Team Motivation Levels, #FootClanTitles (+ Week 18 Waivers) - Fantasy Football Podcast for 1/4

The Chargers and the Raiders. Oh, that's fun. They are head to head. It's a playoff game. Mono e mono, winner goes to the playoffs. Yeah, I mean, this is a legitimate playoff game that is not only, you know, winner goes on, loser goes home, but this is a division rivalry for the playoffs. This is going to be an exciting, fun game. All those other teams you mentioned that are eliminated already.

Because they are playing divisional matchups, I think they're going to play and play hard. Here's what you need to pay attention to, and we'll bring this to light this week. They will not put hurt players out there. This is where you have a lot of times at the very end of the year when you've got nothing to play for. Someone that's nicked up, they'll just put them on the IR, counterseason done. The name that immediately comes to my mind is Antonio Gibson for Washington. Sure. They are eliminated.

Now, Gibson did miss the game because he was on the COVID list, but he was also banged up and missing practice time. He's got the toe situation. He has a hip situation. Let the guy get help. I can't imagine that he plays this weekend, and Jared Patterson, he played well in replacement. Let's see what he's got. Let's go two games in a row here with Patterson and see what he can do. So we'll cover a lot of this stuff for the rest of the week talking about motivations, but that's kind of just a lay of the land. In other news.

Coach Sean McVey of the Rams, he said that he believes Cam Acres will make his season debut against the 49ers. Ooh, baby, yeah, go Cam. I still have full confidence in Sony Michelle as a fantasy play, which... One million percent. The Rams are still playing for the division because if the Rams lose and the Cardinals win, Cardinals will take the division. Cam Acres is going to get maximum.

30% of the usage in this backfield. And that would shock me. That would shock me as well. I mean, I think he's going to come out there touch the ball four or five times, you know, six or seven at the most. Like, I do not think he's going to be super involved, but it is so awesome to see. When Cam Acres tore his Achilles, which is a death knell at the running back position, I mean, you and I both, we presumed.

You shed some fantasy tiers for Cam Acres and what could have been. And he is back. He's so young, too. That's what's great. So hopefully he goes out there, stays healthy, plays well. And maybe deep into the playoffs, you'll see more cam. The Raiders are anticipating and hoping that Darren Waller can return in week 18. The matchup is against the Chargers. That's a matchup that you love, your fantasy tight ends. He's going to play.

And if Darren Waller plays and you're still playing fantasy football and you survive without Darren Waller, this is your time. I'm very confident he's going to play. He was on track to play last week. But then he had the very, very late COVID announcement that kind of pushed him. It was too close to the Sunday game to be able to play. So an extra week of health combined with the importance of this game.

I mean, obviously he hasn't played a while. It's possible he's not there, but I would be looking at Darren Waller at this point in the week as a player that will be active. Buccaneers running back situation. There's a lot going on. Ronald Jones, who hurt his ankle, unfortunately in the matchup against the Jets, he is having an MRI. We don't have further information on the extent of the injury. Kishon Vaughn, who should have been the next man up, he suffered a rib injury.

in the same game. And that left. Levion Bell. Do we have the bell? The old. Oh, that's not even, that's not the one I want. Oh, that was the one I want. I want the tuba. Give me the, find the tuba and play that when we can. Levy on Bell is, quote, the only healthy running back currently for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Headed into week 18.

That won't be how it is. It won't. No, because you're going, I mean, you can't go into a game with Lev Bells. You're only healthy running back. So you're going to find out about Kishon Vaughns or Ronald Jones health by way of their transactions. So we'll tell you what running backs, they're signing to their practice squad or bringing in to work out. You know, if all of a sudden you see that they're bringing in two or three guys to work out, which we'll find out probably today or tomorrow, then we know that it's going to be Lev Bell plus someone off the street.

If they're not bringing anybody to work out, then they're not too worried about Kishon Vaughn and or Ronald Jones. I can't find the tuba. Oh, there it is. I heard that when Levi-on-Bel was getting some handoffs this past weekend. What was that all about? Well, Levion Bell is back, and he's going to be in the waiver part of the show. For the Giants, Mike Glennon will be out. Jake from...

Jake Fromm will be starting. And players removed from the COVID list, Julio Jones and Josh Reynolds. We want to thank our sponsors, though, before we move into the waiver wire. Jason, who you got? Oh.

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But 10 targets turned into 8 for 120. Now, the 8 for 120, I will admit that surprised even me as the supporter of Zay Jones. But he has been trending in a very positive direction over the last month or so. You've seen him. The snaps have been rising. He was the player that took over for Henry Ruggs when Ruggs was kicked off of the team. Now that turned into snaps.

For Zay Jones, it didn't turn into a lot of opportunities. But this past month, seven targets, nine, eight, ten, that opportunity has started to appear. And here's the thing you might not know about Zay Jones is that he's actually a really good football player. He is an athletic free. He was one of those guys. You liked him a lot. Am I remembering that correct? I did like him a lot. I didn't like him for it was weird because he was kind of this. And he was a, he was a second round pick. He was a.

He projected to be a PPR type of player, but his athletic profile was like a down the field. You know, he's 91st percentile athlete. So this is no scrub that is just, you know, off the street and, you know, a bum. He's certainly in play to pick up and start. I will say this, though. If Darren Waller is back and I just said that I, you know, I think there is a really strong possibilities back. I would not play Zay Jones with.

Darren Waller back because that is a lot of targets. You presume 10, 12 targets that are going to come out of the pockets of Renfellow and Zay Jones and go towards Darren Waller. It is the Sunday night game. So if you're going to roll with Zay Jones, hoping that Waller is out, better be prepared. Gabe Davis of the Buffalo Bills, he's taken on the Jets. Now, it was a game to forget for the Buffalo Bills passing attack this past week, but it was in the snow.

Control out delete, remove that, and Gabe Davis is on the field a ton. He is interesting this week, and the bills do have something to play for. Yeah, he might be my number one pickup. Gabe is? Yeah, do we know anything on the status of Emmanuel Sanders? He's the real question mark to me. Gabe Davis has looked just awesome. I mean, he's really...

been a good football player. He just hasn't had the opportunity once they signed Emmanuel Sanders. Long term, I love him. So that's right. Emmanuel Sanders. It was a knee injury that held him out of the game. So if Sanders is out, then I really like the matchup and the talent and the offense. I like everything about Gabriel Davis in this matchup. And he's, he's probably my number one wide receiver pickup because both, you know, it's like the top three guys.

Raxon Berrios, Zay Jones, Gabriel Davis. They're all contingent on, well, is Jameson Crowder, is Darren Waller, is Emmanuel Sanders there or not there. But I like the upside, the deep ability, the touchdown volume that can come with Gabriel Davis over the other two. If you don't want upside and you just want a floor, I mean, the floor and the ceiling of this player, you can't even.

wedge like you can't even get a layer of peanut butter in between the two of these things because they are just they are in fact it's the same picture the floor and the ceiling but lequan shredwell is out there for everyone to pick up from the jacksville jaguars six for 87 this past week and that's six straight weeks of at least four for 50 the floor is there so if you just need some points

Sometimes you do. Sometimes you just need some points, especially in this wacky week where with the combination of COVID, combination of injuries, players, with teams with motivations to shut players down. Especially in a full PPR. Just pay attention to him. I had been, you know, Andy's been, if you don't stick around to the end of Fridays, we have been building a draft king's lineup. Which you have missed out on the wheel of shame if you've done that. That segment's been a delight. But, um,

Andy, like three or four weeks in a row, was just getting the super cheap Lequan Treadwell in there because full PPR, you know you've got 10 points. And I love that. If you look at the last five games played, he's on pace for 80 receptions at 1100 yards. He's really been a valuable guy playing 88% of the snaps. And I didn't want to go his direction in DFS this last week because of the Patriots, but he still had a good game. The floor was still there.

Cedric Wilson from the Dallas Cowboys. He will be filling in because unfortunately Michael Gallup tore his ACL, six for 35 with a touchdown this past week. It's a little bit of a desperate play. I'd prefer Treadwell over him, but he is interesting. And then do we mention any of these other guys? Yes. Okay, you pick your favorite. Wesselton. You want to talk about Antoine Wesley. Antoine Wesley.