Week 8 Waivers + Full Stream Ahead, Iron Pants - Fantasy Football Podcast for 10/26

The Colts, okay, maybe if flat goes up to speed, then I'm okay playing him there. And then against Buffalo. So for me, I would, I'd prefer the other guys overcrowder. Are you stashing Will Fuller? Yes. Okay. Because he's not going to be back this week, but he's likely back after that and gets to Revenge Game Houston in two weeks. Mm-hmm. And two is playing fine, man. Yeah. And I'm sad to say this, but I would probably, like you can chase Caliph Raymond.

And it's six for 115. But unfortunately, I think you kind of maybe just stay away from all receivers in Detroit after Amman Rae St. Brown had a goose after nine targets, eight targets, eight targets. Yeah. Just feels like you're playing with some fire that you don't want to play with. All right, running back drop candidates and running back options. It's always difficult to find running backs. You know, are you cutting Damien Williams after this past week?

Yeah, I think I am. Yeah, you probably can. I think he's going to become the third on the depth chart, and that's not necessary for your fantasy roster. Naeem Hines has been fantasy irrelevant. Marlon Mack's getting some work, and obviously Jonathan Taylor's been dominant. Are you cutting Naim Hines? I agree with what Jason had said that I'm going to wait and see if Marlon Mac is traded.

Yeah, he's in the Robbie Anderson camp where I'm willing to hold him if there aren't better options. He's not a must drop in case the trade gives him more opportunity. But if there's a better option out there, if you need a start and Kenneth Gainwell is available, then yeah, I would drop nine minds. Here's a crazy one, but Miles Sanders has been one of the top names that people bring up. Would you drop Miles Sanders to sign Kenny Gainwell if you had to? Oh, my goodness. Because of the injury and.

He hasn't been good before. Yeah, I get that he hasn't been good, but the way things were trending for the team to feature Miles Sanders, I would not drop him. You got a package to trade him. Miles Sanders still has a big name, had draft capital, is a running back. Someone would stash him. If you drop Miles Sanders, I promise you he's picked up immediately the next day without question for tons of fap, which means you can trade it. Man.

Are these the fantasy finishes you just sent over to me, Brooksie? Yes, sir. They're bad. Fantasy finishes for Miles Sanders, 14 in week one, and then 37, 37, 45, 37. Well, he's consistent and 46, or 33 and 46. Yeah, that's a, my only question is, is he a landmine? Oh, sure. That you don't necessarily believe is a landmine. I mean, Kenneth Gainwell has been a running back two.

Three times. He's been better on the season than for fantasy in a way than Miles Sanders has. And that's with Miles Sanders being the primary, the very primary back. You know, Miles Sanders has been up at 80% snap percentages here in the recent past. So Kenneth Gainwell is very, very interesting. It's rare that we're going to recommend you cut a running back unless you're going to replace him with a better running back. Not just, you don't cut to cut. I mean, even Mike Davis, right? Like Mike Davis is another name.

He was absolutely atrocious. Like he's he's not somebody you can start right now. No. But do you cut him? Oh. Yeah, it's funny because you're talking about he's starting running back for an NFL team. You like Mark Ingram. You don't hit waiver wires. Yeah. You don't cut that, but then you look at what he's done and it's, oh, nothing. So here's what I need your help with. We need to figure out the Kenneth Gainwell, Boston Scott situation.

It seemed that once Miles Sanders left, Boston Scott was going to get the goal line. And he got work as well. I mean, he had more carries than Kenneth Gainwell did. Gainwell obviously had way more targets and to me is obviously more valuable than Boston Scott. I think it's going to be. But are both of them actually a dart throw this week? Because you played Detroit. Yeah, I mean, certainly the the reality is you're not going to have Kenneth Gainwell take over everything. Boston Scott's probably going to almost usurp.

Kenneth Gainwell as a running back come in on those first and second down. But we've seen Kenneth Gainwell already this season, three different games being used in the red zone, in the 10 zone. And that was with Miles Sanders there. So I certainly think that the opportunity is going up for Kenneth Gainwell, and he would be my priority this week. I think Boston Scott is someone that if I can't get...

A couple other options, you know, I'll have a $0 bid on Boston Scott, but I would not be excited to play him, even with the plus match. Would you cut Mike Davis to play Boston Scott? No. Just roll Davis back out. Yeah, yeah. Brandon Bolden, I think has 10 carries on the entire year. So he's not a running back. He's a wide receiver for the- Bill did it again.

Oh, he really did. He got me good this time. It's James White. I mean, James White, you could say it was not a right, you know, he would get very few carries, but he's involved in the passing game. 28% of snaps. Yeah, seven targets, six receptions, 79 yards this last week for Brandon Bolden once he was healthy. So what do you do? Are you interested in Bolden? Or are we just going to live this like recurring nightmare of?

J.J. Taylor, Ramirez Stevenson, Brandon Bolden, and when the answer is Damien Harris alone. Maybe very deep leagues I'd be interested in Brandon Bolden. Full PPR. Yeah, full PBR deep. But other than that, I'm no. Because like, he had 46% of snaps in week three. He was the 49th best running back. He had 32% of snaps in week four. And he had 38% in week five. And he was 37th and 44th. So didn't destroy you.

when you rolled him out there. Four catches, six catches in the other games with the snap counts that he had from this past week. Yeah, you're going to get a PPR bump. So he's someone like, I would rather play Brandon Bolden in a very, very plus matchup. The Chargers are the third worst team against the running back position. I would rather play him than a Mike Davis. But he's at that level. I don't want to play Mike Davis. This isn't like, oh, so I want to play Brandon Bolden. I'm just saying,

I would, when you're in the crapshoot of yucky, you know, you're in the mucky muck, as they would say. And the yucky yuck. Well, I want to be in the Castle Made of Clouds. Thank you, Mike. When you're there, I want someone who's going to catch the ball and versus someone that has to get a touchdown. Like Mike Davis is, I don't think of going to do enough. And if he doesn't get a touchdown, so I would rather have a Brandon Bolden who is going to, you know, I'll say point.

whenever he catches the ball. Interesting. Rashide Penny or Jamichael Hastie. Penny looked atrocious last night. It looked like they tried to like, okay, let's see if we can save Alex Collins. Because maybe Penny has something. And he went six for nine and they pulled him and you ever saw him. Yeah. I think hasty is worth a stash at this time of year where just knowing what he could become. That was his first, you know, week back.

And he still went right back into that role of being a third down guy, a pass catching money back. So he's at least interesting. He's not startable at this point, but I think he should be on benches for the upside of what he could become. I would certainly agree with that. If Hasty's on the waiver wire and I've got a spot, I would be putting a claim in on Jemichael Hasty. Not so much on Rashad Penny. Obviously, they still hope to have Chris Carson come back. Alex Collins.

finish the game healthy and is the one. Now that being said, Homer looked good in his limited time too. Yeah, they do get Jacksonville this week. And last night's game was a very good run defense in the New Orleans Saints in a wet, sloppy weather. So it could be better for Rashad Penny. Yeah, and we need it. Look for Chris Carson News, Brooks. But I feel like I heard someone was saying.

They think they're going to get Russell back before they get Carson back. They might have Russell back next week. Oh, well, then that would be... Has he missed three games already? I thought that this... Oh, no, he'd have to miss one more. Yeah. So, but that just inferring, like, Carson might be out for not just the three games. Might be out longer. Yeah, so the news has been really positive on Russell. Right. So Russell Wilson... So he has to miss one more?

He has to miss one more, and then week nine will be there by week. So I would expect him back in week 10. Oh, man. So I get to hope and pray for like one catch for a touchdown for Matt Calf for the next week. That is correct. Stash alert here. Sonny Michelle, make sure he's stashed on your team. And then P. Rhine? Yeah, P. Ryan looked good. And then maybe no one in Tennessee.

Yeah, it's worth bringing up Darrington Evans. We've talked about Jeremy McNichols being the kind of insurance back. So I was getting a bunch of targets. What's important is that you know Darrington Evans was the starter. He got injured. But not the starter. He was the backup. Thank you. He got injured and McNichols took that roll over. Now Darrington Evans is back. And that's not to say, okay, grab him. It's just to say grab nobody there. And that McNichols doesn't need to be rostered as the insurance back for Derek Henry.

Somaget-P-Rine should definitely be rostered as an insurance back, but I also think you could play him this week. Against the Jets? Yeah, against the Jets. I mean, you saw what the Patriots did, right? I mean, JJ Taylor, you got to fall into the end zone a couple of times. Brandon Bolden was fine. I mean, P. Rhine had a, he looked good last week. 48% of snaps. Yeah, he's on the field enough. He had a good run, a good touchdown run last week, and he, it's the Jets. I think you're right, actually.

I think he may be a better play than I played him over Brandon Bolden. I played him over Boston Scott. Yeah, so maybe P. Rhine is maybe much higher on our pickups. Tight end waiver wire, Zach Earts, if he's out there, which he might be. Small chance. About a quarter of league still. Yeah. Five targets, three for 66 and a touchdown, Mike, his longest of his career. I heard. Almost had another one, but he ran the wrong way.

came out afterwards and said it was... Oh, classic Zach. His fault. They had to help him on the field with tons of calls and stuff just coming into the team. Short week, but he is going to be involved. The Cardinals, they have too many weapons. And so the middle of the field, there's a reason Max Williams, who has never historically been relevant, was relevant in Arizona. And it's because AJ Green, DeAndre Hopkins, Christian Kirk, were opening the entire field up.

Yeah, you can't guard every blade of grass. And then the one you're not going to guard is Zachert. So it's like, well, let's leave him open. And then Ricky Seals Jones bounced back, six from 51, played every snap. And Logan Thomas is not going to be back yet. Correct. He's eligible to return. He's not healthy to return. So Ricky Seals Jones certainly should be picked up if he's not rostered. But assuming that Zacherts and Ricky Seals Jones are rostered, can we talk about the Mewth?

Are you talking about them setting the Muth luth? The Moth is Luth, Pat Fire Muth. It's getting worse. Yeah, it's getting better. That's right. The last time we saw Friar Muth. Now we can't say it. He was 7 for 58. We already know that Juju's gone for the year. We also know, just like the discussion on Kyle Pitts, superstar yesterday.

that players that are rookies, they get better, they get more involved. They earn the trust of the quarterback. All of a sudden, you know, this Heath Miller clone becomes Heath Miller in the eyes of Big Ben. I think he is a worthwhile ad. He is a great Mark Andrews potential pivot this week and see if you can catch lightning in a bottle. Do you prefer him over Dan Arnold, the postman from Jacksonville? That's tough because Arnold is a more explosive player. But...

Yeah, I mean, I see them very similarly in terms of value. I think both are good waiver-wire fill-ins for Mark Andrews this week or Darren Waller this week, who's on Dubai and missed last week. Those two players, I do prefer them over like a touchdown Hail Mary play of Mo Ali Cox. Like if Moa-A-Cox doesn't get in the end zone, he will maybe goose you. Yep. I would agree with that. And C.J. Usama, are you chasing the magic? So Uzama is the name I wanted to bring up because.

It's ironic. We talk about you can always take a flyer on, you know, Robert Tunyon, and maybe this is a good week for that with Ivante Adams being out. So that's great. And, you know, you took him in your draft king's lineup last weekend. He scored a touchdown. Had a good game. Yuzama. Did I win? No. Let's tune in Friday. We got to figure that out.

Oh, yeah, we sure. Because Friday is the Halloween episode. Yeah. Yeah, be kind. But Uzama, I think, has five touchdowns in his last, like, four games. So he's got the touchdown opportunity, and he's got enough athleticism. You know, we bring up Zach Ertz because you can't guard every weapon. Well, when you got Tyler Boyd and Jamar Chase and T. Higgins. And a good quarterback. And a good quarterback, you know, CJ Usama.