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1:14Why wait? The first rookie off the board here, I know you wanted to put him on here.
1:19He was the first guy you mentioned, and he's been a guy that I've been very, even much to Shev's chagrin here.
1:26I've had to fight for positioning on him, but Antonio Williams, I thought, put together a great little campaign in his first game out there.
1:33I felt like there was a little JD connection there that seemed like nothing else was really working, but Antonio Williams kept
1:40kind of coming through and kept the Washington commanders sort of in the game there a little bit.
1:45So, whilst he was dead after the dig signing, it seemed, or it looked like he was going to be tough for jockeying position of targets.
1:53Chig's now out, maybe for a little while. That could be helpful for Antonio, but he looks like he's going to be a guy.
2:00Don't gas me up too much here, Casey, all right?
2:03I'm going to get too excited and burst through your guys' screens or earphones, whatever you're listening to.
2:09Look, yeah, I've been beating the Antonio Williams drum hard this offseason, almost to where I feel like I've staked my reputation on it.
2:16So, seeing him come out of the gate week one felt pretty good, but I just really liked him out of Clemson.
2:23I thought he was one of the better route runners in this class, even though a lot of people were not really looking at him in that department.
2:31I think that screams volumes, especially when we talk about the NFL and modern day.
2:35Exactly, that's exactly what my pick as well. No, no, we're both beating the same drum here, and it's great to see, right?
2:42Because it's like those days of the Megatrons and Julio Jones, you don't have to be that to be successful.
2:48I mean, you don't. It's almost less than their name one right now.
2:52Yeah, no, no. I mean, DK Metcalf, he's not doing very well for you.
2:56No, like DK, and he's not doing that much.
2:59So, it's like, I think this is the prototype of a successful receiver in this league right now.
3:05And all the factors that I liked about Antonio Williams were, you know, amplified when he landed in Washington so that he
3:11gets a good opportunity share right out of the gate.
3:14Now, you mentioned the Stephon Diggs signing. It's a bummer.
3:17Yeah, yeah, I thought we were going to see a delayed breakout, and I still think we will, right?
3:23Like, Terry McCorn not having a single catch until the fourth quarter or whatever it is, is not going to happen every week, guys.
3:30So, like, you're definitely not, when we're talking about overreactions, it's like, oh, you start Mike Gusecki, you know, ha, ha, ha.
3:37Like, I'm not starting Antonio Williams next week, okay?
3:39Like, that's not what I'm saying here. What I am saying, though, is four receptions, 64 yards, and a touchdown in his
3:46debut in a game where, like you said, everyone was involved.
3:49Like, they didn't need to just throw him to the wind right away.
3:53It shows, yeah, he's going to earn a spot on this team, and talent is going to rise to the top, and it's already rising, Casey.
4:01So, I think, like, the trains left the station.
4:04If you didn't buy Antonio Williams, you're probably not getting him off the owner this week.
4:09And if you own him now, you'd be hard.
4:11I mean, I'm biased as hell here, right? But you'd be hard-pressed to get me to give him up right now because
4:18I see long-term connection with Jaden Daniels on, you know, a program that has opportunity in target share form.
4:24Yeah, no, I agree. I mean, the Diggs thing isn't going to be long.
4:28Terry's older. And it just, it seemed like this is just one of those things where there was, seemed like there was,
4:34and now this could, again, overreaction week one, yada, yada.
4:37But, like, it just seemed like him and JD had a little thing going on there, and they were doing a good
4:44job of, like we mentioned with Zay, like, he's somebody who gets the ball in his hands while he's on the move.
4:51Like, he seems, like, again, these are, like, I love the birds.
4:54Go watch the touchdown catch again. Watch it in slow motion.
4:57Dug it out. Yeah, it's great. It's, you know, I'm going to draw everything back to the Seahawks, but, like, it reminded
5:04me of, like, a little Doug Baldwin action off the line of scrimmage, you know?
5:09Like, he had that nice out. Yeah, yeah, he had that nice out step.
5:13He hit him with the fake. Like, I love to see it.
5:16So, you know, if we had gotten this in week seven, I'd be just as excited.
5:21The fact we got it in week one makes me more excited, right?
5:25We might not see it again until week seven.
5:28Exactly. He could do nothing until week eight here, and I'd have some crumbs to feast on.
5:33So, I'm happy. I like it. But to the point of these, like, I like the Zay Flowers type of guys.
5:39I like the Luther Burden type of guys. And I felt like Antonio Williams had a little bit of that style to him.
5:46Like, I'm quick. I'm fast. I can make, like, this is just the new style of receiver that seems to work.
5:52In the league fairly consistently. There isn't the prototypical 6'3", 220, where you have to be that guy anymore.
5:58Like, these kind of agile, quick guys that I think, and I don't think Antonio Williams just has to play slot either.
6:05Like, I think he can play outside some. So, I'm really excited for it.
6:09It was good to see. Let's move on to Tampa Bay here.
6:12We've got kind of a twofer. We saw a little bit out of Ted Hurst.
6:17And then Emeka Egbuka is in his second year.
6:20So, we're kind of putting the second years and the rookies together here.
6:24Stan, I'll let you take it wherever you want on either one of those guys to start this off.
6:29Yeah. No, I mean, this is a tough one for me because I think I've been a little bit lower on Emeka
6:36than the rest of the Dynasty community. And this week's performance kind of validates that for me.
6:41Now, all being said, I don't doubt his talent at all.
6:44I just really worry about, like, Tampa Bay as far as a hot and cold engine.
6:49And they just continuously seem to do that, right?
6:52Like, there's weeks and, yeah, I'll draw it back to that Seahawks game last year.
6:56Tampa Bay, Seahawks. I mean, shootout, right? 38-35. And Baker was in MVP conversations.
7:00And everything was going right. And then, you know, you look at the end of the season, you're like, what the hell happened to that Bucs team, right?
7:09And so, I think there was shades of that yesterday where Baker was running for touchdowns.
7:14And then he looked like he was struggling and couldn't find a receiver.
7:18And so, I think, you know, Emeka here definitely is the leader on the team.
7:22You know, he led him yesterday. And I expect him to do so as we move forward.
7:27But I still think Godwin's got a lot of upside in this offense.
7:31And so, my expectations on Emeka are a little bit tempered.
7:34Now, I am fully aware that I am in the minority in that category.
7:39So, you know, I think, like, my ceiling for Emeka is maybe wide receiver 14.
7:43A lot of people probably have it a lot higher than that.
7:47But I wouldn't be surprised to see him finish down at wide receiver 22 again this year and have some good games and have some bad games.
7:55But, you know, we'll just see how that one ages here.
7:58And I've been wrong in the past. But Ted Hurst, yeah, he gets some involvement early.
8:03You know, I think he scored you six fantasy points.
8:06So, nothing crazy to write home about. But, hey, as a rookie here, I'm expecting zeros from everybody.
8:11So, I think if you're a Ted Hurst owner, you're encouraged.
8:15And if you're an Abuka holder, you're probably also encouraged for leading the team.
8:19But hoping that the Bucs can put together a bit of a stronger identity on offense before you're thinking, I'm going to average 19 points per game.
8:27Yeah. Well, the good thing about this offense as far as liking multiple receivers in the offense is that they're at a league high 82% of 11.
8:35So, meaning they're going to have more receivers out there than, you know, at least half the league for more than, you
8:42know, the lion's share of what they're doing. We're 82.7% yesterday in the game.
8:46That's 26.83% above league average. And, you know, so they ran 12 at 9% and 21 at 7.
8:51So, it's a ton of 11. So, you're getting three wide receivers out there a ton.
8:56And so, that's great for guys like Ted Hurst, guys like Jalen McMillan, Chris Godwin.
9:01You know, we don't know how long, much longer he'll be playing.
9:04Tampa Bay's seemingly done a great job of drafting receivers here over the past couple of years.
9:09And, you know, throughout kind of their tenure here.
9:12But I would say for Abuka, what that did for me yesterday, because I was a little just pessimistic on the toe
9:19thing of just that can linger and be a problem.
9:22And maybe he would be in and out of the lineup.
9:25But I thought seeing him yesterday lead this team outside of Bucky, which, you know, great to see that.
9:31But lead the team in receptions and be the guy, maybe even still being a little banged up and not right, was
9:37very uplifting for me and his dynasty value. Like, he's somebody like Ted, who kind of sits right out on the outskirts
9:44of what could potentially be turning into a cornerstone asset next year.
9:47Um, if things go the way we think they are, um, and, and this both and him, you know, the Panthers funneled everything to two guys.
9:55Um, and, and if, if, if Buka is going to continue to lead this offense weekend week out, I think we're going
10:02to have to, by the end of the season, say, okay, he's, he's either right on the line or he's just wiggled
10:08his way into being a fantasy cornerstone receiver. So I, that, that was, that was good to see week one for me and egg Buka.
10:16I didn't start egg Buka in any league if I could help it.
10:20Right. No, that's totally fair. And I'll agree with you on all that.
10:24I think he's right on the edge there. My only issue with a Buka is just that he's, he's just, you, you've
10:30paid the price already as if he is going to for sure be that cornerstone.
10:35Like I'm looking at him at wide receiver 11 right now on community rankings.
10:39And, you know, I may be a little lower over on the FFD, but, um, you know, I think if you're already
10:46paying damn near top 10 prices for him, uh, you're hoping that it's almost a lock that he's going to be that cornerstone.
10:52Now I don't disagree that, that he's got it in his wheelhouse, but I'll be curious to see, uh, see how the bucks can do it this year.
11:01I hope Baker just, you know, starts, lights, it's really gripping and ripping there.
11:05Yeah. Yeah. Agbuka is wide receiver 10 in the FFD super flex PPR.
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12:35All right. Let's keep it moving here. You had Lane.
12:38We talked about him in the injury report. But obviously...
12:41Yeah, I mean, he'll be a quick one. Yeah, he'll be a quick one.
12:45I don't need to bogart the mic on this one.
12:48I mean, I really like Jacoby Lane. Super athletic.
12:50You know, wild at the catch point. This guy is, you know, acrobatic.
12:54And he can drag in some crazy one-handed jumping catches.
12:57As you saw, USC now, you know, gets good looking in the preseason and earns trust with Lamar.
13:03And he was heavy on their participation early in this game plan, which I like to see.
13:08He had a touchdown that was called back for a lot of you that are only watching red zone out there.
13:14So, you know, definitely could have been a different day for Jacoby Lane if everything went right.
13:19Goes down with a wrist injury now. And I think he's probably going to miss at least four weeks.
13:25It doesn't look good, if not longer. So, I think, you know, just a guy that if people in your league mates
13:32kind of start forgetting about him because he's not scoring any points and he's sitting on IR for the next few weeks,
13:38I'm all in on buying Jacoby Lane here. We talk about opportunity being king.
13:42And hell, outside of Zay Flowers and Mark Andrews, I mean, this is a guy that's already earned their rapport.
13:4821 years old, young as you like. Definitely has tons of upside.
13:52So, yeah, encouraging signs there. Yeah. All right. I'm going to keep it moving here.
13:56We got the Miami wide receivers. You know, obviously some rookies there and Caleb Douglas and Chris Bell.
14:02We know and Kevin Coleman. But we know Chris Bell is coming back from an injury.
14:07He's probably going to be a little slower to be brought on.
14:10But he looked fine in the opportunities that they gave him, which weren't a ton.
14:15But Caleb Douglas came out here and seemingly got plenty of stuff funneled his way, which you love to see.
14:21And again, as we move forward here week to week, there'll be a lot more of less stuff that we talk about.
14:27And more dialed in of the how and why, what we're selling, why we're selling, the nuance of hows and whys.
14:34But in week one, I try to not get too crazy with that because there's a lot to be desired left.
14:40What do we know even right now? But we did see Caleb Douglas come out here with a 22% target share.
14:46He played 81% of the route participation. Malik Washington was at 97.3 and had a 29.6% target share.
14:52Had a fumble at the end of the game.
14:54Malik Washington did that. That kind of the game was over, but they were trying to go kind of get a score at the end of it.
15:02But Caleb Douglas, I mean, we can talk to Chris Bell as well.
15:06But Caleb Douglas right now, is he somebody who you would feel comfortable flexing even as soon as next week?
15:12Yeah, I think the answer has to be yes.
15:15Five receptions, 94 yards, 18.8 yards a catch. Like, he looked good.
15:19Very good. And I think this is a guy that is going to be involved.
15:23There's no denying it at this point. And so I think we have to be paying attention to Caleb Douglas here.
15:29And if you are a flex needy team, he might be one of the cheapest guys you can get.
15:35That is a plug and play that has a clear path to target accumulation in an offense that, yeah, isn't the best.
15:42And I'm sure he's going to struggle throughout the season here at times.
15:46But yeah, very good value from rookie draft perspective as well.
15:49I mean, I watched this guy go in the fourth round, if not dropped to waivers often when we were doing him
15:56near the near the real NFL draft. Yeah, this was somebody who I consistently traded a 27-4th to get an extra fourth pick and grab.
16:03Plenty of things that go wrong for old case over here.
16:06But this seems to be one that has gone right.
16:09If you are somebody in that realm, what would be your process here on somebody like Caleb Douglas?
16:15Would this be somebody who you wouldn't mind just flipping and taking the profit on?
16:19Or is this something you see that, hey, hold on to your...
16:23Obviously, we've been talking a lot of this episode.
16:26And I don't know if this will get broken up into two.
16:29But if it did, we were talking about, hey, if this is your guy, this is part of Dynasty.
16:35It's your guy. Keep your guy. Right? Yeah. But generally, process-wise, what would be your thoughts on somebody like drafted him in
16:42the fourth or got him for free? If I could flip him for a two or even more, would I do so
16:48or should I do so right now? Yeah. I mean, from that perspective, no.
16:52Like, I'm not trading Caleb Douglas for a future second because I probably have the opportunity and the proof already in the
16:59pudding here that I've got what I was hoping for out of a second round future pick.
17:04Right? Which is a guy that in week one in the NFL season comes out, gives me almost 100 yards and is
17:11a flex-worthy player, if not a wide receiver three.
17:13Right? And so that is something that I don't think we should just disregard because the process says it's a good, profitable move.
17:20And I think there's limits to that, although I'm a big process trader myself.
17:24That all being said, I think I'm not moving Caleb Douglas in small trades.
17:29What I will use Caleb Douglas for is executing some bigger, like, tier-up buy low options in the next couple weeks where it's like if I'm almost there.
17:37Right? Like, I think a good one that comes to mind, George Pickens underperformed in week one.
17:42Right? Like, if I can go out there and now take a guy that I'm not as high on from the fifth
17:49or sixth round of my dynasty startup and move up to George Pickens by being like, hey, I'll throw Caleb Douglas in a third in there.
17:57You know? And now someone's interested because Caleb Douglas isn't a throw-in piece anymore.
18:01He's a flex-worthy player every week. That's where I'm exploring moving Caleb Douglas.
18:05I think I'm a lot less intrigued if it's like, I'll trade you a second for Caleb Douglas.
18:10Well, I already got what I was hoping for.
18:13Yeah. I like it. All right. Two quick ones here, and then I do want to, before we sign off, I want
18:19to talk about some of these running backs. Please.
18:22Denzel Boston and Casey, we're in, we kind of knew what it was going to be this year, and I think that's
18:29exactly what we got in week one. Right. This is going to be a, if you like the guys, draft them and
18:35hang on to them, which I'm very much in that, in the school of, I like both of these guys.
18:41Draft them. I'm not, I'm probably, you know, Casey started to ramp up through the redraft streets a little bit there.
18:48And I think he'll be usable throughout. Right. And, and hopefully maybe we see the Deshaun Watson benching sooner than later, potentially here.
18:54And we could see Shador or whomever else they deem they want to put out there.
18:59So I don't know if that'll be better or worse.
19:02TBD. But both of these guys, like, you know, I don't really know what to say outside of like, hey, I think these were good picks.
19:10Just, just hang on and wait. Yep. Yep. I'm with you there.
19:14I don't have too much more to add. I love Denzel Boston.
19:17I've been really high on him. I'm also a university Washington guy.
19:21So tiny bit bias here, but nice to see him raking a garbage time touchdown.
19:25And I think he's got definite ability to, to be an ex or, or be a guy that gives you red zone upside and is explosive.
19:33Down the line. Casey, we saw a couple of carries again.
19:36So, you know, they, they were trying to get the ball in his hands and, and do some, some gadgets with them.
19:43And, and, you know, that probably raises his floor from a fantasy perspective there.
19:47But yeah, this Brown's offense is anemic. So I think we got to just pump the brakes on any of those guys,
19:54sit them on the bench and hang out. Hope, hope for greener shores or greener pastures.
19:59All right. The last ones we're going to talk about, which were kind of framed similarly in the off season, as far as draft was Sadiq and Cooper.
20:07Right. Both high capital guys. Cooper, unfortunately got hurt on this one, but the jets were very framed similarly as the Browns.
20:14And, and look, it looks like it's going to be a little better from the jet side, at least week one from
20:20Gino, being able to provide at least some continuity for the offense throughout.
20:24It might not always be great, but it'll be fine enough, generally speaking.
20:28And the big upside to me was we didn't really hear a lot of Sadiq because there was an off season injury
20:35wet kind of sidelined him for a minute, but to come in week one and, and get a couple of targets, but more importantly, get schemed a touch.
20:43You just mentioned it with Casey for the tight end to kind of be schemed.
20:48Like I just, to me, it really was like, Hmm, this caught my attention of like, while it probably isn't flashing on a lot of radars.
20:55It flashed on my radar for Sadiq here. 100%.
20:58I mean, we couldn't be more in agreement there.
21:01It's like, if you are a rookie and your coach is thinking about putting you in on a goal line package on
21:07an end around so that you can show your athleticism, get in the end zone.
21:12And, you know, offer gadget play upside for the future.
21:15I don't know how you can be more bullish.
21:18You know, you gotta be excited. You gotta be excited.
21:21So yeah, wheels up for Kenny and Sadiq here.
21:23I don't expect it every week, but you know, be patient.
21:27Yeah. All right. Let's jump into the last part of this thing.
21:30And I know I've been keeping you in. It's late in Amsterdam.
21:34So it's all good. Let's, uh, we got football on our screens.
21:37All right. Let's jump into it here. Uh, we have, again, we're, we're sticking in the vein of kind of the rookie
21:44and second year reports here, but we're going to look at running back usage a little bit.
21:49So, um, and I think we can go right into our, our teams here as far as, you know, I try not
21:56to, um, even let anybody know what my team is or show any sort of, uh, biased ever.
22:01Um, but sometimes, you know, you know, show its ugly head here and there, but if we look at this usage and
22:08I think it's interesting to start the season of how it's kind of being played out.
22:13But, um, is there any concern for CMC for your fantasy teams with the way they use, uh, Kalen black and kind of how you saw him play?
22:21Uh, no, not at all. I, what I will say is like Kalen black is quickly, if not already one of the
22:28most premium handcuffs in football right now. Like when you talk fantasy, you have to own him.
22:33If you are the Christian McCaffrey overpay, if you're a Christian McCaffrey guy right now for black.
22:38Yes. Yes. Just to sleep comfortably at night. Right.
22:40Like I want to, I want to curl up with my pillow and not worry.
22:45Okay. And Kalen black 14 for 65. He added a catch there.
22:49I mean, this is a guy that, you know, he had more rushing attempts than McCaffrey did.
22:54Now, is that make me nervous as McCaffrey owner?
22:56No, not at all. Because McCaffrey gets the high value touches.
23:00You know, he had five catches on eight targets.
23:02Like that's incredible. Right. That's 20, 23% target share to 2.9% target share for CMC versus.
23:07So to your point. And that's always, that's what's going to keep CMC afloat.
23:11Like, and the game wasn't particularly necessarily close. Generally.
23:14Now Stafford scores on that sneak. Like. And the Niners don't go 99 to score the other way.
23:19It's a completely different game. Yeah. And maybe you even see more CMC.
23:23But I think that was a big part of it.
23:26Yeah. And you made a really good point too.
23:29I believe earlier in the episode, we were talking about week one and just like, oh, what, what do we have to
23:36expect out of these defenses, these offenses? We also forget that week one, you have so much time to game prep.
23:42And Kyle Shanahan clearly came into this game with a very clear plan.
23:46You know, he knew exactly how he wanted to attack the Rams.
23:49You know, he spent tons of time this off season learning how to take them down.
23:54And you know, you and I being NFC West watchers and probably following everything in there.
23:59If you want to beat the Rams, you have to run the football.
24:03I mean, you have to run the predicated on being whoever's going to run the ball better.
24:08It's typically going to win the game. Yeah, no, a hundred percent.
24:12I mean, you see it. I'm not going to go down the rabbit trail of the NFC championship last year, but it's
24:18like the Seahawks beat the Rams because Kenneth Walker, because we figured out how to run the football on them.
24:24And so I think, I think that was a huge part of the game plan here.
24:29And so to just slot Kaelin Black in as a, you know, 14 rush attempts per game, every game kind of guy,
24:36I think would be a little bit unrealistic here.
24:38I do think McCaffrey, especially in games that are very close and, you know, you need to lean on him and rely on him.
24:46You're going to see plenty of them. But yeah, we would have only beat this one to death.
24:51McCaffrey is the guy still he is him, but man, do I like what I'm seeing out of Kaelin Black.
24:57He's an upside player. And real quick, you mentioned earlier in the episode, and it may, this may be split into two
25:04potentially, but you mentioned Montgomery and the tread being high on Montgomery, but age not necessarily matching up.
25:09Well, it's the complete inverse with CMC. The tread is low or however you want to say that.
25:14I mean, I don't know that you could go either, but generally if you've used your tire a lot, the tread is lower.
25:21So the tread on McCaffrey has been, you know, retreaded multiple times here.
25:25So to use Black through the first four games, if possible, if it's not super close throughout, I think is a great
25:32way to keep McCaffrey fresh and he'll still be fine for your fantasy outcome.
25:36Hey, I'm not saying that everyone's copying the Seahawks formula here, but is that, is that not what we did with Zach Charbonnet and Walker last year?
25:44And then you had a completely healthy, fresh Kenneth Walker to lean on through the entirety of the playoffs.
25:50And he was a Super Bowl MVP. He damn near won you a few games down the stretch there.
25:56So if, if Shanahan saw that and wants to do the same thing with CMC, I think that bodes well for your fantasy playoffs.
26:03Right? So it ain't a problem in my book.
26:05Yeah. All right. Let's go to your Seahawks here.
26:08We have the price Helani split right now. Right now you had last week, a snap share of 50% for Helani or
26:15sorry, 50% for price 41 for Helani attempt percentage, 50, 45% for price 36% for Helani, a target share of 8% to
26:214% to Helani to price and prices favor there.
26:24Um, and then route participation was 40% to 25% for Helani.
26:27So you being the resident Seahawk guy, I think it's clear to anybody with two eyeballs.
26:32It's all the juxtaposition of those two players, uh, and the explosive nature of them.
26:37Uh, so if you're the price guy, you have to be excited.
26:40Do you continue to roll price into your lineup though?
26:43Week after week. This is a guy that I think is going to frustrate you until you see the breakout.
26:49Because I'm very encouraged from what I saw from price.
26:52Like you already mentioned it to the eye test.
26:55It was night and day. Like Helani wasn't doing anything for you.
26:59And Jadarian price looked explosive. He broke a couple of runs and he looked confident doing it.
27:04Um, 10 for 52. So not a stat line that's going to jump off the page, but you're averaging over five yards of carry in your rookie debut.
27:12And, you know, I think that the Seahawks were always going to slowly ramp him up.
27:17So I didn't think it was going to be an immediate 20 carry game for Jadarian price.
27:22That all being said, I think he has flex where the upside next week, especially against Arizona with drew lock, you know,
27:29uh, running the quarterback room here, because especially when you talk about trying to dominate game clock and making sure that, you
27:35know, you're able to keep the defense fresh to some degree.
27:38The Cardinals didn't look bad on offense last week.
27:41Right. I mean, they still put up points. So I think the Seahawks are going to try to run the ball a lot.
27:48And I think Jadarian price hopefully is going to see minimum 16 carries this next week, which Hey, at five yards, a
27:55carry right there, you know, now we're talking about at bare minimum a flex worthy player.
27:59So I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and say that if you're looking for a flex, Jadarian price is a good play.
28:07Um, I don't think I'm locking him in as an RB two yet until I see the role continuously increase.
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29:22I like Price as a player. I just didn't know how much he was going to be handcuffed by the situation of Sharbs comes back.
29:30This is that. But I think any reasonable person has to sit here and say, eventually it's got to be a price at least at a 70-30 situation.
29:38But we shall see. We shall see. All right.
29:41Cam Scadabo, somebody who everybody was very much higher on than I was at the FFD just because I just wasn't sure that, hey, is he healthy?
29:49Are we going to get the run out that we want?
29:52And when we look at yesterday's, last night's matchup here, the snap percentage was 60% for Scadabo and Singletary was actually the
29:59other guy because I think Tyron Tracy fumbled early.
30:01So it was 60-30 in the snap percentage. The route participation, though, this is the part that I felt like that Scadabo
30:08had to maintain to maintain the upside of where everybody was kind of putting him at.
30:13I thought he would get plenty of run, but the pass catching last year was what I thought really put him over the top.
30:20And last night, it was route participation at 30% for Scadabo and 57% on Singletary.
30:24Now, you and I discussed on the phone earlier, there was multiple just swing passes that went to Singletary on that fourth
30:31quarter drive or third quarter drive where the Giants maintained much of the clock in that and just kept going to the well.
30:38So I think that contributes to some of that.
30:41But when you go back to looking at a target percentage, a zero target percentage was not what I wanted to have for Scadabo.
30:48So that would be the only thing. And I don't think that will remain, but I thought he was just very good
30:54in the pass catching situation last year. And I wasn't sure if that was going to translate over to this year and this regime.
31:02What's your take on Scadabo? Yeah, I mean, I've been very high on Kim Scadabo.
31:06So like that's just one of those guys that I love watching play football.
31:10I love the way he runs downhill. Yeah, I love the pass catching upside.
31:15Like you mentioned, you know, last year, even in a limited sample size, I think if you projected that out, you were
31:21hoping for more than, you know, 45, 50 catches, which is crazy from the running back position when you also get the
31:28goal line carries all to be said. Like this was what I needed from Kim Scadabo, you know, coming off with a really gruesome ankle injury.
31:36It's like, will he, won't he be able to look like the guy he was before 18 carries 81 yards a touchdown.
31:42He does the backflip again. I think it's just like, you know, I didn't expect him to come out and give me
31:49an RV one finish in week one, but he came out and gave me all the encouraging signs I needed to think
31:55that the wheels are up for Kim Scadabo. And I think that Harbaugh is going to continuously slowly take those training wheels
32:02off as he's healthier and healthier deeper into the season.
32:05I'm good with everything there. The Singletary thing is the interesting piece of this.
32:09But like you said, it's like, this is just good coaching.
32:13If it's working, don't stop doing it. I really doubt that Devin Singletary was like a big part of the game plan going into this game.
32:20Part of the pass catching game plan either. Yeah.
32:23Yeah. And I think that's something as fantasy owners that we need to remember sometimes.
32:28Like if a coach sees something and it's working on the field and they want to win a football game, they're going to do it.
32:35And so I think Devin Singletary is not a huge threat, but yeah.
32:39Well, here's the thing though. But as far as fantasy goes, he has not been the most relative player, but he's always been a solid player.
32:47Right. And generally, you know, Harbaugh, Tracy fumbled early.
32:49Harbaugh went out there and was like, Hey, we're just going to keep, we're going to give it to Tracy.
32:55He's not, he's, he's not messing it up. And then, um, so I, I don't think we'll, we'll continue to see, uh,
33:02a non pass catching entity of, of, of Scadabo.
33:05I think that will change. And I, I gotta, gotta say, I feel pretty comfortable with Scadabo moving forward and should have maybe had a little bit more.
33:13So, uh, we had Woody marks on here, but we kind of talked about him a little earlier.
33:19Um, I think it's interesting on the gente, Mike Washington thing, much, much made, uh, throughout the off season and injury for,
33:25for gente all, all, but solidified that Mike Washington was going to be in a similar timeshare of sharbs and, and, uh,
33:32uh, Kenny Walker as, as of last year. Uh, and then we say game one and it is, it couldn't be further from the truth.
33:39Gente looked amazing. And Kubiak just rode old gente into the dirt yesterday.
33:43So general, I don't know what you thoughts or takeaways there are, but, uh, hit me with it.
33:49Yeah. I mean, my thoughts are just Ashton. JT is too good.
33:52He's too good at football to like work in another really good player, you know?
33:57And I, I would imagine when we talk about game planning, right?
34:00Like I would imagine Kubiak did want to do what he did in Seattle, which was have gente be a part of
34:07the game and have Mike Washington come in and get a little bit of work and get a little bit of play,
34:13especially with gente kind of coming back off an injury.
34:16You know, I guess there was some ambiguity there about how serious it was at the end of the day.
34:22But, um, the reality of the situation is just Ashton, gente is a dominant force on the football field.
34:28And I think the eye test and the way he was getting it done was proven it to both the coaching staff and everybody around him.
34:36And you just couldn't remove them. You know, I mean, the six catches is really what I'm focusing on here too.
34:42Cause we all knew Ashton, gente. 20% target share.
34:45Yeah. That's crazy. Right. Cause we all knew he could run the football, but like to get six catches on top of
34:52that and you know, two receiving touchdowns and it's like, okay, uh, Mike Washington remains a premium handcuff and it, it might
34:58be just that now, now I don't want to say Kubiak's going to remove his identity here because I do think he
35:05really does want to keep some sort of touch split alive down the stretch to keep his guys fresh.
35:10And, and I'm sure he will game plan more for that in the future.
35:15So I can't just sit here, unfortunately, and say like Ashton, gente is a locked and loaded unequivocally RB one now, but
35:21I mean, from what you saw, it's going to be very hard to not put the ball in his hands as much as possible.
35:28Yeah. Yeah. 62% snap share for, um, gente or a temp share rather 71% snap share for gente.
35:34So crazy numbers. And I mentioned the 20% target share route participation was at eight 61% for gente.
35:39So, I mean, you know, like you said, there's room for those numbers to get cut a little bit and gente still
35:46just be unequivocally one of the top three running backs in the league from here on out.
35:51Um, so that was, that was a lot of fun to watch.
35:55Um, all right. Two more before we, uh, wrap up here, cross key merit.
35:59Um, I was kind of under the impression of if this guy does end up being the guy who gets the lion's
36:05share of, of, of the carries here, which, you know, is, is pretty simpleton of me.
36:10Like he was going to be the, you know, quite the, maybe a league winner.
36:15And it looked like we, and this line is, is a little beaten and battered, but we know the Eagles defense is good.
36:22And the defensive line has always been a strong suit of kind of what they, they put out there.
36:27Um, but what did you think about cross key merit yesterday?
36:31We had, um, a 50% snap share or attempt share.
36:34We had a 49.3% snap share to a 40% snap share to white.
36:38Um, and then a 21% attempt share for white.
36:40But then, you know, the target share is what we suspected that white would certainly, um, kneecap JCM with.
36:46And that was the case yesterday. It was 36% to, uh, 2% for JCM, uh, over there.
36:51So generally, how are you playing JCM and how are you valuing JCM sort of moving forward?
36:56Cross key merit that is. Yeah. This is always a tough one when it comes to bill.
37:01Cause, uh, bill was an old prospect, you know, and I normally don't really invest in like older running back prospects from a dynasty perspective.
37:09I always find just psychologically, their ceiling is super capped when it comes to value.
37:13And, and, you know, those just aren't guys I invest in now performance wise.
37:17Uh, he looks like he's going to take the early down work in Washington for the immediate here.
37:2316 carries 63 yards touchdown. Um, that's lead back evidence, I would say comparatively to what we saw out of white, I think just in general though.
37:31And I know this is an Eagles, you know, uh, like front here.
37:35That's, that's pretty formidable, you know, and we got the likes of Jalen Carter up there and, and some, some pretty heavy hitters.
37:42So, you know, I think there's probably better days ahead for Washington's, uh, run game, but I just think overall, I find
37:48myself a little lackluster about like still the ultimate ceiling there.
37:52Maybe that's just my, you know, skepticism shining through here, but that's kind of where I land on JCM.
37:57I think he's a fine upside flex play. I'm not willing to slot him in as like a RB two for the season or anything like that.
38:05I still think we're going to see more Rashad white before it's all said and done.
38:10So moving forward next week, JCM or price. I'll go price there.
38:14Okay. Yeah. I think, I think I'm, I don't know the Washington plays, um, but, um, um, I think I might lean
38:20JCM there if possible, but next, like you said, next week, week one could be such a liar next week.
38:26It could be way closer to 50, 50, everything for white and JC to the commanders.
38:31Uh, they got Dallas. So, you know, uh, there's opportunity there to run the football.
38:36Absolutely. Absolutely. All right. Uh, let's close up shop.
38:38Well, I guess we could do love Algier if we want at the end there, but tootin and C rod.
38:44Um, this was a big conversation coming in. And once again, week one is certainly can be a liar.
38:50Um, but in, in week one, what we saw was a 48% snap share for tootin and a 41% snap share for
38:57C rod and attempt percentage at 46% for tootin and only 18% for C rod.
39:01Um, no target percentage for C rod and only 4.3 for tootin.
39:05Um, and then route participation though, they were pretty close in that tootin at 33% and, uh, C rod at 29%.
39:11So, um, this would have been a game where I thought that you would see more out of both of those guys.
39:18Uh, but like you mentioned earlier in the episode, like there was really no reason for it, but they just kept going
39:24and kind of feeling like they were just keeping the pedal to the metal man.
39:29Yeah. So here's the interesting one for me, Casey, like this is a backfield that I find a lot harder to put my foot on.
39:36And I think it's because if you look at the first half numbers and someone will have to fact check me in the comments here.
39:44Okay. Because I was reading about it earlier today.
39:47I'll try not to butcher the numbers for you, but I know that it was almost a 50 50 split.
39:53For tootin and C rod in the first half.
39:55And then the second half to, and I believe out carried C rod like nine to one or something crazy like that.
40:02And, and really kind of took over the lion's share there.
40:05The thing that makes me curious, right. Is I would have almost thought it the other way around.
40:11Yes. If C rod was really the backup because it's like, okay, well you're blowing them out.
40:16Just throw in your RB two in there and let them go to work and take some touches and save tootin for another day.
40:23They didn't really do that. And so I wonder if that's Cohen saying, well, it's the first game of the season.
40:29I want to see what I have in tootin's to see how much I can lean on him.
40:35That's one lens of looking at it. The other lens of looking at it is well.
40:39Yeah. Cohen and, uh, and, uh, C rod have a deep history going all the way back to college.
40:45You know, the trust is already there. He's sung his praises this off season.
40:49And so it's like, is he just resting his guy and knows he wants to rely on him when the game's a
40:56lot closer, he's going to get a more involved.
40:59I don't know. I think again, I don't mean to sit on the fence on this one, but I find myself not
41:05looking at the box score and saying like, Oh, it's clear that tootin's the RB one.
41:10I think in closer games, it's just going to be a lot closer to just a 50 50 split.
41:16And you're going to see what happens. Yeah. I mean, look week one, we should probably be sitting on the fence more.
41:22Like you're probably a fool to come out and say that you, you know, everything now I would, I would, you know,
41:29and I understand the sentiment of saying, Oh, where you're riding the fence and you're just trying to not be wrong.
41:35And it's like, well, no, when I have a take and I feel strongly about it, I will not ride the fence,
41:42but generally like I'm just trying to take in as much information as possible and then figure out which side of the fence I want to be on.
41:50Uh, so I don't think that there's anything wrong with a week one.
41:54You should be riding more fences than not. Um, so I, you know, I, I like that, but I'm with you.
42:00I had a hard, I was just taking C rod generally just cause it was cheaper.
42:05Um, and I thought the opportunity could be similar, um, or at least the outcome rather could be similar from a points perspective.
42:12Uh, but week one, it certainly looked like tootin, um, was the guy to own, but it is very interesting to see.
42:19Um, I was trying to find that while you were talking, but I couldn't, I couldn't quite pinpoint, um, second half all
42:25dynasty price check fact, check it, throw it in the comments when, when these get uploaded.
42:30All right. You'll, uh, you'll see it guys. Yeah.
42:33And, and last but not least real quickly on the way out of here after our, our first lengthy show here, um,
42:39for the FFD with, with Stan from dynasty price check.
42:42Um, we had love and Algier. I think this was exactly what I thought it was going to be week one.
42:49I thought that this, this was going to be what we saw from gente week one, at least as we mended ourselves
42:55from the ankle injury, but they, they felt good and gente felt good.
42:59And, um, but I thought love looked good. Uh, as far as it went on the breakdown, it was a 50% attempt
43:06percentage for, uh, Algier to a 32% attempt, uh, attempt from love snaps were at 56 for Algier percent and 44% for love.
43:13And then target share was 8.1 for love and 5.4 for Algier.
43:16And both were route participation. We're basically exactly the same 38.5%.
43:20Um, so I think as the year goes on, we'll see love pull away a little bit.
43:25Um, but how do you view, cause I, I thought love was one of the tougher clicks and redraft for me.
43:31Uh, I completely agree from a redraft perspective. I was very skeptical and I think I still remain a little skeptical.
43:37It's week one, right? Like I think, uh, maybe we've been jumping too many conclusions here, but I do think if you're
43:44a Jeremiah love owner from a dynasty perspective, that's exactly what you wanted to see.
43:48Crazy encouraging. I mean, even nursing coming off the injury, right?
43:52Like 11 attempts, 41 yards gets the touchdown. That was exciting, you know, to, to see him in the end zone right out of the gate here.
44:00Um, but yeah, I think this is just going to be one of those backfields too.
44:05And especially we already talked about it. They're walking, you know, uh, into a matchup with Seattle next week where it's just
44:11going to be like, yeah, it's, it's tough sledding.
44:14Like, I don't expect a lot for love. I don't expect a lot for Algier next week either.
44:19So I think it's just going to be like, this is going to be a one, two punch, um, on good matchup days for him.
44:27And load it as, as RB two or RB ones, uh, anytime soon here, but yeah.
44:32Encouraging. Yeah, no, I agree. Um, all right, we're going to wrap this one up.
44:36Appreciate Stan for standing in the marathon here. Uh, we'll have some shorter episodes to come.
44:41And again, we'll be way more into the markets and the dynasty ends of things.
44:46Week one is one of those times where we just want to kind of go in, assess where we're at, see what
44:52was what, have a little bit of conversation. Um, but we will certainly have much more, um, market talk and dynasty trades
44:59and exactly pinpointing who's worth what and what we would do with those guys.
45:03But it just didn't feel like week one should be that time.
45:07Right. Cause it's going back to the, the ride and fences kind of sort of situation right now.
45:12And, and honestly, there shouldn't be that much trading going on in a dynasty league right now.
45:17Anyway, um, you should just be kind of chilling out and we'll, we'll have rankings adjustments and all those things along the way.
45:24Um, but once again, one, one game, isn't going to change the course of how I think about very much.
45:30And it shouldn't, if you've had any conviction on, um, you know, there, there could be some things where you came in
45:37and was like, Whoa, that was not at all what I, and maybe I do need to adjust some priors, but I
45:43don't think there was a whole lot of that in week one necessarily.
45:47That made me really feel strongly that I had to adjust priors, um, at this time, but so make sure you go
45:54check out Stan and dynasty price check, uh, anywhere you can get podcasts, uh, as well as I believe you're big on the tick tock streets.
46:01Yes, sir. Take talk, YouTube, all the above. Uh, be happy to chop it up with you guys anytime, but yeah, we'll
46:08be hanging out with Stan all season long. Um, having some good time chopping it up, talking about fantasy football and dynasty trades.
46:15So I'm excited to get that part of it because I feel like you've got a great mind for the process of trading.
46:22So I'm excited to jump into that in the coming weeks.
46:25Hell yeah. Oh yeah. Me too, man. All right, guys, we'll catch you next week.
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