Week 3 Waivers + Full Stream Ahead, Smoke/Fire - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/21

It's 100% narrative, and it destroyed us so far with Clyde. But you see the reports that Kyler sent the staff, like video highlights of Rondale Moore. Oh, you're saying the quarterback banging the table for a player? Yes. Kyler was like, hey, you know, this guy's pretty good. And we talked about this next guy, Emmanuel Sanders.

Yes. 23% rostered. And go get him. Look, in the first week after seeing what took place in Beasley's involvement, I was a little on the fence. But watching the tape and seeing Sanders, like, he should have had a lot more than two for 48. He should have had a lot more. Alan missed him on a couple of really nice, like deep drag routes. And his average depth of target is almost 20 yards. He's.

He's the deep guy. He also looks great on the field. He does not look old or washed at all. He's 34 years old, not what I'm aiming for usually, but he looks outstanding, some misses. Honestly, he's Robbie Anderson. He looks to me like he's got the ability to have the same kind of weekly output that Robbie Anderson has, and he's available in three quarters of the leagues out there. So, yeah, I would absolutely pick him up. Nobody's...

You know, he was the wide receiver 65 week one, wide receiver 60 week two. This is not going to be a guy hard to get, but the behind the scenes metrics, not just fancy finish of routes, run, snap percentage, error yards, targets. They're all there and it will hit soon. Running back drop candidates as we get into the running back pickups. Trace Serman, I've seen that question a lot. I'm not dropping him. No, I'm not either. I'm scared with the. What if you knew he's out for two weeks, right? So he's out two weeks.

and you know Jeff Wilson is coming back week six to eight. If I knew he was out two weeks and assuming I don't have an IR because that makes it easy, then yeah, I guess I would cut him. Ronald Jones probably have to wait with Ronald. I mean, I was looking in the studio yesterday. Leonard Fernette, the snap count for Fournett is significant. It's like 57% through two weeks. Now, you know, the benching, you know, the benching is going to impact that.

Is there hope for Ronald? There is hope because what we saw last year was plenty of bad games, plenty of benchings, plenty of nothings, and then a big monster performance. So this is why I was out on the whole backfield.

going into the season. You don't want to be living this life. I don't want to live this life. We have learned our lessons in the past. He's very, very difficult to say that you should cut him, though, because they're starting running backs or running backs that are going to be able to put up good weeks should all be rostered. This is a Brandon and I. You trade him if you want to cut him situation. Package him with someone and upgrade another player. That's right.

41% of snaps for him last week, six for 27, three targets. It could get better for Ronald Jones. James Connor, AJ Dylan. Man. Keep them in mind when I bring these names up and tell me if you would cut them. Okay. Sony Michelle is one of the bigger pickups. He's rostered in 49% of leagues. So Sony Michelle, 10 for 46 last week after the injury. I was talking about it at the top in the news section. You have no idea what, we don't know yet if Darrell Henderson is going to play. I don't think you're going to know.

until Sunday if he's actually going to play. Then on top of that, it's the Tampa Bay Buccaneers where, yeah, Sony looked great. Running backs succeed when they play for Sean McVeigh, but against the Tampa Bay front, you should not project great things to happen. So Sony should be added in the event that you do need a spot start and you're just really hoping for a bunch of volume over the weekend in the fact that

in the event that Henderson is ruled out. But I'm not going hard in the paint here. I'm not burning a number one priority. I'm not unloading a bunch of fab to get Sony. James White, if he's there, he's always good for a spot started running back. Let's say you get an injury. You have a bye week. Yeah, I mean, he was, I believe he led the team in targets this last week.

James White is someone that should be rostered in 100% of leagues. Yes, he should. He is unroastered in 50% of leagues, so absolutely pick him up. He was the running back 14 this last week, and that included a rushing touchdown, not a receiving touchdown. What about this next guy that gobbled 44% of snaps? J.D. McKissick. That's James White's cousin, right? Would you pick him up? I got got.

Yes, you can pick him. I prefer James White to McKissick. When you look at what's happening in Washington, Gibson is starting to eat away at McKissick's routes on first and second down. Now, the two-minute drill, yeah, that's going to be all McKissick. I don't really see a world where that's changing this year. So he has...

He has some value. You can't expect six targets to turn into five for 83 on a weekly basis. He had an incredible deep shot towards the end of the game. But he's a fine play in a PPR league. If you win zero RB, he's someone you can't play, but he's not a priority for me this way. Yeah, he would be behind several other pickups for me. I'd rather have Cordero Patterson.

Agreed. I would rather have the guys we just mentioned, Sony and James White. I see that in 40% of leagues, and this is one where it's probably rostered, but oh my goodness, like more than James White, more than any name, if for some reason Tony Pollard is available in your league and check your...

Check your waivers. Yeah. Then he would be ahead of... Is he the number one? Oh, he would be the number one over Rondale Moore because he's looking... Are you starting him every week? Exactly. I think he's got enough involvement. He's the rare... He's the, the Kareem Hunt type where he's the backup, but he is playable. And in the event that Zique were to go down, you'd have a league winner. So he'd be a top five back. Yeah, he has to be rushed. So I would take, you know, all of those types over J. D. McKissick.

Because I do think Jady McKissick's value comes in those two-minute drill type offenses, which there happened to be a lot of against the Giants last week and his value soared. I don't necessarily know that that's going to keep happening. But it is possible that his involvement was due to the change of quarterback. So he should be looked at. All right. What are some other names of running back that we should bring up? Are you interested in Madison in case Cook sits? I doubt he sits.

I doubt he sits as well, but he is one of those guys that you should throw him on the bench and see what happens throughout the week. Kenny Gainwell, Kenneth Gainwell, is another stash guy for me. The offense in this game against 49ers for both sides was just putrid. So many missed opportunities, missed touchdowns. The Eagles should have won that game. But his involvement was still good. The total numbers look bad.

But the involvement percentage of what little offense there was, I do think he's a stash. What about Michael Carter? 11 for 59 against New England. Two for 29 through the air had 11 fantasy points. Yeah, we saw the snaps go from 25% to 45%. I think that the team is... Stash alert? Yes, Michael Carter, he's moved into that. He wasn't someone we liked in the draft season because we knew it would take some time. And...

People get frustrated with draft picks, so they drop them. And Michael Carter, go check your waiver wire. But we're getting into that point where I think the team is seeing that Kevin Coleman should not be on the field if you want to have positive things happen for your football team. It will still be Michael Carter and tie. But you saw 14 opportunities. You saw two carries inside the 10 for Michael Carter.

So he is becoming interesting now. If you have an IR spot, please add Jeff Wilson. Yes. Jeff Wilson will have every chance to be the majority back when he returns from injury. Yes, he will. He has the adoration of the coaching staff and a history of being involved in the passing game. And Scrubs ahead of him right now. And he had four top 10 running back weeks last week. Did you just call Eli Missile a scrub? Yes, I did. I apologize.

To nothing. You apologize to nothing? That's right. Nothing? I'm so sorry. Like the nothing from a never-ending story? That's right. Okay. All right. Ty Dan pickups. Austin Hooper, five for 40. They need help in the passing game. They have Chicago this week. You could do worse than Austin Hooper. He's not going to goose you. They don't have enough pass-catching options. Dalton Schultz, no. Yeah. Tyler Conklin, no.

Do we have tight ends to pick up, Brooks? Not really. That's why I'm learning. That's why these names are here. What about Max Williams? You want to chase? He's a 0% rostered and just had 7 for 94 for Arizona. Max Williams at least gets the Jacksville Jaguars where you could easily, you know, throw all over them. But no, I'm not, I want to bring up Pat Friar Muth because the Muth was Luth.

He had four. That's the only reason you want to bring it up. That's the only reason. He did not do enough to warrant a pickup. Absolutely. He did not. But the Muth is Luth. And say it with me, people. You'll have fun. He's Loof. Watch the Steelers game. And when Pat Friar Muth gets Luth, you're going to enjoy it. I do still think he is an exceptional talent. And over the course of his career will be good. But not this year. I think over the course of the season, it could.

I would say so if Big Ben didn't look like Grandpa Ben. I mean, he's done. Are you playing Claypool or are you playing Fryermouth? Claypool. Deontay? Deontay. Juju? But none of them are loose. Ebron. Naji. I think I would play. Genuinely, I think I would play Friamuth over Ebron right now. That's only because the Ebron isn't. I'm pretty sure that Pat started.

He had 59% of stamps. He's 4 for 36. We can't talk about him anymore. Ebron's getting faced out. Go pick up Jared Cook instead. Yes. We'll pick up Eric Ebron instead. No. I'm sorry, Evan Ingram, not Eric Ebron. Yes.

Jared Cook and Evan Ingram are the two pickups. Evan Ingram could play this week, and if he does, he is certainly in this landscape of garbage. One, Daniel Jones lover over there. You're talking about the quarterback four on the season? You bet I am, Mike. Let's not spoil anything here. Oh. Yeah. But Jared, Jared Cook.

was disappointed to a lot of people. They picked them up to stream them. Maybe they had, you know, Mike Gisicki Week 1, and they're like, oh, let's go with Jared Kuk. And he disappointed. You guys are talking about yourselves, right? Well, I did actually go from, yes, exactly. Okay, just making sure. But Kuk was fine for this level of garbage tight ends, and he had a touchdown call back. Don't, don't just go, all that didn't work and pivot to. You know who else had a touchdown call back? Donald Parham. Oh, that's right. That's right.

A long one. So the tight ends being used. I mean, considering the top 10 involved Foster Moreau, Max Williams, Jack Doyle, Ricky Seals Jones, Dawson Knox. They, uh, it was, it was a disappointing. T.J. Hawkinson. Yeah. Hock, man, I would, we didn't really talk about that. He's looked great. That catch was great. If you have, uh, I mean, we're only two weeks in, but I would go, I would buy high on T.J. Hawkinson.

If you could. I don't know that you can. I don't know that you can. But maybe you could. Mark Andrews. Now, here's the big question. Give me Hawkinson. Yeah, I would. No, I agree. That's what I'm saying. Like, maybe you could send Andrews and somebody. If you have Andrews or if you have Kittle, I would. Oh. I know. But this is my question to you. You could get him for Kittle. This is my question to you. If you had George Kittle, would you go offer him for T.J. Hawkinson right now. It's two weeks. Are we overreacting? I would rather have Hawkinson. I would rather have Hawkinson.

Give me one more week. But that's, that answer is why you might be able to get them. Correct. Correct. Defensive streamers this week. Denver has the Jets. If you would like the Zach Wilson interception experience. Yes, please. Oh, the Panthers. Oh, my goodness. The Panthers defense on Thursday against Houston and General Mills. Prime time against a rookie and their defense. Prime time for crime time. I was showing.