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2026 Fantasy Football Week 1 Recap + Week 2 Waiver Wire, Start/Sit & Breakouts · Hustle Sports Fantasy Podcast

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Speaker 1: Whoa, what's going on? Welcome back to the hustlers out there. Look,
0:35
Speaker 1: we back at it again. Hey, Second episode for the
0:40
Speaker 1: 2026 fantasy football season. I know it's been a long
0:43
Speaker 1: time since I've been able to talk with y'all, talk fantasy,
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Speaker 1: talk fantasy football. But we are back. We're officially back.
0:50
Speaker 1: Football is back. Hey, look, I'm so hyped. I ain't
0:54
Speaker 1: gonna lie. These Sundays are finna be lit, bro. Look,
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Speaker 1: week one gave us some crazy stuff. Explosions, disappointments, injuries,
1:03
Speaker 1: waiver-wide surprises. Everything we always looking forward to when it
1:08
Speaker 1: comes to this fantasy grind. As y'all know, it's a
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Speaker 1: long season. But as you already know, if you've been
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Speaker 1: rocking with me, you already know we are here to
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Speaker 1: get a dub. We not here for nothing else but
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Speaker 1: to get a dub. So we're going to use the
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Speaker 1: information that we saw from this weekend, see what we
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Speaker 1: can do to position ourselves to be better in this
1:28
Speaker 1: fantasy thing. Hey, you started off 1-0. Congratulations. You 0-1,
1:34
Speaker 1: I feel 0-1. Hey, I lost by two points. Two points. Actually, 2.6
1:40
Speaker 1: to be exact. Hey, but Kenneth Walker went crazy for me, though. So, hey,
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Speaker 1: I appreciate the help. Appreciate that. But, look, it ended
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Speaker 1: bad for me. But, hey, it's only week one. I
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Speaker 1: ain't pressing. I ain't struggling. I ain't, you know, tripping
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Speaker 1: on it. I ain't depressed about it. That's the grind.
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Speaker 1: That's how it goes. Sometimes it's a day. Sometimes it's not.
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Speaker 1: Sometimes it go against you. Hey. But don't start training
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Speaker 1: everybody just because you had a bad little start to
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Speaker 1: the season. You know what I mean? It's week one.
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Speaker 1: Don't panic. Stay cool, calm, collected. We got a long
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Speaker 1: season ahead. Just make sure y'all tap in. Keep yourself
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Speaker 1: informed on the news and the performances of how it's
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Speaker 1: going down. Today, we're going to talk about the top
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Speaker 1: performers from week one, the injuries you need to know about,
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Speaker 1: who probably going to be worth getting on the wave
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Speaker 1: of why. You know what I'm saying? Hustlers Energy, lock
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Speaker 1: pick of the week. Hey, community debate. And then, you know,
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Speaker 1: that's it. You know what I'm saying? I'm going to
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Speaker 1: give y'all my piece on the community debate. Before that,
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Speaker 1: we're going to be up out of here. Hey, look,
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Speaker 1: before we get jumping, or it's time to get jumping,
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Speaker 1: let's go and get into it. You know what I'm saying?
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Speaker 1: Top performers, everything. You know what I'm saying? We had
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Speaker 1: some crazy, crazy, crazy performances straight out the gate. Straight
2:55
Speaker 1: out the gate. You know what I mean? That's what
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Speaker 1: it is. Like, that's how fantasy goes. Everybody excited. We
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Speaker 1: couldn't wait to be in front of the TV. But
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Speaker 1: now we're here. Top performers. Caleb Williams. I ain't going
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Speaker 1: to lie. And I was one of the ones, you
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Speaker 1: know what I'm saying? I thought Caleb wasn't all that.
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Speaker 1: I feel like when I saw him at USC, I
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Speaker 1: feel like he ain't played well in the big games.
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Speaker 1: But one thing for sure, especially on the stretch that
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Speaker 1: Caleb ended last season with, and then you saw the
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Speaker 1: Bears hung up 59 on the Panthers. So, hey, look,
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Speaker 1: Caleb looks locked in. He was a top-performing quarterback on Sunday.
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Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying? He came in 37.26 fantasy points,
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Speaker 1: 21 of 29 passing, 269 in the air, two passing teddies,
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Speaker 1: 65 rushing yards, and had two rushing teddies. That's four teddies,
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Speaker 1: 330 yards. You talking about somebody who went crazy. And
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Speaker 1: I ain't going to lie. I was one of the
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Speaker 1: ones who I felt like Carolina defense was all right.
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Speaker 1: At least they was all right enough not to get 5,900
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Speaker 1: up on him. But who knows? It's only week one,
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Speaker 1: so I ain't going to panic. But your boy, Caleb Williams,
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Speaker 1: definitely did his thing. 72% pass of completion. No picks.
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Speaker 1: 65 yards on the ground. You're talking about a crazy
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Speaker 1: day for Caleb Williams. Hey, look, everybody saw the talent
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Speaker 1: was there. Everybody been saying he's the guy. It's looking
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Speaker 1: like he's starting to step into that. He going to
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Speaker 1: that next level. So, Caleb, QB1. Top performer at that slot.
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Speaker 1: Shout out to him. All right. Hey, look, this next guy,
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Speaker 1: you know what I mean? It's so funny that he's
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Speaker 1: even on here again. And it's funny. I had a
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Speaker 1: chance to draft this guy, and I passed on him
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Speaker 1: because of the age. Passed on him because of the age.
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Speaker 1: And it's funny. Now I'm at the point to where
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Speaker 1: I feel like if I do draft him, I'm going
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Speaker 1: to be too late on him. And that's Derrick Henry. Look,
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Speaker 1: I've been waiting for the fall off for like two,
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Speaker 1: three years. By the time it's not winning with Derrick Henry,
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Speaker 1: it got to be somebody else's problem because Derrick Henry
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Speaker 1: still like that. The boy had 35 fantasy points, 24 carries,
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Speaker 1: 144 rushing yards, and three titties. Having six yards of
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Speaker 1: carry went crazy. Hey, at his age, for him to
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Speaker 1: do what he doing, come out the gate doing that,
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Speaker 1: I don't know, man. Look, at some point I got
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Speaker 1: to grab Derrick Henry. I just hope when I do
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Speaker 1: grab him, I ain't too late. But, see, one thing
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Speaker 1: that has stood out to me, though, from yesterday is
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Speaker 1: the 24 carries. You know what I mean? Baltimore is
5:35
Speaker 1: looking to get him the ball. I know they got
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Speaker 1: a new regime in there, new offensive system in place,
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Speaker 1: and they looking to get Derrick Henry the ball. And
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Speaker 1: I can't blame them. Six yards of carry, that tells
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Speaker 1: me right there Derrick Henry locked in. They trust him.
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Speaker 1: They giving him the work. They believe he's going to
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Speaker 1: hold up with the work. And that's all I can
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Speaker 1: go off of is how your coaches feel about you.
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Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying? How your teammates feel about you.
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Speaker 1: And they setting them up for success. It's there here.
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Speaker 1: You do what you do. Now, this next guy, I
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Speaker 1: ain't going to lie. Some of these fans, some of
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Speaker 1: these Panther fans have been very, very excited about this guy.
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Speaker 1: I've been hearing his name for about three years now.
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Speaker 1: And that's Jalen Coker. You saw what he did against Chicago.
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Speaker 1: They went crazy. You talk about somebody who probably didn't start.
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Speaker 1: I know, I believe he's on like 15% roster, you
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Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, as of yesterday. So that's crazy.
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Speaker 1: But he had 33.8 fantasy points, nine targets, eight catches,
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Speaker 1: 138 yards, two teddies, going crazy. That's not something that,
6:41
Speaker 1: you don't look into that. It's not a busted coverage game,
6:45
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, a busted coverage play and
6:47
Speaker 1: he got a bulk of it on one play. He
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Speaker 1: got nine targets. What tells me is, He has a
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Speaker 1: strong hold in the offense. Now, I know Tet, everybody
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Speaker 1: expecting Tet to make that next leap. But Jalen Coker
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Speaker 1: is a name I've been hearing for a few years now.
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Speaker 1: Excuse me. You know what I'm saying? But the nine targets,
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Speaker 1: even the eight receptions, you can get excited for that.
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Speaker 1: But Bryce Young is looking for Coker with nine targets.
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Speaker 1: I love that. Like I said, Tet expected to make
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Speaker 1: that next leap. I think he's still going to be
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Speaker 1: the guy, but I do think Jalen Coker, I don't
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Speaker 1: think that's a fluke game. I don't think that's a
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Speaker 1: fluke game. So, hey, watch out. Watch. Just watch. Just watch.
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Speaker 1: Just watch. Hey, look, next up, I got this guy
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Speaker 1: in one of my leagues. I wanted him in my
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Speaker 1: main league. Couldn't get him. Somebody beat me to the punch.
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Speaker 1: But I figured he was going to do big things,
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Speaker 1: and that's Isaiah likely. He went to New York. He
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Speaker 1: followed hardball up there. Hey, for him to follow him there,
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Speaker 1: especially when you talk about how the Giants' history has
7:50
Speaker 1: been over recent years. It's not good. So for him
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Speaker 1: to try to go to a dysfunctional team organization right
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Speaker 1: now and do what he did, he had eight targets,
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Speaker 1: eight catches, seven in yards, two teddies. You know what
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Speaker 1: I'm saying? Isaiah likely showed some flashes in Baltimore. Obviously,
8:09
Speaker 1: there's a lot of miles to feed. He was behind
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Speaker 1: the legendary Mark Andrews. So it's going to be hard
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Speaker 1: for him to break through that. But I think New
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Speaker 1: York is the perfect place for him. Dart got another
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Speaker 1: guy that he could trust in that offense. And I
8:23
Speaker 1: ain't going to lie. I think the Giants are going
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Speaker 1: to be scary. I'm not even going to hold you.
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Speaker 1: I think they're going to be scared. And if you
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Speaker 1: was able to get a piece of that offense in
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Speaker 1: the draft, good luck to you. Shout out to you.
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Speaker 1: That's dope. Hey, but those are the top performers. You
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Speaker 1: know what I'm saying? I gave you one at each slot.
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Speaker 1: Now we got to go into the other side of things. Hey, look,
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Speaker 1: prayer's always up for these players. We've got to talk injuries. Unfortunately,
8:46
Speaker 1: it's just as much a part of the game as
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Speaker 1: anything else. We've got to talk about the injury fallout.
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Speaker 1: Like I said, prayers up for these guys to get
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Speaker 1: a speedy recovery. First up is A.J. Brown from New England.
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Speaker 1: He's going on the IR, you know what I'm saying,
9:00
Speaker 1: high ankle sprain, so at least four weeks, probably between
9:04
Speaker 1: four and six weeks, but at least four weeks he's
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Speaker 1: going to miss. You know what I'm saying? So I
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Speaker 1: think with him going to the IR, look for Romeo Dobbs,
9:11
Speaker 1: Mack Highlands, Pop Douglas if they're available in your league.
9:15
Speaker 1: They can make something happen. They can hold it down
9:17
Speaker 1: for a few weeks while he gone. Kyler Murray suffered
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Speaker 1: a concussion. Sam Donner had a hip injury. That was,
9:24
Speaker 1: I believe, the Wednesday game or Thursday game. That was
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Speaker 1: last week. Hey, look, time running together. So I can't
9:31
Speaker 1: remember the exact day, but I know it was like
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Speaker 1: earlier last week. He was hurt. Zay Flowers went crazy. Torch,
9:39
Speaker 1: you know, had a great day. Got hurt, though. You
9:41
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying? Ladd McConkie got hurt. Dajon Stripling.
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Speaker 1: Jacoby Lane, Brock Biles, not Brock Biles, expected to come back.
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Speaker 1: He's expected to play week two. Who knows? We'll see
9:53
Speaker 1: how that go. That might be a game time decision.
9:55
Speaker 1: Make sure y'all checking for them injury news, injury reports,
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Speaker 1: injury updates. Make sure y'all getting the most informed, getting
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Speaker 1: the best and most up-to-date information so you can make
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Speaker 1: the right decision for your squad. So you can do what?
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Speaker 1: Get a dub. That's what we here for. Hey, look,
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Speaker 1: we're going to keep it pushing though. We moving on
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Speaker 1: to these hustler pickups. You know what I'm saying? The
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Speaker 1: waiver wise scoop, waiver wise gems. Hey, This right here,
10:21
Speaker 1: I know it's week one. You may or may not
10:24
Speaker 1: want to overreact, but some of these guys on here,
10:28
Speaker 1: if you don't get them right now, you might be
10:29
Speaker 1: too late to the party. It's never too early to
10:32
Speaker 1: grab talent. And, hey, look, first one up, of course,
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Speaker 1: you already know, he was one of the top performers.
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Speaker 1: I already told you that the Panther fans really like
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Speaker 1: this guy. And the first guy up is Jalen Coker. Oh,
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Speaker 1: I said 15% earlier. See, look, look. Saw so many numbers,
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Speaker 1: I threw it all the way out. 50% is crazy, though.
10:51
Speaker 1: 50% is crazy. But that means he's 50% available, too.
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Speaker 1: So if he available in your league, go get him.
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Speaker 1: Go get him. Go get him. Like I said, eight catches,
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Speaker 1: nine targets, 138 yards, two teddies. That is nothing to
11:07
Speaker 1: scoff at. You got to think, we're talking about a
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Speaker 1: guy doing this with Bryce Young. Now, I think Bryce
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Speaker 1: Young talented, and I think, He's good, but the problem
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Speaker 1: is he's up and down. He was up Sunday, you
11:19
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, and Jalen Coker was definitely a beneficiary.
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Speaker 1: They play Atlanta in week two. You see the same
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Speaker 1: sign back there, so y'all already know how I feel
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Speaker 1: about Atlanta. So, yeah, I'm definitely grabbing Coker for that
11:35
Speaker 1: Atlanta matchup because I think he got some big things.
11:37
Speaker 1: I think he got more work to do. I wouldn't
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Speaker 1: be surprised if he replicated that game he just had.
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Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying? So, The nine targets that
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Speaker 1: tell me he heavily involved in what the Panthers trying
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Speaker 1: to do. So I trust it. Hey, and I hope
11:50
Speaker 1: you trust it too. Cause 50%, he's still widely available,
11:53
Speaker 1: but ain't much time left. Cause some people are going
11:55
Speaker 1: to be using some, some waiver moves, some fab to
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Speaker 1: go get him this week. Best believe that. Hey, next up,
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Speaker 1: we got Kalon Black running back from San Francisco, 15% roster.
12:07
Speaker 1: Now this is one of them waiver ads. I think
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Speaker 1: it ain't sexy. He didn't score. I think he only
12:16
Speaker 1: had eight fantasy points in his matchup. But one thing
12:21
Speaker 1: that stood out to me is he outrushed McCaffrey. Now,
12:25
Speaker 1: I ain't saying he come and take Christian McCaffrey's spot.
12:29
Speaker 1: But what I am saying is Shanahan clearly trusts the
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Speaker 1: Rook to get some work. He trusts him in pressure situations.
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Speaker 1: He out-carried McCaffrey 14 to 10. Now, I know 49ers
12:46
Speaker 1: ran away with that game, so maybe it was more
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Speaker 1: preserving McCaffrey. But I do think if you're a McCaffrey manager,
12:53
Speaker 1: he's worth taking a look at because McCaffrey is older,
12:57
Speaker 1: and he struggled with injuries in the past. Now, I
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Speaker 1: pray he don't get hurt. We ain't wishing nothing on nobody.
13:03
Speaker 1: But if you got McCaffrey, you might want to get
13:05
Speaker 1: your insurance and grab Kalon Black. Hey, look, like I said,
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Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan, Gators, got 14 touches. He trust him, gave
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Speaker 1: him legitimate work. And I'm going to trust that because
13:15
Speaker 1: the numbers are over narratives. The numbers will never lie
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Speaker 1: to you. How much a guy play, that's what you're chasing.
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Speaker 1: The opportunity got to be there. And it look like
13:26
Speaker 1: it may be there for Kalon Black. So, yeah, that's
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Speaker 1: my number two on the hustler's pickup. You know what
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Speaker 1: I'm saying? Next up, got to go with my dog.
13:33
Speaker 1: Got to go with my QB of my Saints, Tyler Shuck. Now,
13:37
Speaker 1: I got him in my main league. Did big numbers
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Speaker 1: for me on the bench. I got Lamar, though, so, yeah,
13:44
Speaker 1: I had to show up both. But, yeah, and it's funny.
13:47
Speaker 1: I bring them two up. They play each other this week. Shuck,
13:52
Speaker 1: which kind of surprising to me that he's under 50%
13:55
Speaker 1: roster because everybody I talk to, they say they like Shuck.
14:00
Speaker 1: So when I hear people say that and then, you know,
14:03
Speaker 1: I would like to believe when people say that that,
14:06
Speaker 1: People who play fantasy, somebody going to grab him. Now,
14:09
Speaker 1: 46% is pretty high considering he wasn't really sought after
14:13
Speaker 1: like that last year. He was on audition. He was
14:18
Speaker 1: auditioning last year, and now we can see he doing
14:21
Speaker 1: his thing. You know what I mean? Shuck had a
14:23
Speaker 1: crazy day against Detroit. Had a crazy day, 400 yards. Now,
14:29
Speaker 1: we were down early. You know what I'm saying? We
14:33
Speaker 1: were down early, so the grain script. made us throw more,
14:36
Speaker 1: but you still got to throw it. You still got
14:39
Speaker 1: to complete it. He pretty accurate. You know what I'm saying?
14:43
Speaker 1: 400 yards, three 30s, two picks though, but hey, 27 points.
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Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying? Like that's, that's, that's crazy
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Speaker 1: for a starter. Now, if you're in a super flex,
14:57
Speaker 1: you definitely need to look at him because if he available,
15:00
Speaker 1: if you can grab a guy like this right now
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Speaker 1: as your second QB, If you're in a super flex
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Speaker 1: league that you can start week in and week out,
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Speaker 1: you're going to be tough to beat in those leagues.
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Speaker 1: And look, we threw the ball 56 times, but like
15:12
Speaker 1: I said, that was because the game script went against us.
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Speaker 1: We was down. You know what I mean? So I'm
15:17
Speaker 1: not expecting him to replicate that, but I do expect
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Speaker 1: Shuck to have a crazy year this year. So, yeah,
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Speaker 1: check him out. That's my number three waiver where I
15:24
Speaker 1: pick up a hustler pickup. Next up, I got Micah
15:30
Speaker 1: Meyer from the– From the Las Vegas Raiders, 30% roster now.
15:35
Speaker 1: Brock Biles is recovering from a knee procedure. He is
15:39
Speaker 1: expected to play in week two, but the reason why
15:42
Speaker 1: he's on my list, he's 30% roster. So he's 70% available.
15:47
Speaker 1: You saw him get a team high seven targets in
15:49
Speaker 1: week one. He caught six of them, only had 32 yards,
15:53
Speaker 1: didn't go crazy. But what I liked about it though
15:56
Speaker 1: is you can trust him. And the thing is, if
15:59
Speaker 1: Biles is working back from a knee procedure, How healthy
16:04
Speaker 1: is he? How much time is he going to be
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Speaker 1: able to give? And when he comes back, when he's healthy,
16:11
Speaker 1: are the Raiders going to just, are they going to
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Speaker 1: ramp him up slowly? Or is he going to get
16:15
Speaker 1: back to, you know, number one tight end work? Because
16:18
Speaker 1: we saw what Brock Biles has done. So we know
16:20
Speaker 1: who he is. So the question is, do we have
16:24
Speaker 1: one or two more weeks of a solid Michael Myers
16:27
Speaker 1: showing and then him carving out a nice role with
16:31
Speaker 1: the Raiders. And I think this week is a good
16:33
Speaker 1: testament of that. Like I said, Brock Biles is expected
16:36
Speaker 1: to play. However, he's coming back from a knee procedure.
16:39
Speaker 1: So we got to just figure it out. We just
16:41
Speaker 1: got to see if it's going to be worth the
16:44
Speaker 1: kick on the tires. You know what I mean? We're
16:46
Speaker 1: going to see if that work out. So that's my
16:48
Speaker 1: number four hustlers pickup. Next, I got Devon Bailey again
16:52
Speaker 1: from my Saints. Hey, I noticed him a couple of
16:56
Speaker 1: years ago when he was with Denver. He showed flashes.
16:59
Speaker 1: He's 13% rostered. He's a deep ad, but Jordan Tyson
17:05
Speaker 1: was injured, banged up. Valet, nine targets, seven catches, 69 yards, 130.
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Speaker 1: So you're talking about Valet doing major work. He was
17:18
Speaker 1: majorly involved in the passing attack. So I think this
17:23
Speaker 1: is the year because we grabbed him last year and
17:25
Speaker 1: we traded Shaheed to clear the way for Valet. And
17:28
Speaker 1: he showed a little flashes last year with the more
17:30
Speaker 1: time he got. He showed a little flashes in Denver
17:33
Speaker 1: with the limited time he got. This might be the
17:36
Speaker 1: breakout year. Usually people break out in year three. I
17:38
Speaker 1: know this ain't his third year, but here we are.
17:41
Speaker 1: His third year of getting more and more work. You know,
17:44
Speaker 1: you seeing it happen. You seeing it year after year.
17:46
Speaker 1: He's getting more involved. He's a grab. Like I say,
17:50
Speaker 1: 13% roster. So he's widely available. Don't be scared to
17:54
Speaker 1: kick the tires on him. So, yeah. That's, you know,
17:57
Speaker 1: that's my pickups for, you know, the hustlers pickups, my
18:02
Speaker 1: waiver-wide scoops. Hey, go grab all of them if you
18:05
Speaker 1: got the room for it. But don't panic, though. It's
18:07
Speaker 1: just one week. But, yeah, that's some names for you to,
18:10
Speaker 1: you know, to help you win your league. Now, you
18:13
Speaker 1: already know we got to jump into it. We got
18:15
Speaker 1: to prepare for week two. Preparation starts immediately. You know
18:20
Speaker 1: what I'm saying? We got to look for these lineups,
18:22
Speaker 1: who to risk, who to bench, You know what I'm saying?
18:25
Speaker 1: Don't play with it because Ailes right now can mount up,
18:29
Speaker 1: make it hard for you to make a playoff run.
18:30
Speaker 1: And I don't mean panic, but that mean be strategic,
18:34
Speaker 1: be ready. You know what I'm saying? These are the
18:37
Speaker 1: players I think, you know, you're going to stat your
18:40
Speaker 1: lineup and you're going to question, do you trust it? Hey,
18:46
Speaker 1: I got a few for y'all. I got a few
18:47
Speaker 1: for y'all. This is what I do. Risk it or
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Speaker 1: bench it. Baker Mayfield versus Cleveland. I'm definitely risking that.
18:54
Speaker 1: Got to risk that. Listen, I know he ain't look
18:57
Speaker 1: that good in week one. No, it wasn't that pretty.
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Speaker 1: You know, 216 yards, passing yards, no passing. Teddy's lost
19:04
Speaker 1: three fumbles. Definitely ugly. Disgusting. Disgusting. Completed over 80% of
19:09
Speaker 1: his passes, though. Added a rushing touchdown. And I can't
19:13
Speaker 1: pass up on the opportunity of Baker wanting to stick
19:16
Speaker 1: it to Cleveland. Cleveland, we know how that didn't end pretty.
19:22
Speaker 1: Baker has since. He's a gamer. He's a gamer. He
19:26
Speaker 1: got a chip on his shoulder. And you talk about
19:27
Speaker 1: this contract situation with Tampa Bay. We're going to see.
19:30
Speaker 1: But I do think this is going to be a
19:34
Speaker 1: statement game. Definitely a statement game for Baker. And for me,
19:40
Speaker 1: I'm risking that. All right. Next, I just got through
19:44
Speaker 1: talking about him on the waiver ad, on the Hustlers pickup,
19:47
Speaker 1: Tyler Shuck. Hey, against Baltimore. I'm going to bench it.
19:52
Speaker 1: I'm going to bench it. I hated to say that.
19:54
Speaker 1: I definitely hated to say that. Oh, well. Hey, look,
20:01
Speaker 1: I got to bench it. I'm here to get a dub.
20:03
Speaker 1: I'm here to get a dub, so I got to
20:05
Speaker 1: bench it. Reason why I got to bench it, Baltimore
20:08
Speaker 1: look good. You're talking about they usually start on defense.
20:14
Speaker 1: And the game script against Baltimore can go the same
20:17
Speaker 1: way against Detroit. Is that a good thing? Yes. But
20:22
Speaker 1: look what you're banking on to happen. You're banking on
20:25
Speaker 1: them falling behind. Baltimore's defense being laxed enough to where
20:31
Speaker 1: Shuck can go crazy. Not saying Shuck can't go crazy
20:34
Speaker 1: against a style D, but If the game script go
20:37
Speaker 1: against the Saints, I don't know if the Saints got
20:42
Speaker 1: it in to do this two weeks in a row.
20:44
Speaker 1: If you give up big leads, at some point, and
20:50
Speaker 1: I know it's only one game. I know, I know,
20:51
Speaker 1: I know. I'm not trying to use season language as
20:54
Speaker 1: if this is who they are. We don't know. But
20:57
Speaker 1: if you give up big leads, at some point, you
21:02
Speaker 1: ain't going to be able to come back. I ain't
21:04
Speaker 1: saying Baltimore is just going to swag the Saints. But
21:07
Speaker 1: I don't like the matchup for Shuck. I want to
21:09
Speaker 1: see a little bit more, see how it go down,
21:14
Speaker 1: see how the game script go down, see if they
21:16
Speaker 1: trust the run a little more, get ET in more
21:18
Speaker 1: involved to protect Shuck a little bit. But for me,
21:21
Speaker 1: I got to bench that. If you're in a super flex, though,
21:23
Speaker 1: I would start that. Nah, that's different. I ain't going
21:25
Speaker 1: to lie to you. But for me, standard league, PPR,
21:28
Speaker 1: you only got one QB. I'm benching Tyler Shuck against Baltimore. Hey,
21:33
Speaker 1: I said it earlier. I'm going to say it again.
21:36
Speaker 1: Jalen Coker versus Atlanta. I'm risking it. You know it would.
21:40
Speaker 1: You see that back there? So that automatically tell you
21:42
Speaker 1: how I feel about Atlanta. They just– and the crazy thing, bro,
21:47
Speaker 1: I really think the Falcons probably got the most talent
21:51
Speaker 1: on paper in the NFC South. Now, unfortunately, paper don't play.
21:58
Speaker 1: So they didn't look that good Sunday. I'm betting on
22:02
Speaker 1: the usage again, nine targets. Bryce Young has shown he
22:06
Speaker 1: can get guys involved. I'm trusting that. I'm betting on
22:09
Speaker 1: the opportunity. I'm betting on the targets, betting on the usage,
22:13
Speaker 1: and I'm betting against Atlanta. Look, I'm risking Jalen Coker
22:18
Speaker 1: for Carolina. Jamar Chase, now this one I think a
22:21
Speaker 1: little silly, but they playing Houston. So you talk about
22:26
Speaker 1: Houston's defense over the years been crazy. I had a guy,
22:30
Speaker 1: one of my leads, I think grabbed Houston defense like
22:33
Speaker 1: round six. Round seven. And I ain't mad at it.
22:38
Speaker 1: You know, I ain't mad at it at all. But, well, no,
22:40
Speaker 1: I ain't mad at it because damn, I wanted them again.
22:44
Speaker 1: So I am kind of mad at it. But Chase
22:46
Speaker 1: gave fantasy managers two catches for 12 yards in week one.
22:49
Speaker 1: I don't think he's going to replicate that again. I
22:52
Speaker 1: think Houston just made Josh Allen work, but he worked.
22:56
Speaker 1: And I think Jamar Chase could do the same. Look,
23:00
Speaker 1: Jamar Chase really liked that. He's one of those ones,
23:02
Speaker 1: top whatever you want to say in the league, he's that. So, yeah,
23:06
Speaker 1: I don't think you're going to have back-to-back bad games,
23:09
Speaker 1: especially early in the season. I think guys know a
23:12
Speaker 1: great start is imperative to having a good year. Yeah,
23:15
Speaker 1: you can start slow and turn it on later, but
23:17
Speaker 1: why make it harder for yourself? I think Jamar Chase
23:20
Speaker 1: is going to be having a great game against Houston,
23:22
Speaker 1: so I risk that. I can live with that. And
23:24
Speaker 1: then there's Jamar Chase. If he don't do nothing, you
23:26
Speaker 1: can live with it because if you do do something
23:28
Speaker 1: and he on your bench, you're going to be sick.
23:31
Speaker 1: Mike Amaya. versus the charges this week. Hey, look, I
23:36
Speaker 1: said earlier, Brock Biles expected to play me personally. I'm
23:39
Speaker 1: still risking Mike and mine. We're too personally, because like
23:42
Speaker 1: I said, Brock Biles coming off a knee procedure. Uh,
23:45
Speaker 1: we don't know how healthy he really is. I know
23:47
Speaker 1: he may be eligible to play, but that don't mean
23:50
Speaker 1: he's a hundred percent ready. He's back. So for me,
23:53
Speaker 1: I was risked Mike or mine this week. Charges showed, uh,
23:57
Speaker 1: they do. It did charge of things this weekend. That's
24:00
Speaker 1: what they do. Uh, So, yeah, you know, a division game, too,
24:04
Speaker 1: I would like– I like Mike Amari in this contest.
24:08
Speaker 1: I'm not even going to lie to you. Not even
24:10
Speaker 1: going to lie to you. The Chargers– I mean, I
24:12
Speaker 1: know it's Trey McBride, but Trey went for 9-95. So, yeah, definitely, definitely,
24:17
Speaker 1: definitely like Mike Amari in this situation. Hey, Devontae Smith
24:21
Speaker 1: against Tennessee. I would risk this. I think this is
24:25
Speaker 1: a good bounce-back game for Devontae Smith. I would lower
24:28
Speaker 1: my expectations, though. Week one was very disappointing. You know
24:31
Speaker 1: what I'm saying? But I still would risk it. Tennessee
24:34
Speaker 1: has been in, I guess, turmoil a little strong. But
24:38
Speaker 1: I don't really trust their defense. You know what I mean?
24:41
Speaker 1: I don't know if they really can lock up, keep
24:44
Speaker 1: Devontae from having a poor game two weeks in a row. So, yeah, no,
24:48
Speaker 1: I risk Devontae Smith definitely. So that's my risk of
24:53
Speaker 1: the benching calls. Hey, look, y'all tap in in the chat.
24:56
Speaker 1: Hit me on Twitter on X or X. Instagram, at
25:00
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25:03
Speaker 1: Hustle Sports Net on X. Let me know who y'all like.
25:07
Speaker 1: Y'all got questions, risk it a bitch, and let me know.
25:09
Speaker 1: Holler at me. I answer everything. Hey, my Hustle's Energy
25:15
Speaker 1: Lock Pick of the Week. I had to throw them
25:16
Speaker 1: up there first. My Hustle's Energy Lock Pick of the Week.
25:20
Speaker 1: Got to go with Old Man Faithful. Old Man Faithful. Look,
25:24
Speaker 1: it's time to lock the lock, throw away the key. Hey,
25:27
Speaker 1: at some point, And I'm talking to myself, really. Talking
25:32
Speaker 1: to myself. Talking to myself. Derrick Henry, bro, that's– he
25:41
Speaker 1: kind of becoming a verb now. You know what I mean?
25:44
Speaker 1: Then he playing my Saints. I ain't crazy. Then they
25:47
Speaker 1: at home, so we got to travel to them. They
25:52
Speaker 1: heavy favorites. you can kind of put the game away
25:56
Speaker 1: with Derek Harris. Like, he's proved he ain't no stopping him. 144,
26:00
Speaker 1: three tutties, 24 carries. So, yeah, that's my hustler's energy
26:05
Speaker 1: lock pick of the week. Hey, I got to go
26:07
Speaker 1: with old man Faith. I hate it had to be
26:09
Speaker 1: against my Saints. But, look, I got to be objective
26:11
Speaker 1: if I'm trying to help everybody get dubs. I definitely
26:14
Speaker 1: want to dub, want to get to one and one.
26:16
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying? He can definitely control the game,
26:19
Speaker 1: control the game script, control the scoreboard. That's, you know,
26:23
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry at his best when he could do stuff
26:25
Speaker 1: like that. So we'll see how it start out, but
26:27
Speaker 1: I do think he going to eat. I think he
26:29
Speaker 1: going to go crazy. And that's my hustler's energy lock
26:31
Speaker 1: pick of the week. Derrick Henry, old man faithful. Hey,
26:36
Speaker 1: you can't go against it. Cannot go against it. Cannot
26:39
Speaker 1: go against it. Hey, look, before we get out of here,
26:42
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying? We got a fantasy community debate.
26:46
Speaker 1: The question, I find these on the webs or wherever.
26:51
Speaker 1: And Brigham here, one question is, how much should week
26:54
Speaker 1: one change the way you manage your fantasy roster? Well,
27:01
Speaker 1: it depends, right? You know what I mean? You lost
27:05
Speaker 1: a heartbreaker like I did. Maybe you stand pat for
27:10
Speaker 1: a week. But players like Coker, I got to throw
27:16
Speaker 1: my hat in the fire for that because... If he
27:21
Speaker 1: do what people think he's going to do, right? If
27:25
Speaker 1: this is not what people think he's going to do,
27:27
Speaker 1: if this is sustainable, if him doing what he did
27:31
Speaker 1: in week one, let's say he get average between six
27:34
Speaker 1: to nine targets every game this year and you had
27:38
Speaker 1: a chance to get him, you're going to be sick
27:40
Speaker 1: come late in the season when you need a receiver
27:43
Speaker 1: and you could have got the young bull and he
27:45
Speaker 1: would have been doing numbers for you. So I think
27:49
Speaker 1: It just depends. When you got a situation like, can
27:52
Speaker 1: you upgrade? Maybe you tweak. Not a lot, though. You
27:56
Speaker 1: don't overcorrect. Don't panic. If you had an injury, obviously
28:01
Speaker 1: you got to pivot. You know what I'm saying? You
28:03
Speaker 1: got to make something happen because you got an injury.
28:07
Speaker 1: That comes with sports. So it just depends. But for me,
28:11
Speaker 1: I think you just got to know the pulse of
28:14
Speaker 1: your team, know the temperature of your team. You got
28:17
Speaker 1: some talent. If you got some duds, you had some
28:20
Speaker 1: duds and you ain't trusting it. You know what I mean? Uh,
28:25
Speaker 1: then that's, that's different. Like for me, I ain't gonna lie.
28:28
Speaker 1: Marvin Harrison Jr. Uh, I grabbed him. I can't remember
28:31
Speaker 1: what round I grabbed him. It was pretty late though. Uh,
28:36
Speaker 1: I don't know. It kind of feel like this is
28:38
Speaker 1: who he is at this point. Like I, I feel
28:40
Speaker 1: like the expectations on him was crazy. And then he
28:44
Speaker 1: dropped four fantasy points this past week. So who knows,
28:47
Speaker 1: you know what I mean? But, uh, Go back to
28:50
Speaker 1: the question, how you manage your fantasy roster. Just know
28:53
Speaker 1: the pulse of your team. If you had just a
28:57
Speaker 1: tough L or you got a dub and your bench
29:01
Speaker 1: went crazy, your starters had a decent day, you might
29:04
Speaker 1: want to tweak or upgrade one of your weaker positions,
29:08
Speaker 1: but not overcorrect. Don't panic. You had an injury. Don't panic.
29:11
Speaker 1: Don't overcorrect, but just do what you need to do
29:14
Speaker 1: if you have some injuries that you're trying to clean
29:16
Speaker 1: up for. So, Hey, look, that was it. Hey, this
29:18
Speaker 1: has been fun. That was it on the fantasy community debate. Look,
29:22
Speaker 1: this will wrap on the first episode or the first
29:25
Speaker 1: weekly episode starting in week one for the 2026 fantasy season.
29:29
Speaker 1: Week one is in the books. I gave you the
29:31
Speaker 1: top performers. We broke down injuries, waiver wide, hustlers pickups.
29:37
Speaker 1: We made our risky benching or start sick calls. And
29:40
Speaker 1: then Derrick Henry holding the key. We locked the lock
29:44
Speaker 1: and throw away the key with him. And remember, one
29:47
Speaker 1: week is information. It is not a season. Do not panic.
29:52
Speaker 1: Do not panic. Just because your first round pick ain't
29:55
Speaker 1: do what you thought they was going to do, it's okay.
29:58
Speaker 1: It's okay. One week information. Follow the opportunity. Follow the usage.
30:03
Speaker 1: Follow the numbers. And that's numbers over narratives. And if
30:06
Speaker 1: you found this helpful, check out my Fantasy Football 2026
30:08
Speaker 1: playlist on my page.