The Game Plan - Fantasy Football Week 1: Starts, Sits, Sleepers & MUST-ADD Waiver Targets

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2:06I am your host, the authentic one and I'm back. Mr. Medicube, join today with my brother from another mother. Mr. Cody Carpertier live from the ER. Cody, week one. Let's do a baby. I'm excited. Are you for the season guy? I mean, it's there's no better time of year. We've had college wall back for a couple of weeks. And now is when it really starts to get real because whether you're balancing both sports or you're just here for the fantasy football set of the conversation. I mean Wednesday, September 9th, we're kicking it off. Seattle, New England, Thursday. We got ball Saturday, Sunday, every day, every weekend. Maddie, Keywoman until Valentine's Day. And then that's when the wives get to figure out that we got the Super Bowl on Valentine's weekend and their plans are trashed. What time are you going to tell them that? What are you going to tell next? I'm thinking of holding out until I find out the plan. Yeah, maybe before that could I mean after that because I can sacrifice a little bit of a Super Bowl.

3:12If I don't care about the teams, but if I even remotely care. What am I kidding? I'm going to care about what the matter. Who's in the freaking Super Bowl? So you're trying to talk to something that you can't watch in the Super Bowl? I was and I even not only took me 13 seconds to realize how full a crap I was in regards to that. Because of course I'm going to watch. It's football. Baby, we're watching football from now, like you said all the way until 2027. It's go time. I'm excited. I'm ready to talk about it. I'm ready to jump deep into it. And I'm excited to be here on the damn game plan. The game plan, baby. So if you're new to play a profile new to the game plan, first of all, welcome. Take a seat and enjoy yourself. This is a weekly show for us casuals of the guys that aren't necessarily the most analytical, but want to win their leagues. We're redraft minded. We're fun minded. So we're going to talk a lot about starts. A lot about sits. Some streaming advice throughout the year. And then I also want to sprinkle in a segment each week where we kind of dive into a little bit more meta-strategic top. It's a lot of strategic topics, buys, sells.

4:14If you're O and three and you need some dubs, who do you add? Buh, buh, buh, buh, all that good stuff. So without further ado, let's jump into the week one episode. We're going to start with the meta strategy topic of the week. Maybe I'll get a banner made. Strategic meta strategic top of the week. We want to go with some players that you have to add before Sunday to get ahead of your jack-off, your jabronee leaguemates. So Cody Kickes-Off, who's someone that everyone needs to be adding right now? Well, I mean, I think that, yeah. That's a lot of work for a graphic. We'll just put it that way. If you're going to get that made, that's a lot of words. If you're filling them. Mad, you know, all nine yards. But, you know, I think it's going to be very interesting. Week one's massive for this exact conversation. I think a lot of people directly will point at injuries and stuff. And like, you know, as we continue to monitor injuries headed into week one, you have to think about not only those guys, the Travians, right? The Elven Camaro's and stuff like those are the easy ones where you just point you go,

5:15well, Kendra Miller supposedly had a good fall camp. So Kendra Miller could be a sneaky one that you just want to stick them on the bottom and see what happens. Maybe this is a 60-40 between ETN and Kendra Miller and week one. We don't really know. I kind of expect Travis ETN to Travis HN. However, the hell we're going to talk about him this year. I can't do this. Guys, can the real H&N just stand up? We can't keep just changing our names. I mean, if I was to pick one H&N, I'll take the one in New Orleans, just so we're clear here. But, I mean, I think that's the easy, that's the easy place you have to start. I know it sounds stupid. You're just like, well, it's easy to lay up. It's like, it's week one, buddy. Like, there's going to be some situations. I think you look at New England up in your neck of the woods. Like, Corey Kiner was a very interesting running back coming out of Cincinnati. And he's paved his way through, got onto this New England roster now. Right? They went out and acquired him, brought him in. There's no travi on this week. Corey Kiner is a receiving merchant out of the back field.

6:16I think he can compliment Ramon Ray Stevenson very well. You know, Roma Dunes is banged up. I think you look in that wide receiver room. You know, the interesting thing is everyone points to Luther Burton. Listen, I don't have a problem. I love me, some Luther Burton. You don't have to twist my arm and ask me twice if I like Luther Burton. But there's been so much amplification of Jade Walker, the second year wide receiver in Chicago. There's been so much dynamism shown in preseason from Xavier and Thomas. Like guys like this, they're just like, I'm not saying you need to go at either of those two guys. But it's just an example to be given that those are going to be some of the names that your leaguemates will potentially jump on. If Roma Dunes and Mrs. Again, those two guys are going to get a lot more run. And I think it's easy to point at Luther Burton and say, I got a question today on it. From a from a from a follower that's been locked in, tap in for a long time. And he's like Luther Burton will Ramon Ray Stevenson in the flex. I'm thinking to myself, that's to me, that's not a question.

7:16To me, Mrs. Ramon Ray Stevenson is backfield in New England, right? With no trade beyond Henderson, even if Trayvon was there, I think it was 6535. But that's where the Luther Burton conversations at. We haven't really seen Luther Burton can be and the comp to Amon Ross and Brown, the comps to JS and the comps to Jamar Jason. We haven't seen that. We know what's in there. We know it's deep in there. But you know what else is deep in there. And I'm going to say it again. Like I said it last year, there's a little bit of Jaden Reed in there, which is scary as hell. And again, so this isn't to I know I've taken the question. I've went to left field to right field with it. But you went to some interesting guys. I think notably at running back Kendra, Miller, Corey, Kiner. But I think that there's also situations you look in Chicago where people are going to be pointing at Luther Burton, pointing at these other wider receivers. Because if if Roma, Dunsew were to miss week one, then you're going to have that. But I think you stick with running back running back is the is the directive that I have in week one.

8:17I'm going to add bodies. I'm going to add a Corey Kiner. I'm going to add a Kendra. There's rumors that Jalen Wright might be the number two running back in Miami ahead of all the Gordon. What does that mean? You know, I know Chris Rodriguez has been drafted, but he's the most interesting one that Jacksonville backfield. If your league isn't that deep, I look at Carolina. Jonathan Brooks hasn't practiced much at all. And so who made that roster at Maddie Cueve? And I'm going to bounce right back to you. I know I've been hogging the air for a minute. AJ Dylan made the Carolina Panthers roster period. Quadzilla. I'm with you. I think that right now what we need to be doing in our redraf leagues is scouring for running backs. Because the value added to a running backs profile can happen in one one of these called the trainer. Yep. One little tap on the old helmet and all of a sudden the fantasy landscape can be thrown on its head. You brought up Chris Rodriguez. I think that's where I want to start. Only about 33% rostered on ESPN right now.

9:18So yeah, we know about Chris Rodriguez because we were the sickos who had him on our rosters last year when he was the running back five going into the season for the commanders. But this year, two and getting all the surface hype. And I heard you say this on roster watch with Alex and I couldn't agree more. Two in his built to be a flashy spelled you know change of pace second guy 10 12 carry guy. He's not the one you want to just give the rock to give the rock to Chris Rodriguez is built a little bit more for that better in past bro. We saw the reports. So Chris Rodriguez is someone I want to add another guy that I'm looking to add here Cody. And I want to ask your opinion on it because we talk about you know sexy ads could be like a Chris Rodriguez could be like you mentioned some of these run it backs you mentioned we talked about a mad like ads ago. Okay. I guess I'll do it. I'll put the put the hard hat on. I'll get the work. And then you have the unsexy ads and that's where I want to go. Trey Tucker out of Vegas right now is rostered approximately around 30% of leagues a little bit under.

10:22But people forget last year he averaged about 9.5 fantasy points per game. But again that is something that made him what is your 45 per game basis. He saw 90 targets after you know a lot of those came after Jacobi Myers left they didn't bring in anybody. It's really his job to lose against Jalen nailer Jack Batch. Of course we know the JSN of 2026 Brock Bowers. That's the number one guy. But after that Trey Tucker is someone that could easily put up 7 and 120 with maybe one or two studies in week one and then you're using all your fab you're trying to climb your waiver order or you can add them now for free 99 look at some of these metrics from last year. Yeah they're not necessarily glaring with top 15 top 20 potential. But once you had a guy that you could sprinkle in your lineups every now and again had good target separation last year. He's going to have comparable you know very solid at worst quarterback play for his entire season. So Trey Tucker is someone I want to add is he on your radar so you get a lot of him in your leagues this year is your free agent where do you have Trey Tucker.

11:29Yeah I mean I don't have a lot of Trey Tucker but I understand it I see it I get it. I think the way you look at it especially going into like week one from a match up perspective that we have the roster watch match up tools over on the website and a pro section. I mean you're starting out with Miami and there's no worse team in the sport right now than Miami anyway you slice it and you got competency at the quarterback position. I think Bowers is going to be fine you had a couple of boo boo's in fall camp from Bowers and Janty so do they slow roll them. I mean you know you might wash and to get drafted a lot more often because he's a rookie dynamic running back at Arkansas but like I think of Mike Washington. I think of Michael mayor I think of Trey Tucker I think of these guys that are ancillary pieces to this offense and the reporting with Jalen there wasn't great during fall camp in Las Vegas so it's I think of the ancillary pieces in Las Vegas. That interests me not because I'm going to start them but because like you said like what can what what's the return a week from now when you're looking at it today versus when the games are in the bag in week one.

12:38Where is Trey Tucker viewed I think you talk about a wider receiver that could very very very easily be viewed as like the number one in this offense after week one that's what I think I think you think about a slot wider receiver who's dynamic who played like 95% of the snaps last year and all he has to really do is beat out Jalen nailer and like there's going to be a speed element here you know with Malik Benson and and the cat they drafted last year out of Dante Thornton like there's a lot of people who are going to be in the game. I think Thornton is going to be the way to say Thornton like there's going to be those elements I think Thornton's on I think Thornton's on I are to start the season and it's like the doors right there for Trey Tucker so I get it and again I brought the the matchup tool he's the quarterback position so Kurt Cousins and week one gets the number one matchup on the roster watch matchup tool the running back room is the number 13 easiest matchup on the roster matchup tool and the wider receivers again number one. So you want to go any other names that people should be adding before the season kicks off this week.

13:42You know it's interesting I think that Devon Valey you think you look at New Orleans right now just just on the byproduct of the idea that Crystal Labes been just dealing with everything it feels like I think you had a blood clot earlier this off season I got a little nicked up last week. No Jordan Tyson to start the season off. Barry Browns had flashes this this preseason Bryce Lance was banged up he did some flashes you know no Alvin Camara. Tason Hill doesn't exist in the situation anymore it's a great setup for Tyler Schuch and week one I got him ranked I think as my quarterback eight yeah quarterback eight on the week going into Detroit which is a money maker on that back and that back ends brutalized after this off season of situations that happened. And I look at Devon Valey as a guy that again you're going to come out a week one Devon Valey eight targets six receptions 52 yards touchdown at 17 fancy points Matti Kiwam like I know it's ugly I know it's not fun but here's the deal the health the volatility that Crystal Lovian Jordan Tyson have right now and the lack of depth in that wide receiver room unless you expect Bryce Lance from North Dakota state or Barry and Brown who's been five years at

14:58Kentucky and LSU if you expect him to just break out ASAP there's going to be a wide open door here for Devon Valey to continue to push forward we heard he had a good fall camp. You obviously had the tight end room here which is going to be an impact on this which you want Johnson and Noah Fant and we'll see what Oscar Delp has in the bag but I really really think that Devon Valey is going to be a solid value here. And again it's here's the deal in week one you shouldn't have to worry about this stuff but again if you get swindle out of a room of dunes air something in the last minute like I'm fully on the potential of flex and end of Devon Valey in week one. Yeah and on to the reason for this segment this is why it was so important for us to do it now is you grab these guys before next Wednesday so before fab runs or waivers run however your league is you want to get in so you can discount the double chip tap this for the agency if you wait then you can really only spend all your fab on one or two players you have to use your number one waiver claim but if you grab one now and he hits on week one now you've technically added two of the guys at the top of everyone's must add less next week and I think Devon Valey is a good one I've done a lot of homework on Devon Valey because I'm in a guillotine league and he was one of my favorite late round picks because he's going to go in as an opportunity.

16:19He's going to go in as a number two guy they traded for him so the regime likes from the coach likes him he's been with Tyler Schuck now for as long as everybody other name Chris a lot of it in John Johnson so it looks like it could be a nice little 10 15 point day for Devon Valey and if you're you know struggling like you said you wake up on Sunday morning and the role of doing say oh you T I'm a shiti out of luck Devon Valey could be your play and at tight end I just want to add his league his teammate, John Johnson again. A lot of you sharks out there if you're in a lot of leagues he's rarely available in your leagues but at tight end with such fragile roster ship I mean how bad I mean how many weeks is someone going to wait for Isaiah likely to pop or Mark Andrews or TJ Hawkins and these are the guys that are rostered at a higher percentage then John Johnson who comes in at about 49% rostered so if he's there and you got a roster spot at him for all the reasons that Cody just brought up so we're talking about that. We're talking about adding running backs some receivers some tight ends hit that waiver market now before it gets a little too pricey and you're going to want to stick around because after we get back we are going to talk about our favorite starts sits and streams at every single position this is a game plan.

17:36Thank you for tuning in now. See you in a second. Van Dool is now available everywhere in the US. I'll be there. I'll be there. I'll be there. I'll be there. So you can get in on the sports action no matter where you are including these places. Ben George is using Cleveland Minnesota Buffalo Lincoln. Chai Town Arizona. May this year most rewarding season ever with Fandool agent location restrictions apply product availability varies by market. CFandool dot com for eligibility gambling problem called 1 800 Gamer. Football is back baby and whether you've been betting for years you're just looking to put a little action on the games my bookie needs to be added to your list of places to go line shopping. We've been talking about the teams we like and don't like for months we're in on this jets offense more than almost anybody and we're terrified of this falcons offense even though you got John you got cow pits you got Drake London but you got to bad left handed quarterbacks and you certainly don't need to be telling some fake betting expert on social media.

18:36Go to my bookie and find the place you already know you like and take a shot. That's what's cool about my bookie you can find the action you want and bet it wherever you are when the game kicks off and if you're new to the club the bet back bonus gives you protection on your first play. Sign up with promo code player to opt into the bet back bonus and take your first shot with a safety net. Your wage your loses you get it right back no questions asked football is finally here get in now and cash in on the season with my bookie with promo code player to get that bet back bonus bet on anything anytime anywhere you're welcome. Matt Akki room Cody copped here the game plan week one we're getting you ready to win your opening match up let's start with QB's Cody who is your start of the week. Oh this is I mean this is easy for me I brought up Tyler shook a minute ago I think is a mighty solid value here. I think that might be my answer I think that might be my the start of the week period again just for clarity we're talking about these are obviously roster guys right.

19:39Yeah this is just like your star you want to put your stamp on a quarterback just so people listen you can go oh I have him as my QB to maybe I should get him my lineup. Oh I can trade for him let me get him for this week because I need a win so just give us your start of the week. Okay so I'll just say this I really do like Tyler shook but I'm not going to go him I'm going to go Jared golf is the guy that is counterpart in that game. This is going into Detroit again I think both these back and no one has got a better back and then Detroit does but I think that this is going to push for a shootout like I think we're looking at a 38 35 off the rip. Yeah I'll get to Troy new world in this game so I have Jared golf as QB one our projections don't have them number one they have him closer to to QB seven but I love the match up I think total set at 50 Detroit's I think I'm just going to be able to go to the next one so I think we're looking at a you know potentially a five touchdown four touchdown situation from Jared golf in week one. And Jared golf is such a good name to bring up because we're talking about a guy that's only rostered about 70% of the span leagues right now so there is a chance he's available and if you have a Jared

20:50drafted I mean would you rather go Jared golf or Jane Daniels at Philly I'm going golf I mean I have Daniel Daniels is a solid play but they have a bottom that's a bottom three matchup on our matchup tool right now and that's I mean you're talking about going into Philadelphia against that defense which is the scary part for me and also you you have your new weaponry and Stefan digs the backfields a question mark you're missing you're starting left tackle there and we tonsil that offensive maybe there was there's I think there's been no I'm sure that I'm trying to go off this in my brain as far as like when I've been updating the offensive line rankings this off season I don't think a single team took a bigger hit then then losing Laramie tonsil at the left tackle position and then also just struggled to put the pieces back together so we have Washington right now with the 30 second ranked offensive line in the sport that was coming into the season the matchup is a bottom three matchup for Jaden Daniels like I'm starting Jared golf over Jaden Daniels 10 times out of 10 this weekend. Yeah that's I mean that's a bowl call a good call and there are no these not alone people who rostered these guys in Australia Brock party Matt Stafford am I going to trust these wild travel plans for week one I don't I think I would rather go with golf give me the guy at home who's going to get that home cook and looking to bounce back in a potential shootout atmosphere so there's definitely someone to go with when it comes to golf it's going to be tough for him to crack your starting lineup if you have an uber stud but I mean listen to that.

22:18Listen if we're trying to win in redraft you got to make these bold calls sometimes my star of the week it's going to come across as a nadah but when you look at the numbers it might be a little bit more helpful than you'd realize on the surface I'm more just in herber my QB one of the week at home against Arizona Arizona is going to look to be a bottom five team and almost every metric that you look up heading to the season but when you look at the starting percentage so the amount of rosters on the platform that are starting to be a little bit more difficult to get the best of the season. And I think Justin Herbert looking at 65% because there's a lot of teams that drafted Kyler and they drafted Justin Herbert or they drafted Justin Herbert and Trevor Lawrence or both nix is a lot of QB value this year because they all pretty much fell outside of Josh Allen and maybe a little more Jackson so right now I'm saying if you got Herbert you're playing him over almost anyone including the top guys great match up middle the road last year but again we've got a lot of things to do with the top guys. I'm not sure but again we saw this team put up points and not stop a lot of points highest in play implied Vegas total this week for the chargers and then new offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel you don't think he's going to want to show off the new toys don't you think he's going to want to let that laser rocket arm playing it so I might start the week is Justin Herbert don't overthink it.

23:39I like it I like Herbert I have him sitting right now at QB five again the only reason I didn't do this you brought up a second ago if you got the stud you play him you know Allen Josh Allen's got the toughest match up against Houston this week I still have to have him in front of Justin Herbert I brought up golf I think hurts is up there so I think there's a couple of dudes I would take over Herbert but again you talked about the matchup the only problem I have with that matchup is I question whether Arizona can hang and I think obviously everyone points to Jacob percent like well he didn't win any games last year but he kept Michael Wilson and Tramock Brad knows guys fantasy relevant I get that but I think this charger team is going to try and make a statement week one I think there are a suitable contending football team if they stay healthy chakra I mean that's been the conversation for two decades but that's not the other part of the chargers is the running game and I think we'll talk about that here in a minute but I think that the running games and we have massive part of this. Cody who is your QB that you're sitting this week. I mean this there's a couple that you can go off right now that just have some brutal brutal matchups but I think off the cuff I would just go with you know I think you can look at these Australian the Australia quarterbacks specifically Brock party I'm just I'm just going to say Brock party because the projections actually don't mind him he's flirting with QB one territory when I say QB one top 12

25:00and I think you look at that situation where Mike Evans is going to play but Mike Evans has had three different soft tissue injuries this fall and he says oh it doesn't matter I would have played through it's like that what doesn't matter Mike like we get that you would push through because you are you you are one of the greatest white receivers in the sports history but that doesn't mean that you are six for one 20 and two Mike Evans right I think you look at that white receiver and I think you look at a kiddle that's banged up I think you look at him a cafe that's unhappy honestly Maddie I think I'm happy with that. Honestly Maddie I'm like McCaffrey's not even banged up his wallet just hurts right and so the deal with McCaffrey's like I wish I could tell you what he's been doing exactly in the sideline I hope he's still training and running and I think that's very important to soft tissue stuff if you're just standing around with some in your butt like that's going to impact potential soft tissue stuff that could just flare up right so I'm sitting party because of one travel two injuries in that wide receiver room tight end room with George Kittle in consistent with the inconsistacies in question marks I have in that offense I think the Rams win this game

26:03Niners keep it close but I don't think it's on the back of Brock Perky throwing for some three four touchdown situation and then the other ones I would just roll down the street people hate Patrick Mahomes I love Patrick Mahomes it's brutal match up against Denver and week one I think you could probably sit him that's fine stride against Buffalo another shitty one but I think that those are three that I think people may be considering that I would just I would probably hold off on if you can yeah for me I'm sitting Trevor Lawrence this week tough match up at home against the Cleveland Browns but Cleveland's going to come out I mean that defense wants to prove that they weren't just Miles Garrett in a bunch of his buddies that's still a good defensive unit I'm a little bit lower on the Jags offense coming off of last year's highs so I wonder if he struggles a bit I have him outside of my top 12 which to me is a sit in redraft especially when you can get guys like we talked about Jared golf and some others here that it's possible we'll get to some streamers in a second so I'm sitting Trevor Lawrence this week especially if I can get one of these guys are about to talk about some Cody kick us off who is your QB streamer of the week I mean I don't I guess if you wanted to get dirty if you had to get dirty

27:17I think Gino Smith is a decent a decent one I mean if you're you got to be upshits Creek though I mean you really do he's got a he's got one of the top match ups right now you're talking about going it going into Tennessee he's healthy Garrett Wilson's healthy this tight end room is getting healthy we'll see what happens was to dig I think they're going to have a solid run game going into this thing I think the Jets beat Tennessee I think they manhandled Tennessee and it could be just you know Gino's healthy for now so let's see what happens like Ad9 Mitch like Ad9 Mitchell I think Gino's a solid play this week that's it that hurts to even talk about but I think people need to understand that this Jets roster is significantly better than it has been the last couple of years. He's got the weapons he's got the capabilities as long as you know he hasn't fallen too far off of you know where he was a handful of years ago for Seattle I think we may see a lot of Gino Smith in two QB superflex lineups now I know that's not necessarily the right way. I'm going to read draft crowd but I'm going to read draft league with superflex so you're going to see more and more of that so if you're looking to stream you could do a lot worse than Gino Smith for this week I got Gino coming in as my QB 30 but it's in a tier that could go as high as QB 22 if you're nervous about Matthew Stafford in Australia so for me I think that that is my my play here now I'm going to go with the risky streamer would I start the sky over Trevor Lawrence I would

28:46would I would I would but it's very close I have a pretty much back to back in the old ranks but I'm going with Malik Willis indoors but I don't know if that's a shootout I know the Vegas doesn't think they're going to score a whole lot of points but that rushing upside be sarah go a bit nuclear as you can't you know I have a QB over one overall type week last year to end the season with the green Bay Packers he's QB 1 now he doesn't really have the weapons but I'm just going to rely on the leg and if I want to throw one other streamer we talked about him a bunch so we can kind of just lump him in because if you're listening you've got the gist of it but Tyler Schuck Tyler Schuck has a good floor to me but if you need some ceiling maybe you're going against a little Drake May AJ Brown that goes off on Wednesday night low generic price run back all of a sudden you're looking at a 60 point hole you want that rushing upside you want to go with someone like Malik Willis I can maybe scamper in for two tuddies let me add one thing here I think that's a great point I think that's a great point with shook because I brought up Gina Smith you write a Malik Willis those are bottom of the barrel yeah that's that's bottom of the barrel good situations universally unrostored

29:58universally unrostored but also the shook thing like shook hasn't exactly been drafted by many people like mostly you're just yeah he's 50 50 yeah so it's like that's probably the better real you know you can stream shook a lot of situations I think a lot of homeligs most most guys only have a quarterback potentially to again if you sit in a bed but I think Shucks a great answer just so we're clear on the P I don't want people going out there being like oh I'll play Geno Smith over Tyler Schuck and like just because we said right right right good call good call all right let's move on to run it back start of the week running back start of the week I mean hammer the week to me I first off I mean obviously Jimmy our Gibbs is going to be the number one that's going to be the I think that's the 2026 thing it's going to be Jimi are you number one now let's start the rankings type of a situation after that though I think to me I brought up the charges earlier on the side of the Justin Herbert thing O'Marion Hampton's a hammer I think O'Marion Hampton's going to come in here and you're going to really see what it looks like to have a

30:59a bell cow in this Los Angeles offense I know they're going to try and get keep Mitchell involved a little bit hopefully they can keep him healthy because that's always fun when you have a dynamic for to run in just Swiss Army knife but I think O'Marion Hampton's lined up for 25 touches in week one and they're just going to bastardize this Arizona defense and get by get done and like I said I think good Herbert play is fair but I think that this is a situation that you can kind of it's a little bit of a warm up no disrespect to the car the NFL but it's a little bit of one of those situations where you're like we can kind of go in here just lean on these guys and give you know Mara in the ball 25 times 20 carries five receptions 21 carries four receptions he ends up with 150 yards total touch down to yeah I mean that that is the fear with the Herbert hammer or Lad McConkey double stack especially in like the DFS leagues yeah it's just a Hampton second half just the three headed dragon over and over and over for my start of the week I'm going

32:02to say Juan Barkley against the commanders commanders last year was at the sixth most advantageous matchup for opposing running backs the projections are there from Vegas it looks like they are expecting a lot of points scored from this new offense led by Sean man Sean Manian right the big the big guy the big Kahuna Sean man Sean man okay so let me show his first name right but what I went to go check out Patriots mini camp it was joint practice with the Eagles they said you know you can hear the term comes from a Shanahan coaching tree but then when you see a guy yeah that's Shanahan that is could create in mismatches at the line of scrimmage that's getting the ball in your playmakers hands and they went to say Juan Barkley a lot and it was their most effective play call over and over and over again because we know say Juan he's not just going to catch screens and swing passes this dude can run some routes we know he

33:03can break off some Texas routes some deep wheel routes there's going to be a lot of usage going say Juan Barkley's way especially with Manian drilling the idea of middle of the field jail and get it to the middle of the field so I would like to get Dallas got it this year and that's also why say Juan Barkley I think he comes out this week and potentially is the running back one on the week in my rankings I have him inside the top 10 at number seven he is just primed for a big game and they need this wind if the Eagles want to come out and make a statement they can do it against a divisional foe home against the commander so I'm going to go with say Juan Barkley as my start of the week Cody I think that's a good call I just bumped him up you said it everything you kind of talked about kind of sold me I bumped him ahead of Jonathan Taylor and James Cook I put him up to seven I think there's a conversation with Chase Brown that could happen here but I think that that that's the Bengals in a good situation so they I like say Juan that's interesting good thought I just wonder how how long can they really

34:05lean in the say Juan Barkley and I know people are like well I mean it's a generational talent I get that right don't get me around I understand he's also 29 like this is and and I get that also the age apex only matters for guys that aren't you know generational talents it doesn't matter for Derek Henry it doesn't matter for say Juan doesn't matter for Emmett AP like you can name the guys that it doesn't matter for and say Juan's one of them but if you're talking about giving this guy 350 touches again there's no AJ Brown Maddie there's I mean there's no AJ Brown there's there's Devon Smith who's nice and and Stonthavian Wicks like how much are they going to start to this is a big question I have with that offense how much are they going to start to implement Dallas Carter oh I think this is the big big Dallas Carter year big Dallas Carter year I mean you just factor in the how much that system loves tight ends how much emphasis there's been on attacking the middle of the field how much touchdown production he's had in his career without these improvements

35:09for him schematically so I think it's a big year if we are every year there's a tight end that sneaks in that top six top five that we were expecting that could absolutely be Dallas Carter this year especially because he's a contract year right they just kind of carry them over do they give him a real contract extension I think that I think he got a little didn't get a little nugget let me look at this I thought he got a nugget I don't think it was a full on payday one year seven million guaranteed yeah exactly so this is a year where he can make you know that multi-year big time contracting all kind of like what Dalton Schultz saw a couple years ago these tight ends if they could ball out in there in their year that but this isn't we're not talking about Dallas Carter here we can't maybe a tight end but one real quick thing about Barclay first four games last year for the Eagles four receptions two receptions four receptions four receptions and now we're talking about everything with the Shawn Manion offense the Kyle Shanahan influence if we're talking about a floor of four catches for sake one I think a mega explosion day is in the

36:11card so Cody who is your sit at the running back position this week my sit at the running one I think I think I'm gonna have to this is tough for me because I I lean I lean forward sitting I'm not gonna step I'm gonna go quench I'll go quench on jokin in the proven balance I wanted that so I have an issue and a question about what the Dallas versus Giants game looks like for the matchup pool surprisingly doesn't mind playing against the Giants which I don't get because I love the Giants defense all right so I think I'm just gonna say this I had questions I have interest in in questioning Javante Williams I don't want to get Javante Williams too hot but I'm not gonna stay I'm gonna sit Javante the one I wouldn't mind sitting is quench on junkens against the I hate that I say junkens right there quench on junkens no with the cleaver bronze against the Jacksonville Jaguars that's gonna be my sit for the week it's a tougher match than

37:12against the Jags don't think the Jags are getting as much respect on the defensive side of the ball all the conversations been about tootness Parker Washington that and the improvements on the offensive line and stuff but you gotta remember this defensive line has been built up Eric Armsted Devon Hamilton Trayvon Walker Josh Heinz Allen they still got foyer Luticon at the lineback position this is a very solid to you know upper end interior and front seven so I'm gonna go ahead and sit quench on junkens this week because I don't think that anybody's gonna respect the Sean Watson yeah that's I think that's an easy call I mean he was a a big fade in a lot of redraft notes this year because the offense just doesn't seem like it's ever really gonna fire in a manner that can get him into double digit touchdowns this week alone 16-1-1L5 Vegas points tough matchup I I have a mouth side of my run-back to range so I definitely think I agree he's someone you should be looking to sit I know it's tough I know if you draft him as you run it back to it's not always easy to find an alternative but if you keep listening we may have some streamers

38:17available in your league my sit this week is Jonathan Brooks you mentioned earlier hasn't really been practicing the matchup against the Bears was about middle of the road in 2025 but they've made some improvements on the defensive side of the ball and if they are going to compete I see a lot of Bryce Young Heroics needing to take place I know they're at home against the Bears but that Ben Johnson offense we talked about earlier just yet there's some question marks but they're so deep now at the pass catcher they it feels to me that the Panthers are going to have to score and score often and I don't know if Jonathan Brooks is going to get that lion share of the snaps quite yet I'm still leaning to Behubbert if you're going to pick one of the two but I know there's a lot of Jonathan Brooks hype out there and I want to make sure that people listening are not necessarily on that bandwagon whole you know full hog to start the year so I'm sitting Jonathan

39:19Brooks week one yeah I think that's right I think that's right I have I I've been 10 toes in the Jonathan Brooks side but the the injury this is the thing that we didn't need to happen was any injury and now they're saying we're not talking about injuries well I thought it was just a booboo so I'm out I'm worried a week one as well all right give us your streamer so if you have Judkins you got too much Jonathan Brooks and you might be looking up there you know a little bit a little bit of rough waters give us a streamer for this week you ready for this one Maddie I've been holding this one before I've been holding this one for a week and a half give me pay packers running back Chris Brooks oh baby there are some of course there's a lot of Marshawn Lloyd love there's some Caleb Johnson delusion out there make the case for Chris Brooks I don't have to if you've ever seen and I grew up watching this this rivalry Minnesota and Green Bay went to both of them last year by

40:21the way and when you insert a 220 pound back into this rivalry it makes a difference and Marshawn Lloyd has been dynamic they've been good you have you seen the the nickname they gave Marshawn Lloyd no the eat king the eat king kind of a sick nickname you yes the eat king but here's a problem with the eat king I this is probably my hot take of week one do not think that the eat king leads this team in rushing I think Chris Brooks is the one that takes the takes the lead in week one I know it sounds maniacal and you can come back next week on the show you can fire me you can you can flame me you can rip me in the comments over the weekend when Marshawn Lloyd has three touches whatever you want to do if it happens leave a comment but remember when Chris Brooks takes this backfield by storm in the second quarter again again this is not because hey Cody you just looking at the box score from week 18 last year when Chris Brooks had 13 carries for 61 yards

41:21against Minnesota no I'm not box score watching because I was at that football game and I watch Chris Brooks I think Chris Brooks is a good back the thing here Maddie isn't about that it's not even really about him it's about what they told us and what the green bay packers told us this offseason was two things one a manual Wilson who again last year is pretty important to this backfield mm-hmm they told us a manual Wilson doesn't matter 2.1 million dollars we're not matching go to see it Chris Brooks two years 4.8 million last time I checked with my central Minnesota math central southern Minnesota math 4.8 million for two years is more per year than 2.1 right that's 2.4 that's more money more money in Christopher Brooks pocket than a manual Wilson and Brooks didn't do a damn thing last year besides be on the roster Brooks is being pushed up into this role and he's mighty fine enough to be a number two I don't again I'm not saying you can come in here and just

42:23taking 80% share in this backfield but if you're looking for a streaming option or running back if you draft a travion and you got Kamara and you're just at odds odd ends at the running back position Chris Brooks is gonna get work I think Chris Brooks is gonna touch double digit touches he's gonna have an opportunity to score a touchdown in this game maybe two and he's gonna be my streamer of the week come back in the comment section let me know if I'm wrong or right I love the call and I'm not I know this doesn't mean anything and we're gonna if you listen very very very carefully you're gonna hear a collective I roll from our viewers but ESPN has Chris Brooks projected seven points in in PPR format might not seem like a lot but when you look at some of the people he's compared to Bill jacory crossgamer at seven points Woody marks seven points Taj A Spears eight points RJ Harvey eight points Jordan Mason eight points all of a sudden you start painting a picture I'm just you know who runs their projection model IBM IBM Watson pretty smart system last time I checked

43:28Pretty smart and I'm gonna make this one very very quick we've talked about this offense and this particular part of the offense a bunch already this episode but I'm streaming Keaton Mitchell back at practice this week should be ready to rock and for all the reasons all the Mike McDaniel love all the weaponry the fun the toys the gadgets the gadgets everything we've talked about home against the cardinals if you need a running back streamer you could do no wrong going with Keaton Mitchell only 24% roster now let's get over to the wide receiver we got past catches left wide receivers tight end stick around thank you guys so much for tuning in the week one of the game plan we're bringing this to you each in every week fan tool is now available everywhere in the US so you can get in on the sports action no matter where you are including these places

44:29may this your most rewarding season ever with fan tool age and location restrictions apply product availability varies by market see fan tool.com for eligibility gambling problem called 1-800 and football is back baby and whether you've been betting for years you're just looking to put a little action on the games my bookie needs to be added to your list of places to go line shopping we've been talking about the teams we like and don't like for months we're in on this jets offense more than almost anybody and we're terrified of this falcon's offense even though you got b-john you get cow pits you got Drake London but you got two bad left handed quarterbacks you certainly don't need to be telling some fake betting expert on social media go to my bookie and find the plays you already know you like and take a shot that's what's cool about my bookie you can find the action you want and bet it wherever you are when the game kicks off and if you're new to the club the betback bonus gives you protection on your first play sign up with promo code player to opt into the betback bonus and take your first shot with a safety net if your wage are loses you get it right back no questions asked football is finally here get in now and cash in on the season with my bookie

45:34with promo code player to get that betback bonus bet on anything anytime anywhere you're welcome so let's get in the receiver start of the week go start start of the week at the wider receiver position for me I'm going to go ahead and head back to I got I mean I'm going to connect it with the quarterback I brought up I think Garrett Wilson's primed here Garrett Wilson the prediction model doesn't love him has him as a back in wider see for two I got him as a wider receiver one on the week 11th or 12th overall kind of have him as the same spot as Ted Rowell Mcmillan the top five matchup on the week against Tennessee I'm going Garrett Wilson Garrett Wilson I mean the the I don't know if it's the most important clip from all of preseason but it's certainly one that stuck in my mind maybe the most when new offensive coordinator Doug Peterson was you know Doug uh right Frank Reich Frank Rich how do you say Frank Yep Frank Frank Reich said I got two bell cows in this offense

46:36Breast Hall and Garrett Wilson expect a very good game for Garrett Wilson coming out to shoot wait pause don't say that clip that editor clip that you know what that I don't want that week one so my start of the week I got him at wide receiver 25 this week I faded his teammate but I'm not fading mr. Jalen cocker this week for the Carolina Panthers Chicago was a Swiss cheese secondary last year and I don't know if they did a whole lot to improve Kyla Gordon not healthy there's a number two matchup against receivers and Jalen cocker got the extension Jalen cocker was getting all the bit of opportunities that Ted Mcmillan got at the end of this last year and was the guy who bald out for them in that crazy playoff game against the Rams so I'm gonna I'm looking at it as they're just gonna pick up right where they left off Jalen cocker is a start for me wide receiver 25 against the Bears I don't mind it I like Ted I like Ted a row of this week I think cocker's gonna be he's I mean they've talked about they've talked he they've talked cocker up for for a couple of years now

47:41and it's kind of like get off the pot it's time to go it's time to run the tight ends have been questions who's the wider super two gonna be to me it feels like it's pretty strict for it's cocker and again it's the correlation of talking about this running back room earlier as well with Brooks and with AJ Dylan like watch tube like they could throw them all 40 times in this game and cocker's gonna get 12 of them right I agree all right Cody what is your wide receiver sit this week my wide receiver sit this week listen there's been no quiet part of me this offseason in the Rashi rice department I went saw Rashi rice the Kansas to Chiefs camp early on stiff as a board wasn't running against defenders we saw him get back a week later and struggle against men's sword and lane and some clips and he still looks like he isn't quite up to speed and now you walk into week one with Pat Sir Tan miss me I mean this is this game to me has always made sense to be everyone but

48:43Rashi rice so I'm gonna sit Rashi rice this week in one of the toughest matchups if not the toughest matchup at the at the wider receiver position with Pat Sir Tan the model thinks he's like the 13th best wider receiver the week I think that's completely maniacal so I'm gonna go ahead and I'm gonna sit Rashi rice that's a spicy meatball not gonna really be able to beat that one my sit is a little bit more obvious Brian Thomas Jr. I won't harp on it other than tough defense tough matchup and now he's looking like not the number one not the number two probably not the number three maybe the number four if Britain strange can jump them in the in the rankings in in terms of the past catching hierarchy I got him outside my top 40 at wide receiver this week but he was still drafted in a spot where you know recommendations are gonna have you play him I'm sitting him yeah maybe he can he can haul in a big play but if you got some of these other guys these streamers were about to talk about I think it's an easy sit for Brian Thomas Jr. Love that I mean I'm a big

49:44fan of Brian Thomas Jr. in general and I think he's gonna be fine but I am scared in week one to see how this whole offense is deployed all right code give us your streamer of the week I think you can go with either one of these two guys the one I have my favorite of the two I have a less confidence in a week one just because he's so fresh out the gate Chris Bell a wider see what down in Miami like I love Chris Bell and I think there's a world where he comes out and just goes a wall off the rip and goes for a hundred like I'm here what's up but I think this safer play if you're gonna stream someone that offense is Caleb Douglas the rookie out of Texas tech I know Malik Washington's got a lot of flame and a lot of people have talked about him and I think he's gonna get targets but he's the slot guy I think you're looking outside I want the flanker or I want the alpha and Caleb Douglas has had the best camp he's been there the whole time built the best rapport with Malik Willis so I'm gonna go Caleb Douglas this week in week one but I don't think Chris Bell is far behind it could be either one of these cats I'm gonna piggyback my streamer of the week

50:48with your QB streamer of the week and I'm gonna go AD Mitchell oh nice for the jets we saw the speed we saw some flashes last year when he made the change it and went over to the jets in that trade mid season and now he's poised to be the number two pass catcher coming out of the gate Sedika's banged up a breeze halls a little banged up the reports about Omar Cooper aren't necessarily glowing that he seized the role as wide receiver to quite yet and I think this is the perfect matchup against Tennessee at home two teams not like to really expect it to do a whole lot coming to the season and both the room I'm gonna want this win they're looking at their schedule saying I don't know if we're gonna get a lot of these dubs but this week one matchup is certainly one so I think this offense for the jets are gonna be a little bit more potent than many expect you talk about Gino I'm talking about AD Mitchell only 17% rostered if you are looking for a boom bust

51:50and you really need to emphasize the bust in the boom you need that big flip big flip ceiling but you're okay with a low floor AD Mitchell that's the guy this week for me I like it I mean I just talked about Garrett Wilson so and I talked about Gino so I'm all in the boat I think I'm gonna end up right betting on the jets this week I think you have convinced me to do the same thing my friend all right let's move on to tight end and we'll make it quick because tight end it's pretty cut and dry up and down like 12 o'clock so give us your tight and start of the week you know I think there's a couple interesting ones here everyone's gonna run out to say bowers everyone's gonna run out they want love when they want Tyler Warren etc etc I think Isaiah likely is primed here I think Isaiah likely is primed in this new offense it's not really a new offense I mean he's used to the Baltimore side with Harbaugh coming over but yeah he's learning some new things he's connecting with new quote new quarterback a lot of conversation about Malachi fields this off season Malig neighbors is he a hundred percent is he not I think Scats gonna eat here but I think Isaiah

52:51likely ends up being the target leader of the football team in week one so I'm gonna go Isaiah likely top five option a tie down this week love the likely call and I also love the excitement getting a guy like that in your lineup for Sunday night football I'm gonna move I'm gonna go with the guy that we already mentioned we mentioned this offense so I'll keep it brief Dallas Conner is my tight end start of the week I have him as tight end number eight I like him more than the port of this week Tucker craft and Harold Fanon I have him safely inside my top 10 we talked about the new offense we talked about the new look we talked a little bit about Goddard right now he's rostered in 92% of leagues but only projected to start in about 60 of those leagues 60% of those leagues so get him in your lineup people it's not too late because health because Dallas Conner is about to go off at home against the Washington commanders I had him circled here to bring up as well so count me in as another tick on the Dallas Connert side Dallas Connert fans over here give us your sit of the week my sit of the week I'm gonna go to Buffalo we I mean we haven't seen it I know

53:56there's been a lot of hype around him the last couple of weeks as far as the draft front goes but dude I mean you're just gonna convince me at Dallas got the Dalton King Cade's gonna come out here and just and just what forget that he forgot how to play football I mean I'm not there yet it's it's a tough it's a tough match up in week one plan against Houston these athletic linebackers this defensive backfield g-l-n-p-t-re and stuff so I'm gonna go ahead and fade Dalton King Cade in week one I am starting in a league uh John Johnson over Dalton King Cade so I completely back you up on that and my sit of the week is Kyle Pits um there's a lot of hype about Kyle Pits but they're going on the road to Pittsburgh and we all we all now know that two attack of a low up is going to be the quarterback reports from Atlanta this year have been putrid to be polite you saw that live did you get eyes on Tua and it was as bad as some of the reports that I read dude I got

54:59bastardized in my own Twitter comments over my comments on Tua tongue of a low one you walked up there and I this was like the third week of training camp they didn't even have his jury they didn't even have his jerseys for sale by the way and they'd everyone put Tua in the jersey in the team shop out there in Fawri branch number two the here's the thing about Alex laughs at the left quarter back left handed quarterback thing but they both penics into a makes such beautiful throws sometimes like they're in like you think about the places that Brett Farve has forced a ball into pause you think about time there's a week one of the game plan you think about you think about time you think about some of these very accurate balls right and then you see the next ball be completely like pulled down this thing about the left you right the left the right hand of quarterback it's much more natural to go over to top the left hand quarterback except a whip down they have a it's a it I can't explain it I'm not a quarterback guru but I can see it and I've

56:04seen enough quarterbacks play and and they they miss so much more than they have beautiful throws Tua had a very rough training camp from what I saw and obviously what everyone heard so I mean I'm I think Drake London just going to eat on targets and Bigeon looked phenomenal when I was there the interesting thing I think is going to be Brian Robinson in the role he saw he was playing fullback in this offense during training camp what we're going to get I might just start taking the the Brian Robinson anytime touchdown for the first couple of weeks because they're so we're getting swindled out of a beach on touchdown early this year for sure for sure I agree with that yeah Kyle Pits no go it's it's it's just I got to see it and in this year with these late round tight ends give me Dalton Schultz give me John Johnson give me TJ Hawkinson I mean help give me Chica Conquo at this point it's it's a tough match for Kyle Pits I do not want to play any Kyle so if we're not playing pits okay we're saying no to pits we're not we're saying no to Dalton

57:09Conquo two athletic tight ends we got to we got to replace him and someone so give us your tight end stream of the week I don't really want to stream a tight end I'll be honest with you if I'd draft the one I want to play him but if I have to stream a tight end this week it's probably going to be something where I I end up going like Gunner Helm for Tennessee against the Jets who we love the Jets this week Tennessee's been struggling to get the ball to carnal Tate that's been kind of the reports coming out of Tennessee we talked to a couple people down there Walndale Robinson's going to get his but I think Gunner Helms in a sneaky spot here too if they get down a couple touchdowns end up with an eight target performance Terrence Ferguson got drafted a lot late I don't the projections all haven't very low this week so it all depends on your league when you drafted stuff like this T-Ferg's an interesting one though if you drafted early and weren't a part of the Terrence Ferguson pushed up to the ninth round conversation we started the show talking that

58:10he is a must add and I'm expecting that you did so before this even kept going so now you got John Johnson you got your streamer you got your tight end you want him on your roster not just now but weeks coming forward about 50% rostered only 10% started get John Johnson off your frame and see and get him in your lineup Cody great week one I'm thinking we do this again I'm back I'm down I'm in give me the number give me the time give me the rhyme give me the reason I'm here for the crime as long as you give you a line yes to make a margarita we'll make a margarita we're gonna do the game plan we're gonna run this back and thank you guys for tuning in tap it and staying through I know there was some technical difficulties where this is just the first one of the year this is my first one in the news set up Cody's on the road but we back baby we back head on over to play a profile YouTube channel smash that like button smash that subscribe button

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