0:00What's going on, man? Welcome back to
0:03the basement. I'm Ron and this is the
0:05most important week of the year when it
0:07comes to the waiverwire. Week four was a
0:09blood bath, making it so there's a lot
0:11of fun options this week in week five.
0:13So, we are here to break it all down to
0:15give you the must add waiverwire targets
0:17for week five of the fantasy football
0:19season. All of these players are under
0:2150% owned in ESPN leagues. And as
0:23always, if you enjoy, leave a like,
0:25subscribe if you're new, and our number
0:27one priority ad on this list is Will
0:29Shipley. Now, the way we do this video
0:31is I have my priority ads. Will Shipley
0:33is our number one priority ad, my number
0:35one ad on the week. Priority ads are all
0:37players I would bid 10% or more of my
0:39fab on. Then we'll get to the rest of
0:41the video where I'll talk through my
0:42running backs, my wide receivers,
0:43quarterbacks, tight ends, and then I
0:45even have some drops at the end because
0:48that has been requested a bunch. And the
0:50idea there is that anyone not in the
0:51priority ad section, you can just add
0:53for $0, $1, or just grab after waiverss
0:57roll. Now, of course, if you want to
0:59know exactly how much fab I'm bidding on
1:01every single player, I use this video to
1:02kind of gather my thoughts, make an
1:04outline, and then I put it all into the
1:06waiverwire guide article over on the
1:08Patreon, patreon.com/ronstewart.
1:10that is where you can get my week five
1:12waiverwire article and fab guide for the
1:15week where I'll rank all these players,
1:17give you how much fab I'm bidding on
1:18each and every single one of them, and
1:20some notes. Now, with Will Shipley, he
1:23is one of these guys that has benefited
1:24a bunch from injuries. We not only get
1:26Saquon Barkley with a hamstring injury,
1:28which of course has high reinjury risk
1:30when it comes to the hamstring. We've
1:32already already seen that with a guy
1:33like Zay Flowers. And then Tank Bsby is
1:36on IR for core muscle surgery. Will
1:38Shipley is the only man in this
1:40backfield. Now, you are probably going
1:41to say, "If Saquon can't produce in this
1:44offense, how is Will Shipley going to?"
1:46And you definitely have a point, but
1:47when we're talking about finding
1:49fill-ins for Kenneth Walker or Chuba
1:50Huard or Saquon Barkley or any of these
1:52running backs that are on by or injured,
1:54Will Shipley is a guy who's going to get
1:56ranked inside the top 30 running backs
1:58this week based on touches alone. And
2:00his pass catching skill set actually
2:02matches up well against the Jaguars.
2:04Now, they might not be able to score
2:05points or move the football, but this is
2:07a team in the Jaguars that allowing the
2:09fifth most receiving fantasy points to
2:10running backs this season, but the
2:12second lowest rushing fantasy points to
2:15running backs this season, making it so
2:17Will Shipley might catch five or six
2:19balls and kind of do the RJ Harvey thing
2:22we just saw with the Broncos where if
2:24Devonte Smith is out and Dallas is out
2:25and all of a sudden Will Shipley can
2:27rack up some underneath passes in the
2:30passing game, that's not a terrible
2:32option if we are struggling to find an
2:34RB2. Now, I'll also add Emanuel Wilson
2:37is a great ad, but I didn't want to put
2:39him as number one because he's already
2:42owned in 50.1% of ESPN league. So, he's
2:45a few decimals away from qualifying for
2:47this video. But, I will add Emanuel
2:48Wilson here. He would be my number one
2:50ad if he's available in your league.
2:52He's the RB1 at this point. You have
2:54Jadarian Price out. You have Charbanet,
2:56who I'm skeptical is going to come back
2:58any time in the next three to four
2:59weeks. So all of a sudden, Emanuel
3:00Wilson is the RB1 on a good team. He was
3:03the RB5 on RB14 usage this past week. He
3:06is an every week low-end RB2 moving
3:09forward until something else changes. Of
3:11course, they do bring in Joe Mixon.
3:14I'm skeptical that Joe Mixon is really
3:16anything at this point. He has to come
3:17in, learn a new offense, not be washed
3:19at 30 years old. But he is a guy we'll
3:21talk about later that's I I guess a fine
3:23ad in deeper leagues. Another priority
3:25ad here, we have Tyler Alier. He's only
3:28owned in 28.2 in 2% of ESPN leagues.
3:30That's shocking to me. Love hurt his
3:33other ankle. Jeremiah Love, we get some
3:35really weird cryptic quotes. This is
3:37from uh underdog Jeremiah Love's ankle
3:39discomfort in week four wasn't the same
3:40ankle he injured in the preseason. Jacob
3:42Sanderson outlined the exact play. Jeff
3:44Mueller comes over the top. It's hard to
3:46tell, but it looks like his right foot
3:47may have been pinned underneath. Prior
3:48ankle injury was to his left.
3:52So, now we're dealing with different
3:53ankle injuries. Maybe he misses a week,
3:54maybe he doesn't. Regardless, Alier is
3:56getting a ton of work. He scored a
3:58touchdown in this one. I think that he
3:59is a mid-range RB3 even with Jeremiah
4:03Love. And then any game that Jeremiah
4:04Love might miss because of these
4:05injuries, Alier would be a firm every
4:08week RB2. And then our final priority
4:11ad, I can't believe I'm saying this.
4:14It's Tyreek Hill. Now, I wouldn't go
4:16crazy on Tyreek Hill, but if you're in
4:18like a three wide receiver, one flex
4:19league, it's pretty deep. You're hurting
4:21at wide receiver. You could do worse
4:23than kind of making a splash on Tyreek
4:25Hill here. The Chiefs lose Taekwon
4:28Thornton. They lose Rashi Rice to
4:29injury. Rashi Rice much more shortterm
4:32than a guy like Taekquin Thornton who's
4:35going to be out minimum six months here.
4:37But they have a by-week. They could sign
4:39Tyreek Hill. Tyreek Hill ramps up over
4:40the buy and then all of a sudden he's
4:42kind of doing what Debo is doing right
4:43now where Debo came back to the NerS. He
4:45was already familiar with the playbook
4:46and the staff and the quarterback and
4:47everything and has been a pretty good
4:50fantasy asset. It wouldn't shock me if
4:51Tyreek Hill comes out here and is like a
4:5312point per game uh low-end wide
4:56receiver three with Patrick Mahomes.
4:58That's very much on the table here, but
5:00there's a chance he signs elsewhere.
5:01There's like reports here uh one of
5:03those teams is the Chiefs, but it could
5:04be another place that he could end up
5:06signing with. Then we'll get to the rest
5:08of this video. We'll talk about my
5:11running back ads here. Now, I just have
5:14them all jumbled because they're not
5:15available in your league, but still the
5:17ESPN percentages are too low. Do a sweep
5:20for handcuffs in your league. Brian
5:22Robinson, Mike Washington, EMTT Johnson,
5:24Kaylin Black are four of the best
5:26handcuffs in the entire fantasy football
5:28landscape. If they're available in your
5:30league, go grab them. They're probably
5:32not, but go grab them. Of course, Brian
5:33Robinson is like scoring touchdowns
5:35everywhere. I don't think he's an every
5:36week start next to Bejon, but if Bejon
5:39was to go down, Brian Robinson would be
5:41awesome. Now, the players that are
5:42actually available in your league, you
5:44have Katon Mitchell here. It's a
5:45full-blown committee. Every single one
5:47of the Chargers running backs played
5:49about a third of the snaps and scored 10
5:51plus PPR points. Hampton scores a
5:53touchdown. Kian Mitchell leads the way
5:54with 15 opportunities in this game. And
5:56on top of that, Kian Mitchell, it just
5:58seems like Mike McDaniel really wants
6:00Katon Mitchell to be the Devon Aan of
6:03this offense. I think he's kind of
6:05forcing a round peg in a square hole in
6:08a way with this Katon Mitchell stuff.
6:10But if he's going to remain stubborn,
6:12Katon Mitchell is a guy that should be
6:13rostered everywhere. Same with Kamani
6:14Vidal where at this point they're trying
6:17everything in their power to make sure
6:18that Amarian Hampton isn't the guy. So
6:21why not just roster everybody just in
6:22case? Then you have Tai Spears. He might
6:24have gotten dropped in your league.
6:25There's a lot of talk that Tony Pard's
6:27on the trade block. We'll see if anybody
6:28actually makes a real trade for Tony
6:30Pard. But if that's the case, Ta Spears
6:32could be a second half RB3 that is
6:35decent and interesting when it comes to
6:36fantasy football. You have Naji Harris.
6:39He has back-to-back weeks of nine
6:40carries. Scataboo looks kind of
6:42pedestrian at this point. He's a fine
6:43handcuff in deeper leagues. And then Joe
6:45Mixon
6:47added off the street. Hasn't played
6:49football in over a year. I'm skeptical,
6:51but I suppose he's worth an ad in deeper
6:55leagues. Then we'll get to our wide
6:56receiver ads. Here we of course have our
6:58starts and our stashes. Starts are guys
7:00that you need to add and then throw in
7:02your lineup right away. Stashes are more
7:04speculative uh late season upside style
7:07plays. And we'll start with our starts.
7:09Keon Coleman. This could be a year three
7:11breakout. You could convince me to put
7:12Keon Coleman in the priority ad section
7:14as well depending on the severity of the
7:16DJ Moore injury. So, keep an eye out for
7:18that. He uh reagravated his shoulder.
7:21Keon Coleman had six catches, 116 yards,
7:23a touchdown. He's actually looked pretty
7:24good this year. He had the one down
7:26game, but that was off of an ankle
7:27injury. The Keon Coleman year three
7:29breakout might be real. Then you have
7:31Malik Washington. He's probably not
7:32available in your league, but he does
7:33have back-to-back weeks of 10 plus PPR
7:35points and has been a fine floor spot
7:37start. Then we have Dante Myers. And I
7:39did get a comment yesterday that Dante
7:41Meyers is technically a rookie. He's a
7:4226-year-old player, a wide receiver for
7:45the Bengals. He's been thrusted into
7:47action with T. Higgins going down, Jamar
7:49Chase going down, uh Yoshivas going
7:51down.
7:52He has a weird story where he was a Door
7:54Dash driver and then he drove up from
7:56Atlanta to like catch footballs from Joe
7:58Burrow and went to the triyouts with CN
7:59with the Cincinnati Bengals like kind of
8:01just off the street. It's an awesome
8:02story. He had nine targets, seven
8:03catches, 82 yards against the Jaguars.
8:06And I put him in the rookie receiver
8:07report. Don't get me wrong, he's not
8:09like the greatest wide receiver of all
8:10time, but 19% of the routes, 60% to 93%
8:14as a full-time player. His per route
8:16data is not terrible, uh, considering
8:18the context of being next to T. Higgins
8:20and Jamar Chase, 18% targets per out
8:22run, 1.43 yards per run, 8.9% first
8:25downs per out run is the best on this
8:27list. Again, I wouldn't call him a true
8:29rookie. Like, he's much more of your
8:31like kind of more like a rookie Devon
8:33who was 26 years old. And it it was
8:35tough to get too too excited about that
8:37profile because it's, you know, not not
8:39the same pedigree as uh Denzel Boss and
8:43Casey Conpsion, Carninal Tate, whatever.
8:45But it's an interesting story
8:47and he's attached to Joe Burrow. And if
8:49T Higgins or Jamar Chase miss any time,
8:51I think Dante Myers is somebody that you
8:52can flex if you are desperate. Trey
8:54Harris actually ran more routes than
8:56Quinton Johnston. Uh Lad Mankey seems to
8:58be banged up. Trey Johnson's the wide
9:00receiver won for the Chargers in any
9:02game that Lad misses, but how valuable
9:04is that role? Then Roman Wilson, maybe a
9:07year three breakout here. He has 15 plus
9:09PPR points in backto-back weeks really
9:10just cuz he's scored touchdowns in
9:12back-to-back weeks. He has six targets
9:14in every single week this season, but
9:16he's playing less than 40% of the snaps
9:17in his last two games. So, a very weird
9:20uh kind of like Calvin Austin of last
9:22year is really the comp for Roman
9:23Wilson. So, don't get too excited there.
9:25And then our stashes. Jordan Tyson is
9:27not available in your league. You don't
9:28have to tell me that, but if he is, it
9:31says here that he's available in 65% of
9:32ESPN leagues. If he's out there, go
9:34stash him. Uh, at this point, it seems
9:35like he's close to returning. This
9:37Saints offense is very fun in terms of
9:38drop backs and pushing the pace and with
9:40ETN banged up and Kamara kind of in and
9:43out of the medical tent, they're going
9:44to throw the ball a ton. Tyson does have
9:46a lot of upside as a round one wide
9:48receiver with a really strong prospect
9:51profile. Then Antonio Williams, I forgot
9:52to mention yesterday, Antonio Williams
9:54had a long touchdown called back for an
9:57illegal formation. He looked amazing. He
9:59had a season high in route share at 73%.
10:02He has a 25% plus targets per out run
10:04and just a matter of running enough
10:06routes. We'll see if Terry McLaren
10:07returns. Then Cyrus Allen with the
10:10Chiefs wide receiver room getting
10:12decimated. Cyrus Allen could all of a
10:14sudden be in the mix to be a
10:15differencemaker. I know that Jaylen
10:16Royals uh outnapped him and ran more
10:19routes, but I just think there's no
10:21upside with Jaylen Royals. Then we'll
10:22talk about Jaylen Null. This one is
10:24likely just a blip. The Texans refuse to
10:27actually use Jaylen Null. They love to
10:29use Jared Wayne and Xavier Hutchinson
10:30and like every other receiver not named
10:32Jaylen Null, but Jaylen Null runs a
10:34career-high 69% route share. Three
10:37catches, 85 yards. He is a very deep
10:39deep stash. Same with Chris Bell. Long
10:41touchdown called back on illegal
10:42touching. He had zero yards otherwise.
10:44This Miami Dolph is terrible. He likely
10:46isn't going to be startable ever, but he
10:48is a stash in deeper leagues that I'll
10:50mention. Now, another player similar to
10:52Keon Coleman that I think you could
10:53convince me to put in the priority ad
10:55section is Mike Caseeki. We just need to
10:57know the severity of T. Higgins and
10:58Jamar Chase if they're going to miss
11:00this upcoming game. But with Mike
11:03since joining the Bengals, uh, he's at
11:068.4 points per game. And any game
11:08without T. Higgins or Jamar Chase, he is
11:10at 10.3 points per game. That's nothing
11:12crazy, but he also gets targeted about
11:1425% more in those games. And in this
11:18past setup against the Jaguars, he goes
11:22out there, three catches, 40 yards, a
11:24touchdown. He scored three touchdowns in
11:26four games so far. And he gets the Miami
11:28Dolphins this week. This could be a week
11:30where they rest either Jamar Chase or T.
11:32Higgins, maybe even both. All of a
11:33sudden, Mike, uh, Dante Myers are like
11:36legitimate starts. They go into the buy,
11:38everyone gets healthy, and then they are
11:39fully ready to roll against Baltimore.
11:41So, I wouldn't look at Micahi or the
11:42Meyers guy uh as anything more than like
11:45one week fill-ins. Then you have Michael
11:46Mayer. He's the tight end eight on tight
11:49end 16 usage since the return of Brock
11:51Bowers. He's a fine streamable tight
11:52end. Then you have Brettton Strange.
11:55Probably not going to be an every week
11:56start. He has a big game against the
11:58Bengals, but everybody goes off against
11:59the Bengals when it comes to tight ends.
12:01Then Tyler Higgby, quietly the tight end
12:03six on tight end usage, tight end eight
12:05usage over the last two weeks. He is the
12:07tight end 12 this past week even with
12:09Puka Nakua returning. But that was also
12:11what Dvonte Adams doing essentially
12:14nothing. These tight ends are always
12:15very tricky on the Rams. But while
12:16Terren Ferguson is out, Tyler Higgby is
12:18a decent shout at the position. Then
12:21with the quarterbacks, CJ Strad likely
12:23not available, but if he is, he's
12:25averaging around 20 points per game in
12:27his two games this season with Nico
12:28Collins. He's implied for the 13th most
12:30points this week by Vegas versus
12:32Tennessee this week. Then you have Kirk
12:34Cousins. Tough matchup versus New
12:36England.
12:38He's the QB7. At this point, he's
12:40bordering on set and forget territory.
12:41So I I don't really care about the
12:42matchup when it comes to Kurt Cousins.
12:44And then if you want to play the
12:45matchup, it's Jacobe Brassette this week
12:46against the Lions. Highest overunder of
12:48the entire slate. The Lions team is
12:50allowing the most fantasy points, two
12:52opposing quarterbacks in all of fantasy
12:54football. Jacobe Brassette, a decent
12:56streamer this week. Then we can talk
12:58about some drops here. I know that this
13:00has been a requested part of this video.
13:02You know, I I I can't go out and add all
13:04these players. Who are some players I
13:06should drop? Justin Herbert has been
13:07terrible. Quinton Johnston is getting
13:09passed up by Trey Harris. JK Dobbins, if
13:11he's not scoring touchdowns or being
13:12efficient, isn't really going to do
13:14anything for you. Deon Claybourne, that
13:15was fun while it lasted. Dalton Schultz
13:17with Nico Collins back, likely not going
13:19to be an every week streamer. Katron
13:20Allen, you know, he got outrepped by
13:23Austin Eckler, who I'm not really
13:24interested in as a waiverwire ad. I've
13:25seen him get thrown out uh as a name.
13:28Jeremy Bernard is getting buried by
13:30Michael Pitman and Darnell Washington,
13:32Roman Wilson. Uh Rashad Baitman with Zay
13:34Flowers back and then now Lamar Jackson
13:36hurt her. You can probably drop him.
13:38Terrence Ferguson is banged up long
13:40term. Caleb Douglas was fun in week one,
13:44but he's banged up. And then I also just
13:45don't know if anyone on the Miami
13:47Dolphins is going to be startable in the
13:49passing game at least. Isaiah Davis, it
13:51is fully Brillin Allen. Uh, and then
13:53Kyle Pittz, he ran a route on like under
13:5550% of drop backs last night. They fully
13:58went into the blocking tight ends. Now,
13:59if you want to say maybe that was game
14:01script, I could hear it. But still, even
14:03on like the limited amount of pass plays
14:04they had, Kyle Pittz wasn't out there.
14:06So, uh, he is now fully in trouble.
14:09Like, PennX comes back and revives this
14:11whole offense and everybody eats besides
14:13Kyle Pitts. I know that he had like
14:14season highs and catches and yards, but
14:16the usage wasn't great. If you want to,
14:18you know, keep the light on for Kyle
14:20Pitts, uh, you certainly can, but he is
14:23somebody you can drop if you would like
14:24to. Now, that is going to do it for us
14:26today. That is my entire week five
14:28waiverwire breakdown. Of course, if you
14:30want my article, fab recommendations,
14:33all of that, I'm going to post this
14:34video and then get to writing that as
14:37soon as I upload this. As always, if you
14:39enjoy, leave a like, subscribe if you're
14:41new, and I'll see y'all in the next one.
14:51Oh
14:54yeah.
14:56Stones like this [singing] froze ice.
15:01Ice around my body like I'm frozen.
