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Dynasty Nerds Podcast | Dynasty Fantasy Football

Biggest Risers & Fallers From NFL Week 1! Dynasty Fantasy Football Podcast - Ep. 696

Dynasty Nerds Podcast | Dynasty Fantasy Football

Rich Dotson

Sports, Football, Fantasy Sports

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Kick off the week with Dynasty Nerds' risers and fallers episode, where we react to the biggest value shifts from Week 1 of the 2025 NFL season in Week 1. We highlight Javonte Williams' explosive debut with the Cowboys, which boosts his appeal for contenders. Additionally, we discuss Daniel Jones’ efficient takeover with the Colts, positioning him as a sneaky QB2 buy, and Emeka Egbuka's immediate impact with the Buccaneers, scoring twice and indicating a potential WR1 trajectory.On the other side, we analyze Tua Tagovailoa's disappointing performance with the Dolphins, raising concerns about a possible blowup. We also look at Kenneth Walker's challenges with a timeshare alongside Zach Charbonnet in Seattle, and Kaleb Johnson's benching with the Steelers amid the emergence of Kenneth Gainwell and Jaylen Warren. Hosts Rich, Garret, and Jagger explore buy-low opportunities, like the potential value of post-hype Javonte Williams, concerns about panic selling Tua amid issues with Mike McDaniel, and Charbonnet's growing role in the ground-and-pound game. We also mention other players worth noting, such as Quentin Johnston's quiet rise, Dylan Sampson's PPR upside, and Isaiah Pacheco's split role with the Chiefs, which is affecting his value. Additionally, we provide injury updates on Xavier Worthy, George Kittle, Drake London, Evan Engram, Brock Bowers, and Jauan Jennings, while keeping an eye on backups like Jalen Royals, Ricky Pearsall, and RJ Harvey. Tune in for insights on trade targets, rebuilding strategies, and adjustments for contenders to capitalize on the early-season chaos. Fantasy Roster Rescue: Get your Roster Rescued! FFPC: Use promo code “NERDS” to receive $25 off any dynasty entry or dynasty orphan Sign Up Here!FastDraft: Download and deposit $10 using code NERDS on the FastDraft app and join your first draft to be eligible for a free one-year full bundle membership at Dynasty Nerds (new members only). FastDraft will match your deposit up to $50. Draft best ball teams in under 5 minutes! Keywords: dynasty fantasy football winners and losers, nfl week 1, Javonte Williams, Daniel Jones, Emeka Egbuka, Tua Tagovailoa, Kenneth Walker, Zach Charbonnet, Kaleb Johnson, Quentin Johnston, Dylan Sampson, Isaiah Pacheco, Kareem Hunt 00:00:00 Start 00:05:13 Risers 00:06:19 Riser: Javonte Williams 00:15:53 Riser: Daniel Jones 00:27:27 Riser: Emeka Egbuka 00:36:02 Fallers 00:37:08 FastDraft 00:38:10 Faller: Tua Tagovailoa 00:43:29 Roster Rescue 00:44:01 Faller: Kenneth Walker 00:52:47 Faller: Kaleb Johnson 01:00:08 Injuries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Ready, set.

0:01.5

Hot-Hud!

0:02.3

Welcome to the Dynasty Nerds Fantasy Football Podcast, where we discuss Dynasty Strategy,

0:09.0

rankings, and all things NFL.

0:11.6

So get ready to geek out on Fantasy Football with your host, Rich Dotson.

0:16.7

And welcome to the Dynasty Nerds Fantasy Football Podcast. I'm Rich Dotson here on my fellow nerds, Garrett Price. How's it going? And Jagermay. Howdy, howdy? Oh, that's a solid howdy-do. Yeah, new show. You're looking at your feed. You're like, dude, what the hell is going on? We got a Dynasty Nerd show coming out on aay like the week's not even over yet like what's going around around these parts Kyle poke and you're like

0:42.5

yeah well here we are you know and like Jagger man like who the hell is that you know that's not

0:47.3

matt o'hara he's a he's a new nerds content creator that we are happy to have a board of team to work alongside a fellow

0:58.5

co-analyst of ours that we will be doing more shows with if you tuned into the Friday show

1:03.3

we have we have that Friday shows coming out YouTube shows so many different areas you

1:09.1

will find Jagger Mays content written, college stuff,

1:13.4

podcast. We had some really good interactions at the FF Expo. I really enjoyed Jagger's

1:21.4

explanations of how to play Dynasty. And I was like, man, this is somebody I really like to work

1:25.7

with. So sometimes it's a

1:27.7

sweet how serendipity works out and here we are just like you know a month later working together

1:32.2

um so it's pretty dope jagger to have you part of team so welcome there first and foremost

1:37.4

glad to be here and um like i said i'm not like you guys if you're here for for a lot of numbers

1:43.1

i'm not your numbers guy but uh i do love some football and I do, I'm your every man's analyst here. So really like the rest of you on Monday. Yeah. And I'll be every woman's analyst. So don't worry about that. Oh, yeah. I got you all coming. Yeah. We got you all cover. Come on, baby.

2:01.8

It's 2025 and I slip up like that.

2:05.2

Good, man.

2:06.7

So we are, if you read the title, this is a new show we're going to be doing every Monday.

2:10.7

Like, it's basically risers and followers of the week, like instant reaction too.

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