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Fantasy Football Today Beyond the Box Score

Week 3 Starts and Sits: Jerome Ford in, Brandon Aiyuk out? (09/21 Fantasy Football podcast)

Fantasy Football Today Beyond the Box Score

CBS Sports

Sports, Football

4.9721 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Brandon Aiyuk is dealing with a shoulder injury heading into Week 3. Even if he plays, you may want to steer clear. Chris Towers and Dave Richard discuss that and more to help set your Week 3 lineups.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Let's talk some start sick questions next on fantasy football today in five.

0:10.0

Welcome to FFT in five. I'm Chris Towers. I'm here with Dave Richard and Dave. Thursday night,

0:15.1

we already know we're missing Saquan Barkley. I think it's pretty easy to not start Matt Brito or Gary Brightwell unless you're absolutely desperate against the 49ers, right?

0:26.2

100%. We're not even sure how much those guys are going to play. It's a tough matchup. I don't care what Kyron Williams did last week.

0:33.6

Yeah. It's going to be a mess for the Giants all the way around. And their offensive line still isn't that full strike. Yeah, missing their starting left guard and left tackle for this game.

0:42.1

They've both been ruled out as well. Might just be a stay away from everyone on the Giants

0:47.1

situation. On the other side of that game, we do have Brandon Iyuk who's questionable after being

0:52.7

limited with a shoulder injury.

0:54.9

He looked pretty banged up after that injury in week two, kept playing through it, but was

1:00.2

slow to get up multiple times, only played 53% of the snaps, given that this should be a game,

1:05.7

the 49ers can win pretty easily.

1:08.4

Are you starting Brandon Ayyuk if he's active?

1:11.9

I would be nervous to do so.

1:14.6

And the problem with Brandon Ayuk is what you said.

1:18.0

The 49ers could win this game without him.

1:20.2

There's always the chance that the Giants make it competitive and maybe the 49ers say,

1:24.2

all right, well, we need you, Brandon, go out there and make a couple play.

1:27.2

Run a couple of slants.

1:28.5

That's what he's typically good at doing.

1:31.0

I would not feel good starting Brandon Ayuk.

1:33.9

Hopefully the 49ers make that decision for us.

1:37.0

Yeah, he's more like a wide receiver three for me, whereas he'd be a top 20 guy under normal circumstances.

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