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There’s no better Fantasy Football expert to have on the show than Dave Richard! He will be joining The Sports Junkies every Thursday morning at 8:00am. In this segment, he broke down his best Fantasy Football plays for week one in the NFL. How are you feeling about your Fantasy Football team this year?
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00:00good morning dave happy week one to you sir can you believe we're here uh it took long enough for
00:06us to be here agreed i know do you guys see me right now by the way do you see
00:12me yes
00:14why am i on my phone this is like the weirdest thing i'm not i don't know what's going on
00:22davy davy this is what i look like when i'm on the phone yeah it's all good it's all good
00:26yeah
00:27if i'm talking about the phone normally i'm gonna be sitting down i'm gonna be picking my nose
00:30it's gonna be a disaster um i'm gonna be drake may basically uh it took long enough for week one
00:36to
00:36be here yeah yeah i'm glad it's here what is your holy cow what a yeah what what is your
00:43take dave
00:43on drake may's play last night and some people have pointed to some regression over the playoffs
00:48just in terms of statistically um maybe not the same guy that he was you know in the regular season
00:54to get some easier opponents is this sort of a chink in the armor or is it just a bad
00:58three or
00:59four game stretch i mean it's obviously problematic when you lose your best receiver and it's not like
01:05he was setting the world on fire um before aj brown got hurt but once aj brown got hurt i
01:11felt like he
01:11was pressing a little bit too much i think obviously the third interception was terrible i thought the
01:16second interception was terrible too um throwing into heavy zone coverage usually not a good way to
01:22to move the ball downfield his metrics were about the same with or without aj brown and that's
01:28concerning but i'll tell you this i've got drake may in like four or five fantasy leagues i will not
01:34go to bed tonight until i am comfortable with a backup quarterback on my bench because not only does
01:39he have this tough game against seattle his next three games pittsburgh at jacksonville at buffalo i
01:45think those are going to be better defenses certainly pittsburgh and jacksonville can get after the
01:49quarterback that's going to be problematic for drake may especially if all he's going to do
01:53is check down to his tight ends and his running back and he's going to need uh pass interference
01:57penalties to gain chunk yardage i just i get i'm worried about him after this first game especially
02:03since it looks like we're going to be without aj brown for at least the next few weeks hey dave
02:07full
02:08ppr i need one jmo or davante adams oh man love both those guys full ppr makes me lean toward
02:17davante
02:17adams they're they're like eight spots apart in my wide receiver rankings but davante we know is a
02:24touchdown machine 49ers defense i think once you get past nick bosa and fred warner they're they're
02:29not a great unit and i would expect davante adams to draw single coverage a lot all right i think
02:34i
02:34know the answer to this you wouldn't play jmo over a lave or higgins right no no definitely not over
02:42those guys just because of the opportunities that they have those those receivers are top 12 for me this
02:47week high scoring games for both of them love it love to hear that and jmo's in one of them
02:51obviously the high scoring game for detroit i would just rather take the volume with the targets
02:55jason you get one you get one your most pertinent question why did he only get one
03:00because he still texts you and calls you they're killing me because i ask a bunch of questions so
03:05i'm not going to ask any i'm fine you ask whatever you want no it's fine this is like year
03:0912 or
03:10something i've been with you guys they're just now killing you yeah what what's uh i guess it's
03:15adding up who's kind of like your sleeper that got drafted late in drafts or maybe undrafted that
03:21you think can do some damages here i mean i i love casey conception on cleveland it's just the first
03:29name that came to my mind just someone who's going to get a lot of volume i drafted a lot
03:33of jonah
03:34coleman who's a running back on denver but i'm going to be really patient with him um jayden reed is
03:40someone who i think can at least get off to a good start this year as a short area target
03:44for
03:44jordan love and i think he'll need him against minnesota and we know that the packers run game
03:48is a huge question mark jaylen coker's another guy that i would just love to have on the bench
03:52and how about somebody who's a little bit timely with the news that came out of las vegas yesterday
03:57obviously michael mayer somebody that's probably already been picked up in a ton of leagues
04:01already over the last 12 hours but trey tucker the receiver there should see enough ticking targets
04:06for however long brock bowers is out he's improved his game this offseason it looks like he's the
04:12number one wide receiver which might mean he's going to be number two in targets for las vegas
04:16and i think his numbers could especially turn up once fernando mendoza gets under center that's a
04:21stronger arm for him you got to take a long-term approach with trey tucker but he's somebody i'm
04:25stashing all right i do have a question
04:29all right uh in one of my leagues just awful news with brock bowers i don't know how long he's
04:34going
04:34to be out um but i drafted him pretty high i'd be nervous i believe i drafted him third round
04:39as like that makes sense i just drafted him real high i thought he was going to be great and
04:44have
04:44a great year um so he's obviously i have travis kelsey as the backup so he's in there but jake
04:50ferguson's available dalton kincaid there are other guys available in free agency but um do you like
04:55kelsey over like jake ferguson as a backup i like kelsey over ferguson i would roll the dice on
05:01kincaid over kelsey i would also roll the dice on juwan johnson or michael mayer michael mayer
05:07michael mayer is a bit juwan johnson not available mayor is okay so it just makes sense to go with
05:13mayor knowing that he's going to i don't know if he's going to get every target that brock bowers is
05:17going to get but he's going to get a lot and he was i've mentioned you before like i saw
05:21the raiders
05:22practice this off season and he was on the field almost as much as brock bowers was so they were
05:27planning on running a bunch of 12 personnel anyway okay and now mayer will be the tight end that they
05:32use and kirk cousins especially under center like i just expect him to be a little gun shy and not
05:37throw it far down the field the tight ends are going to get a lot more work a good matchup
05:41form this
05:42week i would go with mayor for now okay and then uh that that's it wait for bowers to come
05:48back okay
05:48there you go let's go there's my question let's go to the phones 800-636-1067 is the number lots
05:54of
05:54people want to ask dave questions about their lineups all right let's go to our guy pastor
06:00jock hey buddy you're on with dave richard hey guys good talking to you again welcome back dave
06:08oh man it's good to hear your voice jock i need some blessings after last night's patriots game and
06:13i started may in so many leagues listen i'm a i'm a patriots fan i had my kid thaddeus watching
06:18with
06:18me in his jersey and he was throwing a fit man he had a hard cap yesterday at that uh
06:22uva children's got
06:23back just in time for the game and he like i don't think his heart was ready to handle that
06:28he was so angry on that on that terrible throw brutal yeah all right what's your question hey
06:34dave by the way did you have a birthday a 50th birthday recently i think you did happy late 50th
06:39look at that thank you thank you very much hey my question dave uh half point ppr would you go
06:47with
06:47kittle tonight um i don't know if he's going to be on a snap count or would you go with
06:51juan johnson
06:52uh with uh tyson on the shelf for a while i've got kittle ranked ahead of juan johnson it's a
06:59close call and it's really just banking on kittle being himself i know that he didn't practice much
07:04during training camp and uh i i know that he's got a tough matchup against the rams but it's kittle
07:10it's the 49ers i think they're gonna have to throw a good amount in this game so i would lean
07:13on him
07:14over joan johnson but it's close all right there you go thank you jock let's go to renee centerville
07:21what's up you're on with dave richard hey dave thanks for helping me win my league last year
07:31props i have three quarterbacks i need to know which one to start justin herbert caleb williams
07:40kyler murray herbert caleb williams kyler murray i have herbert ranked the highest of the three
07:48easiest matchup of the three against arizona really on paper that defense is one of the worst
07:53in the nfl i would expect herbert to have a good game all right there you go thank you let's
08:00go to
08:00matt in stafford matt you're on with dave richard quick uh question dave do you have a lot of deep
08:08non-fantasy football related conversations
08:14you got a lot of aura you got like really cool glasses frames you seem like a real wise man
08:19he is a wise man okay so my dad ppr go ahead michael wilson or carnell tate
08:28i feel like the pressure's on after what you said i'm not going to start carnell tate this week
08:33against the jets and i know it's the jets and it's an easy matchup but michael wilson should
08:37be on a cardinal team that throws a lot this week and i kind of like him i there's a
08:41part of me that
08:42likes him about already better than marvin harrison jr just based on his athleticism and what we saw
08:47last year when he had that huge opportunity i think he and and marvin harrison will be on equal
08:52footing as far as receiver targets go they're both going to be behind trey mcbride you're going to see
08:56mcbride still get a lot of targets in arizona wilson is the one i'd roll the dice on because i
09:00just don't
09:01want to trust her nothing thank you all right yeah i love wilson too all right or man all right
09:06thank you matt and dave i mean they paid wilson big money out there in the desert they didn't pay
09:11him that money not like him for sure yeah not to throw him the ball right 800-636 yep oh
09:16go ahead
09:171067 if you want to chime in let's go to ricky in front royal ricky what's up you're on with
09:24dave
09:24it feels good to be back dave i got a question the two out of three wide receivers alec pierce
09:31neighbors or malik washington full point ppr malik washington makes a list well you know the
09:38malik neighbors is a must start at this point and i know it sounds silly because we haven't seen him
09:42play in the preseason we didn't see him practicing any of the giants joint practices it doesn't matter
09:46you know how good he is and it sounds like he's pretty close to 100 in fact what we've seen
09:50on social
09:51media kind of confirms that i would go with him and i would lean toward alec pierce over malik
09:55washington i just don't see malik washington being a huge factor outside of getting maybe like
10:00five catches 50 yards i know it's the raiders but it's also the dolphins and i'm not even sure he's
10:07the third best receiver on the dolphins right now so you might want to move on from malik washington
10:13this is famous last words but you can move on from him uh one of my favorite stashes talking about
10:17guys that weren't drafted that you can put on your bench chris bell is a rookie wide receiver for the
10:22dolphins was awesome at louisville last year until he tore his acl he is back with no restrictions for
10:27miami that's a team that's going to throw a lot this year i think malik willis is an underrated
10:31thrower i could see chris bell coming through with solid numbers 800-636-1067 is the number you can get
10:38lined up for the speed round which is upcoming shortly so call now we'll do rapid fire speed
10:44box open in roughly a minute or so but we can sneak in at least one more call let's go
10:49to chris
10:50in springfield chris what's up you're on with dave richard hey thanks for the advice last week the
10:56draft advice running back running back 12 and 13 two wide receivers in the third and fourth round
11:03nice awesome all right what do you got for this week they're good
11:06what a.j brown was one of them all right question today golf or stafford
11:13i've got stafford higher i think it's a real close call between the two again pointing to
11:17that 49ers defense i just don't think they're that good and i think stafford should be automatic
11:21and i'm not worried about what the rams are doing with their travel either i know a lot of people
11:25are
11:25like what they left yesterday to go to australia they did the exact same thing last year when they
11:30went to london they left like hours before the game they got off the plane they whooped jacksonville
11:36i don't know if they're going to whoop the 49ers i think the niners could give them a game i
11:39think it
11:39be a high scoring game so stafford's who i'd go with over golf but i do like them both all
11:43right
11:44chris let's do one more let's go to tim in ashburn tim go with dave richard yep good morning dave
11:52uh
11:52quick question half point ppr need one for flex mike washington jr marvin harrison jr or stephan diggs
12:00i'd go with marv and again just the cardinals offense having to throw as much as they should
12:06i think that'll lend itself to getting seven plus targets from marvin harrison a little worried
12:10about just how much volume and how the downfield stephan diggs will get especially against
12:16philadelphia it's a good secondary all right it's time now for the maiden voyage of the speed round
12:22in 2026 no stammering stuttering small talk no shaky voice no dumb questions no bluetooth or speaker
12:30phones are allowed and don't disrespect dave's advice a lot of rules there are a lot of rules
12:36we live in a society eb that's about to be overtaken by ai yeah you must have rules gotta
12:40have rules gotta have regulation yes you do and valdez is ready he's locked and loaded all right
12:46hope the listeners are ready let's go to jimmy jimmy speed round go rj harvey or stephan diggs flex diggs
12:57nice work let's go to ben speed round go
13:03travis kelsey dallas gotter gotter slight pause but he got it in let's go to
13:09will again 800-636-1067 if you want to get in on the speed round let's go to will jayden
13:18daniel
13:19jack prescott jack all right let's go to rob speed round go mahomes or purdy
13:31rock purdy wow let's go to scott in the 20s for me this week wow
13:37terrible track record went against denver look at that scott speed round go ricky speed round go
13:48something wrong with the phones i'm limping here at the end something's wrong with the listeners
13:53not the phone i'm choking the phone all right let's go to our guys good start then they faded
13:58john the papa has come out of retirement he makes an appearance oh yes they're random yeah
14:05they're very random these days john you're on with dave richard hello dave
14:12davy i'm in a uh league where you get points for being unable to rise what's least likely to rise
14:18dina bickle's sourdough starter or lurch is hurting silly oh that's a good question
14:24that is close that is i think the sourdough is johnson might be a better riser might be a better
14:31riser they're ranked one and two on dave's big board it's a very solid return
14:37all right dave well best of luck good luck stockpiling quarterbacks now that you took drake bay in every
14:44league so hold up i got a question for dave because he's on tv are any of those it looks
14:49like football
14:50cards behind you any of those of a value dan marino's rookie card right there oh john elway's
14:57two below this is 1984 tops yeah uncut sheet oh 30 plus years old sitting in my office very good
15:04wow what is that value have you got to get can you get that thing like rated or something you
15:09send
15:09it to psa do they do that for i don't know if they've got a slab big enough for this
15:14thing yeah
15:14here i'll i'll show you on the camera like look how huge it is it's pretty sick that's a pretty
15:20big sheet of football pretty good i mean i would send you you'll cost you 500 to send that in
15:25that's not getting all faded is it no not at all okay good all right good we'll make sure it's
15:31in
15:31good condition condition he might be sitting on a uh with a pile of cash gold mine for dave
15:37great to hear from you it did not cost twenty dollars to get this yeah i bet it cost a
15:43little
15:43bit of money i bet dave we'll talk to you again next week man best of luck in all your
15:47leagues this
15:47weekend my friend yeah hopefully you guys have better luck at quarterback than i did with mine
15:51good luck all right thank you always that's dave richard fantasy football expert for cbs sports
15:57don't forget later in this show in the nine o'clock hour we will give you our nfl predictions we'll
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16:02you all of our division winners super bowl winners and more that's coming up in the nine
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