Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Week 3 Waivers, Streaming Options, Injury Updates

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Ballers, Blue Apron, a better way to cook. Let's talk about Jameson Crowder. Yeah. 3% owned but went 6 for 39 and a touchdown was also missed on a wide open touchdown by that quarterback that you love so much. Hey, Kirk Couss has not looked great. Not look great. He was okay for fantasy though last week. Yes. Yes, that's true. So Jameson Crowder, is he a must own? Would you rather have him or let's say Chris Hogan?

I would rather have Jameson Crowder, and the reason is targets. Jameson Crowder is going to get the targets there. And right now, there's kind of too many mouths to feed in Washington, but we know this is the NFL. And as time goes on, you know, any one of those guys, Deshaun Jackson has never been a model of health. You know, you...

Jordan Reed has never been a model of health. How dare you? If any of the, so far, Josh Doxon has not been a model of health. So I like, you know, in a high passing volume offense where the targets are already going to Crowder, the talent is there. I do like Crowder. I like him more than Hogan because I trust he's going to get the ball thrown his way. I think that Hogan is a great long-term pickup. He's, I expect big things out of him once Tom Brady is back. And the aforementioned Josh Doxon, he's free right now.

And I think that his involvement in the offense is only going up. He had three red zone targets last week that they missed. But Josh Doxton is becoming involved in this offense. He was a very high first round pick, highly touted coming out of college. I think it's only a matter of time for him to really assert himself and get heavily involved. Now, it begs the question. We're talking about James and Crowder and Josh Doxon.

Is the upside for Deshaun Jackson fading? No, I don't think so at all. That is a high volume passing offense. I know Matt Jones got in the end zone last week, but clearly it was, it's throwing. That's what they do. I think like a Will Fuller, he doesn't need the incredible volume because he can just take one to the house. He's more of the big play potential. The only other wide receivers I would throw out there.

personally would be Victor Cruz. You've seen him be very involved. And he's healthy. 100% of snaps. Yeah, he's playing. I also like Tyler Boyd. I mean, I think I said earlier as the season goes along, he'll get more involved. He was six for 78 this last week. He's available everywhere. So those are guys I would look at. Let's talk about running back. The meat. Yes. The meat of the show. Everybody is missing a running back these days. We need somebody to sign. We need somebody to play. For me, the headliner.

By far is Charles Sims. Now, he's owned in 65% of leagues, so you might not be able to go get him. But if you can, what type of fab budget would you spend? Certainly you'd burn your first waiver on Charles Sims. We've talked about Doug Martin's injury. But Charles Sims is somebody who was already a viable flex play or in that category. Now you're losing Martin. Yeah, I have been fine starting Charles Sims when Martin was there. Obviously, this isn't a long-term.

injury for Doug Martin as far as like a season ending injury. But I'm not worried about when Doug Martin comes back. I still have value in Charles Sims. So for me, I feel like I'm willing to drop, if he's on my waivers, I'm willing to drop 30, 35, 40, depends on my team needs. But he's also one of those guys where if I don't have a need at running back, I'm absolutely still burning my waiver or putting in a $20, $25 bid for Sims. He should not.

be on anybody's waivers. He shouldn't have already been on people's waivers. Yeah, I agree with that. And then the other headliner is clearly the Minnesota backfield. What do you do? We know Jerich McKinnon, athletic freak. Spark scores just out the wazoo's for Jerich McKinnon. I want regular fantasy scores. But yeah, that's the issue is we've never seen it where the team Matt Ozziata does not have juice for football.

But he gets it done and the team clearly trusts him. They trust him to grind it out. They trust him in catching the ball. When AP was suspended for the whole year and people are like, oh, I'm getting on McKinnon. It was Ozziata getting the big opportunities, especially in the receiving game. Yeah, I was going to say, if you go back in time and you could make a... Great Scott! And you could make that waiver bid. Everybody went McKinnon and Ozziata was the right guy to own. And now AP is down and everybody's going McKinnon. And...

You know, look, he's the more talented guy. Yeah, we want the stars, Jason. Yeah, if, look, if one of these guys could replace a top five back, it would be McKinnon. And that's why people are rushing out to get McKinnon. I will grant you that. But it's probably not going to happen for a couple of reasons. One, who do they trust in an important pass protection situations? Aziata. That's who's going to be there. Who is expected to be the goal line guy, very important for fantasy? Ozziata.

And so even though McKinnon might get more carries, fantasy value-wise, they're probably 50-50. And, you know, I agree with what you're saying, Andy. McKinnon's going to cost you a lot. In Ozziata, how much do you need to bid to grab Ozziata? 10 bucks. Yeah, 10 bucks is what I was thinking. Like, I think if you bid 10 in an average league, you're going to get him.

If you are the Jonathan Stewart owner who's going to miss some time, are you signing Fossey Whitaker or are you signing Cameron Artist Payne? And I'm taking notes. Asking for a friend. Asking for a friend. Since he was drafted, I've been Mr. Cameron Artist Payne, but I don't believe it's going to be him. I think Fossey Whitaker will get the opportunity.

I'm not in love with either of these guys, especially when you consider that this current week coming up, they're playing against Minnesota. Yeah. So I don't think any of them are going to be relevant starts this week. I think they'll eat into each other. And then, you know, am I really going to pay up expensive for maybe a spot start two weeks from now until Jonathan Stewart gets back? Well, it might be more than that. And last year we saw when Stewart went out, you're right. Neither of these guys was very effective from a fantasy standpoint.

on the radio this morning, too. The unfortunate thing is when guys go down, there aren't these dedicated ball carriers right behind them that are going to take all the carries. For me, if I wanted to take a shot, and look, you guys will probably oppose me on this. If I wanted to take a shot on a handcuff this week, it's Jaya Jai. He has a matchup with the Browns. I believe he will have the opportunity. They don't, I realize Kenyon Drake had two carries and scored last week. Yes. But Jay Jai still had nine touches.

He had the fumble. I think it's going to be a Jai. I'm willing to waterbed anything in that realm of carry or touch totals. Because I think a Jai is a good spot start this week. I don't think you have to pay a ton of money for him. Look, he's going up against Cleveland. He should be the predominant ball carrier involved in the passing him. I agree with what you're saying.

Personally, and this is, you know, coming out of the draft, we know I loved Kenyon Drake. As soon as Arian Foster went there, Drake, you know, died to me because he plays that same pass catching role that he was not going to be involved in. But if Arian Foster's out, Kenyon Drake is that big play, knows for the end zone type of running back that is great, great at catching the ball that I think.

is the guy I want. Now, if I had to start one of them this week, it's definitely Jay Ajai. But I think Kenyon Drake is going to be, you know, $5, and I can have Kenyan Drake. I want him on my team. I don't think the team likes Jay Ajai, right? I mean, they didn't even bring him to the first game. They're like, yeah, you're whiny, and also we don't need you.

So if J. Ajai comes out fumbles again, you know, he lost fumble last week. If Kenyon Drake takes over, I think Kenyon Drake is a really great talent. He's not built to take a huge workload. But I think Adam Gaze could get him involved. Both guys should be bid on and owned. I feel like it's necessary for us to step back here and kind of give an overview of the running backs. Who is your top, who would your top three guys be this week on the waiver wire?

And I know that puts you on the- Let's take Sims out because he's probably not there in the spot. All right, yeah, let's take Charles Sims out because you're right. So who are your top three guys' objective situation? You're spending money, who are they? And I want to remind you of one name before we do that. I think there's two names to remind of. There are. Shane Vereen's one. Yes. Because of Rashad Jennings' situation and his general, like he has a baseline of workload anyway. The other name, not to be lost, is Kenneth Dixon. Because we've seen.

Terrence West and Fawcett be not really fantasy productive. Share the workload. I just think down the line, Kenneth Dixon offers an opportunity for an actual workhorse in that offense, and an offense that can move the ball. Yeah, Kenneth Dixon, this is a great week to pick him up. He's not going to cost you anything. Nobody's running out to sign Kenneth Dixon right now, especially while people need to sign running backs that are starting. So put a $0 bid or a $1 bid on Kenneth Dixon this week. I'd put a $1. Yeah, put a $1 bid on him, grab him. He's, you know, that's the thing is like when you say, what's my top three,

He would definitely be, I'm putting a $1 bid on Kenneth Dixon if he's available in every league. He's like, that's number one. But he's not really the most important. So are we talking like, who do I want to start this week? This week. Yeah, this week. Let's do this week. Top three guys. Okay. Then I would go for this week, I would start Ajai first. I would go Shane Vere second. And then I would go Matt Azjada third.

And the reason I'm doing that is because if we're only talking this week against Carolina, the Panthers are who Minnesota plays. I don't expect McKinnon to have a lot of room to run. And if they fall behind and need to get involved in the passing game, I think Ozziata might have the better game than McKinnon, and he'll be cheaper. Those will be my three for this week. I would take the same three, although I think I would put Shane Vereen above Jay Ajai.

Well, we still don't... It depends on Rashide's... Jennings might play. But I would change out McKinnon for Ozziata in a vacuum. Not considering the spend. It's considering the better signing. I think McKinnon's going to have a better game than Ozziata and Carolina. You know, he's supposed to be the passing downback. Right. You know, Ozziata should be the bruiser. McKinnon should be the passing downback. And a name also to think about if, let's say you miss on in everybody, Dwayne Washington, the Abdullah Express.

uh hit a penny on the tracks and got derailed he's got a bum it only takes a penny if you never heard that yeah that myth that if you put a penny on the rails all right moving on uh no tell me more he's got a foot problem and we don't know the extent i believe on the last i heard it was called a sprain but whenever i hear a sprained foot i panic a little bit because i've seen so many guys oh i just have a sprained foot i'll play next week next week no no this is the week

And then you have Darren McFadden and Alan Robinson and they never play again for that season. So Dwayne Washington, he already looks like the goal line back. We know he's going to get work. Theoretic will see an increased role. But I don't think that Detroit can't put everything on Theoretic and think that he's going to survive. So they got to involve someone else and that'll be Dwayne Washington. Yeah. I think he's a nice mystery upside play. And of course.

The woke one himself, Christa Michael, if the Rolls Royce is in the shop for the weekend, Krista Michael against San Francisco becomes another nice start. Thank you. He doesn't, we don't need to. How is he a nice start? Look, all of the praise. If Rolls Royce isn't playing. He got you like, I don't know. No, I agree. I agree with Mike completely. If Rolls Royce is not playing.

Chris and Michael is better than just about anybody on this list because what we have not seen, including week one, where Chris and Michael was a starter. Is one guy. Is one guy, right? I mean, there was almost an even carry split in week one between Chris and Michael and Thomas Rawls. I would love it if one of these guys were just shot in the leg. Oh, come on. It's what? Yeah. Abort. Come on. I'm just saying.

I'm not saying, I'm just saying. No, no, you need to apologize. I apologize. Do you imagine there's a father driving around with his son right now? I don't want them killed. Like, missed the harder. What is happening? You're digging deeper this hole. This is ridiculous. You can't say like. I apologize to the families of these two wonderful men, both of whom I like. I don't want them to be shot in the leg.