0:00What's going on, man? Welcome back to
0:02the basement. I'm Ron. And this time of
0:04year, whenever I'm hanging out with my
0:05buddies, they got to show me their
0:06fantasy football team. I take their
0:08phone, I look at it, I say, "Yeah, this
0:09looks like a solid team, I suppose." And
0:11then I go over to the waiverwire
0:12section, and every time I am blown away
0:15by the options sitting there for the
0:17taking. There are always gems available,
0:19and I imagine a lot of your leagues have
0:21the same situation going on. So, today I
0:24am going to give you the 10 players you
0:26need to stash before week one kicks off.
0:29As always, if you enjoy, leave a like,
0:31subscribe if you're new, and let's get
0:33right into this because every time I
0:34make this video, you guys are like,
0:35"Well, Ron, we drafted. I don't have
0:37players to just cut." Well, a lot of you
0:39guys do have some fat you can usually
0:41trim off of your team. First of all, if
0:44you have an IR spot, any of your players
0:46have a bumper bruise or a questionable
0:47tag, throw them in the IR spot and open
0:50up a spot to grab players off of
0:52waiverss. I'll also say if you have a
0:54second kicker or a second defense, cut
0:56those guys. You only need one kicker.
0:58you only need one defense. And then I'll
1:00say as well the quarterback and tight
1:02end allocation. And this is a big one.
1:04This is the list for both positions
1:06where if I had one of these tight ends
1:08or one of these quarterbacks, I am not
1:10rostering a second one. So if I have
1:12Kyle Pitts on my team, I am not
1:14rostering a second tight end. If I have
1:16Dak Prescott on my team, I am not
1:18rostering a second quarterback. These to
1:21me are the comfortable, okay, this is my
1:23tight end one or my quarterback one. I
1:25don't need a backup to play the matchups
1:27or hope for an upside swing later on in
1:29the season. Now, with that being said,
1:31let's talk about the type of stashes
1:33we're going to talk about here. Of
1:35course, we are going to have running
1:36back stashes. These are really
1:39handcuffs, and it's a little bit boring
1:41to talk about handcuffs, but handcuffs
1:42are massive lottery tickets to store on
1:45your bench. If you think about it, when
1:47Garrett Wilson twists his ankle and sits
1:49out for a week, AD Mitchell is like
1:52maybe a wide receiver three, wide
1:54receiver four that no one's really
1:55excited to start. But if Bree Hall
1:57twists his ankle, Brilland Allen all of
1:59a sudden is a firm ready to roll RB2 you
2:02can throw immediately into your lineup.
2:04So, the more of these handcuffs you can
2:05stash, the better, just in case of their
2:08starter getting hurt and then all of a
2:10sudden you have a player you can throw
2:11into your lineup or you could sell to
2:13the running back owner who got hurt.
2:16Then at wide receiver, we do have rookie
2:19wide receivers, which are always a good
2:20option to stash. I have this stat that I
2:23compiled last season looking at. Since
2:252010, rookie wide receivers to average
2:2716 plus points per game from week nine
2:30on. It's a massive list. 16 plus points
2:33per game would have been the wide
2:34receiver eight last season. Of course,
2:36you have your blue chip stocks, but OBJ
2:37was a guy that was gotten uh or picked
2:40up off of waiverss his rookie year
2:41because of a hamstring injury where he
2:42missed four games. Elijah Moore, similar
2:44deal, late round pick. Tank Dell was a
2:47waiverwire ad. I want to say Michael
2:49Thomas probably wasn't drafted in 2016.
2:52You can also look at Jaylen Wadd was a
2:54late round guy. Uh Jaden Reed was
2:56absolutely a pickup off of waiverss. And
2:58then guys like Rashi Rice as well, guys
3:00who aren't even on this list like your
3:03Aman or Aman Ross Brown is on this list.
3:05He was somebody that was probably take
3:06picking up off of waiverss as well. I'll
3:08also add uh Christian Watson was one of
3:10these guys as well his rookie year. And
3:13even guys who had kind of full season
3:14dominance out of nowhere like Chase
3:16Clayool is one of these guys. As crazy
3:17as to say, Chase Clayool was a monster
3:19as a rookie. Rookie wide receivers tend
3:22to be some of the best upside swings in
3:24the sport. Here's a uh study from a long
3:27time ago from Jack Miller dating back to
3:29the 2018 season, but I I would believe
3:31that it still holds up today, looking at
3:33how rookie wide receivers improve their
3:35points per game over a given season,
3:36whereas veterans decline. So, I am
3:39always more
3:42inclined to stash rookie wide receivers
3:44on my bench over the Trey Tuckers, Jawan
3:46Jennings, Jaylen Naylor's
3:49insert wide receiver two on a bad team
3:52here type of player. I I would rather
3:54just swing for upside with the rookie
3:56receivers. Now, with that being said,
3:57let's get into our stash players. First
4:00up, we have Jonah Coleman. All of these
4:02players are under 30% owned in ESPN
4:04leagues. He is owned in 25.8% of ESPN
4:07leagues. It's very simple with Jonah
4:09Coleman. Uh less of a pure handcuff and
4:11really more of a three-headed backfield
4:15upside play. Now, the highest ceiling
4:17outcome for Jonah Coleman is a JK
4:19Dobbins injury. If that happens, he then
4:22has the upside to fill the between the
4:24tackles grinder role because there's a
4:26chance that R.J. Harvey doesn't actually
4:27absorb much of the JK Dobbins role. He
4:29stays in the RJ Harvey role and then
4:31Jonah Coleman is more of JK Dobbins
4:32handcuffed. But there's also a chance
4:34that as a rookie Jonah Coleman comes out
4:36here and could just be straight up
4:38better than JK Dobbins who is always
4:40hurt, banged up getting into the later
4:42half of his career at this point. And
4:43with Jonah Coleman, he finds himself on
4:45the Broncos. Shawn Payeyton here over
4:47the last three seasons. A stat from Ryan
4:49Heath. He has the sixth highest total
4:51backfield fantasy volume. That means we
4:53want to be targeting this backfield.
4:55There's going to be plenty of
4:56opportunities, targets, carries, goal
4:58line looks, all of that. So, we want to
5:00be drafting Jonah Coleman. This is from
5:02my prospect model. His three closest
5:05comps, Zack Moss, Kamani Vidal, David
5:07Montgomery. He is 5'8, 220 lbs, can
5:10catch passes, can do it all. Not the
5:12most athletic back in the world, but
5:14that's why Zack Moss is his number one
5:16comparable player, but that's a fine
5:17player in a vacuum, right? We're talking
5:19about a volume sponge, a guy who can
5:20handle 15 plus touches per game. Joe
5:22Nicoleman has some upside on a Broncos
5:24team that has the best offensive line by
5:26established the run. Then we'll talk
5:28about Katon Mitchell. Now, he's a sneaky
5:31one. There's a chance he misses week
5:32one. And if that happens, you could
5:34stash him in your IR spot. I know
5:36there's a lot of sleeper leagues out
5:37there where it's like if he just misses
5:39the game, uh you can put him in your IR
5:41spot. He doesn't actually have to go on
5:43IR. He's only rostered in 20.9% of ESPN
5:46leagues. He is of course the RB2 on the
5:50Chargers. He is competing of course with
5:51Kamani Vidal for that RB2 spot. But he's
5:54a very fun player. He has over 100
5:56career rush attempts in the NFL. A
5:58career 6.3 yards per carry. That is
6:00absurd. He's just like explo super
6:03explosive back for the Chargers. He
6:05comes from the Ravens where he was
6:07somebody that kind of went toe-to-toe
6:08with a rookie Devon Aan in terms of big
6:11playability and perouch efficiency. He's
6:14of course been banged up ever since. But
6:16Mike McDaniel did literally put up a
6:18wanted poster looking for Kian Mitchell
6:20this off seasonason and kind of
6:21handpicked Kian Mitchell. We've also of
6:23course seen Mike McDaniel support
6:25multiple fantasy RB1s when he had Devon
6:27Achain and Raheem Moster over there in
6:30Miami. Again, Kia Mitchell might be in
6:33jeopardy for week one, but because they
6:35didn't put him on the IR before the
6:3753man roster came out, that at least
6:39tells me that it's going to be a very
6:40short-term injury for Kian Mitchell.
6:43Then we'll talk about EMTT Johnson. This
6:44is probably the most realistic pickup so
6:46far where he's only rostered in 6.1% of
6:49ESPN leagues. He is the Chiefs handcuff
6:52behind Kenneth Walker. That's a very big
6:54deal to me. Uh we've seen Kareem Hunt
6:57give you usable weeks in this role
6:59before just as being the Chiefs RB1 as a
7:02player that isn't even that talented.
7:04EMTT Johnson, the reason why he's here,
7:06he's gotten a big boost since the 53man
7:08rosters came out is Amari De Marcado
7:10getting cut is a really big deal. So
7:12that means that this is a stamp of
7:14approval that Emtt Johnson is the clear
7:16handcuff in this situation. Jacob
7:18Sanderson breaks it down here in my
7:19prospect model. Emtt Johnson comes out
7:21with some tough comps, right? Evan Hull
7:23and Eric Gray are not guys you want to
7:25see. But Kenneth Gwell and Tony Pard for
7:27an undersized day three pick that
7:29catches passes. Those are two really
7:32strong upside scenario comps. Kenneth
7:34Gainwell and Tony Pard for EMTT Johnson.
7:36And if he can be that style of player,
7:38if Kenneth Walker was to ever go down, a
7:40guy that we've seen struggled to stay
7:42healthy here and there. EMTT Johnson is
7:43absolutely free right now in your ESPN
7:46fantasy football league. Then we'll talk
7:48about Tank Bsby. Uh rostered in 19.2% of
7:51leagues. Nothing crazy here. He's just
7:52the Eagles handcuff that needs to be
7:54rostered in 50% of ESPN leagues. Then
7:57we'll get into our first wide receiver
7:59here, Jacobe Lane. He's only rostered in
8:0118% of ESPN leagues. He's this 6'4
8:06uh perimeter boundary contested catch
8:09specialist style receiver rookie out of
8:11USC. He competed with Mai Lemon and
8:13before that Zachariah Branch and he's
8:16not the best prospect in the world, but
8:17he gets drafted round three. He has
8:19massive hands. He's a super big framed
8:21receiver. And now that the Ravens lost
8:22Isaiah likely and if you are among the
8:25idea or of the idea that Zay Flowers
8:27can't score touchdowns, there's a chance
8:29that Jacobe Lane leads this team in
8:32receiving touchdowns. And in a year
8:33where Lamar Jackson goes nuclear for 40
8:36passing touchdowns, Jacobe Lane could
8:38emerge here. As of right now, he does
8:40sit as the wide receiver three on the
8:42dep chart according to Zayn Dani. I
8:44would assume that that would mean Zay
8:45Flowers, Rashad Baitman, then Jacobe
8:47Lane. I think Zay Flowers suits up for
8:49week one, but it is worth mentioning
8:50that Zay Flowers has been dealing with
8:52an injury. Rashad Bin has been dealing
8:53with stuff off of the field and Jacobe
8:55Lane has been like the story of training
8:57camp. He crushed it in preseason. He is
8:59a very fun rookie with upside that like
9:02I guess this video is also kind of a
9:04sleeper video that you you need to be
9:05drafting Jacobe Lane in your fantasy
9:08football drafts. Then we'll talk about
9:10Kayn Black, a handpicked Kyle Shanahan
9:1349ers running back. He goes in the third
9:15round of the NFL draft after not getting
9:17an NFL combine invite. Now, I will say
9:19he certainly should have had an NFL
9:21combine invite, but he certainly should
9:22not have been drafted in the third round
9:24uh in this class. Jonah Coleman was a
9:26better prospect than him. Mike
9:27Washington was a better prospect than
9:28him. But Kyle Shanahan handpicked this
9:31guy. He's available in just under 90% of
9:34ESPN leagues. and he's listed currently
9:37as the RB2 behind Christian McAffrey
9:39who's coming off over 400 plus touches
9:41and could find himself as sort of
9:44similar to what Jordan Mason was a
9:45couple years ago as the lead back when
9:47McAffrey is hurt and that's a big-time
9:49role to stash on your bench in fantasy
9:51football. Then we have another rookie
9:53receiver here, Denzel Boston available
9:55in about three quarters of ESPN leagues.
9:58He has the rookie wide receiver upside,
9:59a round two prospect, a much better
10:01prospect than Jacobe Lane on paper, but
10:03a much higher hill to climb where when
10:06you have Deshun Watson and Shadur
10:08Sanders and you are a perimeter boundary
10:10receiver.
10:12It's going to be tough to kind of do the
10:14Rude Goldberg machine or whatever you
10:16call that thing where it's like, you
10:17know, the dominoes come down and then
10:19the thing comes down and the ball rolls
10:20down and then it's like all to do these
10:22things. That's what it's going to be
10:23like for Shador Sanders to complete a
10:25pass to a boundary receiver. And it's
10:26why I like Casey Conpsion and it's why I
10:28like Harold Fannon. Just give him the
10:29easy button stuff, you know, uh, five
10:32yard AOT, screens, handoffs, all of
10:34that. The Denzel Boston experience is
10:37going to be a tough one. But on day one,
10:38he does seem like the starting boundary
10:40x receiver, which should mean something,
10:42and if he is that good, he could
10:44transcend his situation. Uh, then you
10:46have Ray Davis. Very simple here. He's
10:48available in 90% of ESPN leagues. He's
10:50the James Cook hand uh handcuff. As of
10:52right now, Tai Johnson is banged up. uh
10:55similar deal with Brillin Allen. We
10:56actually mentioned him in the opener. Uh
10:58he's available in about 85% of ESPN
11:00leagues. He's the Bruce Hall handcuff
11:02and he's shown to have some talent in
11:04the past as a runner. Then we have
11:07another rookie wide receiver with upside
11:08here, Cyrus Allen, a guy that we talked
11:10about with Matt Harmon. He is available
11:13in 95% of leagues here. Uh Matt Harmon
11:16loves him as a separator. He had a
11:17really good success rate versus man
11:18against zone. He was drafted higher than
11:21uh the other guy on the Cincinnati team
11:24that had all the hype in the world. He
11:25tested really well. His name is escaping
11:27me at this point right now. Um but Cyrus
11:30Allen is this kind of like crafty
11:32receiver uh that finds himself currently
11:35as the wide receiver for on the dep
11:38chart. It's Rashi Rice, it's Xavier
11:39Worthy, it's Taekwon Thorne, and then
11:41it's Cyrus Allen so far. uh and he's
11:43somebody that could work his way up the
11:44dep chart similar to what Rashi Rice did
11:45as a rookie and end up carving out a
11:47role attached to Patrick Mahomes. Then
11:49we have another rookie with upside here,
11:51Chris Bell. Uh a really interesting
11:55profile. He tore his ACL late last
11:58season that ended up making him not be
12:01able to compete in the combine. He then
12:03slips in the NFL draft. I think he would
12:04have been a fringe first round pick if
12:06not for the torn ACL. Instead, he goes
12:08in round three to the Miami Dolphins. He
12:11is somewhere on this range of outcomes
12:14of the tantalizing 6'2 220 pound wide
12:18receiver. At the high end that is AJ
12:20Brown, Debo Samuel, and DK Metaf. On the
12:22low end, that is Xavier Legette,
12:24Jonathan Mingo, uh guys who just flat
12:27out can't play in the NFL. Chris Bell
12:29falls somewhere in those range of
12:31outcomes. I tend to fall in love with
12:34the upside. last year against a loaded
12:36Miami defense. He put up nine catches,
12:38136 yards, and two touchdowns in a win
12:41against Miami, the national championship
12:43runner up. He did it in prime time.
12:44Everybody was watching. Uh he's a nice
12:46upside swing on an offense in Miami that
12:48doesn't really have a wide receiver one.
12:49I think Caleb Douglas is an interesting
12:51rookie. Malik Washington is a guy as
12:52well, but when we're talking about guys
12:54that can actually get into your reddraft
12:55fantasy football lineup, I think Chris
12:57Bell has the highest upside. So, he is
12:58who I have listed here and he's
13:00available in 97% of ESPN leagues. Now,
13:03that is our like 10 real stashes here.
13:05What I will say is I'm going to give you
13:07a quarterback and tight end in case if
13:10you saw this graphic first and maybe
13:12your QB1 is like Patrick Mahomes, you're
13:14like, "Oh [ __ ] like I I didn't draft a
13:15QB2." Now, I will say that's one of
13:18those ones where it's iffy. But if you
13:20have an extra bench spot and you don't
13:22feel great that your tight end or
13:23quarterback weren't on this list of guys
13:25that I'd be comfortable running only one
13:27of them with and you're like, "Okay, my
13:29tight end one is like Jawan Johnson. Let
13:31me pick up a second tight end. Uh that
13:33would be this section of the video where
13:36we have Terrence Ferguson here. He's
13:37available in 75% of ESPN leagues. He is
13:40the perfect upside swing. He's in an
13:42awesome offense on the Rams. He's been
13:44the recipient of a lot of buzz here out
13:47of training camp. We have this from Ryan
13:49Heath where Terence Ferguson's been
13:50called the Rams wide receiver 3. He buys
13:52into that and then he goes, I would
13:54actually recommend reading this tweet.
13:55like he goes into full detail as to why
13:57that is, but the too long didn't read
13:59version of that is he's the wide
14:00receiver three for the Rams essentially
14:02with a tight end tag. Uh last year he
14:04had the highest recorded average depth
14:06of target for a tight end ever in the
14:07fantasy points database, 18 yards
14:09downfield. Why that matters is it means
14:12he can catch the ball three times and
14:13give you 60 yards and a touchdown uh in
14:16a massive spike week in your tight end
14:17spot. He also heads into year two as a
14:19really strong prospect and this is where
14:20we see the highest breakout percentage
14:23for tight ends. that year one to year
14:25two jump. So, he is a very fun play. And
14:28then I'll say as well, if you have one
14:29of these pocket passers like a Matthew
14:30Stafford or a Jared Goff or a Jordan
14:32Love and you kind of want to just have a
14:34quarterback two in here, I think Malik
14:36Willis is perfect. He's available in 80%
14:37of ESPN leagues. He is somebody where
14:40he's a Konami code scrambling upside
14:42quarterback. This could go terribly
14:43wrong. Like a Justin Fields in the past
14:45or a Tre Lance in the past or this could
14:49be the next Justin Fields that one year
14:51on the Bears. I want to say it was like
14:532021 where he was an amazing fantasy
14:54quarterback. That could be Malik Willis.
14:56He has averaged 23.3 points per game in
14:59his last three games as a Packer where
15:00he played 80% or more of the snaps. It's
15:03all there for him to have the highest
15:05rushing ceiling among all active
15:08quarterbacks. And then kind of what they
15:10have coined the term as Konami code. I
15:12want to say it's a Rich Rebar term from
15:14back in the day. Malik Willis has all
15:16the rushing upside in the world to kind
15:17of be a fantasy cheat code. So, he's
15:19definitely worth a pickup if you feel
15:20weak at quarterback. But that's going to
15:23do it for us today. I will say, of
15:25course, the only thing I really have to
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15:30season long to make sure you guys are
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15:33football championships. We'll have
15:34waiverwire videos. Uh the rookie
15:36receiver report is a big one. Like these
15:37rookies are going to be stashing. We're
15:39going to be tracking them every single
15:40week to figure out who needs to stay on
15:42your roster, who can get cut, who can be
15:44the next Rashi Rice, Aman Ross, St.
15:46Brown style out of nowhere league
15:48winner. Uh, and then on top of that,
15:50we'll have like trade targets and we'll
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