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And I understand there's always the risk for injury. But if the dolphins are going to have enough confidence to put him out there in week two on a short week knowing how important he is for their season success, I'm going to have to trust that. Now, we've been in these situations before. Sometimes they go out there, they excel, they dominate, put up numbers. There could be an aggravation in the first quarter, a second quarter, and you leave the game. So it's up to each individual person, but I can just tell you in the leads I have them. If he's active tonight, I am playing him. Adam, I'm curious because of some of the lesser thans, we saw passing way down week one from last year to this year. We saw quarterbacks putting up less than 200 yards. Who are some of the quarterbacks you're most concerned with over the long haul? We saw Watson not look good, Caleb Williams, et cetera, et cetera. Just some of the guys that might be more of a long term than can concern than just a hiccup. Yeah, last week, obviously, it's still essentially preseason for many of these teams, because no one plays in the preseason anymore. The shot Watson is an easy one to be concerned about, because he just hasn't looked good in years, and he was mostly taking his back up. Kirk Cousins a little bit as well. He basically took all of the snaps and shotguns, so that limited the play action. He did move well, there were some video of him running behind center today. Didn't look great, it might take him some time, and that's an offense that was heavily invested in for fantasy. Joe Burrow a little bit as well, with no tee higgins, and but they correctly start slow. They're one in 10 the first two weeks under Taylor as coach, so Burrow should get better. We saw the same thing last year. But those are a couple that, at least for the early going, you might see them start pretty slowly. Adam Roan is joining us on the HR&P guest line. Should we be worried about these elite tight ends? And what are some tight ends streams in case we have a couple of guys that are hurt? Yeah, I'm not too worried about a lot of the tight ends that were taken early in draft. I think you'll see Dalton Kincain get better. Trey McBride, who had a decent game, Sam LaPorda. Kyle Pitt found the end zone. That wasn't bad. Mark Andrews that you have to remember was coming off a car accident, and Isaiah likely outshined them. But the chief defense gave a lot of attention to Mark Andrews. So I'm really not concerned, but if you're looking for a streamer, Colby Parkinson of the Rams is a good one. Who can accrue it is out. And Parkinson ran a lot of routes last week. Over 80% had four receptions. They do have issues on the offensive line. But Parkinson's a guy, if you're looking a streamer tight end, could be a solid option this weekend. Maybe the next few. Adam, JK Dobbins broke out in a huge way last week, 135 yards. And this week, the Chargers get a just about as juicy as a matchup as you could get for fantasy running backs with the Carolina Panthers. Are you still rolling with Dobbins this week? And what about Gus Edwards? How are you splitting up your usage of those Chargers running backs? Look, they're not going to overwork JK Dobbins. He clearly looked great last week and broke off a couple big runs. They'd get caught from behind. But you have to roll Dobbins out there now. Now, some people might be in a 10 team league where he was their four to fifth running back. You might have good options up top. But this is a great spot. Their offensive line looked good. There were holes, plenty of room for him to run. And the Panthers are just a mess right now. I still worry long term about Dobbins. Can he hold up? He's coming off the history of injuries that he's had. Gus Edwards is touchdown dependent. And he still might get from goal line carry. He can find the end zone. But it's clear that Dobbins is the preferred option in this backfield right now. How much of the fat budget did you see lost in Dobbins and likely? Who was the biggest that you saw? Yeah, likely was the guy that went for a lot. Dobbins was rostered in the league that I'm in. I've played a lot of deeply. He did competitively. 18 to 20 roster spots. So he was pretty much drafted across the board. But Isaiah likely, I actually could have used him in a league where I had Jake Ferguson. And my bid was 24 out of 100. And someone went 51 out of 100. So yeah, likely was definitely someone people were sawed after. Because you had to remember, you had the question mark with Ferguson. David Newjoker went down. And if you didn't get one of those top 10 tight ends, and so many of them had bad performances in week one, people just chased what they saw and likely put up a massive number. So he was the guy that was getting spent on quite a bit. Adam, you look at Green Bay in the situation with Jordan Love. It's one thing to say. You don't know who the wide receiver one is. And they were talking about that with all the talent they have. Now you got a guy that you don't know if can get him to football. How much are you concerned if you are an owner that has the receivers and even the tight ends in Green Bay? Very concerned. Malik Willis, when we have seen him, has not looked good. Maybe Green Bay has more confidence than him. And it's seen something because they didn't go out and get anyone. But the only guy that I would start is Jaden Reed, only because he's explosive. And they also get him the ball on some end-around. But everyone else, I don't see how you can do it. Like you said, we had question marks with how the distribution was going to be with Jordan Love, who we consider a top 10 quarterback. Now you go to Malik Willis. This is going to be a problem. So the only guy that I would consider starting is Jaden Reed. Yeah, it's a tight end situation. There was curious too. Musgrave was like an afterthought, not getting targeted. It was only to feel like 20% of the time, too. Like what's happening there with some of the Green Bay top targets? Yeah, they were with Tyler Kraft instead. That he was the guy. Everyone assumed it would be Musgrave, but it was Kraft. And that's the one thing that we were looking at coming into here with Green Bay. So Christian Watts, and it's such a good talent, and he did have three end zone targets in the game, but he just mixed up. Even Jaden Reed, he played left-napped. He wasn't on the field for three wide sets. I mean, only for three wide sets. He wasn't on there for two wide sets, but yet he still had the biggest game. But that was the other question mark with him long term. If you're not on the field as much, you're relying on efficiency and touchdown, which you did get in week one. So that's the issue. But at least the news seems pretty good on Jordan Love. If you're not being placed on IR, he even may seem like you would play the streak, which I don't believe at all. But he might only miss two to three weeks, and that would be good if you have any of the Green Bay skill players. Adam Ronas, fantasy embedding expert for the Fantasy Life Show and Sirius XM Fantasy joining us right now. Adam, last week, Ramundre Stevenson had a huge game, got a lot of work, 25 carries for over 120 yards. Obviously, we had a lot of questions about the Patriots' offense and how much they could do and provide for fantasy this season. Do you think this work and this performance from Ramundre is sustainable over the season? It's probably not sustainable every week. A lot's going to come down to the match-ups. I loved Steven to go into the year and took him in a lot of early drafts, and I'm backed off a little bit, because I started to think, what if this Patriots' offense is just abysmal? Obviously, week one, it worked out perfectly. They caught a bangle team that wasn't ready, that doesn't start this season well. They were able to play from a head and feed Stevenson, but still, the underlying metrics were good. He broke a ton of tackles. We know how skillfully he is in the passing game. This week, there are only three and a half point underdogs. They can probably keep a close. I do like Seattle in that game, but they can probably keep a close here and get another big workflow. He, to me, is an RB2 in fantasy this week in that 12 to 20 range. If I have them, I'm going to start input yet over the course of this season. If they can't stay competitive, then you have to worry about him not being able to get the touches that you want. But this week, I think they should stay competitive with Seattle and see them getting blown out, and their defense is better than we thought. They didn't lose some key players, but we'll find out in the next couple of weeks, because it's easy to say, well, they just ran into a bangle team that wasn't ready, and everything broke their way. Adam, what's this dumb club you got going on? Yeah, this is where I give out some betting picks, so there's a three-day free trial if you want to give it a try, so I give out picks and player props for MLB, NFL, and NBA, so every single day, so you can check it out. There's a link on my Twitter at @amronest, there's different packages, but you want to try it out, get a three-day free trial, and you can see I've posted a lot of the results on social media. So, yeah, I don't win every night, everyone who says to me, "When every night is a liar," I went full to school. He went 1 and 2 last night, but the night before was 4 and 0, and over the long term, looking at my records of where I've been, more profit than losses, and that's the goal, and you have to understand when you do bet, there are going to be nights. Like, last week, I'll give you a perfect example, Khalil Shakir, over 42 and 1/2 receiving yards, he had 42, James Conner, over 50 and 1/2 rushing, aren't the N50, so those are going to happen, and if you do bet, you've got to understand that, well, unfortunately due to case, but the good thing is, tomorrow is the new day. Let's try it. We'll check it out, Adam. Appreciate the time. Thanks for hopping on. Appreciate it, guys. Adam Roanis, make sure you check out that dub club. You can follow him on Twitter, TikTok @AdamRoanis, fantasy embedding for fantasy life on Series XL Monday through Thursday, 10 until noon.