Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Week 15 Waiver Wire Pickups, Streaming Options, News

And you came back and you made the playoffs. You went eight and four. And you have dealt with so many injuries this year. And so now this week, yet again, you've got Rawls out. You've got Jay Stu probably out. And you're in the second round of the playoffs. What do you do? So you are the person I want to hear from the most who can help the foot clan the most. People that are in need of running backs, who do they claim first? And this has nothing to do with the fact. Everything to do with the fact.

That he wants me to reveal my waiver by order. What's more important to you? The listener. There you go. Let's have it. Look, as one of our Foot Clan listeners put it on Twitter, there are many repercussions for this week. The fantasy reaper. However, I wish that I was not a beacon of light or wherever you called it with Thomas Rawls and Jonathan Stewart and Dionne Lewis and Foster and all that jazz. So, yes, the Foot Clan listeners are far more important than our matchup. I can defeat you regardless of the knowledge you have. Tim Hightower.

He's at the top of the list, 28 carries. A lot of questions I've already received from listeners about Tim Hightower versus Lamar Miller. Tim Hightower versus guy who gets Jeremy Hill, okay? These other options, 28 carries. That was the answer. Last week was pretty hands-off. We advised Hightower because we thought he'd be the guy who's going to get the touches, but you couldn't really confidently play him because you didn't know. It could have been Spiller.

But Andy's right, 28 carries. You can stink and have a great fantasy game, and he did, and he did. Yeah, yeah. And so Hightower is at the top of all the list, 40% owned right now. There are a number of guys that are basically not owned that you know are going to be there, and we're going to give you some basic guidance as to whether you should sign that. I would say second on the list who is half-owned would be James White. Really? That's what I would say, yeah. Oh, okay. To me, James White...

has shown that he is really starting to fill in more of the Dionne Lewis role. You know, last week we had that amazing catch that was overturned for 38 yards. So, you know, his stat line didn't look. One carry last week, but it was a touchdown. Right. And we've seen that a couple of times now on the season where he gets a few touches down near the goal line and they use him in packages where who are you going to defend?

Not James White. You're going to take on Gronk, and you're going to be looking at the main option. And I will disagree with you. I don't think James White's a bad signing. He's not the next on my list. Number one on my list.

Is DeNard Robinson? Well, I was going to say that you're playing for this week. DeNard Robinson faces Atlanta. He would be higher than James White to me. I would still rather have High Tower, I think, than I would, DeNard Robinson, but both guys are valuable. Robinson's not owned at all, so he's available 14 for 75 in a touchdown last week. So Robinson takes the cake there. If you're in a PPR, White rises up a little bit more, but obviously he's not getting between the tackle carries and his, you know, he kind of needs that touchdown regardless. What about some other guys here?

What about Brandon Bolden? You know, you like James White. If Blunt is out, Bolden had 16 carries last week. Yeah, Bolden is definitely an option worth picking up if Blunt is out. And they play Tennessee. So Tennessee, I don't know if they're going to be able to score enough points on New England to make that game anything but a running game second half. Yeah, Brandon Bolden should be looked at. I still like him less than several other guys. I would rather have DeWan Harris. That's a guy, especially with the matchup, like you said, going against Cleveland.

To me, that would be one of the guys' highest on my list as far as picking up. Here's another guy. Let's talk, if we may. We may. The Carolina backfield. Let's go with the assumption, because we don't know yet. We have to go with the assumption. Let's say Jay Stu is out. You're a playoff contender. You're not sure if you've got Jay Stu in or not. You don't have another option behind him. You have to go and pick up and play the guy behind him. Let's just say hypothetically.

Who is it? I know who I would play. Mike, I would love to hear from you. I tweeted out, I think last week or two weeks ago, there was a report on ESPN from a beat reporter in Carolina that despite being inactive, the guy who would take over for Jonathan Stewart is Cameron Artist Payne. So do you buy it? Because I do.

I buy it completely. I am so, I'm almost surprised that the three of us are unanimous about this, but Cameron Hurt is paying in the offseason pre-draft. That was one of my, my favorite boys being, you know, a- Don't gloat about it yet. He hasn't gotten the carries yet. I know, but I'm just saying there was belief from the off season, and we've heard it all year long. It was weird that that report came out two weeks ago, but we heard it, you know, two months ago, and we heard it.

pre-season that Carolina believes that if Jay Stewart were to go down, Cap would be able to take kind of that workhorse role. Now, I completely agree. We don't know that. We don't know if it's true or not, but that is the guy that I would be drafting or signing off of the waiver wire if I had John and Stewart. We have a perfect example of this situation taking place in Seattle right now. You know.

Fred Jackson, you're going to be a third down guy. Fossey Whitaker, you're a third down guy. Mike Tolbert, you're a fullback most of the time. He could take a decent amount of important carries if the game got close. I think Tolbert is more reliable than Cameron Aris Payne would be. That being said, I think Art of Spain will be out there, and I think why not give the guy 20 carries if your season is locked up and you need to keep Johnson Stewart healthy? Yeah, I agree with that. I know they're playing for the perfect season, which would be nice.

But they're playing for the Super Bowl. And a great way to get ready for that is if you want to rest Jonathan Stewart, you have his backup, get him some real experience right now just in case. Pop quiz. Top five rushing running backs in the league. As far as yardage? Top five yard guys. Adrian Peterson. Number one. Todd Gurley. Number four. Jonathan Stewart. Number three. Doug Martin. Number two. Yeah. So we need one more.

Who's been... You guys did good. That was pretty good. Let me look at a team list real quick. I'll let you figure that out. I was just... Doug Martin is at 1214. Yeah, he's been running. He's just behind AP. Just behind AP. So just kind of surprising. Chris Ivory's the answer. Oh, okay. Thank you. With 914. So kind of interesting. All right. I kind of say that because the yardage is obviously there for Jonathan Stewart and whatever person that comes into that role.

Are you signing Fred Jackson in any leagues? He had seven catches last, or I'm sorry, seven carries last week, only one catch. No, I'm not going to pick him up. We've seen what he is going to be, and while he might get a little bit more involved, it's not going to be enough to matter. He could get a touchdown and be okay, but he's not the guy that's going to really carry the load there. Another guy that people want to talk about, Isaiah Crowell had 20 carries, 145, two touchdowns, only 36% owned.

But he plays Seattle this week. And he played San Francisco when he put up those numbers. So, no. The funniest part I thought of Croyle's game was, I don't know if he saw his quote after the game. He was saying, oh, man, I imagine what it would be like if we had just committed to the run earlier. And, well, we saw what you were doing running the ball earlier. And it was under four yards of carry.

and not getting the job done so you had to throw the ball. You know what was surprising to me is looking at how many carries he actually has been getting. I just assume they have not been going away from the run. But yeah, he's double-digit carries every week. So do something with that and then complain. All right. Any chance that Matt Jones delivers for owners this week? Possible. If you're picking up a Washington running back, Matt Jones is who I'm going to go. Fighting for the playoffs there. All right. Any other names?

Would you sign Bryce Brown in the content? I mean, I know we said we liked Harris. I would probably sign them both. Deep. Yeah, I mean, they're worth it. So let me just ask this for the listener or listening. There are a lot of people that this is the list that matters to them today. Is this running back list? So you've got, I'd like to order essentially our top four guys. Okay. Each of you, your top four. So I would definitely go Tim Hightower first if he's out there. I would go James White for me personally.

DeWan Harris, or DeNard Robinson would be next. And then DeWan Harris followed by, I'm going to go five, Cameron Artis Payne. That would be my list. I would go, T.J. Yeldon, Tim Hightower. T.J. Yelden. Yeah, get him. If he's on your waivers, I know he's not playing, but grab him. He's owned in like 98% of leagues. But those 2% of leagues. Number one, Denard Robinson.

Yeah, T.J. Eldon could be a league winner if you pick him up right now. Yeah, AP as well. Danard Robinson, Tim Hightower. Then I would Harris and number four, probably.

from our list that we've given, Matt Jones, or even I like Bilal Powell in a PPR. All right, I'll give you my five. My number one guy will be High Tower. My number two guy is going to be DeNard Robinson. I'm actually going to, number three, I'm going to make Brandon Bolden. Number four, I'm going to make Artist Payne. And then number five will make DeWan Harris. So I'm going to leave James White off the list. And just if you're wondering why for Yeldon, good grief, man, DeNard Robinson. Why is he number one for me? You need a timeout.

I do. Matchups this week, the Jags are playing the Falcons. Next week, they play the Saints. All right, tight-end options. There are needs out there for tight-end. Most certainly, Zach Miller had a very good week. He's only 19% owned. I'm buying into Zach Miller. He would be my kind of top pickup this week. Do you agree? Is there somebody else you like more? No, I like Zach Miller a lot. He's been coming on strong for...

quite a while, the last month worth of games. He's been a good fantasy option more often than he is not. Martellus Bennett being gone, I like Zach Miller a lot. And Bennett has been, we like to crap on Bennett a lot, but he's a good player, and he's been shockingly bad. I mean, we talk about he's not a guy you want to rely on later on in the season because he just seems to fade out, but not like.

This. I mean, these are epic levels of just dropping off completely in a system that is friendly to the tight end. Who are you talking about? I was talking about Martel's Bennett. Yeah. You mean before he went on IR? Yeah. Oh, okay. Gotcha. Because I'm leading into Zach Miller. Yeah, yeah. Where Zach Miller has been productive. And he's in a system with John Fox and Jay Cutler that they like to throw to the tight end. So that's why it was strange to me, why Bennett was that bad. So I do like Zach Miller moving forward. Yeah.

Yeah, that makes sense. And you see a report between him and Cutler this year. That being said, he wouldn't be my number one claim. Is it Ertz? Is it Ertz your number one claim? No, it wouldn't be Ertz either. Tie Fighter? It wouldn't be Tie Fighter. Ed Dixon?

It wouldn't be Ed Dixon. We're going to go through. Oh, Richard Rogers. Richard Rogers would be my number one guy. We got it. You got Aaron Rogers throwing him the ball. He's looking at him. He's been consistent. He's a huge red zone option, and he's facing Oakland. That's very fair. If you need a guy this week, I'd go with Zach Miller. They play Minnesota this week. So, I mean, we got to remember this week, you know, you're probably looking at a single matchup play. Tie Fighter was really good this week. Yeah.

Ty had five for 30 in a touchdown, first career touchdown. I like Austin Sivarian Jenkins. There's no reason not to. Vincent Jackson is out. Austin Svary Jenkins is getting increased snap counts. He's a big body. He's reliable. He knows what's going on with Winston. Thursday night, I would be very fine playing Austin Sivarian Jenkins. I'd play him over Richard Rogers this week. And Zach Miller? You want a Richard Rogers? Are we, is Austin Svary and Jenkins water bat? Oh, you want?

Yeah, I would play him over Zach Miller this week. So I would take Richard Rogers. You would, Mike would take Zach Miller and you would take Austin Safarian Jenkins in a three-way Bermuda Triangle Water Bat. All right. That kind of ends. Yeah, it does. I apologize. All right. Well, we've got a tight-in bet because we do. All right. Quarterbacks this week, who do you like to pick up and stream? I know we're going to kind of get into that.

in our stream of the week section, but some guys on the list here, Alex Smith, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Blake Bortles, Ryan Tannahill, guys that are not, you know, Fitzpatrick and Smith are still under 50% owned. Alex Smith and the Chiefs are on a seven-game winning streak. I like the match-up this week, so he's going to end up as one of my favorite streamers this week. Who else do you guys have on the list? Bortles is mostly owned, but he's still available in almost a quarter.