 What's going on everybody friends of fan duel and welcome in for your weekly fan duel Monday night preview and Q&A I'm Ryan Williams. You can find me on Twitter at Ryan Alexander underscore W talking all things Fan duel single-game fan duel sports, but anything that's related to fan duel I'm talking about it in the DFS realm that I'm joined here by my good friend Jim Sonnis You can find him on Twitter at Jim Sonnis if you're not following him on already I don't know what you're doing senior writer and analyst for number fire Jim. How are you doing my friend? I'm doing good Ryan I feel like both of us are in kind of like Weird states right now because like I grew up a Jets fan. I've disowned them long ago but like I still kind of I still kind of pull for them and like, you know we finally got Justin Fields starting for your bears and Matt Nagy kind of gave us like the double barreled middle fingers in the first start was like No, you're not gonna enjoy this and so I feel like we're kind of in the same same mental spirit Oh, man, it was it was brutal. It was rough to watch I mean Justin Tucker kicking a field goal that went for more yards than the bears Net offense on Sunday. So very very rough here You know, there's a lot of other issues besides the quarterback position that hopefully they get righted And I don't know what's going on with it with the Jets I mean should have placed the zero and 17 bet on the fan For them just have some action on it Zach Wilson is actually a quarterback who have money on to win rookie of the year Just because he was starting the season and I had a little bit of expectations with Robert Sala coming in there that they could be in games, but it looks very bleak I've got I've got a lot of dynasty exposure to Zach Wilson and I am very nervous right now But hey, you know, it's early. I'll be nervous. I'm not gonna give up hope yet But it's you know, I've got I've got faith still just he's not making it easy Not easy at all guys welcome in we are talking the fan duel Monday night football preview show We'll get into the Monday night football game as I see you guys got your questions coming in We appreciate that make sure if you guys are watching this on YouTube with us Just hit that like button. Just do it one time all it takes is one second Hit that like button You could subscribe to the channel get all the good stuff that we're bringing you here for fan duel to make Sure that your bankroll is getting large. All right, Jim Let's uh, let's talk about this slate here We got Philly coming into Dallas taking on it and with a 51 and a half point Spread that we have here are not spread with the 51 and a half point total three and a half point spread in favor of the cowboys What are your leans coming into this game that we could talk about and maybe kind of start in that room here on the Fandalsports book. Yeah, I mean they tie in together because like my betting thoughts are obviously going to dictate the way I view things from a single-game perspective as well And I think the Cowboys are gonna cover this spread minus three and a half I feel pretty confident in I feel good about what the offense has done through the first two games They've had much tougher matchups than what I know the Eagles played really well week one They disturbed I would say the 49ers week two as well But I still have a lot of faith in this Cowboys offense given how well they played Against the Buccaneers and against the Chargers as well I think the fun thing too is that they showed they could you know They could stand up even when they lost dudes like with no a lot of Collins after he tried to bribe someone in week two Like they were still fine there against the Chargers. They were fine about Michael Gallup So I think the Cowboys cover three and a half. That's kind of where I'm at. What about you? Okay, so I'm actually on the opposite side. Okay. Good. I like it. I am taking the points with Philly I'm also taking the over in this game if you look back at just I mean the games that Dallas has played at Home under the Dak regime. They have put up some monstrous points I think like and then this is against Philly too in home games under the regime I think they've scored 29 or more in like five games that he's played at home against this team So you definitely like them to hit their implied total and that means that Philly's gonna have to do something on the other side To kind of attack this defense and I think that the reason we're getting this lean is because we're gonna have to see what Jalen Hertz can do throwing the football or if he can move in a way You know to to make it so that he's aggressively taking on this defense the Dan Quinn defense Which is what I always like to attack. So I'm good with this to a take in the side I see Drew pretty was in the chat on Facebook talking about Hertz over 55 and a half rushing yards I'm hammering that. I think that he's in a good spot to hit this when you're looking at the full games that he's played And he only has not hit that number in one game and I believe that was when he was pulled Oh, yeah, like two touchdowns in that game, but only 34 yards So other than that I think that this offense goes through him and I love Jalen Hertz Tonight in this game regardless of what happens, right? And number fires projections have it at 41 rushing yards that feels low to me I would take the over on that for sure with 55 and a half I think the good thing for if you're trying to get to an over with that one is that You're kind of hoping that the Eagles throw the ball a lot They did do that in week one like if you look at their at their game plan in week one, they came out and they said, okay You want to throw on Atlanta? So we're going to so I think that you have to decide I Think that maybe this is like a next year on anything Maybe like we can have faith in him in attacking the opposing defense the way you'd want to attack them And I feel like it's probably not a bad idea to go at the the Cowboys in that way So I think the Hertz is interesting at 55 and a half I think that like the tough dilemma I have is like For Hertz then VP or Dak because Hertz is gonna run more Dak's going to run where it counts I don't know if that's sorry to phrase it but like when Dak runs it's almost always in the red zone and I think that that can lead to Some big fangirl point totals to I expect is his passing totally pretty good. So like I'm that's where I'm most torn is deciding like who I prefer for for singling between the two I mean, obviously I could just go both like that's probably the right answer. I guess, but I don't know Yeah, no, I mean that that is the answer But I you know, I Proceed with caution on this because I said the right answer the last time we did this the first week of the of the show That it was you play Lamar and and that's how you went all the money And right you didn't play Lamar and you won all the money against the Raiders So But no, I think that this is setting up in just a great matchup for both of these two guys to be in the You know a top-ten lineup if not the winning lineups that are gonna come in I love that you mentioned the Zach No, Zach the Dak Prescott rushing ability because on the Fandall sportsbook He's coming in at plus 260 to score in any time touchdown and you know how much I love taking the quarterbacks at any time touchdown So I love getting I mean he has less favorable odds to score than Kenneth gain Well, he has the same amount of odds to score as Goddard and raker with a red zone roll and I think that you're looking at it He only has I had this written down here So only for rushing attempts, I believe to start this year that could be because of the mobility and things of that nature and You know, they had a low scoring game against the Chargers They didn't have many opportunities to be right down there inside the five But I think if they're five or closer, I think that taking that shot on him at home Just getting the crowd energized I could see him scoring a touchdown there Yeah And back in week one just so you had those just a couple rush attempts you're talking about But two of his rush attempts in week one were inside the red zone and that's not like a new thing for Dak either like we've Traditionally seen him be a guy who runs most often Inside the red zone and like if you think about like schematically it makes sense too because you're jam-packed in there in the red They don't have a lot of room to operate It's more advantageous to have a running quarterback there than it's always advantage to have a running quarterback But it's more advantageous there from a numbers perspective So I actually I thought that same one of the Dak press got any time touchdown score plus 260 I think given the willingness he showed in week one to scramble once he got in close I think that's a really good number Yeah, I just think it's a number that's going to hit more times than than not and so getting action on that In a game like this where we can project a lot of scoring, you know to come in on the game I think that that makes a lot of sense. Let's Talk about you you were talking about building the teams and the MVP thing and I just think that if we're going to play MVP in this I mean maybe it does come to fruition if Dak does rush in a touchdown and then he You know throws for two or three other ones that he could have some MVP viability I think that people might lean to go there Although I do see that not a lot of times do people put the Quarterback in the MVP slot I was playing in the single game last night on sunday night football and had an erin rogers team going I forget what his percent was but it was low most people went to vante adams. They went erin jones So I do think that it is interesting that jaylon herz comes in at 60 16 5 Um on fan duel and then you have the next closest Philly player being 11,000 at miles centers everybody else's dallas in between there But I think jaylon herz makes a lot of sense at mvp because are you putting above dak for mvp? I think I am um just because like I do love having that shot on Dak to hedge with the rushing ability touchdown So if I get that maybe I do miss out on the mvp points But I think that jaylon herz is going to get The rushing upside for sure and if this is a game where you know, they're playing from Two scores plus behind and he kind of just has to compile points whether that's rushing or passing I just see the pass of him getting there and spiking there more often than not I think that like I think I agree where jaylon has the the edge straight up and I'm like It's tough for me because like I do love dak a lot And I think the the overall takeaway that I would have here is that we have a pretty strong lean towards the quarterbacks in general of mvp for for this game because I mean like Obviously, there is a scenario where our cooper's the highest scoring guy where cd land's the highest scoring guy zik get there davante smith could get there But I think when it's two running quarterbacks my personal willingness to Deviated mvp is lower. Do you have the same kind of philosophy where you're just like I I love going running back at mvp when I have the right situations I just don't know if this this slate where I have two good running quarterbacks is the right time to do it Yeah, I mean You know, I would Maybe lean to the side of take I couldn't do it with myles sanders. I just don't think that equity is there He's not getting the I agree running back sure that we would look but zik makes for a very appealing mvp spot because nobody is going to play him at that spot If you're playing him you're playing him probably in the flex because you're saying tony pollard is there Uh, I've seen him be more efficient. I've seen him, you know get more yards off of the carries and in targets that he's seeing and so I think that will keep his ownership low Um at the mvp spot and if he's the one who's getting this touchdown equity or they just decide that you know It's gonna be zik's time to shine and we were just using tony pollard in game scripts where it was favorable to him I could see zik really paying off there at mvp in some high Where you're dealing with a field where there's like, you know, 10 000 plus people you're trying to be Yeah, and the good thing too is that zik looks good last week I know part of that's because The chargers want you to run on them like that's kind of like their thing like hey feel free and the cowboys are like Sure, we'll take it. Um, but like he looks good too. It wasn't just tony pollard who was scorched it up there like Zik got to the second level a couple times there and like zik hasn't broken long runs in a very long time But he had a couple last week where he actually like he looked a little uh, looked a little spry It was kind of kind of nice to see that that form version of zik back again So I actually don't think that's a terrible idea to go with zik also last week He had three out of eight red zone chances for that for the for the team. He had 72 percent of the snaps I think that like if I were to deviate from one of those rushing quarterbacks I think like if we're talking about this from a you know term of perspective, I don't think zik's the worst way to do it No, no, not at all. I mean, you know when we're talking about these fields where they're, you know Let's talk about the top tier fields, right? So you're getting on there You know, you can play the milli you can play, you know first gets 40k and you're you're dealing with 20 000 people I mean if you if you want to Split first place because we see that happen a lot of times where teams are just so Like last night Mason Crosby and kyle ushek were in the winning line You know and that team There was only two people that built that team in a pool of 40 000 You know, so you have to think about ways to kind of get a contrarian and have it make sense You know in these Tournaments that you're in if you're not playing in the single entries or you're not playing in cash If you are looking to take home that big payday I do like getting zik there getting action zik there and if you pee Yo, shout out to everybody who's in the chat right now. I see espruner 17 in the chat saying what's up to us I appreciate you coming in on twitch Drew's in there andrew carlson's in there and we're talking about some of the skill position players So i'll kind of parlay this jim Because andrew is asking about zack erz and i've seen a couple questions about davante smith and how we feel about him He's got an over Uh 57 and a half receiving yards line is is kind of what we're looking at at davanta The skill position players for philly are so hard to dissect I mean outside of the running back situation that we have going on here Let's just talk about the the past catching options and what i'd be leaning to do with jaylon And i'd probably only be willing to play him with one guy Maybe i'll make a lineup with two guys and those two guys are going to be davanta smith and dallas goddard if i was going to lean somewhere I mean dallas goddard and zack erz I know that the the shares have kind of been similar But as far as getting onto the field and seeing routes run like dallas goddard has zack erz by a mile there Um, so i think he's he's definitely the one that you would want to take a chance on even if zack erz Falls into the end zone, you know, maybe he only gets 20 yards in a touchdown that might not be enough or might not matter enough in this game To pay off davanta smith is the alpha, but it is just crazy to me. I mean they got jaylon rager running routes They got quest walkins out there. They're running, you know, 12 personnel with two tight ends on the field They got two running backs who can catch passes. So it's very hard to dissect What's going on with philly? How's how do you feel with philly jim? And if you had to attack this side of the football with jaylon herds weapons they're so hard to figure out man like um like I I would I would love to just go all in on davante smith because He's so talented and like I know that he's probably going to get the kinds of targets that that I want The problem is i'm a little bit worried about um About digs. I think that he's been playing pretty well so far this year At least that's that's the way things have sounded and I think there's a decent shot that uh davante smith winds up seeing a lot of digs So I don't know. It's like a little alabama match up there. Just kind of fun. I guess but um A little bit worried about that and the question would be okay if if dig sees a lot of davante What does that do like does that open up targets for goddard as you alluded to is that open up targets for jaylon rager? and like I can't have a level of high level of confidence there so I feel like what i'm gonna wind up doing is just like trusting the talent and going with davante smith, but I have I I have I have questions about that And I have reservations around it that prevent me from being like super enthusiastic in doing so No, and and I think that's with with reason right? I mean, yeah, digs has been incredible for this dallas secondary to start the year so You know, maybe you do take a lean on on dallas goddard. I mean, he's only 9500 Jim and you're looking at the tight end position against this against this team and Gronk scored twice against them and people might be forgetting but like the chargers should have had two tight end touchdowns They got called back. Yeah got called back both of them. I was like I was screaming in slacked about donald parham to to jay j my boss and like I was like so excited I was like, oh man donald parham kind of touchdown. I was like, oh, no I got you excited for nothing and I felt really guilty about that Uh, but like that whole game was so frustrating Like with the way because I had a lot of DAC in that uh in that game Cal our video producer. I love parham because he's a huge xfl fan, which is a very weird niche to fill Cal's a different duck for sure. He is a big xfl fan But like I got so excited and that whole game was just so stupid with so many penalties. So like um, I think that yeah that looking at trying to take advantage of the um, you know linebacking core for The cowboys as you alluded to maybe that's the weak spot We can we can target and that would also play into the Discussion around devontae smith seeing a lot of digs like that that could funnel things towards the tight end too Yeah, no, I yeah, it's it's just very hard. I see that we Brunner um from twitch was in a trash brunner um was asking about maybe I'm sorry. This was drew pretty sorry drew you're asking about the receptions and I do think that I would rather take the devonta smith yards prop at at 57 and a half I believe is what it is over the four and a half Receptions prop just because of how much the ball kind of spreads around in in devontae smith He's a big play ability. He has the big play ability big play waiting to happen I think he could get there, you know unlimited catches um I see somebody some of you guys asking about the profits and lines we uh brunner We do like the over of 51 and a half or at least I do. Um, I think that is Good to hit Tonight gyms in on it too. So you got both of us on there backing you there Um, I want to make sure that we we're already almost 20 minutes in and this is a fun This is what's fun about the single game slates when we have two teams like this because there's so much to dissect on both sides I do want to talk about the cowboy side outside of zeke What are we doing with the past catchers here? We got a mari cooper who is going to go against derrius slay. I think in coverage He struggled he hasn't always, you know, derrius slay hasn't always shadowed him But when he's been on him, he has struggled in this matchup Both when he was at detroit and now uh being in philly And then you have cd lamb who is you know a dynasty darling people just love this guy on cd lamb Love him on twitter Who's going to be on the other side and I both think they're going to see significant ownership Is are they the only two we can trust can we trust the guy like seltrick wilson who looks to be a part time Player he's been on the field to fill in for michael gallup But not really seeing a snap share that michael gallup would see and then you got the two tight ends to dissect as well On this side, um with blake jarwin and and dalton's shows So how do you feel about the past catchers for dallas jim? I want to try to be overweight on the mari cooper because of what you were talking about where people love cd lamb dynasty they love him on twitter and like i do too like it I get it because like you watch him play and he's like so fun to watch just because like You get in the ball in space and just like stupid things happen every single time So like I love cd lamb too, but I think that that can allow us to underrate how good amari cooper is like In that cow or that buck in year's game Like 139 yards two touchdowns. He goes back home I don't like to look at home road splits too much because like there's a lot of noise in them, but Like if you've you were talking about dak and what he's done at home Amari is like just as extreme in terms of home road splits So yes, I feel like because amari has a higher salary because the twitter sentiment is not as high on him I want to try to be Pretty heavy on amari because I think that that upside like that true true true ceiling that favors amari too So it's not like an anti lamb thing. It's a pro amari thing for me Yeah, and I and I'd be willing to take you know teams that have Jalen hurts and a pass catcher whether that he's at mvp or or maybe it's dak But then taking like zeke on the other side and then one one of these guys probably leaning cooper who's 500 dollars more expensive than cd lamb and has that Yeah, I wasn't even thinking about his home road splits. Uh, jump that you're talking about which have been absolutely astronomical Being there in dallas, even when he was uh with oakland raiders Um, so I love getting action on amari kudapura and just taking those chances where you know You're building these teams and people are like, okay, let me jam in the guys that I know are Going to get me points or I know I can feel confident in them and by even just writing out a guy like cd lamb You can already make your lineup unique in that regard. I see that uh bet okay on facebook Um, he likes getting action on the amari cooper anytime touchdown So he's he's in on the amari cooper train as well I think amari cooper coming in at plus 105 To score a touchdown and he's actually or no, he's behind cd lamb. Okay, so he's the third Best, uh, he has the third best odds on dallas to score a touchdown here So even more sentiment that's gonna be Leaning if I have to cut one of these guys out. It's gonna be amari. Yeah, like that's that's a little short I don't think I can bet that number. I still think the the dak anytime touchdown one is the best one I wanted to ask you because I had no take on this. Um, I can't figure it out Do you have a problem between jarwin and shaltz between the two? Um, I Don't only because I I won't be playing either of these guys, but I guess like jarwin just because he's the cheaper option um, and he has You know, he's only getting these Couple catches a game, but I feel like he's always in When there's a significant play that needs to happen like I always feel like he's catching these plays later down Um, just and that's just me going off of the top of my head and going through the games that watch for dallas Um, but I think he you know, he is seeing the field and is running significant amount of routes the same as Is delton shaltz too. So I'll just go with the cheaper guy and take a chance on blink jarwin there Yeah, those two guys, um If you look at the routes run at next gen stats They've actually both run about half the routes so far shaltz at 47 out of about 83 and jarwin's at 44 as far as depth of target shaltz at 2.8 average depth of target and jarwin 7.1. So jarwin's getting a little bit more Downfield loves maybe I should just go jarwin. Maybe I should make that easier on myself and just go with it Fair so that means it'll be shaltz Yes, correct. So everybody make sure you had wish shaltz. I want to make sure we get to dj cassie's chat here Um coming in from facebook. He's talking about his team. He he has dak at superstar mvp Um, it might be there for him and then cooper elliott lamb as well So just the cowboys onslaught and the only bringback piece would be davanta smith on the other side DJ I I think that Is a good way to go in in tournament lines for sure Because you're you're pretty much taking all of the equity of the cowboys implied total there by getting the main guys From the lineup and then you're taking probably the best skill player on the other side as far as numbers go with davanta smith So I think that I think that lineup could you could see some dupes You could see some people running that same lineup too, but if you're playing single game entry if you're playing um In cash games as well on fan duel. I feel like that should pay off dividends With the strong field there. I would say that you know just by not having hurts I could see that you know paying off a little bit in tournaments if that were to hit and philly Just comes out here and lays an egg because I think hurts People will find ways to talk themselves into getting hurts on the other side Yeah, I think I still want to personally But like I think the other thing that dj is that's good for you there is you are taking a stand and saying Hey, I think the cowboys win this game and like that's kind of again We talked about this two weeks ago ryan where like, you know, we we talked about how we want to Have a story for how the game plays out and if you dj think that the cowboys just torch them That is the route for going there I was curious like What are we looking at is in terms of like value plays Because like if I I know I want to go dack and dack and hurts and like At a certain point. I've got to find some lower salary dudes. Are you a quest walkins kind of guy or what are you looking at Down here. Oh, yeah, so I thought we were sharing your screen not my screen Yeah, I was definitely I was looking at quest walkins as soon as you said that he's 7 000 right now If you're looking at this a single game and I was actually looking at some props Uh on him I saw people were asking about props and we'll get to those before the show closes out But this guy to get in any time touchdown. He's plus 380 and he he's the big play guy, right? Like he's the guy that's going to take the top off of the defense And if if you're saying gem that we do get digs kind of limiting Devonta Smith and what he can do the next piece to go would be quest walkins the Preseason darling the guy who's getting all the hype Coming into this season. He he's a big play waiting to happen and you love getting exposure to these big play guys I mean, I was salty about van jefferson Yesterday because I had a lot of him and then dish on watskin or dish on jackson just takes my My heart away from me, but uh He uh, yeah, I love getting guys who can score from anywhere on the field and quest walkins to that guy for filly Absolutely, I think that he's really interesting and just given that like again Like you said like if we do get digs limiting Devonta that could open up stuff for him too Yes, um, I do want to talk to uh, the tony pollard side of things real quick And then we could just briefly hit on myles sanders before we we close it out and with tony pollard He has a receiving prop of of over 20 and a half Um on the on the fan dual sports book I believe I did get action in the same gay parlay with that With that line as well. I love that I think he's averaging over 30 receiving yards to kind of start the year And has really just been explosive with the touches. He's getting how do you feel about that line, jim? Yeah, he's had 29 and 31 receiving yards the first two games. He's gone over that bowl of times I think the one Concern I might have is if the cowboys get ahead Because that's a script that favors zeke being on the field and it favors rushing So for me where I think that the cowboys, you know, I'm comfortable laying three and a half It's tough for me to get to the over for pollard But with you if you're going the eagles plus three and a half that I think that that correlates well to Pollard going over his his receiving prop Yeah, so I think that pollard makes sense if you if you're talking Let's talk about the single game if you're playing a team that has three or more eagles on it I would probably only go three just because of How condensed the scoring is probably going to be from the dallas side I want to get action on somebody else besides pollard, but pollard would be an interesting pivot off of zeke Who is, you know, he's up there 10,000 but $2,000 difference from zeke so he could probably maneuver you Into getting to diva to smith with jalen hurts with dak Line and then mile sanders real quick jim What are your thoughts on him? He's the second highest price player On this slate for philly Coming in at 11,000 for them, but I just He's just the guy to me like I just I kind of like him like I watch the games And I'm always just like how's this dude not killing every week But just the way he's utilized in the offense and like we talked about earlier The the running back share is just not what you would want to see from a stud running back Or rb1 on a team. So how do you feel about him? It's that everything you said combined with the fact that the reds and usage has not favored him so far this year He had 107 chances last week and in week one yet Oh of seven so one out of 14 red zone chances have gone to mile sanders so far Compared to three out of 14 for kenneth gain well And I feel like gain well was the guy who was in on the two minute drill in week one I didn't get to see enough of the week two game But in week one they brought gain well in for the two minute drill That limits the chances for sanders to beef up his target Oh, he's still gotten work in the passing game, but like, you know Not as much as I would want so I think that's my concern is How likely is he to have a big game? I don't think the odds are that high so I'm with you where I can't really Get out Get super excited about him just because like It's harder for him to manufacture a big game because of the kinds of touches he gets Fair enough. Yeah, that's the same lean that I have on him. I know this question was start Miles Sanders. I'm not sure if you're talking about, you know fantasy for your teams I think you start him because it's a Monday night and you probably don't have a good replacement But um, but yeah, lastly Kyle. I see you on youtube. I see you asking about Jalen rager I just can never find myself getting to Jalen rager with devonta smith and and a guy like quest walkins on the other side But I think Jalen rager does come in He is going to be on the field. He is seeing a good rapport with Jalen hurt So maybe we get the Jalen Jalen connections Yeah, the Jalen stack is smart. We lost the the darnold arnold stack earlier today. That's pretty upsetting But we still have the the mills miller between davis mills and anthony miller stacks at least we've got something still working That is right. That is right guys. We're we're getting ready to wrap it up here On the fan duel Monday night football preview and q&a. We appreciate everybody who's coming in guys make sure you guys Like the video make sure you guys are subscribed to the channel. We're doing this every monday's i'm hosting these You can follow me on twitter at ryan alexander underscore w ryan williams here for fan duel Jim any last words before we sign off. Yeah, I mean i'm just excited to watch this game. I love watching Dak Prescott. I love watching amari cooper. I love watching jalen hurts So like from I know that like it used to be a joke how bad the nfc east was to have in prime time But like I actually had bummed when they're not on the main slate now So and i'm also excited tomorrow with mlb back. No mlb today because it's a bad slate DJ for looking for mlb I did talk about it in the solo shot this morning. You can check for the time stamp just to not it's not a good slate man So we'll be back tomorrow to talk mlb at 4 30 Perfect and we'll be back next week on monday to talk the monday night football preview for that game as well in week four But signing off for myself ryan williams again You can follow me on twitter at ryan alexander underscore w jim sonnis You can follow him on twitter at jim sonnis and we'll catch you guys next time on the youtube channel until then Good luck with your bets. Peace