Week 2 Waivers + Full Stream Ahead, Mike Gets Nothing! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/14

Some injuries happened, and things got shook up, and they were next to each other, though, right? Like a round apart? Yeah, fourth and fifth round, yeah. So, I mean, Elijah was a sixth rounder. But, and Elijah has a speed that Trey Sermon does not have. Yeah, it's going to be very interesting. Tony Jones, Jr., 11 for 50 in a game where, you know, they blew out the Packers, and I liked everything I saw from Tony Jones, Jr. If he's available in your league, he needs to be added.

I agree, but I do think he is more of an insurance back in the case that Alvin Camara goes down than a standalone value. He only had, I believe, two carries in the first, I want to say, three quarters, where once the game was over, it was the Tony Jones show because you don't need Alvin Camer anymore. What about Carlos Hyde? You watch that game front to back. James Robinson only had five carries. Carlos Hyde had nine and he had two targets.

What do you do with that offense? I am not going hard after Carlos Hyde. I'll put a zero dollar bid in. Going soft after Carlos I? Yeah, I mean, he should be rostered. But after rewatching the game, it was really, I mean, Carlos Hyde was involved. You know, he was in on the first quarter. It's not entirely garbage time. But the changeover where at the end, you look at the box score and you say Carlos Hyde had more carries, more, you know, snaps, it was really when the Jaguars were.

way down and the game was out of reach, all the garbage time stuff that we saw out of Trevor Lawrence and Marvin Jones. Those were the drives where Carlos Hyde was on the field then. All right. Any other big names that running back that you want to talk about? A couple quick, more like a PPR situation names to throw out. James White is back for the Patriots with Mack Jones. We saw seven targets for White, so he is a flex play in PPR leagues. And Kenneth Gainwell from the Philadelphia Eagles. That's a big name.

incredibly interesting. Nine carries, 37 yards, and I mean, he had a sweet touchdown run. Only three targets. But where it's interesting is this totally seemed like it was going to be Boston Scott. He's Boston's the veteran. Kenneth Gainwell's a fourth round pick, I think. But Boston Scott, nope. He saw no touches. It was, yeah. It was all Miles Sanders and Kenneth Gainwell.

And this was a positive game script for the Eagles. If they get in a negative one, Kenneth Gainwell might be out there even more catching passes. This had nothing to do with game script. Kenneth Gainwell was involved right off the bat in this game. He actually had two touchdowns, one of which was called back by some wonky illegal formation, you know, thing. But he was super involved. He is, you know, a very capable, like I would.

I'm not sure who I'd rather have between James White and Kenneth Gainwell. But like Kenneth Gainwell, I would put ahead of Tony Jones Jr. I think Kenneth Gainwell is someone that you could start in a pinch, especially in a half or full PPR league, whereas Tony Jones, I would be really hesitant to start him. All right. We need to talk about tight end options.

If you started Mike Gisicki, you are on the hunt for a tight end. I started Mike Gisicki. I am on the hunt for a tight end, Andy. Well, we're talking to you, Jason. Thank you. And what do you think about Cole Comet, Chicago Bears? Greater sign than Mike Gisicki. I am interested. When Cole, Comet, Jason? Yeah, Cole Comet. Look, he had seven targets.

who's on the field for 74% of the snaps. The team really loves him. He's young, which means there is upside. Upside. The two main pickups to me are Colquimitt and Jared Cook. Jared Cook, probably more realistic to get a touchdown with a better passing offense. Jared Cook, I'm going to take a big L on. Yeah, because it looked like it could be Donald Parham. But those two guys are the two to go after.

And while I think that Jared Cook is safer, you just, I don't feel like you have a lot of upside there, whereas there's unknown an upside with the youth in Colcomette. All right. Do you believe then in anybody else? Do you believe in anybody else's potential season-long value at tight end? I really don't. I mean, Tyler Conklin was, he was targeted four times. Eh.

Yeah, I mean, Herndon's going to get worked in. That's not going to be a fun situation. He's not explosive enough for me to get excited. James O'Shaughnessy I'm not excited about. I don't want a fifth target in, you know, generally speaking. His volume was interesting. It was, I mean, it was a blowout, but he did see eight targets. I think man hurts.

was the other tight end on the team, and he ended up scoring the touchdown. So, I mean, if O'Shaughnessy had gone 6'448 and that play had been called for him with the touchdown, people would be very interested in him. Dalton Schultz, they, for the Cowboys, Dalton Schultz and Blake Jarwin were essentially almost the same when it comes to the peripherals and routes run and things. Dalton Schultz kind of had a slight, he had the advantage in targets for sure.

I guess you go with Dalton Schultz. No, that's a no thank you for it. I'm not interested. I'm not interested there. The only other team, I mean, to me, it's literally Colquemette, Jared Cook, kind of end of list, and then the only other one that I'm somewhat interested in. I don't even know what name you're going to say between the two.

I agree with you. Which is why neither one is on my list. And I agree with that. But it's Adam Troutman for me first and then Joanne Johnson second. Juan Johnson got the two touchdowns. Adam Troutman had six targets. He had two just horrifically stinky drops. I mean, not like they're just on him, like terrible, terrible job. But Troutman has still the opportunity there. He was involved. He had the targets. So he would be the third on my list. And you, but.

Also put it some more context into the six targets that you're like, oh, that doesn't sound that great. That was 30% of James Winston's throws. A 30% target share went to Adam Troutman on a game that they just ran the ball over and over and over. And when it comes to a tight end, those are the types of things you have to be looking for. So I mean, if you want to call confirmation bias for me, that's fine because I've liked Adam Troutman.

all off season. But a 30% target share in week one is very interesting. Juan Johnson, he got, that's touchdown chasing to me, where. I wouldn't touch them with a 10-foot pole. Johnson? No. Yeah, I'm not enough. I mean, you can find 10 tight-ins every single week that you don't know their names that catch touchdown. Yeah. And you don't go sign them immediately. Troutman ran double the amount of routes that Johnson ran. He's, Trautman is still very interesting to me. Defensive streamers.

New Orleans plays Carolina this week. That's a good one. That's a good one because New Orleans defense, you know, there was some turnover. They lost a few pieces. You wondered if they were still going to be good or not. And then they dismantled. Latimore will be out. That's true, which hurts. But they're going from Green Bay to Carolina. Yeah. And then you've got Cleveland against Houston. You're going to find out how not good Houston's offenses this week. Arizona.

I mean, Arizona is a huge upside defense. They're at home against Minnesota. You're going to get sacks. You're going to get some pressure and some opportunity for turnovers. And Arizona is a team that I would go heavy. Usually when we're talking about a fab situation for a defense, it's like one, two, whatever. But Arizona, massive DST scoring upside, like Andy said, plays Minnesota. Their offensive line is.

week and Chandler Jones and JJ Watt are going to feast again. And then who's up next? Oh, the Jacksonville Jaguars. This is a twofer that if you're, I would, I'd move it. I'd go three to five for Arizona because I think that you have two weeks in a row that your defense could win you a week.

And the nice thing there is that they are widely available. They're only rostered in 4% of leagues. So they are the stream of the week. Whereas Cleveland, they're mostly rostered. Denver, they're mostly rostered. They're still available in about 40% of leagues. So they are out there. They are a two-for as well. Jacksonville Jaguars, the New York Jets, boom, bam. Thank you, ma'am. Full stream ahead. Streaming quarterback options.

We always give them to you on Tuesdays ahead of Waver Day so that you can go pick them up and don't have to compete for them later, let somebody else steal them on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. I will go with James Winston at Carolina. The matchup is good. Winston was efficient. He did not turn the ball over. There are a couple of pickups I like a little bit more that you guys are going to discuss. But James Winston, there's no...

This is not chasing five touchdowns. This is hoping for two against Carolina. And, you know, another week of confidence throwing the ball to Alvin Camara. Marquez Calloway not having, you know, that's his number one target. He took a...

the first couple shots at him and then was like, oh, I don't need to do that. I've got other options. But I'll go Winston against Carolina. Yeah, I think he is a fine stream. I mean, the matchup isn't scary and he's coming off a great week. I'm going to go Big Ben, who's not coming off anything special. He was on the road in a very defensive-oriented game against the Buffalo Bills last week. But now the Las Vegas Raiders coming off of their huge Monday night win are traveling across the country.

to where Big Ben actually has his fantasy relevance, which is at home. I think the matchup is good. I'm fine to play Big Ben as a streaming option. And I will take Teddy Bridgewater against the Jacksonville Jaguars, a defense that made Tyrod Taylor look like a top tier quarterback. It sucks not having Jerry Judy there. But, I mean, Cortland Sutton could emerge, Noah Fant, and come on, guys. Fireball Tim Patrick. One Jason's top wide receiver pickup of the week.

The matchup is there. Teddy B will put up enough points that he'll be a good streamer. I'm really excited about Noah Fant. Oh, yeah, you should be. Absolutely. With no Jerry Judy, all my excitement for John Doe is even higher for Noah Fant. Fireball. A little bonus name I'll throw out there. I think Jimmy G. is going to have a great game against Philadelphia. Their offense, the passing game looked exactly like when they went to the Super Bowl to me. I think you're going to see Kid old.

Debo and hopefully some Brandon Ayuk in this one, have a big game against Philly. And Philly is going to do some work against San Francisco's D. They were not impressive in week one, lost Jason Verrett, signed Dre Kirkpatrick, which that's a downgrade. So very interesting. Brooks, do we have any other breaking news to talk about? I heard Ronald Jones has exited the doghouse. Is that factually accurate? He got named the starter. Yeah, that's because you don't drop Ronald Jones because this happened last year.

He finished RB-16. Now, it's going to be painful. You know, they say what, like a spoonful of sugar makes medicine go down? That's what Mary says. No sugar in Tampa. Oh, no. It's painful. There's no gluten either. But you can still, this team is so ridiculously good. Yeah. The Buccaneers are so good. Now, I mean, we'll get into it, I'm sure, in the matchups. Are you?

willing to put Ronald Jones in this week? Last year. Am I willing to put Ronald Jones in this week? Yeah, if I pinch my nose, I can swallow that down. Last year, every time Ronald Jones had a fumble, the next week? No, the opposite. The next game, he was doghouse. What was interesting about Tampa, just to talk about this for a second?

Leonard Fernette had seven targets. That was one of the leaders in the running back position on the week. And they were, if you saw it, there were a lot of designed plays for him. These were intentional screens to Leonard Fournett. So, yeah, I mean, if you're desperate. Against the Falcons. Yeah, I mean, I'd play Ronald Jones if you're desperate. You just, you got to flex afterwards or cry. All right. We're closing out the show. We want to thank Trigger Grills for supporting us.

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