Let's get it on party people. Welcome back to
the Get Sunday Covered podcast. Week two is in
the books. Jordan and Cody with you as always.
We are minus Brandon today. He is on daddy duty.
Shout out to my boy Theo and Dax. Hope you guys
are doing good. We miss you. He will be back
next week, but in his place I want to welcome
and introduce to everybody our good friend Steven,
part of GSC Maine. Thanks for being here, man.
Welcome. Hey, thanks for having me on. We we're
gonna talk about a lot of stuff today, man So
I hope you're prepared this your first time on
the show. We're just kind of throwing you into
the mix So I'm excited to hear your thoughts,
but we're gonna give it to you raw today, buddy
Oh, baby, I like it raw What's what's what's
good are you how's fantasy going you're you're
excited tell me about it what's up, you know
those couple weeks between draft and the actual
players getting out on the field like we're not
on the field but you always want to see how your
boys do out there and uh i'm in eight leagues
and the one that i care about gsc not doing so
hot first and three two and oh man but i don't
even look at that i'm sweating this way jordan
what's up dude how are you welcome back I'm all
right. I'm good. I feel like it was a better
week two for most of my leagues, but I know this
year is weird, dude. There's just a lot of weird
stuff going on this year. I agree. I don't know.
For the most part, though, like, I feel like
GSC main, like, I don't know if you guys seen
the points I've been putting out, but it's like,
seven beat me by like, easy. You won one time
when again, and then talk to me. But Like seven
put up like half a point more than me for this
week's top leader. So shout out seven after Brandon
just ran his mouth last week talking shit to
you about not doing anything. So good shit. Seven.
You beat Ryan, who Cody is has a hard on for
him this year about him winning the league. Should
have lost week one. Ryan should be on to right
now. But honestly, man, it's a I know it's a
good start to the season. Like, it's just weird.
It's it's fun. It's funky as always. You never
know, dude. It's just stuff goes crazy that you
don't expect. I'm excited for the rest of the
season already. We are going to touch on a lot
of that stuff in today's episode, but I'll just
kick it off by saying I got burrowed in a lot
of my leagues. So I agree, man. It's been interesting
so far. I think we're... You know, seeing a lot
of production that we didn't expect to see as
well as not seeing a bunch of production that
we did expect to see. But you're right. That's
fantasy, dude. Like everything's made up and
the points don't matter, right? Hey, we're not
on the field. Yeah. But if we were, if we were
back in my day, if I hadn't have blown my knee
out, I could have gone pro. Coach, you just put
me in this way. Throw this football to that mountain.
Let's, uh, let's get it kicked off was quick
question. Um, where, uh, where are we hitting
the panic button? Who has the most concern right
now? There's a lot of teams going, Oh, and to
Jordan, I'll let you kick it off with this one.
Uh, who are you seeing this? Oh, and two right
now that you're freaking out about. Yeah, man,
there's a, there's a lot of teams on two right
now. I don't know. Uh, I don't know how Pittsburgh
is one in one, but I'll take it. Maybe they should
be on this list, but, uh, I, uh, Don't know man.
I picked the Steelers against the Seahawks by
the way, and yeah, I'm glad I didn't have them
on anything, but the Honestly for me the the
top two teams I look at that are own two is a
the Chiefs and Texans The Chiefs is just weird
like I get their offense, but it's like You got
a lot of you got a young Patrick Mahomes Tom
Brady did a lot with a lot less throughout his
entire career Um, you know, so I think they'll
write the ship with patch from homes. Like I
don't think the dude's a fluke and like you went
to super bowls and you go to three. Like, I don't
think that's just like, I mean, Jim Kelly did
it and didn't win one, but I just, you gotta
be somewhat good to even get there. Right. So,
um, I don't know. I think the chief's turn around
the Texans, man. Like I don't think CJ shrouds
ever come out from that first year. Like he partied
too hard in that after that freshman season.
It's like it's never turned around for the Texans.
I feel like their offense like one touchdown
in two games like doesn't look good to me. Nico
Collins like people were talking about this dude
being a top three pick in some leagues and it's
like bless you if you took him in top five in
any league like My heart is with you like him
and A .J. Brown could hold hands like and think
about something. But I definitely took him early
and I am. Yeah. So it's like, you know, it's
just one of those things like we talked about
earlier. It's just a weird season. It's a it's
week two. I don't want to say it's panic, but
it's like, man, like it's, you know, it's time
to start going. You start falling in the oh and
three oh and four like. You got to rally off
some games to turn it around to have a chance
of making the playoffs So there's a lot of teams
out there, but um I think they're my what we
looked up before the show there might have been
eight teams I think I listed off that are owing
to so it's like you and Stephen were chatting
about that. There's yeah, so I think there's
a Concern to go around for sure yeah, so I think
yeah for me. These are the top two teams maybe
just because of the Obviously the hype around
the chiefs. It's the chiefs like everyone's been
on them for a couple years now and then Texans
I feel like they just I felt like there was some
hype around them this year. But definitely have
has not lived up to it. So we'll see I wouldn't
panic if you're a fan of either of these teams.
Give a couple more weeks and then yeah, start
sweating about it. So Stephen, before you jump
in on this one, I just want to add one thing
to what Jordan was just talking about. Per DraftKings
today, they posted this on their Instagram. The
AFC West is officially the most competitive division
in the league. All four teams historically are
now above 500. That is the only division in the
NFL that has that. I'll just piggyback off of
what Jordan was saying. Oh, and two for the chiefs.
Yeah. Like they were, they were talking about
it when, when my homes dropped this last game,
he's never lost three games in a row before.
I'm like, shit dude. Like that's, that's impressive.
He's been in the league for almost 10 years now,
eight years, however long it's been. That's,
that's impressive. But as a Broncos fan, as both
of you guys are, uh, I'm here for it. And I,
I think there, there's going to be a lot of excuses
made for, you know, why the chiefs are owned
to, you know, Rashid Rice is suspended and Xavier
were these hurt and, and blah, blah, blah. But
at the same time, you look back at the chiefs
last year, like they weren't winning games with
the offense. That's not what was happening, man.
And when you play in this division, You start
the year 0 and 2? You're climbing a hill, man.
They've also said, you know, Patrick Mahomes
can do it with less. He doesn't need Tyree Kill.
He doesn't need all that. But I mean, Travis
is getting up there, too. Not going to celebrate
it too hard. My dad even, you know, my mom's
a Chiefs fan. She got into football, which I
love, because of Tom Brady. Now she watches it.
She pays for the channel, which I appreciate.
But she picked the Chiefs as her team. I was
like, Come on, man, Broncos fan, we can't do
that. But it's fun to see them getting into it.
And my dad was like, Oh, you got to feel bad
for Travis Kelsey. I was like, Well, do we? I
do. I'll trade my life for him. Swifty. No, I'm
just kidding. I So back to the whole thing, yeah,
I'd have to go with the Chiefs, man. Honestly,
it is surprising because they do come out of
the woodwork. They find a way to win. As Broncos
fan, it's easy to be kind of happy about it.
But like you said, we have a competitive division.
Let us cook, man. Let everyone else do their
thing. Even the Raiders. Even the Raiders, man.
Don't you have shares? I do. Yeah. And as you
know, coming from Boise, I'm a gente fan, but
like, chiefs, Raiders. It's just feel sacrilegious
to me, dude. I just can't do it. I'm not rooting
for him, especially last night, Brandon with
Jacoby over there. But I think the I think the
Chargers or Broncos won the division this year.
If the Broncos they they should have won that
game handedly this weekend like It was it was
a fluke thing like I don't know what your guys's
thoughts are on how that game ended But like
it should have not been that close in the first
place in my opinion So I'm pretty sure I sent
you a thing Cody about a bet I had I picked 11
teams to win and I think I sent you a screenshot
of it was offering like $360 cash out and it
was the Broncos game was one of the last two
games I needed to win. And I'm watching the Broncos
game. Lutz misses the field goal. And I'm like,
all right, Broncos defense is going to step up.
They stop him. It's a 60 yard field goal. This
kid's longest is 51. He's from Notre Dame. So,
you know, he's not real. And, you know, he he
kicked that field goal and I was like, yes, yes.
And he missed it. And hold on. There's a flag
on the field. And that's how I ended up losing
my bet. The last game I had was the Chargers.
It was a I had a $20 bonus bet for $1 ,100. And
the way I lost it was the only game I lost with
the Broncos. So losing like that, like it hurts
worse because of that. But like the way I look
at it, man, a rule's a rule. You can't touch
that center, whether you use them for truly leverage
or not. You didn't even need to touch them. The
kid missed it by 15 yards to the right. Like,
let it go. You know? So yeah, that was a tough,
tough pill to swallow. Yeah. Yeah, it's tough
way to lose the game. But like I always say,
dude, people are going to look back at the game.
We talked about this last year. There's times
where people are going to look back at whatever
week five this year, and they're not going to
remember how that team lost. It doesn't matter
how it's how many. And that's what people remember
is that final score winner. Win or loss is all
that matters. Speaking of wins and losses, did
you see, uh, we're talking about the chiefs and
stuff that you talk about their defenses. You
see Chris Jones talking with Jalen hurts at the
end of the game. they were miked up i don't know
if you guys saw that yeah you don't have 100
yards you only have 100 yards yeah we won the
game though i mean yeah that's really all that
matters so it's like down chris jack i don't
care for jalen hurts but bravo like props to
you i like it yeah yeah i agree you have uh any
teams cody steven you guys worried about oh and
two yeah worried i I've got one. I'll go ahead
and jump in here. Um, they're not oh and two.
Um, but we touched on it at the top of the show.
I am terrified for the bangles man. Um, in more
ways than one, obviously burrow being out for
pretty much the whole season at this point. Uh,
if you've got shares of Jamar chase T Higgins,
chase Brown, whatever the offense is not going
to be as good. I do think, um, what's his name?
Browning. came in, right? Yeah. I thought he,
aside from the picks, I thought he looked great.
I think they will be fine as far as, you know,
getting their shares and their touches, but let's
be real. Like it's, it's not going to be as good.
It's not going to be the bangles offense that
we saw last year. My panic button for this team,
Joe Burrow is going to lose his whole fucking
career. Playing for sensei if they cannot figure
out how to protect him Another season another
injury for this poor kid and he is so good. You
guys know. I'm a huge burrow fan I have a ton
of shares of him this year. So yeah, I'm a little
bit biased he's one of those players that for
me like I look at guys like You guys are gonna
laugh at me for this one too, but like think
about obj if obj would have played for a better
team with a better quarterback Come on, Joe burrow,
man, Cincinnati is going to run this man's career.
I'll, I'll, I'll say it. If you can't protect
him, if he can't stay healthy, all of that talent
is going to go to waste. This is another year
down the toilet for Cincinnati. And how, how
many years can they realistically do this? Yeah.
Oh, go ahead and roast me. That's fine. I'll
jump in here, Steven. Like I got plenty to say
off of this. Um, I'm, I'm not disagreeing with
anything you said. The only thing I mean, when
you got Joe Barrow, T Higgins and Jamar chase
taking up what 25, 30 % of your salary cap, like
it hurts. Like, you know, like it's just one
of those things where if players I've always
said this in any sport of truth. If players really
wanted to win every season, every player on the
team could say, Hey, we all want to make $5 million
this year and build the best super team there's
ever been. It's just never going to happen. It
never will happen. But it's like, it's just one
of those things where it's like, do I really
feel sorry for him? Like, no, like I'll take
35 million a year and be happy about my life
and situation. Like, but yeah, it's just one
of those things where it's sad. I sent a thing
you earlier Cody about Joe Burrow compared to
Andrew Luck, how many hits they've taken, the
pressures, this and that. And like, it's one
of those things with any man. It's like Andrew
Luck was I do was special. People don't remember
him. Like he was good. He didn't have the offensive
line. He had no one to protect him. Joe Burrows
the same way. And it's like, who do you blame?
And I don't like, I don't blame yourself. I mean,
yeah, I don't know. It's just one of those things
where Yeah, it sucks. You talked about OBJ. I
mean, there's plenty of players that if they're
in different situations, Megatron, Calvin Johnson,
Barry Sanders, like some of these guys that a
lot of Detroit players, um, if they're on different
teams, man, it's, it's just the way it goes.
Sometimes maybe that's why Eli Manning, if he
went to the chargers and never wanted to play
there and didn't get traded, the giant says he
went to super bowls. I don't know. you know,
stuff like that where guys want to control their
own stuff and play where they want to play and
not saying it always works out. But yeah, I hope
they they help burrow and hope he hope he comes
back from this. I like him, dude. He's just the
way he throws the ball, man, is it's it's inspirational.
But I think for for any chase owners out there,
I think once Browning came in, I think Chase
got like nine receptions once Browning came in.
So it's like just that's a dude that's That's
a dude that that knows that's where JJ McCarthy
throw the ball to Justin Jefferson like throw
the ball to your best wide receiver like give
him a chance one on one. I'll take that you know
any day of the week. So I think Bengals fans
let's say give it a couple weeks. This isn't
the first time Browning's come in and stepped
in for Barrow being injured. So yeah, they they
are two and oh currently even with how it's been
going this season. So we'll see still a lot of
football left. Yeah, and and to be honest, you
know fantasy aside it just sucks for the fans
Joe burrows something to watch and we went through
this last year I don't know if y 'all watched
the quarterback show Yeah on Netflix after yeah,
he broke his hand. He's like I'm playing piano
man. Like that's his life It's like I walk to
a different room I do a different thing for 15
minutes But good for him. It was cool to see
that side of a player. And, you know, like you
said, Jordan, you know, what, who can you blame?
He can't really blame anyone. It wasn't even
completely the line. It was unfortunate that
he came onto that foot like that. Just the angle
that turf toe, man, it sounds innocent, but it's
nasty. Yeah. I didn't realize. So, I mean, obviously
like I'm not a doctor, but I didn't realize that
turf toe actually like implies that there's like
torn ligaments and shit in your foot. I didn't
know that. People always think it's like a blister
from like old turf, right? Like yeah, like when
you know, you know pull that tendon in your toe
or something like, you know, like literally like
he tore the tendons off of his fucking toe You
can't walk What is that it's the is it the the
fantasy footballers podcast they were talking
about the one dude was talking about purdy in
his toe injury. This is like the third time it's
come up in his career. He's like, just have that
amputated, take it off your foot. And like the
one guy's like, I don't think you know how much
like you realize how much it impacts your body
and how you move. And he's like, I'm no doctor,
but like it's pretty important to your actual
physical health. And I don't know. Obviously
it's a lot. If you have surgery and you're out
a minimum of three months, like I've never done
anything with my toes or my feet like that, like
knock on wood. Like I broke my ankle, but like,
I can only imagine your toes and feet like pretty
sensitive, like, you know, little appendages
there. So I don't, you know, good luck to burrow,
you know, hope he comes back and, you know, everyone
wants him back. I don't think there's, I don't
know if too many like Joe burrow, like haters
out there, you know, so you got to start wanting
some super. He starts with some super bowls.
People start hating them. Like that's how it
goes. Yeah. Well, that ain't going to happen
in Cincinnati, dude. And maybe not. He gets traded
in Minnesota this year. Easy. I'm just saying.
Yeah. Well, McCarthy is going to sit for, he
needs to sit the rest of the season. Yeah. He
doesn't look good. He does not look good. Um,
speaking of guys that don't look good, let's
go ahead and move it along. Uh, fellas we're
in it. We are, we are balls deep with our teams.
Obviously, you know, we're seeing the scores.
I think all of us play in more than two leagues
at this point. So we've got a decent understanding.
Let's talk about some of the things that we're
seeing with guys that aren't performing. Jordan,
kick us off with some some duds or surprise players.
You know, when I was looking at this, I was kind
of when I was thinking of some some topics to
talk about. This was just one that I feel like
every year that. you know everyone's obviously
you don't know it's rookies coming into the NFL
you don't know what they're gonna do like you
know look at Brian Thomas jr. last year Malik
neighbors like gray years for wide receivers
like running backs last year I don't like there's
no one that like jumps off my running backs did
pretty good I mean second year yeah I mean I'm
just saying like we took him the first year yeah
so for Like true rookies, you know, it's, I don't
know. It's hard. Like, especially this year,
I feel like, um, there was some running backs
this year in fantasy. Um, anyone that took gentry
for the Raiders, uh, Marion Hampton chargers,
um, Trayvon Henderson, why Sean, uh, Quinn, Sean
Judkins for the Browns. Um, I just feel like
there's a lot of running backs for rookie guys
this year. And it's like, I don't feel like anyone's
living up to any type of height. Like most of
these guys were drafted pop. five rounds, you
know, Gentry and Marian Hampton first two rounds,
I think almost in every league I was in. And
it's like, you never know. Like, yeah, they look
good in college, like Reggie Bush looked like
the best player I'd ever seen in college. And
the NFL kind of looked like a normal NFL running
back, you know, nothing great, you know, but
I don't know, man, it's just other than what's
the kid for Tampa Bay and bouquet. Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. I mean, he looks, he looks good. And I
mean, who wouldn't want to play with Baker Mayfield?
Just like, look at that dude. So I'm watching
him play. Everyone does. So, um, he's doing good
for Tampa. Obviously I feel like other than him,
unless you guys got another name of a rookie,
I just feel like there's been, there's a lot
of rookies that were kind of hyped up for running
backs, especially I feel like. And it's just,
I don't feel like anyone's lived up to it. Like
I don't none of these guys and that I've looked
up about 100 yard game. I've done anything gentry
had one touchdown, you know. Judkins his first
game week two. He looked decent for the Browns,
but it's the Browns like you can't be too excited
about that, but all all three running backs at
10 points crazy. Yeah, so yeah, is that that's
what they have for the season? No, no, in that
game with Judkins bag. Oh Brown's yeah all three
running backs. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, the guy
you have, um, yeah. Samson. Um, I don't know.
I don't know. Like I said, unless there's a guy,
uh, a name that jumps off for you guys, for rookies,
I don't know. Anyone that's really doing great
for rookies this year. Um, I think tie war. Yeah.
I was going to say for Indianapolis, the tight
end, he might be, I didn't show looked up this,
but he might be number one in fantasy for rookies
this year. Like I feel like he's he's the only
one I feel like that's been doing anything substantially
and being somewhat consistent, but I don't know.
I was going to go ahead with Daniel Jones behind
the line. I wasn't so sure, but I took him. It
was kind of the same as neighbors, man. He's
going to get targets. I took neighbors last year.
I wasn't disappointed. He's getting the targets
and he looks good. They haven't running the ball.
I think he'll be a stud. I think he might be
that Laporta Bowers this year. We'll see, hopefully,
because I have him in a bunch of leagues. But
it's tight end stuff. We all know that. You kind
of hit the nail on the head though. I'll just
call it out. Cody won last year with Gibbs and
Bijan. I took them the rookie year. They were
rookies, you know, they're new to the NFL. This
year made the same mistake. I took Omari in and
Trevion so I'm just hoping they can get it together.
I hope they can feed him the ball. Chargers look
good. A lot of pass catchers on that team. He
had three opportunities last night at the goal
line. Omarian to put it in and just couldn't
do it so. I think that's the hardest thing for
me just like as a fantasy manager is figuring
out. You know, like like you just said it. Bijon
Gibbs, year one, not so much. Year two, fantastic.
So how do you quantify that with, you know, the
guys like Gentie and Hampton and stuff like that?
Is it just because they're rookies? I would like
to chalk it up to that. Yeah. Like I want to
assume that 12 months from now, when we're kicking
off the 2026 season, that they're going to be
the focal point of this offense, but it's super
hard to Like when you when you watch these games
and you analyze like the points that they're
putting up in the uses that they're having and
stuff like that like Genti went from having like
an 80 something percent snap share in week one
to like 50 yesterday or Monday some air white
yeah, yeah, so it's like We know he's good right
so is he just Is he not meshing with the pro
system? Uh, I know he looked like ass in past
protection and yeah. Um, and if you guys want
a deeper dive into that, go listen to people
like the fantasy footballers or, you know, fantasy
football today, whatever. What I'm saying is
like, it's really, I think that's what puts the
value into rookies when they do hit, you know,
because everybody's super hyped about them coming
into the season. But nobody fucking knows. Right.
So the people that are hitting on a Mecca Bucca
right now are feeling like they're on top of
the world. But for those of us, and I speak on
this very like intimately, for those of us that
took the genties and the Hamptons and the R .J.
Harvey's in the early rounds, it's like fuck.
And I even trade these dudes right now. Probably
not. Not for anything that's going to be worth
it. No, I, uh, I think it's kind of piggyback
off of that. Like the other side of that, like
some guys that are doing good, that you might
be able to trade right now that are having seasons
where you don't know what you're get out of them.
Like prime example, number one, CMC, man, like
back to back, like 23 point weeks. Like this
dude's like, it looks like Christian McCaffrey
or bold. You're putting this student, your lineup,
put him down for 20 points. Like, you know, it's
going to be 20 every game. Is it one of those
dudes where it's like you're trying to trade
him right now because it's like week five comes
around? Is this still going to be? On my team
and not on IR injured or you know, and it's like
no one wants that for CMC every. How do you hate
this dude? No one does. He's like Baker Mayfield.
Put them together on a team. That's an instant
Super Bowl winner like those two guys together
like who doesn't want both those guys to win
so. Another guy is Debo Debo Samuel man. I drafted
him in our main league just thinking like man.
He's got something to prove this year like coming
off of San Francisco. He's washed up. He looks
fat. He looks slow. He looks old doesn't look
good and he's having a good year. I feel like
for the way Washington their offenses looked
like. I feel like the one bright spot has been
Debo not tearing the corn not. There's Austin
Eckler, Eckler, um, speedy recover. You get healthy,
man. Um, rest in peace, man. He's, you know,
yeah. Um, the other kid that like Chris Rodriguez
didn't even play last week. The, uh, crockery
bill. Yeah. So he didn't even do much last week,
but I feel like the bright spot on the, on Washington
is, you know, was Devo is, is he going to keep
it? Is he going to go up? Going to go down. I
feel like another player you could trade like
high right now because he's like the main target
guy on Washington and anyone that was a Denver
fan that watched this dude for his rookie year,
Javante Williams, man, like he never was the
Javante Williams. He was his rookie year in Denver
and I always liked Javante. So to see him go
to Dallas like. the opposite of CMC and Baker
Mayfield. No one likes Dallas. No one wants them
to win. So to see Juvante, um, go there, it just,
it sucks. Um, but good for him. He looks good,
man. I have him in my good. I have him in like
three leagues. I'm in with you, Cody. And it's
like, he's been on my bench all three leagues
for the first two weeks. And it's like, Sorry
any Javante Williams fans, but I'm putting them
in this week and he's getting those four points
boys ride so He's been doing good So I feel like
for me these were like three guys that I had
personally that I feel like man if you're trying
to trade someone or you know trying to look for
You know wide receiver or a tight end for one
of these guys, you know vice versa These this
might be the the time to sell on these guys right
now the way they're putting out points, but Yeah,
me. I'm probably riding all three of them the
rest of the way unless something changes where
I do need to make a trade. But for the most part,
my team is is pretty good. But those are three
guys that kind of surprised me on the opposite
spectrum of being duds, you know, maybe being
kind of some surprise studs that I just don't
feel like you had too much hype around them this
year. Yes, because I think I think we kind of.
Breezed over RJ Harvey, you know, I took him
in fifth six and some runs Like I thought he
was gonna come in like we forget JK Dobbins can
run the ball, too He's a pass catcher, you know
as a Broncos fan. You love it Seeing Javante.
Also, I had to sit Sutton for Devante this week
25 points Sutton had one. Yeah one catch tough,
man. Yes Yeah, that's crazy Like you said, man,
you had him on the bench. I was like, I can't
let that happen again. Lugo is another one. I
had him on the bench. Got to play him before
Godwin gets back. But as an Ohio State fan too,
love to see it. Troy, I mean, you're talking
about Broncos like RJ Harvey, another name, I
guess we skipped over is Troy Franklin. I feel
like maybe maybe he's taken away from Portland
Sutton because he's boys with bone next a little
bit more going to college together. And I know
that was a big reason they let go of, uh, Devon
Deval, a BLA. Yeah. To the saints. I know that's,
and that's why they said was Franklin, but I
feel like he dropped a lot of balls his rookie
year, but he's, I think, I feel like he's been
one of the bright spots in the Denver offense.
Kind of like Debo has been for Washington. Cause
the Denver offense hasn't looked too stellar.
I feel like, you know, I feel like to pick it
up once. That's kind of one of the things that
I'm, I'm hopeful for when it comes to RJ Harvey,
but this goes right back to exactly what we were
just saying with these rookie running backs.
Like as, again, as a Broncos fan, all right,
learn behind JK Dobbins, right? Like start understanding
the system, start understanding, you know, you
know, the right reads to make and where you're
going to run stuff like that. So next year, RJ
Harvey, sign me up, dude. Like, but you're right,
dude. Don't discredit what JK is doing. I looks
good. Denver got him on the cheap and he, he
looks great. Yeah. He's got something to prove.
Yeah. Yeah. Chargers. Let him go. Yeah. Also,
uh, Jordan, I got one. We skipped. How about
Caleb Johnson? I, I didn't bring up his name
because like he shouldn't be talked about. Like
embarrassed. It's embarrassing, man. Like He
was like, I honestly didn't take him in any leagues
just cause even with Pittsburgh last year, like
I still, I still love nausea Harris, man. I feel
like if a team truly gave that dude, 15, 20 carries
a game, he's getting a hundred yards. Like in
the game, I feel like he's just a big back like
that. It reminds me of like a, a thinner drone
baddest kind of, you know, where he's going to
make a couple of cuts, but he's running through
people, but I don't know. Yeah, Pittsburgh is
just one of those teams, man. Even when they
had Harris, like they're playing Harrison Warren
a lot, like they split time and like week one,
like Kenneth Gainwell had more carries than anyone.
Like what's like what are we doing here? So I
don't know. Like, I don't know. I don't like
I'm not a fan of Jalen Warren. Kenneth Gainwell,
man, like he's just one of those guys. The only
reason anyone knew about him because he was like,
why are you still in the league? He's on he was
on Philadelphia. And I don't know, man, that
After Johnson, I don't know if you guys saw that
little. Mishap he had in the Seattle game where
ball kind of hit him in the head and he just
kind of stood there and watched it. Seattle recovers
it. Touchdown and he doesn't know what happened
to a football player knows the rules sit down.
So I'm like, why are you on any type of special
teams if you don't know the rules so? Yeah, there.
That just adds the list even of another rookie
running back that is just like who had hype around
him this year that this guy is going to be the
number one. He's going to take over number one
in Pittsburgh like he's taking over the number
one warming spot in Pittsburgh like this dude
probably ain't going to see the field much at
all, especially after last week. Like and I feel
a way Mike Tomlin is he's he's not going to get
much playing time, but just another one of those
guys, especially like I said, just running backs,
man. Just like Cody said, like let's let's let's
give these guys throughout the year. See what
they do. And come back next year and assess it
might be that second year, that second year syndrome
for running backs where they turn it up and the
quarterbacks turn it down like it goes opposite.
You know, maybe that's how it goes. Well, guys,
I want to move this on a little bit because we
do have some more stuff to cover for this week.
So just real quickly, give me your thoughts on
some teams that. You're you're stoked about you're
you're really looking at these teams as potentially
making a deep playoff run and also maybe some
teams that Maybe not so much Stephen move us
off. All right, well surprisingly a lot of Surprisingly
a lot of people from Chicago are moving to Denver
I've noticed because I have a lot of Bears fans
friends now and that was one team you know actually
own two thing like i'm not rooting for them but
it is kind of sad to see you almost think at
the the beginning of the season like ben johnson
brought the magic mojo over and that's falling
apart surprisingly lion still got it but uh packers
man backers look good yeah you got a good defense
you know jordan love looks good if you can just
connect with matthew golden They got a good defense,
man. I don't know. Jordan, you're shaking your
head on that take. Give me your thoughts. Nothing
against Matthew Golden. Green Bay is just one
of those teams where Jordan love. He throws the
ball to anyone who's open. He has no favorites
like Green Bay. So I feel like has been that
team since Jordan loves kind of taking over that
he's really truly never had like a number one
where, you know, I'd say Jalen Reed for a bit
was probably it, but. like that Devonte wicks
the other night dude it's like what four straight
balls thrown to him like i don't i just like
jordan love i'm not trying to take anything away
from you steven but yeah i like like him i like
like him he has the same name as me too maybe
that's why i love him um but yeah no i'm full
circle with that one that was great thank you
i uh I agree with you on Green Bay is all I'm
saying. But as far as as Matthew Golden, you
probably have him on the team. That's why you
want the ball thrown to him. But he's just he's
just I just feel like they throw the ball. But
anyways, I just agree with you on Green Bay for
sure. I wasn't trying to tell you off or anything.
If you had more teams you want to talk about.
But I completely agree about Green Bay. I'm with
it. I'll jump in when I when I look at, you know,
questions like this in teams that you're excited
about teams that you're nervous about. I look
at teams that look like complete teams and right
now Green Bay looks like a very complete team.
Right. So I put it in the, put it in the chat,
man. Jerry's gotta be stick right now. Watching
Mike out there. Yeah. He's a fucking idiot, dude.
But I mean, same kind of situation. Like we talked
about with Sensei, like when you pay DAC and
CD, as much as you, you have like, all right,
well, fuck that guy. He can just go play for
Green Bay. Then it's like, yeah. He's. Have your
opinion, but he's still fucking great, you know,
that's what I'm saying. You look at Green Bay
I feel like they look like a very complete team
and I think I said it in the First episode of
this season if you guys are gonna want to go
back in and check that out I like Green Bay to
go this year I think they could make a deep push
as long as everybody stays healthy, which we're
already starting to see That's difficult to do
for pretty much everybody that's in the NFL Jayden
Reed broken collarbone. He's done for two months,
right? Matthew Golden, my boy, Romeo Dobbs. We
touched on him last season. I added and dropped
this guy probably 15 times. You're right, Jordan.
He throws it to the guy that's open. Josh Jacobs
is a G in the backfield. Green Bay is complete
on both sides of the football right now. And
if the important people stay healthy, they're
trouble. I mean, go ahead, John. Well, I, I,
uh, I don't know if I have too many letdowns.
Um, kind of same with Steve in Chicago was that's
why I kept Kayla Williams with Ben Johnson coming
there. Not the Kayla Williams has done bad fantasy
wise. I'll stick with them another couple of
weeks, see how he does. But I, I expect more
from Chicago. I thought that offense was going
to look way better. Um, maybe Jacksonville is
a little bit of letdown, like Trevor Lawrence,
man, he just looks like Lawrence is coming out
of Clemson and he just he's he's never lived
up to anything. Miami did like to a dude that
that maybe the concussions finally caught up
to him. I don't know. He doesn't look good. Miami
doesn't look good. Carolina. I thought Bryce
Young, the way the season ended last year, like
I thought they were going to be better. I don't
know, man. It's just lot of these teams but like
maybe Denver a little bit and I feel like a lot
of that's on Bo Nicks like he hasn't looked great
You know, it's that sophomore slump for quarterbacks,
Minnesota JJ McCarthy like Carson Wentz like
give me the up on Carson Wentz over JJ McCarthy
like you might get two interceptions with Wentz
But you're probably gonna get three touchdowns
with it. Like that's all I'm saying At least
the dudes gonna throw the ball and hit Justin
Jefferson I don't know. Yeah my good teams, man.
I green bay i i don't know i'm hiring green bay
green bay the chargers indianapolis like daniel
jones left new york and like he's like a newfound
man like let's call him let's call it like the
meme i sent you guys the other day it's indiana
jones like yeah this dude's a hero now so he's
about to turn around for them um i don't know
i'm excited real quick let me let me pause you
right Indiana Jones balling out right now. Love
to see it. Happy for the guy. Not happy that
they beat the Broncos. However, what does this
mean for Anthony Richardson? Is he done? Uh,
the Pittsburgh Steelers should trade for him
like week three or four is go for it. That's
I go for it. I, I would, I would take a chance
on him. It's one of those things where look at
Daniel Jones, look at Sam Donald, look at Gino
Smith, all these quarterbacks, Baker Mayfield.
Sometimes it doesn't work out where you got drafted,
where you started, but it doesn't mean your career
is over. Like Anthony Richardson, the reason
that dude was drafted so high after playing one
season, he's got talent. You can't, I don't care
how many miles you run, how many weights you
lift. Like that is just pure talent. Like that
dude's got it. If he put it together, he's just
one of those dudes that could be a better cam
Newton. I feel bigger, better cam news. Oh my
goodness. What a take. What a take. I will say,
man, in his defense, I'm going to piggyback on
that Jordan. Like he, he needs the IQ and the
dude's younger than like a majority. Yeah. Like
98 % of the core backs. Yeah. You almost feel
bad for him, but Daniel Jones coming and looking
hot. Like they, they went, made the right decision
to set a record. First 10 drives I scored on.
Yeah, that was crazy. They haven't punted the
ball this season. I think they did get one on
Denver. No, they turned out. That's right. They
have not punted the ball this season. Like congrats,
Daniel Jones. Like, yeah, Jonathan Taylor looks
good. I don't know. And it's like, and good.
I'm not an Indianapolis fan anyway, shape or
form. I hated when Peyton played there. I've
hated India. I hate the Indiana Pacers. I don't
like anything about Indiana, but like good for
Daniel Jones. Like, I just like to see people
do good, man. Like people that get thrown away
by another team and come back and do good. And
I feel like Indiana, like they made the right
call. Like, Hey, we're, uh, we're starting Daniel
Jones. Everyone kind of criticize them like,
Oh, they're tanking for arch manning. No, I don't
want Archman in Pittsburgh. Like, no, no one
wants him after what he's been doing in college.
But I feel like Indianapolis made the right call
with Daniel Jones. You know, everyone criticizing
him. I feel like they're the stupid ones now.
Like, man, this team might be for real. So it's
all a defense veteran quarterback. Good running.
What does that tell you about New York? You know
what I mean? Like anyone who's left there is
trash. Anyone who goes there, bad things happen.
Talk about plans that need to go to a different
team and the leak names back to I Mean he's been
a ball. I do this nasty Russell Wilson come from
dude The best he's looked in the last six years
like I was listening to Dan Patrick today and
they're just shit not heard one of those guys
and After the game, he's like, well, I look good.
It's like well I thought you didn't care what
people thought, you know, like 450 yards is crazy,
but your team lost. Yeah. Yeah. I know there's
just, there's a little bit of hate there too.
But yeah, you touched on it and let's, uh, let's
speak to this one, but Scataboo though, I want
to hear your thoughts on him. Cause that's, uh,
shit. If he's not owned in your leagues right
now, I would, I would go start finding where
he's available. You've talked a lot of game,
you know, being behind John team. the hymen stuff
and all that he looked good like he knows how
to run the ballies but he almost looks more nfl
ready after that that might be a little premature
but he looks he looks good i agree on new york
just quick take on that on uh scataboo um i saw
a video i don't remember what page it was on
but it was like scataboo was like uh looking
like a real nfl player this weekend or whatever
and it was just like six solid plays where Whether
he had the ball or he was making a block like
he was like laying it on somebody and it's like,
I don't know. I like it like good for that dude
and all these guys that are kind of doubted on.
I hope to have good careers and stay healthy
and you know, one day never stay healthy, relevant
fantasy player. Yeah, absolutely. All right,
boys. Well, we're getting pretty close here.
So let's go ahead and move it on to our games
of the week. Again, no Brandon this week. We
will get his picks in here. He'll recap for us
next time that he's here. Brandon, we miss you.
Can't wait to see you back next week. Steven,
kick us off, man. We got games of the week, week
three. We got to go that Monday night game, man.
Lions came out. Prove something without Ben Johnson
Ravens are the Ravens We'll see it's a tough
matchup, but I Think I got to go Ravens worse,
but I hope the Lions still got some juice Right.
Yeah Ravens Ravens at home I don't know man like
I I think when, I don't know if Stephen or anyone
else that listen to the episode last week, I
picked a pretty sure I picked the lions against
the bears. Cause I told pretty much said that
Dan Campbell would not have a performance like
that two weeks in a row. And like he, like, I
feel like they came out and like, like I said,
I don't remember what I said last week, someone
about full metal jacket, getting someone off
the streets of Detroit and beating up with the
bar soap, like getting the team fired up. So
it's like, I, he did. Yeah, the Lions. I felt
like I wasn't expecting that. Like a Ram St.
Brown. Thank you for the 40 points. Thank you
Detroit. Thank you Jared Goff. I'm going to try
man. I feel like. They're out to prove I'm like
we lose. We lose our two coordinators. What are
they doing? They're both on own two teams garbage.
We don't need them. We still got all these players
in Detroit. It doesn't take away from the players
like I'm taking the Lions. Man, I. I love everything
that you just said, Jordan. I just, I can't get,
get on with it. Um, Ravens at home, that in my
opinion, like look at the Ravens last week, like
Derek Henry looked like dog. Five yards for like
12 carries, 1 .6 points. Thank you, Derek Henry.
I think that is just about as probable to repeat
as it is the lions putting up 50 points. So I
am going to take the Ravens in this one, but
I do think it's interesting what you said. And
the Lions definitely made a fool out of me because
I did pick the Bears last week. I think they're
good. I think it's going to be a fun game to
watch, but give me the Ravens, man. All right.
My game, I think it was kind of spoke on earlier
about the FC West champions being the Chargers
or Broncos just so happens that they play this
week. It is in LA SoFi Stadium. Man, I I'm a
Broncos fan, but I feel like unless Bo Nix comes
out this game, throws for 253 TD's like. Chargers
are winning this that defense look great against
the Raiders. He did. I mean, Gino Smith probably
should have had seven interceptions in that game.
How many times he was thrown into double coverage,
triple coverage, under throwing guys? Honestly,
man, my heart, I want the Broncos, but for the
sake of this, I'm going Chargers, man. I just
feel like they look good and they're not even
running the ball good and they're winning games
like I feel like I don't even want to say they're
dominating teams. They just kind of look dominate
when they are controlling the ball, you know.
Like Herbert, like that 60 hour pass. He had
to quit in Johnson. That looked effort. That
looked like borrowed a chase, dude. Just looked
effortless. Like, you know, so well, shout out
to Quentin Johnson. Like people have been waiting
three years for you to finally do this. So it's
like, I'm glad for this dude that he reminded
me of Kevin White, Chicago drafted him years
ago from West Virginia. Kevin White had all this
hype around him. Never lived up to anything.
You ever want to see highlights? Go look up Kevin
White, West Virginia. I think he was like seventh
or eighth overall pick for Chicago that year.
Never lived up to anything. Reminder of Quentin
Johnson, but no Quentin Johnson, go Keenan Allen
being old. Um, lad, McConkey, go Keenan Allen
being old. That's crazy. Yeah. Justin hurt. Like
I said, man. And they got nausea, hair, Samarian
Hampton. Like they got two big backs. They start
pounding it, man. I don't know. Jim Harbaugh.
He's just one of those coach everywhere he goes,
he wins. So I got the chargers, guys. Well, I'll
go ahead on that one. I'll give them their respect.
They did look good. I think if Dan Campbell was
there, like you said, they were effortless. You
know, they would have ran that score up. I think
they could have done a lot more damage. But I
didn't check the status on Cleo Mack. Without
Cleo Mack, that could be a little bit of a damper
for them. As a Broncos fan, we all hyped up the
defense, man. If we can get the offense and the
defense to click together, Bo Nix learns from
his mistakes. Unleash RJ, maybe get Evan Ingram
in there with that joker status that coach is
talking about. I got to go Broncos, obviously.
But I do have Ladd. I do have Omarion. It's going
to be tough, starter six. 45, 40. That's the
worst part about fantasy, man. Steven, I... to
think I'm going to side with you on this one.
I Jordan, like you said, I don't really disagree
with anything that you said. Um, and they do
look nasty, but I feel like, um, you know, there
is a gear that the Denver Broncos haven't really
shifted into just yet. I don't feel like this
game, uh, last weekend should have been as close
as it was. Uh, I think Sean Payton cleans that
up this week. I know it's in LA. It's a division
game. I don't know, dude. It's just, I got to
take the Broncos. I think it all comes into place
because the Chargers right now have all the hype
and they have all the attention and they look
great and they're going to win the AFC West like
you said. i don't think so man i i do i will
say however the one caveat that i would add is
i feel like it's going to be a lower scoring
game i bet this is like a 1713 or or 2017 type
of game that's that's my thoughts on this all
right what do you uh what do you got for your
game I'm gonna take a less glorious one for my
game of the week. I'm gonna go bangles Vikings
Both starting quarterbacks We know one of them
for sure is not playing this week. I think Correct
me if I'm wrong. I think McCarthy is for sure
out this week as well. It's for sure. Yep. Yep
I think these are both two teams that have really
talented offenses and I'm excited To an extent
to see How they how they operate with the two
backup quarterbacks, and I think they're two
teams that need a win So I'll be watching this
game give me Gosh Yeah Give me the Vikings man,
I'll take my keys you want to go Steven sure,
man, I mean like you said, not a glorious pick,
but it will be interesting. I mean, we got arguably
the two best wide receivers in the game. Maybe
not so arguably, but with two backups, you know,
Jake Browning is a little more established. I'll
go ahead and say, I got to go bangles on this
one. We lost Aaron Jones for four weeks. He's
on IR. Other than, you know, TJ Hawkinson isn't.
been looking like himself, we, you know, JJ,
like, can JJ win the game for him? Like, Jake
Brown, he's got a little more experience, you
know, coming into that role. And it's from our
chase, you got t chase Brown, let's not forget
what he did last year. I gotta go bangles. Cool.
All right. Well, yeah. Like you guys already
touched on it's battle the backups. I mean, I
feel like if I'm a Justin Jefferson owner this
week, I'm ecstatic. I'm happy. I feel like Carson
Wentz is going to throw the ball to him at least
15 times, if not more. Carson Wentz is a veteran.
This dude was a front runner for MVP in 2017,
2018 with the Eagles years ago. I thought always
Carson Wentz was all right. I just feel like
he got kind of tossed around, never given a fair
chance. Yeah, he turned the ball over some, but
I don't know, man. I, I feel like he's a decent
quarterback. Um, I don't know. I've Jake Browning
though. Like we were talking about him earlier.
He's, he's come in and filled in, um, for Barrow.
I think this is his third time, third season
in a row that he's had to fill in for injuries
for Barrow. Um, I don't know, man. It's such
a, such a toss up like, and I will say these
at same league neighbors might be, uh, Might
be in the conversation of a pop wide receivers
in the NFL now, but I don't know, man. I don't.
This is such a coin flip. Like I want to take
the Vikings because there's there. Both these
teams and everyone in the Super Bowl, like you're
rooting for both of them. Like if your team doesn't
make it like you're hoping the team that's never
won it wins it. I'm going Vikings, man. Carson
Wentz, like ginger magic. Like it's going to
happen. Ginger magic. I love it. I love it. OK,
just because it popped into my head and we were
talking about this before we wrap this up, guys,
I got a quick keep trade cut for you. OK, don't
think, just answer. Stephen, you're going first.
Keep trade cut. Jamar Chase, Justin Jefferson,
CD -LAM. Go under your head. Make a decision.
Hurry up. I want Iggy Dollar. That's tough, man,
honestly. I got to go Jamar, Keith. Controversial.
I guess, well, I guess trade JJ. If it was one,
two, three, I would maybe sneak neighbors in
there. I love JJ, but he's got better value.
Yeah, and cut neighbors sucks to say. Okay. Well,
you didn't include CDLAM in any of that. So Jordan,
you go ahead. Wait. Oh, you said CD. I thought
you said neighbors. Oh, cut CD. Easy. Go ahead,
Jordan. Jump in on that one. Same. Same three.
Right. I see. I thought you were Justin Jefferson
guy. I thought that was a key point for sure.
I don't know, man. Like this might I'd say, I'd
say keep CD. Trade Jamar caught Jefferson. I
feel like city. I feel like you put, I just,
it's so hard. Cause I feel like you put Jefferson
or CD land with Joe burrow, a healthy Joe burrow
for a season. I feel like they do more cause
they are bigger than Jamar chase with Joe burrow.
That's just my honest opinion. Not to take it
like I'll take any three of those guys that you
give me any three. I was going to say there is
no correct way to answer this. It's like, I just
look at, I look at the quarterbacks people play
with, go look at Randy Moss, dude, like the four
times in his career that he had a Randall Cunningham,
Dante Culpepper, and then, uh, Tom Brady. It's
like when he did have a good quarterback, it's
like, look what happened. Like there's so many
just people that get to play with trash. Like
Calvin Johnson, the years he had with Matthew
Stafford when he didn't have Matthew Stafford.
Like what what are we doing here? It's like some
backups are good But I just always feel like
Jamar chase is blessed because he gets to play
with his college quarterback and his now is NFL
quarterback like Lucky man, like if I'm like
every college quarterback probably once if they
have a pro quarterback throwing to him, you know,
so Like look at Justin Jefferson. Like what's
he gonna come out in the media? I thought my
quarterback sucks I don't like this guy get him
off the bike. You can't say that we all know
that's probably what he's thinking like throw
me the damn ball so at least put it in the air
so i have a chance right exactly don't hit the
ground three feet in front of me what are you
doing kody uh keep jamar trade jj cut seating
damn start that's tough man i like there's no
there's no correct way to answer that there's
just not Alright boys anything else before we
wrap it up here today. Thank you both for being
here. Appreciate you Think we got it all man.
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in a week. Sweet. Alright. Good luck on waivers.
See you boys. Peace. Yep. Later.