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Those are my three. I would say AJ Brown, D.D. Westbrook, and Darius Slate. And I would say A.J. Brown is number one. So that that makes it pretty easy for people. I would spend a lot. If he's out there. Yeah, at this point. I would spend up. I would burn my waiver. I like Slayton. And I'm on the other side for Jason. I like Chris Conley.

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I have him down as 51% own. They play Atlanta. I think most of it can be started for sure, but he's probably not available. He must start. He is absolutely a guy that has to be in your lineup and probably not available. Opportunities at running back this week, however, there are many that have them. Adrian Peterson will be alone in the backfield. He will be a volume play. 20 carries is guaranteed. Chris Thompson's still there, right?

Yeah, I meant it in the context of Geis being out. I thought I missed something. No, no, but Peterson will have 15 to 20 carries. Patrick Laird, do you have any interest against the Giants? I do. I do have interest. Top 20, two weeks in a row. Patrick Laird, he's the guy right now for the Miami Dolphins. And if you lost a running back and you got to replace with someone who's going to actually give volume,

Patrick Laird will have it, and he has passing game chops, which is the more important thing. So, I mean, like, Adrian Peterson can get you the 22 carries, but 22 carries against Philadelphia turns into 70 yards. I mean, I like Laird more than Peterson. That's fine. But then because of the way the fantasy is scored in most leagues, Patrick Laird comes through with four receptions, and he will end up beating Peterson and scoring. So I like Laird more than Peterson. I like neither.

I really do. I'm not being, you know, I'm not being tongue and cheek there. The Giants are not. Start Watson at running back. Justin Watts. The Giants are not that bad against the run.

They feel like they were terrible. You look at the first half of the season, and they were terrible. Then they made a trade for, was it Leonard Williams from the Jets? And all of a sudden, as soon as that trade happened, the Giants were not a team that you can run on. I don't think Boston Scott says you're wrong. Boston Scott, sure. I mean, we all saw it coming, right?

including the Giants that Bossess Scott would get all these wing targets. I mean, he had 70 receiving yards. So, sure, you're right in the sense that Laird is much more valuable that he can receive the ball than his rushing. I mean, he's not going to do it on the ground. But, I mean, DeAndre Washington, to me, is the clear runaway favor. And then my second is Ronald Jones. Those two guys, I think, are awesome this week. And I would say, yes, DeAndre Washington would be my clear number one.

pickup who's actually readily available. Ronald Jones is 63% owned in leagues. Like he's, he's probably not available. He might be one of the beneficiaries of Noah Evans. Yes. And he has the excellent matchup against the Detroit Lions, which is basically a top three matchup for running backs. You can throw Bilal Powell away, by the way. It's over. Sure. Yes. It's done. Did you guys see the New York Post article? Granted, it's the post. About Lev Bell bowling? Yes. Yeah, it doesn't sound great. No.

They allegedly left him. I have not seen this. So the, the Jets ruled him out, sent him away because he had the flu, which is going around. We know all about this. And he spent Saturday night, allegedly at a bowling alley until like one in the morning. New York posts. I'm just whatever. Okay. Moving on from that. So the point of like Patrick Laird versus DeAndre Washington.

We don't know for sure that Josh Jacobs is going to miss. Correct. Like Josh Jacobs, you could be loaded up with Downey, Washington, ready to go. The matchup is great against Jacksonville at home. I'm all on board, DeUnder Washington being a top 24 guy if Josh Jacobs is out. But you might be planning on Washington and then get to Sunday and all of son Josh Jacobs is actually active and you're hosed. The play of Patrick Laird, it's not a matchup play at all. It's not a talent play. This is...

You need volume. And Patrick Laird will get 15 or so carries and four to five receptions. That's all I'm saying for Laird. That's my endorsement. Yeah, in the past two weeks, he's been a top 20 running back both weeks. Yeah, I totally get it. And it's similar. You can make the same argument for Adrian Peterson. It's not an efficiency thing or a matchup. Yeah, at this point, you're just needing some. You're just needing someone who's actually going to touch the ball. But I would rather take the shot. This is just my opinion. And you guys can.

play it a different way. If I'm in the playoffs, I believe DeAndre Washington will start this week. And I would rather take the shot at a guy who I think could be a blow-up play for my playoffs than say, I need a guy. So I mean, grab both. You know, if you really need one and you have to, you know, you're down a running back or something.

I would rather take my shot on DeAndre Washington. And Ronald Jones, if he is out there, he's owned in a lot of leagues. But those two guys, I think, are going to be good starts this week. All right. Let's talk about the tight-in position, probably the most relevant one for playoff teams right now because you've kind of gotten here and you might have done it streaming the tight-in position. If you don't have Zach Ertz, who has come on in a big way over the last six weeks, by the way, by far the number one.

tight end over that span. But if you don't have Earths and you don't have Kittal or Kelsey, you know, maybe you have Mark Andrews and you're not sure his health. Maybe you've been streaming guys week over week. Right now I'm looking at OJ Howard, right? And I'm saying I don't care. I mean, I do care what you've done during this year. I don't. Well, I'm not forgiving that, OJ, but I am going to give you a clean slate for this game. OJ. Howard. The last two weeks, sorry to cut you off, but.

Five for 61 two weeks ago, four for 73. So even before the Mike Evans injury, he still had a five for 61 game. And with the opportunity for a touchdown that OJ Howard has, like, I'll take that. Yeah, definitely. When Jason brought up, you know, you might, you play it your own way. I don't play streaming tight end to get Jason Witten stats. I play it to have an opportunity to win the position.

And that's what OJ Howard offers you athletically. That's what Noah Fant offers you athletically. Last week, four for 113 and one for Noah Fant. Those are the two players that I want. And then you can look at, you can glance at David Injoku to me against Arizona. But he just didn't get on the field a lot, but maybe that was just easing back in. You missed my number one pick of who I thought you were going to say glance at is Ian Thomas from Carolina.

Now, this is still, much like DeAndre Washington, is a great play if Jacobs is out. Ian Thomas only works if Greg Olson misses another game with his concussion. We don't have an update on that yet. But Ian Thomas, he is readily available, and he gets to play the Seattle Seahawks. They've allowed the second most points to the fantasy tight-in position. They have just been absolutely getting destroyed the last three weeks. And Ian Thomas was five for 57 and one.

10 targets. Kyle Allen targets the tight-end position. And Ian Thomas, talent opportunity here if Greg Olson misses. He would be my favorite guy. But once again, we don't know for sure that Greg Olson is going to miss. Well, and based on that, then, wouldn't you spend up on Howard and Fant over Thomas? Because the waivers are going through in the morning. You've got to make that decision. I don't think that you're losing much.

I mean, I like Howard and Fant more than Thomas anyway. That's where I am as well. But even if it was close, you can't take a shot on adding Thomas and then losing him for Sunday morning. That's the problem. This isn't an anti-Ean Thomas take. I think he's going to have targets if Greg Olson is out. But I still don't think his ceiling is the same as O.J. Howard. O.J. Howard would be the guy I would target.

Howard's my number one. How are you feeling about the Njoku situation after seeing him on the field last week, Jason, knowing that Arizona struggles versus the tight end as well? I mean, the reality is, I like Baker this week. I think Baker's going to be fine against the Arizona Cardinals. And if that's true, then David Njoku could end up with a decent week. I mean, last week was the first week of the season that the Arizona Cardinals did not.

get torched by tight end. And that was against Vance McDonald. And that was the one week we have actually said, I don't know if I would play the tight end against Arizona. It's tough with Injoku. I mean, again, I'm not doing Injoku over OJ Howard. I think OJ. Howard is getting involved, is talented. There was a reason. You know, it wasn't like fantasy players and analysts and everybody were just...

out of their minds to have O.J. Howard is the fourth ranked tight end going into this year. There were reasons, things we've seen on the field, physical measurables, that said he's the guy. Then you come into the season, you realize, okay, they're really doing the two-wide receiver thing. The Bruce Arian system that doesn't utilize tight ends is a big deal. OJ. Howard is playing horribly and dropping passes all over the place. And now you fast 40s playing well. You lose Mike Evans. I mean,

You know, I talk about, okay, Justin Watson or Bashad, who's going to step up? More than likely, it's probably the best player, which is O.J. Howard. Is O.J. Howard a superstar? I think the huge irony. On a scale of Justin Watson. I, no. Where does he measure up? No, he's no Justin Watson. But I think the huge irony to fantasy football this year is that O.J. Howard could be a league winner.

He could be the biggest bust of the year. That is really funny. Well, welcome back to the top of draft. Yeah. If he ends up as the biggest bust and a league winner, because it's not the person that drafted him. The person that drafted him is not picking it. They're listening right now going, I ain't doing it. I ain't picking up O.J. Howard and rolling that I did everything to get over to that loss. Well, he's not the only one. I mean, you might not have gotten to the playoffs if you trusted in Robbie Anderson or Robert Woods or

you know, those players, and they might win you your league right now. Right. Like those two guys, L.J. Howard, they're, they're shooting for some draft stock in 2020. They want their fantasy football rounds moved forward based on how they're finishing. So if you're one, two, three, I'm going to go, I'm going to go Howard. I'm going to go Fant. I'm going to go Thomas. I would go Howard Thomas.

That's how I would do it as well. And I will say this. I like Injoku this week more than I liked Vance McDonald against him last week. I agree. So let's move on. Full stream ahead. Ryan Tandahill. That's a good pick, Mike. Let's have Andy lead off. And then I'll piggyback. Ryan Tannhill is a great stream this week. He has Houston. Houston's giving up.

Quarterback one performances in seven of nine games. That's Matt Ryan, Pat Mahomes, Jacoby Brissette, Derek Carr, Lamar Jackson, Tom Brady, and the real capstone here. Drew Locke last week in a quarter, basically. And these are not just like good performances. These are three or more touchdown games. These are dominant performances for fantasy. And really, the Gardner was not in that top QB1 performance against them, but he had 300 plus yards. Yeah.