Fantasy Football 2017 - Week 2 Waivers, QB Streamers, MNF Reactions

People were expecting to be brought up right away is one of the leading wide receivers on the week, Nelson Aguilar. Let's explain to people how they should react to Nelson Aguilar's big game. Six catches. Didn't do a lot beyond the big broken play, however, where if you watch that play, Carson Wins ran around for a half an hour, lobbed it downfield. He broke a tackle, 58-yard touchdown.

The one thing I will say in support of Nelson Aguilar is that he's looked good from training camp and then into preseason and now in week one. This coming week, they've got a matchup that I think kind of plays into his hand again because Marcus Peter, Peters will probably be more focused on Alshon Jeffrey, leaving Nelson Aguilar.

again open for maybe the possibility of leading that team in receptions. So he's a guy I would be willing to spend 5% of my budget on. He was still a highly touted guy. I know Matt Harmon likes what he's seen. He's always been the butt of jokes. But to say that he can't have grown into being a good wide receiver, I think it is possible. I think we could be seeing a decent wide receiver there. And if Carson Wins takes that step up,

to being a great quarterback. He could be, you know, a flex option throughout the year. For those that want us to weigh in on kind of your favorite to step into Alan Robinson's shoes and be the highest producing fantasy-wide receiver in Jacksonville, are you kind of putting your stock in Alan Hearns or are you doing it in Marcus Lee? Marquise Leamy. I would pick up Hearns.

which because I think that he has an equal chance as Lee to be the high producer on the team, he's going to be cheaper. I think that Lee will be the target for people on the waiver wire. And Hearns says he's done it. And I know that doesn't always mean moving forward that he will be the guy. But of anyone, I would put the cheap bid on Hearns. I'm not really interested in getting Lee on the team. These are the one thing worth saying right now on the waiver.

situation is all these players are under 15% owned. Cooper Cup, Marquis Lee, they're about 15, 20%. Gallaudet is 8%, Hearns 1%, Aguilar's down at 5%. There are other names to pay attention to. And one of the names I want to bring up, if you didn't, if it was undrafted in your league, John Brown, I think you need to pay attention to John Brown. Now, I had him on my bench, I just traded him, but I think that in the absence of David Johnson, there is a necessity.

for the offense. It's probably going to be more focused on the past. This is Ariens' offense. He's going to be frustrated if they can't move the ball on the ground. And they're going to put it in the arm of Carson Palmer. I think John Brown, when he's on the field, has every chance to be wide receiver two candidate. So I think if John Brown's available in your league, he's somebody I'm looking at this week. I'm curious your thoughts. You know, obviously we're close here in Arizona, but.

The John Brown versus J.J. Nelson debate that has gone on for a while. And, you know, J.J. Nelson is such a tiny guy. I just can't see it being consistent. But he was, you know, he was involved. Five receptions caught the touchdown. You know, if John Brown is someone we need to keep an eye on, then maybe J.J. Nelson is as well. All right. Anybody else that you want to bring up? Jermaine Curse? Yeah. Germain Curse was the leading wide receiver for the New York Jets, somebody to pay attention to. I think Josh Bellamy is.

Look, someone for Chicago has to catch the ball, has to be the wide receiver one. I mean. Someone has to catch the ball, but it's not necessarily a wide receiver. Yeah. Yeah, we're going to talk about that right now. Sure. All right. Let's move on to the running backs. Tarik Cohen is going to be the hottest name on fantasy waiver wires this week. 12 targets out of the backfield, eight for 47 and a touchdown, five for 66 on the ground. Tariq Cohen continues to impress. The game flow.

Certainly conducive to Tariq Cohen this week, as was Kevin White's injury, the lack of weapons in the passing game. Does it continue? That's all we need to know. Because if it continues, what percentage of your FAB dollars are you willing to invest early in the season on a Chicago scatback? Yeah, it continues. Yeah, I don't see a way that it doesn't because the game scripts are going to be negative more than they're going to be positive for the Chicago Bears. Even when they were neutral. This was a neutral game script the entire week or the entire game.

Cohen's still at 12 targets. And he's just looked so good. This isn't one game. This isn't where, okay, he came out and who's this guy at week one? I mean, you were calling him as a breakout, you know, in the offseason based on what we saw in preseason every single time that that human being touches the ball, it feels the exact same as when Tyree Kill touches the ball. I watch a guy that goes and does something that most other...

humans with the football can't do. So I think he will be involved by necessity. And if he is touching the ball eight to 12 times a game, he'll have an opportunity to produce. Now, I want to temper that with the fact that I don't think he will ever be the workhorse. I think that if Jordan Howard goes down, I don't think he's got to size the body to just take over. So you're sealing here.

is not what you hope when you get that crazy running back waiver wire hit where you go, I mean, it's very common where a waiver wire guy, Jordan Howard last year, becomes a top five type of running back. I don't think that's happening for Tariq Cohen. I think one of the things about Tariq Cohen to pay attention to, too, and Mike brought up Darren Sproles. Tariq Cohen is not small. Tariq Cohen is short. And I want to make that point because he is very strong and he is built like a running back. He's a short running back.

He is not a small running back. This is not Dexter McCluster we're talking about. Right. This is somebody. It's not a J.J. Nelson. No, no. And so let me give you a scenario. Let's rubber meets the road. Mike, Jason, if you are a DJ owner or you're not a DJ owner, what is the percentage of Fab you'll invest on Cohen in those two situations? If you need to get a player, here's the thing that I think David Johnson owners face. There are options that are very.

Low ceiling options. Buck Allen is another one we're going to talk about in a minute. I just made trade for Ballal Powell. There are players, Thomas Rawls, that you can start. But if you're replacing DJ on your team, where DJ was drafted, you're looking to try to salvage your season with an upside player. How much would you invest in Cohen if you're a DJ owner and how much would you invest if you have running backs already?

If I don't have... In a percentage. If I don't have David Johnson, I'm looking 30 to 40%. I'm going to be very aggressive on getting Cohen on my team, especially with the Kevin White News. He's out. I just feel like he is going to be so necessary for this team. And side note, if someone is panicking right now on Jordan Howard, I would gladly trade for Jordan Howard. They see what Cohen did. Oh, Jordan Howard's not the workhorse I was expecting.

I will gladly take Jordan Howard on my team because he's the one touching him. He is the banger. He is going to be still fine. Believe me, he's going to be fine. But Cohen, I'm going to be very aggressive, 30 to 40 percent, more than that if I had David Johnson go down on my team. I want Cohen, and I'm going to pay the Piper to get him on my roster. You didn't answer the question, though. David Johnson, if you had David Johnson, what percentage of...

I said if I don't have 30 to 40 and more, so, you know, I'm willing to go 50% on Cohen if I don't have David Johnson. Yeah, I'm not getting Tyree Cohen. I think when I look at him, he's worth 20, 25% of my budget. But I'm always, I've always been. This is just a difference of style. I've been less aggressive in week one usually than, then you two just from history in our own leagues. What about you, Andy? What would you be throwing?

I'm facing that decision. That's why I wanted the cheat code. You guys didn't help me. I don't know how much to spend on Tariq Cohen. I feel like... You know how much I'm spending now. Yeah, it's just very different. There's the question. If you think Mike is spending $45 of his $100 and you're going to go pick him up, are you going over that? I mean, this is Vegas. Over under. What's Andy Holloway is putting his money on? Probably over. But I want to talk about Buck Allen, Javory Salon, Baltimore Ravens.

21 carries last week. Did not catch a pass, but that will change quickly with Danny Woodhead off the field. We don't know how long Danny Woodhead, unless you guys have any insight that I don't have. I expect months. It'll be a while because he was recovering from this injury, and it looked like a problem carted off the field. Buck Allen might be a lot cheaper than Tariq Cohen. Should be a lot cheaper than Tariq Cohen. What percentage of your fab are you spinning on him? Because he's available in 100% of league.

I like Buck Allen quite a bit. He's going to be much cheaper. I think he's going to be just as valuable while Danny Woodhead is gone. The problem is he won't be a full season. He's more of a rental. So I'm willing to spend, you know, probably 10 bucks on Buck Allen and I'll get him for $10. Maybe. I don't think you will. Depends who you're playing with. Yeah, that is true. If you're in a pickle, running backs don't, they're hard to find.

And there are a lot of people out there with a guy like Eddie Lacey. Maybe you thought you had a player you could rotate in and you probably don't. I guess when I look at it, you know, if I would rather get for $10, whichever guy slips to me between a Mike Tolbert, a Marlon Mac, a Givorius Allen, a Tarry Cohen, then spend my $50 to get one of those guys that I think has the best chance, but very well might not end up being the right guy of those four. So I'm going to put like $10 bids on everybody.

and see what falls to me. Also with Tariq, I think we didn't say this at the beginning, but Benny Cunningham, the other bears running back, he has a high ankle sprain. So this, it's, it's, it's, uh, it's Tareke Cohen and who else is behind him? Tariq Cohen really could lead the team in receptions. Yeah. So I just, I'm, I'm being aggressive. I've been very impressed with everything I've seen. Now, you're not just trying to drum up, you know, like,

Raise the fab bids for the league. I would not do that to the foot claim. Okay. All right. But also. Some other names. Marlon Mac. Know your league for when you put in your bids. I mean, we're just, we're saying what we would bid in our leagues. But if you have cheap skates like Jason over here is like, I'm going to get Tariq Cohen for $5. No. Then I said 25. Then adjust you then put $26 on Tariq Cohen. Yeah. Marlon Mack is the name that I think we.

is necessary to bring up before we move on because he looked very good. He was involved. While Andrew Luck is not in, I don't think that they're... Goaline. I just was impressed with his goal line utilization. And I don't think they're going to give Frank Gore this 250 carry workload when Andrew Luck's not there. You know, they're just, they're not going to wear him out in a loss. And so Marlon Mack had two touchdowns this week, too. Although Chuck Pagano took one of those. One touchdown.

Chuck Pagano took one of his two touchdowns away because like an idiot, he didn't challenge the play where he got in. And he's like, oh, we're going to sneak. We're going to sneak ahead. To be fair, the San Francisco 49ers defense that he was playing was very tough. Yeah. What Mike's referencing is the fact that Chuck Pagano, after the defeat, gave a lot of credit to Sean McVeigh and the 49ers. Yeah. How was that even happen? Half right. Right?

He was playing against Sean McVey. Ten carries from Arlen Mac did have the touchdown, had one reception. I think you could see him involved more often. This is another situation where if you have Jacoby Brissette or Tolzine starting, you need the checkdown. And Mac represents some upside there. I think Turbin is a drop based on this week. I do. I would agree with that. One carry for the entire game. If you were betting on, hey, maybe Turbin's the work.

share guy, it's not happening. Yeah, the best case scenario was that he's your goal line guy. How many goal line opportunities are these Colts getting right now? You can drop them. What percentage would you put on Kerwin Williams versus Chris Johnson versus Andre Ellington versus a bag of baloney? Two carries for Turbin, by the way. Oh, thanks, Mike. Now, you just wanted it to be correct. How in the world could you say drop Eddie Lacey and not say Robert Turbin, drop Robert Turbin? No, I'm not saying he's not a drop. I just was getting the correct stuff.

Chris Johnson is where I would make my play personally. Even though he's not on the team yet? Yeah, I think that they'll sign Chris Johnson. And if he's not on the team by the time the waivers go through, then I will 100% be putting a zero dollar bid on Chris Johnson in every league because it won't cost you anything. People aren't going to bid on him. And you could just steal the starting running back for free, possibly. Mike Tolbert, 12 carries 42 yards, one touchdown, had a pass catch.

Mike, you're a shady owner. Right. Are you bidding on him? If I am, it's not very much at all. And we've talked about on the show, we don't, handcuffs are a tricky situation because, one, you're never quite positive who it's going to be. But sometimes you are in, and it looks like right now, Mike Tolbert would be the guy if Shady were to go down. And let's be honest, if.