Week 15 Waivers & QB Streamers, Kenneth Dinker

My first thought after the monster game was, oh, I'm not picking them up. No way. But looking at these names, looking at the matchup. I mean, in 12 previous games, Derek Henry's highest rushing total on the day was 58 yards. He was coming off a 10 for 40 and 8 for 30, a 9 for 46. Wow, 58 on the year. We've seen enough from Derek Henry over the course of his entire career.

for me to say that you don't react to that. Now, if you have an option, I'd play Kenneth Dixon. Yes. You'd play Kenneth Dixon over Derek Henry. What would you do, Brooks? Oh, I'd play, play Henry. You'd play Henry? Yeah. I think I would play Henry too. And I'd... See, I think New York's going to give them a game. I don't know what the game. Do we have the game line for that yet, Brooks? Do we have a game line for Tennessee, New York? I'm going to bet. Let me just, since I haven't seen it.

I'm going to predict that game line. That game's in New York. It's in New York. It's Tennessee in New York. I think it's the, I'm going to say a one and a half point Tennessee favorite. Do you have it? Let's see here. Hold on a second. No, I don't. No. It appears New York is favored by two and a half points. Two and a half. Yes. So I gave Tennessee too much credit. That is where I would have it too. I think New York wins that game.

So if you think New York's going to win the game, or if Vegas thinks that New York has a chance to win in that game, they're favored. Derek Henry doesn't get the template he got last game, nor does he have the momentum that might have forced variable to put him out on the field more and more and more in lieu of Dionne Lewis. Like I'll play, I'll say this, I'll play Dionne Lewis over Derek Henry in that game. That's how not into Derek Henry I'm going to be after that monster game. Credit where credit is due, but you have a long career of not being very good.

Wow. Look, I don't blame you one iota for that. You have a long career. There's enough to go off of. But I would play Derek Henry, and I think I would be willing to pick him up probably second. You know, I overlook him because I assume he's owned, but he's only owned in 60% of leagues. So he's out there in a lot of leagues. And let's say he has a terrible bad game, right? Which he has done so much. Kind of his thing.

that's probably like 45 yards. Maybe he caught a pass. And how much worse is that than a bad game from Kenneth Dixon? Well, it's not. It's not much worse. But if he pops, and the thing is, is if you look back at his game log, week seven touchdown, week eight touchdown. He can always score. Or week nine touchdown, week 10, two touchdowns. So you've got a touchdown upside with a guy who's getting volume. I lean Derek Henry. I don't blame you.

I am not going out there telling people, oh, he's a great play. You must start him. He's not going to be my start of the week. But I am willing on the waiver wire to pick him up and start him in the playoffs. There are tons of people who had him on the bench last week as well. Where he belonged. It was against Jacksonville. But what I'm saying is if you can't emotionally handle having him on your bench for another big game again, then just play him. I just don't want to let that taint me too much. Kenneth Dixon is no guarantee. Kenneth Dixon could have a stinker.

He, can a thinker, can a thinker, yes. Stinker digger, digger. He can't thinker himself. He could, his floor is worse than Derek Henry's. Because Dixon could get, for whatever reason, you know, Gus Edwards could dominate the carries like he, you know, he's been doing. So, look, if you don't want a stinker from Dinker, you can go, Henry.

He'll give you a stinker of his own. Damien Williams, if Spencer wears out, how good do you feel about Damian Williams? I mean, this is a... We'll have to have news soon, but I would feel great about Damian Williams. He'd be the exact same as Justin Jackson. And it's, honestly, it's one of those like, who would you rather have? Let's say they both, you know, have the first string and second string running backs ahead of them injured or suspended and kicked off the team in the case of Damien Williams.

I would rather have Damien Williams over Justin Jackson. I think Kansas City is the better offense. So, yeah, but I haven't heard anything that makes me believe Spencer Ware will miss. Right. Well, we'll find out soon. I mean, you guys got to keep it here. We'll keep you out today with the news. But I was wondering, if you have a spot on your bench, I mean, he should be added everywhere, right? Yes, 100%. If you're the Spencer Ware owner.

now he's your handcuff and I do think he should be added. Even if you're not. Sure. It's a week ahead of, you know, if you added Justin Jackson last week, you're dancing this week. Knowing that Spencer Ware is dealing with what could be a shoulder separation, one big hit could take him out. I mean, you know, a healthy running back, you still grab the handcuff at this point in the season.

an already somewhat injured running back, that's much higher odds that the handcuff will pop. Another flyer, Chris Ivory, coach McDermott said he's day to day. If McCoy misses, Ivory tends to dominate everything in that backfield. He's 12 for 42 before going out. Are you interested in Jalen Richard, Rashad Penny, Theoretic, Zach Zinner, 12 for 54 in a touchdown facing Buffalo? I mean, Zinner over Ligarra Blunt, and I think Detroit's finally made that realization.

hopefully Caryon gets back. I was talking about this in the studio. What was so upsetting with Zach Zinner's success is that if Caryon were not injured, he would be dominating Arizona last week. I'm not interested in any of those guys you just mentioned, though. You want to make a deal with the Devlin who has eight rushing yards in the season and four touchdowns and more rushing touchdowns than LaShawn McCoy, Kevin Coleman, or Dionne Lewis? No, I'm staying away from the Devlin. Okay. Tide-ins, our favorite area to talk about.

I think if you're in Evan Ingram, Kyle Rudolph, Jimmy Graham, Austin Hooper, Trey Boo Boo-Boo owner, you're wondering if you can pivot now. Evan Ingram, to me, is a guy that, I mean, I imagine he's still on some waivers because he's been dealing with injuries. I know in our League of Record, he's on the waivers there. So he would be a pickup to me, not a pivot. He's getting healthier. He looked fast.

He played enough snaps and was running enough routes to be involved. We still don't know what's going on with the mystery of the quad for O'Dell Beckham. I mean, it was two weeks ago when he basically got it injured. Then he played. I thought, no. Yeah. I thought he injured it during practice last week. I think it was a re-injury of the kick that it took to the quad two weeks before. That's what I've heard.

Well, I'd be more excited about Evan Ingram if Beckham was out. Cameron Bray scored twice on New Orleans last week. Ian Thomas faces New Orleans this week. Ian Thomas 9 for 77 on 11 targets. See your number one waiver pick up at the tight-in position. Yeah, I would rather have him. It would be between him and Uzama, C.J. Usama for the Cincinnati Bengals. But I lean towards Ian Thomas.

Carolina Panthers with Cam Newton in the shoulder, with Greg Olson out of the way, with the New Orleans defense, everything is stacking up to at least have a good enough baseline. And any one of these guys have the same chance of scoring a touchdown. Ian Thomas, C.J. Uzama. In fact, I would say Ian Thomas is higher because of the quarterback situation. So.

Yeah, Ian Thomas would be my number one waiver wire pickup. He's only 8% owned so you can grab them. And if you're in the semifinals, playing a waiver wire tight end, you have my thoughts and prayers are with you. I have, you want a sneaky pickup. I think Vernon Davis is somebody you should look at this week. Vernon Davis will have, you know, no Jordan Reed. By the way, Jordan Reed news came out about him, which is crazy. We didn't mention it. That tells you where Jordan Reed is lately.

His toe injury is supposedly not bad, but he's going to miss the season. Oh, that's Jordan Reed-esque. So Vernon Davis is alone as the tight end in Washington. Josh Jackson, probably playing quarterback. Jacksonville, I know they're most susceptible to the tight-in position to any other pass catcher. He was four for 31 last week. I will not be surprised or shocked if Vernon Davis has six plus catches this week.

I don't know what that'll equate to, but I think he's an interesting pick up. You think you could pick him up? Well, you certainly can. He's only 5% owned. Yeah, thoughts and prayers. Yeah, thoughts and prayers. That's my answer for almost all these. Here's my guy that I would, same game as Ian Thomas. I actually think Ben Watson, who had become mostly irrelevant. His snap counts were going down. But, you know, with Dan Arnold as a surprise, inactive.

last week and Carolina's very, very bad defensive general, but specifically against tight end, do you have any interest there or? I play Vernon over Ben Watson. Okay. I'd also bet you on that one. Yeah, I'm definitely not taking a bet on this trashy. You don't want to get in on a Vernon Davis bet? I don't want to get in on a tight end bet. I will bet. I'll tell you what.

I will bet you you can have the field of these waiver wire tight ends. I get Kelsey. I'll take that bet. I'll pass on that, man. And just looking, so it looks like Ben Watson's snap, offensive snap counts. He was up, back up to 43%. No, thank you. Yeah, pass. He has seven targets over his last.

five games played well the the previous few games that's what i was talking about he was down into the 30s and snap percentage he is basically becoming relevant with dan arnold a healthy scratch surprisingly last week i thought maybe he would be more involved but if he was still in the 40s nope can't can't deal with a tight end that's only on the field 40% of the time this is a big one defenses for the upcoming week um when you look at the unowned defenses i mentioned it

Atlanta takes on Arizona. Atlanta's at home. That's normal. Arizona's awful. Arizona has no offensive line. No wide receivers. They have a quarterback that is a lost puppy rookie who you would want to say is running for his life but can't run. Right. So that's great for defenses. Yeah. Kind of waddling for his life. He has nobody to throw the ball to at all. No.

I mean, you take out Larry Fitzgerald. No disrespect, Trent Sherfield. But also. A little disrespect. A little bit of disrespect. I'm sure you were good in college. Probably. You have to be, right? Most of these guys are. Like Kelvin Benjamin was good in college. Washington at Jacksonville. Oh, by the way. Should we bring Kelvin Benjamin's name up? Were you just thinking that, Brooks? Yep. I mean, if Tyree Kil was to miss, no, probably not.

But, I mean, he'll get snaps. If Tyreek misses, he's going to get snaps on Thursday. Yeah, he's, he is. Enormous snaps. He is somewhat interesting. I mean, the amount of touchdowns Pat Mahomes is throwing. Sammy Watkins is out for the year. He's done. The kind of good news is it's. Are you making that an official declaration? I am personally making that official declaration. You might want to clarify that. Clarification is this. His foot injury.

is a different foot. It's not the foot that he always had the issues with. It's the other foot. There's no. Oh, I apologize. There was a report that he had a setback and he's out four to six weeks. So you are. You're right. He's done. That's why they signed Kelvin Benjamin. And I think he's based on looking at, you know, look, we just went through the waiver wire depression on on wide receivers.

He might be the only guy that I would be willing to pick up as a stash this late. Because if it turns out on Thursday, they are utilizing him. They utilize him around the goal line. They use him like a tight end. I mean, look what Travis Kelsey is doing. Even Demetrius Harris has been good enough. And if you, you know, I think Calvin Benjamin is a better receiver than Demetris Harris. Would you rather start Atlanta's defense against Arizona at home?

Denver's defense at home against Cleveland or Washington's defense in Jacksonville against Cody Kessler this week. Put those in order. Asking for a friend. It would be in that order. It would be Atlanta, Denver, Washington. You'd play Atlanta over Denver. I would play Atlanta over Denver. The ineptitude of the Cardinals surpassing the better actual defense in Denver. Yeah, the better actual defense. Which I don't blame you. I'm just asking. But I'm a Baker believer. Everyone that's listening to this show knows how.

involved my life has been in baked goods and how important baked goods are to me. And so Mayfield is my man. It's interesting because Mayfield against Houston, when he traveled against Houston, 14 fantasy points, you know, Houston's defense scored, three picks, a fumble, a touchdown. But the weeks prior, Atlanta's defense only scored one.