Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Week 3 Waiver Wire Pickups, MNF Review, Mailbag

start to emerge, but six and seven targets in those games. The big stat line from the weekend was... Davey! David Cracket, Gilmore of the Baltimore Ravens. Oh, thanks, Dad. Crocket Gilmore, two touchdowns. Tied in, you know, when Dennis Pitt was there.

Very productive. Not a lot of receiving options. In a Mark, Trussman offense. I mean, do you just sign Crockett Gilmore and throw them in and then watch your opponent go, who's that? I mean, we were all talking about when they drafted Max Williams, the potential of Max Williams coming into an offense. Now, he hasn't moved up the depth chart, but doesn't the same potential exist for the tight-in position? Yeah, it does. I think his massive production is more a situation with the Raiders.

secondary, their safeties. But he's a guy that if you're, let's say you're a Jordan Cameron owner this week and we don't know if he's going to play. I might put Crockett on the bench as a one week filling guy. Okay. Why not? Yeah, I mean, week two is a lot better for him, obviously, not just with the touchdowns, but he had six targets versus four the week before and he caught five passes. And they were downfield. I mean, his average catch was 17.5 yards.

The problem with him I have this week is he's going up against the Bengals, and they've got a really good lockdown defense against the tight end. They haven't given up hardly anything so far. So I think there's better options on the waiver than Crockett, but he's looked really good. But you don't get to sing an awesome song whenever he scores. I always, I mean, I always take issue with kind of the how good you are against tight-in statistic. I think that's just a really bad statistic. Most of the time, because there are a select.

amount of tight ends that are part of a game plan and are talented enough to produce. The Cardinals could be the very best against tight ends if you go up against the four or five teams that don't have really productive tight ends. It doesn't mean Jimmy Graham's not going to go off on them. Okay. Well, last week they played San Diego, right? And Laderius Green looked great. That's a team that uses the tight end. Who played that? Who played San Diego? The Bengals who are now going up against Crockett Gilmore. And so they didn't give up hardly anything. To Laderius Green?

Yeah, who in week one was a monster and used like crazy and San Diego uses the tight end. That, I'm just saying, I don't think that. I think you're proving my point. You're not, you're not talking me out of it. Because I don't, I don't think that. Let's get a Crocky Gilmore bat going here. Was Laderius Green a monster? He was great. Yeah. Okay. Let's look. I'll, uh, but I agree with the sentiment of your statement that when you're looking at how many points it tied in scored in a particular week, you need to.

Factor in is the tight end a star? Did they play against Kelsey or Gronk and those things got inflated? Yeah. Or have they been, or have low end tight ends have been having success against that team? I would play Gilmore this week. I mean, Green had five catches against the Bengals. So any other thoughts on tight ends? Richard Rogers comes to mind. Kyle Rudolph we talked about. Yeah, I agree with Richard Rogers. Anybody who signed Daniel or Fells from Arizona? Darren? He caught, yeah, Darren Fells caught zero passes.

Yeah, because tight ends just not involved in Arizona. All right. We talk full stream ahead segment later in the week, quarterbacks that we like to sign. Last week our streamers were who, Kaepernick. Kaepernick, Dalton, and Fitzpatrick. Yeah, and they all had pretty productive weeks, multi-touchdown weeks for each guy. This week on the waiver wire, if you're looking to replace a Tony Romo or a Matthew Stafford or maybe even a Drew Breeze, you're looking for a talent.

that has a good matchup this week and has the ability to produce fantasy points and kind of probably not have a really low floor. So what guys are standing out to you because there are three running quarterbacks?

or at least quote-unquote running quarterbacks that are on a lot of waiver wires right now, and Tyra Taylor, Cam Newton, and Colin Kaepernick. So who's your guy from those? Cam Newton is on a lot of waivers still right now after his week one look. And I like his matchup this week against the Saints. I expect him to continue running the ball. So I would take Cam Newton out of those three. I would go Cam, Tyro Taylor, then Colin. And Colin wouldn't be very high because I think that is that in Arizona? I believe so. Yeah, it's in Arizona. Yeah. So I don't think Colin's going to have a.

Great week for himself. I could be wrong on that. So which one did you take? You said Cam? I would take Cam. And then after Cam, for me, just if I'm ranking all the quarterbacks on the waiver, I actually like Alex Smith this week. I think the Green Bay game is going to be a more high-scoring game, a little bit more opportunity to use Jeremy Macklin, to use Travis Kelsey, and allow the weapons to get out and score. For all of Alex Smith's crashing back to Earth last week.

Those were two of the best corners in the league that they played against last week. And Macklin, I think, is a great by-low. I'm going to say it right now. I think he's a good by-low in the sense that he hasn't been terrible, but he hasn't scored, and he hasn't put up huge numbers. He has been spectacularly average. Sure, sure. But because of the matchup last week, coming into week three, I think he's a great by-low. I really do. I think he can produce this week against Green Bay. And that kind of fits with what Jason was saying.

Streaming defenses for this week, which teams have stood out to you, and who would you start? Well, you have the Texans against the Bucks. That's a top one. I kind of disagree with Jason. I think the Packers versus the Chiefs is a decent defensive play. Falcons versus the Cowboys, Cowboys struggling with. It's going to be the Brandon Whedon show. No DES. So I think the Falcons are an okay.

play the Steelers versus the Rams and the Patriots versus the Jaguars. Those are five good options that could be available. All right, let's take some time and get into the listener mailbag. Mailbag. What was that? I don't know. That's the type of blurting that gets those reviews. Then I will continue to do that. You're kind of out of control.

With your dad jokes. All right. Mailbag today, if you want to submit your own question for the mailbag, you can do so on the website. The Fantasy Footballers.com, click on the submitted question button. It is very easy. You can also call us and leave us a voicemail. The number there is 302-464 TFFB. We like to play some of those voicemail questions on the show as well. So, Bryce in Minneapolis, I hate to panic on Jeremy Hill. But I was offered Jarvis Landry and Todd Gurley. Is this two?

tempting to pass up. Hmm. Rest of team, Latavius Murray, Frank Gore, David Johnson. So the running back depth, I mean, you're really going all in on Todd Gurley, which we think Todd Gurley can be very good, but man, we don't know when he's going to play. And we don't know when he's going to play and get actual workload. I love Jarvis Landry, especially in a PPR. He's been great. He has been fantastic.

I'm still going to hold Jeremy Hill. Yeah, me too. I would not give up on Jeremy Hill from one game of poor play, especially when he's getting the support of his coach right now and considering your roster. I don't think you can take that hit. Yeah. So here's a question for you. This is from Kid Fresh. All right. Kid Fresh has a question for us, and he's Owen, too. And he's wondering about taking Justin Forsett out for Dionne Lewis. Is that something you do?

Hmm. Oh, man. So Dionne Lewis is playing the Jaguars, and Justin Forsett plays whom. I cannot remember it off the top of my head. The Ravens are playing the Bengals. Man, you might consider doing it this week. I mean, you got, Dionne Lewis has just been fantastic, and I don't know if I can do it, though. I don't know if I can sit Justin Forset yet.

Yeah, I don't know. That's a tough one because you're putting reliance on that offense and what Belichick's doing, but the matchup is not good for Fawc and the usage wasn't amazing for Foresat. What are you guys doing? Why am I the only one talking? You're not. I just gave perspective. Your perspective stinks. I think you... I'm still rolling Forescette.

I want Dionne Lewis on my team, and if I need to flex him, I would play him. But if I'm going to play him over an option like four set, that's pretty much a guarantee that he's not going to get a touch by Bill Belichick. I just know it. I know it in my bones. Well, Belichick looks at ownership percentage before the week. He, that's pretty much his main game plan. And he also listens to this podcast, and I got through to him with you don't bench a guy simply because he fumbles one time. Yeah, well, he's listening.

Thanks. Because he likes Dionne Lewis, and Stephen Ridley must be the worst person in history. There was a personal issue there. Stephen Ridley did something. Like, kicked his dog or something. Yeah. Mark in Detroit, at this point, Charles Johnson's just taking up space. Thankfully, he's my wide receiver for. Any of these waiver pickups worth dropping him for? I'm going to go through, you guys say yes or no. Would you drop Chris Johnson? I'm sorry, would you drop Charles Johnson for Travis Benjamin? No, no. Doug Baldwin.

No. Yes. Taven Austin. No. Ted Ginn Jr. No. No. Leonard Hankerson. No. Marvin Jones. I'll put a maybe. I'll put a maybe on the last two. I feel like they're the same. Charles Johnson is interesting because it's, he's to me, kind of one of those. How come we haven't talked about Ted Gingin Jr? That's fair. The floor is yours, my friend. He's the number one wide receiver?

Yep. On Carolina. No Jericho Cottery, no Calvin Benjamin. Greg Olson got a pile of targets, but only came down with a few. I think you have to pay attention. I mean, this is a 2-0 team, and Cam Newton has thrown, I believe, two touchdowns last week. I just think, this is a perfect example. I would much rather have Gin Jr.

than I would tie Montgomery or Marvin Jones or any of the guys that are in that. Maybe they hit a home run this week. I'll just start a starter. Looking at this list, I completely agree with you. And I think Ted Ginn Jr. needs to be moved up. Look pre-draft, right? Devin Funches, an absolute known, unknown nobody who wasn't even that great. We just love him because maybe he could be Kelvin Benjamin, who showed up on the scene solely because he was the only target. Well, that is now Ted Ginn Jr. And I agree with you. I think we got to start.

We don't like his name. Tedgin Jr. has disappointed for a long time. And I think that's why he's different than Funchus. Fungis is you didn't know. Right, right. But you still had high hopes because of the role. And the role has now gone to Ted Ginn Jr. I think that that's firmly established that he's the number one wide receiver there. And he does have, I mean, he has wheels. So at least he's not just a, like if Cotry's the number one, which I guess he kind of was. Right.

It was Ginn Jr. and Corey Brown. You're not really excited about Cotterrey because he doesn't have big play potential. He's older. Ginn, Jr., at least, he has some big play potential. Yeah, but to me, it's fine. I'm not doing it because you have a quarterback who struggles with accuracy, and you have a wide receiver who struggles catching the ball.

Now, unfortunately, I wish we could continue talking, but we've met our yearly quota of talking about Tedkin Jr. And I have to, legally, legally, I have to stop at this point. But you'll have to remember him. So Ryan and Columbus, hey, guys, which would you recommend streaming in a 12-team-1 quarterback league? I have Tyler Eifert and Delaney Walker. Okay, so choose between those. That should be obvious. The answer is Tyler Eifford. Quarterback, Eli Manning, or Tana Hill this week.

I believe I like, oh man, I was going to say Eli, but isn't he on Thursday night? I hate playing Thursday night guys. Eli did okay last year on Thursday night versus Washington. Yeah, I'm going to Eli, because Tanna Hill has a bad matchup this week. Yeah, I was nice to see Odell Beckham Jr. come back to form. I mean, people, where was he in week one? Well, there he was. Really, really good. Didn't he do almost all of that work in the first half? I mean, he's just so good. Yeah. When he makes...

The catch. When you watch him make the catch and hit the ground. His next burst after that. I mean, so many yards after the catch from, I mean, his touchdown was about a, what, a 20-yard pass that turned into a 70-yarder? That's what he does. That's what he does. All right. Last question. Nicholas in Malta, Europe. Malto Meal? No. No, no, no. No, it is. Wait. Nicholas from Malto Meal. I don't think that's what it says.

You should be excited. This is somebody from Europe listening. Bonjour. I stole. No, you're supposed to purposely get it wrong. I thought I did. That is getting it wrong. You don't speak French in Malta. Thank you. Is it Malta a Grecian island? I was moving off of Europe and it was a European language. So what were you going to say? Konichiwa. All right. Yeah. That's how you do a dad joke. Malta is between Sicily and the North African coast.