{"id":77243,"date":"2025-09-09T09:49:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T23:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/?p=77243"},"modified":"2025-09-09T09:49:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T23:49:39","slug":"the-good-the-bad-and-the-fantasy-week-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/2025\/09\/the-good-the-bad-and-the-fantasy-week-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The Good, The Bad and The Fantasy Week 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ejections for spitting, injury question marks over my fantasy team already, seven hours of \u201credzone\u201d football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are so back\u201d is the sentence I said the most yesterday as I pulled myself out of bed at 3am to watch as much NFL as possible while refreshing every fantasy app I owned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Season Two of The Good, The Bad and The Fantasy is here where each week I highlight some of the big moments and questions that stood out to me as I watched all the action unfold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Good<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>That primetime game\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lamar Jackson in the Ravens locker room after blowing a 40-25 lead <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GFj1oyb3It\">pic.twitter.com\/GFj1oyb3It<\/a><\/p>&mdash; GhettoGronk (@TheGhettoGronk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheGhettoGronk\/status\/1964906068309623068?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>81 points and two Quarterbacks at the absolute peaks of their game battling it out like two wizards casting grand old spells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What an absolute treat it was for all NFL fans to get a primetime game of that calibre right off the bat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Justin Herbert<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Justin Herbert pulling up on Mahomes in the streets of Brazil <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3Kyx4zeecu\">pic.twitter.com\/3Kyx4zeecu<\/a><\/p>&mdash; GhettoGronk (@TheGhettoGronk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheGhettoGronk\/status\/1964217071023063543?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m one of those sick freaks that doesn\u2019t stop engaging with NFL content all offseason due to Dynasty Fantasy purposes (and maybe a bit of tism) but one of the main narratives all off season was that Herbert is just a middling QB in an offence that favours the run and hides him a little bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is not the Herbert I saw in Brazil. 25\/34, 318 yards at 3 TDs to beat the Chiefs who\u2019ve been pretty handy recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few more performances like this from Herbert and he will slide back into that top tier of QBs that a lot of people had him in a few years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bijan\u2019s 1<sup>st<\/sup> Quarter TD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ht\" dir=\"ltr\">BIJAN ROBINSON. TOUCHDOWN.<br><br>FOX | NFL+ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1G2hEDZgXw\">pic.twitter.com\/1G2hEDZgXw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Atlanta Falcons (@AtlantaFalcons) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AtlantaFalcons\/status\/1964737309363810703?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I took Ja\u2019Marr at the 1.01 so watching this hurt me a lot but my word he looks good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Geno Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hopefully the average NFL fan respects Geno Smith now<br><br>\u2b1b\ufe0f 24\/34<br>\u2b1b\ufe0f 362 yards<br>\u2b1b\ufe0f 1 TD<br>\u2b1b\ufe0f 1 INT<br><br>Made big time throw after big time throw, he&#39;s been the real deal for a few seasons now<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H2fsoUfFGe\">pic.twitter.com\/H2fsoUfFGe<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Cam (@TheCamMoore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheCamMoore\/status\/1964819166650929425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Go back and watch Geno\u2019s tape yesterday, almost every throw is a work of art. Here\u2019s hoping Bowers\u2019 injury isn\u2019t too severe because the Raiders offence might be one of the most aesthetically pleasing to watch this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O-line just needs to open some bigger holes for Jeanty, 2 yards a carry is not good enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Bad<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AJ Brown<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AJ Brown when I have US currency on him <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/spOtF3IObl\">pic.twitter.com\/spOtF3IObl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Matt King (@yappmatt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yappmatt\/status\/1963777112491667675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Philly get the W by their WR1 was out there running cardio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One target, one reception for eight yards. Philly didn\u2019t need to look his way to get the win. Is this a trend that will continue this season?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Giants Fans Watching Daniel Jones<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Daniel Jones after escaping the Giants <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yQaZErEqhk\">pic.twitter.com\/yQaZErEqhk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; GhettoGronk (@TheGhettoGronk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheGhettoGronk\/status\/1964756857651908704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe this one specifically applies to me but I had the popcorn ready for a Daniel Jones hate watch and that boy cooked the Dolphins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is this more on the Dolphins, the Giants or the Colts? I don\u2019t yet know but after seeing Russ get pummelled by the Commies. I have a feeling there is some blame on NY.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Detroit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dan Campbell without Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mdHudar69P\">pic.twitter.com\/mdHudar69P<\/a><\/p>&mdash; GhettoGronk (@TheGhettoGronk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheGhettoGronk\/status\/1964823162606211076?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I thought it would be business as usual in Detroit but after seeing that performance yesterday, the NFC North might be wide open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stone hands in Baltimore<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How we feeling Ravens fans <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mWhd9p6DyL\">pic.twitter.com\/mWhd9p6DyL<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL_Memes\/status\/1965089271427269087?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Death, taxes and a Ravens player fumbling on a crucial play to lose a game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Fantasy<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cfAdE tRaViS eTiEnNe ThIs SeAsOn\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The demise of Travis Etienne has been grossly overstated <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6qVy0LK9fm\">pic.twitter.com\/6qVy0LK9fm<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Anthony Amico (@amicsta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amicsta\/status\/1964771777021907070?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>ETN is the clear RB1 in Jacksonville. All those doubters in the offseason have gone real quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Speaking of offseason fades<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breece Hall looks like 2022 Breece <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IaSb2Y9cOT\">pic.twitter.com\/IaSb2Y9cOT<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NYJ MIKE (@NyjMike) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NyjMike\/status\/1965177485559300143?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Breece Hall look electric yesterday and Braelon Allen is not close to him at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rookies heavily involved<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;ve seen enough, bro is a league winner \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FekR5YNmEb\">pic.twitter.com\/FekR5YNmEb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sleeper (@SleeperHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SleeperHQ\/status\/1964905526636261491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Egbuka: 4\/6 for 67 and 2 TDs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Warren: 7\/9 for 76<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeanty: 21 touches and a TD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McMillan 5\/9 for 68<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The young fellas were heavily involved in Week 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BILL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Every Jacory Croskey-Merritt carry from Week 1<br><br>10 Carries<br>82 Yards<br>1 Touchdown<br><br>47% of snaps<br>50% of team RB carries<br><br>NFL Next Gen Stats had him for 39 RYOE (3rd best from yesterday) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tYaD1hsqog\">pic.twitter.com\/tYaD1hsqog<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Fantasy Football Data (@FantasyFFData) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FantasyFFData\/status\/1965018052078227781?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ejections for spitting, injury question marks over my fantasy team already, seven hours of \u201credzone\u201d football. \u201cWe are so back\u201d is the sentence I said the most yesterday as I pulled myself out of bed at 3am to watch as much NFL as possible while refreshing every fantasy app I owned. Season Two of The Good, The Bad and The Fantasy is here where each week I highlight some of the big moments and questions that stood out to me as I watched all the action unfold. The Good That primetime game\u2026 Lamar Jackson in the Ravens locker room after&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":77244,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,13,598,1],"tags":[],"hub_post_cat":[],"class_list":["post-77243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature-articles","category-american-football","category-special-interest","category-uncategorized"],"acf":{"md_tip_date":"","md_tip_date_end":"","md_market_url":"","tip_date":"09\/09\/2025","event_country":"Australia"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77243"},{"taxonomy":"hub_post_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hub_post_cat?post=77243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}