Week 10 Waivers & QB Streamers, Dopesters

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All right, running backs, guys. Who are some of your favorites from the main waiver wire pickups? And these are names like Duke Johnson, right? The Big Week, 9 for 78 and 2 touchdowns through the air. Mike Davis with Chris Carson banged up. Mike Davis went out, caught seven passes, had 15 carries. Big week for him, Elijah McGuire. Surprising snap count, 55% of the snap.

Whoa! Seven for 30 on the ground, but three for 37 through the air. Maybe filling in for Bilal Pal there. And then there are other names, Jalen Rashard, Doug Martin, Royce Freeman, could be back soon. Who's your favorite pickup? Where are you spinning your fab? Where are you blowing your waiver priority? Unlike some weeks, this week, I don't feel like there's a guy that is just a, oh my gosh, you have to have this guy. I agree. Which means I'm looking at this week.

I'm not looking rest of season. I'm saying, who do I need to pick up to play on my buy? And to me, it's Duke Johnson. I love the matchup against Atlanta for past catching running backs. I said this last week. Duke Johnson is a guy that I'm happy to play this week. I mean, he's not just a break the glass and you can play him off the waivers. Yeah, he's a good play this week. This is a guy where when he's on your roster already, if he's not available, if you've already picked him up.

He's probably someone you should consider putting in that flex this week. Yeah, and then would you, just real quick question, since you like the match for Duke Johnson, I believe the Packers faced Miami this week. If you're blowing a waiver spot, are you prioritizing Marquez Veld as Scantling or Duke Johnson? Yeah, I mean, obviously it's a little roster dependent because you're talking about two different positions. So I would prioritize, if you need a running back, then you've got to do what you.

You got to do. What if you need neither, but you want to add debt to your team? I would much rather have Marquez. I agree. I agree, yeah. And then the other running backs, Elijah McGuire is very interesting. He's, like I said, in the Rising Star segment, I don't think that he is going to just win you weeks, but I think he will be a reliable source, especially in half and full point PPR of getting you that 8 to 10 point a week baseline.

And then Mike Davis is extremely interesting. But that all depends on the health of Chris Carson, who missed basically the second half of this week. Peach Cobbler. Peach Cobler himself. Coach Pete Carroll said about Chris Carson. He's sore. He's not going to do much at practice this week. So this is a you pick him up and you're not sure that you're going to be able to play. If you have.

Chris Carson, I would prioritize picking up Mike Davis. I mean, we're in handcuffed season, so you should be protecting yourself. There's a pretty interesting dynamic there with Mike Davis, Duke Johnson. Now, Duke Johnson's 48% owned, so he might not even be available in your league. Mike Davis, much less owned. But Mike Davis represents this volume.

Right? Whereas Duke represents the passing game and maybe some opportunity in a good matchup. Davis was seven for 45 on eight targets. If Chris Carson is actually out, Davis is a better start. Davis will still get targets and carries on the ground. That would be 20 plus touches probably. Yes. Yeah. If Carson's out and we're just going to head to head, then Mike Davis is going to be higher in the rankings for me than Duke. All right. You've had time to think about this, Andy. How? I have?

Yes, what is your temperature check on Josh Adams? Are you still wanting to pick him up and believing that he is going to be a successful fantasy option in that committee? That's the running back Philadelphia Eagles rookie. Yes. Josh Adams is the best of that group. Now, whether that means, you know, that's going to be, I don't know if I'd start him this week.

But I think he's going to win out in that role. I think he's going to be the guy that has the most opportunity. You know, Doug Peterson came out and talked about the fact that he's going to be the Lagart Blunt of that offense. He's got more size, he's got more juice than Clement than Smallwood. Smallwood's a jag. Clement has a role. But yeah, I think Josh Adams is the one I'd want to own, and I think he's a great opportunity to pick him up right now because of coming off the buy. Okay. See, I worry about upside there.

for any of them, whether it's Smallwood, Corey Clement, or Josh Adams, just, even when J. Ajai was there, owners weren't always hampy because it's like, ah, he's just, he is one-third. They were pretty happy with Blunt last year. And the thing is, is I'd rather debate the merits of those guys becoming something on good offenses than I would, you know.

the Derek Henry Dionne Lewis situation. Like, I want to buy into the Aaron Joneses and Josh Adams and find my gold there. And maybe it won't be. Maybe it'll be too much of a committee. But if I'm able to grab a guy for free. Yeah, I mean, you'd still take Dionne Lewis over. Josh Adams? Oh, yeah. Yeah, I would do that. Okay. Yeah. Any other favorites this week? Jay and Richard could still be out there. Yes, I would pick him up. Doug Martin? This is a good. He's going to get.

He's going to get touches. He's going to get goal line work. He plays the Chargers, which probably not the best matchup for Doug Martin. However, the following week, he will get to play Arizona. And Doug Martin will be a very, very serviceable running back in that matchup. Maybe. Maybe. We have to, no, we have to wait one more week and see because the Cardinals changed to the four three and shut down. Fair point. Yes, that's fair. If that scheme did actually change.

how they were losing to the running back, which on one week it looked like it did. But it was the nice. This is the week now that we're by, obviously you still have by weeks, but we're past the week nine bypocalypse. Now is the time where I would start looking at handcuffs as well at running back. So if you, you know, if you've got Kareem Hunt, make sure you pick up Spencer Ware. If you've got Gurley, get Malcolm Brown. Those situations. There's not a lot where you know the guy to get, but.

Now is the time. Would you pick up, or I should say, are you interested in Theo Riddick? He was on the field right back into his usual role, eight targets. It only came through with seven for 36, but if you're in a PPR that you're happy with that, Golden Tate is gone. I mean, Theo Riddick saw he was lining up in the slot a few times. He's out there running routes.

Are you interested in him? I'll speak only specifically for PPR leagues. Yeah, only for PPR leagues, and I would be mildly interested. Also, another handcuff that I, we haven't really talked about, but I think he's one of the most valuable handcuffs out there. If you have Christian McCaffrey, you need to own C.J. Anderson. Because should an injury happen, Norv Turner is a workhorse guy. C.J. Anderson.

is more talented than Spencer Ware or Chase Edmonds or Malcolm Brown. Oh, yeah. Absolutely. I don't think he's more talented than...

Any of those guys. I think he is. That's why I was shocked. I think he is. Certainly not more talented than like. He's a thousand yard rusher last season. He don't get to him like take his great years and give him to him for the rest of his career. It was just it was that was last year. Yeah, it was coming into this season. And the thing is is he's not not on the field because of his talent. North Turner, this is what I was saying before the season. Christian McCaffrey was going to be used as a workhorse back because that's all North Turner's ever done for 26 years.

Should an injury befall Christian McCaffrey, C.J. Anderson will be a fantasy football star. I think he'd be becomes very valuable. And also, don't forget about Joe Bernard. He's back at practice. If Joe Mixon misses time, the Joe Bernard is extremely valuable. Oh, no. That's terrible news. Sorry, Mark. Wow. We haven't heard from Mark Waltenberg in a long time. I haven't done nothing, man. I've been out there trying to be like, hey, coach, put me in. He's like, no.

You're not good. And I'm like, that hurts my feelings, yo. So howdy a mother for me? Yo? That hurts my feelings, yo? I don't know. It's not me. That's Mark Baltimore. It's been a while. Um, tight ends. If you're facing the gronk situation, um, maybe you're facing the Jordan Reed situation, which I'm advising people at this point. Bill, move on. I mean, I'd rather, I'd rather have Jack Doyle. That was the question I got. Oh, 100% than Jordan Reed. And look, this is.

The time to go grab somebody if you were in a tough situation. And you can't chase Jeff Hirman's points. They're on by in Denver. So C.J. Uzama, Jack Doyle, Nick Venet, Chris Herndon. Hurndon's been very interesting. Four consecutive weeks of increased utilization.

He's always looked at around the goal line. Four for 62 this past week, which was nice. Yeah, when they get around the goal line, Herndon has been looked to. But the first two guys you mentioned are the clear-cut winners to me. If you're asking, who are my favorites? CJ Usama against New Orleans. Without AJ Green, his utilization should go up. But Jack Doyle, I would have even ahead of him. Coming off the by week, he'll be available in a lot of leagues. Looks like he's only 38% owned in ESPN.

So Jack Doyle is going to be out there. I love getting pieces of a great quarterback. And Andrew Luck has been awesome this year. Yeah. If you are facing the tight end problem, this is kind of a lucky week to have that happen with two really great options. Are we buying into Nick Venet had eight targets? He ran more than double the routes of Red Dead Dixon, Jason.

I stand on principle. I will not be picking up. He's playing against the Rams. So we've seen the way that they, we call that the quote funnel defense where things can just roll through the tight end. Old man, old man strength Ben Watson came through with a big game against the Rams. Are we buying into Venet? I'm okay with it. Okay. Because we saw, obviously, old will Disney do some work earlier in the season.