Week 15 Waivers & QB Streamers, Kenneth Dinker

ever, but that's because the shoulder is causing more short stuff, the scheme, you know, dump off to Christian McCaffrey, stuff like that. I like the matchup with Curtis Samuel. The 58 to 32 targets or snap count against Evan Funchess is a, I worry, can be misleading because last week, if you remember going into that game, they said Funchus will be limited.

So he, that was his, you know, he's getting back from injury, who's going to be more limited. They used them when they got in the red zone. He caught a touchdown. So does this week, does he push one of these guys out? And Tori Smith, is he back? So, yeah, I mean, here's the thing. We're bringing up Curtis Samuel. Fanchis did not catch a touchdown. He completely goosed on Sunday.

Was that the week before that he caught the touchdown? He was one for 17 and a... One for 10 in a touchdown. So in the last three weeks, he's been... He's had one catch. So... Yeah, I'm not... I'm certainly not... I'm not saying Funches did anything good. I just worry about him encroaching. The matchup says good. The reason we're talking about Curtis Samuel is because I think he is among the best pickups this week. Yeah. But like Josh... Josh Reynolds. Right. Josh Reynolds...

Three for 36. High-powered offense when they're not at 20-degree weather on the road against a great defense. Philadelphia is secondary. That's who they're going to be playing. And they're at home is banged up. Reynolds could have a great game. Would you play him over Larry Fitzgerald against Atlanta in Atlanta? I would. I would play Reynolds over Fitzgerald. Yeah, I would as well. Over any of the Tampa offensive.

options outside of Mike Evans against Baltimore? Yeah, I think I would. You know, you had Chris Godwin disappoint in a great matchup, and it's really, really tough to trust James Winston against an elite defense like Baltimore. I'm going to throw some names out guys that did put up big numbers or nice numbers this last week. You tell me how interested you are in them. Kenny Stills had an 8 for 135 in one day, and like I said, Miami's fighting.

to make the playoffs. I love Kenny Stills the player so much, but the matchup on the road in Minnesota is not good. I mean, Russell Wilson just threw for 70-something yards. What's Ryan Tannehill going to do? He was the top five guys this past week, Jason. Yeah, but that was at home against the Patriots. Yeah. Josh Doxon was pretty good. Four for 84. Jameson Cratterhead was two for 87, the huge touchdown, but.

They have Jacksonville and no quarterback. I mean, no disrespect to Josh Jackson, who hadn't thrown a pass since 2011. But you're not a quarterback. No, no, no. He's a quarterback. Okay, okay. But that's what you said. Not when I have faith or trust it. Sure. And I think it's going to be tough sledding for. I mean, Randall Cobb, right? He's back. He catches a touchdown. He's got Aaron Rogers. Even there, it's no. You're on the road against Chicago. That's.

Sit of the week. That's not where you want to be. Anthony Miller got goose last week. He's 33% owned. Taylor Gabriel and Anthony Miller, they play Green Bay. They're at home. One of them is going to have a good game. I would probably lean the Taylor Gabriel direction based on the targets. Yeah, the problem with the targets is they're so irrelevant. I mean, usually he'll definitely, like if I had to pick one of those two guys to have more targets, there's no question. It's Taylor Gabriel.

But if he gets 10 targets, he could end up with 40 yards. He hasn't scored in quite some time. I would go with Anthony Miller for the upside play. But you know who I would, let me throw a name out there. A player who is not owned at all is not that good, super disappointed this weekend to the tune of a goose, who I think I would be willing. I mean, I've set this up very poorly. Yes. Who I would be willing to maybe play, and that would be David Moore. No.

Because if Doug Baldwin is out, you're not talking about Minnesota's defense where David Moore pretty much was an inch away from a long bomb touchdown already. You're talking about San Francisco. No. Really? I'm diametrically opposed to that. Yeah. Back-to-back gooses for David Moore. I think Russell Wilson throws three touchdowns against San Francisco. That was the team he threw four touchdowns against a minute ago. And if Doug Baldwin is out, I think David Moore can have himself a game.

You want to go into week 15 playing a guy that's goose that often? Trey Kwan Smith and David Moore, zero catches in week 13. David Moore, zero catches in week 14. Same game. You would much rather. He has two points, two points, six points. He had the long touchdown, 18 point game against Carolina on a bomb, zero. Would you feel better if instead of zero zero was another long bomb touchdown? Sure, yeah. Because he was an inch from that. You know, it was like he should have had the touchdown, but his foot was on the line.

last night. So same game. You'd rather have Dante Pettus, who's still available in half the league, right? Yes. I like that it's Seattle's defense is obviously so much better with the 12th man in Seattle. This game is in San Francisco, right? Yes. So that's good news for Pettus. Pettus has been on fire. I mean, he was my rising star this last week. Caught another touchdown, 50 yards. You know, not as not as involved once Goodwin was back, but still.

I mean, that was good one back, and they're going to be at home. So I'd be willing to play Pettus. That's about it. I mean. Robert Foster, Isaiah McKinsey, both had decent games this past week for Buffalo at the wide receiver position. People try to ignore Buffalo at the wide receiver position for good reason. But Robert Foster, seven for 104 on eight targets, also had a couple of boom games before that. I think Robert Foster is okay. I'd rather play Robert Foster than David Moore. Would you rather play Robert Foster more than Dante Pettis?

Probably not. Probably not. I believe in the talent of Dante Pettis and the fact that Mullins has found him in a couple of games in a row. It's more, you know. What about D.D. Westbrook? Because the first game we have with Cody Kessler, 10 targets, 7 for 88 and a touchdown, playing against Washington, who's had a good defense, although because of what's going on with their quarterback, their defense was, I mean, it was 40 to nothing the Giants were up on them last week. D.D. is okay.

But, again, you're putting your trust in Cody Kessler in that situation. And I don't, I'm looking at it as week 15. I need to mitigate the goosing potential of a David Moore or a Trey Kwan Smith as much as I need to get lucky on the upside. I mean, any of these guys, right? Randall Cobb, Kenny Stills, Jameson Crowder, they can all score a touchdown, Dante Pettis. I don't want to get goose. Now, the headliner is still, if Tyreek Hill was to sit and.

Sammy Watkins doesn't return, which we don't expect him to. Then Chris Conley with Pat Mahomes on Thursday night football. Would you take him over all the names that we've said already? Yes, I would. I would want Pat Mahomes as the number one wide receiver. Yes, 100%. So you take him, would you play Chris Conley in that situation over Kenny Gawley at Buffalo? No, no. I would still, you know, I think.

Buffalo's defense is good and Kenny Galladay didn't do much. But the thing is, Detroit didn't need to do much against Arizona. I believe Matt Stafford threw the ball, not completions, threw the ball four times in the second half of last week. So yeah, Kenny Galladay didn't have himself a good game. They didn't need to. Zach Zinner was like, yeah, I can just run on the Cardinals. Yeah, everybody can do that. Yeah. Deshaun Hamilton, are you interested?

Denver wide receiver 7 for 47 and a touchdown nine targets last week. Yeah, I mean, I'm interested. He was the guy that, you know, picked it up against Cleveland. I mean, to play him over Cortland Sutton would be difficult for me. And I don't really want to play Cortland Sutton. I'm interested, but I don't want my playoffs on the line here with Case Keenham. So now that like I genuinely, I don't want to overstate this, but I feel like I'm a little depressed.

Yeah. As a person from a wide receiver position, can we please go to running backs? There's so much, so many potential options at running back. And I might be able to dig myself out of this feeling. Okay, let's move on. Running backs, the players that people have a lot of doubts with this week, Kevin Coleman, Marlon Mack, if you're a Jordan Howard owner, if you're a Gus Edwards owner, losing carries to Kenneth Dixon. News came out yesterday from John Harbaugh. Dixon's going to be more involved in Dixon can catch the ball.

Kenneth Dixon. Gus Edwards cannot catch the ball. And then Jeff Wilson, Adrian Peterson, lots of downs. Barring injury updates like what we got earlier with Melvin Gordon, maybe pushing Justin Jackson up the list. Barring those updates, Kenneth Dixon coming into today, was my number one running back pickup where he doesn't require an injury ahead of him. Now there's...

Lots of other people. What's going on with LaShawn McCoy's injury? He looks more day-to-day with the hamstrings, so maybe Chris Ivory and Marcus Murphy aren't great pickups. Damien Williams, we would need news coming out about Spencer Ware with his shoulder. But yeah, Kenneth Dixon, he's only 8% owned. He's got Tampa Bay and the Chargers next week. More and more involved. He had 59 yards on the ground with a touchdown.

added another 21 yards through the air. He's a pass catcher and against Tampa Bay. He'll be used. And here's what. So Justin Jackson number one, Kenneth Dixon number two for you this week. Yes. Where does, you were going to say something else about Dixon there? I was just going to point out that if you watch the game flow, the game started out all Gus Edwards and pretty much finished all Kenneth Dixon. It seemed like at the end of the game, and this was a very, very important game against Kansas City.

It was always Kenneth Dixon out there when, you know, it showed who they're actually trusting in those situations, whether it was past protection or the ability to catch, which is obviously more of a strength of Kenneth Dixon. And I think that fits Tampa Bay if Tampa Bay goes, you know, crazy with yards and touchdowns as they tend to do after a few interceptions. Gus Edwards was 4.19 a carry, which is fine in that game.

Kenneth Dixon was up in the sevens. He's showing something probably has a bit of rest from the past few years. But Dixon, okay, so Justin Jackson, Kenneth Dixon, we're still waiting to hear on the prognosis for Isaiah Crowell. If Crowell was to miss, I have a lot of interest in Elijah McGuire. He was 17 for 16 in a touchdown last week. He had 74% of the snaps compared to Cannon's.

33%. He also caught three passes. I think Elijah McGuire is pretty darn sneaky this week as a pickup, and he's only 7% owned. So, you know, Justin Jackson's up in the over 50% owned. Dixon and McGuire are pretty much unowned. If Elijah McGuire's matchup was better, he would be so high on this list to me because, you know, you're talking about, you know, Crowell didn't practice last week. He was just completely, he was so injured.

that it was like we really did not know if he was going to play, and then he goes in the game and he's out. I feel like you have to rest him, and I feel like if you don't rest him, you're not giving him the workload that he was used to. So Elijah McGuire, with or without, the full out from Crowell is a good volume play. The worry is, you know, how much do you worry about the Houston Texans defensive line? You know, I know Marlon Mack scored a touchdown on him last week,

They've been pretty stout against the run, putting your faith in Elijah McGuire against the Houston Texans in the playoffs. You could do worse. You're just playing the volume there, I guess. I mean, I would, I prefer Elijah McGuire alone in that backfield than I would, like Jay and then Richard for Oakland. All right. How about this? How about Elijah McGuire alone? Crowell's ruled out. Or Kenneth Dixon, and obviously Gus Edwards is there. Yeah, I play Dixon. I mean, they're going to destroy Tampa Bay.

at home in Baltimore. Okay. So I would definitely play Kenneth Dixon. I think the upside, what we don't know about what could be coming for Kenneth Dixon, and if he has more success, he could be a league winner in a couple weeks. How about this? How about this? This is the waiver wire day. There will most certainly be a lot of people picking up the number one running back in fantasy football. Derek. Henry.

I mean, the dude's coming off of a 238-yard-four touchdown game and is playing the Giants. Do you have all? What do you do? I mean, would you rather play Kenneth Dixon or Derek Henry? It's a legit question. He faces the Giants? The Giants on the road, but the Giants. 27th on the season against running backs.

Way to set us up for something that's going to destroy us if we're wrong. It feels like a landmine, but we have to bring the name up because he could be a, I mean, what if he comes in and wins fantasy playoffs for people? I mean, my first thought, as a fantasy analyst, as someone that tracks this, watches all the games and looks at stuff through the offseason and scouting and all that jazz.