Week 2 Waivers & QB Streamers, Mooses

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Good thing. The Footclan knows we are unwavering in our commitment. To the waivers. Yes. Welcome, the fantasy footballers. We've lost five listeners from that. Yes. And I apologize for nothing. What they don't know is Jason's been walking around the studio the last few days with an actual Dad Jokes book. Like he purchased, he used company funds. Yes, I did. Company funds to purchase a Dad Jokes book.

And then you think you're having a real conversation with him. And all of a sudden, he just asks a question that has no relevance. And it ends up being some terrible dad joke. I really need to just have it on the set. You do. No. I can interrupt the show. No, I disagree with. Don't listen to Dad over here. Hit me up on Twitter if you want that. Yes. You actually published by Andy Hall. We have a waiver show today, guys. Noice. We also have the streams of the week on the show. Oh, noiser.

We're going to talk about some of those big-time players that everyone wants to know about, including some we didn't discuss yesterday. Alex Collins being one of them. We'll talk about them momentarily. I did want to – this is why – this show is why you need to keep it here all year. I just want to say that. Reason number two is this show is completely and utterly free. So you just get it in your pocket. There's no real reason not to listen to it every day. True. But Jason said it all offseason. We've been saying it. You don't win at your draft.

Now is the time you get to make the moves that win your league. Jason, have you received any trade offers lately? Oh, shut up. Oh, this is something I don't know about. Yes, Mike, you are unaware. Oh, was Andy? We got to take a quick update before we get to the super important waivers. My monster, our Brooks and I, our monster super awesome, unbelievable team is 0 and 1.

Despite scoring the second most points in the league. You must be really disappointed. I am. I lost to the Pat Mahomes Tyree Kill stack of Andy Holloway. Oh, you're rocking the shades over there. I'm just looking as cool as that stack was. And I got a trade proposal this morning. And, you know, look, pro tip. Pro move. Pro move. You want to troll someone? This is how. Okay. If you won and you had a player that exceeded expectations, remind that.

uh person that you beat them by offering them a trade i get the trade proposal i'm like oh i got a trade proposal i open it up i can give my david johnson for patrick mahomes it's just a reminder oh yes thanks andy you're welcome that does lead into a great tip uh right now if you are living large you're one and oh you're feeling good living your best living your best life right now take a look at the six losers yes in your league yes

See if they have a star on their player. So Jason and five others. Got it. A star on their player that underperformed. I do not. And see if they will tilt trade. Yes. Said star player to you. This is absolutely. Absolutely one of the best tips you can do. Look at those players and look at who underwhelmed on their teams. Yep. Go target them. Here's somebody I'm targeting right now. T.Y. Hilton. Sure. If the T.Y. Hilton is on the team that lost in week one, he wasn't terrible?

He wasn't amazing, and I think he's going to be amazing. I would target T.Y. Hilton right now. Fair. I'm also putting Brandon Cooks in that category. Are you? I am. I am. I'm targeting him everywhere. Not me. That's fine. That's fine. All right. Hey, thank you, Footclam. Yeah. We are up and over. Up and over.

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Ben Cummins, Chris Meaney. This is the second year that we've had that podcast. It is a smashing hit. I don't even know if that's a phrase, but that's what it is. Right, Brooks? Can I get a ruling? But smashing is fine. I like it. Okay. Quick question of the day. What is your concern level for Ravens running back, Alex Collins? It wasn't a good fantasy week. I've seen a lot of Alex Collins tilt.

And before I get your answer, I just want to say the concern that I had about Alex Collins coming into this year was not the talent. The concern I had was the paper-thin loyalty that this team is obligated to have to him. However, Kenneth Dixon, who came in and doubled him up on carries in this past week, is expected to miss some time within the injury. So how concerned are you with Alex Collins in general? Rest of season outlook, 15 games remaining. So I went back and I watched it all.

versus Buffalo game. I did it, guys. I endured. I did it for the foot clan. I knew it was one of those eye propping devices that kept them open. It was clockwork orange. I had to shove those, the gadget in my eyes to keep them open. And I screamed much like he did. No! No, Peterman! No! It was a matter of game plan. I mean, they were very aggressive with Joe Flackle. Alex Collins, to begin the game, was on the field a lot.

Just wasn't getting handoffs. He did have an unfortunate fumble, and he got punished for a few drives before getting back on the field. The conditions were, it was rainy. It wasn't great, so it was, it seemed like one of those things to me. And then Kenneth Dixon came in to clean up because the game was over. But now Kenneth Dixon is out. I will say my concern level is, eh. I got an eyebrow up, but I'm still okay. Out of ten? Yeah.

And it's a solid analysis. Statistically speaking, of course. So I'm still going to run him out there. I believe he will still be the starter. We're going to talk about him in the waiver portion of today's show. Buck Allen, though, is a must add. We talked about the fantasy thorn in the buck cheeks. Oh, wow. That is Buck Allen. We said all it. We liked Alex Collins. Right in the buck cheeks. Right in the buck. You knew he was, you knew he was going to do something.

If he saw all of his opportunity last year, they just aren't going to go away from him. And he's going to be annoying for Alex Collins owners. But I still have faith that Alex Collins is the primary leader of the timeshare. Yeah. And I have very little worry thanks to the Kenneth Dixon injury about his immediate future and about his talent. I do completely 100% agree with Andy that they have.

a paper thin loyalty to him. They have no money, draft capital, anything that says he has to be the guy. If he comes out and fumbles again, he's getting binged. So there are worries there, but with Kenneth Dixon out of the way, it's easier to just trust that he'll be given the reins again. He had a nice run to open the game. It was a callback on a holding penalty. And this isn't Baltimore related, but it's Shady McCoy related.

every freaking five-yard run that Shady McCoy ripped off holding call. So it got callback. So once again, don't over freak out about Lashon McCoy's awful stuff. Just regular freak out? Yes. Okay. Just regular. This offense is not great. I would throw Chris Carson in the same category as Alex Collins, where the loyalty to him is paper thin.

He's not a high draft capital investment, and he split time with Rashad Penny this past week. He was better than Penny. Yes. But they both were, what, 12 carries each? It was even. They had the same amount of carries, same amount of targets. Okay. So, I mean, this is what we look at, though, in week one. What do we read into? What do we move on past? Let's talk briefly about the Monday night football games. The Jets manhandled and destroyed.

Matt Stafford and the Detroit Lions 48 to 17. And then the Rams overcome the, they overcame the emotion to start that game. And eventually emotion ran out of gas. Yes. As did Derek Carr, who started the game, 20 for 24, 199 yards near perfection and ended in Nathan Peterman zone. Yep. So 3313, the Rams beat the later. It's not a zone you want to be in. Starting with the Jets game. I want to put.

Fantasy owners on high alert for Robbie Anderson. Yeah. Now, now, now. Trade Robbie Anderson. Trade him now. He got one, he had one reception last night. It was big. Now it was a touchdown. But the problem is the same one that would exist with, look, Josh McCown loves throwing the ball deep. He's made to throw the ball deep. He was one of the best in the league last year, and Robbie Anderson is an elite talent on the deep ball.

This is what we said all offseason. We love, love, love, Robbie Anderson with Josh McCown. Robbie Anderson took his one target downfield and scored on it, which was great. But the target count and what this offense is going to do to protect Sam Darnold. The target count was one, by the way. What he's going to do, they're going to protect Sam Darnold from himself. And that means, yes, maybe they take that shot. But what if he doesn't come up with that ball? He's goose last night. This is the time you can trade Robbie Anderson.

The possession receiver on that team is Quincy and Noon. And he looks great. And he looked great. Yeah. Jason told me yesterday before the game. He goes, I can't believe that you don't like Quincy and Nunwa because you loved him. Yeah. It's so weird. As a player. Yeah. A long time ago before, you know, Quincy was anybody that we recognized. I remember Andy and I watching him being like just loving him, the player, it reminded me of Stefan Diggs early in his career. He's an eye test guy. Yeah. And so it was sad that you weren't on board.

Welcome back. Well, sure, and I'm happy to be wrong about Quincy and Nunwa. I really am. It was a matter of Josh McCown was the quarterback, and Quincy and Nuwa was dealing with neck injuries and things that I didn't get to see on the field, his health. He looked great underneath those crossing rounds, doing things with them. This was a very impressive performance from Quincy and then while. He's a waiver pickup. Oh, 100%. If you're looking for wide receiver help, I love Quincy. My tip, quick takeaways for this. Matt Stafford looked horrific. That was a nightmare.

That was an absolute nightmare, but Marvin Jones just narrowly missed on two long touchdowns. And this was what we talked about, the regression coming for Marvin Jones. Last year, he just came down with almost every single one of those passes. Marvin Jones will come down with some. So that really changes the game flow if Jones comes down with just one of those passes. But quickly to the Jets side, Blal Powell.