Oct 2, 2026 · 41 min · 8 segments
Dynasty Degens Degens IDP Blitz Season 2 , Episode 3 Matt Monty sits down with Darin Tietgen of Football Guys to discuss the week 3 recap, risers and favorite stashes for the week. Lots of waiver…
Matt MontyHostDarren TietjenGuestYou know, I'm, I'm a sucker for, uh, you know, a, a guy that's just put up consistent stats year over year.
Um, I mean, obviously we get enamored with rookies, and sometimes they, they, they pop.
Um, uh, so yeah, I, I, I search for those, those consistent stats, um, and I just plug those guys in.
And if they have a bad game, you know, at least I knew what I was com- getting myself into when I either drafted them or traded for them or, you know, picked them up on waivers or whatever.
Don't try to, like I said, chase those ghost stats and say, "Oh, you know, this guy had 15 tackles the other day." Well, you know, let's think about the, the game script.
Let's think about, you know, the, the environment with which he got those 15 tackles, and you just can't...
You not necessarily, can't necessarily apply it to the following week or weeks ahead.
And there are a lot of trends out there, and I wanna look at both the good and the bad.
Oh, he's not producing the way he needs to produce." But I like to live in a glass half full world, but that doesn't mean that you need to ignore expectations that are not being met.
I wanna start with, you know, a few players that have big names that aren't necessarily performing to where we were either drafting or acquiring these players, or simply they're just not performing even where or even if we drafted them late or got them at value.
What are we seeing from Max Crosby here? It appears that the big plays are still there.
His week was saved this past week by a fumble recovery, and then he had a big week one game.
You know, I'm, I'm a sucker for, uh, you know, a, a guy that's just put up consistent stats year over year.
Um, I mean, obviously we get enamored with rookies, and sometimes they, they, they pop.
Um, uh, so yeah, I, I, I search for those, those consistent stats, um, and I just plug those guys in.
And if they have a bad game, you know, at least I knew what I was com- getting myself into when I either drafted them or traded for them or, you know, picked them up on waivers or whatever.
Don't try to, like I said, chase those ghost stats and say, "Oh, you know, this guy had 15 tackles the other day." Well, you know, let's think about the, the game script.
Let's think about, you know, the, the environment with which he got those 15 tackles, and you just can't...
You not necessarily, can't necessarily apply it to the following week or weeks ahead.
And there are a lot of trends out there, and I wanna look at both the good and the bad.
Oh, he's not producing the way he needs to produce." But I like to live in a glass half full world, but that doesn't mean that you need to ignore expectations that are not being met.
I wanna start with, you know, a few players that have big names that aren't necessarily performing to where we were either drafting or acquiring these players, or simply they're just not performing even where or even if we drafted them late or got them at value.
What are we seeing from Max Crosby here? It appears that the big plays are still there.
His week was saved this past week by a fumble recovery, and then he had a big week one game.
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