The MOST Critical Fantasy X-Factors to Keep Your Eye on in Week 1 | Fantasy Focus
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What are the hosts introducing and what is the focus of this Fantasy Focus episode?
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What's good, friends? Welcome into Fantasy Focus Football alongside Field Jates and Mike Clay. My name is Daniel Dopp, and we had some football last night. We're going to dive into that. It's going to be a lot of fun to recap Wednesday night football. Is it going to be fun? That part's not going to be fun. The fun part is going to be the week one preview. The storylines we're going
to
dive into today. It's
going
to be a blast getting into everything. But really quickly, before we do all that, a couple of logistics really quickly. our buddy Eric Moody hanging out in chat all the time. Want to get to him? We love that guy. Follow him on social media at Eric and Moody and make sure while you're watching Fantasy Focus Countdown on ESPN2, you also have on Fantasy Focus Sunday kickoff presented by Lowe's on your second screen experience live on the NFL on ESPN YouTube every Sunday, 1130 a.m. to 1 p.m. Get your lineup questions answered by the man himself, Eric Moody. He's going to be there every single Sunday for you guys. So go check him out there as well as check out our friends over at Trophy Smack. Go to trophysmack.com.
Use the promo code TROPHYWEEK1 to be able to get something sick. We got a snakeskin belt right in front of us. Sweet. I think we're getting like
a league in like Colorado or Texas. By the way, you said second straight experience for Eric Moody. I actually watched a second straight experience of my own last night. You did? I watched Grey's Anatomy during the game because every player kept getting hurt that I
felt like it was only appropriate. Was that a crossover? That was
good.
Players were showing up at the hospital. I was trying to learn
something about what's
going
on. Congratulations, Field. It wasn't, no, it's... Isn't Grey's Anatomy based in Seattle? Yes.
Yeah. So Grey's
Anatomy Hospital in Seattle.
Yes. So
Christina, our producer, confirms that
is accurate. I watched like the first like 11 seasons of Grey's Anatomy, but now that they're on to like- It's McDreamy, right? Yes. Yeah. McSteamy and McDreamy.
People don't know that before you worked here at ESPN, you were just McDreamy.
Yes. That's what I did in life. Yes.
I
wore many hats. No comment.
Let's talk about Wednesday night football, to be honest. And we will hit the Brock Bowers news right after Wednesday
night. Yes. Agreed with that.
It's a big kick in the-
I love watching football, but you can probably miss me with Wednesday Night Football from here on out, guys. Wasn't really great. A lot of injuries, unfortunately, that really derailed this game. Let's start right off the top, because right off the rip, unfortunately, Sam Darnold goes down. And that, we thought, was going to have a major impact on what happened. Turned out JSN is still pretty legit at football, even without him. How do you feel about what Sam Darnold's missing time is going to do to this offense field?
So we're talking at 10.02 a.m.
on
Thursday morning. We'll see whether we get more information. I'm assuming we'll get more information today. The good news is that Mike McDonald, the coach of the Seahawks, after the game last night said, we got some great news on Sam. Reading between the lines there, I think there was an initial fear that this might be serious. It's a hip injury. Could this be the kind of thing that derails Sam's season before it really gets going? Not the case. No fractured hip. He sounds like he could miss some period of time. They do have 10 days before their next game, but it doesn't sound like worst case scenario. We don't know how long he's going to miss, but I think we can agree that until Sam Darnold returns, while JSN did absolutely mash last night, eight catches, 122 yards and a touchdown.
What a player he is. He's awesome. The downside of JSN is decreased a little bit without Sam Darnold. For sure. Like the touchdown equity for this offense, they scored just one last night. I'm not saying JSN is going to be, you know, wide receiver 17 for me in my week two rankings. But when the tier is either three or four players, JSN plus Jamar Chase, Puka Nakua, and maybe Amon Ross St.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What are the hosts introducing and what is the focus of this Fantasy Focus episode?
0:01–6:15
2
How will Sam Darnold’s injury impact the Seahawks offense and J.S. Nelson’s QB‑proof status?
6:15–13:54
3
Why is Jadarian Price emerging as the lead back for Seattle and how should fantasy managers treat him?
13:54–26:38
4
What does Brock Bowers’ meniscus surgery mean for his fantasy value in Week 1?
26:38–38:47
5
Which teams and matchups are the hosts picking for this week’s key games?
38:47–48:57
6
How are the Packers’ wide receivers ranked and who should be started in Week 1?
48:57–59:54
7
What are the latest thoughts on the Buccaneers, Raiders, and Steelers backfields for fantasy owners?
59:54–1:00:35
Speakers
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