Week 2 Recap: Burrow’s Toe, Daniel’s Dimes, the Russaissance, Detroit Is BACK, and Eagles-Chiefs Sucked

The guys rank their overreactions from the Week 2 games in this week’s Power Hour. They then rule on a case in Fantasy Court, answer a few emails, and finally bring on producer Kai Grady for the “Gen Z Spelling Bee” to test DK’s knowledge of Gen Z slang. (00:00) Start of Show (01:38) Sean McVay Tears Plantar Fascia in Win Over Titans (04:12) Power Hour: Overreactions for Week 2 (05:16) We Underreacted to the Micah Parsons Trade (08:38) The Vikings Should Have Kept Sam Darnold (12:54) The Eagles Offense is a Fantasy Sinkhole (16:33) The Chiefs Are Missing the Playoffs (20:57) Mike McDaniel Is Pre-Fired (24:43) We’re Concerned About Ashton Jeanty (29:24) Brandon Aubrey Should be Offensive Player of the Year (38:30) Travis Hunter Was a Siren Song (42:00) Should the Giants Have Released Daniel Jones? (47:25) Ringer Fantasy League Update (48:40) Fantasy Court (57:55) Emails (01:04:53) Gen Z Spelling Bee Check out the 2025 Ringer Fantasy Football Rankings: https://fantasyfootball.theringer.com/ Email us! [email protected] The all-new Hyundai Palisade Hybrid. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The guys talk about the Monday Night Football games, the flurry of QB injuries, and Brady in the Raiders coaches booth. Next, SHOWDOWN TIME! Must-add players at each position ahead of NFL Week 3. (00:00) Intro (04:07) Monday Night Football (42:59) QB Waivers: Daniel Jones (01:06:02) RB Waivers: Blake Corum, Tyler Allgeier, Bhayshul Tuten (01:18:58) WR Waivers: Troy Franklin, Wan’Dale Robinson, Cedric Tillman (01:31:25) TE Waivers: Juwan Johnson, Brenton Strange, Harold Fanin Jr. (01:39:29) D/ST Waivers: Colts, Bills, Falcons (01:40:41) Coachella Lineup Check out our 2025 Ringer Fantasy Football Rankings here!  Email us! [email protected] The all-new Hyundai Palisade Hybrid. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Producers: Kai Grady, Carlos Chiriboga, and Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The guys recap all of the NFL Week 2 action by going through categories such as Winners and Losers, the Oppenheimer Award, Stadium Pulse of the Week, and so much more. (0:00) Intro (1:29) ‘Sunday Night Football’: Falcons-Vikings (6:32) Joe Burrow’s turf toe injury (8:24) The late slate (30:56) Winners and Losers (41:43) Fart or Shart (51:38) The Oppenheimer Award (56:30) It’s So Over. We’re So Back. (58:55) The Debutante Ball Award (01:01:56) The WORST Play of the Day (01:04:12) Stadium Pulse of the Week (01:07:15) The Arthur Smith/Shawn Hochuli Award (01:10:08) The Lucille Bluth Award (01:11:10) Fantasy Burn Book Check out our 2025 Ringer Fantasy Football Rankings here!  Email us! [email protected] The all-new Hyundai Palisade Hybrid. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Producers: Kai Grady, Carlos Chiriboga, and Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The guys preview the upcoming games this weekend for Week 2 of the NFL season and share which players from each game they’re looking to start or sit in fantasy. Check out our 2025 Ringer Fantasy Football Rankings here!⁠ Email us! ⁠[email protected] (05:52) Eagles-Chiefs (13:22) Bears-Lions (21:44) Seahawks-Steelers (30:42) Giants-Cowboys (38:20) Rams-Titans (43:08) Jaguars-Bengals (49:58) Browns-Ravens (57:12) Bills-Jets (1:11:54) 49ers-Saints (1:20:35) Panthers-Cardinals (1:21:17) Broncos-Colts (1:24:51) Falcons-Vikings (1:28:15) Raiders-Chargers (1:32:00) Buccaneers-Texans (1:36:12) Ringer 107 Picks for Week 2 The all-new Hyundai Palisade Hybrid. Get started today at HubSpot.com  The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Producers: Kai Grady, Carlos Chiriboga, and Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The guys share their Week 1 under reactions in this week’s Power Hour, as they push back on some of the classic overreactions from the first games of the season. They then rule over some listener-submitted Fantasy Court questions before revisiting the time-zone discussion from the previous show. (02:09) Power Hour - Week 1 Under Reactions (04:36) Ja’Marr Chase and Joe Burrow Will Be Fine (06:55) The Jaguars Aren’t That Good (10:30) Underperforming Rookies Will Bounce Back (13:43) The Ravens Are Still Awesome (17:21) A.J. Brown Will Finish as a WR1 (22:51) Cam Ward Was Better Than His Stats (25:41) The Steelers Will Regress (28:30) The Seahawks Are Gonna Be Good (31:54) Davante Adams Is Poised for a Big Year (35:35) Ringer Fantasy Football League Update (38:40) Fantasy Court (53:27) Emails/The Time-zone Debate Revisited Check out the 2025 Ringer Fantasy Football Rankings: https://fantasyfootball.theringer.com/ Email us! [email protected] The all-new Hyundai Palisade Hybrid. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The guys react to Monday Night Football featuring the debut of  J.J. McCarthy on the Vikings and Caleb Williams’ first game with Ben Johnson as the Bears coach.  Next, SHOWDOWN TIME! Must-add players at each position ahead of NFL Week 2. (0:00) Intro(1:49) Monday Night Football(26:41) RB Waivers: Dylan Sampson (Browns), Trey Benson (Cardinals), and Bhayshul Tuten (Jaguars)(43:22) WR Waivers: Cedric Tillman (Browns), Hollywood Brown (Chiefs), and Kayshon Boutte (Patriots)(01:01:09) TE Waivers: Harold Fanin Jr. (Browns) Brenton Strange (Jaguars), and Juwan Johnson (Saints)(01:18:18) QB Waivers: Daniel Jones (Colts)(01:20:09) D/ST Waivers: Seahawks, Patriots, and Buccaneers Check out our 2025 Ringer Fantasy Football Rankings here!Email us! [email protected] The all-new Hyundai Palisade Hybrid. Get started today at HubSpot.com The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig HorlbeckProducers: Kai Grady, Carlos Chiriboga, and Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Week 1 Recap: Bills-Ravens Shocker, Rodgers’s Steelers, Tua Turntheballova, and Lions Panic The guys recap all of the NFL Week 1 action by going through categories such as Winners and Losers, the Oppenheimer Award, Intrusive Thoughts, and so much more. (0:00) Intro (1:25) ‘Sunday Night Football’: Bills-Ravens (16:39) Winners and Losers (32:37) The Oppenheimer Award (44:06) It’s So Over. We’re So Back. (56:56) Fart or Shart (59:10) Intrusive Thoughts (01:06:17) Play of the Day (01:09:56) The WORST Play of the Day (01:12:50) Stadium Pulse of the Week (01:17:57) The Arthur Smith/Shawn Hochuli Award (01:25:26) The Lucille Bluth Award (01:26:32) Two TEs and a Lie (01:28:07 ) Fantasy Burn Book Check out our 2025 Ringer Fantasy Football Rankings here!  Email us! [email protected] The all-new Hyundai Palisade Hybrid. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Producers: Kai Grady, Carlos Chiriboga, and Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Football is BACK! The guys react to the Eagles-Cowboys season opener (and Christian McCaffrey’s calf injury), before previewing the Week 1 fantasy football slate. (0:00) Intro (2:56) Eagles-Cowboys (21:05) Christian McCaffrey’s surprise injury designation (35:07) Chiefs-Chargers in Brazil! (44:02) Early slate (01:15:36) Late games (01:26:32) ‘Sunday Night Football’: Ravens-Bills (01:32:27) ‘Monday Night Football’: Vikings-Bears (01:41:04) Emails Check out our 2025 Ringer Fantasy Football Rankings here!  YT: Check out the 2025 Ringer Fantasy Football Rankings: https://fantasyfootball.theringer.com/ Email us! [email protected] The all-new Hyundai Palisade Hybrid. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Producers: Carlos Chiriboga, Ronak Nair, and Kai Grady Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The guys discuss Micah Parsons’s back injury and Bill Belichick’s inauspicious start to his college coaching career. They then come together for the season’s first Power Hour, as they share their playoff picks for each division in the NFL, who they think will make the Super Bowl, plus the best bets for all the end-of-season awards. (00:00) Intro (02:00) Micah Parsons Injury (05:24) Bill Belichick and UNC Get Routed by TCU (08:58) Power Hour! (10:31) NFC Picks (24:21) AFC Picks (54:05) Awards Picks (01:10:02) Emails Getaway sales event. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Producers: Ronak Nair, Kai Grady, and Carlos Chiriboga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to the Take Purge. All NFL-and fantasy football-related takes, including those you don’t actually believe, will be legal for 60 continuous minutes. All rational thought, logic, and professional credibility will be suspended during this time. (0:00) TAKE PURGE (53:47) COWBOYS TRADE MICAH PARSONS (01:12:45) BILL SIMMONS JOINS THE POD Check out our 2025 Ringer Fantasy Football Rankings here!  Email us! [email protected] Sponsored by YahooFantasy #YahooPartner. Play Now at yahoofantasy.com/promo Getaway sales event. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Guest: Bill Simmons Producers: Carlos Chiriboga, Ronak Nair, and Kai Grady Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices