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Antonio WilliamsEmanuel WilsonJadarian PriceJalen CokerJaylen WrightJustin JeffersonLadd McConkeyMike EvansOllie GordonPuka NacuaStefon DiggsXavier Worthy
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Antonio Williams

NegativeValue1:59

Antonio Williams can be picked up from the waiver wire for late-season upside, but he is not a trusted start given his low target volume of four, three, and four in the first three games.

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Emanuel Wilson

NegativeUsage6:23

Emanuel Wilson is expected to handle first and second-down work in the Seattle backfield, but the source is hesitant to recommend him as a start due to the team's poor rushing offense and the potential for George Alani to see receiving work.

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Jadarian Price

NegativeInjury6:16

Jadarian Price has been ruled out for the game against the Chargers after re-aggravating a chest injury on Wednesday.

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Jalen Coker

NegativeInjury10:20

Jalen Coker has not been cleared from injury and is a risky start; the source recommends benching him if he remains a game-time decision, noting a low WR4 ranking due to injury concerns and potential bad weather.

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Jaylen Wright

NegativeUsage8:48

Despite being healthy and listed as the starter for the Dolphins, the source advises keeping Jaylen Wright on the bench due to the team's poor offensive projection and uncertain usage.

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Justin Jefferson

NegativeInjury4:50

Justin Jefferson has been officially ruled out for Week 4 due to an ankle injury after failing to practice all week. There is a risk he could sit out Week 5 as well to ensure he is 100% before the team's Week 6 bye.

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Ladd McConkey

NegativeMatchup7:40

Despite practicing on Friday, the source advises against starting Ladd McConkey due to a tough matchup against the Seahawks and the Chargers' poor offensive projection for the week.

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Mike Evans

NegativeInjury5:20

Mike Evans is questionable with a chest injury that he described as feeling like he got stabbed; while he plans to play through it with padding, the source advises benching him if a better alternative is available due to the severity of the injury and the late game time.

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Ollie Gordon

NegativeSleeper8:59

Ollie Gordon is a roster stash candidate who could potentially emerge as a bellcow back, but he should not be started in fantasy lineups at this time.

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Puka Nacua

PositiveUsage5:22

Despite reports of a snap count, Puka Nacua should be started in all fantasy lineups without hesitation.

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Stefon Diggs

PositiveUsage1:46

Stefon Diggs is a must-start player, especially with Terry McLaurin out, due to a favorable matchup against the Indianapolis Colts and consistent target volume (9, 6, and 7 targets over the last three weeks).

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Xavier Worthy

NegativeValue6:40

The source lacks confidence in Xavier Worthy's fantasy outlook and is actively considering trading him away, even for a player like Emanuel Wilson.

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0:00We've had some surprising activives I
0:02need to make sure that you're aware of
0:03because honestly it did update the way
0:05that I am ranking these players for this
0:07week. Starting in Chicago, we have no
0:09Caleb. We have no Case Keenum. We have
0:11Tyson Bean under center. Now, the way
0:13things are projecting right now, you
0:16have DeAndre Swift, who we'll talk about
0:18later on, looking like he is somebody
0:20that you want to be starting and Luther
0:22Burton did get a considerable amount of
0:24work this past week. So with that in
0:27mind, I'm completely fine if you wanted
0:29to put Luther Burden into your lineup as
0:31well. But I'm not starting Roman Dunce.
0:33He's completely unusable. And at the
0:36same time, while Khif Raymond has been
0:38decent through the first three weeks,
0:40Khalif Raymond's about to turn 33 years
0:42old and he has never been fantasy
0:44relevant. So I'm not buying this late
0:46career Khalif Raymond breakout, even in
0:48a very good situation for him. Now going
0:52over to the Commanders game. This is a
0:55very interesting setup because we'll
0:57talk about Rashad White missing for Jaka
0:59Crossit later. But here we are going to
1:02have no Terry McLaren which leads to
1:06Stefon Diggs looking like he's probably
1:08somebody that you have to play because
1:10ultimately this is a good matchup
1:12against the Indianapolis Colts. Right
1:14now, the Commanders project to score
1:16about 20 and a half points. And I know
1:19people will look at Antonio Williams as
1:22a potential pivot. And sure, if you
1:24wanted to go through and pick up Antonio
1:25Williams from the Waverwire, by all
1:28means, you can. You can roster him for
1:30his late season upside. But if I just
1:32run over to flockfantasy.com real quick,
1:34we can pull up Antonio Williams and see.
1:36His first three games, he's had four,
1:38three, and four targets. So, um, you
1:42definitely don't trust him. The guy that
1:43you would roll with would instead be Mr.
1:46Diggs. Diggs through the first three
1:48weeks instead has had nine six as well
1:52as seven targets. This past week, he
1:54didn't score the touchdown, but again,
1:55it's a much better matchup against the
1:57Indianapolis Colts in this one. So, no
1:59Terry means Diggs is in play. Also, you
2:02are going to have no Keenan Allen for
2:05this game. And again, this is a very,
2:08very important setup here with Keenan
2:10missing because going right back to the
2:12projections, we currently have the
2:14overunder of this game at 46 a half.
2:17There should be a decent amount of
2:18points scored. You have no Alec Pierce,
2:21no Kenan Allen. And at the same time, we
2:24can see the Indianapolis Colts, they
2:26project to score 25 and a half points
2:28right now with a 52% chance to score
2:31more than that. They are four and a half
2:33point favorites here. They have a 66%
2:36chance of winning this game. If we go
2:38over and look at the updated player
2:40props that we have for some of these
2:41names. I mean, right now, we can see
2:43that Jonathan Taylor has a 69% chance of
2:46scoring a touchdown this week. Fingers
2:48crossed, buddy. I'm going to need you.
2:50But even just looking at the fantasy
2:52points PPR mark, Josh D now has a 73%
2:56chance of scoring 12 or more points.
2:58Tyler Borne has a 68% chance of scoring
3:0111 or more. So, you absolutely need to
3:04jam downs. You need to jam Tyler Warren.
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3:19account after you deposit your first 10.
3:22But let's move over to Puka. So, Pukuna
3:26reportedly is going to be on a snap
3:27count against the Philadelphia Eagles
3:29here. Um, I don't think that you should
3:32overreact. If you have Puka, you start
3:35Puka. Don't worry about how many snaps
3:37he's going to be playing. You're playing
3:39Puka Nua. You're playing Devonte Adams,
3:41and you're not thinking twice about it.
3:43Now, this is a pretty interesting setup
3:46that we have. Baker Mayfield is
3:48scheduled to have the stitches removed
3:49from his thumb Monday, an important step
3:52as he pushes to beat the three-week
3:54timeline for returning. So, here's the
3:56deal. as somebody who has a gabuka on
3:59their fantasy team. I think Jaylon
4:02Daniels, Jaylen Daniels, whatever the
4:04name officially is, the undrafted free
4:06agent quarterback out of Kansas coming
4:09in is very, very bad for Igbuka. He's a
4:13quarterback I don't expect a lot of
4:14passing volume to be there. I expect him
4:16to run the ball a decent amount. And the
4:18Bucks project to only score 18 total
4:21points this week. So, I want as an Ibuka
4:24owner, Baker Mayfield to get back as
4:27soon as humanly possible. But with Baker
4:31coming back, rushing himself back from
4:33this injury, I wouldn't be surprised at
4:36all if we find ourselves in a situation
4:39in which he's playing at 50% strength
4:42and even if he does come back two weeks
4:44from now, it doesn't get any better here
4:47in Tampa. So, I am very, very concerned.
4:50Now, I'm also concerned for my own
4:51fantasy team because Justin Jefferson
4:54has been officially ruled out for week
4:56four. And if we're going to keep it a
4:58buck here, Jefferson did not get in a
5:00single practice this week with this
5:01ankle injury. And the Minnesota Vikings
5:04have a week six buy. So, it would not be
5:07the most surprising thing in the world
5:09if Justin Jefferson also sits out next
5:11week against the New Orleans Saints to
5:13just give himself um every little minute
5:16to get back to 100% as the Minnesota
5:19Vikings do look like they are a Super
5:20Bowl contender. Now, the Mike Evans
5:23situation is very interesting. Mike
5:25Evans said he will give his best to try
5:28to play Sunday against the Broncos. He's
5:30listed as questionable, but sounds like
5:32he has a plan to try to play with a sort
5:34of built-in compression shirt with
5:35padding in it. Evans said he's played
5:37through a similar injury before. The
5:39quote was, "It was brutal to play
5:41through, but it's something that I can
5:42do." Now, I watched the entire interview
5:44here. And Mike Evans also talked about
5:48it feeling like he got stabbed in the
5:50chest. So, in a tough matchup here with
5:54Mike Evans being this injured and with
5:56them playing later in the day, if you
5:58have a better alternative, I think it
6:01would be fine for you to go through and
6:05for you to look at benching Mike Evans
6:08this week. Now, Terren Ferguson placed
6:11on the injured reserve due to his ankle
6:12injury. We shouldn't expect that Terren
6:14Ferguson's back anytime soon. The
6:16Seahawks ruled out Jadarian Price for
6:19their game Sunday against the Chargers.
6:21He reagravated his chest injury on
6:23Wednesday. George Alani and Emanuel
6:26Wilson are the next options in this
6:28Seattle backfield. So, I'm going to be
6:31completely honest. I have to pick up a
6:34different player off the waiverwire to
6:36play in my second flex spot this week
6:38with no Travis CTN, no Justin Jefferson.
6:40I'm scrambling. I do not trust Xavier
6:44Worthy. So, I have considered myself
6:47going out there and I have an offer
6:49where I can trade Xavier Worthy for
6:52Emanuel Wilson, but I am not super
6:55excited about it because one, uh, this
6:58Seattle Seahawks offense hasn't been
7:01super capable as a rushing team in
7:04general this year. And two, I think the
7:07expectations will be Emanuel Wilson is
7:10going to be the first and second down
7:11back and George Alani actually may get
7:14used as a receiver. At least that's what
7:16happened last week. And just looking at
7:19markets right now, that's what they're
7:20pricing in for this week as well. So,
7:23um, if you're desperate, you can
7:24definitely start Emanuel Wilson, but I
7:27can't sit here and say that he is an
7:30absolute jam. like I actually may be
7:32picking up somebody else off the waiver
7:34wire to play in my second flex spot
7:36instead of Emanuel Wilson. Now going
7:40over to Lad Maki, he did get in the
7:42Friday practice. So um Lad does have a
7:45chance at playing, but I'm going to be
7:46honest, in a really tough matchup
7:48against the Seahawks in a game in which
7:50the Chargers project to be one of the
7:52worst offenses in the NFL this week, I
7:55do not have that much interest in
7:57playing Lad. Even if he were to be good
8:00to go, if you could find yourself an
8:02alternative, I think that would be
8:04ideal.
8:06Now, going over to our next one, the
8:10Ravens upgrade Lamar and Z Flowers to
8:13full participants on Friday. Both were
8:15limited yesterday. Okay, so technically
8:17Z Flowers is questionable. You play them
8:19regardless. They're going to be good to
8:21go. Now, Taji Spears is quote unquote
8:24gonna have to clear some hurdles in
8:26order to play week four. So, I will say
8:30if Spears were to miss, then maybe at
8:32that point you could entertain the idea
8:34of playing Tony Pard. But right now, the
8:37only team that projects to be worse than
8:40the Tennessee Titans this week
8:42offensively are the Miami Dolphins. So,
8:45in reality, I would not want to play a
8:48single Titan. And while yes, Jaylen
8:50Wright is fully healthy, and while yes,
8:52Jaylen Wright is listed as the starter
8:55for this Miami Dolphins backfield, I do
8:58not think you can play Jaylen Wright. I
9:00do not think that you can play Olly
9:02Gordon. Both of these guys deserve
9:04roster spots because it would not be the
9:07most surprising thing in the world if we
9:09were to get Olly Gordon as the true
9:12Bellcow back. It would not be the most
9:14surprising thing in the world if we were
9:16to get Jaylen Wright as the true
9:18bellcount back down here in Miami. But
9:22in a horrendous matchup against the
9:23Minnesota Vikings, while we have the
9:25uncertainty of the usage for these Miami
9:28RBs, even with Jaylen Wright being
9:30healthy and good to go, again, all of
9:32these guys are players you need on your
9:34bench. Now, good news for DeAndre Swift.
9:37Sounds like DeAndre Swift is going to be
9:39good to go for the Chicago Bears game.
9:42Good matchup. You can definitely play
9:44Swift here. He's the one Chicago Bear
9:46you can be excited about. Now, we did
9:49see Craig Reynolds get activated for the
9:52Washington Commanders. Does that mean
9:54you should pick him up? No. But it does
9:56give us an idea that Austin Eckler
9:59probably is not going to be playing in
10:00this game. And it's going to be the
10:02Jakori Kroski Merritt show.
10:05In a good matchup against the Colts with
10:09no Rashad White, this is the one week
10:11you could consider starting JaKoRi
10:14Kroski Merritt. The problem of course is
10:16the receiving usage has not been
10:18incredible. Now going over to Jaylen
10:21Coker. This is a late Sunday night game.
10:26Coker has not been cleared from what we
10:29can tell. There was this viral video
10:31that came out of Jaylen Coker um moving
10:35at half a mile per hour in warm-ups. I
10:39don't want to overreact to this, but the
10:43big thing to monitor will be what is
10:45this Carolina Panthers coaching staff
10:47saying tomorrow regarding this injury?
10:50If it's a game time decision, you're
10:52probably going to go ahead and bench
10:53him. I had Coker ranked as like a wide
10:55receiver four this week just cuz I don't
10:57trust the injury. It is a phenomenal
10:59matchup, but you also may have bad
11:01weather in this game. And then yes, and
11:05I am planning on playing Bryce Young
11:07myself as my streaming quarterback this
11:08week, but I'm going to have to monitor
11:10the um whether hopefully tonight we get
11:14some more accurate projections and then
11:16we know if we need to pivot over to CJ
11:18Shroud as the other streaming play. But
11:21I think that's all I got for y'all with
11:23these injury updates. Oh, last thing.
11:25Devont Smith is going to be missing. So
11:27with no Devont Smith um yes you do go
11:30through and you play Dantavian Wix here
11:33um in the short term. Mica Lemon would
11:35be the long-term option. Wix is not like
11:38some must start absolute jam though
11:40because it is a pretty damn tough
11:42matchup.
11:43Now I really appreciate y'all. I really
11:46hope that I was able to help you out in
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12:08obviously I'm going to be watching the
12:09game Sunday morning. We can have some
12:10fun together. But much love, ladies and
12:12gentlemen. I really appreciate you and
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