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Week 2 Waiver Wire Has Traps

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13 min
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Sep 15, 2026
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Tue, September 15, 2026
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Christian McCaffreyDemarcus RobinsonJalen CokerJordan JamesJordan MasonJordyn TysonMichael MayerMike Washington Jr.Romeo DoubsTyler Shough
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Christian McCaffrey

NegativeUsage5:13

Christian McCaffrey saw his lowest snap percentage since joining the 49ers in Week 1, playing 36 snaps compared to Kalin Black's 28. This usage suggests the team is actively rotating their running backs even when the game is competitive.

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Demarcus Robinson

NegativeBust8:38

Demarcus Robinson is a waiver wire trap. Despite a big Week 1 performance following the injury to Dejon Stribbling, his long-term track record as a 31-year-old receiver who has never been fantasy-relevant makes him a player to avoid.

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Jalen Coker

PositiveUsage0:18

Jaylen Coker is a top waiver wire priority after a 9-target, 8-reception, 138-yard performance. While he was spotted in a boot post-game, he is day-to-day and expected to play in Week 2. He is not a recommended start for Week 2, but he is a stash candidate who could become a viable starter by Week 3 if his high-volume role continues. At 24 years old, he is a more intriguing prospect than Devon Vele because he has shown flashes of potential in previous opportunities.

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Jordan James

NegativeDepth Chart5:02

Jordan James has fallen behind Kalin Black in the 49ers' running back depth chart, partly due to being banged up, allowing Black to solidify the backup role.

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Jordan Mason

NegativeRole7:04

Jordan Mason is a historical example of a backup running back who, when given the featured role in Kyle Shanahan's offense, produced as a top-10 fantasy running back.

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Jordyn Tyson

PositiveRole15:28

The New Orleans Saints' offensive ceiling is currently capped and will remain limited until Jordan Tyson returns to the lineup.

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Michael Mayer

PositiveUsage5:34

Michael Mayer remains an interesting tight end pickup. Despite the Raiders' blowout win over the Dolphins where passing volume was low, Mayer commanded seven targets. He is a strong streaming candidate for upcoming games where the Raiders may be forced to pass more, such as against the Chargers.

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Mike Washington Jr.

NegativeUsage4:30

Mike Washington is a drop candidate for fantasy managers, especially given the previous injury to Ashen Genty, as he is no longer a priority roster piece.

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Romeo Doubs

PositiveValue4:48

Romeo Doubs is a recommended waiver wire target if dropped by frustrated managers. Despite a poor Week 1, he is viewed as the WR1 for the New England Patriots and a viable depth piece for deeper leagues, potentially serving as a second flex option.

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Tyler Shough

NegativeBust9:00

Tyler Shough is a waiver wire trap despite his 400-yard performance against the Lions; the stats were inflated by overtime and garbage time, he lacked rushing upside with only eight yards on 60 dropbacks, and he did not look impressive on film.

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0:00I want to be very clear here. There will
0:02be traps on the waiver wire this week
0:03that you need to avoid, but you can't
0:05ignore waiverss entirely. I myself am
0:08going through and placing a couple
0:10claims in my league that I'll talk about
0:12in this video. Now, starting off with
0:14the top pickup for a lot of people in a
0:16lot of leagues this week. We are going
0:18to have Jaylen Coker. Now, I do want to
0:20discuss the injury stuff with Jaylen
0:21Coker right away because this is going
0:23to be an overhang on this pickup and
0:25exactly how aggressive you should go
0:27after him. So Jaylen Coker, it was
0:29reported in the locker room after the
0:31game that he was walking around with a
0:33boot. So obviously the reporters come
0:35through, they ask, "Hey man, what's the
0:37deal? You good?" He says, "Yes, I just
0:39tweaked my ankle." Now we did get
0:41clarity on this Monday that it sounds
0:44like Jaylen Coker is dayto-day and it
0:47sounds like Jaylen Coker is going to be
0:49just fine for playing in week two, but
0:52it will be something that you want to go
0:53through and you want to monitor. Now,
0:55I'm going to be honest kind of
0:56regardless. I would not trust Jaylen
0:59Coker right away. They're going up
1:01against the Atlanta Falcons. We don't
1:02really know what the situation's going
1:04to be for the quarterback with the
1:05Falcons. So, I don't know if we're going
1:07to get another full-blown shootout with
1:10the Carolina Panthers this week because
1:12the Falcons may not be able to keep up.
1:15But Coker just had nine targets, eight
1:18receptions, 138 receiving yards. This is
1:22a 24year-old wide receiver that had
1:24flashed the talent in the past. If we go
1:27back to see what he did in 2025, while
1:30he pretty much did nothing through the
1:32entire regular season and the most
1:34important game of the year for the
1:36Panthers, the one in which Bryce Young
1:38almost took down the Los Angeles Rams,
1:40Jaylen Coker managed to have 12 targets,
1:43nine receptions, 134 receiving yards,
1:46and their receiving touchdown. And
1:47what's going to be very relevant to note
1:49with this Carolina Panthers passing
1:51attack. One of the reasons why I really
1:53liked Tedro McMillan in drafts this
1:55year, and I still like him right now, is
1:57these secondary pass catchers in
1:59Carolina are non-existent. This isn't a
2:01team with a good tight end. This isn't a
2:04team that has a wide receiver three of
2:06relevance. If we go and look at what
2:07this team did in the NFL draft, they
2:10took Chris Brazzle in the third round
2:12hoping that he could be the wide
2:13receiver three behind McMillan and
2:15Coker. and he got injured before the
2:17season started. So, he's effectively a
2:20nothing burger right now. So, in 10 team
2:23leagues, that's where Coker most likely
2:25is on the waiverwire. I do think you
2:26should pick him up. I would not start
2:28him this week. But, if we got another
2:31performance where he dropped another 25
2:34fantasy points and Bryce Young looks
2:36viable, then I think starting in week
2:38three, you could consider starting
2:39Jaylen Coker. Now, the other top pickup
2:42this week for me is going to be Kalin
2:44Black. So, a big overhang that we had in
2:47drafts this season was we didn't exactly
2:50know who the running back to was going
2:51to be behind Christian McCaffrey,
2:53whether it was Jordan James or Kayn
2:55Black. A lot of people were making
2:56arguments either way, but Black did
2:59submit himself in that role week one.
3:02Now, of course, Jordan James banged up,
3:04but Kayn Black came out and not only did
3:08he look really good, but more
3:10importantly, he had an extremely large
3:12role, this was the fewest amount of
3:15snaps that we have seen Christian
3:16McAffrey play from a percentage
3:18standpoint. And any game that he's been
3:20healthy ever since he joined the Niners,
3:22Christian McAffrey played 36 snaps in
3:25comparison to Kayn Black at 28. Now,
3:28obviously, I don't need to tell you
3:29this. I know this was a game that every
3:31single person and their mom watched, but
3:33if you were just box score scouting,
3:36maybe you would say, "Okay, well the
3:37Niners, they kind of boat raced the Los
3:39Angeles Rams here." Was this a scenario
3:41in which, okay, they were just using
3:44black a lot in the fourth quarter? Not
3:46at all. It was actually quite the
3:48opposite. When the game was close at the
3:50beginning, Kayn Black was out there. He
3:53was the one getting the carries over
3:55McCaffrey. At one point he had like
3:57eight carries to Christian McAffrey at
3:59two. Now I'm not looking at this data
4:02and saying like, "Oh my gosh, we can
4:03start Kayn Black as a running back too
4:05in fantasy." Of course not. You're never
4:07going to be able to start Kaylin Black
4:09outside of if we were to get an injury
4:11to McCaffrey and Black steps in as the
4:15featured down running back for this
4:16Niners offense. We have seen every time
4:19in the past when McCaffrey goes down,
4:22whoever Kyle Shanahan puts at running
4:24back one, it can be a name like Jordan
4:26Mason, it doesn't matter. He will be a
4:28top 10 running back in fantasy. So,
4:30Black is now one of the premium
4:32handcuffed guys. If you are rostering
4:34like Mike Washington with the Ashen
4:36Genty injury previously, it's very easy
4:38for you to now drop Washington and pick
4:41up black. Now, I know this guy was
4:42drafted in the vast majority of your
4:44leagues. I'm pretty sure Rome took him
4:45like the sixth round of the Flock
4:46League. But if one of your league mates
4:49were frustrated enough to drop Romeo
4:51Dobs after he scored a total of zero
4:54fantasy points week one, go ahead, pick
4:56him up. He's worth a spot on your bench
4:59now that you have no AJ Brown over the
5:01next month. You have no AJ Brown over
5:03the next six weeks. In my opinion, it
5:05would not be the most surprising thing
5:07in the world if Romeo Dobs went out
5:09there. He had eight targets in week two,
5:1115 fantasy points and then all of a
5:14sudden we get to week three and in
5:15deeper leagues you're considering him
5:17for your second flex spot. So I know as
5:19of now he's not on the waiverwire in a
5:21lot of your leagues, but if he does get
5:23dropped, I still want Romeo Dobs as the
5:25wide receiver one for the New England
5:27Patriots. He's a depth bench piece, not
5:29a league winner. He looked horrible week
5:30one, but I think he's probably the guy
5:32over like Deario Douglas. And then
5:34Michael Mayer, also another interesting
5:36pickup that most likely is already
5:38rostered in your league. We talked about
5:40picking up Michael Mayer last week
5:42whenever we had the injury to Brock
5:44Bowers. But I do want to speak on what
5:46Michael Mayer did week one. Michael
5:48Mayer went out there and in a game in
5:50which the Las Vegas Raiders didn't
5:53really need to throw the ball that much.
5:54I mean, obviously they went out there
5:56and they just put belt to booty to the
5:58Miami Dolphins, Michael Mayer still had
6:01seven targets. He still looked pretty
6:02good out there. they just gave him that
6:04big contract this next week against the
6:06Los Angeles Chargers where Trey McBride
6:08just went absolutely nuclear. It
6:10wouldn't be a surprise if the Raiders
6:11lose this game by a big margin and then
6:14all of a sudden they are having to throw
6:15the ball to Michael Mayer in the second
6:17half. Now I know somebody that a lot of
6:19people are going to be excited to run
6:20out there and snag is going to be Devon
6:22Valle and he did have an interesting
6:25prospect profile, don't get me wrong. He
6:27actually got drafted in the seventh
6:29round of the 2024 draft to the Denver
6:31Broncos. The Broncos ended up trading
6:33him before last season started and he
6:37finally gets his opportunity. This was a
6:39game against the Detroit Lions in which
6:42you have no Jordan Tyson and the Saints
6:45have to abandon the run and ask Tyler
6:47Shuck to drop back to pass 60 times. The
6:51game goes to overtime as well. So, I
6:53know a lot of people are going to go
6:54through and they're going to be pumped
6:56about Devon Bailey. They're going to run
6:57to the waiverwire to pick this dude up.
7:00Hear me out. He is 28 years old and he
7:02has 768 receiving yards. Yeah, you heard
7:04that right. 28 years old and he has 700
7:09receiving yards throughout his entire
7:12NFL career. I have no interest. If you
7:15were to tell me this Saints offense is
7:17going to go to overtime and Tyler
7:20Shuck's going to drop back to pass 60
7:23plus times a game every single week
7:25going into the future, go for it. Happy
7:28for you. Yeah, he'll be interesting in
7:29that case. But that won't be the case
7:32every week. We're not gonna get this
7:33type of passing volume from Tyler Shuck.
7:36So I think that this is a typical trap.
7:39This is just one of those random wide
7:40receivers that popped off week one that
7:43I'm not interested. I can at least tell
7:44myself the story with Gilen Coker. As
7:46with Gilen Coker, he's only 24 years old
7:49and we saw the flashes last year where
7:51we had never seen it with Devon Vele.
7:53Now another instance in which I'm not
7:55going to get suckered in is going to be
7:56Mike Casei. I know a lot of people maybe
7:59that started like Kyle Pittz and were
8:01like, "Oh, damn, he got zero." Or maybe
8:03you went through and you started Coulson
8:04Laughlin who got zero. Maybe you started
8:06Harold Fannon and the Browns look like
8:08trash. Maybe just maybe you run out
8:10there and you go to pick up Mikei. But
8:12the thing is Mikei was drafted back in
8:152018. Mike is 30 years old. He just had
8:19a great game against the Tampa Bay
8:21Buccaneers. Last season he had 300
8:24receiving yards the entire year. He's
8:26nothing. This isn't some breakout. It's
8:28not like he finally put it together on
8:30his third team and his ninth NFL season.
8:34It's a random week one performance. Let
8:36your league mates go for him. Another
8:38trap that we are going to have is going
8:40to be Demarcus Robinson. Yes, we did
8:42have the injury to Dejon Stribbling.
8:44Stribbling is not going to be playing
8:45for a while. And yes, Demarcus Robinson
8:47had a big game and he looked good. But
8:50with Robinson, very similar to these
8:52other names we're talking about, he is a
8:5431-year-old wide receiver that has never
8:57been relevant in fantasy. Do not pick
8:58him up. Tyler Shuck is going to be a
9:01streaming quarterback that a lot of
9:02people are going to be looking at here.
9:03Now, while I completely understand that
9:06Tyler Shuck scored a decent amount of
9:08points against the Detroit Lions, I'm'll
9:10be honest with you, the game went to
9:12overtime, the stats were inflated, and
9:14it was in garbage time.
9:16I don't have much interest for Tyler
9:18Shuck here. I know he had over 400
9:20passing yards, but in my opinion, he
9:23didn't look that good. He didn't run the
9:25ball much. He had 60 drop backs and had
9:27eight total rushing yards. And until
9:29Jordan Tyson comes into this offense, I
9:31think the ceiling is going to be capped
9:33for the New Orleans Saints overall. Um,
9:34George Alani I also think is going to be
9:36a trap. While yes, George Alani did
9:38split the backfield with Jadarian Price.
9:40Even if price were to go down, I would
9:42expect George Alani to still be a
9:44committee running back with Emanuel
9:45Wilson. Let your league mates look at
9:47them. Now, going over to the top
9:49defensive streamers that we are going to
9:51have, what I always look at for
9:53defensive streamers will be point
9:55projections from market makers. So, the
9:58best defense this upcoming week is
10:00pretty easily going to be the San
10:02Francisco 49ers. If we are looking at
10:05the Niners defense, they get to go up
10:07against the Miami Dolphins. Right now,
10:10the spread on this game is the largest
10:12spread of any game in the NFL. If we
10:15head over to Poly Market US, you can see
10:17that the San Francisco 49ers are
10:20currently favored with an 89% chance of
10:24winning this game. The Dolphins only
10:26have a 12% chance. I haven't seen
10:28anything like that all season. The
10:30spread on this game is 13 a.5. Right
10:33now, if we're looking at the projected
10:35points that Miami is going to score on
10:37Poly Market US, they have them at 16
10:40a.5. So, the Dolphins offense garbage.
10:43The Niners are going to be winning. They
10:44can generate sacks, generate
10:46interceptions. Please make sure that is
10:48the defense you're targeting if they are
10:49on the waiverwire. Now, of course, if
10:51you wanted to check out any of those
10:53markets, they're all available in the
10:55link in the description as well as the
10:56link in the comment section to Poly
10:58Market US. And if you sign up with code
11:01flock, you're going to get $50 added to
11:02your account after you deposit your
11:04first 10. Polymarket US is available in
11:06almost every single state and just not
11:09Nevada. 49 out of 50. Now, the other top
11:12defenses we would be looking at would be
11:14the Philadelphia Eagles where if we're
11:16checking out the Eagles here, they just
11:18have a super strong matchup after
11:21already beating a good offense with the
11:22Commanders. This week, they get to go up
11:24against the Tennessee Titans who look
11:26like garbage against the New York Jets.
11:29So, another game in which the spread is
11:31absolutely massive. And the Eagles
11:34should be playing from ahead, which is
11:35what you want from your defense so they
11:37can again generate those sacks, they can
11:39generate those turnovers. And then the
11:41last two defenses I'm going to be
11:43looking at, one will be the Tampa Bay
11:46Buccaneers defense. With Tampa here, um,
11:49yes, last week they technically gave up
11:52a lot of points to the Cincinnati
11:54Bengals, but the defense didn't play
11:56that that bad. It was just Baker turning
11:58the ball over, putting the defense in
12:00bad spots. But Tampa this week gets to
12:02go up against the Deshawn Watson led
12:05Cleveland Browns. So for the love of
12:07God, please make sure you jam them in.
12:09And lastly, I myself will be starting
12:11the Los Angeles Chargers who get to go
12:13up against the Las Vegas Raiders. While
12:16yes, we did have the Chargers just
12:18absolutely melt down week one and look
12:21horrendous. And I actually thought the
12:23Chargers defense was going to be
12:25possibly the best defense on the week.
12:28Um, they get another chance this one
12:29where they are massive, massive
12:31favorites. Currently on Poly Market US,
12:33they have a 74% chance of winning that
12:35game. But of course, if you want to
12:37check out any of those markets, links in
12:39the description, it's in the comment
12:40section. Code Flock gets you hooked up
12:42with $50 added to your account after you
12:45deposit your first 10. And Poly Market
12:47US is available in every US state
12:49outside of Nevada. But much love, ladies
12:52and gentlemen.

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