Week 2 Waivers + Full Stream Ahead, Spicy Toes - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/15

Some games are going to be Hearst game. But it's going to be that seesaw back and forth between him and hers. But in PPR, I think he's going to be good for five catches a week, regardless of whether he balloons up to 9-10. Jalen Rager, you bring his name up. He only had one catch for... He had four targets, and he was coming off an injury. And so... And he was missed on another deep ball. I mean, he was wide open, and Carson went over through him.

Carson Wentz hits him in stride on that one, and all of a sudden he was two for 110 in a touchdown, and he's one of the number one guys that we're talking about. This is why I don't add Corey Davis. And if you want to be somebody that just adds him and sees what happens, that's fine. I've been around the block with Corey Davis. I don't care yet because he's had great games before. And he looked good, but do we think that Ryan Tannehill is, are you putting him above A.J. Brown rest of the season? No. Are you putting him above Johnny Smith?

in Target Share of the rest of the season. Probably. Maybe Target Share, but maybe not fantasy value. And then they're a running team. And there's so many other names like Rager that if I don't need to start somebody this week, I want to see what happens with them on my team. So I don't have to spend Big Fab later on when Rager breaks out or when Robbie Anderson continues a breakout. Robbie Anderson had an impressive debut. He did. J.J. Zacharisen pointed out,

Teddy Bridgewater in this game, and mind you, their defense is awful, so he may be doing this a lot. Teddy Bridgewater threw the ball deep more than any quarterback in week one, percentage-wise, of his attempts. It's not necessarily, you know, well known because DJ Moore didn't come down with some of these air yard passes. But Robbie Anderson was on the field more than Curtis Samuel was, made the big play, is out of the shadow of number two, six for one, 15, and one on eight targets.

There's no reason Robbie Anderson shouldn't be on your fantasy roster. I agree. He should be on your bench. And just a combo that with, because people are disappointed with DJ Moore. Just hold on. I agree completely with that, Andy, that the Panthers defense is going to be bad. And we're only one weekend, but we saw some proof of life from Teddy Bridgewater of him willing to go down the field a little bit more than we are used to. DJ Moore and Robbie Anderson are.

very interesting to me moving forward. Yeah, there's so many guys here. You could go with the other tandem, Alan Lazard, Marquez Valdez, Scantling, and, you know, to see if Aaron Rogers still has the magic. That's why I'm going to sort these guys, you know, in the order I like them, but I'm not going to really pay up. Agreed. Outside of for Slayton, but even then. So talk about that strategy. You'll just put smaller fab bids.

on a number of guys and just end up with one in that category of players you like? Yeah, I mean, genuinely for me, and I probably won't get Slate and a fees out there because I would go 5% or so. But at the wide receiver position, I'm probably putting in zero dollar bids on so many of these guys. And I'm just going to sort them in the order I like them. And then I will get a good option because.

We don't know if it's going to be Alan Lazard or Robbie Anderson or Russell Gage. They're in the same tier of they have an avenue towards success, but there's no guarantee for any of them. So I will sort them in my preferred order, save the money for running backs. McCaffrey was behind all three of those wide receivers in Target share in week one in Carolina. Carolina was one of the number one places we wanted to see some questions answered. There is not a zero percent chance.

that Robbie Anderson has a better fantasy season than DJ Moore. Sure. And DJ Moore is drafted early. Robbie Anderson's on waiver wires. It's worth a shot. Scotty Miller was interesting. Five for 73 PPR League target. Is there anybody else that we're missing that you really want to? I mean, Sammy Watkins is full DC Y for five weeks for me. I would actually, he will be in my list.

He won't be at the top, but he'll be in the list. If I had a button on this stream duck to punch you. Sammy Watkins. Like one of those big old, like comes off screen? Like the boxing glove? Yeah. Yeah. Andy, Sammy Watkins or Corey Davis. Yeah. No, no, no. I mean, those are both guys that you've seen big games before. I don't want to choose one of those. You can't make me choose one of them. You have to. You got to pick one. Robbie Anderson. All right. That's a very Jason Moore answer.

You just insulted me with yourself. Yeah, take that, me. Get bodied me. Running backs. Let's start with those drop candidates and whether or not, because you've got to make room if you want to add somebody. So Chris Thompson. Yeah. Mark Ingram. Oh, no, no, no, no. You don't drop Mark Ingram. No. Antonio Gibson, no. No, you hold Antonio Gibson. Yeah. Matt Breed of Jordan Howard. See you. D-R-O-P. Yeah. Cam Acres. Nope.

No, 14 carries, no. Boston Scott? No, you can't drop him at all. Oh, really? Yeah, I mean, there's a chance Miles Sanders doesn't play again, and Boston Scott comes out and is the starter. Oh, I would drop Boston Scott. There's a chance that neither Miles Sanders or Boston Scott plays. Yeah, Boston Scott was not getting near the snap. That's the kind of mirage of week one. Boston Scott didn't get the snaps that we thought he was going to get before he was hurt. So I would personally drop him for some of these other options.

Carry on Johnson. You can drop him. Yep. All right. Big pickups this week. Everyone wants to talk about, I mean, I think the number one overall has to be Naeem Hines. It is for me. It's tied for me. Okay. It's between Naim Hines and James Robinson, but I would probably lean. You got Robinson over Malcolm Brown. Yeah, yeah. I mean, I think that Naim Hines and James Robinson are a season long play. I think both of them are going to be relevant.

and important for fantasy football for the rest of the season. Now, maybe when Reikwell Armstead or Devine O'Zigo come back, maybe that does eat into James Robinson's role, in which case, maybe put Naim Hines first. You know what? I think you're 100% right. Yes. I think James Robinson, because we're not familiar with him, because we did have off-season hype on this show and others about Naeem Hines.

I think Robbins since week one is probably being ignored. He's the only running back in week one with 100% of his team's rushing attempts. He looked pretty good, certainly looked at or above Leonard Farnett's level. Chris Thompson was irrelevant. He was. And I don't see Devino Ziegbo. I mean, he's on IR for the season or just for those first. No, it's just the first three. I just don't think those guys are going to be worked in if James Robinson's effective. So if I'm in a half or a full, James Robinson's

probably just as valuable as Heinz. Well, let me ask you this then, because that, if you're buying into James Robinson, to me, you are buying into Jacksonville being more competitive in games because you saw one target for James Robinson. I'm in, if you want to drop Chris Thompson, I totally get it. He was not on the field at all. But this was a neutral to positive game script for the Jacksonville Jaguars. It's a good point.

We don't know what's going to happen once that script goes upside down. Will James Robinson be the one who gets the targets? Meanwhile, to me, Naim Hines was clearly already a part of the offensive plan for the Indianapolis Colts. He got on the field before Jonathan Taylor. He was getting goal line carries. The question of does Philip Rivers just throw to his running backs because of the scheme he was in with the Chargers or is that who Philip Rivers is as a quarterback?

That's who Philip Rivers is as a quarterback. It's an interesting question, Mike, and a good point. But the same exact argument you made for James Robinson can be, we can look at the Naeem Heinz situation too where this game was more competitive than we thought it was. Naeem Hines is probably not on the field in non-neutral to, you know, when they're down in a game. When Marlon Mack went out, Heinz had three carries. Jonathan Taylor had 10.

Yes. Yeah, Taylor is the one, the first and second down guy, absolutely for sure. But I think Heinz will be, I mean, this is, I'm just comfortable with the Echler Light. Yeah. And now would you add Malcolm Brown over either of those players? I would personally not. I think he would be third on my list. I'm not saying I had of Benny Snell. Add him. I don't want, so here's the thing. I don't want the.

Steelers headache. I just don't want it. I mean, I, I, I, Benny Snell, I will make a, you know, a roster claim for him because the, you know, the avenue for points, it could happen. But he's not going to be my highest priority because I don't want the headache of.

Oh, James Conner's active this week. Oh, he got injured again in midgame. Snell scored. Should I start Snell this next week? I don't know if I should start him because James Conner's active. Oh, I didn't start him and he scored points. Now I'm going to start him. Oh, now he wasn't the starter. I just don't want to, I don't want that life. And I'm sorry, Andy, that I know you're going to have it. Not if I have anything to say about it. I think you will have clarity, though, week two. Like, Benny Snell.

is he has a must add in all league formats. He should be on somebody's bench. You're not playing him in week two unless you get a full Mike Tomlin go ahead later on in the week that says we've made the move. Benny Snell will be the starting running back. I don't think that's going to come. How thin is the ice for James Connor from a production standpoint? Yeah, exactly. You're putting them on your bench waiting because week two, if Benny Snell is the starting running back for week two, I think you have your

That's fair. That's fair. The Steelers defense is so good that 1920 attempts for the starting running back is going to become routine. They did have some major injuries that we should at least bring up the Pittsburgh Steelers on the offensive line, the right tackle.

The backup guard who was playing in for because De Castro was hurt. So they did take some lumps there. And that has an effect on the running game. Joshua Kelly. Joshua Kelly had 12 carries for 60 yards. He got all the goal line carries in Los Angeles. He looked good. Joshua Kelly is a must add to me. Yeah, I can agree with that. But Malcolm Brown real quick. Where is he, Andy, and your order of these guys?

Well, he's the player you can go start next week. Maybe. I mean, the matchups for the next two weeks, the Eagles and the bills are very difficult, which is probably my biggest concern. Concern is the fact that I don't know if I can start him. And then I know that they're going, I still believe they will make a transition to Cam Acres at some point. You know, obviously Malcolm Brown looked to be the best running back week one. So maybe he just keeps the job the whole season. I don't.

I still don't project that. He just looked, the gap was large in week one between the two of them. Agreed. And McVeigh's been so pronounced in his committee backfield approach that I don't think he has an agenda. I don't think, I don't think McVeigh has an agenda to have one running back. Right. No, I agree, which is all the more reason to doubt Malcolm Brown as being the guy. Well, you said takeover. You said Cam Acres would take over. Take over the leading role in that timeshare, which right now is Malcolm Brown.

No, I think Malcolm Brown will probably stick with the goal line. But remember, he had two touchdowns week one last year. Yeah, but Todd Gurley was still on the team, a much different team. For me, Malcolm Brown would be. He also had three catches and 18 carries. Malcolm Brown would either be second. Like, he's tied with James Robinson for me.

So Hines is one for you. Yes. Robinson and Brown are tied. And then you're putting Benny Snell or Josh Kelly on the top of that list. I would put Benny Snell ahead of Josh. Just to wait and see. Now, would you, if Conner's healthy, let's say you, because this is an interesting way to look at it. Conner's healthy and the Belcal again two days into the week. Are you then, are you cutting Benny Snell and moving to a Joshua Kelly to see what you could get? Are you staying with Snell? I'm going to hold on. If James Conner's already tweaking his ankle in week one, we're going to.

We're going to see what we got here. And hopefully, I mean, for the Foot Clan listening to the show, you know we talk holistically about fantasy football and always being active, never being complacent with your roster. Malcolm Brown and James Robinson were two guys we focused on right post draft saying if you didn't like the last man on your bench, you should be putting Malcolm Brown and James Robinson on and just seeing what happened. So hopefully.

This is a moot point, and we're talking about the 8% and ESPN leagues who are rostering Malcolm Brown. That's the footland. That's the foot clan. What percentage of your fab would you spend on Naim Hines? Ooh, I would go 25 plus percent. I would go 35% on those two running backs that I like. See, the thing you're trying to look for here is a player that you're going to have value with through the duration of the season. Right. Because if you, you know, and I agree with you guys, I think 30, 35% is probably.