Week 10 Waivers + Jason's Flying House, Difference Makers - Fantasy Football Podcast for 11/5
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Hey, this is Austin Eckler and you're listening to the fantasy footballers podcast. Welcome to the fantasy footballers podcast with your hosts, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright. Welcome in Tuesday, November 5th, 2024. The fantasy footballers happy to be with you on this fine day. Good morning.

Good evening. Good afternoon. November 5th was actually the, I believe that's the day that Marty went back to 1955. Is it really? I think it was November 5th, 1955. I thought it was in October. No.

Back to the Future Day? Yeah. Take a look. Take a look, Steve. I'm usually going to side with Mike on these things. Back to the Future Day is celebrated on October 21st. No, no, no, no, no, no. Not what day is it celebrated. I want to know the day that Marty. Hold on. To commemorate the day Marty traveled to the future. Okay. On November 5th, 1955, Dr. Emmett Brown invented the flux capacitor, making time travel possible. Well, on November 5th, 2024, we had the NFL trade deadline.

We do. Thanks, Jason. Moves are already happening. Big time moves. Guys that people liked in college. It's the NFL. What is the actual time today when that will be over with? 4 p.m. Eastern. Thank you. You're welcome. So we've got a few hours left. We've got Monday Night Football to talk about. Difference makers on the show today. News, including the trades thus far. And the waiver wire. And the waiver wire.

So, oh, and full stream ahead. Big show. So much to talk about, Mr. Moore. Yeah, it's going to be great. We also have. Can I just. Yeah. Do you mind sharing why you were late today? No, I don't mind. Nobody knew I was late today until you just announced it. Well, we had the benefit on Sunday that the time switch happened and Arizona doesn't have. Arizona does that right.

Yeah. I mean, we don't just about, we don't have daylight savings time. And so for all of, you know, the East coasters, like we're an hour earlier than we used to be, or in this case, 50 minutes earlier, because Jason Moore,

bought a shed for his house in the most unusual way. Well, some people buy the, here's some of the ways you buy sheds. You pay a company to come and build the shed on your property. You can go purchase a shed kit and build it yourself. I'm not going to do that on your own property or, or you can have a shed flown in by a crane.

So Jason sends a picture, says he's coming in hot today. It's a picture of a crane, and you've got – I mean, were you there for the whole delivery? Yeah, yeah, I was there. So there was a house –

It was full Wizard of Oz. I mean, I'm seeing this thing, and it's like Dorothy's house just- Did your kids go on a ride in it? No. Dangerous proposition. They don't let you do that. No, but it was wild. Yeah. We needed a shed quickly. This was a pre-built shed, and then it was too big for our gate. It's because it's a two-bedroom full bath, right? Yeah. Double-decker, two-story, you know, shed. Yeah.

Some people call it a house. And so they had to bring a crane to get it over the wall, which it's just, it's great. Like watching it happen. I was like,

Human beings can do the craziest stuff. I'm literally watching this very large piece of furniture, a little tiny house, just fly through the air on a crane that is... And it worked out. Yeah, it's perfectly in place. So you got a fully built shed. We've got a shed now today. Is there a witch underneath it? I hope so. I should put some legs out.

Well, there you go. Congratulations. Thank you for the congratulations. It did get my mind off of last night's Monday Night Football game, which was important for me. Well, I mean, we could tell Jason stories all day because we got pictures of Jason last night trying to deal with

Like you needed you going into the night. You needed a miracle. Yes, I know. I needed a miracle. Jason was down five points with the Kansas City D and I had Kate. Awesome. Kate. Awesome. Kate. Awesome. I knew I was going to lose continually. Awesome. Eight for 77 and a touchdown, but watching it happen.

Did you end up sticking with it? Yeah, of course. It's my job. I watched, but I wouldn't have watched if it wasn't my job. Of course, my butt. I mean, I did. I might have gone out to chill out outside, but I watched it on my phone. So what were your takeaways from the game? The Chiefs managed to win yet again 14 receptions on 16 targets for Travis Kelsey.

Yeah, I mean, the big takeaway, well, Kate Otten, I think, is one of this version of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Kate Otten is going to be so unbelievably useful for fantasy football.

The other one is just what do we make of DeAndre Hopkins? Eight for 86, two touchdowns. It was basically a goal line slant, if I'm remembering it correct. A true circus catch into heavy coverage that fell right into Hopkins' hands, and he was

I feel like we've seen that a few times over the past, but they haven't had a player who could actually bring that in, and Hopkins can. So it's do you – are you upgrading Hopkins after that performance or are you sticking with the – I'm 100% upgrading. I think he is a weekly must-start player going forward. And the reason why is because we saw this with Rushie Rice. Rushie Rice was in the role that is the primary wide receiver target and –

And Patrick Mahomes can find a way to get, you know, you get a little bit of space, he can get you the ball. When you've got great hands like Hopkins, he's going to catch the ball. That triple coverage deep down the field throw, it's just DeAndre Hopkins has DeAndre Hopkins' hands. He's great. And then you saw when Rushie Rice

unfortunately got injured. They brought back Juju Smith-Schuster, and he was eight targets, seven for 130, and was a wide receiver one for that week, and then he got injured. Now they've got Hopkins. They need him, and so I do think he's going to be the primary wide receiver option here, and that's an important role. I got a lot of flack for my initial thought that he'd be like around wide receiver 16 with Patrick Mahomes coming over. Obviously, they have to get him more acclimated. The beginnings of that were last night.

This came down to also what you fundamentally believed Xavier Worthy was capable of, which I don't think he's a very well-rounded wide receiver at this juncture of his career. He is good on a gadget play. Again, McCall Hardman is so much worse than,

than almost every player in the National Football League, but regularly utilized with Kansas City. They play to a player's strengths. Worthy had a couple of opportunities last night. He should have had a humongous touchdown. But that's exactly the point. That's literally why I didn't believe in Xavier Worthy is because

His should-haves won't be good enough, which is why they went and got DeAndre Hopkins. That play was one where it really showed me the difference between really, really good wide receivers and the great wide receivers. And your Jags, who I realize that Xavier Worthy has... Still new to the NFL. Yes, he's new to the NFL, and he still has elite, world-class speed, literally the fastest 40-time ever.

But there was no reason. There was no reason the defender did not cause, the ball did not cause, there was no reason for him to go down the sideline and run out of bounds before he caught it and not know where the boundary is other than just, you know, as a mental mistake. We're nine weeks in, right? They haven't had their bye week. 19 for 235 is the total in nine weeks for Xavier Worthy. They have had their bye week.

Kansas City? Yeah, they had it in week six. Okay, so 19 for 235 in eight games for Xavier Worthy. When you look at the combo of receivers there, 39 targets for Worthy, 32 targets for Adonai Mitchell. The teammates, Worthy has 235 yards, Mitchell 140. And then what do you do?

With Patrick Mahomes. Hey, we had a QB four on the week is what I'm seeing in a half point, four point quarterback scoring format through the ball 44 times. That was the first time throwing the ball over 40 times this year. Two ninety three touchdowns. Hopkins looks like he still has some juice. I mean, is this and Kelsey was great. And this is this is a Baker thing. Yeah, I agree. Baker and the offense for Tampa Bay on the road.

going out there and delivering offensive effectiveness. They looked so good. I mean, the fact that you have lost Chris Godwin and Mike Evans, Baker is, like, he obviously is not going to be in the MVP running. Yeah, you can't lure four and five. That award goes to, you know, what team is the best, whose quarterback is that?

But he is absolutely worthy of being the most valuable player in the NFL. He is playing outstanding football, piecing it together. You could argue they maybe should have won this game. I mean, they forced overtime. I think the majority of our age people wanted them to go for two when they got down there at the end of the game. And then they did stop them to force overtime. So if they had gone for two and got it, that's game over. Yeah, I mean...

I don't blame them either way. I don't care about that call. My point is they took Kansas City to the limit with injuries, and I agree with you. Mahomes was great because Baker made him have to be great. They played a good portion of this game from behind. It kind of went back and forth. So I'm just really impressed by Tampa Bay even in the loss. 23 touchdowns leads the NFL for Baker Mayfield. He's playing great. He's playing as well as I've ever seen him play.

And so, you know, we're going to get into some things about that offense. Kate Otten right now, when you look at that, I'm going to read you a name. Okay. Do tell me whether you'd rather have them rest of season over Kate Otten. Yeah. Kittle? No, Kittle. Yeah, Kittle. Okay, right. Bowers? Bowers. Bowers. Okay. McBride? I would take McBride. I would too. That's it.

Yeah. I mean, Kelsey. Yeah, I'm still going to take Kelsey. The rest of the season is hard of, like, when is Mike Evans back? Right now, Kate Otten is sitting as the tight end four in points per game, but behind the three names that you guys said you'd take out. I think tight end four or five. He's in that next category with Evan Ingram and Njoku where they have –

The team around them has caused them to be so important to their role. And Kate Otten has really balled out. He's looked great. He's in sync with Baker. And if you have to look at those three, Evan Ingram, David Njoku, and Kate Otten, it's hard to not just go recency bias and take Kate Otten because he's the best. But I think I do. He's been getting it done. It's not just he is rising to the occasion. No.

We see plenty of guys who are like, oh, here's the opportunity. And then they just fall on their face because they can't do it. And they're running the offense through him. I mean, you look at a seven-game sample for a K. Dutton. So the first two weeks, not involved. Last seven games, on pace for 141 targets, 105 receptions, over 1,000 yards, and 10 touchdowns. And Baker. That's what I was going to say. You want Baker or Trevor Lawrence or Jameis Winston? That's easy right now. All right.

Let's go ahead and turn the page here from the Monday Night Football game. It's a little bit of a shame that the Buccaneers couldn't get it done just for their season and what they're playing for and the trajectory. They've had some close games this year, and they're definitely missing those wideouts, but impressive performance by Baker. Welcome to Difference Makers, presented by Iams Pet Food. ♪♪♪

On today's Difference Makers, we're keeping it simple because look, it's time to take out some insurance policies. I've seen way too many teams out there riding dirty at this point of the season. Look, at

At the beginning of the season, we talk about it's pretty rare that we draft these insurance running backs. This year it was like, okay, I'll take Blake Corham because I know – and then it turned into Jordan Mason once the news all eventually fell out. But you just – you can't be 100% sure who the backup will be. You can't be sure that if they get the opportunity, they will be able to handle the situation.

But we're at the point now you have to have the insurance running backs. Like I picked up Ray Davis.

This weekend. If you have James Cook and you're riding without Ray Davis, I think that's insane at this point. Which is crazy that you were able to pick him up. I'm not talking about the production of Ray Davis this weekend. I'm talking about Ray Davis has shown the Buffalo Bills multiple times that if James Cook goes down, Ray Davis is going to be great. So we just want to...

Remind people of this. This is the time that you need to be picking these guys up. And if there is a tiebreaker where you're looking for, well, you know, who do I insure besides my own backups? It's looking at the strength of schedule.

Braylon Allen. We've talked about this just over and over. The running back schedule for them is so great. It's great for Brace Hall, but you need to have Braylon Allen on a team because if Brace Hall misses time, Braylon Allen will go right into the role and he will succeed immediately. They do not have

a single difficult matchup the rest of the season for running backs. It's not like, oh, they've got a good three-week stretch or their playoff stretch is good. Everything's good. It is completely phenomenal from here until the end of the season, and then the playoffs are even better than the next few weeks, but there's no tough matchup. So if Brees goes down, Braylon Allen will be a true difference maker.

And then Blake Corum is right in there. The schedule is quite good for the Rams. They do have a Week 12 matchup against Philly. And then 16 is against the Jets, which is pretty close to a neutral matchup for running backs at this point.

But the way that Kyron is being used, Blake Corum needs to be on roster. If I have Kyron, Blake Corum is a priority add this week, especially you're going to hear us go through the names. There's not a ton of plug-and-play options right now who aren't heavily rostered. So you've got to prioritize those backups. And then I wanted to have the conversation about the Arizona Cardinals because James Conner is –

James Conner is the motor of this offense, but would you take the shot on – this is where insurance can be a little bit difficult. Would you go with Trey Benson or would you go with DeMar Cotto? I made this decision. I mean, I had the choice of them. And you have Conner. I have Conner, and I'm certainly on the Trey Benson side of this equation. Okay.

And I was really impressed with Trey Benson in this last week's game because he got some more opportunities. He had some nice runs and he scored. DeMarcado will be the change of pace to Benson. But I want the goal line opportunities. When this team moves the football inside the 10, those are going to go to Trey Benson, I believe. And so that's the side that I lean on. I'm looking...

you know to demarcato is a better week-to-week random shot right now in a committee but benson would be the takeover guy to me i i agree i think uh amari demarcato he has a role and i think his role doesn't change if connor goes down he stays in that role that he has been on the field for uh and then trey benson kind of moves into that that connor role but rest of season

For running backs, the Jets, the third best schedule, the Cardinals are fourth, the Falcons are fifth, and the Rams are sixth. What do you do if you need to trade for one?

Like Tyler Algier is probably on a roster. Braylon Allen might be on a roster. If you have Brees Hall and you have Bijon, are you going out and making the, you know, maybe it's a pick trade, maybe it's a swap of bench players, but you're going out to actively pursue that? Personally, I'm not trading a starter from my lineup to go get the backup, but I'm going to try and trade some bench guys and help that other team get better and take

take on the guy that's only good should my running back miss time. Let me throw two names out here. These are guys that have been kind of waiver wire or at least bench players who kind of now they're going to be talked about like, oh, you know, we should we should be starting them. Would you trade if you are let's say you're the Brees Hall manager?

Braylon Allen's across the pond, and you can trade either Quinton Johnston or Jacoby Myers. Those are players that can start. Yes, I would personally do that. Yeah, you are locking down a top five or six running back schedule in a starting spot when you have the insurance for those particular guys. That's part of the equation here. It's not just...

No matter who you have, you go get them. It's also locking down. I have a starter with a great schedule. We're at the time of the – in your league, you know –

There are two or three teams of the league. You're definitely going to the playoffs. You should be looking at that right now. I'm not saying shift your entire thing. We have a playoff primer next week to talk about guys that we want to add for those particular schedules, but it's the future-proofing of your team. You need to start doing it now.

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The Cowboys. Dak Prescott is expected to miss several weeks with his hamstring strain. Got an MRI. Now expected to be placed on injured reserve. Cooper Rush presumably taking over at quarterback.

But don't worry, CeeDee Lamb also dealing with a week-to-week AC joint sprain. Expected to have a chance to play. But don't worry. They found their solution. They sure did. I mean, this was even teased. You know, Jerry was coming out saying, like, don't worry. We are trading for a wide receiver that we really like. And they went and paid up for Jonathan Mingo. They did. I know the contract's not the same, but they paid more.

to get Jonathan Mingo than they received for Amari Cooper. That is factual information. And I am not excited by this move. I am not endorsing Jonathan Mingo. But I do think that some franchises just have no idea what they're doing. Maybe the Carolina Panthers drafted a good player. Perhaps. And the coaching staff and everything around there just ruined Jonathan Mingo. So I'm saying...

I'm not just throwing this information into the garbage and just completely writing off Jonathan Mingo. I'm going to leave a small window open to say maybe a change of scenery can fix things for him. The complication here is that he is currently just a guy in an offense where you have a bunch of other just-a-guys outside of CeeDee Lamb, Turpin, Tolbert.

You know, this is who you're throwing the football to. Hasn't been part of the offense. Doesn't have his quarterback. And for fantasy purposes, this means nothing. Like when Jerry Jones was teasing this move, I'm like, ooh, maybe it'll be something that helps fantasy. This doesn't help Dak. You know, this doesn't help. I mean, he's not playing. So this doesn't help your fantasy situation at all. It just...

You know, it's bewildering to me to make a move losing a fourth rounder in the situation you're in. I guess I'm happy they think they can still win. That matters to me. I want CeeDee Lamb. I don't know what kind of contract incentives he has. I hope he has some so he can go out there and play or wants to, you know, keep his stat line rocking because he can still be productive with Cooper Rush.

because who else are you going to throw the ball to? I think that I'm speaking, I guess, more for dynasty. It's possible that Mingo was just thrown onto a waiver wire, or if you've been stashing him.

Maybe there's a little bit of hope. These situations have to be one in a million for the door to work out. From a Dynasty perspective, if I had Mingo, I would be so thrilled right now to try to get a second. If I could go find... You're not getting a second. No, there's a Cowboy fan in every league that you could be like a second rounder for the future. I mean, look at what Brandon Cooks did. You can spin that narrative. I don't think it's going to amount to anything. My point is, if I could get anything from Mingo, I would do it.

The Bears have traded away the unused yet seemingly somewhat talented Khalil Herbert.

He heads to Cincinnati to join the Bengals. Zach Moss going to miss the remainder of the regular season and maybe beyond. Yeah, the quote was... With a neck injury. The quote on Zach Moss was at least the rest of the year. That was not great. What is your reaction to this news? Chase Brown has been good. Obviously, they wanted to add depth, but do you... Like, would you consider Herbert to be a cursory what happens at? Yeah, I mean, he's...

I think he's now the backup running back here. You saw 100% of carries go to Chase Brown last week. They needed it. This is just a smart move for everyone. Khalil Herbert wasn't playing hardly. It was like 5% of snaps for the Bears. He's a good player. He's certainly. Seventh rounder. Yeah, it costs you nothing. I think it's a win-win-win for everybody. I don't think Khalil Herbert comes in and really hurts Chase Brown. But I do. You know, we're talking about insurance policies here. Yeah, I would. If I had Chase Brown, I would pick up Khalil Herbert.

100%. I mean, Khalil Herbert on today's episode, like sometimes you're picking up these insurance backs when you aren't the manager of that running back. You know, if Braylon Allen's out there, I'm going to pick him up no matter what. Right. Khalil Herbert, not to that degree, but still he's one injury away from being a relevant player. Adam Schefter reporting that Christian McCaffrey is expected to play football in Week 10. Returned to practice on Monday as the team officially opened up his 21-day window.

All the two and seven teams with Christian McCaffrey rejoicing? No, I mean, what does this mean for Jordan Mason and his roster spot in fantasy and his role? Like, are you shopping into the McCaffrey manager? Are you holding in the same vein that we're talking about these other insurance backs, only he's better? I feel like he is as good an insurance back as exists, not to mention you have the absolute

added benefit of the fact that the starter is currently injured. And we're expecting him to be back. I do think he will be back. But when you are injured and you come back, oftentimes you re-aggravate an injury. Now they took their time here. My expectation, I think Christian McCaffrey comes back

and has his role. I do. I don't think this is going to be some 50-50 timeshare where Jordan Mason has earned enough, and Jordan Mason's dealing with an injury of his own as well. I think they're going to pivot right to McCaffrey and just give him the workload. So TBD on that, but Jordan Mason would be someone that certainly you're not dropping to the waiver wire at all because Christian McCaffrey's coming back. If you want to try to get something for him from the McCaffrey manager,

Try. Make sure it's worth it.

Okay. Yeah, I was wondering if you'd consider him a flex play still. I do not know. There's no chance I'd put Mason into the lineup this week. I want to see how much work he gets. Because if it is like 60-40 or 50-50, if it's 50-50, I don't think you want to play Mason. And if it's 50-50, I think you do want to play Christian McCaffrey. A.J. Brown is not expected to miss a significant amount of time. Doesn't mean he won't miss some time. This reminds me of D.K. Metcalf like crazy. D.K. Metcalf

It was great news. He did not tear his ACL. It's fine. He's going to push to play. He's not going to miss much time. Well, he's missed two weeks. He's still pushing. They're on by. We're hoping he's back next week. So, yeah, not missing significant amount of time to me means missing time.

D'Amico Ryans, head coach of the Texans, says they will, quote, continue to evaluate Nico Collins' hamstring through the week. Shut up. Shut your mouth. I'm not talking to you, Andy. I'm talking to D'Amico Ryans. I don't. Sunday night game against Detroit. I don't like this.

Shut up. We were on pace. We were tracking for week 10. We didn't really have any news. Shut your stupid face. No, we did. We had reports that were like, hey, Nico Collins, he looks like he's going to be back week 10. Yeah. Yeah, they were saying that. I didn't read those. Multiple reports of that. They seemed like fake news. The thing is about this report is like –

Saying that they're going to continue to evaluate, evaluate Nico Collins is not necessarily bad. No, this isn't news. We shouldn't even be reporting it, but it scares me because I just traded for Nico Collins and I need him badly. So it'll be watched the practice reports. If he gets, I mean, if he's limited all week, Sunday night, he's probably playing Sunday night though. Yeah. You need to have a backup option. Um,

He's eligible to be activated for Week 10, so we'll see if that happens. Joe Flacco will continue to start for the Colts. Shane Steichen announced that, plays the Bills this week. Jameson Williams reinstated after the two-game suspension. Back on the field for the Lions. And then T. Higgins, unsurprisingly, listed as DNP on Monday's estimated report. However...

They play on Thursday. They do. They play Thursday. And the way that... You still like to estimate him practicing. The news that came up before the DNP was like, T. Higgins is going to be working with the trainer all week, hopefully getting ready to play for Thursday. So this is not... It's not a surprise to me that he's estimated as did not practice. And this... It's not...

ruling him out yet. Anytime he practices will be a surprise to me. I don't want him practicing. For the rest of the season, I will be surprised if he practices. The dude just hurts himself when he practices. He hurts himself in games too, Mike. I'm not expecting him. On a short week this Thursday, if he's a DMP on Monday, I'm not going to bank on him. I'm not having a backup plan. I'm having a plan.

T. Higgins is the backup plan. Going back to Joe Flacco, the report was that he will be the starter rest of season. I saw that, but I didn't have it verified. Okay. Kyle or Deucers, can you verify? Because we both saw it. I just want to make sure that's legit because that's a pretty big difference, giving him the confidence of rest of season or just saying this week. I think he'll be the starter rest of season that the team can make to the playoffs.

That makes sense, actually. That's what I would do. Jonathan Brooks might make his debut this week. Well, he has to. Expected to be activated if I are. So, I mean, he could be a scratch. Yeah, I guess. He could be a scratch or something. He has to be activated this week or it's done-ski. He'll be out for the year. We'll see if there's any more trades today. I will be surprised. So, the report came from Jake Arthur NFL.

Co-host of Locked On Colts. Yeah, he said he asked Shane Steichen if Joe Flacco may have a certain limit before getting pulled as a starter. Just like Richardson, he said they're sticking with Flacco for the season. We're staying pat with Joe going forward, comma, right now. So I have the same amount of confidence in that. All right, that was today's News and Notes presented by USAA Insurance. Learn more at USAA.com slash insurance. We'll take a break. We'll come back with a waiver wire.

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The way that the scrutiny, I mean, two weeks ago, the Bears on top of the world won Hail Mary. You're the worst team. Hail Mary followed by loss in Arizona. Which the Hail Mary. Catastrophic. I mean, according to the announcers on the game, that one play just carried over for the entire game. It's the reason they lost to the Cardinals was because of the Hail Mary. And all I'm saying is, I mean, we saw this last year with the commitment to Desmond Ritter in Atlanta.

things toxic group things have to they just change they just change if they if the Colts go out and Joe Flacco throws three picks sack fumble and they score three points you lied because you don't you're saying it on the presumption of success that's how everything goes in the NFL it's also a lose-lose what's he supposed to say like you pulled your rookie

And you can't be like, well, we're going to evaluate it. If he had said, we're going to evaluate it each and every week, we would be roasting him of saying, no, you've got to make a decision. No, you're right. You're right. So we've got to be fair. It comes down to, we ask these coaches too many questions.

For our job, I want the access because I'm trying to piece all the puzzle pieces together. But we have way too much access to these coaches and athletes, and they just say dumb stuff that's not helpful the vast majority of the time. And then we get mad at them.

Welcome to the waiver wire presented by NFL Sunday ticket on YouTube TV. You're afraid the spotlight was coming out. I'm sorry. Yeah, I didn't. I didn't realize. Yeah, you were going to keep going. My bad. We've got the 49ers and Steelers back off the buy. And then the next three weeks, four more teams every week. So the Browns, Packers, Raiders and Seahawks taking time off this week.

and we turn to the running back position. There are two names, majority rostered, that are worth briefly mentioning just in case, Rico Dowdle and Jonathan Brooks. People have been waiting a long time for Jonathan Brooks and, frankly, a long time for Rico Dowdle to be a player you could count on. If they're there, survey the field. They're at the top of the list.

But now let's talk about sub-50% roster players. And who tops the list for you? No one. No, I mean, Jalen Warren, we talked about him last week. I was not as high on Jalen Warren last week because he was going into buy and he doesn't strike me as a player that

I need to go out there and spend fab on or my waiver priority to wait two weeks to get a player who hasn't scored 10 fantasy points. But he's back, back from by. He has been catching passes from Russell Wilson. He's available in over 50% of leagues. The matchup against the Washington Commanders is middle of the pack. So I'm fine. If I had to take a shot of someone that I'm picking up to start this week, there's...

There's very few names out there. I mean, you're talking about you've got a trifecta of Jalen Warren, Tyler Algier, and Justice Hill. Those three guys are available in about half of leagues. You can pick them up and just hope you get a touch. Yeah. Because you're probably getting six to eight points from any of those guys. Yeah, it's really, really thin this week. The

The only other name I think that could be picked up right now as a stash and hope that they overtake the starter, it's Odrick Estimé for the Denver Broncos, the rookie running back. I think we're on a couple weeks now of Sean Payton saying

that Audrey Estimé is going to get some more work. Yeah, he said it last week and then he didn't. He's not trustworthy. However, last year every single week, Marvin Mims was going to get we got to figure a way to get him out there. We're going to do it this week. Jerry Judy's in the way. It's not. He's 50-50. He's a liar. He's a 50-50. If you look at CoachSpeak Index that tracks that stuff, he's 50% reliability on playtime. He's a liar, but

It at least – it makes sense. It makes sense process-wise. Is that because, like, Javante Williams has, like, 40 yards on his last 19 carries or something like that? Yeah, that would be a big part of it, of this offense is – like, they have to find a solution. Jaleel McLaughlin is getting more playing time these last couple weeks. I don't personally think that he is the answer for the Denver Broncos. Maybe they don't have one, but –

it makes sense for them to at least give Estime a shot to see if he can get a hot hand and be someone that they can actually rely on. The name that I would bring up that hasn't been relevant...

as of this season, but was just traded to Minnesota a couple weeks ago. Cam Akers as an insurance option to Aaron Jones. What did Ty Chandler do? I don't know, but they stopped using him as much. It's what he hasn't done, I think. Perhaps, but the offseason, O'Connell, I think O'Connell's a pretty trustworthy guy with the stuff he says. They were

Maybe they were just pumping up that this is their player because... They gave him eight weeks. Yeah, they did. They gave him eight weeks. I mean, that's not being dishonest. You gave him half the season to try to show you something he didn't show you. Most of the weeks for Chandler this year, 2.1 to carry, 1.9, 1.7, 2.1, 2. He hasn't gotten it done. They can't give him the ball. It's a pretty good audition. The last two weeks, there's a combined 4% of snaps for Ty Chandler. So that role has now been given over to Cam Akers, who...

He looked okay when he was there. So just as an insurance back, someone that is widely available, I'm not excited to pick him up. I'd rather have Khalil Herbert, who is also 9% rostered. There's just not a lot of names. I mean, it's really like get your insurance policies. Go grab your... This is... The second week has been like this.

Yeah, running back. And it's good news because it means there wasn't a catastrophic injury. It means one of the star running backs for two weeks in a row hasn't gotten injured because usually we're coming in and we're bringing up this name, whatever it is, as like he now gets to be the starter. So in some regards, I hope that it sucks the rest of the season. No, it's actually a good point. I mean, we...

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Drop candidates, Travis Etienne, Devin Singletary, that's a no and a no for me. I would not drop them. I mean, have you listened to the names we just mentioned? Yeah. I wouldn't do that, especially not Etienne. That would be dumb. Singletary's job is gone, but Etienne could get it back. Wide receiver, the name that's going to probably fetch the most fab. He's going to get the bag. Quentin Johnston, four for 118 and one.

Came off of an injury. He's only 28% rostered. You know, to me, I don't know if I'm willing to break the bank on it, but I'd be investing. Yeah, they're throwing it more. And Quinton Johnson looked good before the injury. We brought this up on yesterday's episode. Quinton Johnson, I mean, he's catching the ball. He's getting open. He's...

He's been pretty good for fantasy. He obviously got injured and that was bad, but they're also allowing Herbert to throw the ball more.

He's a talented player. He was a raw prospect coming in with some development that was needed. But if they gave him the development, I mean, you look at the... I know in the early offseason, we were talking about the difference in coaching styles with Dennis Allen tearing down all of his players. But you had Harbaugh just talking, like, Quinton Johnson goes out, drops a couple passes in camp, and then he comes out and he's just talking about how great...

Quentin Johnson is, what attributes he sees that he loves out of this guy. He's just building them up. And lo and behold, Quentin Johnson is developing. He's playing better. And is playing better. And so this is a talented human being, a talented athlete, that if he can actually develop, could become a legit weekly option for Herbert.

Xavier Lee gets probably the best thing that the Panthers have going in the wide receiver room right now. Lee get and Jalen Coker. I think both of those names, it's important to bring them up again because maybe Coker had a lot of attention last week, got picked up, didn't have as big of a game. So maybe he gets ignored. These are going to be some ping pong type of situations and, and wide receivers at the top are inconsistent. So certainly in this tier, they're going to be inconsistent. So like,

You should come back to the well is what I'm saying. Yeah, Liget has been double digits in fantasy points three of the last four weeks, four of the last six weeks. He's involved. He's on the field a lot, 83%, 84%, 77% of snaps. And he's really used around the goal line. He's a gargantuan man. So the red zone opportunities have been there. You don't expect him a ton with Bryce Young throwing the ball, but, I mean, he's had –

four touchdowns in the last six weeks. I like manufactured touches when you have an offense that you don't have trust in, too. And you're going to see more of that. Like, he has a rushing attempt in three straight games. And so I likely get more than Coker, both to pay attention to. I think Fab's going to get spent on Demarcus Robinson this week. And I'm not sure that I will be in that place. I know he's a very – he's had effective games last year with both cup

and Puka on the field. This last week, we didn't have Puka for half the game. He was on 30% snap counts the week before when Robinson was really effective. It's not that Robinson shouldn't be rostered, but to me, I wouldn't spend

I don't have the confidence to spin big fab there when I have other players I like. Not at all. Demarcus Robinson has been good when the game script requires Stafford to air it out, and then he's the third on the field. That's his situation, but he is a streaming option, a matchup play. This week he's playing against Miami. They give up the third fewest points to wide receivers. This doesn't strike me as one of those game scripts that I am targeting the third wide receiver for their opponent.

I got two wide receivers I would bring up. Juwan Jennings. Yes. San Francisco. Please. He's back. Like, he...

They were on by last week, and Brandon Ayuk is gone for the rest of the season. They get to play Tampa Bay, then Seattle. So we have two good matchups coming up here, and he's already balled out a few times this season. So I think that him and Kuj are my priority ads, but Jennings a little bit higher on the roster percentage. Can you put Pearsall in the category with him as somebody that – I think he should be. Pearsall is a player that should –

be rostered in basically every single 12-team league, but I would really prioritize Juwan Jennings. I'll take the guy that I know already has some type of connection with Brock Purdy. It's not a first-round rookie trying to work his way in. And then the other name, it's Pop Douglas. It's Demario Douglas of the New England Patriots.

It was the production, only seven points in a half-point scoring format. But look at the outside numbers, nine targets. He caught seven of them. It was only 35 yards. Look, that's kind of gross, but he had seven receptions. And in the other game where he played, you know,

More snaps than not with Drake May. It's like they've had a weird overlapping thing where we can't seem to get them together at the same time. But in that first game with the Mario Douglas and Drake May, six for 92 with a score. I think that he is a more under-the-radar ad because...

He didn't have a blow-up last week, but he's coming back. Jalen Polk's not playing football. DeMario Douglas is a good player, and he's, I think, the first read for the wide receiver crew there. Yeah, I think that's going to happen. For me, I like everything you're saying, but to me, he is an on-the-radar pickup, not a pickup and play this week. I just brought up Miami being top three against –

wide receivers that well he's playing against Chicago who's top two against wide receiver it's not like that it's not the matchup I want to play but he is a good player who's going to start developing more connection with May so you know next week after on waivers let's not forget that after a down week from Pop Douglas and pick him up and play him against the Rams uh let me ask you this you know there's there's quite a few names Legat, Johnston, Jennings um

Are you cutting Xavier Worthy? Is it worth just not being...

Like, my worry with Xavier Worthy is that he is going to be the one in six weeks, a big play touchdown, but then we're living the McCole Hardman, the Kadarius Toney, the millions of different names that we've seen in that role. Like, are you cutting him for these names? For those top names, yeah. I mean, if I could swap Xavier Worthy into Leggett, Jennings, Quinton Johnston, I would do that 100%. I'm not going to –

you know, the DeMario Douglas versus Xavier worthy. I just hold on to Xavier worthy. Okay. Jalen Waddle. No, I'm not cutting Jalen. He got a touchdown last week, had crazy negative play that wasn't really on him. And then you've, you've still got only two games back with Tua. So no, I'm not cutting Jalen Waddle. Deontay Johnson, uh,

No redraft interest in Deontay Johnson. None. He's a really tough one because he is good and he's on a great offense, but he can't be the one. I mean, Zay Flowers, I don't think he can be the two. His snap counts, I would have to see go way, way, way, way up from where I'd expect him to be. I don't view him as a must drop. If he was out on waivers, I'd go, there's a path for a good player and a good offense.

But he's certainly not someone I'm playing right now. I mean, this is like a – it's almost like a developmental player, and that's hard to do when you're in week 10. I mean, I would drop him for Judy, Lee Gatt, Jennings, Johnston, Pearsall, and probably Coker, honestly, because I want ceiling, man, and I just don't know –

Deontay Johnson, when are you going to start him? In a regular 12 team, probably never. If you're in a deep roster, okay. But it's like

It's disgusting, and he's on bye this week. I'd rather have Elijah Moore than Deontay Johnson. I'll take those targets. He didn't produce, but he's still got a whole bunch of targets. Well, that's what he does. That is his entire career. Nine targets for 28 yards is what he's done for, what, like 30 games? Literally his entire career. That's all he's ever done. He had 104 targets last year and finished as the wide receiver twice.

That is awesome. Those are Watson targets. I will say, yeah. Elijah Moore, if you're in a- He's got a four-year career. I mean, if you're in a PPT league, he's actually super duper valuable. Point per target? Point per target. Yeah, if you get points for targets, then that's awesome. Pick him up. Yeah, I mean- Also, send me a screenshot of your league because I've never heard of a PPT league. I think I hate Elijah Moore. I think you hate Elijah Moore. He has four good games in four years. Can confirm. You hate Elijah Moore. Yeah, I'm out.

All right. Any other wide receivers worth throwing out there? Parker Washington was a name last week. Yeah. Worth bringing up. Maybe, like, we'll see how Drake London is doing, but Ray Ray McLeod could be in for a spot start. What do people do with DJ Moore right now? Oh,

He had a bunch of targets again. He also walked off the field in the middle of a play. So I wasn't sure about that. It's possible. I was sure. No, I watched the play and I was like, what in the world are you doing? He is six yards off the field with his back to the field while Caleb Williams is still running around on the play. My only thing that I said I'm not sure about is I wasn't sure if he stepped out of bounds and then took himself out to make sure he wasn't a target. You can reestablish.

Can you? Without a penalty? Yeah. No, you can't be the first person to touch. Oh, you can't be the first person to touch the football? Right. I thought maybe he was limping off. It was ridiculous. Some can still go block for your teammates, gentlemen. Yeah. Oh, yeah. You don't need to walk. You don't leave the field. You don't leave the... I mean, he is so...

I'm actually really disappointed in DJ Moore this year. He seems like a pissy pants, man. Yeah, he seems like a pissy pants, and he just got paid a bunch of money by this team to come in and doubt your quarterback again. I mean, I don't like the attitude. It's not just his QB. He hates his coach, too. Yeah, but don't be a pissy pants. But all of the Bears do, and they're not pissy pantsing. If it was free, if it was pro bono, you can be a pissy pants.

Absolutely. You're not pro bono. I am not defending. Oh, I think you are. I am not defending. You love Elijah Moore and you love pissy pantsers. Yeah. I am saying DJ Moore has had a terrible, he's well compensated. He should be more in the game. Finishing plays.

But the dude has had a terrible situation like every single year of his life except for one. Yeah. Except for the money part. The only other name that I would throw out there, I believe he's in concussion protocol, so you've got to monitor the practice reports. But Darius Slayton against Carolina. Yes. He's one of those players you can pick up and play because he actually has good games from time to time, and he's got a plus matchup. No player –

There's an unheralded player that never gets any credit. Darius Slayton. Darius Slayton generally produces when asked to, and yet. He has been a successful NFL wide receiver for six years, and he has never wanted and never respected. No. It's the opposite. It's impressive. Of Elijah Moore. All right, we'll take a break. We'll hit the tight ends. We'll be right back.

How much fab are you spending on Sticky? Sticky Gasicki. He's 20% rostered. You've lost Eric Hall Jr. T. Higgins is forever doubtful. And you've got a Thursday night game against the single best team to throw the football against over the last five weeks. If you look at who you want to start a wideout against, which Gasicki, when he runs from the slot, that's a big, tall, sticky-handed wideout. Mm-hmm.

How much are you spending up on Gesicki? Because how long do you think this will last? I don't think it will last once T. Higgins is back, but it is worth spending up, burning your priority or spending money to get a victory. Oh, sorry. Do you know what Snap count last week? I just want you to take a shot at. Snap count? Yeah, Snap count for Gesicki. Number one overall tight end, five for 102. What's a Snap count? Makes me want to go 100%, but I don't know, 88%. Mike? I'm going to guess...

Like 60-something? So Eric Hall Jr. was knocked out, right? Yeah. 36%. Yeah, okay. I mean, look, 36%. Oh, you were talking about Eric Hall? Nope. No. Wait, that's Sticky Gasicki. Sticky Gasicki played. That's not right. That's inaccurate. Strike from the tape. Scrub it. That's wrong. You sound dumb. I had to laugh because we're talking about the future. The future was Sticky Gasicki 36%.

36% of snaps. Was he 100% targets per route run? His average snap count on the year is 41% on the season. Yeah, that one's all about route participation. Yes, it is. Wow. But, I mean, the targets the last two weeks, eight and six, it's just that, like K. Dotten compared to Mike Gasicki. K. Dotten plays every snap of the ball game. Sticky Gasicki, you're like, uh...

Where are you? I mean, if I've been rolling out Jake Ferguson or Taysom Hill or even Mark Andrews, I think it's worth picking up Gasicki for a one-week start because the targets have been there. He's really talented. There are not a lot of – You're saying sometimes you can't be picky. You can't be picky when you've got to get sticky. Right. Pick up Gasicki.

Thank you. You led me there. Yeah. I didn't want to participate in that. I was just yes anding, my man. That's half my crickets. He put the cheese right on the trap and you were like, snap neck. My neck just got snapped. Thanks, Andy. You just murdered me. Walking you into bad jokes should be a thing.

But you're right. You're right. Gasicki has more upside with his quarterback throwing the way he's throwing it around the red zone. And against Baltimore. And against Baltimore. So that's a Thursday night. So it's just what happens if T actually plays? With Eric Hall's injury, I'm still a little bit.

Okay. Yeah, I'm interested, but he certainly would go down a notch. Like, I would still play him over Taysom Hill. I'd still play him over Jake Ferguson without Dak. But, you know, for instance, I think one of the big scary names is Sam Laporta. Like, Sam Laporta, if I had him and T. Higgins was out, I would play Gasicki. Okay, I think Javon Johnson might...

Be hiding. He might. But maybe not. Juwan Johnson, Taysom Hill, both the last remaining targets for a team now without Olave Shahid. So, you know, they should receive targets. Sure. They really should. And then... Jonu Smith. Jonu. That would be the name. Right now, for me, it's Gasicki and Jonu. Because Jonu Smith has...

Been shockingly involved. Last four games, target pace, 114, 8, 7, 6, 6. Yeah, I mean, the last two weeks with six targets from Tua in games where he's back, I mean, it might not have been a great fantasy output in each one of those, but he is involved for a good offense. And this week, the Rams, they're 30th against tight end. I am just...

Please play T. Higgins because I knew this was going to be the case. Ask Kyle to grab me the splits of this season with and without T. Higgins. Double the fantasy points. Jamar Chase is averaging double the fantasy points with T. Higgins. Jason and I watched the film on the Gasicki touchdown. I retweeted it. It's outrageous. Multiple Raiders defenders sprint full speed at Jamar Chase.

On the play where Gesicki is wide open for a touchdown. It's like he already had the ball and they were going to tackle him. I mean, he's just out wide. Chase is out wide to the left. The ball is snapped and two defenders run at Chase like they're literally about to launch a tackle him. And all the while, Gesicki just leaks and goes for 100. He averages more receptions total without Higgins, but his production...

His production is a 1,700-yard pace with T. Higgins or 824 without because the defense focuses on you. Circling back to tight ends, I'm going to throw the name out there. He's a rookie. He's capable. Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure. And he's on an offense that needs targets. Jatavian Sanders. Both of them. Well, Jatavian Sanders and Theo Johnson. I knew you were going Theo, yeah. Yeah, Theo Johnson, maybe no Slayton.

Theo Johnson, here's what I'm talking about. It's the opposite of the Gesicki. His snap counts, 89, 90, 97, 85 the last four weeks. He's been an 84% snap count player on the year. And if he earns more trust, he got into the end zone. It's Daniel Jones. If you want to stay away, I get it.

But both him and Jatavian Sanders, both rookie athletic tight ends with upside, it's kind of the opposite of putting Zach Ertz on your roster. This is a dangerous thing to say, but the tight end waivers this week are... They're all right. They're okay because there's also Hunter Henry. Drake May has been playing fantastic. Targets of... If Hunter Henry is out there, that's a great... They used to be icky.

But now they're getting sicky. Yeah. Hit the applause button. Okay. Oh, the people loved it. I got you. Here comes the boo. Busted. Hunter Henry, our numbers are 39% rostered. Targets the last three weeks, nine, six, and eight. Oh, that's outstanding. I mean, you got to get in on that.

Defensive options this week, the Giants, who I picked up last week for this week. Yeah, that was a good move. They're going to sack the crap out of Bryce Young. Yes. Atlanta's playing New Orleans in whatever they have left. Arizona's at home against the Jets. They're favored.

I'd be terrified to play that one. I don't love the Cardinals. Honestly, I don't think there's a bunch of great pickups, but the Giants and Falcons are the two that are widely available and great pickups, great matchups. I think Detroit's going to do pretty well against Houston if Nico's not back because they shut down. Hey, watch your mouth.

Don't say that. I'm right next to you. Earmuffs, Jason. If Nico's not back, on top of that, I think that the Lions are a fine play this week. They don't have the upside as the Giants, but

Then the next week, it's Jacksonville. And then the next week, it's the Colts. So I think that you might want to just pick the Lions up for a three-week stretch here. It's worth noting Z'Darrius Smith. Yes, yes, yes. At the trade deadline, the Lions did acquire him, so they lost Aiden Hutchinson. Their defense has still been pretty good, but obviously when you lose one of, if not the best pass rusher in the league, that hurts. Getting Z'Darrius Smith from the Browns is a great move.

for the Lions and will help their defense. So it's a good pickup for the future. Patriots play the Bears. Bears play the Patriots. So both sides of that might be okay. I'm curious what the over-under of that game is. I would love... I'm guessing it's 37? I think the Chicago defense would be great against the Patriots offense. Drake May has looked...

Very good to me considering the situation. 39.5. But it's bad. His situation's bad. I don't expect the Patriots to be good, especially on the road in Chicago. Tennessee put up 11 fantasy points against them last week in our league against New England, so you're right on that. That was today's Waiver Wire brought to you by NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV. We're excited to announce that right now you can get NFL Sunday Ticket for the rest of the season for only $209.

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I'm going to stream Justin Herbert this week. Justin Herbert's been throwing the football quite a bit. They've upped their pass rate. He was only averaging 23 pass attempts per game in the first four weeks. Now he's averaging 22 completions a game over the last three weeks. 287 passing yards a game is quite impressive. And with Quentin Johnston back, Ladd McConkie,

I'm going to put Justin Herbert appropriately into that streaming category. And I feel like I'm doing something nice. You know what I mean? Like Herbert has taken the brunt of the head coaching change problems. Yeah, he deserves it. He deserves it. He's a good quarterback. Stream that man. It's a tough matchup, but he is a good quarterback. I'm going to go with Kirk Cousins, who's been on a heater. He's the quarterback 12 on the season. He's a quarterback one if you haven't paid attention. And

And since week five, he's completing 72% of his passes and on pace for 5,000 yards and 44 passing touchdowns. Over the last month, the Saints are 25th in schedule adjusted fantasy points allowed to quarterbacks and...

If you're paying attention to the back-and-forth B. John running back market share, this is his down week. So, Kirk Cousins. You're not worried about the coach one-week bump here for the Saints? That is a real thing that is –

I think we looked this. Why did we look it up earlier this year? One of the coaches, I don't remember who, but we were like, oh, it was the Jets. Yeah, it was like, do teams actually get better rest of season after they fire the coach? And it was basically... For about a game. It was like the next game, their record is actually... It was like above 500, I think. Yeah.

And then after that, the rest of the season, it collapses. What's the situation, though? Because I'm sure there's like 50 examples of coaches getting fired and also having Derek Carr as a quarterback the next week. Yeah, there are several of those. I'll have to look up the data, but there's at least four. I don't think – I know one man who is not picking the Saints this week.

For sure. And it's Michael Thomas. Oh, man. That dude hates Derek Carr. There's a video of Michael Thomas driving around New Orleans talking to strangers about Derek Carr. Right now. I tweeted out the moment that

that pass that was way too high and put Chris Olavi in a position where he couldn't protect himself, and he got knocked out. I tweeted that Derek Carr should be fined for basically throwing him a hospital ball and being the sole reason he's concussed, and Michael Thomas retweeted it. Almost instantly. And then went on a rampage. I think Michael Thomas might...

blame Derek Carr for the injuries. Yeah, and he's very bitter. Very, very bitter. The third streamer here,

It's gross. I was going to tell you. Everybody hold their nose. Hold that nose. I'm not holding my nose. You're in. I was going to pick this name, but you had him in the dock first. He's playing against the Carolina Panthers. It's Daniel Jones, who? How'd that go for Derek Carr last week? Derek, I will be in more with Daniel Jones than Derek Carr. Daniel Jones has four top 12 performances on the year.

He's averaging 27 rushing yards a game. That's the nice floor. And you know that any given week, Daniel Jones can have a ton of rushing yards. Carolina 31st in schedule adjusted fantasy points to the quarterback position. You're not buying into the Carolina winning streak beginning here? No. That game will be weird. That'll be a weird one. Okay. There you go. We will get into Hungary for more of the TNF Preview Mailbag tomorrow.

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