Week 3 Waiver Wire Rankings: Must-Add RBs & WRs + FAAB Bids, Streamers & Drops (Ep. 2207)
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54 min
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Sep 21, 2026
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Mon, September 21, 2026
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Adonai MitchellDenzel BostonJonah ColemanJonathon BrooksMakai LemonRashod BatemanAJ DillonBucky IrvingChris BrooksDontayvion WicksDrew LockEmanuel WilsonGeno SmithJosh Jacobs
Player analysis
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Adonai Mitchell
PositiveBreakout28:50
Adonai Mitchell is the top wide receiver waiver target. He has solidified his role as the team's number two receiver and has favorable upcoming matchups against the Lions and Bears. He is a vertical threat who can be acquired for a low FAAB bid.
Insight pagePositiveValue47:30
Adonai Mitchell is a recommended waiver add as the clear number two target in his offense, with favorable matchups ahead.
Insight pageAJ Dillon
NegativeDepth Chart17:40
AJ Dillon is identified as the next man up in the backfield behind Jonathan Brooks, making him a deep-league stash given Brooks' injury concerns.
Insight pageBucky Irving
PositiveValue41:18
The source maintains a positive stance on Bucky Irving as a valuable RB2, advising against cutting him unless it is for a high-priority add like Jonah Coleman.
Insight pageChris Brooks
NegativeUsage19:49
Chris Brooks remains the designated passing-down back in his team's backfield, though he struggled with effectiveness in his most recent game.
Insight pageDenzel Boston
PositiveValue3:34
Denzel Boston is a high-upside wide receiver target coming off two productive weeks. While he is a strong dynasty asset, his redraft value is capped by quarterback uncertainty between Deshaun Watson and Shador Sanders. The source recommends a FAAB bid of 10-20%.
Insight pagePositiveValue47:20
Denzel Boston is a high-priority waiver add, with recommended FAAB bids between 10% and 20%.
Insight pageDontayvion Wicks
PositiveUsage29:04
Dontayvion Wicks has seen concerning usage trends, including a significant drop in snap percentage in Week 2 and being out-routed by Makai Lemon in the fourth quarter. While he remains a potential target, these underlying metrics are worrisome.
Insight pageDrew Lock
PositiveMatchup44:36
Drew Lock is suggested as a streaming quarterback option for the Seattle-Washington matchup, with the source noting he has a clear primary target.
Insight pageEmanuel Wilson
NegativeUsage13:04
Emmanuel Wilson saw increased usage following Jadarian Price's injury. While he is an early-down option, his role remains tied to the health of Price and competition with George Helani. He is a depth stash if Price misses time.
Insight pageGeno Smith
PositiveMatchup45:23
Geno Smith is identified as a good streaming quarterback option due to upcoming favorable matchups against the Lions and Bears.
Insight pageJonah Coleman
PositiveValue4:01
Jonah Coleman is the top waiver priority for Week 3, especially for those needing running back help. He is expected to serve as a bell cow in Sean Payton's offense if RJ Harvey and J.K. Dobbins are out. Even if they are active, he is projected to maintain a significant role. The source recommends a FAAB bid of 16-29%, with some analysts suggesting up to 35-40% for desperate teams.
Insight pagePositiveValue47:17
Jonah Coleman is the top waiver wire priority, with recommended FAAB bids ranging from 16% to 30%.
Insight pageJonathon Brooks
NegativeInjury17:44
Jonathan Brooks is dealing with a recurring groin injury that forced him to exit his recent game. His inability to stay on the field makes him a risky asset despite his talent.
Insight pageNegativeRole40:26
Jonathan Brooks is clearly behind Chuba Hubbard in the Panthers' backfield; the source advises cutting him if he is labeled 'week-to-week' or if higher-upside options like Jonah Coleman are available.
Insight pageJosh Jacobs
NegativeProjection22:07
There is an expectation that Josh Jacobs could face a four-to-six game suspension, potentially keeping him out until Week 7, though no official NFL punishment has been announced yet.
Insight pageKeenan Allen
NegativeDepth Chart35:40
Keenan Allen is the clear number three receiver for the Bears and is a viable depth option in deeper leagues (14+ teams) if needed.
Insight pageKeon Coleman
NegativeBust34:34
Keon Coleman is not equipped to be an NFL number one receiver and is part of an unpredictable Bills passing attack where production is difficult to forecast.
Insight pageKhalil Shakir
NegativeUsage34:28
Khalil Shakir offers a reliable PPR floor but has a limited ceiling in the Bills' offense, which remains unpredictable regarding which receiver will produce each week.
Insight pageKyler Murray
PositiveMatchup44:28
Kyler Murray is recommended as a top streaming quarterback option if he returns to the lineup for the upcoming matchup against the Buccaneers.
Insight pageMakai Lemon
NegativeSleeper37:11
Makai Lemon is a long-term stash who has not yet produced, recording only one catch for 14 yards over two weeks. He should only be held in deeper formats or by those with roster flexibility.
Insight pageNegativeRole38:19
Makai Lemon is viewed as a long-term stash who has not yet earned a role; the source suggests cutting him in 10-team leagues if better options like Denzel Boston are available.
Insight pageMarcus Mariota
PositiveValue50:16
Marcus Mariota is a high-priority superflex waiver add, with the source suggesting bids of 40-60% due to his rushing upside and past performance as a starter.
Insight pageMark Andrews
PositiveBust26:21
Mark Andrews is struggling significantly compared to his historical level of play, effectively relegated to tight end two status for fantasy purposes despite receiving target opportunities.
Insight pageMarShawn Lloyd
NegativeDepth Chart19:26
Marshawn Lloyd appears to have been passed on the depth chart by Caleb Johnson after a fumble and a less effective performance in Week 2. While he split snaps evenly with Johnson, his role as the primary early-down back is now in question.
Insight pageMarvin Harrison Jr.
NegativeBust43:34
The source strongly advises cutting Marvin Harrison due to a concerning drop in route participation and lack of production, regardless of quarterback health.
Insight pagePat Freiermuth
PositiveMatchup45:27
Pat Freiermuth is recommended as a tight end streamer against the Bengals, who historically struggle to defend the position and recently allowed 12 catches to Dalton Schultz.
Insight pageQuentin Johnston
NegativeBust38:57
Quinton Johnston has failed to capitalize on opportunities despite injuries to teammates; the source notes the Chargers offense looks broken and suggests he is not a priority hold.
Insight pageRashod Bateman
PositiveValue25:13
Rashad Bateman is a priority waiver add. He has established himself as the clear number two receiver in the offense and is being used in diverse ways by the coaching staff. Even with Zay Flowers returning, Bateman holds value as a WR3/4 candidate.
Insight pagePositiveValue48:34
Rashad Bateman is a recommended waiver add with suggested FAAB bids of 5-10%.
Insight pageRico Dowdle
PositiveRole42:34
The source advises keeping Rico Dowdle, noting that his snap share dip in week two was likely due to being banged up rather than a permanent loss of role.
Insight pageTank Bigsby
NegativeUsage13:55
Tank Bigsby is a potential fill-in if Saquon Barkley misses time, though the backfield is expected to remain a split with Will Shipley. While Bigsby out-touched Shipley 15 to 9, he was out-snapped 23 to 19, suggesting a limited ceiling rather than a 'smash' play.
Insight pageTre Tucker
NegativeBust29:01
Trey Tucker is an inconsistent fantasy asset whose role is clouded by a rotation of other receivers and the return of Brock Bowers. He is not a reliable start despite his occasional big games.
Insight pageWan'Dale Robinson
PositiveUsage42:55
The source advises cutting Wan'Dale Robinson, noting he lacks the necessary target volume in the Giants' offense to be fantasy-relevant.
Insight pageFull transcript
Episode Transcript
0:00This is an iHeartPodcasts. Guaranteed Human. For Week 3, is there a No.
0:041 Hyper-Focus Waver Wire Target? Yes and no. It's a little bit better than the previous week, but we're still going to battle out with two top names.
0:12We've actually got a whole bunch of others we're going to dig into from running backs and wide receivers.
0:17We are going to set you into the quarterback and tight end range.
0:21We're going to take the top five. We're going to look at it all for waivers for Week 3 right here on Fantasy Pros.
0:28I'm Chris Welsh. We've got The Athletic Zone, Jake Seeley, Pat Fitzmorris with me, as we are going to traverse everything that
0:34was Week 2 that is going to lead into this Week 3 market from FAAB to No.
0:391 Waiver Claims. Last week, we were not willing to use a No.
0:431 Waiver Claim on that grouping. Mr. Pat Fitzmorris, before we dig into the two names we're going to battle, just as
0:49a little tease, is Week 3 No. 1 Waiver Wire priority worthy?
0:52It is if you need running back help. And I think there's a running back worthy of that waiver.
0:58FAAB. And we did not have any good running backs last week, so it's a little bit better.
1:03So Jake, same thing. Then we'll get to the names.
1:06Do you believe Week 3 will be No. 1 Waiver Wire worthy?
1:09Yeah, if you want to get this awesome t-shirt for me, by the way.
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1:23This is everything you could possibly do. So that's your No.
1:261 Waiver Wire? You turned it into an app?
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1:37No. It's because what Fitz said is the easy answer.
1:40There's two potential names, but there's a lot of ifs behind them.
1:43So you're probably going to have to make the call before we get the full information.
1:48But if you need running back, you kind of have to make that move.
1:52All right. Well, let's dive into it because we will be doing a hyper focus on running backs, wide receivers as mentioned.
1:58We're going to do a little keeper cut, top streamers, and then we'll do our overall waiver claims.
2:03But this week, the top of the mountain, it is another battle like we did last week.
2:08But the name's a little bit juicier. We are battling out the running back as mentioned, Jonah Coleman with the Denver Broncos versus Denzel Boston.
2:15Denzel Boston, 31% ownership. We were using Yahoo as an ownership percentage.
2:19The roster percentage was 31%. Denzel Boston had seven targets, five catches, 95 yards, and a big score.
2:24And that's two straight weeks of seeing kind of those big plays versus Jonah Coleman, who I will say, if you watch
2:30the morning start and sit shows we do here on Fantasy Pros, we had this exact question, and I actually had said
2:36you should preemptively add this guy regardless of what's going on because RJ Harvey was out.
2:41And this is the situation because people are going to be potentially looking at using number one waiver claims on Jonah Coleman,
2:47who 25% roster percentage, 10 carries, 39 yards, three catches for 19 yards.
2:51We saw some usage. We saw some of the stuff that was getting hyped up.
2:55It's a little bit early. So, Jake, let's go to you.
2:59Let's start with you first on this one. Denzel Boston versus Jonah Coleman.
3:02I know you're going to kind of positionalize it a little bit, like if you need a running back, which is totally fine.
3:09So, do that. But also, talk about the one-for-one value on these guys.
3:13If there's no positional need whatsoever, is Jonah Coleman going to be your guy?
3:17No. So, this actually comes down to even if I need wide receiver help, I'm still probably going for Jonah Coleman unless
3:23we just get something Tuesday afternoon before waivers run.
3:25And it's like, oh, J.K. Dobbins is fine. This is precautionary because that's really what it comes down to is that the
3:32extra if is if there is no R.J. Harvey.
3:34We're talking about a potential top 20 running back.
3:37Not the greatest matchup in week three, but the volume will offset it because he'll be a bell cow in Sean Payton's terms of being a bell cow.
3:45But with no R.J. Harvey and no J.K. Dobbins, I mean, the workload is going to be there.
3:50If R.J. Harvey is there, he's still going to split and be in the R.J.
3:54Harvey role. But the point being is that if Coleman is in the Dobbins role, we know that can be an R.B.
4:012-3. Hopefully a little touchdown luck comes your way.
4:03But that's why I would say Coleman, unless you're just desperate for wide receiver.
4:07And even then, I probably still go for Coleman because you don't want to be chasing running backs in week eight, nine,
4:1310, 11, trying to chase, you know, who's the next one up?
4:17And Jeremiah Love gets hurt again. And Tyler Algeer and splitting with someone.
4:21Remember Bam Knight for like two straight years? This is what you don't want to be doing in week 11.
4:26So I would go Coleman nine times out of 10, even if like I said, the only case I wouldn't is if we get J.K.
4:33Dobbins isn't missing any time come tomorrow, which I don't think is going to happen.
4:38Maybe it's not going to be as much of that.
4:41And every week this isn't designed for us to be battling them out.
4:44They're just that we've lacked some consensus. Fitzy, is the consensus pushing even more Coleman here?
4:49Like, obviously we have the running back lean, but same question.
4:52If all things are even here, do you want Jonah Coleman over Denzel Boston regardless or is it closer?
4:58I want Coleman over Denzel Boston for the immediate opportunity, just the running back value.
5:02If we were talking like dynasty value, I think I'd want Boston.
5:05You know, if we redid dynasty rookie drafts, I might take Boston over Carnell Tate.
5:10Like, I think he's probably the number one wide receiver in this rookie class.
5:14And there was we'll get to him soon with Coleman.
5:16I just there's this immediate opportunity if both Dobbins and Harvey miss week three or possibly on beyond.
5:22There is probably immediate opportunity regardless, just because we know Sean Payton always rolls with multi-prong backfields.
5:26That's just how he is. And even if Dobbins and Harvey are out this week, Tyler Bidet is going to get snaps for the Broncos.
5:34So it's not going to be like 30 carries for Jonah Coleman.
5:37But there was a lot of positive momentum with Jonah Coleman in training camp.
5:41By all accounts, he had a very good training camp, earned the trust of Sean Payton.
5:46He's a good pass blocker, good pass catcher, good runner, not fast at all.
5:50Pretty slow for running back, actually, but bounces off contact like he is a fire hydrant, man.
5:54And this guy is hard to bring down. And I like that the vibes on him yesterday were immaculate.
6:00Like the way he with the Broncos trying to salt away the clock late, runs for a first down, immediately goes down
6:06inbounds right near the sideline to kill, you know, keep the clock rolling, not give a free stop clockage to Jacksonville.
6:12I like how he, after his touchdown, did the mile high salute, paid tribute to Terrell Davis, talked about it afterwards and like paying respect to his elders.
6:20The Broncos fans are going to eat that stuff up, man.
6:23Like this guy feels like a Broncos running back.
6:26And I want in. Fab, you guys are both using a number one waiver claim.
6:30Then what does the fab look like for Jonah Coleman, Pat?
6:33We recommended, like our recommended bid in the article was $16.
6:36But if you desperately need him, we put a recommended bid of $29.
6:40Wouldn't be surprised if some people go up to 30.
6:43So 16 to 29% or dollars. So Jake, same thing.
6:46What fab range are you in on Coleman? Actually, I was going to say 25 to 30%.
6:51So, and that's, I don't care what my need is.
6:54This is why, like you said, on Sunday morning, I was doing the same thing.
6:58Go pick him up because RJ Harvey was out and anything could happen with JK Dobbins.
7:03I compare Jonah Coleman to Frank Gore in the draft.
7:05But not obviously like that's peak, peak, peak best.
7:08But like, I see Fitz nodding because that's the bouncing off tackles and everything.
7:12The one question I would have saved is a follow-up for Fitz when we talk Denzel Boston.
7:17Cause there's something he like threw in there. Then I'm kind of curious what he means by it.
7:22But yeah, I would definitely go 25 to 30.
7:25I put it this way. If you went zero RB and you only have one running back or like you're struggling with
7:31your number two, like your number two, you're playing the Tyler Algier game to start the season as their number two.
7:37I might even go 35 to 40, depending on how needy you are.
7:41I mean, you're, you're probably going to like, you're not going to, what Fitz said, because there's probably somebody else who's thinking
7:47the same thing is like, this might be your one early shot at a running back.
7:51All right. So let's do Denzel Boston since we're here and we're sitting on it.
7:56Wasn't as much of a debate as we thought it might be when we were planning for it.
8:01But Denzel Boston, you know, nothing, nothing is a throwaway here.
8:04A couple of productive weeks. So Jake, feel free to throw that your question and that you had, because I want to
8:10get your guys' take of fab when, when, where fab is going to be on Denzel Boston overall.
8:15So first for, and then I'll toss the question to you, Fitz.
8:19So you can just kind of take over, but like, I'd say 10 to 15%.
8:23I still think that, look, he's out there in the most conception still is the third.
8:28And the problem is like, we think he's going to get more opportunities with Judy, barely going into any relevance at this point.
8:34But I do think that if you're looking at it, this comes down to the quarterback, which is why I don't go
8:41higher, because I actually prefer Deshaun Watson at quarterback for the rest of the season for Boston, then switching to Shador Sanders.
8:47And I don't know if Watson's the quarterback for the entire year, given that it's Deshaun Watson.
8:52I mean, he looked pretty good in that game and he's going to be the one that takes more deep shots than Sanders.
8:58I think to Boston, I think Sanders will spread it around, go back to fan in a little bit more, maybe even use conception a little bit more.
9:06So that's why I say like 10 to 15% kind of feels like the range.
9:11And maybe that's a little bit aggressive, but that's kind of like the feel of the need is that we're talking about
9:17somebody who's going to be a wide receiver three, high ceiling, very low floor, could get one for 13, and that's it.
9:23We've had two really great games in a row with the touchdowns, but that's not going to hit every single week.
9:29So the question I had for Fitz is because he said, I would redo my dynasty rankings.
9:34Is that based off the situations they're in now?
9:37You're not talking about like the talent we thought they were coming out of college, or did you change your opinion on the talent?
9:44That was my question. Based on the buzz that Boston was generating in training camp, like beat writers were crowing about him
9:50like back in July, like how he instantly looked like he belonged and like he might be a future star.
9:56And by the end of training camp, like it was just a given that this guy was going to be really good
10:02based on, you know, some of your, and I wish I could remember the name of the athletics beat writer for the Browns, but I remember him.
10:10Yeah. Making, making that point with Robert Mays on the athletic football show, how like, and, and Concepcion highly regarded too.
10:16Like they found a terrific pair of wide receivers, but I think Boston with his physical tools, man.
10:21And, uh, you know, we saw him lay out for that beautiful 46 yard touchdown catch in week one.
10:26We saw him break two or three tackles for that long catch and run touchdown in week two.
10:31We almost saw him get a second touchdown in week, uh, to when to Deshaun Watson's credit, he threw a great ball
10:38to Boston in the end zone and Boston just kind of juggled it a little bit.
10:42Couldn't hang on, but man, he just looks like a difference maker.
10:46He looks like a dude. And so I agree with Jake on the, the spend, like our recommended spend is 10 and our desperation spend recommendation is 20.
10:54Okay. So actually, yeah, I'm curious one more. Are you a fence?
10:57This is so like with, after they drafted them together, because the funny thing is I said that I thought that Boston could be like Cortland Sutton.
11:05I actually felt like it was a Cortland Sutton, Jerry, Judy pairing, like similar to the Broncos, but like they didn't really
11:11have the great, the best seasons together, but I felt like that was kind of like, we might get, you know, 90%
11:17of those two together with the Browns. And I'm sure the Browns are hoping for Sutton plus Judy plus with both of those.
11:24Anything. Judy plus should be easy at this point.
11:27Anything plus. Less than it might be with Watson.
11:29All right. So if you guys are looking for a running back or wide receiver, which winner you're not, those are the
11:35two guys that you're going to put a hyper focus on what the fab looks like and where we're putting them all together.
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12:29All right. So let's start with running back waivers for the week.
12:33The top name, you guys are both in agreement.
12:35It is Jonah Coleman, obviously is the number one overall guy.
12:38So that makes that easy. He is the number one player here.
12:42Last week, we did kind of have a consensus, I think on the top guy in, uh, in black, but you know, it wasn't as exciting.
12:49This has like starter potential, but the rest of the position, I'm going to throw out a couple of names here, uh, for some usage.
12:56Uh, Emmanuel Wilson ended up getting, uh, it was obviously because of Jadarian price, and that might change your guys' kind of vibe on where Wilson is.
13:04We saw a little bit out of Caleb Johnson.
13:07We saw a couple of the Eagles backs, get some run.
13:10Fitzy, let's start with you. How are you navigating the running back waiver waters this week after Jonah Coleman?
13:15We've already kind of placed that out there. Is there some depth you want to focus on?
13:20Is there anybody or anybody's? That you think are worth dropping a couple bucks on?
13:24I think so, but we are waiting more medical information on Saquon Barkley and on Jadarian price.
13:29I think with Barkley actually returned to the game after getting a stinger.
13:33He was back in the second half, which was a surprise, but you know, getting an MRI after, and it's possible, they
13:39find something where they want to keep him out the next week, or who knows, possibly beyond that.
13:44And with Jadarian price, x-rays on his chest injury, nothing serious, apparently, but it remains to be seen how long he could be out, if at all.
13:52So, I think we're going to be checking Twitter to see what the injury docs are saying early this week, what the
13:58odds are of Tank Bigsby playing this week. And he did share work with Will Shipley, but I do think Bigsby has
14:05the more fantasy relevant role by far. Emmanuel Wilson did share work with George Helani, but I think Wilson, Bigsby and Wilson are the early down guys.
14:12They're going to be the touchdown scorers. They're going to be the guys who get double digit carries, if Saquon Barkley and Jadarian price are out this week.
14:20So, they're interesting. Caleb Johnson, a different story entirely.
14:23Why don't we have Jake talk about Bigsby and Wilson before we get to Caleb?
14:27Yeah. Oh, okay. Well, and Emmanuel Wilson is the one I really, I just would love for you to focus on here
14:34for a second, because I think Bigsby, it was my play over Shipley, and it's like pretty obvious, like if Barkley's out,
14:40like Bigsby is going to be a nice huge play.
14:43But, I mean, do you think in how they used Wilson when Price went out, that moving forward, that's establishing more of a role?
14:50Because it was always kind of, I think it was like kind of a team Helani thing, George Helani, but it felt
14:56like, you know, the trust in Emmanuel Wilson and some of the goal line stuff really pressed him that should we be
15:02paying more attention to him regardless of Price's injury, Jake, or was that just a kind of one, it was like, it
15:09was against the card, a Cardinal game, if you know what I mean.
15:12Well, so two things, because first I want to roll it back and maybe on my Island here, but I don't think this Bigsby thing is a smash.
15:20I said this in the preseason is like, I really think that Bigsby is like, this is one of those backfields that
15:27for years without Barkley has been split. I do think the split goes to Bigsby.
15:31I do think there's odds that the Eagles, but I don't think it's going to be 65, 35, 70, 30.
15:37Shipley got a lot of the first touches before Bigsy started getting in there.
15:41So I don't, and again, that's an in-game adjustment, but I think if this ended up being 50, 50, I wouldn't be shocked.
15:47And that's why I just bring that up because if we get terrible news on Barkley and then all of a sudden,
15:53like people go bananas for Bigsby and honestly still go Coleman, unless we get great news.
15:58And I just wanted to bring that up for a comparison.
16:01Like, I don't think Bigsby is a smash top 15, top one, top 20 running back.
16:06Do you mean if, like what if Barkley just as a hypothetical here, Barkley's out for a month and goes on the aisle.
16:12Well, that's different because it comes down. I wanted to make sure.
16:16If Dobbins and Barkley are out for equitable time, I'd still take Coleman.
16:19So that's what I'm saying. Okay. Yeah. I think the splits will be similar just in my opinion.
16:25And I may be wrong on this. I just, I just continue to go down that road.
16:30Manuel Wilson one I get, but I am, I don't know.
16:33I watched the coach slap Jadarian Price in the chest and they laughed.
16:36So like, are you really slapping the dude in the chest?
16:40If everything is like that concerning, I don't know.
16:42Like maybe I'm just reading into that too much, but I don't think Price is missing time.
16:47And that being said, obviously I agree with Fitz.
16:50If Price was missing time, I mean, you know, Wilson got the heavy bulk of those touches and that, you know, Helani
16:56would still be mixed in, but like, that's one where I think the split might be bigger.
17:01I think it might be way more, I mean, you know, a Wilson than Helani.
17:05So that's where I'm thinking for those. And then I was going to talk Caleb Johnson, but I'll let Fitz go back to that one.
17:12We can talk about him a little bit more because I'll throw out the other two names that we're glossing over.
17:18And Alvin, Alvin Kamara, I don't really want, but if anything were going to happen to Etienne, like he's going to get touches.
17:25He, he was leading the touches to start that game.
17:28And then it flipped in the second half, which was weird because they were behind, which like, but whatever.
17:33So just go stash Kamara. But this is where I'm bringing up desperation stashes Kamara.
17:37And then desperation stash, AJ Dillon. He's the next man up.
17:40A lot of people miss that. Jonathan Brooks left the game late.
17:44He tapped himself out. If people didn't see that play, he went like this, as soon as he went down.
17:50And there was the news afterwards that there's the groin again.
17:53And this pains me as somebody that like had Jonathan Brooks is like seventh round, go ahead and draft him.
17:58Cause he could take over because of the talent.
18:01He can't stay on the field, unfortunately. So AJ Dillon deep, deep leagues.
18:05He's the next person up behind you, but Hubbard.
18:07Now you guys are both being very gentlemanly. You're like, no, you Caleb Johnson, because he said, we'll save Caleb Johnson.
18:13And then I listened to Fitz. Like I listened.
18:16He said, we'll save him, get Jake's take on bigs.
18:19Yeah. And the rest. Well, one of you talk about Caleb Johnson.
18:22You both. If you're, if you're sick of me being gentlemanly, ask me my opinion about AJ Dillon.
18:27Yeah. Well, let's talk about Caleb Johnson. Cause we're teasing everybody.
18:31What excited, what's exciting here? First, one quick point about the bigsby, the bigsby Shipley thing.
18:35Shipley did out snap Bigsby, I think 23, 19, but Bigsby had a touch on 57.7% of his snaps.
18:41And that's kind of how it is with early down backs versus passing down back.
18:45So Bigsby fewer snaps, but he out touched Shipley 15 to nine Caleb Johnson.
18:49So everyone kind of assumed that Marshawn Lloyd was the direct backup to Josh Jacobs.
18:53Kind of got a surprise when he was out snapped by Chris Brooks in week one might've been situational.
18:59Chris Brooks, the better pass blocker to pick up that Viking splits.
19:02We did see Marshawn Lynch start sort of as the primary ball carrier for the Packers behind a pretty bad offensive line.
19:08But late in that, we did see Caleb Johnson get a little bit of run.
19:13Then late in that game with the Packers down seven ball in their own territory, Marshawn Lloyd loses a fumble.
19:18Jets pick it up. Can't go anywhere, but kick a field goal that puts them up 10.
19:23It seemed like that was going to be the game.
19:26And then we start seeing more of Caleb Johnson actually look pretty good.
19:30Looked a little more bursty and just effective than Marshawn Lloyd.
19:33Lloyd. So they both want to playing the same number of snaps, 16, but Johnson wound up leading the team in rushing 30 yards on eight carries.
19:41So now it's going to be messy. I think, I mean, it's possible based on that fumble.
19:45Lloyd has already gotten passed by Caleb Johnson on the depth chart.
19:49And Chris Brooks, we know is still going to be the passing down back.
19:53Same situation where it's going to be a two person backfield.
19:56The question is whether it's Marshawn Lloyd, Caleb Johnson, which of those guys as the main or possibly like, you know, exclusive
20:02early down back, or is it some kind of commanders?
20:05Yeah. It could be some sort of really messy split.
20:08Fitzy is Caleb like number two on the Arby's for you?
20:11No. Well, right now I've tentatively got him behind Bigsby and Emmanuel Wilson, but that could very much change depending on the
20:18injury information we get on Saquon and Jadarian price.
20:20Okay. Jake, you're Caleb Johnson now, sir. How would you like to Caleb Johnson this?
20:24So that was the best looking game of Caleb Johnson's NFL career, which isn't saying much.
20:29That's a very low bar. Like, let's be clear about that.
20:32All that being said, I got hate when I called him Tyler Algier coming out of college, like Tyler Algier is garbage.
20:38But that's where I just want, put that perspective.
20:41If we knew Tyler Algier was in this backfield, people would be like, oh, he's going to be the number one.
20:47He's going to get most of the volume and he'll be a fine RB too.
20:51And that's where I bring up, like there is upside for Caleb Johnson.
20:55If he breaks free, I think this is going to be a mess similar to the commander situation, which is why I throw that out.
21:02Because you have all three of them. You have a pass catcher, you have early downs and like, who knows what it might be.
21:09But Marshall Lloyd through two games, like he broke out, he got more touches in week one in the second half, which
21:15looked like it was starting to turn. And that would carry over into game two, which has started to carry over in game two.
21:22Chris Brooks still involved in passing downs, but it was starting to, but he didn't look very effective in that game.
21:28Let's be honest. Like, and then you bring up everything.
21:31If you're sitting there, like took the names off all the jerseys, don't know who these players are.
21:36Caleb Johnson came out of that game looking the best.
21:39So you take a chance on him. And that's where I will agree.
21:43Like if price is healthy and fine, it's Joe and Coleman.
21:46Then just on the upside, Caleb Johnson, because I will stash Caleb Johnson and Barkley's healthy.
21:50I will stash Caleb Johnson, the chance that he breaks through and becomes the lead option, even 50% of the time in
21:57front of Camara and Dylan and Chipley and Bigsby and all that.
22:00Cause all these are a bunch of ifs and they're kind of like messy.
22:04You shoot for ceiling, go for the ceiling here.
22:07Although we, we do have to mention the Josh Jacobs thing and that we haven't gotten any sort of NFL punishment yet,
22:13but I think a lot of people are expecting six games.
22:16And I'm guessing if they do give them six games, it's going to be six games plus time served.
22:22Yeah. So for the two games already. Yeah. It's been said, I didn't interrupt you, but it's, it's been said a couple
22:28of different spots that the expectation is they're going to blanket in what he's been on the exempt list as part of it.
22:35And it's going to be four to six. So we're getting in week seven.
22:39We're just going to be like, Hey, week seven, you're good to go.
22:42Yeah. Well, but it's also a very messy situation where, uh, you know, the, it was, the tape was asked to be sealed and the judge denied it.
22:50So maybe there'll be more information here soon, but that definitely can play into it.
22:55Is any of the, are any of these guys, uh, that we've talked about over, you know, five bucks.
23:00And I obviously, it's a five percent. No. Yeah.
23:03Okay. Uh, same thing, Pat, any of these guys over 5%, five bucks.
23:06Yeah. In the waiver article, I recommended four apiece on Wilson and tank, but like you might want to go to eight
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24:52Wide receiver waiver ads for the week. Like running back, we have a little bit more consensus unlike last week where you guys both agree.
25:00Obviously the top pick is Boston. So you can kind of see once we get to the top five, what this is
25:06going to look like, but there are some other interesting names.
25:09One of the most interesting ended up being probably one of the better waiver calls.
25:13We all could have had a, whoever was promoting it.
25:16Tara and I were joking. Every other word out of our mouths was Bateman.
25:20We were just Bateman, Bateman, Bateman, mine, mine, you know, we're like the, the birds from finding Nemo or whatever mine.
25:26And that's what we were. We were shy Bateman and it worked out 12% roster percentage.
25:31Uh, I just want to put like a stop on him for a second.
25:35How much are you going to trust moving forward?
25:37Uh, we'll start with you, Jake. Do you have any trust with him moving forward, knowing that, you know, flowers is going to be back.
25:44Was this more of a one-off situation? You know, should you be a little bit, should people be more aggressive with Bateman
25:51with how he was used and how productive he was in week two?
25:54Yeah, I said it last week and I'll say it again.
25:58He was the clear number two. He was the clear number two and moved around the offensive line.
26:03Declan Doyle is using him a little bit differently than they have in the past.
26:07So I think there's upside even with flowers is back mostly because watching that game too.
26:12It wasn't just that Bateman was the guy and did everything that you could hope for filling in.
26:17It's that Mark Andrews had every opportunity to like rebound of being Mark Andrews.
26:21And he had all the targets. He's touched on our bus, even with targets at this point, like Mark Andrews looks, you
26:27know, like compared to Mark Andrews level of play, he's washed compared to his old level of play.
26:32Like that's what it is. And he's just in the tight end twos at this point.
26:37So that's why I bring it up because with Zay Flowers, let's assume he's back this week against Dallas.
26:42Telling Bateman can't do it again. I mean, there'll be games where it's Derek Henry scoring three touchdowns and whatever, but that's
26:49why Bateman's in the wide receiver three, four conversation.
26:51But being in the wide receiver three or four conversation, going back to last week, he was one of my top pickups.
26:57It's one of my top pickups again this week.
27:00Like go get Rashad Bateman. You called him and you called it too.
27:04Yeah. It was a great call. Cause I don't think he was even originally like even on the list and you had individually put them on here.
27:11So it was a really great call. I think I was one of the highest rankers of him last week too.
27:17Yeah. Well, hopefully I beat you cause I moved him up, but I probably didn't Pat.
27:22Same thing with Rashad Bateman roster percentage around like 12.
27:25Yeah. You probably were higher. 12%. Do you think moving forward, even if Zay comes back, this is someone that we want
27:31to be a little bit aggressive on waivers this week for?
27:34I'm open to the possibility. He's more consistently involved in the Declan Doyle offense that he has been in the past, but
27:41I'm also open to the possibility that he could go right back to being the same sort of big play boom or bust.
27:47And usually it would be boom and then bust, bust, bust, bust, bust.
27:51Just basically hard to trust him with Zay flowers around.
27:54So, you know, I wouldn't mind giving him a roster spot, but I'd be nervous about starting him any week when Zay is there.
28:01Did you find that? Yeah. I know you're like, I can, you can see, look at Jake's just joy, just trying to
28:07look and find out he was high. I beat you.
28:10I wasn't highest though. I beat you by five spots.
28:13Oh, all right. That's actually significant. Shout out Hayden Winks at 35.
28:16There you go. That's pretty good. I didn't have, I thought I had Bateman inside the top 35 or something like that.
28:22Yeah. 46. Whoa. Barkley's upset about that. I'm sorry.
28:25I'll look a little bit less. Jake is higher.
28:28Sorry, Barkley. My bad. All right. The next three wide receivers.
28:31I'm going to put these guys in kind of a grouping here.
28:34And just as a reminder at the end of the show, we are going to go through what the top five waivers
28:40looks like for both of these guys. So if you're looking for orders, just do that.
28:45But these three wide receivers and not necessarily in a particular order, but you guys can put them together.
28:50Jake Adonai Mitchell, 16% roster percentage. He's getting used a bunch more.
28:54You're finally seeing, you know, some of that route running and deep play ball just continuously happened.
28:59Trey Tucker, big number one, big day this week.
29:01And Don Tavian Wicks, six targets, five for 74.
29:04He did it again. Both Tucker and Wicks are 28% roster percentage.
29:07All these guys are relatively out there. What's your ordering of these three guys.
29:11And do you have like one level of top interest in those three?
29:15Should I ask Barkley? Please don't. My ears can't take it anymore.
29:18I've never had a dog bark that loud, like into a microphone that it hopefully they're able to mute that because it
29:25was the, they're coming by for the recycling. There's one easy name.
29:28This is going to go back to the Bateman thing.
29:31It's Adonai Mitchell. Like Adonai Mitchell, but now he's producing, which, by the way, Geno Smith capable quarterback, which is all we asked for, for the jets.
29:39Garrett Wilson had a huge day and Adonai Mitchell continues to be the number two.
29:43And that's really what it comes down to is Cooper's out for an extended time.
29:47I know Sadiq at some point is on the heels at possibly pushing a tight end, but Adonai Mitchell is the number two.
29:54The Tucker thing. You want to talk about what Fitz was saying about Bateman?
29:58That's Trey Tucker, big game. Goosey, goosey, goosey, goosey, goosey, goosey, goosey, big game.
30:02Cool. Like seven weeks down the road. You tell me when that's going to happen.
30:06And I'll probably pop more frequently than he has been passed, but we've done this Trey Tucker game.
30:11The Ontavian Wicks one would probably be right behind Mitchell for me, but I don't know if this is because God got
30:18hurt or something else happened, but that the Darius Cooper touchdown came when Wicks started losing snaps to Cooper.
30:23Actually it was coming off the field. I want, hopefully beat reporters explain this, or maybe there's an injury we don't know
30:29about, but Wicks was solidly locked into the number two.
30:32The fact that Makai Lemon is a long-term play and completely off the radar outside of stashing for the middle of the season, like we talked about before.
30:40But all that being said, Wicks would feel more solid.
30:43And I probably would even have Wicks in a conversation with Mitchell, if not for that fourth quarter snap count, that's like,
30:49I want to know what was going on there.
30:52Okay. So Fitzy, same thing. This is an ordering of these three.
30:55Do you, and the lowest roster percentage guy is at nine.
30:59Mitchell, do you agree? Adonai of this group is the top play, or are you looking at these other, you know, pretty productive?
31:05I mean, I know I get the, I have the argument about Tucker, but Tucker is like the theoretical number one, you
31:11know, Bowers is healthy, but I get it. But number one, like wide receiver, how are you ordering this?
31:17And does Adonai take the top spot? Same as Jake Mitchell, Wicks, Tucker agree with Jake.
31:21Like, I think I like Adonai Mitchell far more than Wicks or Tucker because yeah, they're, they're concerns with both Tucker and Wicks, the inconsistency with Tucker.
31:29And then Brock Bowers is going to come back soon.
31:32And then like number one receiver doesn't mean that much in Las Vegas.
31:36Trey Tucker sort of split snaps with Jalen Naylor and Jack Bash.
31:39And they also rotated in three other wide receivers, Malik Benson and a couple of other guys.
31:44So number one receiver in Las Vegas, not a lot to that title.
31:48And actually, I was going to say the number one wide receiver on targets and receptions is Ashton Gentty.
31:53So there you go. I was about to say Gentty is kind of like the de facto, the number one, the number
32:00one and two wide receivers are not wide receivers.
32:02Right. The wide receivers are purely supporting cast with the Raiders in that offense.
32:06You know, and Wicks also saw a big snap production from week one and week two, like around 90% in week one.
32:12And I think under 60% in week two. So like Jake said, it's hard to know what's up with that, but a
32:19little concerning and beneath the surface stats for Wicks, which were good in week two, some underlying usage concerns.
32:24Adni Mitchell, Jake said it, he's the number two.
32:27In addition to the six catches yesterday, also drew a long pass interference penalty against the Packers on like a 50 yard bomb downfield.
32:34I think he's going to be, you know, a vertical guy for Geno Smith.
32:38And what's really appealing about Adni Mitchell are the next two matchups.
32:41They play the lions who have allowed over 600 passing yards and six touchdown passes in their first two games without Brian
32:47branch and Kirby Joseph as the safeties. They are just, you know, sitting ducks in the secondary.
32:52And then the Chicago bears, a bottom five defense in week four.
32:56So like get Mitchell now, and you can play him the next two weeks.
33:00What's the fab then look like Fitzy? We've got it.
33:02See, the thing is, Adni Mitchell, like there is not a lot of appeal to that name brand right now.
33:08Like his name is kind of mud in fantasy circles.
33:11So I think you can get them for $3.
33:14Okay. Let me just, I guess devil's advocate for a second though.
33:17You're saying that, and you guys are sitting on here spouting the good word of Adni Mitchell.
33:22You are pushing up the market. So if you guys are suggesting three, could you go to like what Jake said?
33:28Could you go a little bit more? Could you go five to six or seven?
33:32I mean, because you're, you know, you're building up the market a little bit.
33:36The way the waiver article this week lists six is the desperation.
33:40Oh, you really need a receiver for the next two weeks.
33:43Spend six, seven. Here you go. How many of your friends watch this network or read my stuff at the athletic and read fit stuff?
33:50There you go. Then, you know, you need to be more aggressive if you really want.
33:55Exactly. Yeah. There's a math equation somewhere to that.
33:57Yeah. I pulled up the snaps. This is so crazy.
34:00Not only did Wicks run fewer routes the entire game than Makai Lemon, that take that in for a second, let that
34:06sink in the fourth quarter, 58% of the routes for Wicks, something like there's gotta be something there.
34:11Yeah. Like something happened. Well, we're going to talk 88% from Lemon.
34:15And we're going to talk about Lemon here in just a minute.
34:18The last two we have like is like kind of just notes here, but these are kind of related to injuries.
34:24If DJ Moore has an injury, there's kind of a Khalil Shakir.
34:28Khalil Shakir just gets in. Like I want to go over 50% when we look at like Yahoo roster percentage and he's 46%.
34:34Keon Coleman had some moments. And then obviously there's this Alec Pierce situation and then kind of throws out to Keenan Allen.
34:41Jake, I'll just throw to you. What are your, what's your take here?
34:44I mean, I can't imagine Khalil Shakir is available in a lot of these spots, but it is under, you know, it's only 46%.
34:51So if he is, he seems like kind of an obvious ad, but what's your just quick take on the Coleman Shakir and then Keenan Allen spot?
34:59I'm not going too aggressive on either one of them because it's just going to be the bills of last year.
35:05Neither one's equipped to be an NFL number one wide receiver.
35:08Can they be a number two? Absolutely. But I think we're going to go right back to what the bills were last
35:14year, which it means good luck guessing which game that they show up because it's the Josh Allen, James Cook, and now Dalton Kincaid show.
35:21So I'm not going too aggressively on either one of them.
35:25Keenan Allen almost made my top five. And I sat there and I thought about it more this morning.
35:30There's a name that's not even on the list.
35:33That's now my fifth that plays for the Chicago bears.
35:36And I really think that like, like if I'm looking at a three with the potential for more who might not have
35:42actually even be the three, but Keenan Allen, I would assume Al Pierce, this is me, not a doctor.
35:47I would assume that Al Pierce, if it's the same foot, I know they said it's not exactly the same injury, but it's still the heel.
35:55It's still something like, he's going to be gone for some time.
35:58And I think that Keenan Allen is the clear number three.
36:01You just feel better about downs and Tyler Warren at this point, but deeper leagues.
36:06Keenan Allen is a wide receiver four or five, if you need it, because there are people who watch this show.
36:12They're in a 14 plus team leagues. Fitzy. If, if the DJ Moore is out for a little bit to one of
36:18those bills, wide receivers, do anything for you? Like to be aggressive, that would move up your list.
36:23And then you can talk on Helen. Shakir's got a PPR floor.
36:26That's about it. Like higher floor, low ceiling. We know the ceiling is really limited, you know, basement rec room kind of ceiling and Keenan Coleman.
36:34I just, I feel like the week to surge was sort of context.
36:38Got to put that in the context of the Detroit secondary, which is just in ruins right now.
36:43All right. Second half of the show that it's a lot of quick hitting stuff coming up here in a second, where
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37:48It's Quince. All right, gentlemen, we are going to do some keep or cut last week.
37:53I think we had some important names here. We're not going to sit at the dance super long with these, but I
37:59have put together, uh, we've got six, six to seven names here.
38:02We are going to just kind of plow through.
38:05So number one, and then, you know, have like a sentence with it and, uh, then cut or keep Pat Fitzmaurice, Makai Lemon.
38:11He was one for 14 on one target, two straight weeks, keep or cut, man.
38:16I'm going to hold on a little longer just because of the talent.
38:19Didn't sound confident, Jake keeper, Makai Lemon. So this is what we said at the end of the preseason is that he's a long-term stash.
38:27not everybody can have that luxury at this point.
38:29My biggest regret is not that I said long-term stash is that even taking him in like the ninth, 10th round is a long-term stash.
38:36You probably could have had him for free at this point, but I want to give more time, especially to see what that wick situation.
38:43I know Dallas Goddard potentially changes things, but one more week.
38:47And if you're in a 10 team league, you probably have to move on.
38:51If Denzel Boston is out there and you can only cut Makai Lemon.
38:54Okay. I think that's important to know. All right.
38:57Number two, Quinton Johnston. He was one for seven on five targets.
39:00And the main thing I bring this up that week one was bad, but also you got the whole like lad is banged up.
39:07This was an opportunity and it was another failure.
39:10That's a big part of the offense. So fits keep or cut Quinton Johnston.
39:14The only reason I want to keep him is because Mike McDaniel did such a good job of like scheming catch and
39:20run opportunities to his wide receivers in Miami. And I thought that was going to be right up Quinton Johnston's alley, like
39:26get this, do the ball quickly and let him run and break tackles.
39:30And it just hasn't happened yet. I want to give it another week or two, but I'm not holding on tightly at this point.
39:37Jake keeper cut Quinton Johnston. I'd keep Lemon before I kept Quinton Johnston.
39:41Cause here's the biggest thing is I feel like you're going to get fooled into starting them after you bench and bench and bench him.
39:48He goes off on your bench and then boom, because let's do it.
39:52Let's look at the schedule at Buffalo, at Seattle, Denver, at Kansas city by at LA Rams, Houston at home at Baltimore.
39:58They might not get a win till Thanksgiving week when they play the jets at home, starting that week at the 22nd,
40:04like this offense, like I mentioned it before. I don't remember if I did it on this in the rank show, the
40:10Eli Manning comparison, all new overhauled offenses take time even for accomplished quarterbacks.
40:14However, this looks as broken as broken can be.
40:17And it's going to take time. And I don't know how you get right with that schedule.
40:22It's fair. Can't argue with any of that. This is going to be another tough one.
40:26Number three on the list, Jonathan Brooks. He was five for 16, caught one pass for negative five yards.
40:32I know the draft equity, but I'm bringing it up because Chuba clearly has a strangle hold on, but maybe this is
40:38still just the buildup into mid season. So again, again, you have to put the context of all of these into like, you know, roster crunches and stuff.
40:46Maybe if Jonah Coleman and Denzel Boston are out there, Fitzy, keep or cut Jonathan Brooks.
40:50These day-to-day keep, if we hear the phrase week to week, caught.
40:54Jake, keep or cut Jonathan Brooks. I think we're going to hear day-to-day.
40:58I don't want to give up on running backs.
41:00Clearly the number two, but if he's healthy, so I, but if Jonah Coleman, I make the swap.
41:05And then if we get worse news on some of those other running backs, you make the swap.
41:10And like Fit said, if it's week to week, you just kind of move on at this point.
41:16Okay. Yeah. And I think that's a good, a good approach here is like the number one waiver claim is kind of the approach to the keeper cut.
41:24Like, are you going, cause you know, you guys want to keep all the guys, but then it's like, if Jonah Coleman's
41:30in there, you actually don't, we want to make those moves.
41:33So say, and I think these other ones are going to become a little bit easier.
41:38Can he gain? Well, two for 10, three for five in the air, Bucky Irving.
41:42I mean, Fitzy victory lap, but Bucky Irving here, but keep, keep her, keep her cut.
41:47I think this is, we know where this is going to lean.
41:50Oh yeah. I'm, I've been team Bucky even through the great Kenny Gainwell hype of April and May cut.
41:55Jake. I'm not cutting a number two. I mean, if it's for Jonah Coleman, sure, but I'm just, I'm not cutting number
42:02two running backs because we just saw it happen this week.
42:05So it, yeah, if you need, like there's names we've mentioned that like for Boston, for Adonai Mitchell, if you have the
42:11running back depth, but if not needed, don't give away RB twos that are clearly going to get borderline workload contact, Eric touches.
42:18If they're not just in front of them here.
42:20Yeah. Yeah. All right. Quick hitters. I put it this way.
42:23I would, I would cut Brooks before I cut Gainwell.
42:26As much as that pains me, that, that really pains me, but I would, that I would do injury.
42:32It's the groin again. Well, with the injury context.
42:34Okay. Rico Dowdle, Fitzy, keeper cut, man. He played more snaps than Jalen Warren in week one.
42:39And then Warren just dwarfed his snap chair in week two.
42:42Like did Rico get hurt? Yeah. Did he get banged up?
42:45Okay. I missed that. Then I'm not cutting it.
42:48Okay. Okay. Jake, keeper cut of all of them.
42:51I'm keeping Rico Dowdle. So, uh, Wanda Robinson with, uh, who Titans, uh, Wanda Robinson, Fitzy.
42:55jump ahead. Cut all Titans. Yeah. Okay. I said that in the preseason.
42:59I don't have a single Titan on any of the rosters.
43:02What? Yeah. Wanda. Wanda needs volume. He's a, you know, it's high, like low calorie PPR stuff.
43:07And he's not getting past catching volume in this offense.
43:10Uh, last one I'm putting on here because he has a 91% roster percentage.
43:14And I just want to hit this home because I brought him up last week.
43:18Keeper cut Marvin Harrison, Mr. Pat Fitzmaurice after zero catches on one target, 91% roster percentage on Yahoo.
43:23I'm okay with cutting him. You're okay. Oh, are you more than okay with cutting him?
43:28Jake? Are you holding? I was doing this because on my podcast with Andy Barron's last week, we sabotage dropped him live on the show for everybody.
43:36So if you're with us, he's not even on your roster.
43:39He's already cut. So there you go. If you haven't made that mistake already, go ahead and cut him again and let
43:45somebody else go try to pick him up. And that's how much I'd get rid of him.
43:50Here's the biggest thing. His route percentage dropped like that.
43:53That's even more damning. Like, I don't care that Jacoby percent was hurt or whatever.
43:57What is like, this is this. Yeah. Let him run wind sprints for a different team.
44:02Let's go with our top streamers for the week.
44:04We got quarterback, tight end defense and kicker. Obviously Fitzy will cover the extra kicker because Jake just abstains from it.
44:10Jake, why don't you? Are we not? I thought that'd be good.
44:14I could do two defenses. He could do two kickers or does he still want to give it?
44:19Like, he'll probably still do it. Yeah, that's cool.
44:21That's that's yeah, but that's how fits it works.
44:24But see, why don't you start us off? Quarterback, tight end defense, just run through him.
44:28So if Kyler's back against the Tampa Bay Bucks defense, I'm going for Kyler.
44:32If Kyler's not back. Yeah, look, Drew Locke understands the assignment.
44:36There's one person and one person only you're throwing the ball to.
44:39And Seattle heads to Washington this week. So there's your quarterback.
44:42Am I going through all of them? I forget.
44:45yeah, go through all of them, please. Dalton Schultz, he was last week, this week again against the Colts, a tight end.
44:51We saw what Travis Kelsey did against the Colts.
44:54And then the defenses, I would go with the Bills or Chiefs.
44:57I think they're both intriguing plays. The Bills at home against the Chargers who are broken as hell.
45:02And then the Chiefs head to Miami, even with Malik Willis still being a decent fancy option, the turnovers potential and the Chiefs defense still looks pretty good.
45:10So Spagnuolo against Malik Willis. Checkmark. How about all those 49ers are going to get beat by the dolphins from some of our coworkers there.
45:17How about that one? Fitzy, your quarterback, tight end defense kicker.
45:21Gino Smith talked about this with Adnan, I'm Mitchell.
45:23Gino has matchups against the lions and bears the next two week.
45:27Good streaming opportunity at tight end, Pat Friermuth. And we are looking at this matchup against the Bengals who gave up the
45:33most catches receiving yards and touchdowns to tight ends last year.
45:36Pat Friermuth had a five catch 111 yard, two touchdown game against the Bengals in week seven of last year.
45:42Bengals just gave up in week two, 12 catches and 140 yards to Dalton Schultz.
45:46They cannot defend tight ends at defense. I like Jake selections, but the saints are legit.
45:51That is by far the best team in the NFC South.
45:54And they play Kirk cousins and the Raiders in week three.
45:57That looks like a pretty good matchup and a kicker.
46:00Let's go with Tyler Bass and Daniel Carlson. People have still forgotten about Bass who missed the entire 2025 season with a
46:06sports hernia, but he is playing the bills who have scored almost 80 points in their first two games.
46:11Like you want a competent kicker tied to a good offense.
46:15Bass checks both of those boxes and Daniel Carlson.
46:17And again, the saints are really legit. Carlson kicks indoors for the next three weeks at home in new Orleans, a kicker tied to the saints.
46:25Go for it. All right. Top five waiver overalls coming up here in a second, but take the guesswork out of the
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46:53That's fantasy pros.com slash plan. All right, let's take a look at our top five overall fitzy run through your top five.
46:59And if you want to throw some little waiver bids on there as well, you should clearly go check out the waiver article that fits.
47:06He's got, that's going to be a big coverage for you.
47:09And you feel free to plug that at the end fits, but give us your top five with what fab you're attaching to them or relative fab.
47:17Yeah. Jonah Coleman tops the list at somewhere from 16 to $30.
47:20Denzel Boston next, I think 10 to $20. Emmanuel Wilson.
47:23I've tentatively have at number three, but again, that depends totally on Jadarian price.
47:27He could be off this list of prices just a okay.
47:30I should probably have Adnay Mitchell ahead of Emmanuel.
47:33Wilson, Jake and I both like Adnay. He's the clear number two target.
47:37And again, great matchups coming against the lions and bears the next two weeks.
47:41And then one guy I want to throw in at number five.
47:44We haven't talked about a Rhonda Gadsden, the second David, the joke who carted off with an injury in week two.
47:50So all of a sudden a messy three tight end rotation now is down to two.
47:55It's a Gadsden and Charlie Kohler. And last year, let's not forget that over a four week stretch in the middle of
48:01the season, Gadsden was the fantasy tight end one producing like a monster for a little while.
48:06We know there's talent there and he's only 23.
48:08All right, Jake, your top five and some fab bids that you might be attaching to some of these players.
48:14So we talked about the fab is top two, Jonah Coleman, Denzel Boston, exact same.
48:18I go ahead and add, I might add an I Mitchell number three.
48:22We talked about it like five, 10. You might actually have to go a little bit higher depending on how locked in
48:28people are in your league to this show and others.
48:31Rashad Bateman is number four. I'm going to continue to hammer that one.
48:35And that's telling you how I feel about Mitchell that he's in front of Rashad Bateman at three and four.
48:41So similar bid five to 10. I think people are still hesitant.
48:44One of the comments on my article last week was like, stop talking about Bateman.
48:48Like, I don't know if that was good or a bad thing.
48:52Like you're just tired of hearing about it or stop telling everybody about him.
48:56And then number five, like I get the Gadsden one.
48:59That's a good call, especially with that situation. And then Kohler actually was out snapped by Gadsden even after the Njoku injury.
49:05So that's intriguing there, but I'll take a chance on this.
49:08Cleef Raymond. I like, I know like, like it's crazy because he's done number three, but with the fact that Tyson Badgett
49:15coming in and how this offense is working with Cleef Raymond, maybe that's the mistake to make is that it's not Caleb
49:21Williams, but he's getting more targets than anybody not named Luther burden.
49:24Like he's not out there 90% like boot, like a duns.
49:27He is, but burden isn't either. And Cleef Raymond is just, they continue to use them, continue to use and continue to use them.
49:34Like this is a 14 teamer. There's a stash on your bench to see if it continues.
49:39This isn't go lock them into your lineup next week, but I don't want to be sitting here two weeks from now
49:45and be like, man, we should have paid more attention to Cleef Raymond.
49:49I wonder if Ben Johnson is still shooting for the NFL scoring record.
49:53Yeah. He's going to have to start scoring 60 a game to make up for it now.
49:58A little failure to launch here, but just in, in a quick last little minute thing, but we're waiting on the Caleb news.
50:04We obviously know the Jaden Daniel news. If you're in a super flex, we should probably be pretty clear.
50:10Like the quarterbacks are going to jump up here.
50:12Marcus Mariota is going to be, do you guys have a market?
50:16I would imagine Mariota is going to be over Beijing.
50:19Cause we also don't know the Caleb exact Caleb situation.
50:21What bid in the same context, would you guys give on Mariota?
50:25Jake, you can jump into it. Like everything. I wouldn't go everything, but you're going to have to be close to it.
50:31I want to save some, especially like this is, they said Jaden Daniel should come back this year.
50:36Like we still have to see from him because there was no fracture.
50:40We have to wait on the ligament issue, which, but he returned, what was it?
50:44Six or eight weeks last time, something similar happened.
50:47So like both Caleb Williams and Jaden Daniel, like if either one of them was out for the rest of the year.
50:53Yeah. You go and like, try to save yourself a few bucks.
50:57So you're not completely blown out of the water.
50:59But if they're both like, let's just call them both six weeks in my mind, I'm probably hovering in the 40 to 50% range.
51:06Okay. I was going to say 60, but what do you think Fitzy?
51:10Uh, with like Mariota. Yeah. I mean, the demand for quarterbacks and super flex is probably going to require you to go
51:16at least 40 as gross as that is. But I will say that Mariota made eight starts last year.
51:22The first seven, he averaged, I believe 17.4 fantasy points per game, left the eighth one early with a hand injury.
51:28So we'll leave that one out. But like, he was good.
51:31And even though I think he turns what 33 next month, the dude still runs like he still provides rushing value.
51:37And he's been a competent passer. Man, quarterback, the quarterback injuries, but, uh, we can tell you, don't forget about our weekly waiver wire live stream.
51:44And it's on the YouTube channel where you can come and ask specific waiver wire questions.
51:49Like if you want to dig more into the super flex side and you know, maybe we're going to have a little bit more information at that time.
51:57We're here every Tuesday at 3 PM Eastern. So for those listening on the podcast, go to youtube.com slash fantasy pro subscribe,
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52:07Waiver wires is popping this week from super flex to Arby's to wide receivers.
52:11There's lots of names and lots of fab to be spent.
52:14Make sure to go find that article. Fitzy's got probably put on his social as well.
52:19And over on fantasy pros, maybe we can put it in the description of this YouTube as well.
52:24If you guys want to go and peruse some of those, but that is going to do it for waivers this week.
52:30Good luck everybody for the athletics, Jake Seeley and Pat Fitzmaurice.
52:34I'm Chris Welsh. Good luck wavering. And we'll talk to you next time right here on fantasy pros.
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