MNF Recap + Week 5 Waiver Wire

Matthew Berry (0:08)

Well, Michelle Vidal, Mo Hassan, it is one o'clock here in the East Coast, which means, of course, it's five o'clock somewhere. So Happy Hour officially opened. Time to get Happy Hour started.

Michelle Beetle (0:18)

Yeah, we're going to do that, and we're going to start with last night. We'll react, we're going to recap, and then we'll look ahead. So first up, Falcons offense. I know you just showed some weird graph before we came back out.

I like to react.

Matthew Berry (0:31)

I just like react, recap, and then move forward. It just felt like very...

Michelle Beetle (0:35)

Do you like that? No, I love it. It's very busy. It's like I should do a conference or something.

Mo Hassan (0:40)

Let's touch base on the Falcons performance.

Matthew Berry (0:43)

You're wearing the jacket that doesn't feel a little bit like welcome to Michelle's Ted Talk.

Michelle Beetle (0:47)

Profesh.

Mo Hassan (0:48)

Well, she's HR, so she has to.

Michelle Beetle (0:50)

Thank you. Tuesdays are HR. Bijon Robinson in prime time. I say more of that and keep it moving. How awesome was it?

Matthew Berry (0:58)

I mean, it was unbelievable. So far this season, he's averaging 153 yards per game from scrimmage. He's had at least 145 yards in three out of four games. It's so interesting. You know what I mean? Like, I mean, Jameer Gibbs has been awesome as well, but I think if you redraft it today, I think there's a lot of people that would take Bijon number one overall and not Jameer Gibbs, who was kind of the consensus. Number one, it started out, they were one A, one B. And then I think as the draft sort of gone on, most people were just kind of like, no, it's Gibbs. And then it's Bijon. But I think there's an argument to be made. I think it's a bit of a clear that Bijon should be the number one guy. Either way, either way, the most impressive thing here, I mean, whatever Bijon's awesome. I don't know if there's a big takeaway other than like, if you have Bijon, you love it. A lot of Monday Night Miracles that happened last night. But for me, I think it's Brian Robinson. To me, it's the bigger story. Now again, three touchdowns, it's a little bit fluky. But Kevin Stefanski, two time coach of the year, Kevin Stefanski, not everyone knows that he's won that award. Two time coach of the year, Kevin Stefanski has always had a good running game. We talked about this last hour as well. You think about the early years of Nick Chubb, top eight in yards per carry and rushing yards overall per game as well. So when he's had an elite running back, he's always been able to call a very good run game. It's a good offensive line.

And so I feel like Brian Robinson is kind of like what we thought Blake Corum would be in the preseason, right? About 10 touches a game with a shot at a touchdown in any given game. Because this is three straight games now for Brian Robinson with at least 10 touches and at least 50 or more rushing yards, right? Since week two, these Falcons are averaging over 200 rushing yards per game, as most in the NFL.

And no team runs more in the red zone than the Falcons. They've got an 81% red zone rush rate. So I'm just I do think Brian Robinson is more than just an insurance back to Bijon. I actually think if you're telling me he's getting 10 touches in a run heavy offense, buying a good offensive line, he'll have a shot at a touchdown. They use him in the goal line situation. So I'm like, I think he's a little bit like what Tyler Algier was last year, a little bit what we thought Blake Corm would be this year. So he's like, he's a touchdown dependent flex. He's 10 touches with a shot at a score every single week, Mo.

Mo Hassan (3:03)

Yeah, as a Bijon fantasy football owner, all of this, I just heard was very upsetting.

Michelle Beetle (3:07)

Wait, you are?

Mo Hassan (3:08)

Yeah, I took him first overall.

Michelle Beetle (3:10)

I didn't even realize that.

Mo Hassan (3:11)

And all of this, I mean, you were just It's carrying. Sticking it in and just twisting it in my gut. I mean, this is.

Michelle Beetle (3:17)

Why?

Matthew Berry (3:17)

What happened with Bijon?

Michelle Beetle (3:19)

No, Amarion Hampton is the bad one.

Mo Hassan (3:21)

Because Bijon could have had one of the greatest Fantasy Football performances of all time. He could have had an extra touchdown.