Braelon Allen or Ollie Gordon? Week 4 Waiver Wire Rankings, FAAB Advice & Top Pickups (Ep. 2225)
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54 min
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Sep 28, 2026
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Mon, September 28, 2026
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Topics
Alvin KamaraBraelon AllenKendre MillerOllie GordonTravis EtienneBreece HallBrian RobinsonBrian Thomas Jr.C.J. StroudChris BellChris GodwinDaniel JonesDarren WallerDe'Von Achane
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Player insights
Alvin Kamara
PositiveUsage20:11
Kamara remains a priority target because volume is king; while he may be inefficient, his high volume offsets those concerns.
Insight pageNegativeUsage23:28
Alvin Kamara is a potential add if Travis Etienne misses time due to his hamstring injury, though Kamara has been inefficient with his touches (18 carries for 51 yards, 6 catches for 12 yards).
Insight pageNegativeValue49:17
Alvin Kamara is a waiver wire option for teams desperate for running back depth, with a recommended FAAB spend of 5-8%.
Insight pageBraelon Allen
PositiveValue0:32
Braelon Allen is the top waiver priority due to Breece Hall's injury, with a fair value bid of $15 and a desperate must-have price of $30. He is preferred over Ollie Gordon because he is the more talented back in a respectable Jets offense and is expected to command a larger share of the backfield.
Insight pagePositiveValue48:21
Braelon Allen is a top waiver wire priority; recommended FAAB spend is 15-30% depending on team need.
Insight pageBreece Hall
NegativeInjury0:27
Breece Hall is dealing with a lower-body injury, potentially to his hip or thigh. The outlook is uncertain, with expectations ranging from a 1-2 week absence to potentially longer, necessitating immediate waiver action for his backups.
Insight pageBrian Robinson
PositiveValue35:13
Brian Robinson remains a top-five handcuff to roster, as he would command significant FAAB if Bijan Robinson were to miss time.
Insight pageBrian Thomas Jr.
NegativeValue40:45
Brian Thomas Jr. is a cut candidate; he is currently behind Jacoby Myers and Josh Cameron in snaps and routes, making him a clear drop in most formats.
Insight pageC.J. Stroud
PositiveMatchup46:31
C.J. Stroud is a top streaming quarterback option if available, as he faces a Cowboys secondary that is depleted by injuries.
Insight pageChris Bell
PositiveBreakout40:44
Chris Bell is a high-upside long-term stash who was considered a first-round talent before his injury; he is now seeing increased opportunity with Caleb Douglas out.
Insight pageChris Godwin
NegativeValue43:06
Chris Godwin is a drop candidate; he has failed to exceed 40 yards in his first three games and now faces a downgrade at quarterback for the next two to four weeks.
Insight pageDaniel Jones
PositiveMatchup44:47
Daniel Jones is the top streaming quarterback for the week due to a favorable matchup against a Washington defense that has allowed 11 touchdown passes.
Insight pageDarren Waller
PositiveUsage45:21
Darren Waller is a viable streaming tight end with eight targets in his last game, and he is expected to see increased usage following a long-term absence for Jalen Coker.
Insight pageDe'Von Achane
NegativeInjury7:04
Devon Achane suffered a torn ACL, effectively ending his immediate fantasy relevance and opening up the Miami backfield for Ollie Gordon and Jalen Wright.
Insight pageDontayvion Wicks
PositiveValue53:56
Dontayvion Wicks is a top waiver priority if available in 10-person leagues, as he is a high-upside stash.
Insight pageIsaiah Davis
NegativeRole6:46
Isaiah Davis has played exclusively on special teams for the Jets this season and is not currently a threat to Braelon Allen's workload.
Insight pageJacoby Brissett
PositiveMatchup47:01
Jacoby Brissett is a viable streaming quarterback option due to a favorable matchup against a Giants secondary that is missing key personnel.
Insight pageJaylen Wright
PositiveValue3:36
Jalen Wright is a viable budget-friendly alternative to Ollie Gordon in the Miami backfield. He may be the better deal if he avoids long-term injury, with a suggested bid range of $7-$15.
Insight pageJordan Watkins
PositiveSleeper50:20
Jordan Watkins is a speculative add in deep leagues due to his fit in the Shanahan offense and potential downfield ability if injuries persist.
Insight pageJustin Herbert
NegativeValue42:21
Justin Herbert is a cut candidate in leagues where you cannot carry two quarterbacks, especially with upcoming matchups against Seattle and Denver.
Insight pageKeaton Mitchell
PositiveUsage23:43
Keaton Mitchell is seeing increased involvement, including 8 carries against the Bills. O'Marion Hampton's snap share has decreased, and Mitchell is a player Mike McDaniel specifically campaigned for, suggesting potential for a larger role.
Insight pageKeenan Allen
PositiveMatchup44:13
Keenan Allen is a recommended one-week play for Week 4 due to a favorable matchup against the Commanders, who have allowed 11 touchdown passes.
Insight pageKendre Miller
PositiveSleeper25:25
Kendre Miller is a sneaky add in New Orleans. While he has struggled with injuries early in his career, he has shown flashes of talent and is worth a small bid as a high-upside swing.
Insight pagePositiveBreakout33:54
Kendre Miller is a high-upside stash who could seize a larger role in the Saints' backfield, especially if he earns more touches than Kamara.
Insight pageKenyon Sadiq
PositiveBreakout44:58
Kenyon Sadiq is a top tight end streaming option who looked the part against the Lions; however, his value is contingent on Adonai Mitchell's health status.
Insight pageMarShawn Lloyd
NegativeValue41:47
MarShawn Lloyd is a cut candidate; he is a committee back playing behind the league's worst offensive line, and his roster percentage is expected to plummet.
Insight pageOllie Gordon
NegativeValue0:22
Ollie Gordon is a top waiver target following Devon Achane's injury, but he has been inefficient, averaging 2.7 yards per carry. There is concern that the Miami backfield will become a 50-50 committee with Jalen Wright, limiting his upside. Fair value is $13-$27.
Insight pagePositiveValue48:21
Ollie Gordon is a high-priority waiver wire add; recommended FAAB spend is 12-23%.
Insight pageTravis Etienne
NegativeInjury34:15
Etienne's outlook is concerning after he appeared to grab his own hamstring before even being hit, which is a damning sign for his health.
Insight pageNegativeValue40:00
Travis Etienne can be dropped in shallow leagues because his role has not met expectations and he is essentially a committee back even if he returns from injury in two weeks.
Insight pageTre Harris
PositiveUsage48:36
Trey Harris is an emerging target who is cutting into Quinton Johnston's role; he is a player to watch for deeper leagues.
Insight pageTyler Allgeier
PositiveValue41:33
Tyler Allgeier should be held as a high-value handcuff; he sits in the tier behind Bijan Robinson and would provide RB2 value if Bijan were to miss time.
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Episode Transcript
0:00This is an iHeart Podcast. Guaranteed Human. Learn more at staples.com.
0:03We're talking about each position, some streamers, who should we be cutting, and what does the top five look like.
0:09I've got Jake Seeley from The Athletic and Pat Fitzmaurice here.
0:12And this week, gentlemen, I preemptively was titling the sheet something else because then another running back injury happened.
0:18We saw Devon Achan ruin my Sunday and ruin my props and a few things.
0:22But in comes Ollie Gordon and it looked like it was the Ollie Gordon week.
0:27But no, Breece Hall goes down, so two big running back injuries, and it's Braelon Allen time.
0:32So Braelon Allen and Ollie Gordon, they are going to dominate and top the waivers this week.
0:37But the question is, which one? Because I see dissenting opinion around the interwebs, the injuries.
0:41I wonder how much the injury is going to play into how far you want to go.
0:46The Achan injury looks maybe slightly a little bit more concerning than the Braelon Allen one.
0:51But Jake, why don't you start with us here?
0:54We've got two running backs that look like they've got a runway.
0:57Maybe one has a season. Ollie Gordon went 17 for 41.
1:00Not super effective, but he did score a touchdown.
1:03Braelon Allen, this happened later. Four for 14, also caught three for 13.
1:07Braelon Allen rostered under 20% of leagues, but Ollie Gordon is 0%.
1:10So what do you think about this running back situation and the waiver spot here for fab versus top waivers?
1:16Yeah, it really comes down to the fact that we don't know the timeline for either.
1:21Like you said, it sounds more damning for Achan than it does.
1:25Although Brees Hall, when being interviewed, he was like, I felt something before the tackle and then I felt something else during.
1:31That doesn't sound – like I know it's saying the thigh as of right now, but like the way he went down
1:38looked like he was holding his hip, whatever it is.
1:40The fact that he said, I felt something else is what I – like that doesn't sound good to me.
1:46And you and I were talking about before the show, Aaron Glenn said he's not saying anything until Wednesday.
1:52So we're going to have to make moves likely before people can like wait to see what the outcome for either are.
1:58Like I said, we assume it's really bad for Achan.
2:01But I'm going with Braelon Allen and it's – I don't want to say it's like a smash easy call for me.
2:08Obviously, if we found out surprise, surprise, somehow Brees Hall was only out a week or two, that would change things and Achan's out for the season.
2:16But the biggest factor comes into it is I just think Jalen Wright is going to be a factor.
2:21I think that it's going to be similar to the Steelers' backfield with Dowdle and Warren is that on a lesser team,
2:28a lesser offense, lesser production, let's be honest. Like I was an Ollie Gordon fan coming out of college.
2:33I was surprised he slipped as far as he did.
2:36But after watching him in the NFL, kind of makes sense.
2:39He's been okay. Arguably at times yesterday, he probably looked better than he has his entire NFL career, but it still wasn't even that great.
2:47And Jalen Wright for the longest time was holding on to the number two job as Fitz talked about in his column,
2:53stinger and another injury on top of it. But Barkley came back and didn't miss any – well, he's playing tonight.
2:59He's not missing any time from his stinger. So is Jalen Wright back out there next week?
3:04It just comes down to I do think Isaiah Davis is going to be involved, but Braylon Allen was getting passing down work too before this even happened.
3:13So I'm going Braylon Allen just because I like the talent better and I think he's going to have a larger share of his backfield.
3:20But we'll talk about percentages and all that after, but what do you think about this situation?
3:25There is a speculative thing I saw that what if the Brees Hall situation was like a three-to-six-weeker and A-Chan was much longer?
3:32Or if I give you more of a definitive, what if it is Brees Hall is out for three weeks and A-Chan
3:38is out for six weeks and you have that type of marker?
3:42Does that change anything if you are team pro Braylon Allen?
3:45Yeah, there's a lot to triangulate here. Yeah. Presumably a longer injury for A-Chan, a worse offense.
3:50I mean the Miami offense pretty dysfunctional and the Jets offense not bad.
3:54Like starts with a pretty respectable offensive line up front.
3:57That line is giving Geno Smith time to do business.
4:00And now there are some banged up Jets pass catchers, which maybe makes them lean on the running game a little more.
4:06Plus, as Jake said, I think Jalen Wright is more of an existential threat to Ollie Gordon's value than Isaiah Davis is to Braylon Allen's.
4:13So far, Isaiah Davis has played exclusively special teams snaps this season.
4:17No offensive snaps for Isaiah Davis. And that was after Aaron Glenn had said leading into the season that it might be a three-way mix.
4:24Pause. Pause. Right now, A-Chan torn ACL. There you go.
4:27Just like as we're doing this? I want to jump in because I want to see if it changes Fitz's opinion at all.
4:34Just because you're in the middle of your explanation.
4:37Also, can you sidebar your Wisconsin fanmanship in this whole – I think that's part of it too.
4:42Well, but I think this was always in play because like when I – because like I had put – just as
4:48a side note, I had put like, you know, this is an Ollie Gordon sheet with you guys.
4:54And then I missed the Brees Hall thing moving away.
4:57And you guys are like, oh, nope, maybe Brees Hall is out.
5:00And now we're looking at Braylon Allen. But as I was doing the work on this last night, the more I looked
5:07at it, to me, timeframes seemed like it was going to be a relatively important factor.
5:11Outside of I do agree, like the Dolphins offense is just not even like arguably worse.
5:16They're just worse. It's just a worse offense. But if you have these huge timeframes, that does seem like an important piece.
5:22And now that's massive. Yeah, I think I'm kind of going in with the assumption of like three to four for a haul with the possibility of longer.
5:31So are you switching to Gordon now hearing this?
5:33No, I'm not because I think – Wow. Because I think there's so little meat on the bone in that offense.
5:39I mean, Ollie Gordon has averaged 2.7 yards per carry in the NFL with almost – I think that's over like 90 carries.
5:46And Jalen Wright – like there have been times – in 2025 it seemed like it kind of oscillated between Gordon and
5:53Jalen Wright as the number two and the number three.
5:56Like it hasn't always been easy to discern the depth chart with the Miami running backs.
6:00Right. And so that's what I worry about. And there's a chance it just winds up being a 50-50 where it's Ollie
6:07Gordon mostly on early downs, Jalen Wright mostly on passing downs.
6:10And just there's not enough juice in this offense for either guy to be like a useful fantasy asset.
6:16Yeah. So – but then again, I mean, maybe one of these guys takes the job and runs with it.
6:21And I mean, I would bid more for Ollie Gordon, but I think Jalen Wright might actually wind up being the better
6:28deal if we get some sort of indication this week that the foot thing – stinger thing, not a long-term injury most of the time.
6:35Foot injury, it all depends on what the foot issue is.
6:39So we got to check that. It didn't seem like there were any concerns about it being like a full season type thing.
6:45And just real quick, yeah, I did go to Wisconsin, so I know a little something about Braylon Allen.
6:51I mean, he's an interesting player. You know, I had my reservations about him as an NFL prospect, not like Jonathan Taylor
6:57where it's like you saw JT play in college and you knew he was the truth and was going to be instantly
7:04one of the best running backs in the NFL when he came out.
7:08But Braylon Allen, when he did come into the league, he was the youngest player in his draft class at any position.
7:14And it's been kind of a slow rollout for him.
7:17I guess my biggest beef with him at Wisconsin was he didn't use that 235-pound frame like the battering ram.
7:23Maybe he should at times and tried to be, you know, a scat back in a John Riggins body.
7:28No, I mean, still, you give him a clear lead back role and I think he's going to be valuable for a surprisingly respectable Jets offense.
7:36I think he'd be Latavius Murray. Like, that's what I said about him coming out of college.
7:41I kind of like that comp. That's all right.
7:44So, Jake, are you swapping? No, but like this could blow up in our faces because if it's one to two weeks
7:50for Brees Hall, I would even if Ollie Gordon wasn't what we'd like.
7:54I mean, even if it is a 50-50 in every single week, it ends up being the Broncos where it's just a wasteland.
8:01Like, you don't want either one of them. Like, they're both RB3s at best.
8:05So, I think that that's the issue and Fitz said that as well and I think we're on the same page there.
8:11But, you know, only two weeks of Brees Hall.
8:14I mean, do you need the two weeks of production RB2?
8:17Maybe you do, but like you would still take the chance.
8:20You would take the chance, put it this way.
8:23If we knew today, Brees Hall back in week six, I would say Ollie Gordon, Jalen Wright, then Braylon Allen because it could be either one.
8:31Could be neither. But you take that chance because what if one of them is an RB2 for the rest of the season?
8:37Yeah, I think that's where I'm leaning. I think I'm leaning into the Ollie Gordon side.
8:42Please don't say like the Broncos because that means that Braylon Allen actually has some sort of hidden injury and Brees Hall
8:49is fit as a fiddle and we're all going to go on spend.
8:52Well, don't forget they traded for Jarquez Hunter too.
8:55So, he's probably going to be activated. Don't forget.
8:58It could just be a full-blown committee of nonsense.
9:00All right, then let's talk about number one waivers.
9:03So, Fitzy, you're going to burn your number one waiver on Braylon Allen.
9:07Like, I mean, I'm asking, would you use your number one?
9:10I have to imagine with running backs of multiple weeks, this is an easy yes.
9:14But it is, you are locking into Braylon Allen as your number one burn.
9:19Yeah, I mean, and I would burn the number one waiver priority certainly if I had Brees Hall and certainly if, you
9:25know, I was hurting at running back and had to start TyJay Spears like I did yesterday.
9:30Or HN, yes. Jake, are you burning your number one on Ollie Gordon?
9:34I would burn my number one on all three.
9:36Even, like I said, including Jalen Wright. Just because you got to take the chance.
9:41We're now heading into week four and we're looking at running backs across the league are starting to get hurt.
9:47And we're starting to, like, right now, Kenny Gainwell is probably not out there in most leagues.
9:52He probably got dropped in some, but, like, we don't know.
9:55Burkey Irving got banged up. I mean, there was injuries galore this past week.
9:59So, you start to have to take those chances where, like Fit said, if you're flush and you have a third running
10:06back that's even startable, you know, maybe you don't burn your number one.
10:09You maybe try to sneak him through or, like, go for a little bit lower fab.
10:14But I think that you kind of have to take the chance.
10:18And then fab, what's the – Jake, what's your percentage on – obviously, you're using all of them.
10:23You can say it's the same percentage on all three if you want, but what is your percentage range?
10:28I think depending on your need is going to really depend on whether you start going 20-plus percentage.
10:34I think I try to live in the mid-teens for all three of them.
10:38I think Ollie Gordon's going over 30%. I do too, but I wouldn't go there.
10:42I'd rather just take the same percentage and be like, okay, I ended up with Jalen Wright instead.
10:48And, like, I just – I would because I just don't really believe – and maybe I'm wrong, but I just really
10:54don't believe that Ollie Gordon is going to be, like, 65% of the workload.
10:58Braylon Allen – and on the flip side of this, like, if we got worse news on Wednesday, again, that's the problem.
11:05Maybe your waivers won't run, so then we can get news before that.
11:08But if we found out Braylon Allen was out for – or, sorry, Breeze Hall was out for eight weeks, I mean,
11:15then I'd be, like, 30-plus percent on Braylon Allen because we know he should be an RB2.
11:20Yeah, and I think that's the only really separator here is, like, weeks.
11:24For Braylon Allen's most talented back of these guys in that offense, and if he is multi-multi-weeks, you know, four-plus, it's a different conversation.
11:31Your fab number, Fitzy, is it the same? Is it just – like, where are you at, 20, 25?
11:36So, in the waiver article, I've got a $15 fair value price on Braylon Allen, but a desperate bid must-have price of $30.
11:43So, I think 15 to 30 is the range for him.
11:46For Ollie Gordon, 13 to 27. But, man, I just – like, I don't want to spend 30% of my fab budget on the Miami Dolphins backfield.
11:54I just don't. So, to Jake's point, I would rather take the budget approach with Jalen Wright, who I think has a
12:01range of maybe, like, 7 to 15. Okay. Yeah, and I think desperation.
12:05Desperation says it all. I've got a team or two where there's absolute RB2 desperation, so I would be one that would
12:11spend up for a guy like Ollie Gordon for the season to have, you know, a warm body.
12:16But a couple running backs, two guys at the tippy top, going to dominate.
12:20We are going to talk about a few other running backs, then wide receivers, and we'll keep moving through here.
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13:13Waivers. We've got Braylon Allen and Ollie Gordon at the tippy top.
13:16You guys, I mean, there's like a little bit of a separator.
13:20If it's a year, Braylon Allen, Jake, I think you've kind of settled on Ollie Gordon as your tippy top, but it's like, no?
13:27Well, who was it? Jake is also Braylon. Oh, you were?
13:30Well, I thought you were going under the guise of like, Braylon Allen was to week six.
13:35I guess you're still holding up. No, no, no.
13:38That's what I was saying. If we knew it was only going to be two weeks, then it would shift.
13:43Yeah. Well, easier then. Great. Braylon Allen's at the tippy top for both of you guys.
13:48We've already talked about Ollie Gordon. It's not, and obviously Jalen Ray, it's not awesome.
13:53The rest of the crew that's floating out there.
13:55We put some names together. There's really one high percentage guy that you guys ended up putting back on the list.
14:01I didn't because he was over 40%, trying to keep him under 40%, but you guys both are going to be making
14:08a case in this episode, I guess, for Alvin Kamara, who is 43% owned according to Yahoo.
14:13Yeah, that's supposed to be 50%. Why are you dropping the number further?
14:17Come on. Well, because we're trying to discern this a little bit.
14:20But yeah, under 40% is usually what I go for.
14:23Keaton Mitchell, he's kind of pushing up there. 31%.
14:26Brian Robinson Jr., 22%. Those are the high ones.
14:28And then the low ones, you guys had already mentioned, like an Isaiah Davis wasn't owned at all.
14:34Jalen Wright, 1%. Fitzy, why don't you kick us off?
14:37Any thoughts or takes on some of these running backs that are floating out there?
14:41You guys have done a really good job of kind of like building a bridge of who the tippy top guys are.
14:47But a few of these other higher percentage owned players and whatnot, is there anybody that you are throwing your sneaky little
14:54dollar bids on while everybody's fighting for Braylon Allen and Jalen Wright?
14:57So Kamara is already rostered in a lot of leagues.
15:00And with Travis Etienne leaving the Saints Week 3 game against the Raiders with a hamstring injury, there will be speculation on
15:07Kamara in leagues where he's available this week. But he just hasn't been good with his touches, which kind of continues what
15:13we saw from him in 2025 so far, 18 carries 51 yards, six catches for only 12 yards.
15:19So, but look, volume is king at running back.
15:21And it does seem like Kamara's next man up if Etienne misses time.
15:25But Kendra Miller might be like kind of a sneaky good add here.
15:29You know, while Kamara does seem to be losing something with age, Kendra Miller has kind of been fairly decent whenever he's been healthy.
15:36He just can't stay healthy. That has been the biggest issue for him early in his career.
15:41But he's still only 24. They spent a third round pick on him and he's shown flashes where he hasn't looked too bad.
15:48I mean, he kind of squeezed Devin Neal out of the picture in New Orleans.
15:52And a lot of people like Devin Neal as a prospect.
15:55So I think Kendra Miller might be worth a small bit, a little less than Alvin Kamara.
16:00But I mean, I think he's more the swing for the fences type play.
16:04And then Keaton Mitchell, the one thing interesting about him, like I don't think he has standalone value right now.
16:10Did have eight carries against the Bills. Scored on a jet sweep that they, it officially went down as a pass reception
16:17because I guess Herbert flipped the ball forward as Mitchell was running by.
16:21But what was interesting about that game was that O'Marion Hampton played less than half the offensive snaps for the first time this year for the Chargers.
16:29And that wasn't game script related. Like the Chargers led or were very close for much of that game.
16:34So it just seems like O'Marion Hampton has almost been kind of a square peg in the round hole of the Mike McDaniel offense.
16:41And we know that Mike McDaniel campaigned to get Keaton Mitchell on the Chargers in the offseason.
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19:29With rapper, actor, Daveed Diggs. The jump off for me was Hamilton and it was the most popular thing in a very long time.
19:36But it was still for me, it was me and my friends making something dumb.
19:40Bruce Lee's daughter and Brandon Lee's sister, Shannon Lee.
19:43Back to your initial point of stewarding my father's legacy and giving my energy to that.
19:47But you're lending your life to stewarding somebody else's life.
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19:56All right, Jake, what do you think about this grouping here?
20:00Anybody? You're welcome to wax on Alvin Kamara if you want a little bit more.
20:04There's Brian Robinson. There's Keaton Mitchell. I mean, we know where the focus is at RB, but is there anybody you're trying to sneak past?
20:11I mean, if I waxed on Alvin Kamara, maybe that's the only way he can be slippery again.
20:17See, there you go. What it comes down to it is that I was going to say everything Fitz just said about
20:23Kamara and the fact that you do have to go after him.
20:27Volume is king. Maybe he's just what he marks of last year with the Texans.
20:31Volume offsets the fact that he's inefficient at this point.
20:34But to watch Kendrick Miller, like I would try to sneak through Kendrick Miller if you're like, you know, let somebody else
20:40go after Alvin Kamara and be like, yeah, okay, cool.
20:43I've got RB 27 going forward. But maybe just because this is an in-game adjustment and Kendrick Miller is just coming back
20:50from being an active the week before is that he gets the opportunity to take the role.
20:55It doesn't look good for Etchen. Like he grabbed his own hamstring before he went out of bounds and even got hit.
21:01So that's always a damning thing to say. So I agree completely with Fitz.
21:05It's there's one on this list that you put there that I've been saying since the preseason, since week one, since week two, since week three.
21:13And people are like going so far as to drop him the other direction.
21:17It's like, what are we doing with Brian Robinson?
21:20If something happens to Bajon Robinson, people are going to go insanely crazy on waivers for good reason.
21:25He's still Brian Robinson just because Christian McCaffrey stayed healthy last year and we didn't get the value we wanted out of
21:32Brian Robinson because we were playing the injury game.
21:34It doesn't mean Brian Robinson is not still one of the top five backups to have for running back.
21:40So I would put him in that conversation. I think that the fact is that 22 percent and another one, if you
21:46don't need while everybody's chasing Camara and the Gordon and the like go stash Brian Robinson.
21:51Like, God forbid, don't let Bajon get hurt. But I mean, people would be talking 70 percent of their fab if it happened.
21:58It's funny because there was this Kalon Black mania after week one.
22:01And like Brian Robinson, it's kind of the same thing.
22:04And no one cares about Brian Robinson. Well, yeah.
22:07Robinson got like 11 carries or 10 carries, 11 for 50.
22:1050 and a touchdown. That's what Kalon did. And yeah, you're 100 percent right.
22:14If I were to ask you guys just as a quick, give me like a top five Arby's to target.
22:20And you've already got half of the work done.
22:23So you so Fitzy will start. So you got Braylon Allen, your tippy top.
22:27So top five for this week, for this week, for this week that you're going to talk about Brian Robinson.
22:33I don't know if he meant like top five handcuffs.
22:36Oh, no, no. I mean, that's also a fun question.
22:39And he would be top five, 100 percent to your point why you should pick him up.
22:44But Fitzy, top five running backs for this week with everything we've talked about, because we're going to move on from running backs.
22:50We know Braylon Allen is number one for you.
22:53Who are the next four? Then Ollie Gordon and Jalen Wright, the two Miami backs, two and three.
22:58And then the two Saints backs. I would go Alvin Kamara, four, Kendra Miller, five.
23:03OK, that's perfect. Jake, same thing. Is that the same grouping or you got a little bit of difference?
23:08I probably I might lean if I don't need a running back.
23:12I might leave Brian Robinson over Kendra Miller. But I mean, if you need like if you take it like if you're
23:18fifth running back, Brian Robinson, just because that's the game changer.
23:21If anything were to happen, if I need a fourth or even a third, I'm like I said, I agree with Fitz.
23:28Take the chance on Kendra Miller. Like if we walked out next week and Kendra Miller is a top waiver ad because
23:34he got 13 touches to seven for Kamara. Like that wouldn't shock me.
23:38OK, wide receivers. We have not talked about them really at all.
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24:23Top wide receivers for the week. Now we've got some differences here.
24:27It's maybe not as sexy, but you guys at least don't agree.
24:30So, Jake, why don't you kick us off here?
24:33Let's talk about your number one before we talk about what some of the depth looks like.
24:38Because you guys both have two top wide receivers you would be targeting, two different names that you would be targeting.
24:44So, Jake, who's your name? It's finally happening. Like stash him, stash him, stash him, stash him, stash him.
24:50And now the door got opened because Caleb Douglas is hurt.
24:53And I still don't even think Chris Bell was up to 100% yesterday.
24:57He was close. And then we saw what he could do with 100%.
25:01And I know it's Malik Willis. I know the offense is broken.
25:04But I think Malik Washington's 10 targets, which I'm sure we'll talk about in this, is like, I think that's going away with some time.
25:12I actually think Caleb Douglas, if he comes back, it's going to now be, if they're fully taking the reins off, Chris Bell's 100% up to speed.
25:19It's Bell and Douglas with Malik Washington getting kicked into the slot.
25:23So, you saw what Bell could do. And I think there was an opportunity for like that one play to be even a slightly bigger day.
25:31But we all knew the talent of Chris Bell.
25:33Fitz knew this. He covers the draft as much as I do, actually even a little bit more.
25:39And you look at the fact that if not for the injury, he was considered a first-round wide receiver.
25:44So, you saw that opportunity yesterday. And I'm just going to take the chance on it.
25:49It's finally here. If you waited and you just didn't want to stash him and he's still sitting out there, which he is in a lot of leagues.
25:57What is this roster percentage? Like, it's only 4%?
26:00That's just insane. Like, he's somebody that if – it's going to take a week before I say definitively put him in every single week without thought.
26:08But in two weeks, if he is consistently in the wide receiver 3-4 conversation where he's in your lineup every single week,
26:14I would not be shocked at all. Yeah. And also, I mean, they just lost 8-hand.
26:19And they're going to have to find more spots to get the ball in playmakers' hands.
26:24And they've really done a good job about that.
26:26Well, the kind of argument is now the offense goes full belly up.
26:30I mean, you could. And now it looks like the Titans.
26:33I think they need to be passing the ball more.
26:36And we saw early in pre – I've been a Chris Bell guy as well.
26:41Like, really, really good early separator. I think him and Washington can do different things.
26:45So, I like this one. Seven targets in this game without Caleb Douglas.
26:49But, Fitzy, you've got a different name that tops your wide receiver waivers this week.
26:53Yeah. It's Keenan Allen. Look, it's just a gross week at wide receiver.
26:57Like, there's no – Yeah. Why did you huff so?
27:00You're like, oh, it's so bad. Okay. Yeah. I mean, it kind of depends what you need.
27:05Can I ask you a question, Fitz? Of course.
27:08Like, because here is my hesitancy about Keenan Allen is the Darius Slayton factor.
27:12I'm just worried that he's immediately thrown into the mix with the rapport with Daniel Jones starting next week.
27:17No one said that in a long time, but okay.
27:20The only – No, no. I'm just saying. Like, I just – it's just – I'm genuinely curious because I don't want
27:27to say like I was shocked, but I was a little bit surprised that you had Keenan Allen here because I see Darius Slayton coming.
27:34I'm just like, the only two people I want are Downs and Warren.
27:38So, I'm generally surprised by your answer. I just wanted a little context.
27:42The context, I think, Jake, is just it all depends on what you're looking for at wide receiver.
27:47If you are looking purely for upside, I think Chris Bell is the guy.
27:51Like, if you're looking for – throw a dart at a long-term solution at wide receiver that odds are probably won't work
27:57out for you, but worth a shot. I mean, at 4% rostered, you can probably get Chris Bell for a dollar in
28:04some – How dare be Smirsh the name of Chris Bell?
28:07Oh, come on. So, I mean, I would probably in that long-term solution category put Chris Bell won.
28:12And right behind him, Kalem Douglas is just a stash at two.
28:16Like, I got to throw a buck on now because you'll get him for a buck.
28:21But if you're looking for purely a weak foreplay, Jake, like Keenan Allen because he's going against the Commanders who've given up, I think, 11 touchdown passes.
28:29They've allowed multiple touchdown games to – granted, two pretty good wide receivers with CeeDee Lamb and Jackson Smith and Jigba.
28:35And, you know, old man Keenan Allen is not of that caliber anymore.
28:39But he did show signs of life finally in week three.
28:42Six catches, 63 yards, a touchdown, nine targets. And that was against a pretty good Houston defense.
28:47So, I think if you're just looking for a one-week play, Keenan Allen is – you know, I'm going to have Keenan
28:53Allen ranked higher than Chris Bell in week four.
28:56But I do think if you're looking longer-term solution, higher upside, Chris Bell would be the way to go.
29:02Nine targets. Yeah, nine targets, six catches, 63 in a score.
29:05And 21% roster percentage to Chris Bell's 4%. Some other names that are floating out here on the wide receiver market.
29:11Matt Collins, Erickson's got to be happy. Nine target games, six catches, 87 yards, only 3% rostered.
29:16Trey Harris. Trey Harris doing it hilariously when both of the other wide receivers are active.
29:21He had seven targets, six for 76. He was 4% rostered.
29:24Malik Washington, as we talked about, 10 targets. He was five for 56.
29:28And then you got a couple lower ones. Roman Wilson had a nice day.
29:32He was 0% rostered. Jordan Watkins, just because every 49er is just falling, 0%.
29:36And then Juwan Jennings, who the 49ers are probably just killed to have back, 5% rostered.
29:41There's some interesting names that are floating out there.
29:43Jake, when we're now perusing the rest of this list, who catches your eye that you would probably be targeting, if any of these guys?
29:51Trey Harris. I told a lot of people in waivers, go ahead last week, go ahead and drop Quinton Johnston.
29:56He's been given every opportunity to make this happen as the number two.
30:00And then Len McConkey is out. It's just still not happening.
30:03Trey Harris is coming for him. Trey Harris probably would have been more of a name going into the season, if not
30:10what happened with the injury and missing most of the rookie year.
30:13So I think that one's one to watch. The deeper ones, I threw in the Jordan Watkins and Juwan Jennings for two things.
30:20It's like the 49ers, uncertain. It could be Cowan.
30:23It could be Watkins. I like Watkins for the downfield ability and the fit in the Shanahan offense.
30:28At the end of the day, it might be irrelevant because it's just going to be Debo, Kittle, and CMC.
30:34And then we're whatever the fourth option might be.
30:37I think it's irrelevant, but to your point. But if I'm going to take a chance, I'm just going to take a
30:43chance on Watkins, assuming Evans is long-term-ish, like four plus weeks like we were talking about before.
30:48It's also probably one week, just to throw out, because Christian Kirk is going to be back in week five.
30:54And I know that's like eye-rolling, but like... Yeah, that's...
30:57No. Yeah, but he's going to dominate slot and targets and stuff like that.
31:01I drop Christian Kirk in Dynasty. Like, let's stop.
31:04I'm just telling you what you're saying. He's going to be out there for seven snaps and get hurt again.
31:10Let's be real. Okay. So every 49er, not just Christian Kirk, every 49er, seven snaps.
31:14But yeah, keep going. You should resuscitate your gift meme thing from last year with CMC.
31:19It's just sucking the life force out of everybody again this year to stay healthy.
31:23Like, it's just... It's happening. The Juwan Jennings is interesting because I think that if Justin Jefferson were long-term, like three, four,
31:30five, six weeks, I think he steps into that role.
31:32Not saying, like, I want to start him over Jordan Addison.
31:36It's just that I think he takes that opportunity and maybe has a desperation-wide receiver four or five.
31:41So the Rowan Wilson one was weird as hell.
31:44Like, he got benched after missing that and leading to that interception.
31:47Like, essentially got benched after his hot start into that game.
31:50I'm like, I don't know how mad Mike McCarthy was, but maybe it's an Aaron Rodgers thing.
31:55Maybe he's like, I'm not throwing him to him anymore anyway because of what just happened.
32:00But that was a weird one because he started off hot in that game and then it was goodbye.
32:06I don't think Rodgers likes Wilson. He talked about targets or anything like that.
32:10He just screams about him. He just wants no part of it.
32:13Same thing, Fitzy. The same group. I mean, Trey Harris seems to kind of be popping a little bit.
32:19There was no Matt Collins in there. There's a couple other interesting guys.
32:23Who catches your eye outside of Keenan Allen and Chris Bell, of course?
32:26Yeah, Harris could maybe take over for QJ who just had another bad drop of a ball that should have been a first down.
32:34Just is not getting it done. So he's one.
32:36I mean, we should point out that in Yahoo leagues, I know these guys are mostly rostered, but Dontavian Wicks and Makai
32:43Lemon are 51% available in Yahoo leagues. So like if granted, they're not available in a lot of leagues and we don't
32:49know what their week three results are because they play on Monday night.
32:53We're recording this on Monday morning, but those would be my two top ads if they do happen to be available in your 10-person league.
33:00I got so much of that question last week with Makai Lemon.
33:04Like again, you know, and maybe that's because I preached about how like he's better outside and that it's a fine fit with Jalen Hurst.
33:11But whatever that might be, like I said this in the preseason, said in week one, said two, like I keep saying it.
33:18He is a long-term stash. He is not on your bench if you're going to get impatient and drop him in a week.
33:25Just find somebody else. Pick up Wicks instead. The Makai Lemon situation, because he missed so much of the preseason, because he's
33:31a rookie and missed so much of the preseason, he was going to be week six, seven, eight or beyond.
33:37It's the second half of the season play. Similar to Jordan Tyson just because of his injury.
33:42So I'm with Vince. Absolutely stash him. But don't stash him if you're just going to turn around and throw him back onto the waivers next week.
33:50Yeah, and I agree. And also just pointing out for the he's not available in my league crew, like we get it.
33:56It's over 50%. But that's why we don't talk about over 50% because those people remind everybody.
34:01But yeah, I would completely agree. They would be at the tippy top.
34:05Because also, as mentioned here, wide receiver is not flush.
34:08You know, there's some names, but it's not flush full of great options.
34:12Damn it, Fitz. How dare you try to help the eight teamers in addition to the 14 teamers?
34:17He's not available in my league, Fitz. Don't talk about him.
34:20Can I make up for it by throwing out one name real quick of a guy who's available even in the deeper leagues?
34:27Kanata Mumfield, who it's just Puka Nakua could be back in week four or he could like need surgery.
34:33It seems like we're getting kind of mixed signals from the Rams on that.
34:37There's no in between. He's either fine or he's done.
34:40Like there's what the hell. Yeah. Yeah. So if we find out this week that Puka needs surgery, Kanata Mumfield is interesting.
34:46Had the big game on Sunday night against the Broncos, including just completely flummoxing Riley Moss on an out and up route
34:53that went for like a 48-yard touchdown. Mumfield has been Devante Adams' protege for the Rams.
34:57So like it's been kind of messy as to who the number three receiver there is technically.
35:02I know a lot of people want to make it Terrence Ferguson, but I think it's Mumfield.
35:07And I think he might have some potential value if we get a long-term absence for Puka.
35:12All right. Give me – let's do a top five.
35:15Let's do a top five on the position. And you can add in Mumfield if you've got him there, Jake.
35:21But Fitzy, why don't you start us off? Top five wide receivers.
35:25You've got Keenan Allen at one. It sounds like you've got Chris Bell at two.
35:29Who are the other three that you're going to add into your top priority?
35:33All right. I'll leave out the Eagles so as not to offend people.
35:37I'll say Keenan Allen, Chris Bell, Caleb Douglas, and maybe I'll go Trey Harris and Wondale Robinson just because he showed signs of life.
35:44And I think maybe he needed a couple games to get in sync with Tate.
35:49Or not with Tate, with Cam Ward. I was looking.
35:51I feel like – I want to look here.
35:54I thought Robinson's roster percentage was too high. 47.
35:57Yeah, 47%. 62%. I guess he's – 62% on Yahoo.
36:00All right. So never mind him. I'll say, you know, Rashad Bateman.
36:03Like, I know he's the number two, but maybe this – the Ravens' offense looks like it's clicking.
36:09I think maybe it can support two receivers, although Bateman is kind of like an end-of-the-roster guy.
36:14Yeah. All right, Jake. What's your top five? We know Chris Bell's number one.
36:18So Jordan Addison, number one. I'm just going to wait.
36:21The first thing I did when the injury happened, I looked at Addison.
36:24I was like, oh, yeah, 78% is probably not going to fly.
36:28You ate 78? Yeah, it's 73. Okay. Yeah, hold on.
36:31I don't know if he dropped. I was going to say that would be insane if he dropped for whatever reason.
36:37Yeah, and by the way, you're playing your 18 league.
36:40Like, yeah, it's 75.6% on Yahoo. But yeah, your 18 leagues are like flush, and you guys are awesome, but we got to talk deeper.
36:47So not Addison and not, you know, Eagles. Chris Bell, number one.
36:51I like – I thought – like, Caleb Douglas, sure, I agree with number two.
36:55I would actually go to Trey Harris, then Keenan Allen, and then for the final flyer after that.
37:00Nobody. Nobody. Jawan Jennings, just because, like, we don't know right now, Justin Jefferson.
37:05If it's – I mean, if it's even three weeks, Jawan Jennings will be like a wide receiver four.
37:10Touchdown reliant, but, I mean, it could just be a situation where he and Addison are both good, and T.G.
37:16Hawkinson takes a step back. So I think a chance on that.
37:20We do also have, like, the Baker Mayfield is now two to four weeks, according, like, while we're doing this, too.
37:26Oh, yeah. Yeah, which is super great. Injuries are – it's going great.
37:30It's going great, everybody. All right, those are running back and wide receivers.
37:33We still are going to do a little Keeper Cut.
37:36We've got to look at the top streamers at the other positions, and then what does the top five overall look like with some fab numbers?
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38:13That's fantasypros.com slash plan. Let's do a little Keeper Cut.
38:16We'll kind of burn through these, and we'll talk about some of our top streamers.
38:20I had put this on. The injury makes it weird, but you know what?
38:24Let's hold to it. There are plenty of leagues where people don't have any IR spots and any injury spots, or guess what?
38:31Are full with it. Are we in a space where Travis HN, who's 97% own, can be cut, regardless even of the
38:37injury, but put the injury together if you would like here.
38:41And knowing when Braylon Allen or Gordon is available here, Jake, we'll start with you.
38:45Keeper Cut Travis HN with all of those little caveats, knowing there's an injury, and knowing that those guys are available.
38:51Would you keep or cut him? I mean, it's tough because we don't know Hall either.
38:56So if we had the same exact timeline at Chen, is what I'm going to call him.
39:01Although we don't have to worry about it now because A-Chan is actually out for the season, so no one has to confuse people anymore.
39:08Never talk about him anymore. I know. There's no confusion anymore.
39:11If we knew, say, four weeks for both, because he grabbed his own hamstring.
39:16I'm almost leaning to that A-Chan might be worse than Brees Hall.
39:19But all that being said, if it was the same exact timeline, I'd make the swap.
39:24If there's no IR, if there's no way on earth that I'm dropping Etch.
39:28He finally started looking good. They finally started turning back to him.
39:31Camaro was getting very few touches. And it's like, OK, your patience paid off.
39:36You might have only an RB2, but your patience paid off.
39:39So I don't want to drop him. But again, you're talking about benches without IRs, which is just insane to me.
39:45It's not double penalizing people. Stop it, please. I don't have IRs in my league, Jake.
39:50That guy's not available and I have IRs. Yeah, make the tough decisions.
39:53Get the hell out of there with that. I don't want to take up the entire show.
39:58You can come at me for after that. Fitzy, same thing.
40:02Yeah, so I think you could drop Etch-An in shallow leagues.
40:05Because even the role has not been what we had hoped.
40:08He's basically a committee back, even if he were to come back two weeks from now.
40:13Dude, he is the tornado of chaos. All three of us said his name differently.
40:17I just want to point out. I know there's someone out there that heard.
40:21All three of us said it in a completely different way.
40:25That's why, because you're never confused with mine. Etch-An?
40:27There's only one player that could possibly be Etch-An.
40:30No, I mean, everybody is committed to Etch-An because it's just like Devon Etch-An.
40:34But I still don't believe him. That's why I'm calling him Etch-An.
40:38Great, great. You're from the area. You wanted to go with the Cajun's pronunciation.
40:42It's Etch-An. I'm over caring about it. Brian, are you over caring about Brian Thomas?
40:4683% own. No, I saw this football behind me.
40:49Keep or cut. Say it. Goodbye. Bye-bye. See ya.
40:51He's Quentin Johnston. He's behind Jacoby Myers. He's not even like neck and neck.
40:55He's behind, like Josh Cameron started taking snaps from him.
40:58Yep. Cameron, I think, either played more snaps or ran more routes than BTJ.
41:02Trade BTJ. Trade into a new team. This is a group cut, right?
41:06Yes. If you were forced to roster Marvin Harrison or Brian Thomas, who would you live with?
41:11Brian Thomas. Brian Thomas, Marvin Harrison, Quentin Johnson at the bottom.
41:15Okay. And that's only the hope that Marvin Harrison and Brian Thomas find new teams.
41:19And Quentin Johnson was the next name up here.
41:2271% roster. Jake, you're already cutting. He was tossing them away last week.
41:25Yeah. Well, I just threw in a... And Fitz, you were cutting.
41:29Okay. Perfect. He's out. How about a couple of running backs in here?
41:33How about Tyler Algier? A lot of Jeremiah Love.
41:35No? Hold him. Hold him. Hang tough. Yeah. He's in the next tier behind the Brian Robinsons of the world.
41:41But if Jeremiah Love already got hurt, we're going to get RB2 value from Algier if anything were to happen again.
41:47Okay. Let's make it worse. 72% Marshawn Lloyd. Fitz.
41:50Fitz. Oh, yeah. I mean, a committee back behind the worst offensive line in the league.
41:55See ya. 72% on Yahoo. And again, for people understanding why I bring up some of these names, because of the roster percentage.
42:0272% are still holding on to Marshawn Lloyd. Do you agree?
42:05Flip those numbers. It'll be 27 a week from now.
42:08Exactly. And Jake, you're cutting? Yeah. I had him and Caleb Johnson in my mid-RB 30s, 30 to 40 range.
42:14And that was still too high for both of them.
42:16These three... I don't know which one of you added them, but I like the names.
42:21Justin Herbert. Justin Herbert has not been living up to the high hopes.
42:25This is kind of that back-end quarterback range. I definitely think he's moved himself from, like, he's your weekly start to now
42:31you're looking at quarterback planning to maybe now he's just not part of the plan.
42:36Fitzy, keep or cut Justin Herbert. If you can't afford to carry two quarterbacks, he plays Seattle and Denver the next two weeks.
42:43I would just cut him. Jake? You don't have to cut him if you listen to me, because you don't have him on any of your damn teams.
42:51I was wrong on some things. He is Colson Loveland, by the way, as being the number two tight end.
42:57But there was one thing I definitely wasn't wrong, and that was Justin Herbert was way too high in everybody's rankings.
43:03I was never Justin Herbert. Ha ha ha. This last one, Chris Godwin.
43:07There's an interesting name that pops up here. So it definitely was in one of your minds.
43:12Fitzy, keep or cut Chris Godwin? Yeah. Fitz put those in there.
43:15Yeah, barely doing anything, 40 or fewer yards in his first three games, and now he's got to play with Jalen Daniels for two to four weeks.
43:23No thanks. You can just lose him. You're not missing out on anything.
43:27Did you see how much he hated saying that, Jalen Daniels?
43:30Man, you hate Jalen Daniels. What's wrong with Jalen Daniels, dude?
43:33Nothing wrong, but do you want to start an undrafted rookie free agent quarterback?
43:38Yeah. Watch him run more than Malik Wills does now, though.
43:41That'd be funny. But yeah, Chris Godwin was floor.
43:43He was floor, floor, floor, floor, floor. But I mean, what do you need of floor?
43:48He's the one I should have argued against instead of Jacoby Myers and why you were drafting him in the preseason.
43:54Keep or cut. Those are some big ones you guys can drop in your comments below.
43:59We are watching and listening. You can let us know if there's one you completely disagree with.
44:04I think HM, Brian Thomas, Chris Godwin, those are probably the most controversial of them.
44:08A lot of the others are probably easy moves.
44:11That takes us to the top streamers. We have been so hyper-focused on wide receivers and running backs.
44:16I will say, because of our format, we've gone this long without talking about a very important player who is going to be important to waivers.
44:24And I think, yeah, he does make the top five of both of your lists because he comes in at tight end.
44:30So, Fitzy, why don't you kick us off here?
44:33You're going to give us the whole thing, the quarterback, the tight end, the defense, and the kicker that you like.
44:39But everybody knows what's coming here because the tight end that you guys both agree on, that's one of the bigger plays for this week.
44:47I'll just run through real quick. Daniel Jones is my top streaming quarterback just because I like the matchup with Washington, which
44:53has allowed 11 touchdown passes to quarterback. Sam Darnold just threw 379 yards, four touchdowns against Washington.
44:58Kenyon Sadiq, the top guy for sure. I'll let Jake talk more about him.
45:02But we don't know what Garrett Wilson got hurt at the end of the game.
45:07I heard maybe it's minor. But we've got Anna Mitchell out with a finger injury.
45:11It just seems like Sadiq is really involved. Granted, this was against a Lions defense that has given up touchdowns to six
45:17different tight ends so far this season. But Sadiq looked the part.
45:21He looked amazing on Sunday. If you can't get him, Darren Waller, who with a Jalen Coker long-term absence coming, I think
45:27Waller is more than just the red zone guy coming up.
45:31He had eight targets on Sunday, and that was the tide for the most he has had since coming out of retirement in 2025.
45:38Streaming defense, they didn't look good last Thursday night, but the Green Bay Packers, because they are going against Jalen Daniels, who
45:44took his first snaps in the waning moments of the Buccaneers' loss on Sunday.
45:48And then streaming kickers, Matt Gay. Don't tell anyone the Raiders are 3-0.
45:52And they've scored at least 26 points in all three of their games.
45:56And Matt Gay has not missed a kick yet, 7-7 on field goals.
46:00And then Tyler Bass, just your high floor, still available in like 75% of Yahoo leagues.
46:04The kicker for the Bills. You know he's going to get like three extra points minimum every week.
46:10I think Bass has made every single episode we've done of this on the streaming option, so go pick him up.
46:16All right. Jake, you can give us your quarterback and your defense.
46:19Just burn through that real quick, because I know that's not the big topic here.
46:24And then let's talk about Sadiq. Yeah. Sorry, I zoned out.
46:27I didn't even know what you guys were talking about at the end there.
46:31So really what it comes down to, if available, CJ Stroud.
46:34I know he's over 50, but he's barely over 50.
46:37Goes against the Cowboys, which similar to my touchdown flag pan, double touchdown call from two weeks ago going against the Giants or Devontae Adams.
46:45The Cowboys just ran into the same thing the Giants ran into, where corners were dropping left and right.
46:50And they have nobody left at this point. That secondary is just ripe for the picking.
46:55So if CJ Stroud is out there and probably gets Nico Collins back, we think he would be my top.
47:01But if not, Jacoby Brissett, because who does he face?
47:04Oh, the Giants secondary and what's left. And also Brian Burns just got lost for the season for a torn ACL.
47:10So that Giants defense went from week one being like, oh, wow, they might actually have something put together here too.
47:16They don't have anybody left at this point, except for like the young players.
47:20So tight end. Yeah. Kenyon Sadiq. The interesting thing was he wasn't quite 60% of the routes.
47:25I mentioned week one that he was coming for Mason Taylor, and we definitely saw that happen.
47:30It really comes down to Adonai Mitchell. By the way, Fitz, Garrett Wilson concussion, he came back into the game.
47:36That's what it was. So he should be okay.
47:39But Adonai Mitchell with the thumb wrap or whatever it is, if Mitchell's back out there, I would caution, do not go bonkers on Sadiq.
47:46It's a lot of fun. He is a very talented rookie.
47:49This is why they drafted him. If there is no Mitchell, I think he'd be in the tight end one fringe conversation.
47:56And then defenses, Cardinals, going back to that game against the Giants, Cardinals defense has shown flashes.
48:01They get Jameis Winston. They get Jameis Winston with like that defense.
48:04They're not going to be able to probably keep the Cardinals off the field.
48:08And then I know you're picking on the commander's pass defense for very good reason, Fitz.
48:13But even so against your streaming quarterback, that run defense, this is for the rank show, sneak preview, I was wrong about
48:19Jadarian Price, not only because coming back he was in a time, well, committee, is I'm going to give some credit to that commander's run defense.
48:27That's why everybody's picking on their pass defenses, because that's where you get them.
48:31So if they get after Daniel Jones, Daniel Jones not running in that game, and you get some turnover potential, I think
48:38the commanders are risky, but we are talking streaming defenses.
48:41Okay, that's going to lead us to the final set here, which is the top overall waivers for the week.
48:47So what I'd like is you guys give me your top five.
48:50And if you could throw a little fab number percentage, most of these guys you've talked about, and Jake, we'll let you kick it off here.
48:58So we've got your top two, which I think you've mentioned.
49:01It's Braylon Allen, Ollie Gordon. And I think you've mentioned the percentages were, what was it?
49:06I forget now. So you rerun those percentages. I said I try to live in the teens.
49:11You're probably going to have to go 20 to 30 if you're needy on both of them.
49:16And maybe sneak through Jalen Wright. That didn't make the list, but would have, like if, well, we'll get to number five.
49:22Number three for me is Chris Bell. I don't know.
49:25This is a weird one. You know your league.
49:28This is why I don't love fab. I know we give it to everybody.
49:32It was like, you know, your league better. As Fitz said, how low his roster ship percentage is, you might be able
49:38to sneak him through for four or five, six bucks.
49:41But like, I know my leagues, if he was still out there, like I'd have to go 15, 20% because it's a thinner waiver wire.
49:48And I know people get excited and pay attention to rookies.
49:52So it comes down to that. I try to live in the single digits.
49:56Sadiq, I think actually is going to have to go for more than Chris Bell, because I think everybody's going to be
50:02excited about the rookie and the opportunities. He would be fourth again, depending.
50:06If I knew Mitchell was out for four weeks, I would leapfrog Sadiq, probably pushing number two on this list, depending if you need running back.
50:14And then lastly, Alvin Kamara, like just because people need running backs.
50:17Fitzy, your top five. Braylon Allen at the tippy top for you, but who else do you have?
50:23Almost exactly the same. Yeah, I think you guys are pretty dang close.
50:26And then throw those percentages back on. Braylon Allen, 15 to 30%.
50:30Olly Gordon from about, I don't know, 12 to maybe 22, 23%.
50:33Kenyon Sadiq kind of, I don't want to pay more than, I don't want to pay double digits.
50:39Goes seven to nine and also seven to nine for Jalen Wright.
50:42That's pretty close. I could argue either way. And Alvin Kamara finally at about, I don't know, five to eight bucks.
50:48Okay. So that's your general space. Hey. Good news on the injury front before we get out of here.
50:54I don't expect them for week four, but I think this is at least promising.
50:58All the Coke has, he's questionable for week four.
51:01So there you go. So like, maybe only misses like one week.
51:05Like we need some positivity before we get out of here.
51:08This is very injury heavy. It's, I mean, as it usually is.
51:11All right, there you go. That is the top five.
51:14All the positional streamers, everything in between should get you guys set for this coming week's waivers.
51:19But don't forget about our weekly waiver wire live stream.
51:22It's right here on the YouTube channel where you can come and ask your specific waiver wire questions.
51:27We're going to be with you Tuesday at 3 p.m.
51:30Eastern. So if you're listening on the podcast, go over to youtube.com slash fantasy pros.
51:35That's youtube.com slash fantasy pros. Subscribe, click the bell, get notified, come in and hang out.
51:39And you can talk a little bit more specifics as well.
51:43Going in on Tuesday, we might have in the next 24 hours even more information that you can clearly see.
51:49We've caveated a lot of this stuff because there are things we just don't know.
51:53We don't know the extent of certain injuries which could play a role in it.
51:57But you got the names. You can go make the moves and hopefully that helped you out.
52:02For The Athletic Zone, Jake Seeley and Pat Fitzmaurice, I'm Chris Welsh.
52:06Good luck in your waivers this week. And we'll talk to you next time right here on Fantasy Pros.
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