Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Big Questions, Waiver Pickups, News

Yeah, no, that's a fair point. We're going to shift gears now. We're going to jump into some waiver pickups. Put me in, coach. All right, so who should people be picking up off of the waiver wire right now post-draft? Maybe you haven't drafted. Maybe you're still drafting today or tomorrow, but you want some names to pay attention to when the draft is over. Maybe guys that have some upside but are still sitting out there. We talked about Kenny Stills, who, by the way, is available in 80% of leagues right now.

It's a good pickup. So if you want to take a flyer on a wide receiver two that could, look, there's two angles here, right? There's the angle of, okay, I want to pick up a guy that I think could be long-term viable in fantasy. There's also the angle of, I want to pick up some guys that are going to flash for the first two or three weeks so I can get some trade value for them. You know, people love to mix it up early in the season. And if you can get a guy that comes out and drops a couple big games, you can get some trade value. You can package two for ones.

Yeah. So what are some other names that are out there? I guess we brought up Matt Jones earlier too. So what's Robert Kelly's availability right now? Robert Kelly is available. Hold the phone here in 96% of ESPN leagues. Robert Kelly is sitting on your waiver wire for free. And for me, when I'm looking to fill this last burner spot on my bench, I'm trying to find a running back that maybe the scenario shakes up a bit.

And somehow that guy ends up as a starting running back. I'm talking Robert Kelly and James White. James White, who is available in 60% of ESPN leagues. Look, the news on Matt Jones, sure, he says he's feeling awesome. That's fantastic. He has a shoulder injury. We're talking about a very similar shoulder injury that Randall Cobb dealt with all of last season.

And Randall Cobb was a massive disappointment. And he's not a guy that on every single time he's being handed the ball is going to get smashed right into that shoulder. I'm not sure that Matt Jones can hold up injury-wise. I'm not sure that Matt Jones is good enough. Matt Jones will just have to juke people so he doesn't have to hit him. You know what I mean? Sure. Or just lay down. He can go Peyton Manning and just lay down. But so to me, Robert Kelly, look, I think he is the perfect.

burner spot where going into week one and you're talking about a guy who's who has slowly had that build up through training camp that's robert kelly i mean you had a chatter that was very very minimal and it just just increased over time to this to now there is a full-on buzz and we've seen he's

He's performed quite well. Well, there was also, there was also early. There was the buzz that they're definitely, you know, they'll probably bring in a veteran. And they didn't be partially because Robert Kelly played good enough. So you pick up Robert Kelly.

If Jones goes out week one, you've got a starter. If Jones performs week one, you've got a guy you can drop and go get somebody else. Absolutely. And a very similar guy to that, to that exact situation is Sean Drone. If you've got Carlos Hyde, Carlos Hyde currently is still in the concussion protocol. And we are, you know, getting days away from week one. If Carlos Hyde doesn't play, then the big salad, I think can be that guy who can step in. If Carlos Hyde is there, then you can cut him. I don't think you need to hold on to Sean Drone if Carlos Hyde is in there. But.

If I'm looking at running backs, I've talked about him already, but the number one guy I'm looking at because he is available in 50% of leagues, which is, it just makes no sense to me, but that's Justin Forsett. You have a guy that these first few weeks is these, he's the starter. I mean, you can't go out to the waiver wire and find the starter running back for any team out there right now except Justin Forsy. Unless Spencer Ware is sitting here out there.

Well, sure. Spencer Ware, I mean, but that's due to injury ahead of him. He's another great waiver wire pickup this week. All right. Some other guys to pay attention to you. If you have an IR slot, we've told you, you can grab a couple guys, throw them on your IR spot, and then go pick up two more players. You can stash Dionne Lewis. You can stash Kenneth Dixon, somebody that we think has a second half value.

Both of those guys may have a second half value. We talked about James White. Spencer Ware will likely start and be the... If Spencer Ware is in fact out, and Spencer Ware is starting on Sunday, which none of... I would say it looks like that's the case. Yeah, it looks like. I'm saying none of that's the guarantee yet. It certainly looks like that. And Spencer Ware is available in 40% of ESPN leagues. I have not done my week one rankings yet. I fully expect when I stat things out...

Spencer Ware is, maybe he's on the edge or maybe he's fully in running back one territory. He's on your, he's on your wave, not everyone, 40% of waiver wires, a week one running back one potential. You know the other question I get a lot right now on Twitter is about quarterbacks. I get a lot of people who drafted a quarterback late, but they didn't look at the week one matchup and now they go, oh, shoot.

You know, the guy I got has a terrible week one matchup. And now, you know, they always feel like the waiver wire is empty. Who do I go get? So here are some guys, I think, with decent week one matchups that are available on, you know, about half of the leagues out there. James Winston, I can't stand his week two through four matchups. But his week one against Atlanta, I think, is just fine. Tyrod Taylor playing against Baltimore.

Baltimore's defense was terrible last year. He's out there. Andy, your guy. Matthew Stafford. Matthew Stafford. Has the Colts Week one. Now, I'm surprised because Stafford was actually owned in, I think, near 70% of league. So let's say you go. I would like to take responsibility for that. Yeah, I'm sure you made a difference. If you're going deeper. Use everybody's favorite late round. I think you went in our second to last round yesterday. If everybody took two quarterbacks and you're like, man, those guys are already taken and you need to go deeper.

You know, guys that you don't love, but you can still start. I would throw out two names. One would be Alex Smith. Absolutely. He's just fine. He's going to get yards on the ground. That's his actual name. Just fine. Alex. Just fine. And he's got a good week one matchup. And I would also throw out. This guy's available almost everywhere.

But if you had to take a shot in the dark, Brock Osweiler, I think has a plus matchup. And there's a world where it comes out. It's like, oh, look, Will Fuller and Braxton Miller and DeAndre Hopkins and even Lamar Miller through the passing game provide Brock into a value. So if you really are desperate, I'm giving a half seal of approval. Wow. All right. Just all right. Half. Well, we're going to, we're going to be covering.

the upcoming matchups at length later this week. So you want to keep it right here. Hopefully we got you up to speed on some of the waiver possible pickups and some of those big questions and all the news. You guys have anything else to add before we close out here? I don't think I do. I hope everyone crush their draft. Yes, absolutely. And if you're still drafting today and tomorrow, good luck. Good luck. So make sure you check out join thefoot.com or fantasy football community. Find us on Twitter at the FFBallers.

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