0:00Injuries to Davante Adams, Terry
0:01McLaurin, Mike Evans actually has the
0:03waiver wire very interesting this week
0:06and I'm going to be aggressive on it
0:07myself. Now, the most important player
0:09on your waiver wire this week, we'll
0:11start it right off with Jordan Tyson.
0:13Now, there is a high probability that
0:15Jordan Tyson is already rostered in your
0:17league. I know you are tired of hearing
0:19me talk about him, but I will just say
0:21this is the first positive blurb that we
0:23have had about Jordan Tyson in a long,
0:26long time. The reports right now are
0:29Jordan Tyson is traveling to Paris with
0:31the team for this game against the
0:33Pittsburgh Steelers. There is a non-zero
0:36percent chance that he plays this game.
0:38He is a top 10 NFL draft pick. He wasn't
0:41a top 10 wide receiver drafted in this
0:44year's draft. No, he was a top 10 pick
0:46in the NFL draft. Super talented player.
0:48The hamstring stuff absolutely sucks,
0:51but most likely outcome, he is back in
0:53week nine after the week eight bye from
0:56the New Orleans Saints, but there is a
0:58real world scenario in which he's
0:59practicing this week and maybe we get
1:01some game action, which I'd be
1:03incredibly excited for. And then our
1:05other top option on the waiver wire that
1:07is also most likely rostered in your
1:09league is going to be Rachaad White.
1:12Rachaad White is now in a pretty nice
1:14setup in which you have Keaton Allen cut
1:18from this Washington Commanders team a
1:19few weeks ago. That was the running back
1:21that I believe they selected in the
1:22seventh round of the NFL draft this
1:24year. And then you have Jaret Patterson
1:26hitting the injured reserve. So, Rachaad
1:29White this past week sees about 60 to
1:3170% of the opportunities for this
1:33Commanders backfield. He has the
1:35receiving role. We saw him get work at
1:37the goal line as well. I probably am
1:40going to be starting him as like a
1:41low-end RB2 until Jaret Patterson comes
1:43back, which is something that I
1:45desperately need for my team.
1:48Hopefully we get ETN back in week nine
1:49though, so we're no longer having to
1:51start these guys like White. But, moving
1:54to a couple of guys that are most likely
1:56rostered in your league. Uh, let's talk
1:58about Omar Cooper Jr. Omar, I believe is
2:00available in my league. Right after I'm
2:02done recording this, I'm going to go out
2:03there and put a pretty aggressive bid
2:05for him. And there's a damn good chance
2:07that he's available in yours as well.
2:09Now, if you look at this profile coming
2:11out of Indiana, this is a very tough guy
2:13to look at, right? Because the Indiana
2:15Hoosiers had a ton of super talented
2:17players. They had the number one overall
2:19pick in the NFL draft with Fernando
2:20Mendoza. They had Elijah Sewell who went
2:22to the third round to the Baltimore
2:24Ravens. They Caleb Black who goes to the
2:26San Francisco 49ers. I believe that was
2:28in the third round as well. So, if you
2:30look at like the market share numbers
2:32for Omar, they don't necessarily jump
2:34off the page, but film guys absolutely
2:36loved him. He ended up getting selected
2:38in round one of the NFL draft by the New
2:40York Jets. And you look at the Jets
2:42depth chart, they obviously have Garrett
2:44Wilson as the alpha at the very top end,
2:46but the underlying wide receiver depth
2:48very, very thin, especially with Adonai
2:51Mitchell dealing with the finger surgery
2:53that he had. We don't expect to get
2:55Adonai Mitchell back for a few weeks. We
2:57ended up seeing Omar Cooper get injured
2:59week one. He only played 7% of the
3:02snaps. He only ran one route. And then
3:04he goes on the IR, right? With the ankle
3:06injury. He misses weeks two, three,
3:08four, five, comes back in week six, and
3:12immediately cements himself as a fantasy
3:15viable name. He had 22 fantasy points.
3:18He played 82% of the snaps, and he was
3:20scored a receiving touchdown at the same
3:23time. Now, projecting this forward,
3:25there's no way he's the wide receiver
3:27one over Garrett Wilson. Garrett Wilson
3:28had a really tough match up going up
3:29against Gonzo. So, realistically, I
3:32would more so view Omar Cooper as a deep
3:37league option for your flex or your
3:40second flex spot as we go through the
3:42buys. But one thing that we learned from
3:44last week is when these rookie wide
3:46receivers that have the pedigree, that
3:48have the draft capital, when they flash
3:51and it looks like they're going to get
3:52an opportunity, you probably should be
3:54aggressive on picking them up off the
3:56waiver wire. Again, Jeremy Bernard just
3:59taught us that lesson. Now, going over
4:00to our next pick up, we are going to
4:02have C.J. Stroud. Now, Stroud's rostered
4:04in 66% of Yahoo leagues, like 43% of
4:07ESPN leagues, 60% of Sleeper. So, I will
4:10say just briefly, I know he's probably
4:12rostered in your league, but if you're
4:13in a shallow format, he looks great, and
4:16this matchup against the Giants in Week
4:187 is very appealing. Right now, early
4:21market indicators do have the Houston
4:23Texans as a top-five offense this next
4:26week, and with no David Montgomery,
4:28they're probably going through the air.
4:29We'll talk about Tank Dell later, but
4:31now Stroud has Nico, Marvin Harrison,
4:35Tank Dell, Jaylen Knowles showing signs
4:38of life. So, hell, I mean, he looks a
4:40phenomenal right now. Now, going over to
4:43the Los Angeles Rams, your league mates
4:45may be rushing to pick up like Jordan
4:48Whittington off the waiver wire. Right?
4:50With Davante Adams effectively out for
4:52the season, I will say I don't actually
4:54expect a wide receiver two in Los
4:56Angeles to become relevant at all. They
4:59haven't proven anything at the NFL
5:00level. We've seen them in games with no
5:03Puka Nacua, and what happened earlier
5:05this year when Puka Nacua was removed
5:08from this Rams offense? They featured
5:10the wide receiver one with Davante Adams
5:12way more, and more importantly, they got
5:15multiple tight ends on the field. They
5:17have two tight ends on the field almost
5:19every play. They have three tight ends
5:20on the field sometimes as well. We saw
5:24Terrance Ferguson actually look like he
5:26was having his mini little breakout, and
5:29then obviously Terrance Ferguson went
5:31down with the ankle. So, my expectations
5:33here for the Los Angeles Rams are going
5:35to be that the tight ends are the guys
5:37that you want to be picking up with the
5:39departure of Davante Adams from this
5:41offense. Now, in the short term, for
5:43this week, I would say Tyler Higbee is
5:47the name that you're going to look at,
5:48right? That's because I believe Terrance
5:51Ferguson went on the injured reserve in
5:52week three. Ferguson has missed weeks
5:55three, four, five, six. Actually, I'm
5:57sorry. He went on week four. So, he's
5:58missed weeks four, five, six. He has to
6:00miss week seven on the injured reserve,
6:03but it sounds like Terrance Ferguson may
6:05be back in week eight. And then Terrance
6:08Ferguson could potentially take over as
6:09the tight end that you want. The concern
6:11that you may have here with the Rams is
6:13what I'm dealing with with Dalton
6:15Kincaid in the Buffalo Bills right now.
6:17There's a chance it's just a tight end
6:19by committee. There's a chance you have
6:21Tyler Higbee, Terrance Ferguson, and
6:23Colby Parkinson all getting work. If I
6:26had to bet on who it is in the short
6:28term, it's going to be Higbee. In the
6:30long term, it's going to be Terrance
6:31Ferg. Now, if you just wanted the full
6:35straight-up starter in terms of tight
6:37ends in their offenses, you can look at
6:40Chigo Okonkwo. This is a tight end that
6:43wasn't super appealing to be in drafts
6:46this offseason. I I didn't really have
6:48much interest. He gets paid a
6:49decent-sized contract to go from
6:51Tennessee, where he was never a viable
6:53tight end in fantasy football, over to
6:56the Washington Commanders. But now that
6:58you have no Terry McLaurin, I mean, this
7:01is now a setup in which they're going to
7:03have to get him involved. He just had
7:05seven targets, seven receptions this
7:07week against the San Francisco 49ers.
7:10Now, the problem that you're going to
7:11have with the short-term pickup, and
7:13this is what I run into myself. While I
7:15think he can definitely be a low-end
7:17tight end one, high-end tight end two
7:19that's startable at good matchups going
7:20forward,
7:22because the Commanders have a week seven
7:24bye, it's tough to pick him up when,
7:26say, like me as an example, I have
7:28Dalton Kincaid on bye, right? So, I
7:30can't rush out there, pick up Chig, have
7:33Kincaid on my bench, have Chig on my
7:35bench as well. So, I'm not going to be
7:36able to place a bid for him. I would say
7:38this is also why it may be a little bit
7:40tough for you to go after like Treylon
7:42Burks, Antonio Williams, cuz if you pick
7:46up Antonio Williams even with Terry
7:48probably being out for the season, my
7:50expectations would be you're probably
7:52not going to be starting Antonio
7:54Williams when they come back in week
7:57eight. So, you're rostering him for two,
7:59three weeks, seeing if he'll prove or
8:01break out, then playing him in week
8:02nine. So, that's the hesitation I would
8:05have with the Commanders. If I had to
8:07pick somebody, I would be going with the
8:08tight end with Chig, though, over the
8:10secondary wide receivers here like
8:12Antonio Williams, like Treylon Burks,
8:14very similar to the Los Angeles Rams
8:16scenario. Now, going to the Niners
8:19offense, it's very difficult right now
8:22to talk about Christian Kirk.
8:23The reason for this is we do not have
8:26the exact timetable laid out for Mike
8:28Evans, and frankly, I don't think the
8:31Niners know how long he's going to miss.
8:33I don't think Mike Evans himself knows
8:36how long he's going to miss. Going
8:37through and seeing what was said after
8:39this game, there are two things. One,
8:42Mike Evans, his Achilles is intact, but
8:46he's going to miss a little time. The
8:47reports right now are they are saying
8:50that he is hopeful to play after the
8:53week eight bye. So, you're hoping to get
8:55Mike Evans back in week nine. There is
8:57also a chance that Deebo Samuel is back
9:00after the week eight bye. Deebo Samuel
9:02back in week nine as well. Now, of
9:04course, neither of those things are
9:06confirmed. We do not know right now. We
9:08don't even know if Christian Kirk is
9:10going to be playing this week. If I had
9:13to pick a Niners wide receiver that I
9:15had to play, say you're dealing with
9:16some of these week seven byes, you have
9:18no James Cook, you have no DJ Moore,
9:21Christian Kirk would probably be my
9:23name, but I think the biggest thing is
9:26if Deebo Samuel is dropped in your
9:28league, run out there to pick up Deebo
9:30Samuel right now. Now, a couple other
9:32names that I know people are going to
9:33look at, Tyrone Tracy scored multiple
9:36touchdowns um for the New York Giants,
9:39but Tyrone Tracey even in a game in
9:42which Cam Skatabu played literally zero,
9:44right? Skatabu did not have a single
9:46carry. Tracey still only had nine
9:49opportunities and only played 38% of the
9:52snaps. So while a lot of people are
9:54going to be rushing out there to pick
9:55him up, best case scenario he's in like
9:58a three-man running back by committee. I
10:00don't think he's that talented of an RB.
10:03So I don't know if you really have a
10:05high ceiling with Tracey. A player that
10:08I would say in the majority of y'alls
10:09leagues you do not need to pick up,
10:11right? Your league is most likely
10:12shallow enough where you can leave
10:14Travis Hunter on the waiver wire. But if
10:17you are in deeper formats, I do think
10:20it's worth taking a little tiny peek at
10:23Travis Hunter right now. For the reason
10:25being Brian Thomas Jr. looked like he
10:28got straight up benched in the second
10:30half of this Jags game. They are on bye
10:33this week. There is a chance we see a
10:35Brian Thomas Jr. trade, right? There is
10:38a world in which the Rams they go out
10:41there and they trade for Thomas. And if
10:43Thomas gets shipped out of Jacksonville,
10:46Travis Hunter in theory at that point
10:49could see more wide receiver snaps. He
10:51probably still need like a Jakobi Meyers
10:53injury for him to all of a sudden turn
10:55into like a full-time wide receiver that
10:57you can comfortably start. And he is
10:59also on the bye this week, so Travis
11:01Hunter goes to your watch list. Don't
11:03rush to pick him up. I would say the
11:05same thing with Tank Dell. I know a lot
11:07of people are excited to get Tank Dell
11:09back. And hell, on the wall behind me I
11:11do have a Tank Dell C.J. Stroud football
11:14card. I'm not going to sit here and say
11:15that I'm a Tank Dell hater. I hope Tank
11:17Dell comes back. I mean, I absolutely
11:19love the stories of these players having
11:21significant injuries and then somehow
11:22some way working themselves back. We
11:25haven't seen Tank Dell since 2024. He
11:27was placed on the IR early this season,
11:30but reports are saying now that he's
11:32going to play. I would not rush to pick
11:34him up. I would put him on your watch
11:36list cuz the thing is Nico is still the
11:38alpha, then Marv's probably the wide
11:41receiver two, and then you have like
11:42Jaylen Noel also looking good. So, I
11:44think it's a super crowded wide receiver
11:46room, but he is worth watching. Now,
11:48going over to the top defensive plays
11:50that we have on the week, I just want to
11:52look at the matchups where the offenses
11:55are supposed to score the fewest amount
11:57of points in the NFL. The New York
11:59Giants are supposed to be the worst
12:00offense in the NFL this week. Again,
12:03this is market data. This is not me just
12:05going off a whim, and the Houston Texans
12:07play against the New York Giants. So,
12:09I'm assuming the Texans defense is
12:11already rostered in your league. On the
12:13small possibility they're not, pick up
12:14the Texans defense. The New York Jets
12:17get to play against the Miami Dolphins.
12:19Looking at this Jets-Miami game,
12:21obviously the Jets not a great team, but
12:23they do have a 68% chance of winning
12:26this game on Polymarket US. We can
12:29actually see that you only have a 55%
12:32chance that the Miami Dolphins score
12:34more than 16 and 1/2 points. Obviously,
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12:49outside of Nevada. Obviously, the
12:51Minnesota Vikings have an elite elite
12:54defense. The Indianapolis Colts project
12:56score very few points. The Cleveland
12:58Browns get to go up against the
12:59Tennessee Titans. So, maybe somebody
13:02dropped the Vikings defense since they
13:03were on bye last week. If so, make sure
13:05you pick them up. Cleveland Browns DST
13:08probably available in your league. The
13:10Denver Broncos get to go up against
13:11Arizona. And then, um I would say if
13:14you're incredibly desperate, Cowboys get
13:17to go up against the Philadelphia
13:18Eagles, who obviously have no Jalen
13:20Hurts, looked horrible last week, and we
13:21don't know the status of Saquon Barkley.
13:23But yeah, I think that's all I got for
13:24you. I I appreciate you. Reminder, I'm
13:26going to be live streaming every single
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