Fantasy Football 2017 - Week 13 Waivers & QB Streamers, Feelin’ Crabby

Okay, salty walti. He's a wizard. He's a wizard. I just thought you'd go with Walter Hufflepub if you're making the wizard. Yeah, it's fine. Salty walti sounds like a normal wizard name. I can't avoid the name when it's salty walty. Right. 15. Yeah. So, well, you had salty crab tree and salty talib. They were extremely salty. The bills confirmed the aforementioned Kelvin Benjamin dealing with the torn meniscus day to day. He's not going to play in week 13. That's what I would expect.

Yeah, day-to-day if he suits up, but you can't start him. You have, you know, nothing that says if he's out there, you can trust him.

Paxson Lynch out two to four weeks with a high ankle sprain. Trevor Simeon's going to start week 13. From what I understand, Denver is looking at Muhammad Sanoo. They're trying to make a trade to acquire him at quarterback. He's got a cannon looked good on that Julio Jones throw. No, it's not good in Denver, but Simeon's going to start. In all seriousness, this is good news for fantasy football owners with Denver, especially I'm going to throw Devante Booker out there. We'll talk about him in the waiver wire pickups, but I think the offense is best.

albeit not great, but best with Trevor Simeon in tow. And so if they are truly wanting, as the metrics kind of point towards, to get Booker more involved and see what they have in him, it's better to have a good offense than a bad one. Okay. Or I should say a decent one than a bad one. Sure. Kobe Fleener has his fifth concussion of his career now.

So he may not play this week. Not that it matters. Brooks, is Kobe Fleener in that top five category that Jason used to talk about? No. No, he's not. Is he in the top 10? It was actually, it was top five in concussions. So Brooks, how's you doing there? Yeah. Nailed it. Yeah, you are a wizard, as they say. I'm very salty. Greg Olson, good news.

He's been deemed okay. Is he okay for fantasy owners? I would say this. He is going to be okay for fantasy owners that are streaming the bottom of the barrel, of which there are many of you. But I would not play him. Usually, I mean, if this was a healthy Greg Olson without Kelvin Benjamin, you'd be talking about him with the Jimmy Graham's and the other top in tight ends. That's over. That's just not happening. You can't trust a guy with the foot injury to stay out there.

Okay. And then last note here, Devin Funches jammed his toe. He plans to play through the issue. We know the targets are there. Devin Funches. Should be okay moving forward. Yes. Count Von Bunches of Funches or Devin S. scrumptious. I've heard a lot of honey bunches of funches, which, you know. That sounds delicious. Pretty good, but we're sticking with, you know, scrumptious. Yeah, Devin S. scrumptious.

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Put me in, coach. If in Gabbard we trust, we're going to lose. The problem with any conjecture about Blaine Gabbard, who's played very well in Arizona and could very well, I mean, Bruce Ariens this morning came out and said he could be the starter next year. It's true. The problem is that you start to name names in the NFC, if you're the Cardinals, and you say, well, we've got to go up against Russell Wilson, Jared Gough.

We've got to go up against Cam Newton, Drew Brees. We've got to go up against Carson Wins, Eric Prescott, Aaron Rogers, Matthew Stafford. And no matter how you spin it, Blaine Gabbard's name does not stack up. Doesn't rise above. So I'm not exactly thrilled with that as a Cardinal fan, but he has played well. All right, let's talk about wide receivers available on the waivers. We're going to throw out a couple probably owned names.

They're owned in most leagues, 80% of leagues. But just check. We say this every week, every single week. We're like, hey, you've got to check on some of these names. And every week we get tweets saying, why are you telling us these names? And then follow-up tweets of, oh, my goodness. Just keep your eyes on it. They were available. James and Crowder. Start of the week. Great, great start. And Robbie Anderson. How in the world there is, you know, a quarter of leagues almost that don't have Robbie Anderson rostered. That seems doubtful, but look, keep your eye on it.

Crowder Anderson. Let's focus on the main waiver wire pickups. I said yesterday he's going to be my start of the week. He's my favorite waiver wire pickup and his name is Cooper Cup. Last week, 8 for 1, 16 on 11 targets. Has Arizona this week, I expect Patrick Peterson to shadow Sammy Watkins for the majority, maybe not all, of the game. Cooper Cup, I love Cooper Cup this week. Absolutely. I mean, no Robert Woods. Everything that you're talking about.

with Patrick Peterson. We've seen it time and time again this season. The Cardinals' defense against wide receivers, they're really, really bad. But if you look at how they fared against the wide receiver won on the team, they're pretty good because Patrick Peterson. That means that Cooper Cup is a great play. And also for deeper leagues, if you're like, stop saying these probably owned guys. How about this name? Josh Reynolds is a guy that in super deep leagues, you could probably pick up.

and play him. He was on the field for over 70% of snaps with Robert Woods out. He's the rookie wide receiver for the Los Angeles Rams, and he had six targets, caught four of them, one touchdown. So against the Cardinals, Cooper Cup and Josh Reynolds should combine for, you know, I agree with you. It's probably Cup. He's definitely the guy I would go for, but if all these other names in our waiver wires aren't available, Josh Reynolds will be out there.

Yeah, Reynolds was a fourth round pick. He was a dynasty pickup, and we haven't had a chance to see him. But he did well with six targets last week, scored a touchdown. Let's turn the page over here. Let's talk about the Cleveland Browns on purpose. Let's talk about him on purpose. The Cory Coleman, Josh Gordon experience. All right. So who's it going to be, Corey Coleman, Josh Gordon? I believe that Cory Coleman is a must own.

Now, while we're talking about these guys, it's worth noting. Neither one has the most beautiful of schedules. Los Angeles Chargers this week with two pretty solid corners there. Green Bay next week, which is great, but then Baltimore, it's a mixed bag. But I believe it's going to be Cory Coleman. And the reason why is because in the small sample of games in the NFL that we have from Cory Coleman so far,

he has shown himself to be what he was drafted to be. An elite wide receiver, a guy that can get open, a good route runner, and usually good hands, despite the fact that he dropped that awesome touchdown pass last game. I understand that, and Josh Gordon returns this week for those wondering. Josh Gordon will be back on the field. Hugh Jackson says he wants him to play as much as possible. Now, we don't know the shape that Josh Gordon's in. Instagram says he's in good shape. All photos say he is in Terminator shape.

But we don't know cardio. We don't know game playing. I would rather, if I had to choose, the way I'd probably roll this out on my waiver wire as I dropped Jeremy Macklin or some of those names from earlier, I would put the same bit in on both guys. And I would be content getting either. But you've got to order them. In that system, you've got to put one above the other. And I'll order Josh Gordon ahead. Deshaun Kaiser, Canon, deep ball, Josh Gordon, elite speed, elite talent.

14 NFL touchdowns. I would go Josh Gordon. I think he's a better player. Now he's been out of the league. So I mean, if you're listening to me say that and going, come on, what are you talking about? That's fine. Go with Cory Coleman. I just think that the actual ceiling for Gordon, if you're rolling the dice on a late season savior team in the playoffs kind of guy, I mean, you probably don't want to play either of them, do you?

I don't really want to. I'm okay. I'm actually fine playing Cory Coleman right now. I believe in him. There's far fewer question marks for me with Cory Coleman than there are with Josh Gordon. Because we have to remember before Josh Gordon left his final six games of that previous season, which I think was in 1982, he wasn't that good.

Yeah, he was high, Jason. But that's part of the problem. A lot of times people are talking about this. So if you didn't hear the report, I think we shared this on the show a couple weeks ago, you know, in a very open interview, Josh Gordon revealed that he had never once in his career played a game sober. Every single game before the game, he was either drunk or higher both. And people are saying, well, wow, now we get to see what a sober Josh Gordon is like. And I'm thinking,

So the Josh Gordon, that has always been great, we've never, and now he's going to be a different person, a different, I mean, he's not used to playing like this. There's just a lot of variables that say to me, yes, he's got the physical tools to get it done. I would much rather go. And that's fine. I think this is a long discussion over two players that you really would like to avoid playing. I mean, I don't want to lean on either guy for my fantasy playoffs.

I'd rather, would you rather have Josh Doxon right now, 43% own Josh Doxon, who has Dallas, the Chargers in Arizona on the docket? I would rather have Cory Coleman. Okay, I'd rather have Josh Doxon. This week I would rather have Josh Doxon. I like the matchup against Dallas. But I think Josh Doxon against the Chargers, Arizona, and then followed by Denver, is going to have a rough stretch. You're going to have to pick one of them.

You're going to have to pick one of those guys. You said for this week you like Josh Dawson. This is waiver wire. No, if I had to pick one of them up, I would pick up Corey Coleman. All right. Marquis Goodwin put up 4 for 78. He has Chicago in Chicago this week, and there's a chance that Garoppolo is behind center. I don't know if that's going to matter very much in Chicago. Chicago's defense. It's pretty good. I don't think I'm going to pick up Goodwin if I have other options. That's just the way I lean.

I like Goodwin. I think he's shown himself to be elite enough, have an elite enough speed to beat anyone. And there is the variable of Garoppolo coming in. We haven't seen him. You know, can he throw the same deep ball that Bethard and Hoyer were throwing? He's a better quarterback. But he is a, exactly. He is a better quarterback. So I actually like Goodwin. And while Chicago is an underrated defense, they're not, you know.