Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Week 7 Waiver Wire Pickups, Streaming Options, News

Well, when you're talking about things like press coverage, I would imagine it is. Well, not only that, but you saw an Emmanuel Sanders. That is an excellent point. No, you actually did see Emmanuel Sanders right after he got his, you know, same shoulder hurt this last game. He was not able to run as fast because literally, as silly as it sounds, like one of the arms is not pumping along with you, and you saw it when he was running. He was overthrown constantly the last drive after he injured that.

So it is a possibility, and they're going on by week. It's a good thing. Plus, Devante Adams being back, I think will help Cobb out. Mariotta, this morning news broke, sprained MCL, should miss several weeks. They're saying he could be back this week. I think that's ridiculous. I don't see a reason you put your brand new franchise quarterback out there when your team is not in it right now. But he's walking around, Mike.

Don't you want him to be hit? Has Big Ben been walking around for weeks cheering on the sideline? Des Bryant, he could play. I don't think he will, but he could play this week. The news is very wishy-washy on, they're not ruling him out. Let's put it that way. Jerry Jones is not ruling him out. Well, you know. He's not ruling his team out either. Everything is great when you're Jerry Jones. And then we'll talk about it later, but Christine Michael's getting first team reps in practice this week. And so I'm.

going to be wrong. I might be wrong about him. We'll see. Any big highlights from last night other than the Star Wars trailer? There was a football game. Sam Bradford looked like he had deer in the headlights like we talked about. Zacherts could have had a much bigger game if he, if Bradford had been on point. He threw another end zone interception, which is just, I mean, one touchdown, three picks. ODB played, he scored.

early and he avoided allegedly avoided setback which is always a good thing he didn't do very much in the second half but we we hear he's in he's uh he didn't re injure his hamstring uh i don't know if you saw the retweet that i put out uh someone had dig i don't know if they did or how they how they caught it but a vine of the the the botched snap where the the center snapped in san bradford was clearly not ready

But it's just slow motion of Sam Bradford's face. Yeah, I watched that on when I saw it live. Man. That's how he looks right now. He just doesn't look comfortable. There were plays that I thought.

communication was broken down between the sideline and on the field. And they won the game. I mean, they won the game kind of going away, but the defense played well, really well. That was my takeaway from the game, was the Philly defense. The Philly defense looks, I mean, all year they've been pretty darn good. They haven't given up very many points to the opposing offense. Really, Sam Bradford likes to give up the most points for their team. I will say, DeMarco was my start of the week, wasn't he? He was. He had a dandy game. Played very good. First 100-yard game is an eagle.

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Super easy. So we're going to get into our waivers section right now and talk about some guys you should pick up. Put me in, coach. Well, you guys want to start talking wide receivers? Let's do it. All right. We're going to do this a little bit different today. Oh, maybe. I want you to give me the top wide receiver on your board, waiver wirewise. The top. If you had to sign one wide receiver this week, who would it be? It would be Marvin Jones.

Okay, Cincinnati wide receiver. Absolutely. 9-91 and 1 this week. We talked this man up as a sleeper, and he has arisen. Yes, he has. The man has awoken. He has pulled a full Lazarus from missing his entire season last year. He overtook that number two job quickly, and the Bengals are firing on all cylinder. That offense is spectacular. There's...

You want to stop the run? Fine. The pass is opened up with A.J. Green, Marvin Jones, Tyler Eifert. And Marvin Jones is now a huge part of the offense. Like Andy said, huge stateline last week. That's not his first big game. But people need to start paying attention. He is a legitimate, I'm not going to call him a two yet. But I'll call him a low-end wide receiver too. Well, he's the number 25 wide receiver. So, yeah, I mean, I guess he's not. He's very close to it, too. A low-end two for me.

So the question I asked someone else was, would you take Decker or Marvin Jones right now? I'd still take Decker. Okay. But a part of that is the Bengals are going on buy this week. Decker has already passed his buy. And Decker is scoring a touchdown every single game he plays right now. Yeah, and he doesn't have Tyler Eifer to steal. Right. The Jets are similar with their offense is just...

running full steam, but they're very close. Yeah, Marvin Jones needs to be had on your team. However, I've got a different number one wide receiver for this week. The wide receiver I want to pick up because I'm going for upside. Not that Marvin Jones doesn't have it, but is Stefan Diggs. We watched him. We've talked about him a little bit of the last few weeks of how Andy were watching a game. We're just blown away by some guy who was just making these unbelievable catches. And

It was like, oh, who's digs? Oh, yeah, that's that rookie, fifth round rookie. So you've got a guy who was drafted, brought in. He was behind two guys. So he didn't even play in the first three games. Zero catches, zero receptions in those first three games. It's tough to catch a pass when you don't play. Fifth round rookie. Fifth round rookie. And he comes in. Now Charles Johnson gets injured. So he comes into the starting lineup. And all he does is play phenomenal. That first game that we were talking about where we saw these, he got six for 87 to.

two games ago. And that was the game where those six, not all six for 87 are made the same. And those were not made the same. Those were catches that no... That was against Denver, by the way. Yeah. Denver DBs. Denver DBs, he caught six for 67. I'm sorry, six for 87. And then last week, he caught seven for 129. He is a talented guy. He's getting open and he's making tough catches. You know, you look for these, you know...

guys who they don't play in the beginning. They're just sitting on the waiver wire. They find their opportunity, and that's what's changed. It's just opportunity. That's what happens with rookie wide receivers, though. We saw the same exact thing last year, and we had a plethora of them where it takes some time to get in the offense, get your opportunity, and then, you know. Odell Beckham was on everybody's waiver wire when he was picked up after three or four weeks. I mean, the coaches can see what we can see.

We, you know, the trust of Teddy Bridgewater is growing in Stefan Diggs. He's a go-to type of guy. They both, if you listen to him, talk about each other, they're building a rapport there. And the way he is in and out of his breaks, he's quicker than everybody else. You want Greg Jennings out there, in and out of breaks, or do you want a rookie with speed, youth, upside, and apparently hands that we didn't expect. So I think Diggs, I mean, what kind of money do you spend on Jones? What kind of money do you spend on Diggs if you're talking fab budget? If you're in a league that is...

only one fantasy football footballer listener, then I think you can get Diggs decently affordable. If you're in a league where everyone's listening, pay the Piper. But you would pay the Piper. I would. I would like to have a guy like that on my roster. Now, paying the Piper. Exactly how much are you going to bid in our leagues. For me, if you're on $100 fab and you have a need, right, this is need-dependent. Not everybody needs, you know, if you've got...

Great wide receivers on your roster, don't do this. But if you need a wide receiver, I would say $10, $10 is a worthy bid, 10%. Yeah, that's fair. $10, all right. This is a guy in Diggs that, sure, he's probably exaggerating, but Mike Wallace was looking at his role. He was comparing him to Antonio Brown. Now, that's a little bit excessive for a rookie. Because Mike Wallace is such a reasonable individual. Just say, but clearly Mike Wallace.

thinks that Stefan Diggs is a spectacular player. Why I, and I'm not poo-pooing Diggs at all, but why I prefer Jones, higher power to offense, roll secure. We believe that Diggs is going to stay involved in the offense, but Charles Johnson has shown in the past that he can be a solid wide receiver. So there's no guarantee that Diggs takes his spot, but I agree.

that Diggs is on my radar if I need a wide receiver. All right, I'm going to mention one more guy for a one-week spot start stream type of guy. Robert Woods this week in London. Percy Harvin did not travel with Buffalo. He is injured, and they're worried that his hip injury is going to keep him out for a significant portion of the season. Classic Harvin. Yeah, same with the hip, too, right? And then we all know that Sammy Watkins was injured.

I believe he traveled, but he's like on crutches. Yeah, he's... I would be shocked. So Robert Woods is a high target type of guy. He had six last week. He'll probably have more this week in that matchup in London. So if you need to spot start somebody, it doesn't feel great throwing him out there, but he'll perform for you. And Michael Crabtree. If he's on your wire, Michael Crabtree has been... Coming off the buy, right? It's been a target monster. He might be on the wire because people dropped him for the buy week, but he's been playing great.

He's got Amari Cooper to offset some of the defense. And there's talk in Oakland of getting me even more involved in the offense than he already is. So Crabtree is a great guy to grab. All right, let's turn to the running backs. Who's your number one running back pickup this week? Because there are some guys, you know, it depends who you are, but who's your number one? My number one guy this week would be theoretic. Because Kristen Michael's already on my bench. So. Kristen Michael is clearly my number one pickup.

Like we just talked about, a guy who could potentially turn into a starting running back at this point of the season from your waiver wire. You have to take that chance. Isn't it the same logic that we had with West or last week where you just, they don't grow on trees? These starting running backs don't grow on trees. So you might as well take a shot, especially if you're a middling type of record. You know, you're three and three right now through six weeks. And the difference on your team is while you're rolling out.

Eddie Lacey right now. Would you like to put another guy on your team that we're not saying he will be, we're saying he could be and could be is really good at running back. Yeah, and any kind of record. Personally, for me, I'm grabbing Michael because let's say you're stacked at running back. Well, if he turns into a starting running back, you have another chip that you can trade. Somebody wants a starting running back. Everybody wants starting running back. So I do have a question. Okay.