Week 11 Waivers & QB Streamers, McCoy Mathematics

Pittsburgh, that's great. Cincinnati, that's great. San Francisco, that's great. Cleveland, that's great. Oakland, that's great. That's it. That's the championship week. Give me Cortland Sutton. I look at Cortland Sutton very similarly to Kenny Gallaudet in that the law of averages, the opportunity, the talent, they all equal production most weeks. And Kenny Gallaudet this past week, that came to fruition, right? He had a very good week, scored a touchdown at six catches.

I think it's going to turn that direction for Cortland Sutton soon. So he's a great pickup. We all agree. I think he's one of our favorite pickups, no doubt. Who are your other favorites at the wide receiver position? And share the ownership percentage so people can, whether they can expect them in their league. Sure. I'm pretty interested in Anthony Miller, Chicago Bears rookie. He has started to come to life, five for one, 22, and a score.

This past week, since week seven, he's been targeted at least six times in every game. I mean, he's playing a lot out of the slot, which is I like that combination with the way that Mitch Trubisky is playing where he's very mobile quarterback. And just Mitch made a, I mean, he went full Franz Kafka metamorphosis from the beginning of the season where he was just an absolute checkdown machine. I'm not going to throw the ball deep.

something happened and he listened to the show. Comfort level. He got bodied. Sure. It's comfort level in a brand new offense. Sure. But I mean, it takes time. But this was all, this was who he was last year too, just not downfield. And then he got triggered by Jason's comments. Correct. And he said, I'm going to throw deep more than anyone in the league. And guys like Anthony Miller are huge benefactors from it. And the schedule like Jason talked about for Cortland Sutton, the schedule for Anthony Miller, aside from this week against Minnesota.

It's very favorable for the Chicago Bears. He's my number two pick up as well, behind Sutton. If Sutton was available, Anthony Miller's only 14% owned. I like the progression. You generally see rookies, you know, you start to learn a little bit more about what they are, and the team becomes more confident in them. And he's got game-breaking ability, and I don't like picking up these fringe wide receivers that are not game-breaking type of players because it just caps the upside.

put my chips on a guy like Anthony Miller or DJ Moore, Carolina wide receiver who was 4 for 20, but he can break a play deep. Yeah, and just to finish the conversation on Anthony Miller, Anthony Miller back in September, if you remember, I believe it was in the Cardinals game, he separated his shoulder twice in the game. And a lot of people were saying he's going to need surgery in the off season. But since that time, he's now gotten, you know, he looks like he's healthier and rounding into shape. That.

slowed some of that progression. I really like the talent of Anthony Miller. When you watch him on the field, he just looks like a great pickup. If I'm looking for a lesser-owned player this week, Kiki Kuti is... You're still interested with Demarius Thomas there? I have...

None. So I'd love to hear this because I have no interest in Couty. So I think Kiki Kuti in that role, I believe in the Houston Texan's offense. And with Demarius Thomas replacing Will Fuller. It's not like they added him. You know, Kiki Kuti, I was interested in when Will Fuller was there too. He doesn't have the same sure volume as when Will Fuller was out. But I think from the slot on a high-powered offense, and what we've seen so far when Kuti's been on the field.

He's been pretty good. He's been electric. He gets the targets. And Bill O'Brien was – this is my favorite – this is quote of the week? Bill O'Brien was asked, is Kuti going to be able to play this week? And his answer was, sure. So – Sure? Trending the right direction. You hit him with a sure? He hit him with a sure. I hit my kids with the shore all the time. Trending in the right direction, at least. Obviously, my issue with Kuti is whether or not he's back from the hamstring issue.

Mike, are you more interested in Kuti or Maurice Harris? It's been reported that Jameson Crowder needs another MRI on the ankle. He is not confident. That's basically what's happening. He's going out there. He's practicing. He's not confident with the ankle. He's missed four weeks in a row. Maurice Harris, five for 52 on five targets. If you had to throw your chips into one of those two players, who would you do? I would go with Harris. I think he's going to be the safer of the two.

Kuti could reemerge, but it, I just, the hamstring concerns and Demarius Thomas, I know you're comping him into the Will Fuller role, but Demarius Thomas can't do what Will Fuller does, not even 50% of what Fuller does anymore. He's not as fast, but he was on the outside stretching the field. He was running deep routes. I mean, that, I'm just saying role-wise. Yeah, but, yeah, just how successful can he be is, is my question. So I would rather go with Harris, a player who's,

ascending but is also not exciting. Harris over Doxon? Doxon scored in two straight weeks. Harris seems to be more of the PPR guy running out of the slot, the crowd of roll. Doxon's ceiling is a bigger scoring chance. Doxon's ceiling is certainly higher.

I don't love Washington. So like with Washington, nobody loves Washington. Yeah, my issue there. Washington fans don't even love Washington. Half of it is Alex Smith, not doing much. And then the other is six and three. The next, I know, it's crazy. You look at like, oh, they made a mistake letting Kirk cousins go, wait a minute. They're six and three, did they? But their upcoming schedule, Houston, that's terrible. Dallas and Philly after that is not great. So I'm not excited about the Washington wide receiver core.

when you combine in. Like I want, I could take a shot at them when they've got a good schedule. This last week looked like the opportunity was there the next three weeks. I like, I like him against Houston. Houston stops the run. Yeah, Peterson's not going to do nothing. Houston's been great against wide receivers over the last. Yeah, Harris moves around in the slot. I get some of the other matchups, but we'll have to see what happens there. What about this guy? Moncrief. That's what I wanted to bring up because Dante Moncrief. He's 11% owned.

Yeah, he's very available. And he got off to the slow start through the three weeks. But since week four, he is averaging almost 70 yards a game. And that includes a game where he put up a gooser, which is a pace for over 1,100 yards on the season. He's got the big play ability. He's been.

the most reliable fantasy wide receiver in Jacksonville gets to take on Pittsburgh, so you know where I'm going to go. You slap that base again? No, if Joe Hayden's on him, I got my concerns. Oh, okay. Well, if you're the Deshaun Jackson honor, do you prefer Deshaun Jackson to Dante Moncrief? Yes, barely. I still would go to Sean Jackson over Dante Monkrieve. I would trust the quarterback.

Shockingly, more than I would trust Blake Bortals. Deshawn Jackson also has a longer history of being successful. Any interest in Josh Reynolds with Cooper Cup out? We talked about it briefly yesterday. He's owned in every, unowned in every league. Mild. 64 point over under this week with the Chiefs game. So there could be a lot of opportunity to go around. In Mexico City. I brought up Reynolds the last time. Here's why I'm a little bit more interested in Reynolds.

this Cooper Cup injury than the last one. This one they know. Cup is gone. They can't just patchwork a week. They've got to say, okay, what is our offense rest of season? We have to work something in and develop the system. Who's going to step up into that role and take it over for the rest of the season, the playoffs, the Super Bowl run as they're hoping? Yeah.

And he's going to get the least coverage of those other two guys. There'll be opportunity. And he's completely available. I mean, he's only owned in 3% of leagues. What about Bert Reynolds? Oh, the Stash Land himself. He's a mustache. Bert Reynolds. Would you start Bert Reynolds or would you start Josh Reynolds? Is this a mustache league? It's a mustache league. It's got to go. Bert Reynolds. If it's Fantasy Football League, I would go, Josh. The Los Angeles Rams up to this point, according to Sharp Football.

are running 11 personnel, which means three wide receivers are on the field. 98% of the time. Yeah, give me a guy. That's Josh Reynolds. Does that change, though, with the injury, do you roll Gerald Everett out there more often with Higby? That's what we'll have to see. He's in a streaming discussion, but just saying Reynolds will be on the field. Circling back real quick, I did want to look up the Texans defense because.

We were asked about this last week. We had all these stats last year. When are they coming back of the rolling six week? Because you can't just take the defense on the year. The last six weeks, we're going to, on all of our matchups this week, we've got that data to say how defenses have been doing. And Houston, they are second against quarterbacks, third against running backs, and fifth against wide receivers. Top five against all three of those positions over the last six weeks. They've been a defense you do not want to play against.

And last wide receiver, I personally just want to at least bring up. John Ross, he got six targets in the absence of AJ Green for the Cincinnati Bengals. He came through with a touchdown. You hear that? Brooks. I got John Ross in the dynasty league. I'm going to play him against you. So he's a good player. He's like, John Ross. He's like, please, please do it. John Ross and gronk for Kittle. Let's make, let's make a deal. Let's make a deal. What do you think, Brooks?

I'm not doing this right now. This week, John Ross has the tough matchup against Baltimore, which is pretty gross. But if you're going to pick them up, after that, you get Cleveland, Denver, the Chargers. Did you? It's interesting. Yeah. But I, Jason, did you, did you say, were you looking at Houston's last five games? Last six. Last six games. Here's who they played. Broncos offense, Dolphins offense.

Jaguar's offense, Bill's offense, Cowboys offense. So. Yeah. I mean, you've got to take that into consideration. I mean, obviously they can only do what they can do, which is Dominique. Right. But, um, you can't fault them for being great. But I mean, and now they play the, and in a week from now, we'd be like, and they play the Redskins offense. So it's not very impressive. But you, you look at the pieces there as well. And you, you look at that line with JJ Watt. Did you say pizzas? The, oh, I wish. I wish I did.

Running backs. I want to do. I just, I like pizza. All right, running backs. I, this is the most difficult place because I feel like we could all have vastly different favorites in terms of waiver wire pickups at the running back position. And the truth is, I think it matters a lot about your team makeup. Now, Mike is chuckling. I'm just laughing because I was just trying to think of the line where it's not great, Bob.

Like the list of running backs this week is. Oh, yeah. Yeah, it's a strange assortment. That's why we spent so much time on the wide receivers because they're interesting. Well, and there's an argument to be made where literally Frank Gore is the best pickup this week for fantasy owner. And he doesn't even play this week. Yeah. And neither does Elijah McGuire, who's probably in that list as well. But as a fantasy owner, you've got to look at, I think, obviously, my goodness.

For me, it's Josh Adams is my favorite pickup. I mean, if you look at the efficiency metrics for the running backs in Philadelphia, a team that I still think is going to compete down the wire for a playoff spot. Josh Adams is averaging 6.25 yards per attempt over the last three games. And if you contrast that with how bad Cory Clement's been and how ordinary Wendell Smallwood's been, he's the biggest upside stash for me. But maybe you don't need an upside stash. Maybe you need something else.

Yeah, the problem with Josh Adams, I agree. I think he's currently the best runner on the team, but Peterson's going to keep the split the way it is, even if things... He said he's given more to Josh Adams. I understand that, but what's more? He'll be in the 11 carry range, 12 carry range? Yeah, he'll be the Cory Clement, and he'll do more with it than Clement has been doing, but you're right.

It's not enough work. Another running back in a timeshare, the guy that I would be looking for, he's available now in about half of leagues, is Royce Freeman. He's coming off the buy. He was injured. But the upcoming schedule that I just gave for Cortland Sutton is identical to Royce Freeman. They are teammates. So Royce Freeman and Philip Lindsay were both startable assets before the injury. The schedule being an easy one. They were?

Yeah, I mean, I think so. Royce had enough touchdowns. You could start Royce if you were just hoping that he got a touchdown. I don't think I wouldn't have said that. I mean, I don't think the last three games before the injury, five for 31, no touchdowns, nine for 22, no touchdowns, 13 for 37 and one touchdown. If you don't surpass 37 yards rushing, you're not a startable asset to me. Yeah, well, I mean, he's he's had four touchdowns and eight games and the schedule is easier. In a weak running back class, I would be fine picking up Royce Freeman.