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Fantasy Football Fact Check after Week 1

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Episode notes

Nando Di Fino and Emory Hunt get together on this episode of The Athletic Fantasy Football Podcast to discuss what was real and wasn't from Week 1. Were Saquon Barkley's struggles an anomaly? How are we feeling about Tom Brady and the Buccaneers? Where do the Colts' and Browns' backfields go from here? Nando and Emory ask and answer all those questions, and more.

Rundown
1:33 A Résumé-Based Week 1 Victory Lap
7:16 Saquon's Anomaly
13:41 The Colts' Backfield Without Marlon Mack
17:46 Is Jacksonville's Week 1 Performance for Real?
26:07 Time to Panic about Baker Mayfield?
30:55 Checking in on Nick Chubb, Mark Ingram and Nyheim Hines
34:31 An Appropriate Spot to Overreact
37:49 Tom Brady and the Buccaneers' Offense
39:17 Ugh, Jets
41:21 Auditing the New Head Coaches
42:45 Still Buying Pat Shurmur and the Broncos
45:12 The Ageless Adrian Peterson

Follow Nando on Twitter: @nandodifino
Follow Emory on Twitter: @FBallGameplan

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