... and how he might impact, in a positive or negative way, Nico Collins and the rest of the Texans offense with C.J. Stroud?

Yeah, I'll start with the last one first, and Marvin Harrison.

Um, you know, if I said an over under randomly like 14 and a half snaps, I'd probably be inclined to take the under.

Uh, I think it's gonna be like a 10-snap, uh, opening performance for him as a member of the Houston Texans.

Obviously, he's got the established rapport and chemistry from his, the Ohio State days with C.J. Stroud.

Uh, so they're probably gonna unleash a, a couple long bombs outside the numbers and see if he can reel it in.

But the guy's outside the top 100, my man, in average yards of separation per target among qualifying wide receivers.

Go.

What do you expect from him in Houston as the season progresses? Could he get back to the player he thought he was coming out of the draft?

Yeah, we'll see.

I mean, obviously, he's got a rapport.

He's got a chemistry that's already established with his quarterback and C.J. Stroud.

Of course, they played at the Ohio State.

And I obviously have to say that for copyright purposes, gentlemen.

But you look at Marvin Harrison, you know, it's a second lease on life.

What is the consistency for Christian Watson, and how comfortable are you just starting him week in, week out without really looking at it?

How much fab did you spend on Dante Myers with Jamar Chase and Tee Higgins nicked up? And why should we play him in our lineups no matter what this week?

Well, I'm in a multitude of leagues, and I was shelling out anywhere between $15 to $25, and I scored them at a couple, missed them at a couple others, consistently getting for around $17.

You might say, man, that is absurd for a guy that could be a one-week plug-and-play, and I understand that, but desperate times.

Call for desperate measures.

And look, Jamar Chase is indeed out.

If T. Higgins is either limited or out in this game, Dante Myers could be the main squeeze of one Joe Burrow.

I guess a very beatable and exploitable Miami defense.

Are you rocking with Jacoby Brissett against this Lions defense?

Start wherever you want, but let's talk fantasy football-wise, Bengals-Jags.

Yeah, look, a sky-high total of 51 and a half, which means it could be a pew-pew-pew-pew shootout affair, and that usually yields to quality fantasy results.

I think a guy, and this is a layup, obviously, and a lot of your viewers are going to say, oh, you're Captain Obvious, but I love the matchup for Jamar Chase.

He could be a one-man wrecking crew in fantasy matchups this week.

Why? Because we're going to get a lot.

I'm on Terry Brown and coverage.

And you look what Brown has given up this season.

What would your advice be to fantasy managers that maybe are still searching for that first win?

Just what do you do if you're an owner of a Giants player like me who has Cam Scadabo, Jacob has neighbors, and likely, like, can you trust any Giant moving forward?

Yeah.

Just stock up on the booze, man.

It's going to be a long puff road.

I think if you're a giants backer now, I will say this, the, the version of Jamis Winston we saw last week, I don't think we're going to see in back to back weeks.

He's got a full week to prepare.

He only completed 40.7% of his attempts, which is outlandishly inept.

Where are you at on Luther Burden and Roma Dunza?

Or the other way, some of these outlier week one options that people scrambled for on the waiver wire, really excited about, that might come back down to earth this week.

Yeah, well, I think there was a couple of guys that honestly, they maybe snatched up off of waivers or maybe they're sipping pina coladas in the free agent pool right now, or they're even right in the bench.

I think that could have monster fantasy week twos.

I'm going to start off with Green Bay Packers and Matthew Golden.

Look, I keep talking this guy up.

And people keep overlooking him.

He's under 20% starter right now, entering the day in Yahoo leagues.

So Brad, as we head into week two, give me one player you're really high on, you're excited to have in your starting lineup, one guy maybe a little bit on the fence about, and then one sleeper for this week.

Give me one Bengal and one Buck that you really like fantasy-wise.

Well, I mean, I'm going to go with the obvious here on the Cincinnati side of things.

You look at Jamar Chase.

He has got a stellar and outstanding, a delightful matchup in this one.

You're going to see a lot of Jacob Parrish in coverage and the D.B., for Tampa last season, gave up a 77.9 catch rate and north of a hundred pass arena was assignments.

I think at a bare minimum, probably the floor in this game for Chase is a hundred receiving yards, seven to nine grabs, very customary for him.

And I think he's going to score at least once getting down with my dude, Chase Brown.

But who would you start this week that makes that list of the borderline guys from flex to plug and play and be confident in?

How are you treating running back? And does it feel a bit more shallow with a lot more question marks out there going into this draft than there are usually? Yeah.

Well, I tell you what, a running back historically has always been the crux of a lot of fantasy football strategies, and understandably so.

I mean, the running theory is alive and well.

A lot of people abandoned it last year.

They were going wide receiver heavy in a lot of formats.

And then the running back was suddenly back in vogue.

And I think it's going to carry over this season yet again.

Are there any other handcuffs that you think, if you take that RB1, you should not leave that draft without the RB2?

Whether it's Chase Brown or anyone else at the top of drafts, who should our audience target in the top of their leagues?

Well, obviously, we got to start with the ILL standout.

There you go.

Look at that.

It's Maple Stirrup.

They sent this to me.

Illinois did as a push for the Heisman Trophy during his senior season.

What is your overall strategy going into drafts early on? I know, I get it, you're targeting Chase Brown, but who are you in on, who are you not in on in the consensus top 20 range of guys that are going in drafts?

Are you anticipating regression? Where are you on this Denver team heading into this season?

Way too bullish.

Way too bullish.

Maybe it's the orange and blue colors.

I-L-L...

Oh, and they also have a former ILL standout in Pat Bryant who's been making some waves and been all the talk of, uh, you know, training camp there.

Uh, you know, he was, uh...

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Like the last two rounds, who are some of the guys that you're taking that you're targeting that you want to stash away or you think have some upside?

Well, it was Deshaun Stribling, but his price tag is Skyrocket.

Another scintillating performance he had last time.

I actually drafted him in round eight of... of this 12-team exercise.

Some people might say, oh, your arm's in a sling.

You know, you're stretching too much and reaching.

No, I'm extremely excited.

Are you in agreement with that? Do you think that they're going to win the division? How do you see them?

You're more excited about that.

Well, look, I, I'm obsessed with college basketball.

Been a bracketologist for two decades now.

That is my jam, uh, for lack of a better word or appropriate word.

Uh, Illinois basketball is worth a future bet right now, uh, for them to win the national title.

Like, they're gonna be very much in the conversation.

They were a Final Four team last year.

How much do you batch players from the same offense?

Anybody there that, I know you might not wanna give it away here, but that you're looking at that maybe people are overlooking?

Yeah, I'll give you two guys, uh, one a wide receiver, the other a running back.

Now, this guy, his stock is rising with a flaming arrow right now.

Dejon Stribling of the San Francisco 49ers.

Uh, I really believe, guys, he's the real deal Holyfield.

Very splashy preseason week one performance, uh, with several receptions, 62 yards, a beautiful catch down the right sideline for 30 plus, uh, off the hand of Rourke, the backup, uh, there in San Francisco.

Playing with the B team, but the body control, the versatility in his game.

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You want to talk about a sieve of a defense, your Commanders, certainly in that conversation, but the Cardinals could be the dregs of the keg in terms of wrapping the opposition up.

That's gonna benefit Jeremiah Love.

He's not gonna rush for a ton of yards.

I think, uh, ceiling for him, he'll be lucky to flirt with 1,000 on the ground, especially with Tyler Allgeier there stealing away some carries.

But, uh, he is gonna be a fixture.

Uh, he is going to be Mr.

Just you and me talking, who's that guy you're targeting in all of your drafts? Who's that Mandatory Montgomery 2026 for you that you need on your roster?

How are you going to be consuming this game later tonight?

Yeah, I was actually on Radio Row earlier today, actually, Media Row at the Lucas Oil Stadium, and I saw Ian Eagle, and I went up and introduced myself.

We'd never met before, and he knew that I was an Illinois fan, clearly, and blazed it across my chest.

And I asked, you know, have a great call.

And then he turned around and asked me, he goes, are you going to be here for the game tomorrow? And I'm like, nah, man, I'm not going to be here for the game tomorrow.

And he goes, are you kidding me? And I said, no, I have to watch it in the creature comforts of my own home.

I am superstitious in nature.

Hashtag big frame gang loves Kempom.

Go first round, please.

please.Yeah, I got a couple of, uh, plays I really like in this first round.

Uh, let's start with the Kansas Jayhawks taking on, uh, the Cal Baptist Lancers.

Uh, the Lancers actually have some, uh, front court size.

They're 6'11", they got a 7-footer in there as well.

A decent guard play, uh, to throw on top of it, and they're a pretty sound and, and relatively astute, uh, defensive team.

I- I- I think, uh, with Kansas laying 14 1/2, it's way too many points.

Mr. Evans, what do you like?

It's just not good.

Uh, yeah, that's entirely fair.

I- it's, uh, they're just so lackluster defensively right now, and their biggest issue that they have is defending quick guards.

Uh, see Dominick, see Wisconsin not once, but twice, and that dynamite back court of, uh, Jonathan Blackwell and, uh, Nick Boyd and, and how they just, uh, eviscerate Illinois repeatedly.

So Illinois is the longest team in the country.

Uh, they're phenomenal offensively.

Uh, Keith Wagler is an NBA lottery pick, a freshman, another standout freshman guard who's got Steph Curry-like range and excellent, uh, driving skills.

It sounds like you guys compiled quite a crew over there.

It is week seven, so I am gonna ask you to start with who is your favorite start for week seven?

seven?Yeah, I'm gonna go a little bit deeper in the bag here, because we're not gonna do the obvious like Quinn Sean Jenkins, who, uh, in my opinion, is a must-start material, uh, going against the Fighting Flippers are not really, uh, stopping, stopping us all right now on the ground.

But, uh, I think Hollywood, Hollywood is gonna steal the limelight, maybe a little bit for Rashee Rice in his return.

Uh, uh, I love the match-up, as already mentioned, a Viva Las Vegas, uh, absolutely the dregs of the keg right now defensively, number 28 in pass EPA defense.

More importantly, Hollywood Brown splits time between the slot and outside, and when he is lined up outside, he's gonna see a lot of Kayubaloo Kelly, who is the DB that's allowed the most yards, the most yards, people, of any defensive back in the NFL so far this season.

So I think Hollywood Brown coming off the high of that multi-DD performance last week will continue to shine, so could be a blockbuster performance.

(laughs) See what I did there? Hollywood Brown, I think, m- is a firm WR3 and could crack the top 20 yet again in back-to-back weeks.

Who is your most confident sit heading into Week 7?