're so notable when they do. I don't have a good answer. I think Lad McConkey, Parker Washington, Meka Bupa. Those are the names. Ted Aromac, Millenham and the trendy names. I think the answer is probably none of them. All right. All right. All right. Draft time. I've been to some last minute draft advice here, my friends. Yeah. Handful of things to get into. By the way, as a part of doing rankings, I want to say this, our draft rankings and weak one rankings are different. You'll see that I've been out on Christian McCaffery and Christian Watson, for example, doing the draft. But when I do my weekly rankings, I'm still going to rank them quite high because part

46:06of my narrative and ranking them lower as I don't think they're going to make it. I'm doing right here under the decision. I'm backpedaling for the date. That's not backpedaling. I don't backpedaling. I don't know. I don't think the process until my process is that I don't believe that they are going to necessarily be efficient for a full season. But until that happens, you will see me rank those players higher than where I had them in the draft rankings. That's where I had my calf. I had my calf free RB three and I have a more B three. Yeah. We know. I think I have them. I have a more B one for week one. Are you do? I think so. All right. But I have RB three of my rankings and player three overall, Christian McCaffery. I have a lot of CMC this year. By the way, Gibbs might play 100% of the snap. He just lost that one for me. There's no moving him off that. Speaking of player three overall, Field. Yes. Have we got any movement by any chance on Pukinakua because he was going potentially as the number one receiver after both those running back? Yeah. No movement there. Two things to note. Obviously, we're trying to figure out what these going to be suspended. There's nothing that prevents the NFL from suspending him at any point. If they conclude the review and they deem that his actions are suspension worthy, they will suspend him. Okay.

47:07They are often motivated to wrap those things up. I think everybody understands why before the season starts, but he's not entirely out of the woods. On top of that, he's been dealing with an injury for a while now. Both he and Miles Garrett haven't been practicing a ton in training camp. However, it seems like he's going to play on Thursday nights. That sounds like a hair and dot on my play on Thursday night as well. The Rams are coming into this game. Very healthy. I have moved Pukinakua down to wider receiver for that. I'm sorry. I think it's two. I think it's player five overall. Okay. I said wider receiver four. I'm moving them behind Jamar Chase. Once this possibility of suspension came into play, I don't have any reason to move off of that. I will tell you though that until he is suspended or less or until he's suspended, he's the best bet to be wider receiver one of my rankings in a given week. I think everybody knows how good Pukinakua is. Obviously, it's a great system for him. He also is defense proof. Look at his games last year against what I think were probably the five hardest matchups.

48:07He saw all season playoffs included Texans, Eagles, Seattle, three time. We agree. They're all pretty good. Houston 10 catches 130 yards. That seems good to me. It's really good. Eagles 11 catches for 112 yards. Three games against Seattle 28 catches. That's over nine a game for four hundred and sixty five yards and three touchdowns. So we averaged over nine catches 155 yards and a touchdown a game against Seattle who we were just talking about being good enough to put Drake May on mine and Mike's bench wild. And how about against the 49ers who he's playing this week, 20.8 fantasy points, bring him in five career games against him, at least 14 and all five, a touchdown or a hundred yards and all five and two of them, by the way, played half the game. Maybe that one. Were you punch the guy? I think so. That was. Yeah. I can't remember that was. He has lit them up. He's lit everyone up. So yeah, no doubt. And by the way, I have an inside source, his name's Don't tell anyone Adam Schefter. Yes. Was on on X and said, yes, he's dealt with the soreness.

49:09Yes, there's been questions about the suspension. He's expected to be a full goal in week one. So I am not scared. He is my wide receiver one. I moved Pat Puka back up to my wide receiver one. I have him lower in the draft process. And now that we've gotten here, it feels like even if we do get a suspension and I don't know anything, this is just a feeling. Even if we do get a suspension, it doesn't feel like it's going to be for so many games that I need to worry about him not being the number one wide receiver in football. Yeah, seems like there's a reasonable chance. I may not happen this year. Yeah. And if not, I'm not worried about a game or two, maybe it doesn't feel like it's a five or six. It doesn't feel like it, but I don't know. Just curious. Let's put the three guys into one category because we've been talking about them as one, two, three. Okay. Jamar chase, JSN and Puka. If you were getting 17 games, you're guaranteed 17 games of all of them. We're all taking Puka for. Yes. If you were to get 17 games of Jamar chase and JSN and 16 of Puka, Nukuah, who are you taking first? I would go Nukuah because that's how I have, I have a decent edge between the rest.

50:10So I would still lean Nukuah because remember, you don't get zero the week that he's out. You're filling in with a level, you know, I'm like, okay, Puka as well. I would take chase. 17 for chase, 17 for JSN, 15 for Puka. I think that's the line for me. Okay. I would lean, I would go chase then Nukuah. That's where my head was when I moved chase. But I don't know. I'm less confident it's going to be more than one game. If not zero game. So I'm going to keep Nukuah. Okay. That's not. I would have it as a coin flip at two. Okay. So like I'm okay with either one. Once you get to three, I'm out. Okay. That's where it's actually. We don't know that in my head. It's just like I'm playing on it. Look, it's a number of games. It's a number of games. So we're the reason why I have chase as my wide receiver one overall is because one game is enough for him to get the advantage over Puka. I mean, it's not like Jamar Tase winning the triple crown this year will be a surprise. He's an amazing player, but we're splitting very, very narrow margins. So for draft purposes, Puka to me merits top five at worst top six overall. Consider it. Yes. If you're drafting tonight, based off what we know, I did a draft this last week with a

51:13gentleman in a scholar named Thomas Q Jones. Yeah. Wow. Nobody deal. Former giants or former jets running back. Yes. Q Jones. Yes. He did not. You thought about it. I thought about it. Okay. He's cute. We were talking about it beforehand because some of the people in the draft were asking him, hey, what's it like to deal with a high ankle sprain? And he was like, you know, once you get a high ankle sprain, you don't ever not have a high ankle sprain for the rest of the season. You just like that. You just sort of manage it for a long time. I remember this with Jalen herds a few years ago, just because of the situation. Now it helps when you're younger, obviously rather than being an older person in your career. But right now we're looking at Ashton Gentie coming into week one, still dealing with that high ankle sprain. The ankle injury going on. It feels like you were optimistic. Klinkubi X that he should play. But how are you feeling? I just, not the hijack. What is a good story? Did they ever call it a high ankle sprain? I thought both him and him. Here my love was a high ankle sprain. I thought for sure it was a high ankle sprain. Maybe I'm wrong. Let's cross check this. I thought it was just an ankle injury for Ashton Gentie sort of parsing here.

52:14But the bottom line is how I'll start with you Mike. How are you approaching Gentie and Drafts? If he's active, I'm starting him something that is makes him more palatable in week one is their play Miami. Yeah. And we expect them to Miami to really struggle on both sides of the football. Gentie could be at 12 or 13 touches in this game and still put up huge number score, touch down. You name it. So I'm okay. Even if there's a report that he might not play as much as he would if he was fully healthy. I mean, that might be the case anyway, because there's been so much Mike Washington Jr. Highpeace probably going to play more than they thought when they drafted him in the fourth round. But again, if Gentie's active, I'm playing him and it's just so easy with this matchup. We confirmed no high-respring. He avoided a high ankle sprain. It is a low ankle sprain. So he's not better. But still, it's still not like a running back dealing with an ankle sprain. Yeah, not even getting into the season from that perspective. By the way, Mike Washington has been very busy. If he gets eight carries in a game in a week, one would you guys be surprised? Eight or more. No, especially with the possible game script here, which is weird to say for the Raiders.

53:17Yeah. Against Miami, he, they should be a game that they're leading. Raiders beat the Patriots in week one last year. People forget that. What does that happen to you, though? What does Mike Washington mean to you guys? A strong insurance running back. Who's going to take away some of the top-end value of action, Gentie? Yeah, he might, instead of playing like a just, just comes on the field when Gentie needs a rest role, it might be like a Tyler Alger role. I agree. What does this change? What does strong, because I don't feel that way. What does strong insurance back mean to you? Where would you like, if something happens to Ash and Gentie, he'd be like, I don't know about no, because Blake Koran showed me he can, he can do it in a great offense. He would be like, if, if, if Kyron's out, I think Blake Koran would be an R.B. He'd be one. Yeah. But what wouldn't Mike Washington be if there is a borderline R.B. Yeah. Because it's still in Loughby. Like they don't really have Mike Charles. They would be. I mean, he's going to play a lot. And again, especially in week one, if Gentie is like, they're like, ah, we're going to give him a week. He's out Washington. I'll be top 15. So he's a borderline R.B. One if Gentie is out. Then you think that this, I think this offense is going to be tough this year. I think it'll be improved. So you think it'll be improved.

54:17Yeah. I think it'll be. Yeah. That's not a big bar, guys, saying the Raiders haven't improved offense. Is it like a functional offense? I, I, but you think Mike, why have made my case R.B. One if he's out. I said, that's 20 mice a little bit more calm. I said, yeah. Okay. I think that's fair. I mean, that range. I just want to know the talent of like how you guys, by the way, in this matchup, I'm talking about if he, if he's this week, I think normally he'd be maybe 20, 22, but again, they're playing Miami. So I'm saying this week, he would be top 15. So the reason I brought up whether you think he can get eight carries in this game or a future game is if he ever gets eight carries, that's the most carries by a running back. Since Ashton Gentry joined the team, not named Ashton Gentry. Wow. Like it was the Ashton Gentry show last year. And I don't think that was just to kind of like reinforce. They made the right pick at number six overall. I think it was a testament to just how weak that running back room was. But we saw Ashton Gentry have one of the preeminent roles, not the production, but the preeminent roles in all of fantasy last year. Yeah. And that's kind of the point that I made the, sorry, go ahead.

55:19With the Jeremiah Love stat, that was kind of the point. Like the efficiency might not always be great, but the volume they give these guys draft in the top 10 or 12 is unbelievable. Let me solve it with Gentry. That's why, you know, I've made the anti Ashton Gentry like potential bust case is like, if that role decreases by 15%, it would still be a strong role. But it's not what he had last year. On top of that, the offensive line is improved, but not that improved. On top of that, Mike Washington could play a little bit of a role. Anyways, I just, yeah, I hear you. I didn't draft a lot of it. I would say I don't love when the bus are like, you know, my bus is this year? Jeremy Bignickles. It's like, great. Thank you. Yeah. I'm Arvind Harrison Jr. That's a good, that's a good one. That's a good one. That's a good one. Well, a bus. I mean, he's already got a good one last year. I'm talking about guys where, you know, like, I know what you're saying. My bus is Chris Godwin. It's like, okay. He's being drafted as the 41st wide receiver. Like it's not really going out on the line. I'm just a little bit. Yeah. Wow. Jenties are good when a handsome be a good one, right? Like whatever, you know, whatever.

56:19Guys, can we talk about really quickly? Last one. Basically just the entire New York Jets. Excuse me. That's the second I've done that. New York Giants offense. Jackson Dart looks fully healthy. Should be good to go. Can't get a boo. Looks healthy. Should be good to go. We'll see you in that way. Yep. Yeah. Good. Malik neighbors is the big question mark of the wide receiver spot. We start with the news here because something happened yesterday that kind of, premier's a little bit. Yeah. It was a little talking timing wise, especially, especially for the longest 10 year giant, but there is a link at least by the Giants, which to me is a vote of confidence for Malik neighbors. And I'll tell you why. Let's look at the depth chart here. Let's just say neighbors is out. Okay. This is what the Giants would roll into week one with. Darnell Mooney Malikai Fields who's never played it down. He's a third-ground pick. You did catch a touchdown. No, BJ. No, BJ who's barely played the last what six years in the league that Braxton, Barrios will be up to handle returns, but he's on the practice squad right now, but that's it. So they're obviously very confident Malik neighbors or they don't make that move. There's just no way. I feel the exact same way as Mike just said, I expect him to play in week one. I have been drafting him as wide receiver nine so far.

57:22I will just note the same thing I mentioned with Josh Jacobs earlier. Like if you're drafting Malik neighbors, you got to play a little bit safer at some other spots, especially early in the draft, right? Like, you're taking a action-gentie and Malik neighbors after taking Pukin to the cool with your first pick. Like you got to be prepared for some uncertainties, some difficult waters throughout the season. The OBJ story, by the way, like I don't think it's going to matter for fantasy, but my God, is it like what a cool story this is? I had a friend yesterday reached out and asked me, I'm thinking about dropping tray tucker for OBJ. Would that be a kind of move that would ruin my season? And I was like, oh, you're fine. You're probably doing your season. It's okay. No, I was like, probably more. I'm not sure either one of them has fantasy relevance this year, but as a huge giant fan, if you want to roster OBJ, have at it. Go for it. Yeah. Don't forget he's going to turn 34 and two months. I mean, this guy is not going to be, it would be shocking if he becomes fantasy relevant. I mean, he needs a lot to go his way. Even if he started, even if he was a basically a number two on their depth, try to be hard

58:23to get totally. Yeah. I think the giants are doing a little bit. John Harv is obviously there a little bit of what like Baltimore is done or Ben Johnson does where like, why do you see her depth? Isn't as important as it used to be. I think you're going to see a lot of Theo Johnson on the field with Isaiah likely. Chris Mannherds blocker, you know, they have Pat Ricard. They brought over the full back. So a lot of heavy depth, not as important. But again, I don't think you cut loose, Terry is slaying if you're in doubt at all about Malik neighbors. So I did, I did wrote, reduces Terry and share for week one, a little bit thinking maybe he's limited the first game back. But still, if you drafted him into third round, you're starting him. Here's a quick question, guys. Which player has scored more fantasy points in their highest scoring game in their career? Trey Tucker or O.L. That comes from junior. 41.3 points for Trey Tucker against the commanders. Oh, back in junior had 42.3 against Washington. Wow. So it is about the commanders. That was a reverse trick question. That was a reverse trick question, guys. But that was a really good one. Yeah, I like that. All right. Hey, big show tomorrow, my friends, week one rankings. And we've got a freaking football game.

59:24Yes, we do. I'll get into it as well. I mentioned that we're going to do the starts of the week punishment stuff. Maybe we do that tomorrow. Where do we have time? No, we're going to show the wheel real quick. Let's bring it over the way. Here is the wheel that we got with all the punishments. Mind you, starts of the week means that whoever comes in last place has to spin this. Yep. And then we got to figure out what we got. So I'm going to start up here at the top. Winners choice. Oh, that's great. So one of us gets to decide a nice, a waxing of a leg. That's going to be fantastic. Where fields, Bucky suit. I feel it was benign compared to these. Yeah, everyone loses. Everyone loses. Oh, no. That week for everybody, baby food tastes test. Safe smelling salts. Chats choice. Please be nice to us. Yes, please a beer mile, which also think we have to get that clear. Maybe we should. Yeah, super sour starts the week. Super is underlined, which makes me feel like they've done some research on. I don't love that. TikTok dance trend, temporary neck tattoo, fantasy slam poetry and double punishment. Wow. We're not having this year. Did you guys just spend all our work finding out ways to make life difficult for us?

1:00:27We are also debuting a new start to the week format. It's just a modified start to the week format. So right, things a little cleaner to understand for everybody. It's going to be a lot of fun. We've been hashing it out over the weekend. So we are pumped about that and not so pumped, but the punch. Not so pumped with the measurements. No, very motivated to do well. Yeah, same. I've never been more excited. I started the week this week as Jumar Chase. Take that. That's too easy. Oh, damn it. He's in eligible. I love that. All right. We're going to dive in more tomorrow, guys. Make sure you come back and hang out with us. Thank you so much for being here for field. And Mike, we love you. Lobby time. Don't forget to love each other and be happy. Lobby time. Help you guys. You deserve it. We'll see you tomorrow. Bye. Hi. I see you in the old six. Don't want to. Oh, focus. Fantasy. Fantasy. Focus.