 Welcome into the fan duel hurry up. I'm Maria Marino for fantasy sports network joined by Jim Sonnis of Number Fire our analysts today We're talking about some matchups that you'll want to exploit moving into week two of fantasy football Jim Let's start with the Steelers passing offense. They had a brutal week one But why do you like them this time around? Yeah, they were terrible Ben Ralfus burger through three picks and he did not look good He's got an elbow injury now, but you have to consider to that game was on the road and they were in high winds It was raining as well Now they go home and they're facing the Kansas City Chiefs and last week the Chiefs allowed 424 yards and three touchdowns to the Phillip Rivers and that was even with the Chargers dropping five passes This defense when we talked about last week is when we can target pretty regularly and I didn't see anything last week to really change my mind on that and we know that the Steelers are a better team at Home then they tend to be on the road. So I love Antonio Brown I love Ben Ralfus burger leaking throughout some juju Smith Schuster, and this is a game that you can really stack There's a high total in this game can run it back with the Chiefs with their B Tyreek Hill Patrick Mahomes or someone like that. So I think it's a good rebound spot for Pittsburgh. They've got a great matchup I love targeting them at home whoever they're facing and I think that honestly this week I just want to go hard at that Steelers offense and see how many shares I can get of each piece And as good as Kansas City looked in week one, they're currently ranked 31st against the past So Jim likes that Steelers passing offense this week, but let's move over to another matchup We can exploit for week two. It's the Panthers rushing offense going up against Atlanta What caught your eye about this one? Yeah, I think it's injuries for Atlanta because they've lost a couple of really big players in Keanu Neal and Dion Jones And they're guys who have kind of been the glue for this defense for a while now and Specifically what they do is they tend to cover running backs out of the backfield quite a bit Atlanta is a team that has allowed the most receptions to running backs each of the past three years You've put them up against Christian McCaffrey now who had nine targets last week on top of ten carries And he's a guy who could go bananas out of the backfield for this week Also, Atlanta was ranked 22nd against the rush last year didn't do so hot in week one against Philadelphia And then you take both Jones and Neal out of the equation now like McCaffrey a lot this week He was on the field for eighty five point one percent of the snaps last week Which is the second highest mark of his entire career. He's just seventy four hundred dollars on Fandle I love McCaffrey for this week I'm hoping people will be let down based on what he did last week where he was decently popular against Dallas But the usage was there. He's got a great matchup this week. He's playing indoors I also love so it's a good week to get back in on Christian McCaffrey against Atlanta McCaffrey netting just over ten fantasy points on fan duel last week But Jim thinks he could get even more this week Let's talk about the Chargers rushing offense now and Melvin Gordon He's going up against Buffalo and they had some trouble week one to say the least Jim Just a little bit of trouble. Yeah, absolutely is they they lost that one pretty big and now they go back home They're starting Josh Allen and they are underdogs here and the Chargers Disappointing last week, but it was not disappointing the users that Melvin Gordon got he had 15 carries in a career high 13 targets And my process in DFS even on a half PPR side like Fandle is I want as many Targets from my running backs as possible because a target in half PPR scoring is worth twice as much as a carry And if I'm gonna get 13 targets out of Melvin Gordon, I'm pretty excited about that they're also again a favorite in this game, which should lead to additional rushing volume and They're facing a Buffalo defense that was last in the league against against the rush last year based on number fires metrics Now I don't expect them to rank last against the rush this year But it makes some good changes in the draft defensively, but at the same time I'm more focusing on the volume here for Melvin Gordon Which should be just massive as a favorite and Toss in that passing volume and I just I love everything about Melvin Gordon this week for $8,200 on Fandle Chargers may not have gotten a win week one But fantasy-wise they cleaned up and Melvin Gordon in particular netted over 23 fantasy points on Fandle Let's now turn our attention to the Broncos passing offense in week two going up Against Oakland they are home the Broncos are and Oakland definitely had their troubles in week one as well Yeah, it's weird weird that a team that traded Khalil Mack would have trouble rushing the passer I'm not sure how that exactly happened They should trade for Khalil Mack now to rectify that just one sack last week against Jared golf Even though the Rams had one of their guards suspended for the game It's not a full at full health on the offensive line there But they just generated no pass rush and Jared golf was able to pick them apart now They go on the road facing a Denver Broncos offense It looked pretty good last week in the first game with case Keenum The thing that I love about this Denver Broncos passing offense is that you know where the ball is going a manual Sanders 11 targets last week Demarius Thomas had 10 and both those guys had two targets at least 16 yards downfield If you give me a passing offense that should be decently efficient in a good matchup against Oakland And I know where the ball is going to go. It's gonna make me pretty excited about them So I think both the manual Sanders and Demarius Thomas worthy of investment for this week In case Keenum could be too if you want to stack them up a good spot against Oakland The one concern would be if they get up early, but if they get up early that means the score points already So I'm not super worried about that personally I think the Keenum Sanders and Thomas all totally in play for this week, too While the Raiders are currently ranked 28th against the pass So let's also talk about 49ers against Detroit this week and that passing offense in San Fran you like tell us why Yeah, they didn't look good last week But it's kind of like the Steelers situation where the circumstances dictated that they were on the road facing Minnesota Minnesota has the best defensive line in all of football and Not many teams will look good when you're facing that team on the road now They go back home and they're facing the Detroit Lions and we saw Sam Darnold shred them on Monday night now The Lions instead of facing a rookie quarterback at home go on the road on short rest to face Jimmy Garoppolo And the Lions do have talent their secondary a serious sleigh. He did get banged up on Monday night should be good to go But I think the thing here is that the linebacker play for Detroit figures to so be suspect We saw Quincy and Newnwood tear them apart on Monday night as well Which bodes well for George Kittle you guys talked about him on Monday as having really good usage in week one So I think you can pair Garoppolo with George Kittle or just use George Kittle by himself They should be in a good spot here against Detroit and I think it's a good bounce back spot for the 49ers as a whole I think Jimmy G watching Sam Darnold's performance against Detroit will be nice Inspiration and we talked about George Kittle. His stock is trending up He had over 11 fantasy points on Fandall week one. So Jim likes him for week two Let's also talk about the Vikings rushing offense going up against Green Bay They're at Green Bay. How come you like this matchup Jim? I like it because I think Dalvin Cook's gonna wind up going overlooked for this week And I don't really think he should because he's $6,500 on Fandall Which is an awesome price to pay for a guy who played 80% of the snatch last week The usage wasn't necessarily great for Dalvin Cook because Latavius Murray did get 11 carries But even with that we saw Dalvin Cook get 16 carries. He also had seven targets again I love getting targets and for just $6,500 he is kind of a workhorse back And that's far too cheap for a guy is going to get the usage that he will get on top of that The Packers defense is much better than it was last year But they weren't able to stop the rush back on Sunday night against the Bears Jordan Howard had a 60% success rate against them on 15 carries Same thing for Tariq Cohen on his five carries. I don't know if this is necessarily a defense I will target often this year because I do respect a lot of the the investments that they made in the draft Especially a cornerback But when you give me Dalvin Cook in a situation where I think he'll go overlooked for $6,500 on Fandall The usage is too good for me to say no So it's partially because I like the matchup, but it's also because I think Dalvin Cook is just very much under price at $6,500 And one great thing to note about Cook in addition to his running game threat He had six receptions in week one So this was just one matchup that jim likes for week two If you want to see all the matchups to exploit make sure you check out fan duel.com slash the duel and click on videos Maria marino for fantasy sports network back with you on the fan duel hurry up and jim sonnis is with us as well from number fire We're talking about a couple of stacks Actually, a few a handful of stacks that jim likes for week two And let's start it off with the guys in cleveland Tarad Taylor and Jarvis Landry boy. Did they do some damage in week one jim? What are you thinking about them for week two? Yeah, they're going on the road to face new orleans And I don't expect new orleans defense to be as bad as it was in week one But I think it's kind of the same thing we talked about earlier with the denver broncos offense Where you kind of know where the ball is going to go and based on week one It seems like that's going to be to jarvis landry for cleveland He had 214 air yards according to fantasy insiders air yards app in week one If we look back to last year when he was with miami He never had more than 143 air yards in a single game He topped 100 air yards just three times the entire year So the usage here for jarvis landry 15 total targets and a lot of those being downfield He had five targets at least 16 yards downfield that to me is super intriguing and with tarad taylor It's partially because he will get some points as a rusher. It's partially because he is very cheap Which I like, uh, so I think that there are a couple of things lining up there I'm not saying that I'm going to not use the saints defense because I will also use the saints defense at times But given that taylor can get points with his with his legs given that jarvis landry should likely avoid marshawn latimore by playing in the slot I think that we can pair these two guys together and neither guy is super expensive Landry's 6700 dollars on fandal. So I like them a lot again I I'm okay with going with the saints defense at times too, but I'm not doing that I think that it does make sense to get exposure to tarad taylor and jarvis landry Landry led the league in receptions last year and he's proving to be a target magnet once again for tarad taylor And by the way new warlands defense against the past currently ranked last in the league Let's talk about another team where we could take advantage of a stack It's alex smith and jordan reid the tight end in washington washington at a nice showing in week one jim Yeah, they really did dominate out in arizona That's you know, that's not a tough not an easy place to go as you're going out It's a long trip and uh facing a defense and then the pass has been very good But I think we saw in week one that you know, maybe not the same thing But we saw the exact same thing from indianapolis where the bangles even though they got off to a slow start We're able to put together a pretty good performance against indy now Indy goes on the road to face washington And I am worried a bit about the ceiling here with washington because alex smith Did not attempt a pass longer than 16 yards downfield But they should be able to move the ball and they should be able to score points And I think both those bowed well for a guy like jordan reid He was able to play 51 of the snaps last week meaning he is healthy And I think that's kind of always the big question with jordan reid He had two targets inside the 20 yard line. He had one target inside the 10 So if washington is able to move the ball this weekend, it will likely be at least partially through jordan reid So I like jordan reid a lot. I think that alex smith is more of a salary saver We know he can do some stuff with his legs too So I do worry a tad bit about the ceiling for alex smith given that he's not throwing it very deep But at the end of the day, I'm still on board with using him here against the colds defense It could be just really bad this year alex smith just a poise veteran and jordan reid as you mentioned you got to take advantage and use him while he's healthy Well, let's talk about another stack for week two and jim likes drew breeze and of course alvin kamara This probably speaks for itself, but tell me why jim Yeah, it's not exactly the boldest stack to go with drew breeze and alvin kamara But I think that I just love having these two together because if you pair drew breeze with alvin kamara You're probably getting exposure to every touchdown that the saints score And we saw what they can do in week one They may have lost but they still put up 40 points against the bucks Now they're facing the browns and I like the browns defense to be better this year than they were last year But at the end of the day, it's still the saints at home and I love stacking where I can get a double dip, you know That's why I don't often stack a quarterback with a running back because you know if a running back runs the ball You're not getting double points between the quarterback and the running back But with kamara he had 12 targets last week from drew breeze. So you are still doubling up He's always a threat to get a receiving touchdown. He had five targets in the red zone last week He had two deep targets as well And I'm not opposed to putting drew breeze with michael thomas But at the end of the day if I can get exposure to most likely every touchdown that new orland scores on sunday I really do want to take advantage of that. So I will go drew breeze michael thomas But I think that drew breeze alvin kamara may wind up being the more common stack for me in week two I just wonder if cleveland will finally get a win and I don't know how good it's looking going up Against new orlands, but kamara so far has been the workhorse and the dual threat in the run game and the receiving game that we expected Let's talk about another stack for week two jim you like cam newton And christian mccaffrey. What about that pairing has you excited? Yeah, we talked about christian mccaffrey before and how appealing this matchup is for him being paired with an atlanta pass defense That does tend to funnel targets towards the running back So the volume from mccaffrey should be there But it should be for cam too and the thing that I love about cam newton We talked about this briefly with tarot taylor But I like getting that rushing volume from a quarterback and cam has had a ton of it recently Over the past five regular season games He has had at least 11 carries and at least 50 yards as a rusher each of those five games He has averaged eight point three Fantasy points as a rusher in this five game sample His offensive coordinator north turner said this week that he wants to let cam be cam And that means running the football quite a bit that gives cam a really good floor Now you put him in a dome against an atlanta defense that is super banged up. I think that gives him a good ceiling I am worried with no greg olson with no darrell williams for this carolina offense But when you add in the losses that atlanta's defense has had I think it's a really good spot for cam if you pair him with mccaffrey It's not as likely as it is with new orleans that you'll pin down every touchdown that carolina scores But you should still be close unless cj anderson gets a touchdown or the fullback The panthers actually had a fullback touchdown on sunday as well I think he should be set up pretty well for a big rivalry here between carolina and atlanta cam newton looked very comfortable week one and we talked about christian mccaffrey who had a pretty good day But he had the volume even though it maybe didn't even equate to as many fantasy points as he could have had But I think it'll be improved this week as jim mentioned So he likes that stack with cam newton and christian mccaffrey in week two Let's talk about another stack for week two that jim likes. It's matt ryan and julio jones Where is julio? I I never know like I feel like atlanta doesn't even know where he is half the time You think he's gonna get some more action in week two Yeah, I hope so. I mean i'm always in favor of julio. I love julio and I think that this is appealing It's in the exact same game as the stack that we just talked about with christian mccaffrey and cam newton But I love tarding games are in domes and I think a lot of the ownership for this week Will gravitate towards a super dome based on what we saw there last week But this is always a situation where they could go off between atlanta and carolina and we again We know where the ball is going going julio 19 targets last weekend He had seven deep targets at least 16 yards downfield three targets in the red zone Those don't tend to turn out very well for julio, but hey at least he is getting looks in the red zone So I love that and honestly matt ryan looked terrible and that is concerning But it also means no one's going to use him for this week and for 7100 dollars putting him in a dome I like that we've seen julio go bananas against carolina before even when they had josh norman back in the day now That secondary not quite as good as it used to be If I can get matt ryan and julio jones in a dome in what could be a plus matchup I will do it and yes It does require a bit of a leap of faith to go with matt ryan given that he did not top 20 points on fandall in any single game last year But I still like him paired with julio here. He's cheap should be low owned inside a dome I'm not going to turn down matt ryan in this scenario Look matt ryan went up against a tough eagles defense And you know mattie ice is going to be itching for a bounce back So jim likes that pairing julio jones and matt ryan in week two And another pairing that he likes going into week two dishawn watson and deandre hopkins They are another pairing that's do for a bounce back. I should say, you know, they went into new england and struggled a bit What do you think about them for this time around? I think it's exactly what you said maria They are coming off of a disappointing game against new england and that's going to you know Turn a lot of people off and I think that it should but we should be concerned about regression with this houston offense But I think pricing accounts for that too dishawn watson bumped down to 7400 dollars on fandwall While deandre hopkins 82 or is down to 8400 dollars and I don't think people if they pay up a wide receiver will gravitate towards deandre hopkins Antonio brown is at home in a great matchup julio jones coming off a big week last week with 19 targets I could see people gravitating towards them instead of going towards deandre hopkins And that means we could get dishawn watson and deandre hopkins at lower ownership at reduced pricing In a pretty good matchup with tennessee. I think that tennessee's secondary is much improved with melvin butler being there But they still got torched by kenny stills last week in that weird weather game in miami I think that sets up well for dishawn watson and deandre hopkins We know that dishawn watson is willing to chuck it deep We know that can benefit uh deandre hopkins and we know that dishawn watson can get a lot of points with his legs So with the reduced pricing with sentiment being skewed against houston based on that poor showing last week I think now's a good time to buy back in on houston in case they do go berserk Against a tennessee defense that again did get torched by kenny stills last week What I like about this stack is just the sheer talent right deandre hopkins has got to be one of the best receivers in the nfl at this point and we've seen dishawn watson's ability to put up monster numbers So that's a stack that we both like and if you missed any of the other stacks We like for week two make sure you check out fan duel dot com slash the duel and click on videos