Week 5 Waivers + Full Stream Ahead, Tilting PSA

watch from the sideline. That threw everything off. Maybe it's hard to trust. My guess is it was a blitz pickup situation against Carolina that just got him benched. The last two weeks, number 19 at the running back position. This past week, number 17 at the running back position. And like you said, week one, he was 26. But he's establishing himself on an offense that Bruce Ariens has had success running the football with, you know, and having fantasy running backs that are relevant. So the question is,

Would you rather have Ronald Jones, who seems to be more consistent, more volume, more work, running back 19, and running back 17, or Jalen Samuels, who now in this new offense for only one week, but he was the running back nine. He was very utilized. If you have to make your waiver bid or your fab, which one would you go after first? I think that Ronald Jones, his track.

Right now, the way that it is going, he seems like he is the safer ad to be getting that volume. But I'm going to bet on the one week performance of James Connor had eight targets. Jalen Samuels had eight targets. If I can get a running back who's seeing eight to ten carries, but then five plus targets, I'll take that over the guy who's going to see...

15 to 17 carries. So I would, I side going with Jalen Samuels. And then perhaps the bonus that he plays Wildcat. They keep that going. I'm not sure. And he completes 100% of his passes. Yes. Yeah, when their tap passes, that's going to be a really good accuracy rating.

Other considerations at running back, you can pay attention to Jordan Wilkins. Yes. If Marlon Mack misses the game, Jordan Wilkins would be the man to step in. I think he was out there for about 20% of snaps this past week. For this week, I would prefer Heinz. Absolutely. Because they're taking on Kansas City. Nahim Hines is the receiving back. So that... You saw the recipe last week. The cults are good, but... Yeah, I mean, they played... They had a negative game script all last week. Naim Hines was on the field for 45% of snaps. So...

But you still weren't happy, right? Six for 39. He caught all six of his targets. Yeah, he's a PPR play. He's a PPR play. Right. PPR only. Yeah. Triple PPR. Oh, then I'm interested. PPPR. A Heinz only league. The Peter Piper Pizza, PPR pick of the week. That's a throwback. Edo Smith, there are Williams, Rashad Penny.

Penny likely to be active on Thursday night football. Any interest there? He is a stash for me. Yeah, I would without a doubt be rostering him, but I don't think you can start him this week. I would pick him up. What about Daryl Williams? Do we have any inclination as to how long? Because Daryl Williams has now been very good for fantasy two weeks in a row. He's still, even though Shady was the starter, I mean, he out snapped him.

He was utilized in a large way. So I don't know the status of Damian Williams, but... I think you can start Darrell Williams as a flex play until Damian Williams returns. I think that's pretty much how my recipe. Since we don't know the status update of Damian Williams right now for this week, and today is the day where people are going to have to make the decision, do they go grab Darrell Williams if they can't get one of these other guys? Would you want to stash him in hopes of...

of that? Yeah, I would happily do that. Yeah, I think Darrell Williams should be rostered, no doubt, especially with, you know, last week, 50-50 snap count with Shady. Shady's had his injury problems and you could end up in a situation where if Shady goes down, Darry Williams is the guy for a few weeks on the best offense in football. Also, another name to throw out there at running back. He's still, he's still rostered in 63% of leagues.

But there are plenty of leagues out there where Tevin Coleman, because he was on by, and people needed to make a move and he was injured, has been dropped. They're past their by week. As a team, the San Francisco 49ers, have the most fantasy points at the running back position. Kevin Coleman could slot in as the starter or as the goal lineback or as both. I would definitely make a strong push to him if he's out there on your waivers.

All right, tight-end waivers. Let's look at some pickups that are, you know, should be on your radar. Chris Herndon comes back week six, so this is probably the time you need to go get him if you want him cheap. He's got one week left of suspension, and they just got through the buy week. So he'll be back week six, and I think he's a very valuable ad for your fantasy team along with Ben Watson. Those would be the two players that are kind of...

Would you rather take Ben Watson? Because he's back. His four-game suspension is over. And that Patriot schedule once again, Washington, the Giants, the Jets. No, no, I'd rather have Herndon. Okay. Herndon, as a rookie last year, showed a lot on the field. Not a lot of pass-catching options in New York. Much better stealing. You know, maybe the New England Patriots decide to completely revise what's worked over the first four weeks because of the option of Watson. But it's been basically they've played without a tight end.

as a pass-catching option through that time. And I just don't know what Ben Watson has left in the tank ceiling-wise. Yeah, I completely agree with everything you're saying. Early in the off-season, before Darren, I am the walrus, came into our lives. There were two tight ends we were really interested in. It was Chris Herndon and Mark Andrews, two rookies that showed a lot. But then Herndon got suspended. That was out the window. And I don't think you're going to be able to get Herndon

for more money next week. I think in most leagues, this is the week where people pick up Herndt. So if you want them, if you're one of those teams, it does not have, you just, you haven't been able to find a solid tight end. I would definitely pick up Chris Hernan. If you want to stream a tight end, I genuinely believe you can stream Tyler Eifert this week. Five targets last night, Arizona can't cover tight ends. And if they're without John Ross, the arguments I made for Auden Tate as a one-week rental, apply to Tyler Eifert.

dropped a touchdown to start this game. It was a great pass by Andy Dalton. He had it in between both hands. Well, the problem was there was a defender there. So that won't be a problem this week. That makes it harder to catch. Yeah. So you do have a potential one week rental in Eifford. If you have somebody on buy, maybe you lost T.J. Hawkinson, both of the concussion and the buy week coming up. If you're a Gassiki owner and you've been just counting on Gassiki. Wow. Our apologies.

Let us know if you are, if you, you were someone you know has started my Gisicki ever. I want, I want to be able to, you know. Sure. Shame you. Comfort you. Oh, sure. And then right behind those guys for me, it's the Walking Dead. He's back. Jimmy Graham. He had nine targets this past week, six for 61 with a touchdown. He's very relevant. And this is because Devante Adams is hurt.

Yeah, you can't just throw out, you know, we talk about Geronimois and MBS, but 100%, Mike, you're right. Jimmy Graham, if you need a start, I mean, he's probably a better pickup than most of these other guys. He's better than Eiffert. He's probably the number one. He's better than Doyle. He's better than, yes, absolutely. I think Jimmy Graham's the number one pickup this week if he's out there. He's owned in 36% of leagues.

You know, Jason Whitten is kind of ho-hum. You're probably not going to get goose with him. Dawson Knox. He saw another interesting week. Three for 58 on three targets. He's a rookie in Buffalo and a move tight end. He's a guy to keep an eye on, but not a guy to pick up roster or start, in my opinion. Tough with Tennessee in the by week. Yeah, tough with Josh Allen's injury too. Yeah. So, and then Noah Fantastic had his first NFL touchdown this past week, and that was about it.

Just keep an eye on it. He ran the eighth most rounds at the tight end position. I think he's another guy you keep your eye on. There's kind of two categories of free agent tight ends in general, which is the Jason Witton, Vernon Davis, floor plays two for 25 might be what you get. Or there's the, you shoot for the stars with, you know, somebody like Noah Fant or Dawson Knox knowing you could full well get goose. And I think it just depends on your team makeup.

All right, let's move into quarterbacks. Full stream ahead. Mike, who's your quarterback streamer of the week? So my quarterback streamer is a top 10 guy right now because he's throwing touchdowns at a very nice, very rapid rate. I'm going with Jacoby Brissette. He gets to take on the Chiefs. We really hope that C.Y. Hilton will be back this week that would improve the odds that your streamer is going to hit.

But I think you can rely on him. I think that Jacoby has shown that he is a capable quarterback. And the multi-touchdowns every single week, it's hard to see that slowing down against the Kansas City Chiefs where they will have to score to be in the game. Matthew Stafford had a very good fantasy week last week despite being. With a busted hip or whatever. And the game script being positive for Detroit because Stanford took advantage of it early. And they...

did a lot against Kansas City. I don't mind that at all. I'm going to go James Winston. I love this. Against the New Orleans Saints. Prior to this week against Dallas, where the Saints shut down deck Prescott, only 9.9 fantasy points given up. Prior to that, the three quarterback scores against New Orleans, 49, which was Russell Wilson, 24, which was golf, and then 39 again against Deshaun Watson. So I think it's an opportunity for Winston. He's got...

Two top five wide receivers right now. Do you guys realize that? Yeah. All the panic for Mike Evans, he's a top five fantasy wide receiver and total points scored. Godwin, depending on your scoring format, is two or three right now. And you still have weapons in OJ. Howard, and you've seen them put up huge points over recent weeks. He's a perfect streamer. Yeah, and I agree completely. I would stream James Winston over either of these other guys. Are you picking them up in our League of Record, Mike?

He's on my list? Yeah. I feel like you are. I feel like you are, Mike. He's on my list. I'll bet you $100 that you can't hang from a bar for five minutes. I will not accept your bet. Dang. It's a good bet if you can get anyone to take it. No, my streamer of the week, prepare yourselves, brace yourselves, because this is fresh. I can't believe this. This is fresh off of last night and eight sacks and terrible Andy Dalton. He looked.

the worst. But here's the thing. We talked about this all week leading up to last night. We did not talk about Andy Dalton all week. I talked about primetime Dalton being atrocious. If he's on Monday night football or Thursday night football, yes, let's flush last week primetime Dalton down the toilet because he was terrible. The three weeks before that, he was, look, he was on base for 5,200 yards, 27 touchdowns to have some sort of hope in this game.

Well, don't you love Mr. Auden-Tate? Number one, waiver-wire pickup up the week. Not like a Dalton supporter. All right, go on. Tyler Boyd, Tyler Eifert against Arizona at home. This is an O-N-4 team that's coming and playing against an O'N-4 team. I think Andy Dalton has a fine fantasy week this week, and he is someone that you can stream even after such a bad performance. Look, he's had horrific performances in the past on prime time, and then they still stick with him. Okay.

Yeah. Arizona, I can't argue with facing Arizona. It really is a strong play. And that probably goes on both sides. I think Kyler probably has a pretty good game against the Bengals' lack of a defense. I'm curious what the overrun. Do we have that yet, Brooks? What the early overrunner is on the Arizona game? I wonder if that's in the 50s. I'm curious what Vegas thinks about those two defenses. Let's go ahead and you can look that up. Let's get into our defensive streamers.

Defense versus Offense. Presented by Head and Shoulders and Walmart. I have those, if you want them. I saw it, 47 and a half. Is that right? Yep. The Caesar's book has it 47. That's good? Yeah. That's like one. Cincinnati favored by three and a half. I think they'll hit the over. It's like one side of the Buccaneers Rams game. 47 and a half. But we'll see. We'll see what happens. Andy Dalton, that's a pretty good number. All right.

Favorite team defense, special team streaming options for week five, you can put those waiver wire claims in. Who do you got, Mike? I'm going with Tennessee versus Buffalo. This is a perfect mixture of everything you want in a streamer where...

They're actually a really good defense. Tennessee is a, they're a strong defense. Yes. Taking on an opponent that gives up sacks and gives up turnovers in Buffalo. And that's if Josh Allen is the starter. They may be without their starting quarterback this week. So I love Tennessee. They're, they're my number one streamer this week. Yeah, that's great. I'm going to go, of course, with the Patriots.