0:00What's going on, man? Welcome back to
0:03the basement. I'm Ron and today would
0:06usually be my sneaky starts and stats
0:08for week seven, but we're going to
0:10change it up today. I got to be honest,
0:11I was looking through the rankings
0:12trying to find the guys that I'm higher
0:13on and lower on and there's just a ton
0:16of moving parts. A lot of the guys that
0:17I like as sneaky starts are kind of
0:19filling in for injuries that are
0:21happening. We have the Puka Nakua injury
0:23right now up in the air. We have all of
0:24the Eagles seemingly between is Saquon
0:27going to play, Dvonte Smith, Dallas
0:28Goddar, I think even Dantavon Wix is on
0:30the injury report. We have a lot to
0:33cover here. So essentially what this
0:34video is going to be, this is going to
0:35be a new format. I don't know if we're
0:37going to actually keep this moving
0:38forward, but just one that I think for a
0:40week that is super hectic. Why not? This
0:43is going to be the biggest ranking
0:44changes in week seven that you need to
0:47know about to win your matchup. There's
0:49going to be some sneaky starts, right?
0:50players getting hurt, maybe who is going
0:52to emerge, where I have those guys
0:54ranked, and just everything you need to
0:55know because when a lot of these
0:57creators do their running back, wide
1:00receiver flex rankings on like Tuesday,
1:02Wednesday, Thursday, so much changes
1:04between now and then between injuries
1:06and all of that in between. So, with
1:09that being said, the biggest rankings,
1:12news, injury updates you need to know
1:15before setting your lineup for Sunday.
1:16As always, if you enjoy, leave a like,
1:19subscribe if you're new. And the first
1:21situation we're going to talk about is
1:23Zack Charbanet is ruled out. When I
1:25first did my rankings earlier in the
1:27weekend, which of course or on in the
1:28week, of course, you can find those over
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1:34that's where you'll get my weekly
1:35rankings, Waverwire article, rest of
1:36season rankings, dynasty rankings,
1:38starts sitstream, all of that and more.
1:40patreon.com/ronon Stewart in the
1:42description and the comment section
1:44below. Now, I was operating under the
1:46assumption that Zack Sharbon was going
1:48to play. We even got a report from
1:50Rapapore. I think that Rapaore went on
1:51McAfee and was like, "Yeah, Charban is
1:53going to play and he's going to be
1:54involved." And then four hours later, he
1:56was ruled out. So, we're now in a spot
1:59here because we had maybe the messiest
2:02split yet between Emanuel Wilson and
2:04George Helani, right? Of course, there's
2:06no Jadarian Price. And then last week in
2:08the prime time Thursday night game, we
2:11had essentially the most usage we've
2:13seen for George Helani so far. Helani
2:16had honestly kind of an awesome
2:17touchdown run where he uh like dragged
2:20like three defenders with him. He played
2:22his highest snap share of the season at
2:2458%. But you do have to remember that
2:26that wasn't a trailing game script.
2:28Denver kind of had control of that game
2:30the entire time. George Helani's the
2:31passing down back. George Helani
2:33outnapped Emanuel Wilson here, but he
2:37only had five opportunities. Emanuel
2:39Wilson had 14 opportunities. So,
2:40personally, I prefer Emanuel Wilson this
2:43week, but they're both,
2:45you know, we're talking like flyer RB3s.
2:47I have Emanuel Wilson. I moved him from
2:48my RB36 to my RB31. I moved George Hani
2:51from unranked to my RB38. They're both
2:54desperation plays. It's a tough match up
2:56vers Kansas City who is really really
2:58strong against the run who is also not
3:00going to allow a ton of touchdowns. So
3:03what you're hoping for is some probably
3:06like 10 touches for one of these backs
3:07and a touchdown. I think Emanuel Wilson
3:09is more likely to. He got 14
3:11opportunities last week. He could maybe
3:12fall in the end zone. And I will say I
3:15have to assume that Emanuel Wilson got
3:16dropped in a bunch of leagues. So, if
3:18he's out there and you're hurting at
3:19running back or you just lost a guy,
3:22maybe you have like Damen Pierce, now
3:23that Saquon Barkley's back, you're
3:24looking for running back help. I think
3:26you can do worse than Emanuel Wilson or
3:29George Hani. Now, our next big rankings
3:32change is a man Acha Ibuka gets ruled
3:35out,
3:37which was nuts. He gets like a he had a
3:39concussion apparently and then a foot
3:40injury and now he's ruled out. Baker
3:42Mayfield's coming back. I'm a little bit
3:44concerned about Baker Mayfield. We'll
3:45see what it looks like in the first game
3:46back, but his injury was on his throwing
3:48hands thumb. So, that's something to be
3:51aware of that the passing game should be
3:53an upgrade from Jaylen Daniels, but
3:55we'll see by how much here. They're
3:56going to be on the road against
3:58Carolina. We have a lot of moving parts
4:00here. Of course, Chris Godwin, a guy who
4:02has yet to hit 50 plus receiving yards.
4:04You're hoping for a big PPR day. He has
4:06had seven plus targets two of his last
4:08three games. I have him as a low-end
4:10wide receiver three. I moved him from
4:12wide receiver 47 up to wide receiver 32.
4:14I think if you have him, he's not a
4:16terrible start. Now, the most
4:19interesting one here, if you are one of
4:22these guys who just lost Tyler Warren,
4:23it seems like Dallas Goddard could miss.
4:27K. Don is interesting. He goes from my
4:29tight end 21 to my tight end 15. From
4:312023 to 2025, so this is the Baker
4:34Mayfield era. He goes from 7.7 points
4:36per game to 10.3 points per game in
4:38games without Mike Evans. He goes from
4:407.5 points per game to 10.3 points per
4:42game in games without Chris Godwin.
4:44Essentially, when the wide receiver one
4:45goes down, this being a Mecca Ibuka
4:47here, K Dotton usually steps up. He's
4:49going to play all of the snaps, all of
4:51the routes. I could very easily see him
4:54getting, you know, five, six, seven
4:57targets and being a fine fantasy
4:59streamer this week. The Panthers allow
5:01the eighth most fantasy points of tight
5:02ends when adjusting for their opponent.
5:04That is a stat from establish the run.
5:07Now, Ted Hurst also qualifies as kind of
5:11a sneaky start here where we have Baker
5:14Mayfield back. The Panthers, I will say,
5:17are stingy against wide receivers, but I
5:18will say they allow the 21st most
5:20fantasy points to outside wide receivers
5:21as opposed to 29th versus the slot. So,
5:24we're splitting hairs, but if they're
5:26going to allow points to anybody, it
5:28would be on the outside. Ted Hurst is a
5:30boom bust flex play here. He's going to
5:32run all of the routes as the boundary
5:34exceiver. It just comes down to if he
5:36can bring in a long ball or two and give
5:38you like a three for 60 and a touchdown
5:41statline is what you're hoping for. But
5:43at wide receiver 47, that's not a
5:45terrible desperation flex. I believe
5:49that he caught a long touchdown ball
5:50against Minnesota in week three. So, we
5:53could see him connect there. But I think
5:55Chris Godwin is someone that is a fine
5:58flex this week. Hurst is a fine
6:00desperation guy off of waiverss if you
6:02need help there. And then Kon I think is
6:03a great streamer if somebody like Tyler
6:05Higgby isn't available. Now my third
6:07rankings update here is Tyler Warren
6:10ruled out. Now I will say when I did my
6:12rankings I actually assumed that both
6:13Tyler or I actually assumed that Tyler
6:15Warren would be out. So I didn't really
6:17move the rankings here. But if you are
6:19out here and you're curious where I
6:22would have Josh Downs and Keenan Allen
6:23with the Tyler Warren injury, wide
6:25receiver 34 and 35. It's really tough to
6:28believe in these guys. They're at home
6:29versus the Vikings. The Vikings are the
6:32best defense in the NFL. I I don't
6:34really envision this offense being very
6:36good against the Vikings. We have had
6:38this game script a ton where, oh, Keenan
6:41Allen's not playing. Oh, Ali Pierce
6:42isn't playing. Oh, Tyler Warren isn't
6:44playing. It's Josh Downs time. And then
6:45he doesn't really show up. So, I think
6:47they're both low-end wide receiver
6:48threes that really just have PPR upside.
6:50You're hoping for, I don't know, six
6:52catches for 70 yards, maybe a touchdown.
6:54It is what you are hoping for from both
6:58of them. Then we have the 49ers. Of
7:00course, Mike Evans and Debo Samuel are
7:04ruled out here. Christian Kirk is
7:06available everywhere. Of course, George
7:07KD gets a bump here. George KD actually
7:09have ranked ahead of Trey McBride this
7:10week. Christian McCaffrey gets a a bump
7:12here. Apparently, Christian McAffrey
7:13might play more wide receiver. If you
7:15want to galaxy brain yourself into
7:16starting Kaylin Black because of that,
7:18you could. I know it is really dark
7:20times out there. If you're down bad, I I
7:22wouldn't really go that far. But
7:25I think Christian Kirk is at least a
7:28stash to see kind of how he fits into
7:30this offense. Can he kind of be the
7:31Jawan Jennings here? But I also think if
7:34you're in a tough spot, I'm potentially
7:36going to be starting him and Yuri at
7:37league mates. I have Stefan Diggs and
7:38Parker Washington on buy. It's getting
7:40really bleak in terms of having to start
7:41three wide receivers this week.
7:43Christian Kirk is a guy that I'm
7:44debating starting. He is wide receiver
7:4648 for me on the road versus the Falcons
7:48who are allowing the six most points to
7:50wide receivers when adjusting for
7:52opponent. Now, of course, Jordan Watkins
7:55and Brandon Cooks have been there for or
7:58on the field longer than Christian Kirk
8:00to this point. Jordan Watkins runs a ton
8:02of routes, but that's really it. They
8:03had just two targets on a combined 47
8:05routes between the two of them last
8:07week. If someone's going to come in and
8:08earn targets as a wide receiver, it's
8:10going to be Christian Kirk. He's only 29
8:13years old. That's crazy that is to say
8:14out loud. Uh, and last year, even though
8:17he was bad on the Texans, he still had
8:18an 18% targets per out run, about 4.3
8:21targets per game. If he can come in here
8:24and give you five targets, I think that
8:26that is a W in this offense that scores
8:29points, then we have some sobering news.
8:32Ad Mitchell is back. No injury
8:34designation. He is ready to roll.
8:37And I sadly want to pump the brakes on
8:40Omar Cooper. I'm excited about Omar
8:41Cooper. for Omar Cooper looked awesome
8:42last week, 100 plus receiving yards. But
8:45I think
8:48it sounds very similar to the Kenyan
8:50Sadik issue is Kenyan Sadik went crazy
8:52against Detroit and then the next week
8:54we all put him in our lineup and he gave
8:56a dud. First of all, this is the Jets.
8:58Sure, is it a game at home against
9:00Miami? Are they favored? Should they
9:02score points? Sure. But at the end of
9:03the day, it is the Jets. Uh, and then
9:06I'll also say that Omar Cooper now with
9:09AD Mitchell, he might not have the full
9:1185% round participation. He might get
9:13scaled down to 60%. You also have
9:14Garrett Wilson who was kind of shadowed
9:16and taken out of last week's game
9:17against the Patriots by Christian
9:19Gonzalez. He'll be more involved. You
9:21have the tight ends Mason Taylor and uh,
9:24Kenyan Sadik, of course. Bree Hall might
9:26be back in the mix this week. So, I've
9:28seen some rankings out there that have
9:30Omar Cooper as like wide receiver 29,
9:31wide receiver 30. Sadly, I have to be
9:34the one that kind of rains on everyone's
9:35parade. He is my wide receiver, 40 this
9:37week, and he is not a mustar at all.
9:39Like, if you think this is the Jeremy
9:40Bernard experience where Jeremy Bernard
9:42pops, you add him, and then he gives you
9:44like a 20 plus point game. I would be
9:45shocked if that's how things go with
9:47Omar Cooper, and then AD Mitchell is a
9:50shaky starter in his own right. I have
9:51him as wide receiver 49. uh until we
9:53know how the routes get split up between
9:55these two, it's going to be a really big
9:57a storyline I'm actually going to jot
9:58down after I post this video to look out
10:00for in our top 10 lessons learned video
10:03is the route share between Omar Cooper
10:06and AD Mitchell by personnel groupings.
10:07So, I'm very curious to see who's going
10:09to be out there in two wide receiver
10:10sets. My guess would be AD Mitchell, but
10:12if it's Omar Cooper, that is a massive,
10:13massive green flag for Omar Cooper. And
10:17also, Miami is allowing the third least
10:18amount of fantasy points to opposing
10:19wide receivers just given game script.
10:21They want to run the ball, sit on it,
10:23and just kind of take the air out of the
10:25football game. So, they're not
10:27interested in scoring points or having a
10:29high overunder affair. Uh, the Miami
10:32Dolphins. Then we can talk about the
10:36Ravens. Rashad Baitman is back. Sadly,
10:38Jacobe Lane kind of had a really
10:40encouraging game last week. Wasn't
10:41anything crazy by the box score, but he
10:43had an end zone target. He uh got
10:45targeted a bunch on his routes. Rashad
10:46Baitman got hurt in that game. I was
10:48operating under the assumption that
10:50Rashad Baitman would miss at least the
10:51next game. Jacobe Lane could be a
10:54viable, you know, wide receiver 42.
10:56We're just talking about like flex plays
10:57here. Now, with Baitman back, the route
11:01share is not as clear. I would move
11:02Jacobe Lane down to my wide receiver 50.
11:04Someone I'm not looking to put in the
11:05lineup at all. And then our final kind
11:08of around the league updates that I
11:10have.
11:12The Eagles are so tough because we uh
11:16because they're playing on Monday, we
11:18don't really have any clarity on who's
11:20going to play, who's not going to play,
11:22game time decision, all of that. Devonte
11:24Smith, Dantavon Wix, and Dallas Scott
11:26all missed Friday's practice. Now, of
11:27course, if you play Monday, this is more
11:28of a Thursday practice. So, the big news
11:31will be today, Saturday, seeing if they
11:33practice today. If they don't practice
11:34again, then they're probably going to be
11:35out. And what this is going to do is
11:36going to open a lot of targets up to
11:41wide receivers playing against the
11:43Cowboys who are allowing the most
11:44fantasy points to wide receivers when
11:45adjusting for opponent. But of course,
11:47we're talking Mai Lemon. We're talking
11:48Darius Cooper. I'd probably have both in
11:51the wide receiver 40s. Like I probably
11:53have Mai Lemon around like wide receiver
11:5440, wide receiver 41, 42, and then
11:56probably Darius Cooper somewhere more
11:58towards like wide receiver 45. But both
12:01would be somewhat viable against the
12:03Cowboys if you're down bad. And then
12:05Pukanakua, he seems to be legitimately
12:07up in the air. Konata Mumfield is the
12:09name I would add if I was looking for
12:10wide receiver help. But they just rotate
12:13those guys so much between Konata
12:14Mumfield and you have Jordan
12:15Whittington. I think 22 Atwell still in
12:18the mix over there too. I hope I'm not
12:19wrong there. I I believe that's what
12:21they did the Jarz Hunter for a 22 Atwell
12:23trade. I think it's going to be a lot of
12:24tight ends. If I had to play anybody, it
12:26would just be Tyler Higgby. I think
12:27Tyler Higgby gets bumped up to I think I
12:29have him tight in 10 right now even
12:31without the Puka injury just with
12:33Devonte Adams going down. So something
12:35to think about with Puka Nakua but if
12:38you have Puka I think that you simply
12:40have to grab Konado Mumfield if you
12:43don't have a better option off the bench
12:44and you just wait until game time and
12:47play him if he plays and if he misses
12:49then it's Konado Mumfield time. But
12:52that's going to do it for us today. I
12:53hope that that was a decent video. I
12:54feel like we gave a bunch of kind of
12:56like sneaky starts. Not as many sneaky
12:58stats here sadly, but it's tough.
13:00Sometimes I sit down to do these sneaky
13:01start videos and then like everything I
13:04want to talk about just gets crushed by
13:06these injury reports and then all of a
13:07sudden I'm just kind of telling you
13:08like, "Oh, Emanuel Wilson because Zach
13:09Sharbon is out." So, I don't know. I
13:11don't know. We'll probably go back to
13:12Sneaky Starts next week, but this was
13:15the rankings updates you got to be on
13:17top of heading into Sunday. As always,
13:19if you enjoy, leave a like, subscribe if
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13:22rankings will be updated over on the
13:23Patreon. patreon.com/ronstew. You can
13:25find the description in the comment
13:26section below. But I will see you guys
13:29in the next one.
13:40Oh yeah.
13:42Stones like this froze.
