Yahoo Sports fantasy analysts Matt Harmon and Dalton Del Don discuss why the Rams’ season is effectively over after just two weeks of the NFL season. Hear the full conversation on the “Yahoo Fantasy Forecast” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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This is our first submission to the coping corner.
Number one, Pua and Cup are on.
Ir you’re already coping if you drafted those dudes, Matthew Stafford is not gonna be a start fantasy quarterback.
I don’t wanna be fielding a bunch of demarcus Robinson, Tyler Johnson questions anymore and if you have Kyron Williams, you’re just waiting to be screwed on this one.
Yeah, he’s had some moments so far, but I think he goes into all of them, go into the coping corners.
Yes, the Rams are screwed, man.
I mean, it’s unfortunate, it sucks that just like two weeks into the season, the Rams season is over, but this is not the team that we thought we’d be getting in the L A Rams.
And I, I did say it a lot in, in the preseason that like I was worried about this team, they were so fragile.
I was definitely worried when a bunch of fantasy analysts last week came out and told everyone they were so stupid for fading Cooper Cup this year because he’s Cooper Cup.
He’s so good.
Yeah, he got injured last year.
Well, he’s injured again.
This is what happens when dudes get older and they do start getting like one thing happens after another, I know you’re gonna tell me it’s bad luck in that stuff.
But I mean, this is what happens to older players, man.
They, they start to pick up injuries and it becomes a problem.
Well, Pacheco, it’s the same injury type injury.
I mean, it was, what’s his age?
I mean, is that, is that his age, his, his broken foot?
You know what I will say to, to push back on you because you’re talking about a running back there like everybody gets all up and people flayed me for this on talking about it on Twitter because Jordan Rodrigue had the stat that when the Rams throw a Cooper Cup more than 15 times, they’re one and six.
Um and I pointed out like, yeah, it’s not a good thing when one of your players has more targets than you score points.
Like he had 21 targets to 20 points for the Rams in week one.
My point in that is not like, yeah, they’re losing because they’re throwing a Cooper cup.
It’s like they’re not a good team when they only have one guy.
And by the way, it’s not good when you’re throwing the ball 21 times to an older player because you’re submitting him to more punishment like a running back.
We all say all running backs are injury risks because they take a lot of punishment Cupp has taken more punishment at the wide receiver position because he blocks because he gets involved in the run game than almost anyone else.
So, uh, that’s my only point in why it was still clearly a risk for him.
I, I was excited after week one but I, yeah, like he’s in the coping corner.
They’re all in the coping corner.