Yahoo Sports fantasy analysts Matt Harmon and Andy Behrens react to the Tampa Bay quarterback’s big Week 1 performance and why he could be a good patchwork solution for Jordan Love owners over the next few weeks. 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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Commanders, 20 bucks, 37.

We'll put the commanders aside for a second and just say, whoa boy Baker Mayfield, four touchdowns, 100 46.4 passer rating.

Andy, I told you, I'm sure you, you know this feeling as somebody that's done this for 50 years now in this business.

I told my neighbor my next door neighbor to start Baker Mayfield over Dak Prescott.

Oh man, I kind of want you to do that because he's your guy, but also it's a good matchup.

Thank God.

It worked out.

I don't have to move.

Um Wow.

Was it a good matchup?

Bold call by you?

Um That's, you know, I don't, I don't think I would have been able to pull the trigger on that.

Um II I think I would, I think I would default to Dak, but, uh a great game by Baker.

Incredible game by Mike Evans.

Um, you know, but some phenomenal work there.

Good to see the use the usage for Godwin.

I mean, Baker was nearly perfect, right?

Like that, that, that is a hell of a line, um, four touchdowns for him.

He's, I mean, you're not gonna be starting him every week.

But if I'm, you know, if I just lost Jordan love and I don't have Jordan Love for the next maybe three weeks.

Baker's probably the first widely available name that I'm looking at.

Um, because again, he's the guy who gets to throw to Godwin and, and Evans mcmillan White, like this is a, it's a good team, it's a good environment.

Um, and he's coming off an absolutely brilliant day.

I just thought that was encouraging first game with Liam Cohen and basically Baker comes out and pitches it almost perfect.

The, the pa the offensive line looked better.

Jalen mcmillan gets a touchdown in here.

Chris Godwin usage was great.

It's never gonna be this perfect probably again for the Bucks all season.

But, um, I thought that was really encouraging.

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