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

A guy I threw in my draft kings lineup this last week came through with two touchdowns. He is the replacement. He's large. He is very large. 6-4. Yeah, 6-4, 206 pounds. Antoine Wesley is a wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals who is playing in the spot of D'Andre Hopkins. He is getting a lot of opportunity. And if you look at the history between these players,

Kyler and Antoine Wesley knew each other from college. I think they lived together at one point. Like this is a guy who's coming in and has been given what seems an inappropriate amount of play. Like we didn't know who Antoine Wesley was when he first came in for DeAndre Hopkins. And we're Arizona Cardinals, you know, hometown fans. The more I've looked into him and seen him play, he's been good. And if you remember, he had a bomb touchdown.

That wasn't, right? He was... Yeah, because he didn't get the second foot down. He didn't get the second foot down a couple weeks ago. But his opportunities have definitely been there. He is a big red zone target. And against Seattle in the final week, I mean, I'm not, you know, banging the drum for you must start Antoine Wesley. But if you are scratching and clawing and there's not a lot on your waivers...

He's probably there. He's definitely there. He's available in 100% of leagues. And I'll throw out Marquez Calloway of the Saints, the preseason superstar who didn't actually turn into the superstar that we had hoped for. But he has the matchup against the Atlanta Falcons. That's delightful. He was heavily featured with 10 targets. That makes 9 plus targets in two of the past three games. So he's interesting because of the matchup. Yeah. And if Traiquon Smith misses this week, Calloway becomes a really good play.

Also, Dynasty Stash, Christian Wilkerson of the New England Patriots was activated because Nikiel Harry was a healthy scratch. That's because Nikiel Harry is not good. And in his first opportunity, he gets in and plays 83% of the snaps, gets eight targets, four for 42, two touchdowns, including a missed.

I think it was like another 40-yard touchdown that was in and out of his hands. So he could have had an absolute monster game. Christian Wilkerson, Christian with a K, you're looking for him in your dynasty waivers. Honestly, the truth is absolute long shot. But, I mean, there was a time where we would have said the same exact thing about Jacobi Myers, who was an undrafted free agent. And now Jacob Myers is like one of their dudes. At the running back position, the main pickup.

For me of the week, he's only available in half of leagues, but you have to make sure and look for him. It's Ramandre Stevenson, who is number one, he's good. He is a good running back against Jacksonville, 194107 and 2, mostly because they were destroying the Jaguars. But Damien Harris, who had already started to put up a big game, kind of retweaked the hamstring.

monitor his situation, but Damien Harris could be out this week, and Remandre Stevenson would be the last man standing. And you could probably play Remandre Stevenson either way. I mean, obviously his upside is way different. If Damien Harris is out, he becomes a great play. But I think Remandre has been really, really valuable. Over the last seven years, the rookie running backs with multiple games of 100 plus and two touchdowns. The list is Todd Gurley, Ezekiel Elliott, Josh Jacobs, Jonathan Taylor.

and Ramandre Stevenson. There's only five. He has talent. That's pretty wild. He would easily be the number one pickup for me, but he might not be there. Sure. The next pickup for me, if Ramandre is not there, might sound gross. Oh, yeah. Hey, week 18. It's week 18. What you deserve. You're living in the dumpster already. I love garbage. And the best garbage out there is sexy.

Oh, yeah, you know him about this life. Rex Burkhead. Look, week 17, he got the volume 16 for 47, and this is the most important part, six targets, six receptions for 32 yards. The fact that I did not caught up Rod Stewart here to just play, I didn't know that Rex Burkhead was going to be your number two guy, or I would have done that.

I'm a little disappointed at myself. I apologize America. Yeah, the Foot Clan's also disappointed. If you want my body. And you back of Texaco, I won't start Rex Berkett. Oh, it just kept going. Yeah, I apologize. For nothing. Yeah, good, good. All right, yeah, I'm in on that Rex Burkhead. The volume should be solid. It's been there for the last month. Jared Patterson kind of mentioned him in passing of he was the replacement for Gibson 12.

carries on the ground, 57 rushing yards with a tutty, five targets. He's interesting. Do you call your shot? Let me put it this way. If I knew that if they said today or before waivers run, Antonio Gibson, we're putting him on the IR, we're just going to help him get healthy.

easily Jared Patterson is my number one pickup. The matchup against the New York Giants is so much better than Rex Burkette against Tennessee or even, you know, the matchup against Miami for Ramandre Stevenson. Jared Patterson would be a smash play. I think he would be, because he's actually really good. He reminds me a good runner. A lot of what we saw in Khalil Herbert, a guy who when given the opportunity, he is talented enough to really

make an impact on fantasy. And so, you know, we said earlier, these are the type of teams that are out, they have nothing to play for, the injured guys, they shelf. And so if you want to call you, I don't have any problem calling my shot, making my number one priority, Jared Patterson, because here's the thing, Rex Burkett, still going to be out there later in the week. Sure. I would call the shot. At this point, I would.

fully project that Gibson will sit and Patterson will play. That could look foolish by the time you're hearing this podcast, but that's how I see it. We talked about Dari Gumbawale. He's at least sort of interesting against the Colts. For Philadelphia, we don't know exactly what to do because, as we said, Boston Scott, who was the two touchdown hero of this past week, he was put on the COVID list. The Eagles have nothing to play for. Is this a week that...

They put Kenneth Gainwell out there, their rookie running back who has passing game chops as well, and they just feature him because there is nothing to play for. That is something that could happen. Pay attention to the news. It could be, but I still think Boston Scott, I mean, their main guy, they're already getting healthy. It's not like they're sitting there going, we need Boston Scott healthy for the playoffs. What they're saying is we need Miles Sanders healthy for the playoffs, and they're going to get him healthy.

I think Bosset Scott is still probably a fine play. I know he just went on the COVID list. If he plays, then yes, I would agree with that. The question is just will he, and you need to be prepared for that scenario. And then Levy on Bell, he's healthy. That's what we can say about him. Kishon Vaughn could be back with the bruised ribs. Not doing it. No way. You're not going to do either? Not doing, no. The matchup against.

Carolina this week is difficult. And if you're telling me I get old washed Lev Bell, even by himself against the Carolina front four, no, I'm not doing that. Okay, well, what if Kishon Vaughn is back? You're going to pick up Vaughn and play him? Vaughn has never done anything enough to push my confidence level.

to where in the championship, I would take the known volume of Adari or a Rex Burkhead over the question marks of, I mean, I'll be rooting like heck for Kishon Vaughn because I like them coming out of college. He's on the dynasty roster. Yeah. But I don't think I could throw him in there in championship week. All right. The tight end position is very bleak this week. I tried to find players who could be in good matchups this week.

Foster Moreau is a name to bring up for the Las Vegas Raiders, but Darren Waller could be back, and then Moreau is a, you do not play him. Austin Hooper of the Cleveland Browns, he will be taking on the Bengals, which has been a pretty solid matchup for tight ends. And then the Muth, the Mewth is still available in about half of leagues. He's on the road against Baltimore. The Steelers are playing. The Steelers have to win just to have the chance to get into the playoffs.

Yeah, yeah. He had six targets this last week. The Muth is Luth. He's my number. He would definitely be the pickup. You can throw Tyler Conklin out there as well, I think. Okay. As a desperation guy with Adam Thielen gone, it's, you know, they should, they should have Kirk Cousins back. And Pittsburgh fans, we hear you on the television. When the Muth gets the ball, it's lovely. Muth, but Fookland.

We need you to infiltrate the Steelers Stadium. And you need to complete it. It needs to be the Muth is Luth. Every time the ball goes his direction. I don't care if he catches the ball. That's the call. You start the same. You know, you're already going Muth when he catches it. Just go Luth after that. You'll have a good time. Everyone will celebrate. Oh, one other name to bring up.

I'm thinking of it because of Tyler Conklin. I don't know his availability. Maybe he's rostered in most places. But KJ. Osborne is a really good pickup to me at wide receiver. As long as Thielen is out. Thielen is out. Did they shut him down? Yeah, I think he had surgery, didn't he? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, so Thelan is gone. KJ. Osborne is a great play, and Kirk Cousins will be available. So, I mean.

I would take him over all those other wide receivers. I can agree with that. At the defense position, the Colts are widely available. They are playing the Jacksonville Jaguars. And if you haven't heard, they stink. Oh, yeah. No, I heard that. I heard that all season. It's going around. It's making the rounds. The people are talking. I've heard a bunch of questions of what do you do with Trevor Lawrence's rookie season. You throw it in the garbage and hope that it was the product of.

Urban Meyer. I don't think so, man. I'm not throwing it in the garbage. I'm telling you if he's on your dynasty team, that's what I would be doing. So, okay, let's have that discussion. You drafted him in a Dino League. Are you really pulling the rip cord? If I can trade him on the promise of a, you know, if I could trade him for a one, oh, I would do it for a first round. And you're talking a single quarterback league, of course. Yes, of course.

So in a single quarterback league, you would just take it first. I would cut the rip cord and take first and get out. You had one of the worst rookies. I saw nothing. I saw nothing to make me believe like, I mean, here's the thing. He has ultimate draft capital. He will get the opportunity in the shot for years. So he could certainly develop. I just, we've seen plenty of highly drafted guys bust. And usually when they bust, they have a really bad rookie season because.

All of their seasons are really bad, and we saw one of those things happen. Who do you prefer in a Dynasty League right now? Trevor Lawrence or Justin Fields. Fields. Who do you prefer Trevor Lawrence or Trey Lance? Lance. Lance? Oh, okay. I would trade Fields for both of those guys. Or Lawrence for both those guys? I'm just flexing. Oh, I'm just flexing that I took Lance over Lawrence and I got some heat in our dino draft.

when I made that decision. So the Colts against the stinky, stinky Jacksonville Jaguars. Kansas City gets to take on Denver, which, if that is Drew Locke, Mr. Irresponsible himself yet again, then the chiefs are in play. Great matchup. Green Bay against Detroit, that one is, that one is iffy to me because of the fact that they could bench whoever.

whoever they want to in the game because the game does not matter at all. Yeah, and you're talking Tim Boyle Revenge game. Oh, God. You've got to get out of the way of that kind of. And he's, and he's wealthy now. Oh, man. He got all the money that the Green Bay Packers would not give him and no one else in the league would give him, but the Detroit Lions did. And now he's coming. He's going to spend it all on the Green Bay Packers taking them down.

I mean, the nice thing is Detroit hasn't been playing for anything all year and they know how to play for nothing. Sure. So I would agree with you. I do think the Packers are a playable defense, but I would certainly play the Colts or the Chiefs over them. And my number one defense that is certainly out there, definitely available in most leagues. And I think I would play them over all of these would be the Washington football team. Against Jake Fromm, the Giants have been a.