Week 4 Waivers + Tough Drop Decisions - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/29

had multiple red zone looks in this game, had opportunities for touchdowns. To me, I personally think that's a much better opportunity on a team that's going to be throwing from behind all game long than what I'm seeing out of like Wicks. And I would take them over Malik Washington, too. It's pretty wild that we are, you know, kind of the consensus, the top four-ish wide receivers, it's going to be the Eagles and the Dolphins.

Right. Wicks and Lemon, Bell and Washington. It's absurd because it's like, well, of course it should be McKay Lemon, a first round pick. But then we have just more evidence of yesterday against Chicago, a very negative game script. We need to throw the ball. Don Tavian Wicks, two for 32, Mackay Lemon, three for 29. Meanwhile, Chris Bell and Malik Washington, it's nothing special happening, but they're...

17 targets between them. Like, they're not destroying. The ironic part about those four top wide receivers is that all four are terrible plays this week. Like, you're going up against the Rams and the Vikings, respectively. So I don't know that I want to put any into my starting lineup. And if I'm not putting any into my starting lineup, I would go with the rookies, Chris Bell and McClellan, as, you know, the hold and...

and look for the future for them to progress, to get more involved, to get better as NFL players. Chris Bell won't cost you much and is widely available. Yeah, I think if you're looking for a start this week, the best one to pick up and play might just be Kanata Mumfield. Yes. Because the chance that...

Oh, boy. We saw a big week. Yeah. Who was the? Mum's the word, baby. Mum's the word. Look, four for 93 and a touchdown. Obviously, one of them, it was a huge play. But 73% of snaps, Pook and Akua may miss another week. You're not going to have Terrence Ferguson this week. You know, he'd be involved. But look, Mumfield, the matchup, the Eagles, we just watched a no-name. If Khalif Raymond can do it, Mumfield can do it.

So to me, that's like you're probably low competition pick up and start. Yeah, you could also throw Jacoby Myers out there. Jacobi Myers is higher up for me as well. He's a better wide receiver. He's, you know, a part of the system. Brian Thomas Jr. has been taken to the back of the shed. He had eight targets this last week. And then the matchup on the road against Cincinnati. You expect a shootout there between Jacksonville, Cincinnati. It's a game you want, you know, pieces of.

I would also say this week, if you're picking someone up because you need to start this week, depending on, you know, if it is a flex level, like, you know, it's not your wide receiver one or two, you might want to pick up and start a tight end over some of these wide receivers this week, which is a rare thing. I just think there's some names there where I prefer a lot of the stash and holds at wide receiver.

versus the play this week. And I think that there's some matchups and some injuries at tight end that can push you that way. I will say not available in any of my leagues, probably not available in yours, but it says 25% of leagues Jordan Addison is out there. So just check.

If he is out there. He's 75% rostered? Yeah. So people didn't let him go early and then now there's a chance that it's a benefit. Yeah, absolutely. I think with Kyler there and potentially no Jefferson, that could be a good start. Ready for the drop candidates at wide receivers? Sure. By the way, some other names we could mention real quick, Roman Wilson, Pat Bryant. You know, I think chasing Roman Wilson is wild because, you know, last week it was Jeremy Bernard and I think it's going to rotate around. Darnow, Washington got a ton of work instead of Fryer Mew. Well, Roman Wilson,

was good last week, except he had the Dumbo play where it bounces off of him and turns into an interception and a score, and he kind of got benched. Yeah, by Rogers, probably. I would imagine that the captain had something to say about it. But Roman, over the first month or so over the first three weeks, Romans looked like the best wide receiver on that team. It seems like he, you know, Rogers hates Pittman, maybe even more.

Then he hates Roman Wilson. And so, yeah. K. K. McCaff's his own thing. Are you cutting Quentin Johnston? Yes. Rashid Shaheed. Yeah. Michael Pittman. Yeah. Brian Thomas. Yeah. Landmine. Yeah. I think he's a drop in a landmine. Yeah. Anytime you would start Britain Strange every week over Brian Thomas, you're in trouble. Marvin Harrison, Jr. I think. Oh, man. That's tough. I'm not, I probably don't cut him.

But I mean, that's sort of like, I mean, are you cutting Metcalf? I mean, you're not cutting Metcalfe? No, Metcalf's getting too much work. Godwin? I mean, you're going to have no baker for a while. I just feel like the upside is gone. Yeah, I wasn't rostering Godwin already. Can't cut him. Very proud of that fact. Yeah, but yeah, it's like Keenan. If you're talking to the Battle of the Olds, I'd rather have Keenan right now. Man. Kleefe Raymond. Dude, superstar.

Mumford, Mumford and Sons. Mumfield and Sons. Or Raymond. Everybody loves Raymond. Raymond. Long term. What is the roster percentage on Raymond? Because maybe he's too low. I'm seeing 13.9. So would you take Chris Bell or Raymond? Because I don't want to ignore Raymond if we're here at the top. I'll go Chris Bell in that one. But Raymond is, let me go. Raymond is right now my wide receiver five. And that's behind Malik Washington. So.

Yeah. Maybe that's not the right call. I'm telling you if he hits 50% roster percentage, it's over. Yeah. It's over. That's great. Everyone pick them up because that means that it's burden and lovelin time. That's a good point. Make it happen. We could do it. All right. Let's take a break and we'll talk tight ends and quarterbacks. All right. The Grand Kenyon, Sadiq, is going to be the dude at the tight end position for the week. He's 33% rostered. There's been, you know.

Jason picked him up, held them, dropped them, picked him back up. I made a tradeoff for him. This was why. I mean, there was the chance that you were going to see a breakout performance. It's not a coincidence. It happened and coincided with Mason Taylor missing a week. And Adonai Mitchell. And Adonai Mitchell, yeah. And playing in Detroit. Okay. So to temper the expectations. I would temper the expectations. However, we're not sure that.

Mason Taylor or Adonize back. He's going to Chicago, another great matchup. And this is a player that, I mean, he was drafted with. Once you break out. Yeah, once you break out. Can't break back in. You're going to play more and more. 58% of snaps, 57% of routes. That was, you know, the high so far for his early career. He looked great. His yards after the catch, his speed. He really looks like a hybrid wide receiver tight end. He doesn't.

He doesn't look like a wide receiver to me, and he doesn't look like a tight end to me. He's like a thick, big boy wide receiver. I mean, 6.3, 240, so he's not like a... Honestly, he's not a towering tight end. No, he runs around like Anquan Bolden. That's what it reminds me of. He runs around like Heinz Ward or something. Like, he's a boulder, and he is an athletic freak. He's a mismatch on every play.

He's my number one pickup this week across all positions, including the running backs. I don't mind that. I think that Sadiq has the chance to be a difference maker. He's two for me. Yeah, I have Allen at the top just for plug and play need, but Sadiq. Allen? Braylon. Braylon Allen. Oh, okay. Josh. Josh. If Josh Allen is out there, drop your fat. Yeah, I probably would. Not Keenan, though. No, no, no. Not Alan Robinson. Keenan is my wide receiver five.

Yeah. Not Tim Allen? No, he's in the comedian list. Okay. So stupid. We don't show that. So, Sadiq, yeah, he's two for me. I have, I've got Ollie. I've got Ollie at the top. Darren Waller, though, eight targets, five for 51. If Coker's out for an extended period of time, I think Waller will get it more and more.

opportunities that aren't just red zone opportunities. Detroit matchup this week should be juicy. That's the best matchup for tight-ins right now? This is another one of those where I was saying, you know, if you need a spot start at your flex, I think Waller might be better than some of these other wide receivers. You know he's used around the end zone. He's needed. He's getting more and more involved. He was injured, you know, late into camp and was getting work. He was also just a late pickup. Yeah, late pickup. And.

old as dirt. So he's just getting more and more involved. I expect him to have probably his highest snaps, highest route percentage share this week in a good matchup. So five targets last week is pretty good for a player like that, especially one that's looked for around the end zone. And then, I mean, I, you know, it's tough. You don't want to fall into the trap. But Tyler Higby.

You know, the reason I wanted Terrence Ferguson is because the second target for the Rams is enormously valuable. And if Puka continues to miss and Terrence Ferguson we know is not playing and Colby Parkinson got injured. So here's the question. I think people are going to have a problem with, they picked up Ferguson. We don't know how long he's going to miss. We don't know when Puga's coming back.

Would you just drop Ferguson to play Higbee this week if you need a one week start? That's so tough I want. That's where it's really, really tough to me. Probably. I probably will. Yeah, I think you've got to do what you've got to do. I really don't want to drop Terrence Ferguson. But if you need to, if you can't roster two tight ends, which sometimes you can't, if you've got a shorter bench or other injured players, then you...

You can move on from. There's another category of tight-in roster or managers, which is I've got Colson Loveland, so I already have two tight-ins. I picked up Ferguson to play instead of Loveland. I can't drop Loveland. Exactly. So then now I've got to drop. But I will say this, Ferguson, in his own right, is a good pickup. Like, he will probably be dropped in a lot of leagues. We always say drop it like it's hot. Make sure you're looking at when your waivers go through, not just who got who, but who dropped who. And Ferguson will be dropped in a lot of leagues. If you have the extra room for him,

for a couple weeks from now, I would roster them. And then if you need another start, Brenton Strange, good matchup this week, maybe an opportunity with the, I don't know, deletion of Brian Thomas Jr. Well, they ran, we brought it up on the show. They ran a lot of 12. Like the snap counts for Jacoby and Parker were the exact same as Brent and Strange. Yeah. Defense is this week. Hello, Minnesota. There's a reason Mike and I, Mike and I both tried to get them last week in the league.

knowing that the Tampa, you know, Miami combo was coming up. We got outbid. But Minnesota this week against Miami is the go-to must-pick up. Now they're 80% roster. Yeah. People signed them to play against Tampa. Baltimore as well. Baltimore has Tennessee this week. I think that's why they're sitting on Mike's roster. Correct. Yeah, that's cool. That's against me, too. But they're 69% rostered. You know, the best? By the way, do you know who the number one scoring?

fantasy defense is in the national football. The way you're asking you, I don't know, but it makes me, the Raiders. Yeah, that's what I would assume because you're a Raiders fan true. Yeah, that would be the Raiders. The Raiders who, you know, they played New Orleans this past week, still had a double-digit fantasy performance because the, I think they forced four fumbles, three sacks, interception. They're kind of a just ferocious defense right now. They get to play the Raiders. Or sorry, the Chiefs. They get to play the Chiefs this week. So.

I do think they're interesting long term. I think the Packers are also a pretty good pickup. They're going to Tampa Bay and they're going to play. We always try to target the quarterbacks. You want quarterbacks that are going to make mistakes, throw picks, take sacks. And when you have kind of an undrafted free agent rookie quarterback making his first start, Jalen Daniels. That is a nice player to target. They got Jane Daniels?

We have Jaden Daniels at home. Look, I am still a little bit burned from the Packers against Michael Pennix. But I get it. It should be fine. And to that point, nobody has been worse than Winston. And the Cardinals play Winston this week, and they do it. It's tough. It's tough because the Cardinal, I mean, Winston throws picks. He loves to throw picks. And thus far, also no completions. Yeah. He doesn't do the completions, but he's doing the picks.

But it's like Arizona Cardinals last week, no sacks, no interceptions, no fumbles. Oh, they have the worst pressure rate on anybody. You know, points allowed. But I get it. I get it. I think it might be okay. I think it might be okay. All right. That was the waiver wire presented by T-Mobile. When you're updating your roster right before kickoff, you've got coverage you can count on. Just another reason game days are better with T-Mobile. Check it out at T-Mobile.com slash membership. Let's do some full stream ahead. Or Jason. You're putting your finger up saying, pause. The win. Checking the wind. I'm just going to.