Week 1 Matchups + Fantasy FACEOFF! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/11

Andy Holloway (0:00)

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SPEAKER_3 (1:18)

Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast with your hosts, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore and Mike Wright.

Jason Moore (1:35)

Welcome in. Here we are again, a Friday episode of the Fantasy Footballers.

Mike Wright (1:51)

We continue to be back.

Andy Holloway (1:55)

And we ain't going nowhere.

Jason Moore (1:56)

I mean, I think the thing that made the biggest impact on me last night was Jason saying we haven't even reached the weekend of week one yet. That's crazy.

Andy Holloway (2:05)

Well, because you're my guy in stribbling.

Jason Moore (2:08)

Oh, gosh.

Andy Holloway (2:09)

Gets hurt. My MVP in AJ Brown gets hurt.

Jason Moore (2:13)

Probably same injury, by the way.

Andy Holloway (2:15)

Yeah, probably. Both could miss six weeks.

Jason Moore (2:19)

I mean, your situation, I just say it out of the gate here, is so much better than mine. Because the number one thing that you need to do as a rookie wide receiver is establish yourself early in the season.

And he was getting, he had more wide receiver snaps than any other player on that team and goes down. And now, okay, let's pretend it's six weeks. Because I think, well, for one, stribbling was carted off. He couldn't put any weight on it. There could be other damage. Two, he now as a rookie has to come back in week seven with Debo and Evans and Kittle better, well established. I just think the pathway, while not impossible, is, you know, this was disappointing. This was so disappointing.

Andy Holloway (3:02)

It's certainly not good for anybody, but I would say that-

SPEAKER_5 (3:06)

The draft cost for AJ Brown was five.

Andy Holloway (3:07)

The draft cost and the age combination for AJ Brown, they were talking about how it looks like he won't need surgery. And so-

Jason Moore (3:16)

Oh, great.

Andy Holloway (3:17)

That, you don't usually even question that on a high ankle sprain, so it's-

Mike Wright (3:22)

I don't need surgery, guys.

Andy Holloway (3:23)

Right, like, yeah, oh yeah, you don't?

Jason Moore (3:25)

No.

Andy Holloway (3:25)

Oh, that's great, I don't need surgery either. But we don't talk about that out loud because there's no reason to.

Mike Wright (3:31)

It's presumed.

Andy Holloway (3:32)

So, I do think AJ Brown will take a while. Oh, dude. But yeah, we were talking about it, we were lamenting, like, how sad, week one has been so tough, and I'm like, we're not two week one yet. We haven't had it yet. It hasn't even started, we're two games.

Jason Moore (3:46)

Yeah, so 27 to 7, 49ers over the Rams, a whooping, I mean, really, in all respects, the takeaways from this game, I don't- I honestly want to be fair to the listeners here. I don't know, like, obviously, Evans looked very good.

Mike Wright (4:05)

I mean, the starting point-

Jason Moore (4:06)

Debo is very involved, and that is a headline to me because with Stribling going out, like, Debo absolutely is- just because Shanahan and this offense and Purdy, the familiarity, the way they use him, like, the first half of last year, Debo Samuel was a top-tier wide receiver for Fantasy. I just want to remind people that.

Andy Holloway (4:26)

Yeah, with Stribling gone, Ricky Pierce all gone, this is a- this is definitely gonna be a big waiver pick up this week. I- you know what, I just can't believe, like, the 49ers are so impressive to me. They deserve so much respect. They have dealt with so many injuries. Year after year after year, they have the most injuries.