5 Players To Stash Ahead of Week 15 (Ep. 1897)

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We have arrived in the twenty twenty five Fantasy Football playoffs,
but that does not mean you can stop outworking your
league mates because you still have a Fantasy Football championship
to win, or maybe you're just trying to actively avoid
your league's punishment. I'm Lucas Wentzel here with Fantasy Pros though,
bringing you my top five waiver wire stashes ahead of
Week fifteen to continue out working your league mates and

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ahead of next week's waiver run as well. Before we
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and Android. Starting off our list this week is San
Francisco forty nine Ers running back Brian Robinson, who has
rostered in thirty percent of leagues. Since I talked about
Brian Robinson last week, his roster percentage has actually dipped
by one percent, and that should not be happening because

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b Rob is as premium of a handcuff stash as
they come. We all know how insane the good Christian
McCaffrey is, and I won't be trying to convince you
of outright standalone value here for Brian Robinson. But before
the bye we did start to see Brian Robinson get
filtered more into this run game. He has seven plus
carries in five of his last seven games and is
currently riding a four game streak with at least seven carries.

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You look at the team's depth chart as well. Behind
b Rob, it's Isaac Grendo and Jordan James, and neither
of those running backs have a single touch this year,
so we clearly know who the backup is. The next
man up is behind christ McCaffrey. The forty nine ers
may have only traded the sixth round pick in the
twenty twenty six NFL Draft for b ROB, but they
did so with the exact intention that we are stashing

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Brian Robbinson for. And you look at the state of
other handcuffs for the top fantasy football running backs, Obviously
David Montgomery is rostered everywhere behind Jamier Gibbs, Davon A.
Chan Jalen Wright was one of the most popular waiver
wire ads this past week. B John Robinson, Tyler Algier
is rostered in forty five percent of leagues. Kyron Williams,
Blake Corum, He's rostered in fifty eight percent of leagues.

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I completely understand that David Montgomery, Blake Corum, and Tyler
Algier have much more standalone value than Brian Robinson, but
you see the upside these running backs possess when they
get opportunities in their respective backfields. Same goes for b
rob If anything were to happen to Chrisian McCaffrey down
the stretch for the Fantasy playoffs, when everything is on

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the line, it's worth having your CMC insurance policy locked down.
And even if you aren't a CMC manager, I think
b Robb should be rostered in well more than fifty
percent of leagues. The second player on our list is
Philadelphia Eagles running back Tank Bigsby, who was rostered in
thirteen percent of leagues. I already did a rundown on
the Premieer handcuffs with Brian Robinson, and I know the

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Eagles run game has been less than stellar this year,
but I still want Tank Bigsby stashed. You look at
the end of season's schedule coming up for the Philadelphia Eagles.
It's the Las Vegas Raiders this week. You have the
Washington Commanders in Week sixteen, and then the Buffalo Bills
in week seventeen. All three of those teams are top
ten in schedule. Justin fantasy points allowed to running backs
over the last five weeks. Per Draft Sharks, it's the

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fourth easiest schedule remaining for running backs rest of season.
Saquon had his second best outing of the year against
the Los Angeles Chargers last week, averaging over six yards
per carry. So with this soft of a schedule coming up,
it's worth investing in Tank Bigsby as if the Eagles
run game has solved the bulk of its problems. Now,
don't hear what I am not saying. I am not
saying it one has. But similar to another running back

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we'll be talking about later, I think Tank Bigsby gets
the majority of the sixteen to seventeen carries that Saquon
Barkley is averaging per game, and then will Shipley functions
as this change of base receiving back should anything happened
to Saquon Barkley rest of season. I get it if
you feel like Saquon just hasn't been good enough for
you to roster his handcuff. But if you're not the
Saquon manager and you do have an extra bench spot,

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I do like Tank Bigsby as a contingent upside stash.
Next up on our list is Carolina Panthers wide receiver
Jalen Coker, who is rostered in nine percent of leagues.
It's taken a bit for Jalen Coker to get rolling here,
but in the three weeks leading up to the Panthers
Week fourteen by Coker was the wide receiver twenty and
half PPR formats. It wasn't anything flashy eleven catches on
fourteen targets for one hundred and fifty eight yards in

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a score. But what I really want to capitalize on
is how well Bryce Young was playing during that stretch.
In weeks eleven to thirteen, per Fantasy Points data, Bryce
Young trailed only Dak Prescott in passer rating and highly
accurate throw percentage, and that led to a five point
three percent completion percentage over expectation for Bryce Young, and
he was averaging twenty one and a half Fantasy points

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per game with two top five finishes in those three games.
So you take a look at the schedule coming up,
and you really don't mind seeing the New Orleans Saints
and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as the Panthers' next two matchups.
New Orleans isn't exactly a quote unquote favorable matchup on paper,
but you do love Tampa Bay in Week sixteen. The
other thing that favors this offense is that they are

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there very much in playoff contention because they share a
seven and six record with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who
are at top of the NFC South. If this offense
keeps clicking and finds themselves incompetitive ballgames down the stretch,
that's only to the benefit of Jalen Cocher with the
division on the line, And you do have some contingent
upside here as well if anything does happen to Teo McMillan.

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The next player we're going to talk about is Buffalo
Bill's running back Ray Davis, who is also rostered in
only nine percent of leagues. Don't bother checking the box
score for Ray Davis all right, because you are definitely
going to be disappointed. He has six games with zero
Goosegg carries this season. But as you can guess, I'm
not interested in Ray Davis for his standalone value. With
James Cook ranking as the RB six overall and a

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half PPR formats this year, this is another premier handcuff
stash that needs to be rostered. Now. I will say
the backup role for James Cook is an as cut
and dry for the Bills as it is for a
team like the San Francisco forty nine ers. Ty Johnson
is still very much in the picture here, playing anywhere
from twenty eighty to forty percent of snaps each week.
But should anything happen to the running back that trails

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Jonathan Taylor by only forty eight rushing yards less than
fifty rushing yards right now, I would guess that Ray
Davis gets the majority of the nineteen carries, James Cook
is averaging per game, and Ty Johnson is the change
of pace punch for this backfield. Last season, we were
able to get a small taste of Ray Davis in
the lead back role for this Buffalo Bills offense. I
know the twenty twenty four and twenty twenty five seasons

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are two different seasons. But last year in Week six
against the New York Jets, when James Cook was out
with a toe injury, Ray Davis log twenty carries for
ninety seven yards. He caught all three of his targets
for fifty five yards, finished with eighteen point two PPR
Fantasy points on the afternoon, which was good for the
RB thirteen on the week. Again, the Tyler Algiers, the

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Blake Krums, the Emmanuel Wilsons, the Jalen Wrights are all
rostered in over thirty percent of leagues. Why wait until
we have another scare similar to devon a chance this
last week to roster your handcuff running back, get your
insurance policy, stash now, or be a medicine stasher. League
mats handcuffs to benefit you eventually down the line. Coming
in next we have Baltimore Ravens tight end Isaiah Likely,

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who is rostered in nineteen percent of leagues. Sometimes with
stashing players, you just need to look at the current
week matchup predicted to be a smash spot and beat
your league mates to the waiver wire before the game
even happens. That's exactly the case here for Isaiah Likely
Likely is actually giving you back to back weeks as
a top ten tight end with twelve and a half
PPR Fantasy points in each week, two weeks of six targets,

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one week with ninety five yards and another with a touchdown.
And now you get a smash spot of all smashed
spots with the Cincinnati Bengals, who, as mentioned above, Isaiah
Likely went for ninety five yards against and finished as
the tight end nine on the week. But we don't
talk about stashes just for their one singular upcoming game.
We make sure to look ahead at the future value

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they possess as well. In Baltimore, they have the second
easiest schedule for tight ends rest of season according to
draft Sharks. You get the Patriots in Week sixteen, who
are top ten in schedule justin fantasy points allowed to
tight ends, and then you get the Packers in Week seventeen,
who have shown they can be susceptible to the tight
end position this year. If Lamar Jackson is getting back
on track, then likely could be a pass catcher that

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benefits from that. So I like getting likely stashed now,
especially if you have been streaming tight ends all season.
To close out our list, I do want to make
sure I highlight another defense to stash for the Fantasy
football playoffs, and this week I want to touch on
the Atlanta Falcons, who are rostered in only eighteen percent
of leagues. Every edge matters in the Fantasy football playoffs,
right that includes stashing defenses with juicy upcoming matchups. Last

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week I talked about the New Orleans Saints because well,
every game in between weeks fifteen to seventeen for them
is a great matchup. But this week I want to
focus specifically on Week sixteen. The Falcons defense is really
getting after the quarterback right now. They've racked to five
plus sacks in four of their last six games. Add
in that, going into Week thirteen, the Cardinals were adding

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four point three points per game on average to opposing
defense's fantasy scores. This Falcons unit, they'll be overlooked until
everyone reads their weekly streaming articles for Week sixteen. So
now's the time to outwork your league mates in every
facet of fantasy football by getting the Falcons defense specifically
stashed away. And there you haven't my top six waiver

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wire stashes ahead of Week fifteen. Go ahead and check
your waiver wire right now. Make sure none of these
players or defenses are currently available. They're all rostered in
thirty percent or less of league, so there's a very
very good chance that these players are still available in
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