Fantasy Week 1 TNF Start ‘Em Sit ‘Em Questions + Week 1 Waiver Wire Pickups!

Week 1 Fantasy Football officially kicks off with a showdown between the Eagles vs. Cowboys! With tons of Fantasy Football Firepower rolling out tonight, let the 2025 Fantasy Football Start ‘Em Sit ‘Em Questions begin!

Kicking off the 2025 Fantasy Season with a W is huge, so The Wolf is here to answer every question we get and help guide you to the best decisions — especially for guys going tonight!

Should you start George Pickens or Javonte Williams in Week 1 Fantasy Football? What about Dak Prescott’s Outlook?

To help answer, we dive into all the latest news for tonight’s matchup!

We also dive into the Week 1 Waiver Wire to pick out 5 Players You NEED to Add on the Waiver Wire NOW! Find out 5 players available in over 50% of fantasy football leagues that should be rostered in way more!

Plus, the Eagles vs. Cowboys showdown promises to be a banger, and we make all our predictions. Will it be a shootout, or will it be a defensive battle? Can the Cowboys somehow pull off a road win?! Should you bet the over or under?

As always, most of the time is dedicated to your Week 1 Fantasy Football Start ‘Em Sit ‘Em questions! Ask away and get those Week 1 lineups perfect to kick off the season with a big W!

THE PLAYBOOK:
0:00 – Cowboys vs Eagles Preview
3:40 – Week 1 Injury Report
4:23 – Chris Rodriguez – Week 1 Waiver Wire
7:05 – Isaac TeSlaa – Week 1 Waiver Wire
7:59 – Dont’e Thornton – Week 1 Waiver Wire
9:10 – Ollie Gordon – Week 1 Waiver Wire
11:10 – Jaydon Blue – Week 1 Waiver Wire
12:45 – Mailbag!
55:10 – ICYMI: Week 1 Waiver Wire Recap
58:20 – Mailbag!

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Wolfpack, what is going on? It’s your boy, the wolf of Ro Street, roadjournal.com. We breed and feed you fantasy wolves here. It’s here. Not just me. Football is back, baby. Let’s go. Week one, Thursday Night Football. Dallas Cowboys. Probably going to get steamrololled by the Eagles, but let’s go. I am pumped. We are at the outdoor bar cuz the baby is getting Butch asleep right now. So, I’ve been banished outside, but what better way? We be watching the football back here answering all of your sit starts that you’ve got. So, lift those beers, have a swig with me. Cheers to week one. We’ll be previewing, of course, the game really quickly. Then we’ll dive into, as this show title promises, one of the most important things you can do ahead of week one is double check those waiver wires and make sure there’s no sleepers lingering. And if there are, a big move I always like to do is dropping my kicker. This week you have like Reichkurt on Monday night, Santos on Monday night. You got plenty of guys you can drop and sneak in some of these sleepers. So, I got five pickups that you definitely want to check out uh if you have not already. And then, of course, it’s on to all of your sit starts. It looks like the mailbag is already starting to fill up over there on YouTube, on Twitter. Start getting those questions in as well. We will go as far as we have questions. If that goes all the way to kickoff, it goes all the way to kickoff. But again, cheers. Welcome back. I am so excited to be here. And as we’re going guys, a quick thumbs up or heart button, you retweets, shares, all that good stuff does help us get out to more people and would be so greatly appreciated. But let’s quickly, while we’re building the mailbag, while we’re getting the audience going, let’s just preview what I think’s going to happen tonight. So, we got Cowboys getting eight points is the final line that I saw before going lives at the Eagles over under 48. I’m going Eagles even with that crazy amount of points here. I just think they absolutely destroy this defense. No Mica Parsons, obviously. Eagles at home coming off the Super Bowl. I think they’re out to prove there will be no rust. There will be no Super Bowl hangover. We are still here and we are going to go back to back in their eyes. And I think the Eagles will go to 48 points. I do hammer that over by the way because I think the Eagles might put up 48 points on their lonesome. I do think the Cowboys, they can kind of play garbage time, have a nice comeback, and certainly get it this to at least over 48 points. But I think the Eagles win by at least two touchdowns tonight, steamrolling the Cowboys in the home opener. We shall see though how it goes. Let me know what you think. If you think I am crazy in terms of who do I think is going to show up, I think there’s no better way to show that off than a quick touchdown parlay. So, I’m just going to quickly share my notes here and show you the parlay I tossed in here. Maybe you can tail me as well. I think Jillian Herz there was a happy hour boost. I don’t know if he can still get it on DraftKings, but he had a plus 150 anytime touchdown score. Jake Ferguson was right around plus 270. Barkley minus 180 and George Pickkins probably my favorite of the pure odds plus 230 as well. So, I parlayed those four as touchdown scores. Five bucks to win 267. Join me on that one if you’re a betting folk. Uh let’s go. I’ve had some good luck. That’s the way I’ve tried to do it these days. kind of your kino when you match four numbers. I don’t try to go too crazy with the touchdown parlays, but I pick a handful of obscure guys, a Jake Ferguson and whatnot. I had a few of those last year where it was like 10 bucks to win 700. And so I’m going after it this year. I’ll share with you guys each and every week my four touchdown scorers of Thursday night. And we can all tail them. We can all cheers to them as well. That is my preview though of this game. Normally I’ll run down the injury report as well, but in week one it’s just there’s not a ton of news. The only thing that I will say for week one that is surprising at this point is Christian Kirk potentially out. He did not practice today and so that can actually kind of segue into my waiverwire pickups. Jaylen Nowell very intriguing slot weapon there out of Iowa State. I kind of liked him just as much as Jaden Higgins despite the disparity in the draft capital. Sounds like he’s going to be the natural fill in there. So, with Christian Kirk potentially out, you can add Jaylen Nowell to this list. But, let’s dive in now to my five waiverwire pickups that you need to check out before week one hits. And then it’s on to all of your questions the rest of the show. But, five pickups. Check your week one waiver wires. Make sure none of these guys are lingering out there. Beginning with Chris Rodriguez here, folks. Uh, he is absolutely somebody you need to check out. He is on the website as well at rotaryjo.com. wrote an article about him. Let’s dive into the opportunity that’s staring right ahead of him. We know at this point that Brian Robinson is gone. That opens up 58.7% of the Commanders backfield opportunities. 187 carries and eight rushing touchdowns. A pretty healthy ground pie now being opened up. And which mouths are going to fill it? Well, of course, everybody and their great aunt Gertude love Jaory Crosky married Bill over there. And I do too. I would pick Bill before Rodriguez. I was picking him in like the 120s or so. He got chased up into the 100s. That was a little too rich for me because I do think Chris Rodriguez is really going to be impressive. This is going to be the fifth highest scoring offense according to Vegas. They were the sixth highest scoring offense last year at 28.8 points per game. And with Jaden Daniels sophomore season, another year under his belt, I could see them finishing in the top three scorers this year. And ultimately, we’ve got Washington. They finished last year with the 10th ranked offensive line in 2024. Then they add Larry Mit Tonsel, the fourth ranked tackle. They draft a first round tackle and Josh Connorly. This this unit could definitely sniff the top five in line. So that’s all the environment. I haven’t even talked about Chris Rodriguez himself. But just painting the picture of what this pie is. That’s why everyone loves Bill Crosky. Mera, who’s going to be the man getting the volume? It definitely could be Rodriguez. He’s not flashy, but 220 lbs. This man is a bulldozer. 6 feet tall as well at Kentucky. 20 games of 100 plus rushing yards. set a record with that. Ranks third all time in Kentucky rushing yards as well. And you look at Lance Zerlin, thick frame, makes tacklers miss, makes people feel it when he hits. And then Dan Quinn taking all that and saying he would be perfect for the goal line role. Yes, I know Chris has that tackle breaking ability in small spaces. I would say he could be the front uh on the front taking place when asked if he would be their goal line hammer. And he looked great this preseason, too. first game rips off six carries, 62 yards, 10.3 yards attempts, 34 yards on another five carries. The next week, 96 yards on 11 attempts. Looking very solid. And the athletic highlighting he worked out all off season on his physique, 235 pounds just a couple of years ago because of that high ankle sprain. He’s now down 222. He said he hit over 20 miles per hour on that 40 yard scamper this preseason. He said he’s hit 20 plus miles per hour multiple times in camp, the most he’s ever done. and he worked out the receiving coach this off seasonason as well. So, I really, really like Chris Rodriguez, only 7% rostered, somebody to check out on your waiverwire. And you guys can feel free to ask me, should I drop player X for player Y as well in addition to your sit starts tonight. Happy to answer any of those questions, too. Isaac Tesla coming in at number four. An athletic freak. Let’s start with that. 214 pounds in a 44340. Flowing blonde hair just streaking down the field. What more could you ask for? And he was the classic definition of forcing his way into the lineup with 10 catches, 154 yards, and three touchdowns across his 14 preseason targets. Played about a game and a half. A phenomenal statline for the kid. They felt so comfortable with his performance. They traded away Tim Patrick. That is a ringing endorsement. He is a clubhouse leader, Tim Patrick, and they still felt okay moving him. So, you have this athletic freak. You don’t need me to spell out how explosive this offense is. I love Isaac Tesla as a potential waiverwire ad, but even more than him at wide receiver, I love Dante Thornton, my number three ad, and this was before Amari Cooper decided to retire out of the blue. I still love Thornton. And now the path is even clearer for this guy to be a potential target monster in the Raiders offense with Gino Smith. We’re talking 6’5, 43,40. Insane. Only Calvin Johnson and DK Metaf are guys at 6’4 or higher and 435 or faster 40s. This is the definition of an athletic freak here. And ultimately 3.72 yards per run, top three in this class. 25.4 yards per catch, leading the nation. Definitely a deep threat. And the best part of that is Gino Smith is an elite deep ball thrower. Quarterback 39 and five and deep ball completion percentage the last three seasons. Perfect mesh of skill set and QB. But don’t just pin pin this point pinpoint this guy into just a deep role. He has a better route tree than that. We saw that back shoulder touchdown this preseason. We’ve seen the digs the outs that you have to really give this guy cushion and he is he’s really dominating in the intermediate and even the short game as well. So huge huge fan of Dante Thornton. If there was going to be a puka nua or close to it this year, Thornton is my favorite bet to do that. My final two picks are both running backs though. Olly Gordon 30% rostered right now. Go please check how this guy if he’s out there for you. Three straight games leading the Dolphins in preseason rushing. Ultimately racked up 29 touches for 174 yards compared to 19 touches and 19 yards for Jaylen Wright who is also now laid up with a procedure on his leg. Was not looking good anyways. O Gordon was probably going to steal it from him. But now multiple weeks out for Jaylen Wright. So, the clear number two running back in a Dolphins run scheme that last year, sure, took a brutal hit, did not look nearly as effective. And this line still very questionable on paper. So, I’m not fully over the moon with Olly Gordon, but it was just two years ago. Moert led the NFL with 18 rushing touchdowns, 21 total touchdowns. Both Moster, he’s the running back three, and Hen running back four were top five in fantasy points per game. The McDaniels Shanahan inspired zone scheme was looked at the next gold mine for running back value and ultimately Gordon has looked the part. This is a dope Walker award winner in the most impressive rookie class has come out in maybe a decade. He was the best rookie rusher just two seasons ago. I know that interesting weird what happened his senior year. I’m not sure. But it was just two years ago that this guy hit 100 rushing yards in eight of nine games. He had 280 yards from scrimmage in three consecutive games. Was a ridiculous stretch run for this guy his that year. Ultimately racked up Gordon. 285 carries, 1732 yards, and 21 touchdowns in addition to 330 receiving yards and a touchdown. That crazy crazy sophomore season. Don’t know what happened this past year. Uh the offense as a whole crater. The quarterback play was awful. He didn’t look great himself, but so far with the Dolphins, he looks much closer to that two years ago prospect than what we’ve seen. So, I love Olly Gordon. Hammering him in these late best drafts, adding him everywhere I can. He should not be on any waiver wires. This one especially goes out to tonight. You’re my boy, Jaydon Blue. Somehow, some way, he’s out there in 70% of leagues right now, and I think he’s going to be the true league winner of 2025 fantasy. If you’ve watched any of my shows this off seasonason, you are already well aware of this. 438 speed at the combine, 425 speed at his pro day. Not a huge guy, 598 pounds, but compared by their coach to a bigger Darren Sprouls. Huh, I’ll take that any day. While also adding Shottimer, uncanny athleticism, acceleration, three down skill set, can do it all the ways. We saw in the preseason they hit this one jump cut 13 yards zips through the line then ultimately barrels in for a touchdown the next play giving him the big boy carries and he converted and now you’re comparing competing with Javvante Williams Sanders. When asked about Javvante Williams the coach said uh wisdom is what he brings to the table. I’ll take the guy getting called an uncanny threeown athlete with ridiculous receiving ability making highlight play after highlight play in camp and in the preseason action. He saw the bigger Darren Sprouls, Jaydon Blue. It’s only a matter of time that you’re going to get diet Jir Gibbs in an explosive Cowboys team that that with that defense as bad as it is. Give me the guy that is a speed demon that is known as one of the best receiving prospects in the backfield to come out. Love Jaydon Blue. There’s no reason for this guy to be out there in 70% of leagues. Check right now before the game hits tonight because I could see him ripping a big one tonight and everybody scrambling in week one. Go get yourself Jaydon Blue if he is still out there. Alrighty, Wolfpack, that wraps up my top five pickups ahead of week one. Let us now dive on in to the mailbag. Thank you again so much for being here. Droid, we’ll catch our breath for a quick second. The first question in. Let’s do it. And we got about 250 of you here to start. Not bad, but we’ve had some of these Thursdays that get over a thousand live viewers. love to get more people in here. Consider hitting that thumbs up button, the likes, the shares, the retweets, all that stuff truly does help us grow so much. Droid saying, “We are back. Let’s go.” Trying to have a two Pete this year. Let’s do it. Having that belt in hand, Droid, good stuff. Pick two. T McMillan, Diggs, Shahed, or JK. Uh, and pick one for DB. I’ll admit I’m not even going to pick one for DB because Droid, I don’t play any IDP. Don’t want to give you an answer straight from the rear end. But let’s talk about these two uh receivers out of an intriguing four group here. I gotta go with T McMillan. Potentially the target hog here for the Carolina Panthers. That exceiver role that Dave Canals really schemes up to perfection. Looked the part this preseason. Just barely missed a beautiful touchdown from Bryce Young who also looked quite well uh played quite well throughout this preseason too. So Tech McMillan the clear lock for me. And I got to go with Diggs. got on the injury report fully healthy, the target hog for my quarterback league winner of the season, Drake May. I love JK Dobbins getting the starting nod, but I still really do think RJ Harvey is going to be the most featured back there. They could be bleeding clock. I have JK in my flex him versus Mark Andrews. I’m trying to decide right now which one to go with Droid. So, I do love JK. He’s probably safer than Diggs, but I look at a Raider secondary, very weak on paper. Shahed, as intriguing as this guy is, especially in baseball, I don’t want to trust the Saints offense in week one if I don’t have to. Wouldn’t shock me if Shahed ends up being a clear-cut cog in a Kell Moore offense with a high pace. Could be a phenomenal play soon enough, but I think your other options are head and shoulders. So, it does come down to McMillan, Diggs, or JK for me. Gun to my head, especially if it’s full PPR, I’m going to go to two receivers, McMillan and Diggs. If it’s half, I might plug in JK over Diggs. I don’t know. I I really think Diggs is just gonna It is a how’s those targets going to be distributed in the Pats. I’ll go McMillan and JK in half or McMillan and Diggs in full. Uh is how I will answer that one because I do love all three of those options there. Droid, thank you for being back. And let’s go get you that repeat. Campanelli, what’s going on? My moderator, letting everybody know, please don’t spam your questions. Uh if you spam, you’ll be tossing time out. We won’t answer their questions. And if you want to get to the front of the line, super chats are greatly appreciated. You’ll get bumped right up. my man is looking for him. Certainly not necessary. Uh but always very appreciated if you want to show your guys some love and get your question to the front so you can get in and out here tonight. Chronos Shaw, great to see you. Welcome back, offseason legend. I haven’t seen you much in the last news, but so happy to see you here for the Thursday night football kickoff. Bears will be in the playoffs. I don’t know how hot that take is. I know it’s a very tough division, Krona, but everybody does believe in Ben Johnson, myself included. I don’t believe in Caleb Williams though. I’ll be the first one to admit it. Not my guy, not my quarterback. Uh so I do think you guys might be a year away and I it would be horrible for your franchise if it’s not Caleb Williams. Wouldn’t shock me though if you’re looking for a new quarterback in the near future. But if not, if Caleb Williams hits, Ben Johnson is the guy. I’ll tell you that. Crona asking me to pick two. Henderson, Pard Swift, Mason. Great options here, especially in the full PPR. I got to go. Ah man, I’m going to cut Mason. I don’t think he’s really in this conversation. I like Mason, don’t get me wrong, but you’ve got three great options. I really have to roll out Henderson in week one. So explosive. That makes that really tough between, especially as a PPR league, too. I think Henderson could have eight catches right off the jump. We know how M uh Josh McDaniels loves to feed those running backs in the passing game. And so ultimately Oh, there’s AJ Brown. Love to see it. I like who is that guy? Oh, AJ. Uh Paul vers Swift. Very tricky question, especially with Pard getting the Broncos. Tough defense, maybe gets game flowed out. I think I’m leaning Swift very slightly. Definitely has a little bit more of a passcatching ceiling, too. And we know Roshan Johnson not practicing right now. Manungai also questionable. Who else is Swift competing with? So, true featured back role for Swift. Has the pass catching skill skill set. Like the that game to potentially open up with some points there. Vikings. And you had the Monday night Monday night hope factor there. Chrona, you’re never quite out of it. I mean, if you’re down by 30 and you’re asking for Swift to get 30, sure, you might be out of it. But even at 20 or so, Swift could erupt. We know how much Ben Johnson’s backs rack up the points. So, I’m going to go Henderson and Swift there. And for the defense, I like the Jets this week. I think Rogers is a bag of trash. And I think the Steelers offense is going to be hideous. If you didn’t want to go them though, the Vikings are a very smooth and safe option as well. Murray or May, six points. May for me. Mayday. Let’s go, baby. I think Kylo is trash. I’ve never been a Kyler guy. Sometimes he does blow up short in fantasy and maybe he does against the Saints. The matchup’s pretty ripe on paper. I think May, especially with the Pats defense a little banged up if Xavier uh or rather Christian Gonzalez doesn’t play. I could see May having to chase some points against this Raiders team. So, I’m going to go Drake May. And then for the wide receivers, oh man, intriguing offense. I guess not just receivers. Got Harvey in this question as well. Full PPR. Ridley, Ibuka, Harvey, MHJ, Monty. This might shock some people, but Ibuka is actually my favorite of this list. Really, no one else other than Mike Evans. Kate Autton might even not play this week. And we know how valuable that Chris Godwin slot role is. I think I everybody has seen the hype from everyone. Baker, the head coaches talking about how professional this guy is, how impressive he is, the way he approaches this game. I am loving Amika Ibuka. is my favorite of this one. And then I will go into these other options. Ah, very tricky here. Uh, I I might go I I’m not a Marvin Harrison guy in general this season, but against the Saints, banged up secondary. That way you can see what Harvey does. I like Monty probably to get into the end zone against the Green Bay Packers as well, but I think Ridley against the I love Ridley for the season, but against the the uh Denver Broncos there, they already had bats retained. They add a first round corner. I think that secondary is going to be complete lockdown all season. So, I I’m going to fade Ridley this week. Definitely locking in. I think I’m going to go because of that full PPR, the talks of MHJ and Murray having that better chemistry. I’m going to go MHJ begrudgingly. I think we need a little time to see what Harvey’s going to do. And Monty’s one of those guys like if he does not score that touchdown, uh, then he’s not really doing much for you at all. Uh, and thank you, Camp Benelli, private chatting me here, letting me know that Jaydon Blue is inactive tonight. Disappointing. Would have loved to see what he could have done tonight. Going to have to switch up some of my DraftKings showdown teams as we’re on the fly here. Very disappointing, honestly. Maybe they’re giving him another week to heal up fully. still love this guy as a sleeper. If somebody drops him because of him being a healthy scratch tonight, go and scoop him now. But it does suggest maybe he is not quite as far along as we expect. So Jaydon Blue inactive tonight in case you were going to use him in your draft king showdowns or anything of that nature. I know no one was starting him tonight. Little discouraging start to the season. Would have loved to see him active. We’ll watch Javvante just kind of take take a dump all over the field and we will soon get Jaydon Blue in there for sure. Krona asking another one. Thank you, Chronic, for always filling up the mailbag. Greatly appreciate. T-Mac or Sutton full PPR. I’m going Sutton. I think Sutton, we saw it in just that one two drives total of the preseason. He goes seven of the 11 targets or seven of the 14 targets rather. Uh the entire offense, no other receiver, top two in that game. Hauling four catches, 80 yards, and a touchdown. You know, fourth down converting this difficult back shoulder catch. Uh then he gets the end zone look, scores the touchdown. Sutton target hog for an ascending bone nicks. Oh yeah, all day. So I like Sutton there as much as I do like T-Mac 2. Let’s wait on the rookie if we have a good veteran option like Sutton who you know is going to get it done. Uh right there. Lovelin, Ingram, or Goddard. I gotta go. So if you’re starting Sutton, how many of these guys do I want to load up on? I might go Lovelin there. Give yourself the Monday Night Hope factor. I love that rookie you got chronic. Give yourself the Bears to root for as well. I know your hometown team. I might have Ingram like a spot higher in the ranks, but if I’m starting Sutton already, I like Lovelin a ton. Maybe that pushes him over the edge for me. And then two, Lamb, he’s on many of my leagues. Lamb’s going to go off. They’re going to be chasing points all night, I think. And I imagine Lamb will go bananas. Uh, I really like here Pickkins and Psaw. I really like them all. And I think Judy against the Bengals, they’re going to need points like that. Golden, the Golden Boy, a huge fan of him this year and they’re going to need points against Detroit, but Pier to me looks like the clear engine of the 49ers attack. And then you got some pickings to root for tonight. Now, if you do have Lamb already in this lineup, maybe I do pivot and go to the Golden Boy, right, to to spread your bets just a little bit. But if not, I love Pickkins. They’re he’s going to erupt. CJ wrote a great article on him. You want a little more convincing on him, Krona, go over to rotostrejournal.com. Great article right there for you on him. But I’m going to go pick Pickkins, Pieraw, and uh Loveland for your situation. What’s your go-to week one food to celebrate the season? Mine is pigs in a blanket. Love pigs in a blanket camp. Great choice. One of the most Hillary has a friend that makes these homemade pigs in a blanket that are just incredible. Huge fan of those. Uh I might have to make some this weekend. Now we’re actually hosting my family over for the one o’clock game. So that gives me some ideas. We’re going to make Hillary’s making some chicken parm sliders that are out of this world. Phenomenal stuff. I want to make some wings in the air fryer. I can’t do football without wings on that first week. That would probably be my go-to. Getting some wings in me. Maybe fire up the smoker for some ribs. Probably not this week. Back to school. A lot of work goes into those ribs to make them good. Uh but certainly got to have a slate of wings in there. Love some sliders. Love some pigs in the blanket. All that football foods the best for sure. And of course some chips and queso, you know. Come on. Let’s go. Get a real shred. Of course we’re ready for some football campelli. Let’s go. Alrighty. Run gym. Dak or Trevor Lawrence? I’m going Dak. And I know I think they’re going to get steamrolled, but that doesn’t matter for fantasy. In fact, you almost want that because Dak is going to have to be chucking it all night to catch up. You got you got CD, you got Pickkins. How can you not roll out Dak with that? And I do love Trevor Lawrence’s matchup against Carolina. Don’t get me wrong, run Jim, but I’m firing up Dak there. Let’s go. All righty, folks. We’re about 23 minutes in. 7 o’clock. We’re gonna go up to kickoff if that’s how long it takes to answer all these questions. 400 of you here. Please do consider hitting that thumbs up button for your boy as you fill up the mailbag. And of course, a super chat will get you vaulted up and support your guy. Not necessary by any means. So happy to have you that freeway though. Hit that thumbs up button, hit the like button, hit the retweet. Help us grow and get out to more people. Let’s go Chris T. Good to see you. Golf or pretty? That’s a good one. Part of me is leaning. I gotta double check because Goff does have some crazy crazy home road splits and I believe that one is in Lambo this week if I’m not mistaken. Uh Chris T. And you got Seattle who pretty just always bombs. I am going to go as much I do love that game to shoot out potentially the uh the uh Lions versus the Packers, but ultimately I’m gonna go Py at Seattle. Feels nice and safe. I think they’re gonna light it up there. Um, just a golf splits on the road really do worry me a little bit here when you have two great options. I’m gonna go with party on that one. Christie, Hollywood or ET and half PPR? I mean, Ten, is there a neither answer? I don’t like either of these guys. If I had to pick one, you got no Rashi Rice in there. I do think Hollywood could be okay, but I’d love to know like is I’d rather start Chris Rodriguez. Honestly, as weird as that is, Dante Thornton for sure I would rather have in my lineup this week. Um especially if if Christian Gonzalez doesn’t play, I don’t really like either of these guys. I think if I had to pick one, it would be Hollywood against the um the Chargers. You get Friday night juice. You got no Rasheed Rice. Something there, but I like Dante Thornton more than either of these guys. Tienne, so I’ll just toss him out there for sure. Garrett Wilson or Jaylen Wadd for my flex rushing yard. You’re awesome. You’re awesome. Great to see you. This is what my favorites because I know some of the people are more here for inseason versus preseason. Some people are more preseason than inseason. So, you start to see these people come out of the weeds. Rushing guard, you’ve been here however many years. Uh, so great to see. I love to see all the old faces that I haven’t seen in a while. Uh, it’s a tough one because Garrett Wilson is facing the Steelers. I really I’m I’m very very worried about uh Justin Fields. I know that DJ Moore had a big season with Fields as a quarterback. He looked god awful this preseason. I just did not look like he belonged on NFL field. It’s the preseason. They’re saying these last few weeks he’s really starting to warm up. Uh and you’re seeing what they expected to see. Ah man. Waddle gets the Colts a nice easy match up there. I think gun to my head. I’m going to go Waddle in this case. I’m a little lower on both these guys though this year. Uh, I think I’m gonna go Waddle, though, for the matchup. May maybe I mean, I’d love to see Fields come out light it up with Wilson. The OSU connection. You got the revenge game factor, too. I keep going back and forth on these guys. I I tried not to peek at my rankings too much during the show because I wanted to come off the gut. I looked I had Wilson like a spot or two higher than Waddle. Yeah, you probably invested some some decent capital in him. So gun in my head, but I think Wadd I see Wadd breaking free for a big play. I’m probably going to bump him up the rankings. We’ll go Waddle on this one. Rishi Jay start two of three in half PPR. JMO Trevon Henderson, Aaron Jones, big fan. Thank you so much Rashid for the kind words. And I got to go with I mean three explosive players see the the clearcut two most explosive. That’d be an insult to Aaron Jones who’s second all time in career yards per carry. This guy is an animal. That being said though, I love I am obsessed with Trevon and JO. think they are two of the best picks you can make in 2025 fantasy and so I’m going to go with them. I think Aaron Jones already had a cap touchdown ceiling and now you add in Jordan Mason. I gotta go with those two explosive players, the youngsters there. Rasheed Jay, Caleb Johnson or ETN Tenuin. I hate to lose Tn. Not a huge fan of these questions you’re asking here. Uh because I don’t like ETN very much. I I like Caleb Johnson maybe down the stretch. Not a huge fan of him. Uh ultimately I think it’s going to take him some time. They already talked about Jaylen Warren being the quote featured runner. That’s a little concerning for Caleb Johnson. I wonder how much of a role he has in week one, especially because he was playing behind Kenny Gainwell this preseason. So, if I have to pick one of these guys, it is. But again, is Chris Rodriguez out there? Uh, is Olly Gordon out there? There’s other guys that I would play over either of them. Um, next time you’re in Chicago, Wolf, let me know. Pizza on me. One of Hillary’s best friends lives in Chicago. She just had a baby. We just had a baby. We’re hoping to meet them soon. So, Krona, I’ll have to take you up on that. I’d love to meet you. I’d love to have a pizza and a beer with you. That would be an absolute blast. Great time. Um, some people hate on the deep dish pizza. I love it. I mean, I feel horrendous after eating it. I I want to go and and roll up in a corner and just like release my bowels all day. Uh, but man, it feels good when I eat it. Some people just don’t like it. I’m a huge fan. Uh, myself. Christ 12T PPR uh wants me to grade it half per carry. Interesting. Knicks, Henry Jacobs, JSN. I like that you leaned into the running backs, I’ll tell you that. And a half carry. Uh, absolutely like that. I like this team a lot. Andrews and Kenneth Lockard. Wow. Nice cap off there. I love it. I love this team. And I don’t say, if you watch the show, you know I’ll bash teams when I don’t like them. I’m not the biggest JSN guy. I will admit that. But I’m starting to come around to him. You know, Sam Darl, him showing this great rapport apparently all preseason. Is Cooper Cup really any good at this point? If the Rams paid like 22 million to not have him on the team, probably not that good. Uh, so yeah, I I love your running backs. Henry Jacobs Walker, beastly huge Sutton fan. Andrews is solid at tight end, especially while likely out. So I like it a lot. Chris T. I’d give it like a a firm A minus. And then that’s, you know, I I don’t give A’s very easy. Robert, what’s up? Another season’s here. Would you play Pacheco Piol or Myers? Great to see you, Robert. Another one of those regulars in the season that I love seeing people come out of the weeds. Uh, great to see you, Robert. I gotta go with full PPR. I’m going Pierall here. I do really like Pacheco, but wouldn’t shock me at all if we just get like a classic foreheaded nightmare tomorrow. I think he’s going to score a touchdown tomorrow. When I do my my Friday parlay for four touchdown scores, PCO will be in there. Um, but I love Persaw, especially in full PPR. I really think I I can see a seven, eight catch day. I think KD’s really going to be the the main engine there, but Persaw will play a nice supporting role. So, Robert, I’m going to go Paw for that one. Uh my other league pick 12. I give you one grade, Christie. We have a lot of questions to answer, but love you, man. Uh thank you again for being here. What’s going on, Matthew? Best draft guide yet. Thank you, sir. Uh definitely put the most time into this one. A lot of great support for it. I don’t remember what the final numbers were, but certainly the best sales year we’ve ever had despite the price jump. So, Matthew Murray, thank you so much for your support. He’s asking Adun versus Keon for wide receiver three. I’m going Adun. that preseason game where they’ve rolled out the starters against the Chiefs for about a quarter. A Tuesday was racking the targets up and I know I had him as a fade early in the guide. I changed that take in the update log and I know you follow everything Murray. I saw that preseason game. I saw I love the prospect of a Dunay. Then I saw last year as a rookie. I was like, is this guy really that good? Is Caleb really that good? Question’s still out on Caleb. No doubt about that for me. But a Dunay in that preseason game, you know, all this talk about training camp. He’s the clear one. He’s the number one guy. I didn’t buy it and then I saw it with my eyes. He had what? Five targets in three drives or rather seven targets, five catches, 70 yards, a score. It was really that score too where they they converted like a third and 12 this beautiful route to him and then they they rushed to the line, they threw him a fab ball right after and boom, he’s in the end zone. I was like, “Ah, yeah, let’s go.” Minnesota also gave up the most points to wide receivers last year. I don’t rifle off too many of those stats right now just because it’s it’s a new year and and you know, everything’s going to be different. But ultimately, I I think he’s in a better spot. I like Keon. I know you’re super high on the guy. That’s gonna be a fun game, too, with a lot of points, but ultimately to me, Keon’s a much bigger question mark. I really think Adun is the one you want to go with in this case. And thank you again, Murray, for the support of the guy. Papasarno, kicking off the super chats. Thank you so much for your generosity. Championship runtime, baby. Let’s go. That’s what we do here. We bring the titles. That’s why I love seeing all the names that keep popping back telling me we’re going for the two pete. Let’s do it. Uh, need half PPR, need two receivers and a flex. We got Worthy, DJ Moore, Pickkins, Hall, and Montgomery. Some very, very intriguing options here. Papa Sarno, let’s dive on into it. I got to go Worthy. No, Rashid Rice these first six weeks. I think they’re really going to explore how how much can we add to this guy’s plate. We saw it over the last seven games of the season when you include the playoffs. Six of those were 19 or more points. This guy really started to evolve. I do want to see more deep ball chemistry with him and Mahomes. Uh, but ultimately I’m very intrigued, especially if they add a little more screens and dink and dunk and some of that layup stuff that Rashi Rice got would be amazing for him. Gets tricky from there because I love Pickkins. I’m going to roll him out tonight. You got to play pickins tonight. Give yourself some Thursday Night Football juice with them chasing points trying to come back uh tonight. I really like Pickkins there. And then it’s just like, oh man, I like all three of these options a lot, but you know which one rises to the top? I think I go Bree Hall. And I’m down on Bree Hall this week in my ranks. I think I’m I’m minus six or so ECR, but still plenty of receiving upside in a half PPR league despite that toughish matchup. I don’t know though. I really do think like David Montgomery gets into the end zone this week as well at Green Bay. And DJ Moore worries me because I do think Roman Dunes as we were just talking about is that true number one. He gets pouty on the sideline and then suddenly I I also intrigued how much he lined up in the backfield. They moved him around. What if he is their Aman on Raw? There is upside there to DJ Moore in a game where they probably will need some points. So, a lot of great options here. I’m definitely locking in worthy pickings. The next one of those three is very tough for me. Hall worries me though with with Brilan Allen, too. You know, how involved he was. Let’s go. I’m going David Montgomery for the touchdown. Sarno, but that’s a very tough call between those last three. Let me know who you end up going, what you decide. I would greatly uh I’d love to keep on top of it. We’ll we’ll be in touch, I’m sure, on Sunday morning. I’ll be live again for those of you that are enjoying the show. Live again at 800 am this uh weekend on Sunday. Uh 8 am show. Love that one. One of my favorites. We typically get a couple thousand in. Tons of questions. Cannot wait for that. None of your biz. Take a quick pause, say a beer sip, and then we’ll keep rolling. This beer’s taking me a little too long, too, huh? Happy PPR. Start one flex. Golden or Ricky P? Love them both. None of your biz. I’m a little worried because I keep saying Ricky P and I hate to see like a three catch 20 yard day from the guy, but I’m just so high on you know pretty raving about them getting their chemistry down. Uh the way he, you know, he that PUL started to respect the routes more, not freelance as much and that really allowed them playing within the system. Big fan of that. I’m liking Ricky P against Seattle there. For fantasy for TKG, Evan Ingram or Ferg. I’m going Evan Ingram. little little worried about that, you know, 50ish% snap share from the preseason. Still though, Shawn Peyton’s joker role. A lot of upside there. I do like Ferg in a game where they’re chasing points. He was in my touchdown parlay bet tonight. I’m going Ingram though there TKG myself. Brandon Tully. Yo, what’s up? Flex full PPR. DJ Moore Erabuka. I’m going I Buouka. I am plus 10 ECR on Ibuka. I am skyhigh on the guy really all season, but especially in week one with a great match up against the Falcons. That’s going to be a fun one. I mean, I’m talking 55 to 60 total points between those two teams. I’m in there. Heard he was lazy in camp. He was going to be low on the depth chart. So, that’s Jayon Blue. He’s asking about he was a healthy scratch tonight. That does worry me. I did see the lazy report that was more OTAAS and it seemed pretty unfounded because right afterwards when camp opened, Shanheimer raved about how professional he was. I seem to take a jab at that reporter who was making those comments. It’s probably going to take a little while. Certainly, if he’s healthy scratch on week one, that’s not ideal. I think that’s what we’re kind That’s the That’s the uh returning starters. Uh I I’m a little worried about sure he’s low to start the year on the depth chart, but let’s be real. Who’s on this depth chart? Miles Sanders and Javvante Williams? We’ll see tonight. I mean, maybe Javvante shocks the world. Looks way better than anyone expects. Guy like a JK Dobbins next year. Is that in the range of possibility? It is. It could happen. Uh, do I think it’s gonna happen? No. Not Not in the least. So, uh, yeah, I I’m I’m I’m not worried about him eventually, uh, going up. I just turned the lights on over there. Keep keep us bright over here. Uh, we already got that one. TKG, drop N Harris for Rodriguez. Eric E, I think I would call me crazy. I think this is absolutely uh going to be ultimately um the Omaran Hampton show there for the Chargers. So yes, I would. Hey, thank you for reposting the stream, Espatran. Much appreciated. Anybody else out there willing to share it out? Hit the thumbs up, hit the heart. It really does help us get out to more people and is so appreciated. Should I start? Roma Dunay, Stefon Diggs, or Jerome Ford? Intriguing Espatron that Ford’s actually in this conversation. He deserves to be facing a Bengals team that is not going to be able to stop anybody through the air or on the ground. Plus, if it does get game flowed, Ford’s a great receiving back, too. So, he has a ton of upside this week. I’m going Roma Dunes, though. I really think he is the true number one wide receiver there for the Bears. That’s going to be his coming out party in week one. So, I am a very big fan there. Uh, please DKG, stop repeating that. I would play Tyreek over Cup, but please don’t keep repeating your questions. And Christie, we just hit that one. Uh, thank you for reminding the chat as well. Payday Fool, good afternoon to you as well. 500 of you here. Love to see it. Thank you guys so much. A great week one showing. J Mo or Hampton? Gotta go Hampton there. Starting over Nay Harris. So impressive throughout camp. Naj still getting his legs under him. I love it. It is a tough Chiefs run deep. They look they they had the fewest points. Two running backs last year, but I’m still going Hampton. So so explosive. Etn Pitman or Stevenson half PPR for TN? I don’t know if you bought the guy this year because you have a lot of the guys I am not in on. Uh and I I maybe maybe you’re right. Maybe you’ll prove me wrong TN because you always end up crushing it every season. Not ETN for me. I guess Pitman. I do think Stephvenson will be involved especially early in the season. Maybe he falls in the endzone, but if he doesn’t score for you, I’m worried that that Henderson’s really going to be the show there. So, I got to go Pitman there. Uh don’t love any of them though. What’s up, Jeppe? It is indeed here. Week one, let us go. Do I go Jake Ferg, Loveland, or Strange? I’m going to go Love Loveland for that one, Jeppi. A lot of hype for Strange these days. Intrigued to see Jake Ferg go tonight, but I’m going Love Loving. Now, I do like Jake Ferg’s 275 plus for a touchdown tonight, but I’m going to go Lovel. I think he is a just an absolute animal. And we’re gonna see a Sam Laaporta, like a juiced up Sam Laaporta in Ben Johnson’s offense. Yeah, I’m I’m in for that. Eric, what’s going on? Dak or Trevor? Going Dak. I’ve gotten that one actually twice now. Uh going for Dak in this one though. I think they’re going to be chasing points all night. I like Trevor’s match. I think that game could be a sneaky fun shootout, but I like Dak. Those weapons CD and Pinkens. Come on. Uh John Lazar, what’s going on? Jonnu, Chig, or Strange. I like Strange there. I think that’s going to be a fun one against Carolina. A lot of potential points going on the board there. So, give me him uh for sure. And then we are at Jayon Blue got announced an actor. Thank you, Espatrine helping out the chat. Uh good to know. TKG doesn’t change my answer though. Sergey B, what’s going on? I don’t know if this is Sergey from uh North Andover over there. The uh fantasy football club. Let me know if it is Sergey. Great to see you. If so, the club lived on. We had our draft on Wednesday. Uh so, the legacy you leave behind. It might not even be you. You might be like the Sergey, like what is he even talking about? I’m a teacher into a fancy football club at school. And if it is Sergey, he was a clear legend in there. I believe your last name started with a P, too. So, I’m thinking it’s Sergey, but it might not be in full PPR. Do I start Roma Dun Diggs or Jerome Ford? I think you just asked that one. Uh, and oh, so you’re Espatron right there. So, yeah. So, I think I answered that one already for you, Sergey. I’m pretty sure that is the Sergey that I I’m thinking of. So, if it is Sergey, great to see you, brother. Uh, you’re the man. Um I and like I said I think Adun shows his coming out party here as uh the the clear number one here. We did get a super chat from Harry Taylor. Thank you so much Harry. Great to see you again sir. Full PPR one running back and flex Warren Adun Harvey or Dobbins. All righty. So the running back options the one thing. So Harry let me know. I don’t know if Warren is Tyler or Jaylen Warren. That’s going to be a new distinction there. I will say for the flex a dunes is my favorite option. And then if it is just Harvey or Dobbins, week one, I’m still gonna go Harvey. More explosive freak athlete. And I think they steamroll this Tennessee team, giving them the perfect opportunity. Let’s see what we got in Harvey in the second half of the game. Dobbins gets his touchdown early. Probably going to have a good game himself, too. But I think Harvey, you know, in a game where they they’re up, they can kind of see what the rookie does against NFL competition, I think they for uh force feed him. And so even if it is Jaylen Warren, I you can let me know which Warren it is, but it’s not going to change my answer. Dunes is going to be the flex. And then I think it’s Harvey uh there for your running back spot as well. Thank you so much for the support of the channel. Is that the Backyard Discovery? Yeah, Bayday Fool. It is exactly what it is. I got it from Sam’s Club this uh this year. Built it with my pops when I was off on paternity leave. So good. I love the setup. It’s sturdy. It’s nice. Uh, you got little the TV hung up. Beautiful setup. Good eye there. Keen eye there, Payday Fool. Um, pretty fun to build, too. It took us about a day, but really fun day, uh, building it. So, yeah, you you caught good eyes there, Payday Fool. Cheers to week one, folks. Go a little Sun Cruiser for number two, huh? Jeppe Russo, who should I drop for Darren Waller? Strange. Why? Why are we dropping any of them for Taran Waller? None. Answer is zero. Also, why do we have three tight ends though? Uh, Jeppi, because you go back, rewind the show. I gave you five potential stashes for tonight. Um, Jaydon Blue, Ollie Gordon, uh, Chris Rodriguez, Dant Thornton, probably the top of that list now. And, uh, Tes Isaac Tesla. If I’m dropping one of these tight ends, it’s probably strange. It’s not to pick up a third tight end again. No need to pick up Darren Waller. Come on. Um, I’m in a Dynasty League. Should I trade JCM for Pacheco? Yeah, I would do that. Uh, for sure. And then we had another super chat. Hold on. Let me get on down to that. Uh, Sergey, very generous of you, sir. You didn’t need to do that. Uh, great to see you, though. Um, ask your question as many times as you can. Um, a Sergey and good good to know it’s espatrine. shoot me a DM on uh Twitter as well so we stay in touch. The club was so fun. You’re the best. Uh you’re such a nice kid, Sergey. Uh you were always so so kind to everybody that you knew. Um and you’re so kind to me clearly with the super chat. You didn’t need to do that, brother. But thank you so much. I thought I recognized the especially when you said Espat. Oh yeah, that’s his last name. We had so much fun though. Those club days were were great. The club is living on. We still have like Sid, Nico, some of the uh the legends that you used to draft against. Uh my brother won it last year. horrific. Uh, so it’s going to be a fun time. But, uh, thank you, Sergey, so much for your generous super chat. I’m glad you use the guide. I hope you crush it. Definitely stay in touch over on Twitter. Shoot me a DM. Uh, keep me posted how these seasons going. That’s very kind of you, Sergey. Um, hopefully we’ll see you throughout the season too on the sit starts. Uh, but thank you so much and great to hear from you. How are you doing, by the way? Shoot me a DM. Let me know how everything’s going, what you’re up to these days. Are you at school? Uh, you know, we working, what do we got going on, Sergey? Um would love to know what you’re up to these days. Good stuff. Good stuff for a former student. Love it, man. Uh thank you again for tuning in and great to hear from you for sure. Uh Payday Fool. Yes, I would do Pacheco over JCM. PCO is still young. JCM his best case scenario is like he becomes the next Pacheco a seventh round guy that that ends up blown out. Why not why not take the guy that’s actually it already? So yes, I’d go Pacheco over uh JCM. Jeppe Russo better tight end add or Waller again what’s the obsession with three tight ends Jeppe I don’t get it I don’t understand it uh no need to have three I would be adding any of those five waiverwire guys I listed off for you Tyler Warren or Rome Adun for the half I’m going Rome there Destro a lot of Roma Adun love tonight but I do think he’s going to be that true clear number one for this team CD Lamb gota gotta love that guy. My goodness. Uh I’m going to go Roma Dunes. Most points allowed to wide receivers last year to the Minnesota Vikings. As good as they are, lots of blitzes and ends up opening a lot of opportunities for big plays for wide receivers. I think Gran can do it. Have KD on the roster. Stick with Pieraw. Ah, that is a lot of overload. I do think Seattle’s defense is going to be pretty bad this year. So, I’m not opposed to it. But with that info, maybe I do switch it up. It gives you some action tomorrow night, Robert, which I know is about why we make our decisions, but it’s gonna be extra fun when PCO pounds one in tomorrow. So, yeah, I think I do switch that up if you already have KD going because you have the main bane of the passing attack already. Krona, Javvante, Mason, Cup, or Golden. I gotta go the Golden Boy, baby. Uh, I love Matthew Golden. I think he’s going to be an absolute beast this year. What up at QB CJ or Tilaw for TKG? I’m gonna go with Trevor Lawrence there. Not a huge CJ Strad guy this season. I love the Liam Cohen offense. Uh I I love this matchup too for week one against the Carolina Panthers. Now granted, I have T like quarterback 17 and somehow I’m minus7 each year. I like him this week. How is he ranked as the quarterback 10? Like Trevor Lawrence really hasn’t proven anything. I don’t think he’s that good as a as a player, but I do love the matchup this week. I don’t really like Straoud. I think that Rams defense is a little more worrisome than the Panthers. So yeah, I’m going to go Trevor Lawrence there. So Harry say Jaylen Warren doesn’t change anything for me. I’m still going RJ Harvey there. Despite the nice praise though that he was going to be the future back, probably the safest option is Warren. I still think the upside of Harvey is that. Um and thank you again so much Sergey. Great to uh great to hear from you again and thank you so much for that. Uh Wolf, your boy blues and active. I know. PH Clap Patio. Uh what’s going on, man? And no, uh, very disappointed in that. Still not cutting him. Still absolutely holding on because we can go watch tonight Javvante and Miles Sanders just take absolute dumps on the field. Uh, and then by next week we’ll have Blue. I wonder if the Heels still not fully uh, back together. They’re giving him a week. And again, we’re just going to watch them get absolutely smoked. I don’t know what’s going on the TV behind him, but that’s interesting stuff. Hey, shout out North Andover. Let’s go, Payday Fool. Uh, yep. I teach in North I live in Beverly Mass. Uh but teach over at North Andover High. Um that’s awesome. You went to Marramac uh college. Sweet. Good stuff. Charlie Kelly Marramac alum over there. Played baseball at Marramac if you like always sunny there. Zack Nanaboo. Give up Thornton and Aaron Jones for Pard. I love Thornton. I really do. I still make this deal. I really think Paul You got Taj Spears banged up for at least the first four weeks. Aaron Jones I’m not very into. As much as I like Thornton, like we can’t pretend he’s guaranteed to be an absolute smash. I think he will be really big fan of him, but I Yeah, I’ I’d give that up. I’d get parded there. Tunes, one running back, one flex, full PPR, Jacobs, Connor, Pickkins, Meyers. You got to have Jacobs in there. There’s no doubt about that in my mind. And then, oh, Pickkins versus Connor’s very tough call. I think I texted you Pickkins about Connor when Connor is healthy. I mean, you’re talking about top 10 running back nearly every single week. So, Saints, nothing scary about that defense. They could get up big and bleed clock with Connor late. They’re talking about being more of a committee. I believe it when I see it. They love that, you know, I can’t I think they’re just going to keep riding them. So, I’m going to go Jacobs and Connor for that one. Cue the pickins 130 touchdown night, but I like I like the two running backs there. Would you start Dak over Drake? I I believe I have Drake rated higher this week. And I’m starting to get a little queasy about that. Where do I I have Dak quarterback. I got to change that. Um so that’s one ranking update I’m going to make. I have Dak too low. Um just because I I really do think they’re going to get steamrololled, but then Dak’s going to be playing catchup. Xpicky. I still go um T May this week. I do, but I just checked. I was like, ah, Dak Dak’s looking too low. Um, I know I I said a couple people to go Dak over certain guys like Trevor Lawrence for sure. Um, I’m gonna bump Dak up to quarterback 11. I I do really like Dak this week. Playing catchup. Um, so I’m going to publish that as well, just to make sure that gets through. Thank you guys for your patience. Um, I was surprised. I just I took a quick peek and he was too low. I do need to get Jay on Blue out of my rankings as well. Um because I think I was like plus 10 ECR on him. So he is out tonight. Very disappointing honestly. I’m not going to lie. Um would have loved to see him rip it up tonight, but just gives us a chance to watch uh the other two running backs just completely take dumps on the field. There we go. All right, that’s in. Rankings are corrected. Thank you guys again for those of you that commented in to help your boy out uh with that. Alrighty. Um and we are on to Lily White. Oh, we got uh Yeah, so uh and thank you uh Campelli the moderator be like, “Hey, you have uh Dak at n Drake at nine and Dak at at 16.” I just bumped Dak to my quarterback 11. So I still have Drake higher. Um but I I do have Dak a little bit pumped up as well. T. Oh, sorry, Lily. I didn’t mean to skip your question. Who would you flex? Ibuk, Dunay, or Hunter? Now we’re talking. Three of my favorite guys this year. I think I got to go with Ibuka this week. I am so in on that game. I’m so in on him. Uh, the volume, the target hog upside. I love it. Uh, so give me a bua with that one. So, to help me out, you said Tila, Angram, and Tyreek, I believe. So, yes, TKG, you’re my guy. Patio, let’s go, baby. Drop Rashad White for R. Johnson. I don’t think R. Johnson’s even playing or rather on Monday night. I don’t really like any of them, but tunes. Is Chris Rodriguez there? Is Dante Thornton there? Is Ollie Gordon there? Probably not. Is Jayl there? Probably not. But Thornton, you got um again Thornton, Tesla, Rodriguez, any of those guys I’d drop Rashad White for. Yes. Uh, for sure. Will G. Massie back in the house. My man, the truth’s boy. The truth will be on these Thursday night streams. I should have said this from the jump of my guy that I I normally rip these streams with me. Uh, he had his parent teacher night, uh, where where he had to bring Dante, his son, too. So, unfortunately, no truth tonight. Uh, but ultimately, he he will be on these streams. And I know I have parent teacher night coming up, not next week, but the week after. There won’t be a Thursday stream. Uh but Will, what’s going on? Uh tanked my auction draft last night, but who should I start running that? Pard Harvey or Tracy? Thinking Tracy. That doesn’t sound like you tra you completely tanked um by any means in my opinion. If you have those two running back or those three running backs all fairly solid running back twos, I can see why it’s a tough decision though. They’re all kind of in that same tier for me. I think I would probably go Harvey myself. I just think they’re gonna be tearing down. But Pard is like Denver. If you’re gonna move the ball in Denver, it’s going to be through the run game and there’s no Taj Spears. So Pard’s gonna get every touch he can handle. So I I think Pard’s the safest option. I would probably rank them the exact way you type them. Pard Harvey then Tracy with Harvey being the the highest upside play. if the Broncos are up huge and they’re just, you know, let’s get our rookie and let’s see what he can do. I could definitely see that. But I think Paulard is gonna be very, very involved. And so I’m gonna go Pard there. He’s got a good bet at a touchdown, too. So, so let’s roll with that. Would you trade Barkley for Hendy? This must be Dynasty because otherwise it’s a clear-cut no. And even still, unless you’re in like a massive rebuild, um, I still wouldn’t do it. in reddraft. There’s literally no way this question is even getting asked. Um but no, I would not trade um Barkley for Hendy and I think any setting. You’re welcome, Vicki, for sure. Uh thanks for getting in uh helping getting ready for week one. Let’s go. Absolutely, TKG. Uh thank you for being here, for asking questions. And we got 575 of you. Love to see it. Thank you so much for a great week one sit start show. Hit that thumbs up button. the heart, the shares, the retweets, all that good stuff. Looks like we are getting close to the last of the mailbag. So, Rum, I’ll answer your question. Blue, dropable? Absolutely not. I know he’s a healthy scratch. We’re going to watch these two running backs absolutely suck all night. And then ultimately, we’re going to have Blue come in next week, clean up this mess, and be a stud. So, no, I am not dropping him yet. Start Thornton or Gordon in the flex. Uh oh, Ollie Gordon. I was like, “No, Gordon. He’s been gone a while.” Mohamd, I’m gonna go with Thornton there. I think the big play upside is un, of course, if Achan’s out, it’s a no-brainer in Mohamd, right? You’re putting Gordon in. Um, if he’s going to be limited, you’re putting Gordon in. If Han’s a full go, ready to off the injury report, no issues, then I think Thornton has the biggest upside of these two guys this week. Potential for blow up there. And that’s a good segue in case you miss it. You’re coming in late. One last rip through. I might reorder these knowing that Jaydon Blue is enacted, but five Waverwire Stashes guys that you need to add before week one. Chris Rodriguez, I’m not gonna give the whole spiel again on all these guys. Big bruising back, an offense that’s projected to be top five in scoring. He’s already been labeled by Dan Quinn as the goal line back. Lost 20 pounds this off seasonason. Worked with the receiving coach, reaching 20 plus miles per hour every day in practice, uh, including the preseason game as well. averaged like nine yards per carry this preseason. Love Chris Rodriguez, 7% rostered. And one of the strategies I want to really emphasize, keep getting filling that mailbag, too. Happy to get back to the questions. If your league lets you rotate through your bench, um, drop your kicker, pick up these guys because Sunday night you got Tyler Loop, the Ravens kicker that nobody owns right now. Monday night you got Kairo Santos and Will Reichard for the Vikings and the Bears. Two great offenses, kickers I’d be happy to have. Now, some leagues I don’t ESPN, they don’t typically let you roster churn like this. Uh, but I know in Yahoo you can. So, I don’t have a kicker on like any of my Yahoo teams. It’s a great way to see one o’clock. We’re going to learn so much, especially in week one where we don’t know what’s going to happen. Um, is Chris Rodriguez going to start and get like 20 carries? Probably not, but I want him on my team in case that happens. Um, is number four Isaac Tesla is he going to catch a 70 yard bomb and play 80% of the routes? probably not, but I want him on my team if he does. Um, and Athletic Freak, to go through the list again, 44 at 214 pounds, insane vertical leaping ability, 10 catches, 154 in the preseason, and and three touchdowns to add to that. Earned his way to the fact they traded Tim Patrick away for Isaac Tesla. So, yeah, I’m all in on this guy. Dante Thornton, 43 speed, uh, at 6’5. Only two other guys, Calvin Johnson and DK Metaf, have similar size speed profiles. This guy is a complete athletic freak. 25 yards per catch in college. 3.72 yards per run. Both top three. Number one in terms of yards per catch there. Love, love, love me some Dante Thornton for sure. Olly Gordon, my number two ad. Maybe my number one ad given that Jaydon Blue is a healthy scratch. But I love Olly Gordon. He had what uh 29 touches, 170 yards on the preseason compared to 19 yards on 12 touches for Jaylen Wright, averaging less than two yards per touch. And now as that brutal, brutal um injury for his leg, so he’s banged up. And then Jaydon Blue, I know he’s a healthy scratch tonight. Doesn’t worry me. Love the speedster. 425 speed on his proday. Freakish receiving prospect at the running back position. only competing with Javvante Williams and my Sanders for 92% of the vacated carries there in the Cowboys backfield. I think we’re gonna see week one, this running game do absolutely nothing. And then Jaydon Blue will be a priority moving forward. They might just be giving him one more week to truly heal himself up. Those are my five ads. And I’ll just toss out that Christian Kirk potentially being out. Jaylen Nowell belongs on that list of tryyouts as well. We have a few more. Thanks, bro, for asking my question. You’re the goat. Thank you, Muhammad, for being here and asking some great questions. Thorn was my last pick in my big league. No one knew who he was. Hopefully, they know his name by the end of the year. Well, Tunes, I remember a couple years ago you said this to me. It was Puka Nua was the last pick of your leagues and everyone’s like, “What? Puka and we saw how that so you got an eye for those late round guys. I’ll trust in tunes.” Uh, I think Thornton is absolutely gonna be a guy. Wolfpack, that wraps up the mailbag. Awesome first stream, hitting that hour long mark. We’d love to have more of you here in the future. But thank you so much for your help. On your way out, a thumbs up button, a heart, a share, retweet to keep growing the channel. Subscribe if you’re new here. I saw a lot of new names this year. Hit that sub button. I’ll be live next on Sunday morning at 8 a.m. bright and early. Cannot wait to get there. Uh so come on down. Would love to have you. Sunday morning, 8:00 a.m. Let’s get all those head starts and hope you get all the points you need tonight. Let’s go, Wolfpack. Cheers. Week one. We’re here, baby. Let’s do it. In a world full of festive sheep, be the wolf. Later, guys.