0:00I'm going to be honest. This is one of
0:01the most confusing waiver wires that
0:03we've had all year. Now, you already
0:04know my fantasy football team is a train
0:07wreck. So, I definitely am spending the
0:09time going through and trying to figure
0:11out who I should add. Now, I'll give
0:13y'all a very obvious ad right now that
0:15if you're in a shallow format, he's
0:16already picked up. But, make sure that
0:18if Tyler Alier is available, you go
0:21ahead and snag him. Jeremiah Love did
0:24get banged up with an ankle injury.
0:26Doesn't sound like it is super serious.
0:28And we do have a lack of information on
0:30it right now. The initial word is this
0:33is not the same ankle that he had the
0:35high ankle sprain with coming into the
0:36season, but we have seen Alier
0:39throughout his entire NFL career be a
0:41very capable running back. And the
0:43Arizona Cardinals this season have
0:45proven that they're going to be a good
0:47offense. It was actually funny, but if
0:49you looked at market projections coming
0:51into the year, they were projected to be
0:53the worst offense in the league.
0:55However, Jacobe Brassett looked pretty
0:57good. very similar to what we had at the
0:59end of last season. So, if Jeremiah Love
1:02were to miss any time, I can guarantee
1:04you that Tyler Algier will be a top 24
1:06running back in my rankings. Now, sadly,
1:09I can't pick up Tyler Alier. He's
1:11already rostered in my league. But a
1:13running back that I am looking at
1:16adding, and everybody watching this, he
1:18should be available in your league as
1:19well, is going to be Will Shipley. Now,
1:22it's a super interesting setup that we
1:24have with Shipley. I thought that Tank
1:26Bsby was going to be the guy, but we got
1:29the report on Monday that Tank Bixsby
1:32actually is having surgery. Tank Bsby is
1:35going to be hitting the IR. And with
1:37that, all of a sudden, Saquon and
1:40Shipley are the two running backs that
1:42are left. And you already know at this
1:44point that Saquon Barkley left week four
1:48early with the hamstring injury. Now,
1:50the quote that we have from Ian Rapaort
1:53is it does not seem to be overly
1:56serious. Now, of course, that's great
1:58news if you have Saquon Barkley, 100%.
2:01It does make it seem that there's no
2:02chance that we should expect that Saquon
2:04Barkley is going to be hitting the IR
2:06like maybe some people were worried
2:08about right when he left the game, but
2:10he is a much older running back that we
2:13have seen deal with a multitude of
2:15injuries so far this season. And this
2:17Philadelphia Eagles offense honestly
2:19doesn't look like it has much that it's
2:21playing for. So, it wouldn't be that
2:23surprising if we end up seeing Saquon
2:25Barkley sit out two, three weeks to make
2:28sure that he's rested up. And if we lose
2:30both Barkley as well as Bsby in this
2:33offense, Shipley's the last guy left
2:35standing. Now, if we look at the Shipley
2:37profile at the NFL level, um he really
2:40hasn't done much, right? And it's not
2:42any fault to his own. I mean, he's just
2:45been parked behind other running backs
2:47as a backup. What we have seen from him
2:49so far in his NFL career is 30 carries
2:52as a rookie in 2024. Again, he's playing
2:55behind Saquon Barkley. What do you want
2:57from the guy? We saw him have a total of
3:0014 carries in 2025. Hell, he's playing
3:03behind Saquon Barkley. What do you want
3:05from the guy? And this season, he's only
3:07had 15 carries. But while he hasn't had
3:09a massive role as a rusher, he has had
3:11that as a receiver. He's been used as a
3:14receiving running back in Philadelphia
3:16back-to-back seasons, especially early
3:18on this year on a lot of third downs.
3:21That's where Will Shipley's hitting the
3:23field. But just because he's been a
3:26third down running back so far in the
3:27NFL, that doesn't mean he can't be a
3:30first and second down running back if
3:32they need him to be, which again, it
3:35probably is going to be that case. If we
3:37go over look at his size to see hell,
3:39can he handle 20 touches in a game? He's
3:42not a tiny back. I mean, he's over 200
3:44lb. If we go over and look at what he
3:46handled at Clemson, while of course he
3:48was a phenomenal receiving back then, he
3:51had back-to-back seasons with over 30
3:53receptions in 2022 and 2023, he also had
3:56over 200 carries in his sophomore season
4:00as well. So, I think Shipley can be a
4:02startworthy running back in this
4:04Philadelphia Eagles offense over the
4:06next twoish weeks. Of course, the Eagles
4:09look pretty bad, though, so I'm not
4:10going to be ranking him as a top 12 guy.
4:12He'll be more so a low-end RB, too. Now,
4:14the other running back that I know in my
4:16league a lot of people will be going
4:18after is going to be Joe Mixon. So, Joe
4:21Mixon signs with the Seattle Seahawks on
4:24Monday. Obviously, this is a team that
4:26lost their first round pick with
4:28Jadarian Price, who hit the IR. Now,
4:31there's a lot of moving pieces that we
4:32have here in this Seattle backfield. I
4:34do want to clarify that at the time of
4:36this recording, Joe Mixon was signed and
4:39placed on the practice squad in Seattle,
4:42right? So, it's not like Mixon signing
4:45and the expectations are he is going to
4:47be the locked and loaded bellcow running
4:49back for the Seattle Seahawks team day
4:52one. It's probably not going to be like
4:54that, right? So, the other running backs
4:56that you could look at as well would be
4:58Emanuel Wilson and then I know some
5:00people are looking at George Alani, but
5:02we saw this past week George Alani isn't
5:04anything. It's either Mixon or Emanuel
5:06Wilson. Now, last time we saw Joe Mixon
5:09was 2024 and he had 1,000 rushing yards.
5:12He had 1,000 rushing yards the year
5:13prior in 2023 as well. So, I would like
5:16to say, hey, he has the upside to be a
5:18league winner for the entire year for
5:20you. But if I had to project this out,
5:23here's my base expectation. Joe Mixon
5:26and Emanuel Wilson will be in a running
5:28back by committee spot over the next two
5:30to three weeks. And then what's
5:32eventually going to happen is Zack
5:34Charbanet, who is back in at practice
5:37last week, is probably going to be back
5:39in two, three weeks, worst case, give it
5:42a month. And then once Charbanet is in
5:44here, I would expect him to be a much
5:47better running back than 30-year-old
5:48Mixon. So, I don't think this is an Olly
5:51Gordon situation from last week. I don't
5:53think this is a spot where you blow your
5:55entire fab budget on somebody who could
5:57be the starting running back throughout
5:58the entire year. Now, somebody that you
6:00can blow the entire budget on is going
6:03to be Jordan Tyson. Now, as we
6:05transition over to wide receivers, I
6:07want to be very clear here. Jordan Tyson
6:10is probably rostered in your league. I
6:12mean, I drafted him in the eighth round
6:14in my league. It was devastating to hear
6:16the news that he was going to miss two
6:18weeks. The day after I traded away Chris
6:21Ave three days after I drafted Jordan
6:24Tyson, it was like this guy fell down on
6:26me. It was horrific. But the reason I
6:27was so excited about drafting Jordan
6:29Tyson is this is a top 10 NFL draft pick
6:33that flashed elite talent in college.
6:36And a lot of people were saying that
6:38Jordan Tyson would have actually gone
6:39ahead of Cardell Tate if it wasn't for
6:41the hamstring issues. And the reason he
6:44wasn't a top five pick in the NFL draft
6:46is that he's dealt with these hamstring
6:48issues for a very long time. He's had a
6:50multitude of injuries. So, of course, it
6:52was a big risk that so far looks like it
6:54was a massive swing and a miss for this
6:57New Orleans Saints front office to grab
6:59him. But if we look at the weaponry that
7:01we have for the New Orleans Saints right
7:02now, I don't want to talk down on Jawan
7:04Johnson. I don't want to talk down on
7:06Devon Veil, but in my opinion, I do not
7:09expect them to be able to hold a candle
7:11to Jordan Tyson when he's fully healthy
7:13and when he's in this offense. Now, on
7:15Monday, Adam Shepner did put out a
7:17report saying that Tyson is still weeks
7:20away because if we go back and look at
7:22how long ago the two-month timeline we
7:24were given, it was a month and like
7:27three weeks. So, that initial timeline
7:29was telling us, you know what, maybe
7:31he's back in week five, maybe he's back
7:33in week six. The Sheffy report makes it
7:35sound like at the very earliest he's
7:37going to be back in week seven, but
7:39that's an international game for the New
7:41Orleans Saints and they have a week
7:43eight buy. So, I am rostering Jordan
7:45Tyson for what I believe to be a very
7:48high ceiling that we're going to get in
7:50the second half of the year, but I'm not
7:52expecting anything over the next month,
7:55which dear God, fingers crossed that I'm
7:57wrong. Fingers crossed that he's back in
7:58week six or week seven. but I'm not that
8:03optimistic with it. The big name that I
8:05know a lot of people are going to be
8:06looking at is going to be Tyreek Hill.
8:09Now, Tyreek's in a very interesting spot
8:11because in Kansas City, we just had the
8:14departure of Taekquin Thornton for the
8:16rest of the season with a severe ankle
8:19injury. And on top of that, Rasheed Rice
8:22pulls a hamstring. Now, perfect timing
8:24for Rice. The Kansas City Chiefs have a
8:26week five buy and there's a good chance
8:28that Rasheed Rice is back by the time we
8:30get to week six, but there is a very
8:32clear need for an additional weapon for
8:34Patrick Mahomes who is playing out of
8:36his mind. Like I think Patrick Mahomes
8:38is playing so well that I'm actually
8:40interested in taking him at a 12% chance
8:43to win the MVP on Poly Market US.
8:46especially considering the fact that the
8:48Kansas City Chiefs are currently 4-0 at
8:51the very top of their division and
8:52apparently they get two cupcake matchups
8:54against the Los Angeles Chargers later
8:56this year. Now, obviously, if you want
8:58to check out that market or any market
9:00on Poly Market US, the link is in the
9:02description and the comment section. If
9:04you sign up with promo code Flock,
9:06you're going to get $25 added to your
9:08account after you deposit your first 10.
9:10But even if Tyreek doesn't go to Kansas
9:13City, what we could end up seeing is we
9:15could see Tyreek go over to the New
9:17England Patriots, right? Where if we
9:19look at New England at the moment, I
9:21mean, this is a team where we've seen
9:22the flashes from Drake May. He's also
9:24had some horrific, horrific games. And a
9:27big problem is he only has Romeo Dobs
9:30really to throw to and we just had Matt
9:31Collins get banged up as well here in
9:34New England. So, I think there are a
9:36couple of very interesting Tyreek Hill
9:38landing spots. Now, do I expect Tyreek
9:40Hill to go back to being the number one
9:43wide receiver in the NFL in receiving
9:45yards if he links back up with Patrick
9:47Mahomes? No. Right. I mean, his legs
9:49snapped in half. Let's call a spade a
9:50spade. But if the Chiefs take a shot on
9:53him, he is 100% worth a roster spot.
9:56Even if there's only a 25% chance that
10:00he comes close to what he used to be,
10:04that tiny percent chance in a really
10:07good situation is worth the shot. Again,
10:09don't go out there and blow your entire
10:11fab budget on him. But like Rome in the
10:13Flock League picked him up for $1 a week
10:15or two ago. It was an incredible move.
10:17And if you could pick him up for the
10:19cheap, I think you should do so as well.
10:21Now, Romeo Dobs is rostered in 57% of
10:24leagues currently, so it's not super
10:25likely that he is out there on your
10:27waiver wire. So, I'll be short with
10:29this. Definitely pick up Dobs over any
10:31other wide receivers we're about to
10:32discuss because Drake May did show signs
10:35of life this week. Romeo Dobs did have a
10:37great game and for the time being, he
10:39still very much is Drake May's top
10:41target. The other guys that I will
10:44mention, I don't want you to be super
10:47excited about them and drop someone
10:48incredible to pick them up. But Khalil
10:50Shakir as well as Keon Coleman are both
10:53worth shouts. I would only consider Keon
10:56or Khalil Shakir if we get official word
10:58that DJ Moore is going to be missing a
11:01considerable amount of time. But even in
11:04that instance, I would say these are
11:06guys that aren't going to be league
11:07winners. Their desperation plays in a
11:10flex spot. Like we had Keon Coleman in
11:13this Bills offense with ne no DJ Moore
11:15last year and what did he do with no DJ
11:18Moore? Oh, he averaged 7.8 fantasy
11:20points per game and was the wide
11:22receiver 59. Going over and looking at
11:25what Khalil Shakir did in an offense
11:27with no DJ Moore last season. He
11:29averaged 10.4 fantasy points per game
11:32and was the wide receiver 44. So, yep,
11:35they had good weeks this past week.
11:36Don't overthink this. Don't think that
11:38all of a sudden they're league winners,
11:39but in deeper formats, if you need a
11:42by-week fill in, they could be okay. I
11:44would say a very similar thing with
11:46Malik Washington. Malik Washington's had
11:49a really good role in Miami. And I'm
11:51going to be honest, if this offense was
11:54enticing at all, Malik Washington would
11:56be a very good pickup. He's had four
11:58straight games with at least five
12:01targets. He's out there running a route
12:03on pretty much every single Malik Willis
12:05dropback. But again, every single week I
12:07pull up the market projections. The
12:09Miami Dolphins project to be either the
12:11worst offense in the league or the
12:13second to worst offense in the league.
12:15So, I don't want to overthink this with
12:17Washington. Again, just a by-week fill
12:20in if you need him. And then going over
12:22to Roman Wilson. Uh Roman Wilson as well
12:25is probably just a by-week fill in
12:28because the most likely setup is he's
12:30the wide receiver too in Pittsburgh for
12:3244year-old Aaron Rogers. While he's had
12:35a good role, he's actually had six
12:37targets every single week over the past
12:40four. And that includes this past week
12:42where he really didn't play that much.
12:44Getting knocked out of the game for a
12:45moment. He has flashed and in deeper
12:47formats is worth a look. And if you're
12:50desperate for a tight end look, you can
12:52go over to Mike Gaseki. with Gaseki
12:55here. He's only really interesting as a
12:58play in my mind if you have no Jamar
13:00Chase cuz you're only really ever
13:02getting like five, six, seven, eight
13:04targets in a game. And again, those are
13:06coming when you have no Jamar. So,
13:08monitor the injury report that we have
13:10with the Jamar Chase concussion
13:12protocol. There's a chance he sits
13:14because week five they're playing
13:15against the Miami Dolphins and then week
13:17six you get a buy. And then TJ Hawinson
13:20as well is only an interesting play if
13:22you have no Justin Jefferson. with no
13:24Justin Jefferson and Kyler Leon center.
13:26TJ Hawinson had 13 targets, 13
13:29receptions, 119 receiving yards and
13:31obviously he slid down and he could have
13:34had a touchdown if he didn't just want
13:35to end the game. So Hawinson for sure a
13:38look again only if Jefferson misses this
13:41next week. Now I'll give a random shout.
13:44Spencer Shrader has been absolutely
13:46balling as the Colts kicker. I tried
13:48picking him up in my league last week.
13:51Sadly I got sniped on the waiverwire. I
13:53should have been more aggressive about
13:54it. And then for your DST streamers, I
13:57currently have bids in for three
13:59different defenses. These are the best
14:02matchups you are going to have for
14:04defenses this week. The number one
14:06defensive play will be the Houston
14:08Texans, who yes, did just let the Dallas
14:10Cowboys march all over the field on
14:11them, but they get to go up against the
14:13Tennessee Titans this week. The Titans
14:15project to be the lowest scoring offense
14:17in the league. The second best defensive
14:19player, one of the best projected is
14:21going to be the Cincinnati Bengals.
14:23There's a chance there on your
14:24waiverwire. Obviously, Houston most
14:26likely isn't, but Cincinnati is playing
14:29against Miami. And Miami projects only
14:31score about 17. The Jets Browns, it's
14:33going to be a super lowscoring game. The
14:35Jets are favored. You could go with what
14:38probably will be a Deshawn Watson
14:40disaster class where the Browns come
14:42back down to earth. The Dallas Cowboys
14:44have a horrific defense, but they play
14:47on Thursday night. And on top of this,
14:49they are going up against an undrafted
14:51free agent quarterback. They just
14:53allowed the Green Bay Packers to score a
14:55ridiculous amount of points. So, the
14:57Cowboys defense will be in play. The
14:59Broncos are most likely rostered in your
15:01league. They did just have that
15:02significant injury to probably their
15:04best defensive player, but they do get
15:06the match up against the Los Angeles
15:07Chargers. Jacksonville Jaguars probably
15:09rosted in your league, but the Eagles
15:11look horrific with all their injuries.
15:13The Eagles project out pretty poorly.
15:15Then we have the Commanders getting to
15:16play against Jamus. And then the Vikings
15:19who are most likely rostered in your
15:20league already. But I think that's all I
15:22got for you. Again, just to recap, Tyler
15:25Algier, Jordan Tyson, they shouldn't be
15:27on your waiver wire. If they are, please
15:29make sure you pick them up. Will Shipley
15:31could be an interesting play for the
15:33next few weeks. Joe Mixon/EM Wilson
15:37could be interesting over the next few
15:38weeks till Zack Sharon is in. Tyreek
15:40Hill worth the stash at the very bottom
15:42end of your roster. Where there's smoke,
15:44there's probably fire. Romeo Dobs for a
15:47flex play over the next few weeks with
15:48no AJ Brown. Khalil Shakir Keon Coleman,
15:52Malik Washington, Roman Wilson. Deep
15:54wide receiver ads that aren't going to
15:55be league winners, but as we go through
15:57the by-weeks, they could help. Gaseki,
15:59TJ Hawinson. only if Jamar Chase and
16:03Justin Jefferson miss this game. But I
16:05think that's all I got for you. Really
16:07appreciate you.
