Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups, Streaming Options, News

I'm not dropping him because I think if Forset were to go down, that Buck Allen. He'd be a pretty good player. Buck Allen is a, he's going to be in there just like Forset is right now. Yeah. So before we get to the waiver wire section, the big, the meat of the show today, I do want to once again bring up top dog stats.com because we talked about them a while back, but they keep updating the site. It's great. Jason and I were on there.

A couple days ago, just marveling at the amount of data that you can have access to and visualize on this. Really, really, really cool stuff. I do not personally do a trade without checking top dog stats anymore. Yeah, that's exactly the type of thing that you need to know. And just being able to quickly glance and compare players, see things like the fact that Mr. Keenan Allen has one of the most beautiful...

schedules here on out in one second just by looking at the chart comparing them to other guys super easy and they are a uh we know the guys over there extremely credible website because these guys were NFL analysts that built the systems the stat systems for the NFL GMs and coaching uh and scouting teams

that they use today. And so they keep adding to it. Like I said, they added all the DFS like player salary data in there. So you can quickly glance and compare that, which is a super valuable tool for DFS players. You can create fantasy dashboards, basically. You create these dashboards of players with key charts in seconds. You don't need to worry about spreadsheets with numbers.

you know, all over the place that you can't diagnose. We don't have time for that, much less it's not valuable to you because you're spending forever trying to figure out what you're even looking at. And it's free. Yeah. Oh, this is completely free on every device. So clear, simple chart visualizations, and you can unlock, you know, kind of these hidden gyms among the players and the stats that are out there. So be sure to check it out. Top Dogstats.com. Give it a look today. And, you know, you'll be happy you did. Yes, you will. You'll become a top dog. It's true. Wow.

That cuts coming our way. All right, let's get into the waiver-wired section. Put me in, coach. All right, guys, I got names for you. I want your thoughts on these guys, what you think about them in terms of, you know, what we need to know is this. Yes, you can go sign them. But would you start them? Would you play them? What are they on your team? What do they function as? Because...

You know, if they're a startworthy guy, you're going to spend more fab slash waiver priority on them than if they're just a bench stashed because they're a name that had a good week. Okay? So let's start at the wide receiver position. And I'm going to start with a guy that, you know, the bi-week guys get forgot about on the waiver wire a lot of the time. And so the first guy is only owned in 34% of leagues, but he's putting up almost 11 points a game at the wide receiver position. And that's Marvin Jones. Marvin Jones of the Cincinnati Bengals.

What do you think about Marvin Jones going forward? I know he's got a tougher matchup this week against Green Bay. I'm sorry. That's not accurate. I put him on the Broncos for a second. The Broncos would love Marvin Jones. No, it's Pittsburgh this week. Is that correct? Yeah, that sounds right. So that's not that tough of a matchup. But right now, he's playing as a two statistically. What do you think about Marvin Jones? I love what Marvin Jones is doing.

The only concern I have with Marvin Jones is there will be those games where he disappears. So you cannot rely on him and say, oh, I'm getting a wide receiver one because he's putting up 11 points a game. Or you're getting a nice two. I'll put it that way. A nice two. Is he better than Eric Decker to? Probably not. Pretty close in that same category. But I mean, Decker's just getting it done.

every single time he's on the field where Marvin Jones has had a couple duds, and he will moving forward. But Jones is a guy who I would love to have at least on my bench at the worst if he's not flexing or wide receiver twoing for me. All right, so Stefan Diggs is the big name, and he's got to be near the top of, if not the top waiver pickup, if he's still available in your leagues. Now, he's owned in only 44% of leagues, so people missed him last week. Six for 108 and a touchdown, a highlight reel touchdown.

really looks the part and has been consistently being targeted starting in two wide receiver sets for Minnesota. So Stefan Diggs, how much do you like this guy? And what does that mean to your waiver fab budget? I really love him. Going forward, rest of season, I see him as a wide receiver two. And so you're getting like an absolute locked wide receiver two over the last.

three weeks that he's played, he is the number 13 wide receiver. So he's just outside of wide receiver one, and you see it on the field, the catches he's making. You said Andy, and this isn't, we definitely are not saying that this is Odell Beckham, but he's got the same kind of quick twitch thing. He's just very... I think that's called being young. Yeah, yeah. I mean, he looks just, compared to Mike Wallace, he's got Mike Wallace and Greg Jennings running around him. I was a young man once and I couldn't do that. Yeah.

Well, he is special. It's part of it. Stefan Diggs has to be on every roster. He should be owned in 99% of leagues. And, you know, there's half the leagues over half the leagues that don't have them. You're probably in one. Go get him and put him on your roster because he could.

He could be as good as guys that you've been relying on this whole first half of the season. So he's doing exactly what I thought Charles Johnson was going to do. All right. If he's sitting on your waiver wire and you have 80 of your $100 fad budget left, how much do you spend on stuff and digs? Depending on need. Maybe like 15 to 20. Yeah. Oh, really? Not more than that? I would go more. I'd go 20, 25. We had a guy in our league. This last week who dropped 30-something and we thought it was a little crazy, a little ahead of schedule.

Well, the schedule's coming in. Okay, fair enough. Hey, a guy we have not talked about enough, if at all, but keeps getting it done now, back-to-back weeks, and is one of the Patriots that has not dropped the ball consistently. In fact, man, this guy makes more hard catches than I've ever seen. Danny Amadola. Danny Amadola was 8 for 86 and a touchdown last week. You know, it's easy for me to be tempted to just brush that off with...

okay, it was his game and now we're going to wait another six weeks for it to be his game. Is that the right attitude with Amandola or is he somebody you should be signing? He's not a guy I'm very excited about. You have to look at how did the game go for the Patriots? No Dionne Lewis. The running backs were not used at all. I think Amadola was kind of the fill-in.

for Lewis and the running game. But it sounds like Dionne Lewis is going to be back. So I expect Amandola to go back to an auxiliary role. Lafelle, while he had a horrific game playing as a garbage, basically a garbage can trying to catch a ball. They still like him. Tom Brady talked about him saying we still trust in Lafell. And I still believe in Lafell. So I'm just, maybe? Maybe.

Amandola does it moving forward and you can add him if you would like to. I'm just not going to be aggressive trying to add him. Yeah, I agree. I expect regression from here. However, if you're in a deeper league or one of those leagues with a deeper bench where waivers are slim, here is a guy getting thrown to by Tom Brady and he's worth a pickup. All right, guys.

If you had to sign one of these two, Nate Washington or Stevie Johnson, they're both on your waiver wire. You've got one spot and they're available to you cheap. Which of these two do you select? Because Nate Washington is coming off a Monster Week, 9 for 1, 27, and 2. And Stevie Johnson is back after an injury and was 4 for 50. Tell me who you take. Stevie Johnson. Mike? Steve Johnson. Okay. It's all about quarterback. And something we didn't talk about in our news.

They're concerned that Antonio Gates' MCL injury will be multi-week. Yeah, no, I don't know. Did you see what Antonio Gates said about it? What is so ridiculous. He said that the MCL is a big part of his game. What? What NFL player does not have their MCL as at least a decent part of their game? My legs are a big part of my running game. It's like, what? That's crazy.

But my point was if he's out, Stevie Johnson will bend. Ladarius Green, of course, is the biggest beneficiary. But Stevie will benefit as well. And if they have, you know, another 39 minutes of garbage time, it's going to help too. My MCL. My MCL is a big part of my game. All right, running backs, running back, the big number one signing that I think is on the top of everyone's list is the 43% owned Darren McFadden. He was 29 for 152 and 1, so he'll kick off our running back.

discussions. I don't see any reason why he can't continue to do, not this, but some pretty decent RB2 type production. Is that where you guys categorize him, Jason? You know, I hate to let these come out of my mouth, but I love Darren McFadden right now. I believe he will take the...

I believe he will take over the primary running back role. He is also a good pass catcher, and you could see him in that position. There are two big reasons that if you want to stay away from Darren McFadden, then go right ahead and pat yourself on the back and doing so. They're huge warning signs. One is obviously his health and his injury history. He is about as reliable as, I don't know, Arian Foster.

And then the second is his upcoming schedule. While Randall is hurt, he's got to play Seattle and Philadelphia. Both, you know, Philly, I think, is not quite as bad. The line of Dallas should be able to open up holes for him against Philly, but Seattle's tough. Seattle. Revenge game.

Revenge game. Oh, you go. Oh, my goodness. Oh, my gosh. We have to, like, we have to put some auto robot thing that just deletes Kristen Michael's name when said. Like, it's an automatic bleep. That would be nice. I agree, though. Jeremy McFadden is the top running back waiver this week. We should make a rule that Mike cannot mention his name until he has 10 yards rushing. He had over 10 yards rushing this week. You just need to jump. I mean, like, in the 10, 10 yards going forward from right now.

But he had to, so every week, if he has 10 a week, I can talk about him on the show. Yeah, but you will have to put money in a tip jar. Yeah. Okay. Hey, here's a guy who's way better than Christine Michael, Orleans Darkwa. Have you ever heard that name before? I heard it on the television set. He's the running back for the New York Giants. He got more reps in practice leading up to the week. Ends up with 8 for 48 and a touchdown. And, you know, it's early. But.

looks much faster than those other guys they got. Gross. Much quicker than the other guys they got. Are you spending fab dollars on him? I will spend zero of my fab dollars on him because he is one of seven running backs now. I am spending money on him. Really? Yes. I don't blame you. I'm spending money on him because I had Arian Foster and I'm taking some shots and I think Dark was a guy I'll take a shot on. I think the Giants are not, you know, they're right on the in the race.

in the east and they need to go with what works and if darkwood starts working they'll just go with it that's my perspective on him uh i have not talked about replacing arian foster with alfred blue or chris polk yet because i'm not planning on spending any money on those i might spend a small amount of fab five bucks on ten bucks max on alfred blue just because

But he's battling a toe injury in the first two games without Foster. He had six fantasy points and two fantasy points. He only put up a big game when he got 31 totes and then he was out again. So to me, if you're in a PPR, Chris Polk's the guy you'd rather have. They're going to, they've been beaten bad. And so if they're coming back in the passing game, Polk's out there most of the time. Yeah, I was going to say, Aaron Foster, even most, all of his damage was through the air. He wasn't running that great. And so.

Chris Polk might be the cheap. I mean, you should get them free. I doubt people are bidding on them if they are. Well, they might now. Yeah, they might now. I'm just saying I'll put in a zero dollar bid on him and put him on my team for free, but I probably won't spend for him. All right. You guys play the guessing game with me. Who got 14 carries in New Orleans? Was it Mark Ingram? I think it was Mark Ingraham. Yes. Was it C.J. Spiller? No. Who got 14 and two touchdowns? Oh, I know the two touchdown part for sure.