November 3, 2025 • 46 mins
Marcas Grant, Michael F. Florio, and LaQuan Jones bring you the latest news from the NFL’s week nine action, including Jayden Daniels suffering a dislocated elbow (2:45), Tucker Kraft tearing his ACL (5:13), and C.J. Stroud leaving with a concussion (7:13). Then they talk about the best fantasy fits for rumored trade candidates ahead of the NFL’s trade deadline (8:54).
After the break, the guys answer the biggest questions from week nine, like, do you believe in TreVeyon Henderson and is Colston Loveland legit? (20:15) Next, they debate their rest of season rankings (31:01) and give you their waiver wire pickups (38:55). They wrap the show with their waiver pickups of year award (41:39).
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Yeah, Hey everybody, It's Monday, November third, twenty twenty five.
Welcome to the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast, where we love
a parade. It's me your man, namg Mark is a
grand joined by Michael F.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
Florio and mcwan Jones.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
So, guys, anything anything fun happened for you this weekend?
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Rams won, yeah, Falcon's loss. Oh and the Dodgers ah duh?
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Yeah, oh yeah, yeah there was a baseball game this weekend. Yeah,
look I will I'm not going to lie to you.
I'm sitting here in my Dodger jersey and my Dodger hat.
I'm planning to go to the Dodger victory parade, so
I'm not gonna lie to you about that. It was
a good weekend overall. The forty nine ers also won.
USC also won. It's a good sports weekend around my parts.
(00:51):
So but Floyda Bill's got to win big win against
the Chiefs. What those verrey weekends? All three of our
teams win in the NFL.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Yeah, it doesn't happen often. And I do love the
people who are like it's your super Bowl and like, oh,
you shouldn't have won, Like what am I supposed to
be sad that my favorite team went out and won
a huge game, Like, I don't get it. Like, also,
it's huge not just for the rivalry, but for like
this year, winning the division, the one seed, the Chiefs
on the outside looking in. Now that could have been
(01:20):
the Bills. So like, yeah, I'm gonna enjoy it. I
know it doesn't mean anything until they win in the playoffs,
but I'm gonna enjoy it. Yeah. Look, I'm with you.
I mean, I know.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
I jokingly texted that you're sure you want to win
this game because of the postseason, but like, peck, no, man,
go on, wins, stack dubs where you can.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Am I Yeah, Like, am I supposed to come on
today and be like, man, I wish they lost. That's crazy.
Why would you ever do that?
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Yeah, now, stack dubs, stack dubs winning where you can.
So yeah, it was a good, good football weekend for
the three of us personally, a fantastic baseball weekend and
what's going on so that that is great.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Got a lot to talk about on the show.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Because the NFL trading deadline actually hits tomorrow on Tuesday.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
There are a lot of names that are floating around.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
So we'll kind of pick up some best fantasy fits
for some of these names that are kind of floating
around out there. Kidsonar may not happen, jena An could
happen by the time we actually drop this podcast and
it reaches you all.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
But we're gonna play with fire. We're gonna try that anyway.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Got some rest of the season rankings, do a little
either or with some players about who you'd rather have,
and of course the waiver Wire. Also, because we've hit
the midway point of the NFL regular season, we're gonna
do some midseason awards all throughout the week. So today
felt like, since we do Waiver Wire on Mondays, the
waiver Wire pickup of the Year to this point in
the season, felt like a good award to handout. But
(02:39):
let's start, as we always do, with some news headlines
and a couple of tough ones, including one that happened
last night during the Sunday Night football game. Jayden Daniels
so Forday, dislocated elbow. The silver lining to all that
a couple of silver linings one and it's not going
to be season ending. He is expected to miss several games,
the number not yet known for Daniels and the Commanders.
(03:03):
The other part of it is it was his non
throwing elbow, so hopefully that helps with the Rehabit is
not going to hopefully mess with his mechanics or anything
like that. But Florida, this is the second time now
that we will go an extended period without Jayden and Daniels.
He had been dealing with that hamstring that took him
out for a couple of games. So we've seen kind
of what this offense looks like with Marcus Mariota at
(03:24):
the helm. But what are you doing right now with
the commander's skill position.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Guys, I think you can move on from zach Ertz.
I think Diebo the first month was fun. The last
month has not been at all. I think he becomes
more of a bench guy who you could plug in
maybe in the right matchup and stuff Bill. It's not
going well for him either. The last month has been
brutal since that big blow up game where we thought
it was his breakout day. So to me, Bill is
(03:51):
kind of a flex option that I don't even feel
great about using each week. Terry is the one skill
position player that if and when he is back, I
think you could still start. We saw him catch that
touchdown from Mariota last week. The one other game they
played together, he led the team in yards. So I
still do think McLaurin is talented enough and we'll probably
(04:12):
see enough volume. But even he gets dinged to like
wide receiver three territory, it's just all bad right now,
and we need to start viewing their defense how we
view the Bengals the Cowboys like they're old. They can't
defend speed, and you could run all over him. You
could pass all over them, like play people against the command.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Yeah, I mean, that's the thing we learned because Sam
Donald was just lights out in the first half. Four
touchdown passes in the first half, but I think he
was perfect on all of his throws in the first
half of that game on Sunday. Cooking just absolutely cooked
the Commander's defense. But bad news. Not only did yeah
obviously they lose Jayden Daniels, but Luke McCaffrey also suffered
(04:53):
a shoulder injury that took him out early in that ballgame.
On the defensive side. He'salk about the defense already being bad.
Now they've lost Marshaun Lattimore to an ACL tear, so
you know, one of the key guys they were counting
on in that defense is going to be gone for
the rest of the season. So after just a breakout
year what seemed like for the Commanders overall, things have
fallen apart here in twenty twenty five. Bad news on
(05:14):
the tight end front already a position Lakwan that is
pretty shallow to begin with.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
And one of the guys that.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
We were counting on week tweet Tucker Kraft, he has
done for.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
The rest of the season.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
It was confirmed on Monday morning that he has torn
an acl So the guy who was on pace for
over one thousand yards and thirteen touchdowns no longer available
to Jordan Love and the Packers and to fantasy managers.
So are you on the Luca Musgrave hype train?
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Well, first of all, a moment of silence for the
craft owners out there. I am one of them, man,
I'm not happy about this whatsoever, because now I have
to go to Duaiveruar and look for the next tight end.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Luke Musgrave might be it.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
I mean, that'd be the exact knee jerk reaction to
pivot right to the guy that's still on the same team,
that obviously has a team identity of the tight end
position to be able to be useful and be fantasy relevant.
So I think Luke Musgrave is an interesting pickup. But
if I have a Colston Lovelin out there on the
waiver wire, I might look to pivot that way. I
might look to pivot, you know, elsewhere if I can
(06:11):
see if Hunter Henry's still hanging around, Because I do
feel like now you're going to be at the point
where if Tucker Craft was your ride or die, like
you really weren't paying attention to the waiver wire for
the tight end position at least, So it's like he
was one of the ones that was just supposed to
stay just on the course all the way to tight
end top three. I would say like that, But more
(06:32):
so looking at Tucker Craft now out, it's like I
don't really have much faith in Luke Musgrave picking up
the production that Craft picked up. So it's like one
of those things like you're going to start it and
be like low expectations. But I do feel like you
should be looking at other options out there on the wire.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Yeah, Musgrave id a couple of years ago, right there
was a battle between Musgrave and Craft and which tight
end was the.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
One you wanted.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
And obviously we've gotten a very clear answer in the
year or so since we debate that. So I don't
know that Luke Musgrave gives you that production.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
We're gonna talk about it. But this next week is
a let me get to waivers. It is a good
streaming tight end week in my opinion, so at least
for one week you could kind of maybe survive, all.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Right, So we'll yeah, we'll dive into that before before
the show is over today.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Last bit of news florial CJ.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Stroud left the game yesterday against the Broncos with a concussion,
so he's in the protocol. Obviously, we'll wait and see
what his availability is going to be for next week.
But if it ends up being Davis Mills, Nico Collins
is kind of the only guy that we sort of
believe in regularly in that passing game. Can you trust
Nico Collins if it is Davis Mills getting the start?
Speaker 1 (07:41):
I think so, Like I have Nico Collins in a
couple of leagues, I'm still one hundred percent going to
start him. And even like I know, it wasn't a
full game with him, but he did see eleven targets yesterday,
even with CJ. Stroud leaving early in this second quarter,
seven for seventy five. I hate to say it, that's
one of his better days on the year, and it
(08:04):
came against a tough defense. So next week, who do
they get? Next week? They owe the Jacks. Yeah, like
the Jacks have struggled against out wide wide receivers. I
think Nico Collins is one hundred percent in play next week.
He's still a must start right like. I can't write
him up as a start and start him sit him
right like? Or can I I think you can. I
mean I'm doing it. Yeah, that's crazd to write him up.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
I mean, obviously he's a very good player, but I
think they're questions just because the Texans offense hasn't particularly
been great and now you are maybe looking at the
backup quarterback starting. Yeah, I think I think that's fair
game for me at least.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Any any dude generating eleven targets.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
Yeah, absolutely, you can write him up and he's good
to go.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
So there you go.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
Obviously, if they keep an eye on some of these
stories as they progressed during the week and sort of
give you some updates on how to kind of handle
it from a fantasy perspective. All Right, the fantasy trade
deadline still two or three weeks away, depending on your
league settings. Take a check and see when that trade
deadline hits for you. But we do know that the
NFL trade deadline will be on Tuesday, November fourth, So
(09:08):
about you know, no more than twenty four hours from
when we are recording this podcast.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
Handful of names of guys that could be on the move,
you know.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Floria, you and I were talking a couple of days
ago about how the NFL trade deadline doesn't have the
same level of intrigue or action to it that other
sports do. Baseball is always fun. The NBA is just
the wild West because you never know what's going to
happen in basketball.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
Teams are created, yeah, you.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
Know, I mean guys getting traded just for salary dump
reasons and that sort of thing.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
It's it's crazy buyout season. And the NBA is always
fun too. We don't get that in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
You do not. So anyway, I got five guys here
and we'll kind of go through them fairly quickly about
you know where we might like to see them go.
Lakwan I'll start with you with the breath Hall, who
obviously is just not working out for the Jets.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
The Jets are kind of a mess.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
They may be undergoing their you know, eleven b if
rebuild over the last few years, depending on how famous
I've been born, I mean every year, it's like it's
just they go two years and the blow it up
and start over. So Breeth Hall could be on the move.
Is there a spot you'd like to see him go
that could maximize his fantasy value?
Speaker 3 (10:14):
I've been saying Chiefs for a while, like now, it
just feels like it could be a nice little plug
and play situation for them. You get somebody that can
get it done on the ground, and obviously, you know,
Breess Hall is looking for a fresh start. So I
think there, you know, why not get on a Super
Bowl winning team? Why not join now? I mean, I
do think that they obviously need help at the running
(10:34):
back position because Pacheco, Big Jersey my guy. But Nay,
it ain't getting it done, not in fantasy and not
in real life. And then you have Kareem Haunt. Obviously
he's up there. He's like the old guy hanging out
in the club that could still get it done and
still go out there and get the drinks and you know,
score some touchdowns. But I think, you know, Brashard Smith
is one of the bigger disappointments for me personally. I
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was hoping that he could step up and be that
Jared mckinn. So obviously they're still lacking a pass catching back,
They're lacking the explosive nifts out of the backfield. So
going to get a guy mid season right now like
Breece Hall, like, I honestly think that puts them back
on track to where we don't have to question if
the Chiefs are all around bill team that are ready
for the Super Bowl. They get Bresce Hall, you might
(11:15):
as well punch their ticket back there.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
Thirty one other fan bases are punching the air at
the idea of Breeze Hall, going why the city cheeks
right now?
Speaker 3 (11:22):
But thirty because the Rams, I ain't got no smoke
for them. They could bring it. I mean, we're a
Super Bowl in between their dynasty, so I ain't work
at it.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
That's fine. What weirdly about this too, right is because
the Chiefs, despite having struggles in their backfield, they aren't
ninth in total rushing yards right now. I mean some
of it's because Mahomes. Mahomes has almost three hundred yards
all by himself. But you know, it hasn't looked good,
but the numbers are there, which has been sort of
wild there Jalen Waddle down in Miami, Florio. The Dolphins
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have been as much of a disaster, maybe even more
in some respects than the Jets have been so far.
I know they've been sort of wishy Washington where not
they want to move Wattle, But if they decide they're
moving on a good landing spot for him.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
It's hard when we have so many receivers up for
grabs because I think the best landing spot for all
of them would be the Bills because they need an
outside presidence. They have Josh Allen, you know, like, but
there's a lot a number of other teams, Like do
the Giants decide they want to upgrade their wide receiver
room and Wattle is one that would make a lot
of sense for them because he's not just a one
year rental. Here's a sneaky wide receiver destination. I think
(12:32):
the Bucks, right Mike Evans is done for the year.
It's looking like Chris Godwin, who knows what's going on
with him. Ted Johnson has been solid, but you have
a quarterback putting up MVP like numbers in Baker Mayfield
up until these injuries hit. I think they are one.
There's no shortage of options for wide receiver because then
I didn't mention the Patriots they could use a wide receiver.
(12:55):
So I know we're gonna talk all wide receivers out
of the rest of the way. But there's there's a
number of teams that I think. I think Jaylen Waddle
can fit anywhere because he could play in the slot,
he could play out wide, he could be a one,
he could be a two. G to me, is the
biggest wide receiver available right now?
Speaker 2 (13:10):
Yeah, I mean I think he's because he is so versatile,
as you mentioned. I mean, I'm just saying, look, even
the forty nine ers could use some wide receiver help
at this point.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
We want our players healthy. Man. No, no, we don't
don't do that.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
I was hoping forty Whiners did not come up this
entire zemmy, because no, we want our fantasy players.
Speaker 1 (13:31):
No, we're not doing that. I mean, look, they have
a need at the position. He would fill everywhere for
I agreeb Yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
I'm just I'm just putting that out there. So Chris Alave,
I think it's sort of a different situation though, right Quan,
and I know he has been in the satchel of
discontent pretty much his head out right, like he's you know,
he's trying to climb his way out of the out
of the satchel. Yeah, And I don't know if you
want to handle both him and should he together or
you can split them up. But Chris Olave I only
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tried to use him as kind of a dawnfield threat.
I'm not sure he totally is.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
But is there a.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
Spot that you think he can thrive in?
Speaker 1 (14:10):
Uh? New Orleans.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
I'm gonna be boring, I'm gonna be you know, bland
with it. I think he needs to stay home. That's
the one that I don't want to see moving because,
like you said, like they've tried all these things with him,
they've tried using him downfield. His health is always going
to be in the back of your mind. So I
don't see a team going out there investing a guy
who's looking to get a contract, who has all these concussions.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
So I think he.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
Found the home in New Orleans, you know, right off
into the sunset. I mean it's very dark there sometimes
after eight o'clock, but you know, right off and try
to shine there as the wide receiver one. But I
honestly think Rashid Shaheed man, he needs to be a bill.
I'm rying with Florial on this. He needs to be
a bill to give josh Allen disk deep threat. I
could see it now like it's one of those things
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like this just happened. This should have happened before the
season even started, Like that should have been their guy
to go get to beat a deep threat. Not Joshua
p and Kean Coleman. We spoke about plenty of times.
But I would rather see Rashid Shaheed get moves to
you know, upstate New York, go out there and you know,
show up and show out with josh Allen.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
How do you feel about that, Flora.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
I'd be cool with it there. I'm cool with adding
any of these receivers that were But there's something that
I want more than others. But you just want them
to make a move, yeah, they I just want an
outside wide receiver. That's that's what I want. But uh,
I think Shahid would fit there really well. And I
think he would fit with the Patriots really well as well,
because thrower in the league. Like also, he'd had nine
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targets yesterday, twice as many as anyone else on the Saints.
Maybe he needs to stay there, Maybe him and shuck
that chemistry, Bruin.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
I will say, you talk about getting a deep threat
for Drake may Kayshawan Boody did leave a hamstring injury.
Not sure just yet of the severity of it, you know,
if it'll cause him as time or how much time potentially,
But he was the guy they were using as that.
He was the guy that was using that that downfield threat.
(16:05):
So we'll see, you know, if this is gonna hamper
him a little bit. Uh. The last one on the
list of Florio and I don't know how you feel
about Calvin Ridley. I'm gonna just throw this one out
here at you and you can tell me how you
think about this. Why not send him back to Jacksonville,
send him back to the Jags a little bit, especially
with you know, Travis Hunter is out for at least
(16:26):
a month dealing with a knee injury. Brian Thomas Junior
also got hurt yesterday, so we'll see him. We'll see
That's the other part is like they just can't figure
out how to integrate him in the offense. At least
they can't make it work with him and Trevor Lawrence.
I just don't know why I think. I think I'm
over the idea of Calvin Ridley being this big play,
game changing receiver. I think he's a good possession guy,
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he's a chain mover. But I think we can I mean,
he's been in the league for a while now, he's
you know, he's thirty. Like the ship Floria has sailed
on him being just this transformation receiver.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
I believe I get why you feel that way. I
do think he has more downfield chops than we have
seen the last couple of years. I blame quarterback play
a lot for that. I do think the Jags are
one that makes sense because now they suddenly have a
big need if Brian Thomas Junior's ankle is serious. I
also think though, he's one that makes sense for the
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Giants because the Giants want one Dable and Sheen want
to save their job, and two they want to see
Jackson Dark go on to win Rookie of the Year
and stuff, and he needs some better downfield outside playmakers.
But the thing about Ridley and Waddle, the two that
I bring them up, is they're under contract beyond just
this year. So if you're the Giants, you're not just
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worried about the next eight weeks. You're trying to get
someone there that he could develop chemistry with to be
the number two once Elite Neighbors is back next year.
So there again, we keep throwing out a number of
teams because there's a lot, Like we didn't mention the Steelers.
I think like Jacoby Myers is a great fit with them,
But there's a lot of widers up available right now,
it sounds like, and a lot of teams that that
(18:03):
need wide receivers. So these next what twenty eight hours
from the time that we're recording right now, it's going
to be a lot of fun, Yeah, I think.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
So it's either going to be a lot of fun
or it's going to be a whole big bag of nothing.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
Yeah, I'm expecting the whole bag of nothing.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
That's what I'm expecting.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
I think we get a couple of trades, Yeah, the
usual with the NFL trade deadline's a big bag and nothing.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
The one thing I want to say about Ridley like,
I wouldn't mind seeing him in Miami, but it's that
contract that you know that he has beyond this year,
and then what do you do with Tyreek Hill? Do
you cut him before you know the bonus that kicks
in before March.
Speaker 1 (18:37):
I don't know. I think that I'm really should be
able to find a home.
Speaker 3 (18:40):
That has a at least above average quarterback because think
about it, he had to deal with Trevor mid Lawrence
and then go to Will Levis me. So you call
him two above average above average, Yes, I will call
him above average.
Speaker 2 (18:52):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
I think the Dolphins are not going to add I
think they're impure they fire their GM. I think they're
just trying to clear as much cat for next season
as possible. Yeah, I don't I don't think.
Speaker 2 (19:01):
I don't think Tyreek Hill's back in Miami.
Speaker 1 (19:04):
So you have a hole now. From a few things,
I think they're gonna let the new GM figure that out.
Speaker 3 (19:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
The few things I've read from Tyreek Hill, he doesn't
he's not sure if he's going to be back in
Miami next year too, So uh, there could be An
might not.
Speaker 1 (19:16):
Seek play meaningful like m team go out like a
Dell goat win out. You know, he in Tennessee, let's go.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
The rest home for wide receivers.
Speaker 1 (19:27):
That's but you know it's over. I could see him
going to the Baltimore, Tennessee the Chiefs where we always
talk about Jones, Robert.
Speaker 3 (19:36):
Woods, go ahead and for all three of them, like yeah,
the full dour.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
I don't.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
I don't know if I want to see Tyreek Hill
in Tennessee. I just don't. I don't remember Julio Jones
and Tennessee. I know that for sure. So all we'll
see what happens with the trading deadline, and if something moves,
obviously we will talk about it from a fantasy perspective
and kind of give you some up on that, say, right,
come back, talk about some big questions from what we
saw in Week nine.
Speaker 1 (20:06):
Is there a changing of the side end guard in Chicago?
Speaker 2 (20:08):
Dive into that and plenty more coming up on the
NFL Fantasy Football Podcast.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
Still one more game to be played in Week nine.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
The Cardinals and the Cowboys will play on Monday Night Football,
but we have seen the majority of the week already
come and pass us buy. So a few things that
popped up on my mind that I want to get
your feelings on, So Lacon and start with you here
on this one. Did Travion Henderson actually know I'm gonna
start a Florida because you are the Trevion Henderson guy?
But I see Lakwan already getting the middle meter ready,
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So we'll we'll let Florio answer and then we'll do
the middle meter update on this one. So, Florida, did
Travion Henderson yesterday do enough to renew your faith? I
know it wasn't a huge game, but he did get
a lot of opportunity.
Speaker 1 (20:49):
Is that enough to keep you on board? Yeah? I
mean I'm not dropping him. But if from adrec and
like it's a good matchup, they get the Bucks next
week who have struggled against pass catching back. He had
six targets last week. If Stevenson is out, I think
Trevi honest the RB fifteen right now pending Monday night
football on the week. Like, I think, if if Stevenson
(21:11):
is out, he has done enough where we know we
could start him. But I think if if Stevenson is active,
you probably want to see it first in a game
that he's out there, that's kind of mine. But he
looked good, Like I know it wasn't a perfect game
by him, and I'm not saying it was, but he
looked good, especially when they get him the ball in space.
(21:31):
Like I by the time I got to my car
because I do the Sunday Show, it was like ten
to ten, maybe like five minutes into the game, he
had like forty yards already, So that shows you the
big play capabilities that he has.
Speaker 2 (21:45):
I was surprised still though, to see the number of
carries that Treel Jennings had in that game. Yeah, it
was nice to see Anderson get the targets and stuff,
but yeah, I'm very surprised that. I just thought that
you'd see and just get more touches. Overall, he carries
were a lot closer than I thought they were going
to be. We got a middle meter update, though, Where's
(22:07):
Where's Hindo?
Speaker 1 (22:08):
Is he at least Hindo Now?
Speaker 3 (22:10):
I'm happy to report he has moved up right on
my flexed territory because the ceiling is twelve fantasy points, Like,
I feel like that's serviceable in the flex appeal if
you have your expectations there and again.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
I mean, look, he looked good. He look good, Florial.
Speaker 3 (22:23):
It's just I need him to fall in the end
zone now, that's what I need. I need him to
fall in the enzo and not to roll.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
Dnnings that one red zone fumble. Never gonna forget it.
It haunts him, haunts him forever, sir, You'll never touch
the all again. I'm curious on the other side of
the middle meter, Yeah, what about tracause he played well. Oh,
get him out of here.
Speaker 3 (22:48):
I am about to erase this entire left side of
the board. This is not even on the rundown, guys,
but I'm gonna take this quick, little twenty seconds. Trevor
mid Lawrence has downgraded to T low for the rest
of the season. My boy throwing red zone in interceptions.
My boy is making Diami Brown take concussions after concussions
after middle of the field type of hospital balls. And
then Brian Thomas Junior does not get involved in the
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game until the second half into where fantasy points are
starting to build up, and then false hope that hey,
they're not going to target him in the end zone.
They're not even going to target him because Parker Washington
is taking all the attention from Trevor mid Lawrence. So
he is de low for the rest of the season.
I amy racing this left side of the board. I don't
want to hear no more. You know the Trevor mid Lawrence.
Speaker 2 (23:31):
For the rest of the year, you had twenty one points,
you had two rushing touchdowns.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
Selfish he's a selfish man.
Speaker 3 (23:37):
Zero touchdowns and interception, two rushing touchdowns to save his
fantasy week that nobody started him because listen, I am
tired of Brian.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
Saying he's a sleeper this week.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
That is toxic of you to do that, because why
do you want to see me eleven?
Speaker 2 (23:54):
I felt the same way that he was a sleeper
this week. You give you twenty one points. It's a matchup.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
He outscored Bone, he out score Drake May, Jared Goff,
Daniel Jones.
Speaker 3 (24:05):
Two rushing touchdowns. So he was a sleeper because of
the rushing touchdowns. Be honest, you had him as a sleeper. No,
all right, chill out.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
They don't ask how, they ask how many?
Speaker 1 (24:15):
That's it? Nah, he's gone. The middle meter's gone for
Trevor min Lawrence. Again, it's done. Makes sense.
Speaker 2 (24:24):
He's still have Trevon Henderson. I guess we can catch
up on the question. I really wanted to ask you, though, LaQuan,
because we we've come back around here mid season. Now,
are you willing to say that Lad McConkey is the
alpha wide receiver for the Chargers with what he's done
the past few weeks?
Speaker 3 (24:38):
Iady, I would say this right, If he's the alpha,
then what is Keenan Allen? Because he's obviously going to
be Herbert's main guy. And look, I understand that Lad,
at the end of the day, he has shown that
he can operate out of that slime be very dangerous
last season. Now they're starting to get him more utilized
of how he could be dangerous. But I think Keenan
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now all is still going to have something to say.
I know these last couple of weeks for Allen has
not been the great fantasy you know outcome we've gotten.
But Justin Herbert has done some very questionable things in
games where we're like, yo, you good bro, Like this
this almost looked like it was a game in the
beginning of the quarters, like I was looking at Justin
Herbert like where's that four hundred yard guy? Like where's
that guy that's able to distribute the ball to two
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or more pass catchers. So I think lam McConkie, he's
not the stamp alpha, but he could be the number
one wide receiver. I just don't think he's the guy
that's going to be like, oh, we're going to have
consistent wide receiver one weeks from because if we label
a guy at alpha. When I labeled Kingdon Allen's at alpha,
he was making twenty plus fantasy points back to back games, Like,
(25:42):
I don't see that in Lad right now. I think
he could be the wide receiver one, but I'm not
stamping him as the alpha of this offense. No, absolutely not.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
I do think though, that when teams started focusing more
on Quenton Johnston and taking him away, that's when Ladd
sort of came up, like, I don't think I don't
think the charges winner this year being like, hey man,
Quentin Johnson's just gonna take over and we're gonna, you know,
load him up in here.
Speaker 3 (26:03):
I see Ronde Gaskin coming like that. These are things
that are just popping up naturally. Nobody sold the QJ breakout.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
Yeah, no, I mean I think think Justin Herbert found
him and now they're going somewhere else.
Speaker 1 (26:14):
I think there's gonna be pockets of the season, like
the first three weeks where's Keenan and Quinton Johnson, Like,
there's gonna be pocket Like the last five six weeks
it's been Lad like he leads them in every category,
but Gatson is there like there's it's going to be
annoying because I do agree that like there will be
weeks where it's a Keenan Allen week, there will be
weeks where it's a Quintin Johnson week. But the one
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that I think you could start with the most confidence
is Lad. Keenan had stopped sixty yards once in the
last six weeks.
Speaker 3 (26:42):
All right, chill out. Now there's been here's an old
man out there. What I'm saying is he still getting
the attention. He's still getting the volume. That's what's important.
I can't alpha. I can't label a wide receiver in
alpha if he's gonna have off weeks. Like we throwed
his alpha word out there when I said it. Keenan
Allen was the he was the guy he said more
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down weeks Now times have changed.
Speaker 1 (27:06):
The charges.
Speaker 2 (27:07):
Wide receiver room is what we he wished a couple
of years ago. The Packers wide receiver room could be
because the Chargers have a lot of guys, but at
least we have a level of confidence and like, you
know what, Like, okay, we know that at least one
or two of these guys every week.
Speaker 1 (27:20):
Is gonna pop.
Speaker 2 (27:21):
The Packers have all these guys, You're like, I don't
think any of them are gonna do anything.
Speaker 1 (27:25):
So that's what that is.
Speaker 2 (27:28):
A couple of questions about the Bears after that wild
game they had against the Bengals shows that I went
back and rewatched that one last night for could we
end up with a time share in the Chicago backfield
after what Kyle Mnungi did.
Speaker 1 (27:40):
I know it was the Bengals, but he looked good.
Speaker 2 (27:42):
He looked good before when DeAndre Swift comes back, is
he looking over his shoulder?
Speaker 1 (27:48):
I just saw on Twitter the Packers tweeted happy Birthday
to Tucker Craft. That is that is bad? Say it's
a schedule tweet for the Bears. I think it's popossible.
I think we could see Kyle Manunguy eat into DeAndre
Swift's work. I saw a lot of people on Twitter
yesterday being like Kyle Manunguy is not giving this job back,
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and I just want to reiterate every single like, look,
I'm not saying DeAndre Swift would have had the game
that Kayle Manungy had, but every single running back weekly
has their best week against the Bengals defense. Like, yes,
I want to just caveat with that, but DeAndre Swift
is clearly, I think always going to be the preferred
passing down option for the Bears. I wouldn't be surprised though,
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if we saw a fifty to fifty or sixty forty
split on the ground because let's not forget DeAndre Swift
has been bawling out the last month as well before
he got hurt, So I don't think mnunguy completely goes
back to the role that he had prior. But I
still do think DeAndre Swift is the lead option until
we see otherwise, and he is the one that I
would feel more confident starting in fantasy.
Speaker 2 (28:53):
Hundred percent Now I think he's still the lead, But
I do you know, I'm with you right, I think
mcnunguy is going to earn a bigger role with what
he has done. Yeah, I'm not of that whole like
oh Man guys the starter out now, man, it's he
played well. He also played the Bengals.
Speaker 3 (29:05):
Let's you know, do people realize that there's a two
man system and multiple teams right now that have two
fantasy relevant running backs? Like this ain't nothing for it,
and like we've seen this for the last couple of years.
That's kind of crazy. The fantasy streets were chirping that
florio like, yeah, I.
Speaker 1 (29:19):
Don't remember who it was exactly, but I saw a
couple of them and I was like, really, like, maybe
I'm just blinded by my love for DeAndre Swift, but no,
that feels like that's prisoner of the moment stuff.
Speaker 2 (29:30):
Is what that is. That's all that is. The Other thing, though,
look on Colston Loveland, who I had as a sleeper
this week. I'll take a pat on the back for
that one. Yeah, is he a thing now? I mean,
you know, Cole Comet had an injury last week. I
think he left with a concussion. If I recall yesterday,
Colston Loveland had a couple of big catches, including that
crazy touchdown that ended up being the game winner at
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the end. Have the Bears figured out how to unlock
their rookie tied end.
Speaker 3 (29:56):
Now, yeah, I believe so, because back to that games,
He's ran thirty routes like these are like routes that
are valuable to him to where he's actually seen targets
on these routes, He's actually gaining the attention of Caleb
And obviously, you know I've sayed nine times out of ten,
a lot of defenses would have stopped that breakaway win,
touchdown catch. But I think at the end of the day,
that just shows that you know, Ben Johnson's going to
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put him in positions, He's going to put him in
positions to be able to score like that. So I
think now these last couple of weeks with Comet being
out banged up concussion, now I do think this will
be the end that we see Cole Comet season. Even
chirped in the fancy streets, I think this is Loveland's
takeover and it's perfect timing. Like how I mentioned earlier
in the show, with Tucker Craft going down with an injury,
I am staring at Coleston Loveland right now in the
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waiver wire in the league that I obviously need to
fill a hole with the tight end position because I've
just been getting hit left and right, you know. So
I think at the end of the day, I think that,
you know, Lovelin is starting to build that confidence, that
trust with Caleb and Ben Johnson. So seeing that back
to back season highs and this routes ran that shows
opportunity that he's on the field and he's not just
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out there running cardio.
Speaker 2 (31:02):
Yeah, I think if he's out there, I'd say smash
that ad button and uh and get him on your rosters.
Who's possible there's some quick r O s ranking a
little bit of who's you rather.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
But first, this news just came across his first one's
got to go to the kwan. Okay, we can do that.
Speaker 2 (31:18):
But first, this news just came across the Brown's making
a change in play caller, head coach Kevin Stefanski saying
he is giving up his play calling duties and offensive
coordinator Tommy Reese will call the plays on offense moving forward.
Speaker 1 (31:31):
Did we not just see the last guy do that?
And it it feels like things are going really really
sour quick for.
Speaker 2 (31:40):
Yeah, which, you know, look, there's there are so many
reasons that I think the Browns are the Browns.
Speaker 1 (31:45):
And I traded a quarterback in the division.
Speaker 2 (31:48):
I think a lot of it happens above Kevin Stefanski's head,
but unfortunately.
Speaker 1 (31:54):
Happy there for the last couple of years. Either remember
and free him up here, man.
Speaker 2 (32:02):
So yeah, all right, I put the other some guys,
you know, guys who are pretty close together in terms
of their their week to week production, and just sort
of asking who would you rather have for the remainder
of the season. So we will start with LaQuan on
this one. Who would you rather have? Dak Prescott or
Matthew Staffew Stafford. Matthew Stafford obviously obvy. Listen, listen.
Speaker 3 (32:25):
I hate the fact that now people are starting to
catch up that Matthew Stafford is in this MVP Legacy
tour right now. It is late to have this conversation
because rams frans like me been having this earlier in
the season. He's top five in the NFL. I don't
care where you put him in the top five, but
he is top five in the NFL right now, and
it's starting to reflect for fantasy. These touchdowns are up
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twenty one touchdowns, two interceptions. Name another quarterback right now,
and that's cooking like that.
Speaker 1 (32:51):
You can't.
Speaker 3 (32:52):
So it's Matthew Stafford man in Florida. I'm on your
handtop because you was talking crazy about Stafford two episodes
two episodes ago.
Speaker 1 (32:58):
Bro, all I said was he will isn't the m
v P favorite, which right now he is? He's other?
Speaker 3 (33:05):
Bro, that is insane. What other quarterback is playing better
than him? It ain't Josh Allen and damn sure ain't
Patrick Mahomes. Come on, what are we talking about right now?
Speaker 1 (33:14):
Drake May's ahead of him as well. No, hell to
the Noah you got me? This is, in my opinion,
this is all the crash about the crash.
Speaker 2 (33:23):
What this is? What this is what friends in the
desert are talking about right now?
Speaker 1 (33:26):
That's all I know.
Speaker 2 (33:27):
This is what it is.
Speaker 3 (33:29):
Stafford is the m v P on I talk right now?
Speaker 2 (33:32):
Well a second second, take a few deep breaths you
can when next week, Yeah, Kwan has walked away for
those of you who maybe haven't caught him on the schedule, understandable.
Speaker 1 (33:46):
The Rams go to Santa Clara to play.
Speaker 2 (33:48):
The forty nine ers this week, So yeah, that's not
I see, I see the Hammers back all right?
Speaker 1 (33:55):
Are we getting all him bet or something on this one?
Like we'll decide on Wednesday, oh.
Speaker 2 (34:01):
Man floyal running backs, who'd you rather have? Rico Dowdell
or JK Dobbins? Rest of the season.
Speaker 1 (34:06):
Rical Daddel And it's not even close. JK. Dobbins is
losing more and more production to RJ. Harvey. And so
I do this Sunday show with Mike Am and Steve
Weis every week and quab Our producer asked me a
question last week. He was like, is Rico daddle in
RB one? And on the head, I was like no.
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But then I sat down and I looked and I
listed the names out and there was eleven names at
running back that I was like, I would definitively take
over him. Then there was a few like Breis Hall,
DeAndre Swift that I was like, there's a conversation. Rico
Daddele is just climbing up this list because last week yesterday,
he played seventy five percent of the snaps, he went
for one hundred and thirty yards, multiple scores Like, Yeah,
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he's an RB one moving forward, and I would take
him over a lot of running backs, including JK.
Speaker 2 (34:54):
Dobbins. I will say yesterday was kind of an eye opener,
right because I knew he was gonna get more touches.
I don't think that was much of a one. The
fact that he had twenty five carries to just five
for Shuba Hubbard. And more importantly, you had five yards
per carry against a good Packers run defense. Like nobody's run.
Nobody's run on the Packers this year. Rico Dado ran
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all over the Packers just too.
Speaker 1 (35:16):
I know, all three of us we watch a lot
of football. I don't think anyone in the world saw
this coming from Rico Daddle because like he had a
whole opportunity to be the starter. Like he is so
much better than anything we've ever seen from him before.
Speaker 2 (35:31):
Just fear by SPIKEE fueled by SPIKEE. God is you know,
I mean, because he did it.
Speaker 1 (35:36):
Obvious he did.
Speaker 2 (35:37):
AGA's more than just the Cowboys. I mean, he had
that huge game against Dallas where, uh, you know, he
just beat up on him. But the week before that
he went for two hundred against Miami. Now he's gone
for one thirty against the Packers, he went for almost
eighty against the Jets.
Speaker 3 (35:51):
He's hit the entire spectrum, like worst middle of the
pack and then the top tier defenses like he's he's
been a guy that you can rely on, and I
think naming him RB one for fantasy, I don't sound
nasty saying it.
Speaker 1 (36:04):
I think we could stamp it.
Speaker 2 (36:06):
Yeah, No, I think that's where we are.
Speaker 1 (36:07):
I also feel for the Panthers because most years they'd
be in the playoff hump, but the NFC is so
top heavy this year that like it's an uphill battle
leaven at over five hundred right now.
Speaker 2 (36:18):
Yeah, for sure, lukwan wide receiver Michael Pittman, And I
swear I'm not doing this to try and troll you.
Speaker 1 (36:23):
Just these are the questions, the even the ones that popped
into my head as I was doing.
Speaker 2 (36:26):
This last night.
Speaker 1 (36:27):
Michael Pittman or Devonte Adams.
Speaker 3 (36:29):
Uh, this one was actually harder when I see it
on the dock where I was thinking, like I could
put my RAMS hat on and be like, look he
strapped in Matthew Stafford blah blah blah blah. But Michael
Pittman has been one of those guys you can rely
on the give us output of wide receiver one. To me,
it's like this is a good situation to have if
they're both on your rosters. But like rest of the
season question. Ah, man, it's close. I went Devanta Adams
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was close. But I think with Puka and these injuries
starting to build up, this might be a lot more
games where the focal point might be on Adams as
the wide receiver one. And like I do think, you know,
with Pooka getting these injuries piling up, like I think
maybe they start, you know, pulling down some of these
ender rounds and him running full speed into a linebacker.
I mean, like I kind of always hated those type
of plays for him, being that he is a smaller
(37:13):
back but so great after to catch. So it's like
you take those chances. But Davante Adams may be set
up more for wide receiver one production where we saw
Danny Dimes you know last week against a chaos defensive
line and batten everything down, kind of show that you know,
there could be some struggles and holes to the Colts offense.
Speaker 2 (37:31):
Yeah, Daniel Jones turned back into Daniel Jones at a
bad time for the Colts yesterday for sure.
Speaker 1 (37:37):
Last one.
Speaker 2 (37:37):
Do some sign ins here, Florio, Kyle Pitts or Sam Laporta.
Speaker 1 (37:41):
It's still Sam laporter for me. Kyle Pitts though, is
someone that I think should be rostered and you could
start most weeks. He's getting a lot of consistent volume.
But we saw yesterday, I mean, twenty one point seven
fantasy points for Sam Laporta. I don't think Kyle Pitts
hasn't reached our number all year. I don't think he
has that stealing. Yeah, it is a season high, but
Lapo in three of his last four games to scored
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sixteen or more. So the floor is low and it's
gonna be inconsistent, which is annoying for all Lions right now,
not named Amon Ross Saint Brown. But I still think
the upside is high enough where he's the preferred option there.
Speaker 2 (38:17):
Yeah, I was surprised that, you know, I mean, I
guess not. Production has been up and down for the
Porta and we kind of know what it's been for
Kyle Pitts. It was closer in my head than I thought.
But yeah, I think.
Speaker 1 (38:28):
I premiere Gibbs even Like, is the Lions need Ben
Johnson back?
Speaker 2 (38:35):
Yeah, Yeah, it's been it's been maybe not not what
we hoped it would be this year for the Detroit
LANs offense. So anyway, one more breakway to come back
We're gonna dive into the waiver wire and our waiver
wire pickup of the first half of the year. That's
all coming up on the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast.
Speaker 1 (38:55):
Getting ready to turn the page. It's week ten.
Speaker 2 (38:57):
We have hit double digit weeks now here in the
NFL in the twenty twenty five season, but the Florida
you put together a list of waiver wire options, Please
let us know what you got.
Speaker 1 (39:07):
Joe Flacco is on by but man, he is just
going off each week because he is the worst defense
maybe in the history of the NFL. Bruck Purdy is
nearing a return and he has been dropped in a
lot of leagues, so I wanted to include him. JJ
McCarthy showed us yesterday that he does have that upside.
So if you're we get quarterback, maybe you want to
add him. I don't love him his matchup next week though.
(39:29):
And then Michael Pennix Junior. He is just a streaming option,
I think, but he has a favorable matchup next week. Look,
Kyle m Nungai needs to be rostered after what he did,
and he's still under that sixty percent threshold. Devin Singletary
actually played over Tyrone Tracy Junior this week, like that
I don't think has been talked about enough Isaiah Davis,
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because if they trade Breese Hall, he's an RB one
for the Jets, and even if they don't, he has
flex appeal in Fantasy base shall two and we saw
a little bit more utilized this week. Taj's spears continues
to be more and more utilized than we're hearing Tony
Pollard in trade rumors, and then Terrell Jennings and Ali Gordon.
I included Gordon just in case the Dolphins blow everything up.
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Wide receiver Troy Franklin like he is kind of matching
Cortland Sutton's production, but he's still available on waivers in
a lot of leagues. Alec Pierce, we know the floor
could be low, but the ceiling is very, very high.
Parker Washington was the top option for the Jags last week,
and now we got a monitor btj's health. Christian Watson
(40:33):
already has jumped ahead of Matthew Golden there and with
Tucker Craft out that means even more targets up for grab.
Tory Horton, I don't think he's someone that you could
pick up and use, but just in case he surpasses
Cooper Cup in the target pecking order, he will Josh Downs.
Josh Downs has been very safe. Jimmery DK just in
case Ridley gets traded in the Elik Washington, in case
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Waddle gets traded tight Ends Gatson again shout out to
u LQ. Colson Lovelin, Uh, this is what I was
talking about earlier. Colson Lovelin, I think is in play
as a streaming option this week. Dalton Schultz, I think
is in play in a favorite matchup as a streaming option.
Neil Johnson, Kateaught, and Mason Taylor. Those are all guys
that I think you could pick up in stream, and
then Luke Musgrave. If you have Tucker Kraft and you
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lost him, I think it's smart to pick up Musgrave
as the long term ad and then pick up one
of these other guys as the week ten play.
Speaker 2 (41:25):
I'm shocked at Ronda Gaston still out there on the
waiver wire. Man, sure, folks like, go get him, man,
he shouldn't be out here anymore.
Speaker 3 (41:31):
Drop somebody that is collecting dust and go pick up
a tight end one.
Speaker 2 (41:35):
What is ye, man? I got that one?
Speaker 1 (41:37):
Just he's just under the threshold. I think he's in.
As of yesterday at least he was like fifty eight percent,
and I was like, all right, I'll take the layup.
Speaker 2 (41:44):
Yeah, Like, I don't know, man, Like y'all just stop.
I don't know, you can drop Johnny Smith or something.
Just go get go, get go, get Rondy Gatson at
this point. All right, So those are the waiver wire
options for week ten. Let's rewind to the first nine
weeks of the NFL season and talk about our waiver
wire pickup of the year.
Speaker 1 (42:05):
To this point.
Speaker 2 (42:05):
As we do some of our mid season awards. We'll
have more for you later on in the week as well.
But uh lakwan, who, for your money is the waiver
wire pickup of the year.
Speaker 3 (42:13):
I'm just going to take this time the victory.
Speaker 2 (42:14):
Laugh.
Speaker 3 (42:15):
Now that we're in the mid season point, there was
nobody out there in the fantasy streets telling folks to
draft Daniel Drews, but some folks that didn't listen. Joe
Burrow goes down with an injury. You look to the
waiver wire. The Saviors there, mister Jones. You pick them
up right off the waiver wire, plug and play. This
guy's averaging more than nineteen fantasy points per game. He's
currently leading heading into Monday Night Football unless Dak throws
(42:37):
for four hundred yards in passing yards. This is something
that is so left field for some people to see,
but the believers of the Joneses we stick together.
Speaker 1 (42:45):
Man. I was telling folks to go.
Speaker 3 (42:47):
Out there and draft this guy, and now the potential
he could still lock hisself as a top ten fantasy quarterback.
This has to be the Waiver Wire Midseason Award winner here,
because man, how could you lose Joe Burrow or dealing
with Jayden Dan. They're dealing with guys who are just
underperforming where they should be qb ones where this guy's
coming in lighting it up. I love Daniel Jones rest
(43:07):
of the season, man, even though last last game was
not great for him.
Speaker 2 (43:10):
Yeah. I mean, look, the down games happened for pretty
much everybody, but Daniel Jones has been lights out and
shout out to you because you were we I think
we sort of pointed and laughed at you early in
the season.
Speaker 3 (43:19):
But I mean the rest of the fantasy streets are
doing that, man, but I'm used to it at this point.
Speaker 2 (43:25):
Congress to you Florida who is your Waiver Wire midseason
pickup of.
Speaker 1 (43:29):
The year, Jackson Dart. I think Jackson Dart is top
six or seven quarterback rest of the way, like, I'll
still take my homes over him. I'll take Alan, I'll
take Lamar, I'll take Hurts. You could put Drake May
there after that. I don't think there's anyone else I'd
rather have than Jackson Dart because he is a cheat code.
Four different times he has ran for fifty or more yards.
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Five of his six starts he has ran for a touchdown.
That is why we love Allen and Lamar and Hurts
and Jackson Dart is doing that. Coming into yesterday, he
was averaging over twenty one Fantasy points per game as
a starter, and then he dropped twenty seven yesterday, so
that's gonna go even higher. He is approaching elite Fantasy territory,
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and I think people are still kind of skeptical because
it's the Giants and they're not a great team and everything.
That even makes it better because when they're in catchup mode,
he runs a lot, he throws a lot, he airs
the ball out and if the Giants go and get
him a receiver, it could get even better. So I
have Jackson Dard on a number of teams. I was
drafting him in all my super flex leagues. He is
(44:35):
a must play. I don't even consider it anymore.
Speaker 2 (44:37):
Yeah, I mean the way because you can almost almost
pencil in a rushing touchdown from him every single week,
and so they didn't think he gives you with his
arm turned out to be even more of a bonus.
So that's a solid one there. I'm gonna go with
the guy we just talked about just a couple of
minutes ago, and that's a Ronde Gadston who we are
always looking for more guys who can be productive at
the tight end position. It is still the thinnest position
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in all of fantasy football. And this is a who
didn't play the first two games of the season. The
Chargers eased him in slowly. Once he got healthy was
ready to go. He's the tight end eleven heading into
Monday Night Football. He's averaging almost twelve and a half
Fantasy points per game, averaging more points per game than
Sam Laporta right now, averaging more points per game.
Speaker 1 (45:18):
I mean, we love Harold Fan, and.
Speaker 2 (45:19):
Who's another Harold Fan would literally be another quality candidate
here in this category. But Ronde Gadsden right now having
a fantastic season. In fact, he is fourth in receiving
yards among tight ends. Just coming out of nowhere, but
looks like a guy who's got some staying power in
this Chargers offense. And again we know the bar for
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tight end is low. He has cleared it and then
some to this point. So if you grabbed him, great,
he said, he's out there in a shocking number of leagues.
Speaker 1 (45:48):
Go get him.
Speaker 2 (45:49):
What are you doing, Go at Ronde gadst in to
your roster if you have tight end problems. So there
you go. Those are our candidates for the waiver wire
pickup of the Year through the first nine weeks of
the season.
Speaker 1 (46:01):
So there you go.
Speaker 2 (46:02):
That will do it for this edition of the NFL
Fantasy Football Podcast, The Happy, Safe and.
Speaker 1 (46:06):
Healthy, Do good and live well. Everybody. Enjoy your week.
Speaker 2 (46:09):
We will talk to you again on Wednesday.
Wow.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Yeah, Hey everybody, It's Monday, November third, twenty twenty five.
Welcome to the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast, where we love
a parade. It's me your man, namg Mark is a
grand joined by Michael F.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
Florio and mcwan Jones.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
So, guys, anything anything fun happened for you this weekend?
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Rams won, yeah, Falcon's loss. Oh and the Dodgers ah duh?
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Yeah, oh yeah, yeah there was a baseball game this weekend. Yeah,
look I will I'm not going to lie to you.
I'm sitting here in my Dodger jersey and my Dodger hat.
I'm planning to go to the Dodger victory parade, so
I'm not gonna lie to you about that. It was
a good weekend overall. The forty nine ers also won.
USC also won. It's a good sports weekend around my parts.
(00:51):
So but Floyda Bill's got to win big win against
the Chiefs. What those verrey weekends? All three of our
teams win in the NFL.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Yeah, it doesn't happen often. And I do love the
people who are like it's your super Bowl and like, oh,
you shouldn't have won, Like what am I supposed to
be sad that my favorite team went out and won
a huge game, Like, I don't get it. Like, also,
it's huge not just for the rivalry, but for like
this year, winning the division, the one seed, the Chiefs
on the outside looking in. Now that could have been
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the Bills. So like, yeah, I'm gonna enjoy it. I
know it doesn't mean anything until they win in the playoffs,
but I'm gonna enjoy it. Yeah. Look, I'm with you.
I mean, I know.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
I jokingly texted that you're sure you want to win
this game because of the postseason, but like, peck, no, man,
go on, wins, stack dubs where you can.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Am I Yeah, Like, am I supposed to come on
today and be like, man, I wish they lost. That's crazy.
Why would you ever do that?
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Yeah, now, stack dubs, stack dubs winning where you can.
So yeah, it was a good, good football weekend for
the three of us personally, a fantastic baseball weekend and
what's going on so that that is great.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Got a lot to talk about on the show.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Because the NFL trading deadline actually hits tomorrow on Tuesday.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
There are a lot of names that are floating around.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
So we'll kind of pick up some best fantasy fits
for some of these names that are kind of floating
around out there. Kidsonar may not happen, jena An could
happen by the time we actually drop this podcast and
it reaches you all.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
But we're gonna play with fire. We're gonna try that anyway.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Got some rest of the season rankings, do a little
either or with some players about who you'd rather have,
and of course the waiver Wire. Also, because we've hit
the midway point of the NFL regular season, we're gonna
do some midseason awards all throughout the week. So today
felt like, since we do Waiver Wire on Mondays, the
waiver Wire pickup of the Year to this point in
the season, felt like a good award to handout. But
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let's start, as we always do, with some news headlines
and a couple of tough ones, including one that happened
last night during the Sunday Night football game. Jayden Daniels
so Forday, dislocated elbow. The silver lining to all that
a couple of silver linings one and it's not going
to be season ending. He is expected to miss several games,
the number not yet known for Daniels and the Commanders.
(03:03):
The other part of it is it was his non
throwing elbow, so hopefully that helps with the Rehabit is
not going to hopefully mess with his mechanics or anything
like that. But Florida, this is the second time now
that we will go an extended period without Jayden and Daniels.
He had been dealing with that hamstring that took him
out for a couple of games. So we've seen kind
of what this offense looks like with Marcus Mariota at
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the helm. But what are you doing right now with
the commander's skill position.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Guys, I think you can move on from zach Ertz.
I think Diebo the first month was fun. The last
month has not been at all. I think he becomes
more of a bench guy who you could plug in
maybe in the right matchup and stuff Bill. It's not
going well for him either. The last month has been
brutal since that big blow up game where we thought
it was his breakout day. So to me, Bill is
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kind of a flex option that I don't even feel
great about using each week. Terry is the one skill
position player that if and when he is back, I
think you could still start. We saw him catch that
touchdown from Mariota last week. The one other game they
played together, he led the team in yards. So I
still do think McLaurin is talented enough and we'll probably
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see enough volume. But even he gets dinged to like
wide receiver three territory, it's just all bad right now,
and we need to start viewing their defense how we
view the Bengals the Cowboys like they're old. They can't
defend speed, and you could run all over him. You
could pass all over them, like play people against the command.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Yeah, I mean, that's the thing we learned because Sam
Donald was just lights out in the first half. Four
touchdown passes in the first half, but I think he
was perfect on all of his throws in the first
half of that game on Sunday. Cooking just absolutely cooked
the Commander's defense. But bad news. Not only did yeah
obviously they lose Jayden Daniels, but Luke McCaffrey also suffered
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a shoulder injury that took him out early in that ballgame.
On the defensive side. He'salk about the defense already being bad.
Now they've lost Marshaun Lattimore to an ACL tear, so
you know, one of the key guys they were counting
on in that defense is going to be gone for
the rest of the season. So after just a breakout
year what seemed like for the Commanders overall, things have
fallen apart here in twenty twenty five. Bad news on
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the tight end front already a position Lakwan that is
pretty shallow to begin with.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
And one of the guys that.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
We were counting on week tweet Tucker Kraft, he has
done for.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
The rest of the season.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
It was confirmed on Monday morning that he has torn
an acl So the guy who was on pace for
over one thousand yards and thirteen touchdowns no longer available
to Jordan Love and the Packers and to fantasy managers.
So are you on the Luca Musgrave hype train?
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Well, first of all, a moment of silence for the
craft owners out there. I am one of them, man,
I'm not happy about this whatsoever, because now I have
to go to Duaiveruar and look for the next tight end.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Luke Musgrave might be it.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
I mean, that'd be the exact knee jerk reaction to
pivot right to the guy that's still on the same team,
that obviously has a team identity of the tight end
position to be able to be useful and be fantasy relevant.
So I think Luke Musgrave is an interesting pickup. But
if I have a Colston Lovelin out there on the
waiver wire, I might look to pivot that way. I
might look to pivot, you know, elsewhere if I can
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see if Hunter Henry's still hanging around, Because I do
feel like now you're going to be at the point
where if Tucker Craft was your ride or die, like
you really weren't paying attention to the waiver wire for
the tight end position at least, So it's like he
was one of the ones that was just supposed to
stay just on the course all the way to tight
end top three. I would say like that, But more
(06:32):
so looking at Tucker Craft now out, it's like I
don't really have much faith in Luke Musgrave picking up
the production that Craft picked up. So it's like one
of those things like you're going to start it and
be like low expectations. But I do feel like you
should be looking at other options out there on the wire.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Yeah, Musgrave id a couple of years ago, right there
was a battle between Musgrave and Craft and which tight
end was the.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
One you wanted.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
And obviously we've gotten a very clear answer in the
year or so since we debate that. So I don't
know that Luke Musgrave gives you that production.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
We're gonna talk about it. But this next week is
a let me get to waivers. It is a good
streaming tight end week in my opinion, so at least
for one week you could kind of maybe survive, all.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Right, So we'll yeah, we'll dive into that before before
the show is over today.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Last bit of news florial CJ.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Stroud left the game yesterday against the Broncos with a concussion,
so he's in the protocol. Obviously, we'll wait and see
what his availability is going to be for next week.
But if it ends up being Davis Mills, Nico Collins
is kind of the only guy that we sort of
believe in regularly in that passing game. Can you trust
Nico Collins if it is Davis Mills getting the start?
Speaker 1 (07:41):
I think so, Like I have Nico Collins in a
couple of leagues, I'm still one hundred percent going to
start him. And even like I know, it wasn't a
full game with him, but he did see eleven targets yesterday,
even with CJ. Stroud leaving early in this second quarter,
seven for seventy five. I hate to say it, that's
one of his better days on the year, and it
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came against a tough defense. So next week, who do
they get? Next week? They owe the Jacks. Yeah, like
the Jacks have struggled against out wide wide receivers. I
think Nico Collins is one hundred percent in play next week.
He's still a must start right like. I can't write
him up as a start and start him sit him
right like? Or can I I think you can. I
mean I'm doing it. Yeah, that's crazd to write him up.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
I mean, obviously he's a very good player, but I
think they're questions just because the Texans offense hasn't particularly
been great and now you are maybe looking at the
backup quarterback starting. Yeah, I think I think that's fair
game for me at least.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Any any dude generating eleven targets.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
Yeah, absolutely, you can write him up and he's good
to go.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
So there you go.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
Obviously, if they keep an eye on some of these
stories as they progressed during the week and sort of
give you some updates on how to kind of handle
it from a fantasy perspective. All Right, the fantasy trade
deadline still two or three weeks away, depending on your
league settings. Take a check and see when that trade
deadline hits for you. But we do know that the
NFL trade deadline will be on Tuesday, November fourth, So
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about you know, no more than twenty four hours from
when we are recording this podcast.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
Handful of names of guys that could be on the move,
you know.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Floria, you and I were talking a couple of days
ago about how the NFL trade deadline doesn't have the
same level of intrigue or action to it that other
sports do. Baseball is always fun. The NBA is just
the wild West because you never know what's going to
happen in basketball.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
Teams are created, yeah, you.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
Know, I mean guys getting traded just for salary dump
reasons and that sort of thing.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
It's it's crazy buyout season. And the NBA is always
fun too. We don't get that in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
You do not. So anyway, I got five guys here
and we'll kind of go through them fairly quickly about
you know where we might like to see them go.
Lakwan I'll start with you with the breath Hall, who
obviously is just not working out for the Jets.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
The Jets are kind of a mess.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
They may be undergoing their you know, eleven b if
rebuild over the last few years, depending on how famous
I've been born, I mean every year, it's like it's
just they go two years and the blow it up
and start over. So Breeth Hall could be on the move.
Is there a spot you'd like to see him go
that could maximize his fantasy value?
Speaker 3 (10:14):
I've been saying Chiefs for a while, like now, it
just feels like it could be a nice little plug
and play situation for them. You get somebody that can
get it done on the ground, and obviously, you know,
Breess Hall is looking for a fresh start. So I
think there, you know, why not get on a Super
Bowl winning team? Why not join now? I mean, I
do think that they obviously need help at the running
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back position because Pacheco, Big Jersey my guy. But Nay,
it ain't getting it done, not in fantasy and not
in real life. And then you have Kareem Haunt. Obviously
he's up there. He's like the old guy hanging out
in the club that could still get it done and
still go out there and get the drinks and you know,
score some touchdowns. But I think, you know, Brashard Smith
is one of the bigger disappointments for me personally. I
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was hoping that he could step up and be that
Jared mckinn. So obviously they're still lacking a pass catching back,
They're lacking the explosive nifts out of the backfield. So
going to get a guy mid season right now like
Breece Hall, like, I honestly think that puts them back
on track to where we don't have to question if
the Chiefs are all around bill team that are ready
for the Super Bowl. They get Bresce Hall, you might
(11:15):
as well punch their ticket back there.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
Thirty one other fan bases are punching the air at
the idea of Breeze Hall, going why the city cheeks
right now?
Speaker 3 (11:22):
But thirty because the Rams, I ain't got no smoke
for them. They could bring it. I mean, we're a
Super Bowl in between their dynasty, so I ain't work
at it.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
That's fine. What weirdly about this too, right is because
the Chiefs, despite having struggles in their backfield, they aren't
ninth in total rushing yards right now. I mean some
of it's because Mahomes. Mahomes has almost three hundred yards
all by himself. But you know, it hasn't looked good,
but the numbers are there, which has been sort of
wild there Jalen Waddle down in Miami, Florio. The Dolphins
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have been as much of a disaster, maybe even more
in some respects than the Jets have been so far.
I know they've been sort of wishy Washington where not
they want to move Wattle, But if they decide they're
moving on a good landing spot for him.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
It's hard when we have so many receivers up for
grabs because I think the best landing spot for all
of them would be the Bills because they need an
outside presidence. They have Josh Allen, you know, like, but
there's a lot a number of other teams, Like do
the Giants decide they want to upgrade their wide receiver
room and Wattle is one that would make a lot
of sense for them because he's not just a one
year rental. Here's a sneaky wide receiver destination. I think
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the Bucks, right Mike Evans is done for the year.
It's looking like Chris Godwin, who knows what's going on
with him. Ted Johnson has been solid, but you have
a quarterback putting up MVP like numbers in Baker Mayfield
up until these injuries hit. I think they are one.
There's no shortage of options for wide receiver because then
I didn't mention the Patriots they could use a wide receiver.
(12:55):
So I know we're gonna talk all wide receivers out
of the rest of the way. But there's there's a
number of teams that I think. I think Jaylen Waddle
can fit anywhere because he could play in the slot,
he could play out wide, he could be a one,
he could be a two. G to me, is the
biggest wide receiver available right now?
Speaker 2 (13:10):
Yeah, I mean I think he's because he is so versatile,
as you mentioned. I mean, I'm just saying, look, even
the forty nine ers could use some wide receiver help
at this point.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
We want our players healthy. Man. No, no, we don't
don't do that.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
I was hoping forty Whiners did not come up this
entire zemmy, because no, we want our fantasy players.
Speaker 1 (13:31):
No, we're not doing that. I mean, look, they have
a need at the position. He would fill everywhere for
I agreeb Yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
I'm just I'm just putting that out there. So Chris Alave,
I think it's sort of a different situation though, right Quan,
and I know he has been in the satchel of
discontent pretty much his head out right, like he's you know,
he's trying to climb his way out of the out
of the satchel. Yeah, And I don't know if you
want to handle both him and should he together or
you can split them up. But Chris Olave I only
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tried to use him as kind of a dawnfield threat.
I'm not sure he totally is.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
But is there a.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
Spot that you think he can thrive in?
Speaker 1 (14:10):
Uh? New Orleans.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
I'm gonna be boring, I'm gonna be you know, bland
with it. I think he needs to stay home. That's
the one that I don't want to see moving because,
like you said, like they've tried all these things with him,
they've tried using him downfield. His health is always going
to be in the back of your mind. So I
don't see a team going out there investing a guy
who's looking to get a contract, who has all these concussions.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
So I think he.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
Found the home in New Orleans, you know, right off
into the sunset. I mean it's very dark there sometimes
after eight o'clock, but you know, right off and try
to shine there as the wide receiver one. But I
honestly think Rashid Shaheed man, he needs to be a bill.
I'm rying with Florial on this. He needs to be
a bill to give josh Allen disk deep threat. I
could see it now like it's one of those things
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like this just happened. This should have happened before the
season even started, Like that should have been their guy
to go get to beat a deep threat. Not Joshua
p and Kean Coleman. We spoke about plenty of times.
But I would rather see Rashid Shaheed get moves to
you know, upstate New York, go out there and you know,
show up and show out with josh Allen.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
How do you feel about that, Flora.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
I'd be cool with it there. I'm cool with adding
any of these receivers that were But there's something that
I want more than others. But you just want them
to make a move, yeah, they I just want an
outside wide receiver. That's that's what I want. But uh,
I think Shahid would fit there really well. And I
think he would fit with the Patriots really well as well,
because thrower in the league. Like also, he'd had nine
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targets yesterday, twice as many as anyone else on the Saints.
Maybe he needs to stay there, Maybe him and shuck
that chemistry, Bruin.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
I will say, you talk about getting a deep threat
for Drake may Kayshawan Boody did leave a hamstring injury.
Not sure just yet of the severity of it, you know,
if it'll cause him as time or how much time potentially,
But he was the guy they were using as that.
He was the guy that was using that that downfield threat.
(16:05):
So we'll see, you know, if this is gonna hamper
him a little bit. Uh. The last one on the
list of Florio and I don't know how you feel
about Calvin Ridley. I'm gonna just throw this one out
here at you and you can tell me how you
think about this. Why not send him back to Jacksonville,
send him back to the Jags a little bit, especially
with you know, Travis Hunter is out for at least
(16:26):
a month dealing with a knee injury. Brian Thomas Junior
also got hurt yesterday, so we'll see him. We'll see
That's the other part is like they just can't figure
out how to integrate him in the offense. At least
they can't make it work with him and Trevor Lawrence.
I just don't know why I think. I think I'm
over the idea of Calvin Ridley being this big play,
game changing receiver. I think he's a good possession guy,
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he's a chain mover. But I think we can I mean,
he's been in the league for a while now, he's
you know, he's thirty. Like the ship Floria has sailed
on him being just this transformation receiver.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
I believe I get why you feel that way. I
do think he has more downfield chops than we have
seen the last couple of years. I blame quarterback play
a lot for that. I do think the Jags are
one that makes sense because now they suddenly have a
big need if Brian Thomas Junior's ankle is serious. I
also think though, he's one that makes sense for the
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Giants because the Giants want one Dable and Sheen want
to save their job, and two they want to see
Jackson Dark go on to win Rookie of the Year
and stuff, and he needs some better downfield outside playmakers.
But the thing about Ridley and Waddle, the two that
I bring them up, is they're under contract beyond just
this year. So if you're the Giants, you're not just
(17:42):
worried about the next eight weeks. You're trying to get
someone there that he could develop chemistry with to be
the number two once Elite Neighbors is back next year.
So there again, we keep throwing out a number of
teams because there's a lot, Like we didn't mention the Steelers.
I think like Jacoby Myers is a great fit with them,
But there's a lot of widers up available right now,
it sounds like, and a lot of teams that that
(18:03):
need wide receivers. So these next what twenty eight hours
from the time that we're recording right now, it's going
to be a lot of fun, Yeah, I think.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
So it's either going to be a lot of fun
or it's going to be a whole big bag of nothing.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
Yeah, I'm expecting the whole bag of nothing.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
That's what I'm expecting.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
I think we get a couple of trades, Yeah, the
usual with the NFL trade deadline's a big bag and nothing.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
The one thing I want to say about Ridley like,
I wouldn't mind seeing him in Miami, but it's that
contract that you know that he has beyond this year,
and then what do you do with Tyreek Hill? Do
you cut him before you know the bonus that kicks
in before March.
Speaker 1 (18:37):
I don't know. I think that I'm really should be
able to find a home.
Speaker 3 (18:40):
That has a at least above average quarterback because think
about it, he had to deal with Trevor mid Lawrence
and then go to Will Levis me. So you call
him two above average above average, Yes, I will call
him above average.
Speaker 2 (18:52):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:53):
I think the Dolphins are not going to add I
think they're impure they fire their GM. I think they're
just trying to clear as much cat for next season
as possible. Yeah, I don't I don't think.
Speaker 2 (19:01):
I don't think Tyreek Hill's back in Miami.
Speaker 1 (19:04):
So you have a hole now. From a few things,
I think they're gonna let the new GM figure that out.
Speaker 3 (19:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
The few things I've read from Tyreek Hill, he doesn't
he's not sure if he's going to be back in
Miami next year too, So uh, there could be An
might not.
Speaker 1 (19:16):
Seek play meaningful like m team go out like a
Dell goat win out. You know, he in Tennessee, let's go.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
The rest home for wide receivers.
Speaker 1 (19:27):
That's but you know it's over. I could see him
going to the Baltimore, Tennessee the Chiefs where we always
talk about Jones, Robert.
Speaker 3 (19:36):
Woods, go ahead and for all three of them, like yeah,
the full dour.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
I don't.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
I don't know if I want to see Tyreek Hill
in Tennessee. I just don't. I don't remember Julio Jones
and Tennessee. I know that for sure. So all we'll
see what happens with the trading deadline, and if something moves,
obviously we will talk about it from a fantasy perspective
and kind of give you some up on that, say, right,
come back, talk about some big questions from what we
saw in Week nine.
Speaker 1 (20:06):
Is there a changing of the side end guard in Chicago?
Speaker 2 (20:08):
Dive into that and plenty more coming up on the
NFL Fantasy Football Podcast.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
Still one more game to be played in Week nine.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
The Cardinals and the Cowboys will play on Monday Night Football,
but we have seen the majority of the week already
come and pass us buy. So a few things that
popped up on my mind that I want to get
your feelings on, So Lacon and start with you here
on this one. Did Travion Henderson actually know I'm gonna
start a Florida because you are the Trevion Henderson guy?
But I see Lakwan already getting the middle meter ready,
(20:38):
So we'll we'll let Florio answer and then we'll do
the middle meter update on this one. So, Florida, did
Travion Henderson yesterday do enough to renew your faith? I
know it wasn't a huge game, but he did get
a lot of opportunity.
Speaker 1 (20:49):
Is that enough to keep you on board? Yeah? I
mean I'm not dropping him. But if from adrec and
like it's a good matchup, they get the Bucks next
week who have struggled against pass catching back. He had
six targets last week. If Stevenson is out, I think
Trevi honest the RB fifteen right now pending Monday night
football on the week. Like, I think, if if Stevenson
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is out, he has done enough where we know we
could start him. But I think if if Stevenson is active,
you probably want to see it first in a game
that he's out there, that's kind of mine. But he
looked good, Like I know it wasn't a perfect game
by him, and I'm not saying it was, but he
looked good, especially when they get him the ball in space.
(21:31):
Like I by the time I got to my car
because I do the Sunday Show, it was like ten
to ten, maybe like five minutes into the game, he
had like forty yards already, So that shows you the
big play capabilities that he has.
Speaker 2 (21:45):
I was surprised still though, to see the number of
carries that Treel Jennings had in that game. Yeah, it
was nice to see Anderson get the targets and stuff,
but yeah, I'm very surprised that. I just thought that
you'd see and just get more touches. Overall, he carries
were a lot closer than I thought they were going
to be. We got a middle meter update, though, Where's
(22:07):
Where's Hindo?
Speaker 1 (22:08):
Is he at least Hindo Now?
Speaker 3 (22:10):
I'm happy to report he has moved up right on
my flexed territory because the ceiling is twelve fantasy points, Like,
I feel like that's serviceable in the flex appeal if
you have your expectations there and again.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
I mean, look, he looked good. He look good, Florial.
Speaker 3 (22:23):
It's just I need him to fall in the end
zone now, that's what I need. I need him to
fall in the enzo and not to roll.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
Dnnings that one red zone fumble. Never gonna forget it.
It haunts him, haunts him forever, sir, You'll never touch
the all again. I'm curious on the other side of
the middle meter, Yeah, what about tracause he played well. Oh,
get him out of here.
Speaker 3 (22:48):
I am about to erase this entire left side of
the board. This is not even on the rundown, guys,
but I'm gonna take this quick, little twenty seconds. Trevor
mid Lawrence has downgraded to T low for the rest
of the season. My boy throwing red zone in interceptions.
My boy is making Diami Brown take concussions after concussions
after middle of the field type of hospital balls. And
then Brian Thomas Junior does not get involved in the
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game until the second half into where fantasy points are
starting to build up, and then false hope that hey,
they're not going to target him in the end zone.
They're not even going to target him because Parker Washington
is taking all the attention from Trevor mid Lawrence. So
he is de low for the rest of the season.
I amy racing this left side of the board. I don't
want to hear no more. You know the Trevor mid Lawrence.
Speaker 2 (23:31):
For the rest of the year, you had twenty one points,
you had two rushing touchdowns.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
Selfish he's a selfish man.
Speaker 3 (23:37):
Zero touchdowns and interception, two rushing touchdowns to save his
fantasy week that nobody started him because listen, I am
tired of Brian.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
Saying he's a sleeper this week.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
That is toxic of you to do that, because why
do you want to see me eleven?
Speaker 2 (23:54):
I felt the same way that he was a sleeper
this week. You give you twenty one points. It's a matchup.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
He outscored Bone, he out score Drake May, Jared Goff,
Daniel Jones.
Speaker 3 (24:05):
Two rushing touchdowns. So he was a sleeper because of
the rushing touchdowns. Be honest, you had him as a sleeper. No,
all right, chill out.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
They don't ask how, they ask how many?
Speaker 1 (24:15):
That's it? Nah, he's gone. The middle meter's gone for
Trevor min Lawrence. Again, it's done. Makes sense.
Speaker 2 (24:24):
He's still have Trevon Henderson. I guess we can catch
up on the question. I really wanted to ask you, though, LaQuan,
because we we've come back around here mid season. Now,
are you willing to say that Lad McConkey is the
alpha wide receiver for the Chargers with what he's done
the past few weeks?
Speaker 3 (24:38):
Iady, I would say this right, If he's the alpha,
then what is Keenan Allen? Because he's obviously going to
be Herbert's main guy. And look, I understand that Lad,
at the end of the day, he has shown that
he can operate out of that slime be very dangerous
last season. Now they're starting to get him more utilized
of how he could be dangerous. But I think Keenan
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now all is still going to have something to say.
I know these last couple of weeks for Allen has
not been the great fantasy you know outcome we've gotten.
But Justin Herbert has done some very questionable things in
games where we're like, yo, you good bro, Like this
this almost looked like it was a game in the
beginning of the quarters, like I was looking at Justin
Herbert like where's that four hundred yard guy? Like where's
that guy that's able to distribute the ball to two
(25:22):
or more pass catchers. So I think lam McConkie, he's
not the stamp alpha, but he could be the number
one wide receiver. I just don't think he's the guy
that's going to be like, oh, we're going to have
consistent wide receiver one weeks from because if we label
a guy at alpha. When I labeled Kingdon Allen's at alpha,
he was making twenty plus fantasy points back to back games, Like,
(25:42):
I don't see that in Lad right now. I think
he could be the wide receiver one, but I'm not
stamping him as the alpha of this offense. No, absolutely not.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
I do think though, that when teams started focusing more
on Quenton Johnston and taking him away, that's when Ladd
sort of came up, like, I don't think I don't
think the charges winner this year being like, hey man,
Quentin Johnson's just gonna take over and we're gonna, you know,
load him up in here.
Speaker 3 (26:03):
I see Ronde Gaskin coming like that. These are things
that are just popping up naturally. Nobody sold the QJ breakout.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
Yeah, no, I mean I think think Justin Herbert found
him and now they're going somewhere else.
Speaker 1 (26:14):
I think there's gonna be pockets of the season, like
the first three weeks where's Keenan and Quinton Johnson, Like,
there's gonna be pocket Like the last five six weeks
it's been Lad like he leads them in every category,
but Gatson is there like there's it's going to be
annoying because I do agree that like there will be
weeks where it's a Keenan Allen week, there will be
weeks where it's a Quintin Johnson week. But the one
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that I think you could start with the most confidence
is Lad. Keenan had stopped sixty yards once in the
last six weeks.
Speaker 3 (26:42):
All right, chill out. Now there's been here's an old
man out there. What I'm saying is he still getting
the attention. He's still getting the volume. That's what's important.
I can't alpha. I can't label a wide receiver in
alpha if he's gonna have off weeks. Like we throwed
his alpha word out there when I said it. Keenan
Allen was the he was the guy he said more
(27:02):
down weeks Now times have changed.
Speaker 1 (27:06):
The charges.
Speaker 2 (27:07):
Wide receiver room is what we he wished a couple
of years ago. The Packers wide receiver room could be
because the Chargers have a lot of guys, but at
least we have a level of confidence and like, you
know what, Like, okay, we know that at least one
or two of these guys every week.
Speaker 1 (27:20):
Is gonna pop.
Speaker 2 (27:21):
The Packers have all these guys, You're like, I don't
think any of them are gonna do anything.
Speaker 1 (27:25):
So that's what that is.
Speaker 2 (27:28):
A couple of questions about the Bears after that wild
game they had against the Bengals shows that I went
back and rewatched that one last night for could we
end up with a time share in the Chicago backfield
after what Kyle Mnungi did.
Speaker 1 (27:40):
I know it was the Bengals, but he looked good.
Speaker 2 (27:42):
He looked good before when DeAndre Swift comes back, is
he looking over his shoulder?
Speaker 1 (27:48):
I just saw on Twitter the Packers tweeted happy Birthday
to Tucker Craft. That is that is bad? Say it's
a schedule tweet for the Bears. I think it's popossible.
I think we could see Kyle Manunguy eat into DeAndre
Swift's work. I saw a lot of people on Twitter
yesterday being like Kyle Manunguy is not giving this job back,
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and I just want to reiterate every single like, look,
I'm not saying DeAndre Swift would have had the game
that Kayle Manungy had, but every single running back weekly
has their best week against the Bengals defense. Like, yes,
I want to just caveat with that, but DeAndre Swift
is clearly, I think always going to be the preferred
passing down option for the Bears. I wouldn't be surprised though,
(28:30):
if we saw a fifty to fifty or sixty forty
split on the ground because let's not forget DeAndre Swift
has been bawling out the last month as well before
he got hurt, So I don't think mnunguy completely goes
back to the role that he had prior. But I
still do think DeAndre Swift is the lead option until
we see otherwise, and he is the one that I
would feel more confident starting in fantasy.
Speaker 2 (28:53):
Hundred percent Now I think he's still the lead, But
I do you know, I'm with you right, I think
mcnunguy is going to earn a bigger role with what
he has done. Yeah, I'm not of that whole like
oh Man guys the starter out now, man, it's he
played well. He also played the Bengals.
Speaker 3 (29:05):
Let's you know, do people realize that there's a two
man system and multiple teams right now that have two
fantasy relevant running backs? Like this ain't nothing for it,
and like we've seen this for the last couple of years.
That's kind of crazy. The fantasy streets were chirping that
florio like, yeah, I.
Speaker 1 (29:19):
Don't remember who it was exactly, but I saw a
couple of them and I was like, really, like, maybe
I'm just blinded by my love for DeAndre Swift, but no,
that feels like that's prisoner of the moment stuff.
Speaker 2 (29:30):
Is what that is. That's all that is. The Other thing, though,
look on Colston Loveland, who I had as a sleeper
this week. I'll take a pat on the back for
that one. Yeah, is he a thing now? I mean,
you know, Cole Comet had an injury last week. I
think he left with a concussion. If I recall yesterday,
Colston Loveland had a couple of big catches, including that
crazy touchdown that ended up being the game winner at
(29:52):
the end. Have the Bears figured out how to unlock
their rookie tied end.
Speaker 3 (29:56):
Now, yeah, I believe so, because back to that games,
He's ran thirty routes like these are like routes that
are valuable to him to where he's actually seen targets
on these routes, He's actually gaining the attention of Caleb
And obviously, you know I've sayed nine times out of ten,
a lot of defenses would have stopped that breakaway win,
touchdown catch. But I think at the end of the day,
that just shows that you know, Ben Johnson's going to
(30:18):
put him in positions, He's going to put him in
positions to be able to score like that. So I
think now these last couple of weeks with Comet being
out banged up concussion, now I do think this will
be the end that we see Cole Comet season. Even
chirped in the fancy streets, I think this is Loveland's
takeover and it's perfect timing. Like how I mentioned earlier
in the show, with Tucker Craft going down with an injury,
I am staring at Coleston Loveland right now in the
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waiver wire in the league that I obviously need to
fill a hole with the tight end position because I've
just been getting hit left and right, you know. So
I think at the end of the day, I think that,
you know, Lovelin is starting to build that confidence, that
trust with Caleb and Ben Johnson. So seeing that back
to back season highs and this routes ran that shows
opportunity that he's on the field and he's not just
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out there running cardio.
Speaker 2 (31:02):
Yeah, I think if he's out there, I'd say smash
that ad button and uh and get him on your rosters.
Who's possible there's some quick r O s ranking a
little bit of who's you rather.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
But first, this news just came across his first one's
got to go to the kwan. Okay, we can do that.
Speaker 2 (31:18):
But first, this news just came across the Brown's making
a change in play caller, head coach Kevin Stefanski saying
he is giving up his play calling duties and offensive
coordinator Tommy Reese will call the plays on offense moving forward.
Speaker 1 (31:31):
Did we not just see the last guy do that?
And it it feels like things are going really really
sour quick for.
Speaker 2 (31:40):
Yeah, which, you know, look, there's there are so many
reasons that I think the Browns are the Browns.
Speaker 1 (31:45):
And I traded a quarterback in the division.
Speaker 2 (31:48):
I think a lot of it happens above Kevin Stefanski's head,
but unfortunately.
Speaker 1 (31:54):
Happy there for the last couple of years. Either remember
and free him up here, man.
Speaker 2 (32:02):
So yeah, all right, I put the other some guys,
you know, guys who are pretty close together in terms
of their their week to week production, and just sort
of asking who would you rather have for the remainder
of the season. So we will start with LaQuan on
this one. Who would you rather have? Dak Prescott or
Matthew Staffew Stafford. Matthew Stafford obviously obvy. Listen, listen.
Speaker 3 (32:25):
I hate the fact that now people are starting to
catch up that Matthew Stafford is in this MVP Legacy
tour right now. It is late to have this conversation
because rams frans like me been having this earlier in
the season. He's top five in the NFL. I don't
care where you put him in the top five, but
he is top five in the NFL right now, and
it's starting to reflect for fantasy. These touchdowns are up
(32:47):
twenty one touchdowns, two interceptions. Name another quarterback right now,
and that's cooking like that.
Speaker 1 (32:51):
You can't.
Speaker 3 (32:52):
So it's Matthew Stafford man in Florida. I'm on your
handtop because you was talking crazy about Stafford two episodes
two episodes ago.
Speaker 1 (32:58):
Bro, all I said was he will isn't the m
v P favorite, which right now he is? He's other?
Speaker 3 (33:05):
Bro, that is insane. What other quarterback is playing better
than him? It ain't Josh Allen and damn sure ain't
Patrick Mahomes. Come on, what are we talking about right now?
Speaker 1 (33:14):
Drake May's ahead of him as well. No, hell to
the Noah you got me? This is, in my opinion,
this is all the crash about the crash.
Speaker 2 (33:23):
What this is? What this is what friends in the
desert are talking about right now?
Speaker 1 (33:26):
That's all I know.
Speaker 2 (33:27):
This is what it is.
Speaker 3 (33:29):
Stafford is the m v P on I talk right now?
Speaker 2 (33:32):
Well a second second, take a few deep breaths you
can when next week, Yeah, Kwan has walked away for
those of you who maybe haven't caught him on the schedule, understandable.
Speaker 1 (33:46):
The Rams go to Santa Clara to play.
Speaker 2 (33:48):
The forty nine ers this week, So yeah, that's not
I see, I see the Hammers back all right?
Speaker 1 (33:55):
Are we getting all him bet or something on this one?
Like we'll decide on Wednesday, oh.
Speaker 2 (34:01):
Man floyal running backs, who'd you rather have? Rico Dowdell
or JK Dobbins? Rest of the season.
Speaker 1 (34:06):
Rical Daddel And it's not even close. JK. Dobbins is
losing more and more production to RJ. Harvey. And so
I do this Sunday show with Mike Am and Steve
Weis every week and quab Our producer asked me a
question last week. He was like, is Rico daddle in
RB one? And on the head, I was like no.
(34:26):
But then I sat down and I looked and I
listed the names out and there was eleven names at
running back that I was like, I would definitively take
over him. Then there was a few like Breis Hall,
DeAndre Swift that I was like, there's a conversation. Rico
Daddele is just climbing up this list because last week yesterday,
he played seventy five percent of the snaps, he went
for one hundred and thirty yards, multiple scores Like, Yeah,
(34:49):
he's an RB one moving forward, and I would take
him over a lot of running backs, including JK.
Speaker 2 (34:54):
Dobbins. I will say yesterday was kind of an eye opener,
right because I knew he was gonna get more touches.
I don't think that was much of a one. The
fact that he had twenty five carries to just five
for Shuba Hubbard. And more importantly, you had five yards
per carry against a good Packers run defense. Like nobody's run.
Nobody's run on the Packers this year. Rico Dado ran
(35:14):
all over the Packers just too.
Speaker 1 (35:16):
I know, all three of us we watch a lot
of football. I don't think anyone in the world saw
this coming from Rico Daddle because like he had a
whole opportunity to be the starter. Like he is so
much better than anything we've ever seen from him before.
Speaker 2 (35:31):
Just fear by SPIKEE fueled by SPIKEE. God is you know,
I mean, because he did it.
Speaker 1 (35:36):
Obvious he did.
Speaker 2 (35:37):
AGA's more than just the Cowboys. I mean, he had
that huge game against Dallas where, uh, you know, he
just beat up on him. But the week before that
he went for two hundred against Miami. Now he's gone
for one thirty against the Packers, he went for almost
eighty against the Jets.
Speaker 3 (35:51):
He's hit the entire spectrum, like worst middle of the
pack and then the top tier defenses like he's he's
been a guy that you can rely on, and I
think naming him RB one for fantasy, I don't sound
nasty saying it.
Speaker 1 (36:04):
I think we could stamp it.
Speaker 2 (36:06):
Yeah, No, I think that's where we are.
Speaker 1 (36:07):
I also feel for the Panthers because most years they'd
be in the playoff hump, but the NFC is so
top heavy this year that like it's an uphill battle
leaven at over five hundred right now.
Speaker 2 (36:18):
Yeah, for sure, lukwan wide receiver Michael Pittman, And I
swear I'm not doing this to try and troll you.
Speaker 1 (36:23):
Just these are the questions, the even the ones that popped
into my head as I was doing.
Speaker 2 (36:26):
This last night.
Speaker 1 (36:27):
Michael Pittman or Devonte Adams.
Speaker 3 (36:29):
Uh, this one was actually harder when I see it
on the dock where I was thinking, like I could
put my RAMS hat on and be like, look he
strapped in Matthew Stafford blah blah blah blah. But Michael
Pittman has been one of those guys you can rely
on the give us output of wide receiver one. To me,
it's like this is a good situation to have if
they're both on your rosters. But like rest of the
season question. Ah, man, it's close. I went Devanta Adams
(36:52):
was close. But I think with Puka and these injuries
starting to build up, this might be a lot more
games where the focal point might be on Adams as
the wide receiver one. And like I do think, you know,
with Pooka getting these injuries piling up, like I think
maybe they start, you know, pulling down some of these
ender rounds and him running full speed into a linebacker.
I mean, like I kind of always hated those type
of plays for him, being that he is a smaller
(37:13):
back but so great after to catch. So it's like
you take those chances. But Davante Adams may be set
up more for wide receiver one production where we saw
Danny Dimes you know last week against a chaos defensive
line and batten everything down, kind of show that you know,
there could be some struggles and holes to the Colts offense.
Speaker 2 (37:31):
Yeah, Daniel Jones turned back into Daniel Jones at a
bad time for the Colts yesterday for sure.
Speaker 1 (37:37):
Last one.
Speaker 2 (37:37):
Do some sign ins here, Florio, Kyle Pitts or Sam Laporta.
Speaker 1 (37:41):
It's still Sam laporter for me. Kyle Pitts though, is
someone that I think should be rostered and you could
start most weeks. He's getting a lot of consistent volume.
But we saw yesterday, I mean, twenty one point seven
fantasy points for Sam Laporta. I don't think Kyle Pitts
hasn't reached our number all year. I don't think he
has that stealing. Yeah, it is a season high, but
Lapo in three of his last four games to scored
(38:01):
sixteen or more. So the floor is low and it's
gonna be inconsistent, which is annoying for all Lions right now,
not named Amon Ross Saint Brown. But I still think
the upside is high enough where he's the preferred option there.
Speaker 2 (38:17):
Yeah, I was surprised that, you know, I mean, I
guess not. Production has been up and down for the
Porta and we kind of know what it's been for
Kyle Pitts. It was closer in my head than I thought.
But yeah, I think.
Speaker 1 (38:28):
I premiere Gibbs even Like, is the Lions need Ben
Johnson back?
Speaker 2 (38:35):
Yeah, Yeah, it's been it's been maybe not not what
we hoped it would be this year for the Detroit
LANs offense. So anyway, one more breakway to come back
We're gonna dive into the waiver wire and our waiver
wire pickup of the first half of the year. That's
all coming up on the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast.
Speaker 1 (38:55):
Getting ready to turn the page. It's week ten.
Speaker 2 (38:57):
We have hit double digit weeks now here in the
NFL in the twenty twenty five season, but the Florida
you put together a list of waiver wire options, Please
let us know what you got.
Speaker 1 (39:07):
Joe Flacco is on by but man, he is just
going off each week because he is the worst defense
maybe in the history of the NFL. Bruck Purdy is
nearing a return and he has been dropped in a
lot of leagues, so I wanted to include him. JJ
McCarthy showed us yesterday that he does have that upside.
So if you're we get quarterback, maybe you want to
add him. I don't love him his matchup next week though.
(39:29):
And then Michael Pennix Junior. He is just a streaming option,
I think, but he has a favorable matchup next week. Look,
Kyle m Nungai needs to be rostered after what he did,
and he's still under that sixty percent threshold. Devin Singletary
actually played over Tyrone Tracy Junior this week, like that
I don't think has been talked about enough Isaiah Davis,
(39:49):
because if they trade Breese Hall, he's an RB one
for the Jets, and even if they don't, he has
flex appeal in Fantasy base shall two and we saw
a little bit more utilized this week. Taj's spears continues
to be more and more utilized than we're hearing Tony
Pollard in trade rumors, and then Terrell Jennings and Ali Gordon.
I included Gordon just in case the Dolphins blow everything up.
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Wide receiver Troy Franklin like he is kind of matching
Cortland Sutton's production, but he's still available on waivers in
a lot of leagues. Alec Pierce, we know the floor
could be low, but the ceiling is very, very high.
Parker Washington was the top option for the Jags last week,
and now we got a monitor btj's health. Christian Watson
(40:33):
already has jumped ahead of Matthew Golden there and with
Tucker Craft out that means even more targets up for grab.
Tory Horton, I don't think he's someone that you could
pick up and use, but just in case he surpasses
Cooper Cup in the target pecking order, he will Josh Downs.
Josh Downs has been very safe. Jimmery DK just in
case Ridley gets traded in the Elik Washington, in case
(40:55):
Waddle gets traded tight Ends Gatson again shout out to
u LQ. Colson Lovelin, Uh, this is what I was
talking about earlier. Colson Lovelin, I think is in play
as a streaming option this week. Dalton Schultz, I think
is in play in a favorite matchup as a streaming option.
Neil Johnson, Kateaught, and Mason Taylor. Those are all guys
that I think you could pick up in stream, and
then Luke Musgrave. If you have Tucker Kraft and you
(41:17):
lost him, I think it's smart to pick up Musgrave
as the long term ad and then pick up one
of these other guys as the week ten play.
Speaker 2 (41:25):
I'm shocked at Ronda Gaston still out there on the
waiver wire. Man, sure, folks like, go get him, man,
he shouldn't be out here anymore.
Speaker 3 (41:31):
Drop somebody that is collecting dust and go pick up
a tight end one.
Speaker 2 (41:35):
What is ye, man? I got that one?
Speaker 1 (41:37):
Just he's just under the threshold. I think he's in.
As of yesterday at least he was like fifty eight percent,
and I was like, all right, I'll take the layup.
Speaker 2 (41:44):
Yeah, Like, I don't know, man, Like y'all just stop.
I don't know, you can drop Johnny Smith or something.
Just go get go, get go, get Rondy Gatson at
this point. All right, So those are the waiver wire
options for week ten. Let's rewind to the first nine
weeks of the NFL season and talk about our waiver
wire pickup of the year.
Speaker 1 (42:05):
To this point.
Speaker 2 (42:05):
As we do some of our mid season awards. We'll
have more for you later on in the week as well.
But uh lakwan, who, for your money is the waiver
wire pickup of the year.
Speaker 3 (42:13):
I'm just going to take this time the victory.
Speaker 2 (42:14):
Laugh.
Speaker 3 (42:15):
Now that we're in the mid season point, there was
nobody out there in the fantasy streets telling folks to
draft Daniel Drews, but some folks that didn't listen. Joe
Burrow goes down with an injury. You look to the
waiver wire. The Saviors there, mister Jones. You pick them
up right off the waiver wire, plug and play. This
guy's averaging more than nineteen fantasy points per game. He's
currently leading heading into Monday Night Football unless Dak throws
(42:37):
for four hundred yards in passing yards. This is something
that is so left field for some people to see,
but the believers of the Joneses we stick together.
Speaker 1 (42:45):
Man. I was telling folks to go.
Speaker 3 (42:47):
Out there and draft this guy, and now the potential
he could still lock hisself as a top ten fantasy quarterback.
This has to be the Waiver Wire Midseason Award winner here,
because man, how could you lose Joe Burrow or dealing
with Jayden Dan. They're dealing with guys who are just
underperforming where they should be qb ones where this guy's
coming in lighting it up. I love Daniel Jones rest
(43:07):
of the season, man, even though last last game was
not great for him.
Speaker 2 (43:10):
Yeah. I mean, look, the down games happened for pretty
much everybody, but Daniel Jones has been lights out and
shout out to you because you were we I think
we sort of pointed and laughed at you early in
the season.
Speaker 3 (43:19):
But I mean the rest of the fantasy streets are
doing that, man, but I'm used to it at this point.
Speaker 2 (43:25):
Congress to you Florida who is your Waiver Wire midseason
pickup of.
Speaker 1 (43:29):
The year, Jackson Dart. I think Jackson Dart is top
six or seven quarterback rest of the way, like, I'll
still take my homes over him. I'll take Alan, I'll
take Lamar, I'll take Hurts. You could put Drake May
there after that. I don't think there's anyone else I'd
rather have than Jackson Dart because he is a cheat code.
Four different times he has ran for fifty or more yards.
(43:51):
Five of his six starts he has ran for a touchdown.
That is why we love Allen and Lamar and Hurts
and Jackson Dart is doing that. Coming into yesterday, he
was averaging over twenty one Fantasy points per game as
a starter, and then he dropped twenty seven yesterday, so
that's gonna go even higher. He is approaching elite Fantasy territory,
(44:14):
and I think people are still kind of skeptical because
it's the Giants and they're not a great team and everything.
That even makes it better because when they're in catchup mode,
he runs a lot, he throws a lot, he airs
the ball out and if the Giants go and get
him a receiver, it could get even better. So I
have Jackson Dard on a number of teams. I was
drafting him in all my super flex leagues. He is
(44:35):
a must play. I don't even consider it anymore.
Speaker 2 (44:37):
Yeah, I mean the way because you can almost almost
pencil in a rushing touchdown from him every single week,
and so they didn't think he gives you with his
arm turned out to be even more of a bonus.
So that's a solid one there. I'm gonna go with
the guy we just talked about just a couple of
minutes ago, and that's a Ronde Gadston who we are
always looking for more guys who can be productive at
the tight end position. It is still the thinnest position
(44:58):
in all of fantasy football. And this is a who
didn't play the first two games of the season. The
Chargers eased him in slowly. Once he got healthy was
ready to go. He's the tight end eleven heading into
Monday Night Football. He's averaging almost twelve and a half
Fantasy points per game, averaging more points per game than
Sam Laporta right now, averaging more points per game.
Speaker 1 (45:18):
I mean, we love Harold Fan, and.
Speaker 2 (45:19):
Who's another Harold Fan would literally be another quality candidate
here in this category. But Ronde Gadsden right now having
a fantastic season. In fact, he is fourth in receiving
yards among tight ends. Just coming out of nowhere, but
looks like a guy who's got some staying power in
this Chargers offense. And again we know the bar for
(45:39):
tight end is low. He has cleared it and then
some to this point. So if you grabbed him, great,
he said, he's out there in a shocking number of leagues.
Speaker 1 (45:48):
Go get him.
Speaker 2 (45:49):
What are you doing, Go at Ronde gadst in to
your roster if you have tight end problems. So there
you go. Those are our candidates for the waiver wire
pickup of the Year through the first nine weeks of
the season.
Speaker 1 (46:01):
So there you go.
Speaker 2 (46:02):
That will do it for this edition of the NFL
Fantasy Football Podcast, The Happy, Safe and.
Speaker 1 (46:06):
Healthy, Do good and live well. Everybody. Enjoy your week.
Speaker 2 (46:09):
We will talk to you again on Wednesday.
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