This week on the podcast John dives into NFL players wanting to be playing all games on grass instead of turf, what are some of the best games to be watching the early slate, and his predictions for Week 3. All that and more!

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Ryan Wormeli, Pat Fitzmaurice and Derek Brown tackle the biggest fantasy football questions for Week 3, starting with the Chargers' struggling offense, Bryce Young's hot start and a favorable spot for Breece Hall and Garrett Wilson.

The guys also revisit Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs, break down Bucky Irving's matchup with Minnesota and sort through several injury-driven lineup decisions across the Sunday slate.

With two weeks of data to work with, Wormeli, Fitz and D-Bro separate meaningful trends from early-season noise before lineups lock.

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Intro - 0:00:00

Chargers at Bills: Can the Chargers offense finally break through? - 0:00:46

Falcons-Packers TNF fallout: Drake London, Jordan Love and Green Bay concerns - 0:06:01

Panthers at Browns: Is Bryce Young and Carolina's hot start sustainable? - 0:12:42

Jets at Lions: Breece Hall vs. Garrett Wilson and a great fantasy matchup - 0:16:52

Texans at Colts: David Montgomery and Houston's struggling defense - 0:20:56

Patriots at Jaguars: Drake Maye vs. Trevor Lawrence bounce-back potential - 0:25:26

Chiefs at Dolphins: Patrick Mahomes, Kenneth Walker, Rashee Rice and Xavier Worthy ROS - 0:28:15

Titans at Giants: Jameis Winston, Malik Nabers and Cam Skattebo rankings - 0:35:22

Bengals at Steelers: Can you trust any Pittsburgh fantasy options? - 0:39:19

Seahawks at Commanders: Who can you start without Jayden Daniels? - 0:43:17

Cardinals at 49ers: How should fantasy managers handle Jeremiyah Love? - 0:46:40

Vikings at Buccaneers: Bucky Irving's Week 3 upside - 0:51:16

Raiders at Saints: How high should Tyler Shough be ranked? - 0:53:55

Ravens at Cowboys in Brazil: Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry and a massive total - 0:58:00

Rams at Broncos: Davante Adams vs. Jaylen Waddle + SNF props - 1:02:01

Eagles at Bears: Luther Burden, Rome Odunze and Monday night lineup calls - 1:07:52

Outro - 1:11:52

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Colin’s top takes of the week.

First, Colin’s joined by John Middlekauff, host of “3 and Out” on The Volume.

They start with the Vikings beating the Bears and both express serious concern for the health of Caleb Williams (2:30). They raise serious concerns about the Chargers and give credit to Klint Kubiak for the Raiders back to back wins (10:15). Staying in the AFC West, they react to Bo Nix and the Broncos coming back late to beat the Jaguars (16:00).

Colin lauds Drew Lock as a solid backup for the Seahawks and they agree JSN is borderline unstoppable at wide receiver (26:00) and they remain baffled by the pileup of injuries for the 49ers and Colin praises Brock Purdy for a near-perfect game (32:00). 

Then, Colin is joined by Josh Pate, ESPN college football analyst and host of Josh Pate’s College Football Show.

They preview USC vs. Oregon (42:00), and discuss the top quarterback prospects and both agree they aren’t convinced that Arch Manning deserves to be in that category (47:30).

Finally, they review Josh’s latest power rankings and why Josh still has Ohio State ranked #1 (51:45), and debate where Oklahoma stacks up in the SEC (55:00). 

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Colin’s top takes of the week.

First, Colin’s joined by John Middlekauff, host of “3 and Out” on The Volume.

They start with the Vikings beating the Bears and both express serious concern for the health of Caleb Williams (2:30). They raise serious concerns about the Chargers and give credit to Klint Kubiak for the Raiders back to back wins (10:15). Staying in the AFC West, they react to Bo Nix and the Broncos coming back late to beat the Jaguars (16:00).

Colin lauds Drew Lock as a solid backup for the Seahawks and they agree JSN is borderline unstoppable at wide receiver (26:00) and they remain baffled by the pileup of injuries for the 49ers and Colin praises Brock Purdy for a near-perfect game (32:00). 

Then, Colin is joined by Josh Pate, ESPN college football analyst and host of Josh Pate’s College Football Show.

They preview USC vs. Oregon (42:00), and discuss the top quarterback prospects and both agree they aren’t convinced that Arch Manning deserves to be in that category (47:30).

Finally, they review Josh’s latest power rankings and why Josh still has Ohio State ranked #1 (51:45), and debate where Oklahoma stacks up in the SEC (55:00). 

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Nick Wright shares his predictions for Week 3 of the NFL season including Patrick Mahomes and his Kansas City Chiefs heading to Miami as massive favorites against the Dolphins, Lamar Jackson's Baltimore Ravens battling Dak Prescott's Dallas Cowboys in Brazil, Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers looking to right the ship against Josh Allen's Buffalo Bills, and much more including Rams-Broncos on Sunday Night Football as well as Eagles-Bears on Monday Night Football. #Volume

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Daniel Cormier IS BACK to talk all things UFC, MMA, and combat sports, this time DOUBLING DOWN on his criticism of Gable Steveson after leaving the octagon following his UFC 331 KNOCKOUT LOSS to Sean Sharaf. DC says he spoke to Gable Sunday about the loss, and expects him to bounce back better than ever, despite feeling like he needed to stay in there and accept the loss. Cormier also gives Jon Jones his flowers as a coach, saying he was wrong to assume that Jones wasn't good for the role, and he believes that taking the blame for Gable leaving further proves his potential as a coach. DC also gives his quick take on the massive heavyweight title fight between Ciryl Gane and Josh Hokit for the interim belt, which he predicted would happen last week. Hear what Cormier believes is next for Gable, why he will only continue to get better, and where he believes Jon has been a great coach for the young prospect. #Volume

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Robert Mays from The Athletic joins the show to break down how the Chiefs new offense has Patrick Mahomes playing like an MVP again.

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Colin Cowherd reacts to the Packers getting crushed by the Falcons at home continuing their disappointing start to the season. Colin explains why head coach Matt LaFleur’s failure to develop a culture in Green Bay is the primary reason.

Colin looks at the Cowboys vs Ravens matchup featuring Dak Prescott and 2-time MVP Lamar Jackson. Colin points out Lamar’s success vs the Cowboys and why this game will tell us if Dallas can be taken serious as Super Bowl contenders.

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Colin gives his Blazing 5 picks for the weekend

With Caleb Williams out, the Bears are going to have to change their gameplan against the Eagles, which means Bears HC Ben Johnson has his work cut out for him

USC really needs a big win to be taken seriously 

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