0:00Let's talk about the Week 6 Waiver Wire. Again, another week of NFL games, another round of injuries, and we talk through it all.
0:07Are there any 49ers wide receivers left for us to care about outside of Mike Evans?
0:12What about this Eagles backfield? I mean, it goes from Saquon to Will Shipley.
0:16Should Damien Pierce move the needle for you at all?
0:19Marvin Harrison Jr. is no longer a member of the Arizona Cardinals.
0:22Is there a wide receiver that should be rostered in his absence?
0:26Plus, I pound the table for a rookie emerging wide receiver that is out there in 99% of Yahoo Leagues at this moment.
0:33Stay tuned for this episode of Yahoo Fantasy Football with Josh and Hayden.
0:37Your Week 6 Waiver Wire is right here. And Joel, I've got some bad news.
0:41We're the new Madden curse, okay? When I look back at the opening six thumbnails I made for our waiver program this
0:48season, all six have gone down in devastating fashion.
0:50I'll list them out for you, okay? Terrence Ferguson, injured reserve.
0:53Caleb Douglas after Week 1 missed, I think, three games at this point.
0:57Adnan Mitchell missed two games right now. Jonah Coleman, injured reserve.
1:00Kenan Sadiq, after we talk about him on the show.
1:03Zero catches the next contest. And last week, even after a re-record, Will Shipley, now down for multiple weeks.
1:09Joel, this is a forward-facing, forward-thinking show. But what do you have to say for yourself?
1:14It's so bad. And we had to redo the ship we won last week.
1:18He wasn't even going to be it. And then we had to change it.
1:22And then he gets hurt. Another eagle is running back down.
1:25And Sadiq got hurt this week, too, on top of just, like, the zero catches.
1:30Like, it's been tough. Hopefully, we put one of your league mates, guys, up on the thumbnail today or that top waiver that your friend gets.
1:37So, look, we've given some good advice on this episode.
1:40It's just we're going to strike a line between Week 5 and Week 6.
1:44And whatever thumbnail I create from here on out, it's going to go the opposite.
1:49We're going to go in the opposite direction. And it's going to be the ones that help you tremendously the rest of the way.
1:56And that begins this week with Jerry Bernard of the Pittsburgh Steelers, rostering only 1% of Yahoo Leagues out there.
2:02He played 92% snaps. We know that Michael Pittman is on the sideline for multiple weeks.
2:07And I want to mention that Roman Wilson suffered a dislocated finger just before halftime.
2:11But even before then, Joel, Jeremy Bernard was the second wide receiver on this team.
2:15And this quote stood out to me. We know how much control Aaron Rodgers has of the personnel and of this offense.
2:22This is from Jim Nance during the broadcast. Quote, Aaron Rodgers likes Jeremy Bernard.
2:26He never fails to mention him in a production meeting with us.
2:30So, Joel, your thoughts on the present and the future of Jeremy.
2:33Yes, Geronik is also out too. But I think it's all positive right now.
2:37Like you said, I was not shocked at all to hear that Rodgers loves him because he's that style of receiver.
2:43Usually we have this problem with the rookies coming in and Rodgers hates them.
2:48They don't know what they're doing. Blames it on them.
2:51But with Jeremy, I thought this way about Pittman.
2:53Like just that short area possession receiver that Rodgers can get the ball out to in the quick game, can trust, can
3:00do things downfield as well, but can just be that trusted guy in this passing attack.
3:04So there is lots of positive. And like you said, 93% of the routes, I believe 31 routes, nine targets, 30% of those targets last week.
3:12So all pretty positive right now. Yeah. I don't want to go overboard thinking about this passing attack because it kind of is what it is.
3:20And it's up to Aaron Rodgers, you know, flicking the wrist three or four times per game and coming down with these
3:26like big spectacular catches down the field. One of those was Jeremy Bernard this week.
3:31It was like a third and two Aaron Rodgers elongates the play on the second phase, hits him for a nice gain along the sideline.
3:38Uh, Joel, I want to be extremely aggressive here with Jeremy Bernard.
3:42Like you and I had the conversation ahead of week one and we thought and theorized that big waiver pickups are when
3:48it's a player that has some questions around them or some unknowns around them.
3:52And yet we can see their role grow and expand as a season goes along.
3:57And we want to like kind of live in that uncertain area.
4:00This is perfect. Like this is the ideal with that, with dream Bernard who did everything at Alabama, they built their passing attack around him.
4:08And we always talk about post by rookie bumps.
4:10And oftentimes rookies don't get opportunities until one is kind of given to them via injury.
4:15That's exactly what's happening here with Jeremy. I would expect him to be their wide receiver to the rest of the season.
4:21The injuries definitely set it up that way. And the trust with Rogers, like he's going to get what he wants on this team.
4:29Second half for these rookies is a big part of this.
4:32Even if this just comes down to some of these rookies breaking out right before the fancy playoffs.
4:37And we have like rookie season BTJ where he was a second half guy.
4:41But the reason that he was so good and so loved was he was the number one scorer in fancy playoffs in 2024.
4:48So not that that'll be Bernard, but I think he does have a shot of being a good PPR receiver.
4:54Totally. And I don't want to conflate again, Jeremy Bernard's individual talent to maybe put him next to like Lad McConkie or Brian Thomas Jr.
5:01Or even Amon Ross St. Brown in their second half of the season.
5:05But just the idea of it all is that same train of thought that the second half of fancy seasons are often written by rookies.
5:12And we haven't really had that one rookie wide receiver explosion.
5:16I mean, Denzel Boston is at the top of this list.
5:19And again, this is a two wide receiver set player in an offense that runs in breakers, that runs slants, that runs split flow actions.
5:26And I just think that Jeremy can continue to blossom as we go.
5:30Even at two drops this past week and Aaron Rodgers kept going back to him over and over and over again.
5:36Versus like we saw a couple of weeks ago that we talked about Roman Wilson.
5:41His drop led to an interception and then Jeremy Bernard kind of replaced him in that lineup.
5:46So, yeah, Jeremy to me is solid in a bunch of areas, not spectacular in any.
5:51But, Joel, I'm ready to put down on the table about 25 to 30 percent of my fab budget and make him
5:57like my wide receiver four or five and a bunch of my fancy rosters move.
6:01Wow. You have the confidence. I love it. The bye weeks are coming up.
6:06So it can be like one of those times soon where we're going to need to fill in these type of players
6:12in these 12 or more person leagues. So, yeah, I love the confidence.
6:16It's so different than a lot of the names we're going to talk about here and a lot of the episodes that we do.
6:23So where waivers are biweek fill ins, you know, one week rentals.
6:27That's not the case here. This is a long play for the next 12 ish weeks.
6:31And that's why I'm so much more invested than everyone else.
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6:42And also shout out to all of you that have been paying attention to who we've been talking about, like Woody Marks,
6:49Malik Washington, Marshawn Lloyd over the first four or five weeks of the season.
6:53Those guys are still only rostered in 54, 49 and 60% of Yahoo leagues out there.
6:58So if they're still available in your league, they should, I think, be at a top of this list, even ahead of Jeremy.
7:04Okay, Joel, let's talk about the next name. Out Marvin Harrison Jr.
7:08In Arizona. In, if you want to put it in that phrase, Kendrick Bourne.
7:12Now, only rostered in 6% of Yahoo leagues that have five catches for 70 yards and that led the team.
7:18Is it that simple as Marv out and Kendrick Bourne in?
7:21Because, Joel, I'm really skeptical of that. I am skeptical too.
7:24I want to have more hope. And I think that there is a shot that Bourne could be more involved with his
7:31offense just because they, like, might need him more.
7:34At the same time, the role necessarily wasn't, like, that different.
7:37He only played 50% of snaps. So when I was looking at the snaps, did he go up with Marv?
7:43That was his season low. The week that Marv isn't there.
7:46So he's, like, the slot guy. He's going to play about 50% of the routes, get 60% of the routes.
7:52Or, yeah, 60% of the routes, 50% of the snaps.
7:55Had eight targets, but, like, he also had eight targets week one.
7:58Then it went 3-3-0-8 again. And I think we've kind of just, like, seen that throughout Bourne's career.
8:04So I don't think that there's a huge change.
8:06Jalen Brooks playing out that exposition a lot. So a little bit of hope, but not something that I'm, like, dying to spend a bunch of fab on.
8:15Hope is the word that came into my brain where I was hoping that Kendrick Bourne would line up in two wide
8:21receiver sets that would be used on the outside.
8:24I mean, Joel, maybe my filter's got wonky here.
8:26I don't think Kendrick Bourne has a single snap in two wide receiver sets so far this season in terms of a route run.
8:33That's pretty important for a team that has Tray McBride and a whole bunch of other tight ends.
8:39Heck, their second-slash-third tight end caught two touchdown passes in this game.
8:42And like you said, they dealt Marvin Harrison Jr.
8:45away for a second-round pick. And then they're just using Jalen Brooks, who's, like, a fourth-year seventh-round pick, and Reggie Virgil as
8:51the wind sprints guy just to run down the field and throw these downfield shots.
8:56So, yeah, Kendrick Bourne, it's almost like no change for me in his value versus how we talked about him week one until now.
9:03And that might shock people thinking that there's some targets and some opportunities that, you know, Marvin Harrison Jr.
9:09is leaving on the table. The truth is, Joel, like, Marvin really isn't leaving anything on the table moving on from this Arizona Cardinals offense.
9:16Yeah, he wasn't getting much targets. So that's the big thing is, like, yes, he's leaving.
9:21And, yes, we think, like, last year when he was injured and Michael Wilson came in and broke out, Marv was getting,
9:27like, games of 10 targets, 8 targets, 7 targets last season.
9:30And this year it just hasn't been there. Do you have any thoughts on the Marv trade?
9:35I know I didn't prepare you for this. I'm just setting you up right now.
9:40Like we talked about on the Sunday Night Recap show where, like you said, Marv was getting about three or four targets some games in Arizona.
9:48He should at least be getting what Xavier Hutchinson is getting in Houston with at least five targets per contest that might spike up to six or seven.
9:56Just your overall thoughts here on Marv. It gives me hope bringing that word back up, and I'm happy that it's happening.
10:02Getting back with Stroud, I think, is really big in the familiarity.
10:06Getting him out of just, like, potentially this mental state of being in Arizona and now going to a different team with his old quarterback.
10:13Familiarity there. I think he'll still, like, you know, be that X receiver across from Nico Collins and have more, not, like, the same role.
10:21But I don't think it'll be, like, drastically better in fantasy this season.
10:24But I think we could see a confidence switch in him getting more touchdown opportunities and just playing better as he has
10:31a little bit more room to work with in this offense and just having Stroud back and matching those strengths.
10:37Yeah, I talked with that with Harmon on the Sunday night show, and he theorized, like, which one of these guys might
10:43line up at X and which one as a Z.
10:46And then Brett Coleman posted today that when Nico Collins lines up on the ball as the X, his yards per route run is at 2.2.
10:54Off the ball, that's at 4.1. I'm not sure what the sample size of that is, but it wouldn't shock me at
11:00all if they got Marv to be the on-the-ball guy and then they got the even better player Nico Collins off the
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11:26I guess it's weekly basis we talk about the Chargers backfield here, so let's do it again.
11:31I think there's two sides to the Kamani Vidal conversation.
11:34By the way, we're rostered in 3% of Yahoo Leagues right now.
11:38One, it's a three-person backfield. Positive end. That means Kamani Vidal is involved.
11:41Then the negative end, Joel, this is a three-person backfield.
11:44That means everyone is involved and you can't really play any of them heading into a week.
11:49What are your thoughts here? Yeah, I think I'm more on the ladder of that where it's kind of impossible to predict
11:56like a Vidal good game or bad game. This week, like his fantasy points just came on like one incredible play, but it wasn't a volume bump.
12:04Wasn't any sort of like, oh, the Chargers are looking good on offense.
12:08Like they look pretty horrible again. So it doesn't give me too much confidence there.
12:12I will say, as you said, Kamani Vidal is this team's best pass protector and Mike Vidal knows that.
12:18And he did have that outstanding play of what, 42 yards?
12:21And I can't point to a single Keaton Mitchell or Amarion Hampton outstanding play so far this season.
12:26But even if we packaged the last two weeks, as Daigle pointed out, Hampton has 39% of the backfield touches.
12:32Mitchell, 36% and Kamani Vidal, 24%. And again, if it stays that way, none of them matter because you can't have the
12:39expectations heading into a week that any of them are starting.
12:42So, I mean, Joel, in the long view, you could have seen this backfield crash and burn.
12:47But here we are heading into week six and it already has crashed and burned.
12:51Yeah, I don't think it's going to change just because change in the roles or the usage would have to mean that
12:58something is working with what one of their strengths is.
13:01Like, are they going to become a good inside running team and get to be in the red zone a ton?
13:07And it's Hampton. Probably not. Are they going to be that great outside zone team and really kill it with Mitchell?
13:13Probably not. So it ends up just being like a split between all of them.
13:18Yeah, nothing is working. So if nothing is working, then they can't specialize in anything.
13:22Let's talk about the Patriots wide receivers because AJ Brown could be returning to practice in the near future as Adam Schefter put it.
13:29However, they've also been without Matt Collins and Drake may return to form over the last two weeks.
13:34And that has led us to Efton Chisholm playing 31 of 45 dropbacks this past week.
13:39Unfortunately, Kyle Williams has spied his touchdown 19 of 44, 45 dropbacks.
13:43And then pop Douglas, who is the wide receiver six on the week 24 of 45 dropbacks.
13:48So Joel talk me through this mess because there are fancy points to be had in this Patriots passing offense.
13:54That's what it is. Really? It's a mess. Even like with Hunter Henry, who's been like a little bit more stable last
14:00season with Hollins injured AJ Brown injured the leftover receivers.
14:03I don't believe that there's going to be one obvious one or to be predictable when we're looking at Drake Mays like first read target share this season.
14:11It is second to last in the NFL. So it's like right next to like Caleb and his limited time plays Josh
14:18Allen, a couple guys that don't really have that number one receiver.
14:21It's not like they're hyper focusing on a guy like the Staffords and Jameis Winston with Malik neighbors and Joe Burrow that
14:28we can predict it a little bit more easier.
14:30So I agree like there is fantasy points may looks like he's back two great weeks.
14:35I just don't have too much confidence of choosing one of these guys that is kind of just like throwing a dart blindfolded.
14:42I like Kyle Williams. I always have liked Kyle Williams.
14:45He's awesome in training camp and in the preseason.
14:48He was really good here versus single high coverages that 34 yard touchdown, even another 49 yard gain and inside release with a single high safety.
14:55But they clearly view him as just a role player in that format.
14:59And again, just a role player. They did get him on like one yards after catch opportunity to I think for this offense.
15:06The only thing that matters is who's on the field for two wide receiver sets.
15:10That's Romeo Dobbs. It's going to be AJ Brown when he comes back.
15:14But if AJ Brown misses this game, then I would rather have F some Chisholm than pop Douglas because he played 17
15:21routes and two wide receiver sets versus pop Douglas is one.
15:24So I understand if Douglas like outscored him here this past week.
15:27But F and Chisholm is out there despite being a, you know, slot profile.
15:32And was that coming into the league? He's out there.
15:35Big boy to wide receiver route stuff. So that's cool.
15:37Douglas can get those big plays. But even after his big game early this season and targets like the next week, I
15:44think he got like one target more injury related stuff.
15:47So CD lamb left Thursday night football with a quad bruise.
15:50It's not expected to be long term. Joel, it's all the answers we have right now.
15:55I mean, when you hear quad bruise, I would still expect him to play here in week six on top of it.
16:01But we also need to talk about Ryan Flournoy because he is your favorite fantasy football analyst, favorite late round wide receiver this summer.
16:08He did go three for 90 in CD lamb's absence.
16:11And this goes back to the last couple of years.
16:14Like last season, CD lamb missed week five. Flournoy was the wide receiver 14.
16:18CD lamb missed half the game in week 14 of last year.
16:22Flournoy finishes the wide receiver six. And again, CD lamb missed half of this game and Flournoy finishes as the wide receiver 21.
16:29Joel, I'll say it. If CD lamb misses week six, Ryan Flournoy is a must start in fantasy football.
16:34It's close to it. I don't know if I'll go must start if I'm honest, just looking at the games or the consistency with that lamb.
16:42But I do really like him as just like one of those better wide receiver handcuffs.
16:47The Cowboys, they have their two guys that they go to a ton and they pass a ton.
16:52And when one of them goes down, Flournoy has been good enough to be a replacement, at least in terms of like the volume at times.
17:00They really trust them there. They talked about a ton this summer, not only just like, oh, we really like him again.
17:06It's like, oh, he continues to take steps. Last year was amazing.
17:10But this offseason, he was even better and he's going to be a great receiver for this season.
17:15But yeah, he's done any games in the past when they've been healthy.
17:19But especially when one of them is down, Flournoy can be plugged in in most lineups.
17:24We're early in the week. And again, this is all dependent on the CD lamb injury stuff.
17:29But they face the Packers on Sunday night football.
17:31And the total for that game is 52 and a half.
17:35So again, if lamb misses, I would rank Flournoy as a top 30, maybe even 28 wide receiver on the week.
17:41I mean, Joe, we talk about this every week.
17:43Like every wide receiver after wide receiver 25 is just like you're throwing darts.
17:48So it was tough ranking this week. Yeah, so I would rather take the guy that's attached to Dak Prescott in a high scoring environment.
17:55We also need to talk about the 49ers. This is a weekly segment on the show here.
18:00So Debo Samuel has to have an MRI on his hamstring.
18:03He left this game early. Jacob Cowling also exited this game.
18:06This is on the heels of we know Deshaun Sribbling exiting week one and Ricky Pearsall exiting prior to even training camp.
18:13They are down at least four wide receivers at this point.
18:16And the only name that is kind of a known commodity is Brandon Cooks.
18:20He did very little here. Did catch what? A two point conversion.
18:24We've talked Jaden Watkins in the past too. Joel, what do you want to say about this 49ers wide receiver room outside of Mike Evans?
18:31Cooks and Christian Kirk would be kind of the two names that I'm focusing on.
18:36Cooks being the number one. And he's around like the same age as Mike Evans.
18:40So he's not like too ancient. And he can know he knows the offense.
18:44They can trust him a little bit more. We see these veteran receivers come in here and kind of be the guy
18:51just because they know what they're doing. And I think going back to the offseason, this is like seven 49ers wide receiver injuries.
18:58So Kirk is one of those. If he comes back, he can be a reliable guy in PPR potentially just because of
19:04the lack of weapons there and Debo being out.
19:07But Brandon Cooks is the one where you can sub him in and he can like get you a touchdown every once in a while.
19:14If you just like send in a prayer, it's the offense that is so good.
19:18Purdy's playing lights out. And Mike Evans is still just your 70% route share guy.
19:23So there's lots of routes to be had. Yeah, I haven't seen much on Christian Kirk's impending return.
19:28I would still rank him ahead of Brandon Cooks.
19:31Like Mike Evans game ages very well because he's big and long and uses it.
19:35And we've seen in the red zone. I don't think Brandon Cooks' game ages well.
19:40He just wasn't moving nearly the same here. And if he is their starting wide receiver moving forward, I think they would
19:46just focus even more stuff on CMC Evans and George Kittle and not really feature that second wide receiver as much as
19:53they have featured, you know, Debo Samuel, who, you know, was the wide receiver 15 prior to this week.
19:58Yeah, I think the benefit of Cooks might become might come on those like fluky plays.
20:03He had like a score called back and then got it again.
20:07The next play pretty like with his scrambling, especially with the lack of receivers that you're just dealing to.
20:12Cooks can be the guy that when pretty is scrambling, he is gets to the spot in the zone or just in
20:19the scramble drill that can get open and be there for a party.
20:23Let's talk Eagles, both the wide receivers and the running backs.
20:26Let's start with the pass catchers. Devontae Smith missed this game with a hamstring issue.
20:30It seems like he's on track for either week six or week seven.
20:34In his absence, it's the three wide receivers that we know and all are still under 50% rostered on Yahoo.
20:40Dontavian Wicks, Makai Lemons at 42%. And Darius Cooper is at 1%.
20:43This is Darius Cooper. Joel, who's been the wide receiver 12 and 16 over the last two weeks.
20:49So people see that on their waiver wire and they might want to attack that more than these other Eagles names.
20:55How would you approach this team? It was another like this really big touchdown catch for Cooper.
21:00So I'm not super confident like the consistency going forward, but it was kind of similar to Denzel Boston.
21:06It was more like, oh, he'll be good in the second half.
21:09And then he's been good still in just different ways.
21:12So Darius Cooper, he's still getting out a lot of those routes.
21:16Him and Wicks, I would say are similar. I still think my favorite guy, just because you're most likely not putting him
21:22in your starting lineup right now, any of these three would be Lemon just because he's the first rounder.
21:28It hasn't been great, but seven targets last week, it was less of those design screens, but still like a three yard a dot.
21:35So it hasn't been perfect. But if they do expand his role as the season goes and his offense changes a little
21:41bit, that's when it's like, okay, he's talented. That role has just been really annoying.
21:46I mean, I can't believe that they tried another screen pass to Makai Lemon.
21:50And guess what? It didn't go anywhere again. It's like the weekly like zero or negative yard screenplay to Makai Lemon.
21:56I'm going to rank it Wicks, then Lemon, and then Darius Cooper.
22:00And people might think that's ridiculous for Cooper at the end, because again, he's been productive these last two weeks.
22:05I'm just going to go with the players that I think when Devontae Smith comes back are going to play the most snaps.
22:12And you might miss out on a shot play here or there.
22:16And again, Cooper's done that the last two weeks, but that's how I'm going to side with it.
22:21Okay. Let's talk running backs. Will Shipley out multiple weeks of the torn plantar fasciitis.
22:26Both backs, including Damian Pierce, who's the name here, averaged 1.3 and 1.2 yards per carry.
22:30We know this team has Landon Dickerson under reserve.
22:33They just trade away Cam Juergens. Lane Johnson retired at right tackle.
22:36Their backup center missed this contest too. According to Tom Palacero, Saquon Barkley is, quote, back soon.
22:41Joel, that might not mean week six. So who's the name and should we care about them?
22:47Pierce and yes, to an extent. I feel like I have a hard time suggesting even picking the guys up that just have so many flaws.
22:54But a lot of the times, like a Will Shipley last week, they fall into the end zone.
22:59They're on the field a bunch. They get five receptions randomly.
23:03Running backs, we just need bodies right now. Pierce played 46 snaps out of 46 snaps after the injury.
23:08Gets Carolina. So potentially just a one-week rental where after week one, Carolina's been more middle of the road against the run.
23:15They got blown out of the water against Chicago.
23:17More middle of the road since then. But I think Pierce is in those deeper leagues like a viable flex just because
23:24he's going to be on the field a ton.
23:27And Sirianni loves him. I agree. The Panthers run defense is not bad, but it's certainly not as good as the Jaguars.
23:33Like the Jaguars are top three, top four run defense in the league.
23:37However, this Eagles offensive environment is nightmarish at this point.
23:40It is so bad that, I mean, obviously I'm concerned of what's going to happen when Saquon comes back.
23:46And like Damian Pierce is just who he is at this point off of practice squads into rosters.
23:51But yes, falling into the end zone is all that needs to happen for a guy to get six points versus zero points.
23:58Okay, Joel, I think we've talked about 10, 11 names so far.
24:01I'm once again going to ask you to give me your top three.
24:05If you need to think about it for a second, go for it.
24:09And then I'll respond with my top three or my top five.
24:12Not counting those first three. Not counting those first three.
24:15No, no, no. That would be way too easy.
24:18We got to make it more difficult, more challenging for you this week.
24:22Hmm. I think, and you can give some caveats to it.
24:25Like if X player is out, then Y player would be on my list.
24:29Yeah. I think number one, I would agree with you and go Jeremy Bernard right now just for the potential.
24:35Two, I think is Damian Pierce for me. Just as that one week rental, just to have a body in there.
24:41And number three, probably tied between Flannoy and Brandon Cooks.
24:44Okay. Injury dependent on those, but like those as a number three, just to have as a wide receiver feeling.
24:50Okay. I think I'm going to go one, Jeremy Bernard.
24:53Two, as a one week rental. If CD lamb is out, Ryan Flannoy.
24:57If that's not the case and CD lamb plays, then my two is Don Tavion Wicks.
25:02Cause he's going to have, I believe the most standalone wide receiver value once Devante Smith comes back.
25:07And then three is the one week rental for Damian Pierce.
25:10And we move on from there. I'm just like, and maybe I'm wrong.
25:14I'm really not into the Brandon Cooks thing. Um, and you know, we talked about Kamani Vidal and Kendrick Bourne and all these other names.
25:21Uh, okay. We got some overlap there. Sorry, Jeremy.
25:24Uh, but you're going to be the thumbnail guy for this week.
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26:08Wherever you are. The crown is yours. Okay. Let's quickly go through a few more names.
26:13Uh, Samaj AP Ryan. I mean, Chase Brown dropped down to 60% snaps.
26:17He lost a fumble at the five yard line when this team was only up by seven.
26:22Joel. I mean the foundation of the chase Brown pick was that he played 80% of snaps in an awesome environment, not
26:28necessarily the individual talent that is chase Brown. So what do we do here with P Ryan?
26:33I think it just kind of confirms what we already knew.
26:36Amazing handcuff. If something were happening to Brown, this happened a couple of times last year, not maybe to this extent, but
26:43P Ryan had a couple of times. A couple of games where he got like 40% of the snaps was out there a lot.
26:50I think the fumble and it's the game scripts in the fourth quarter affected a little bit like he had seven out of those eight fourth quarter carries.
26:58So P Ryan, it's less ideal with the bi-week, but solid handcuff.
27:02I would say Roshan Johnson, uh, with common guy out for multiple weeks, not an injury reserve, but out for a few weeks with turf toe.
27:09Uh, Roshan did have five catches for 34 yards.
27:12Joel, all five of those catches were in the fourth quarter when this team was down 31 to seven.
27:18Uh, he did have a couple of carries starting in, you know, the second quarter, but this is just very clearly when
27:24common on guys out, they're not swinging this backfield anymore.
27:2750, 50 is just Deandre Swift, the vast majority of it.
27:30And they'll just gift Roshan a couple of carries here and there.
27:34Yeah. Seven targets in the fourth quarter, but not really buying into anything.
27:38Casey Concepcion is in concussion protocol after a nasty shot he took in the past game.
27:42Jerry Judy played 81% of snaps. Isaiah bond played 72% of snaps.
27:46Isaiah bond was the far more productive wide receiver.
27:49Any interest from you? Not really. What two targets coming into this week?
27:53So Brown, so good for Denzel Boston. If there is an injury there and this is potential, but hopefully Casey is okay.
27:59It looks like he's not going to have like a long-term absence or anything.
28:03Yeah, I agree. And once Casey comes back, it's just the two wide receivers for that team.
28:08And we'll get some Isaiah bond stuff here and there.
28:11Maybe on the running back room. I mean, Quinchon Judkins was reportedly in a walking boot after the game.
28:17So it seems likely just precautionary. I will add that his direct backup and Raheem Sanders, who is being used more as
28:23a pass catching back also left with a hip injury in this one.
28:27So we're just hoping that Quinchon is okay with his foot injury.
28:31Yeah. And Dylan Sampson is going to come back soon too.
28:34Kendra Miller did get 10 carries and a touchdown on 14 snaps.
28:37Of course, Alvin Kamara entered this game with a back injury.
28:41I think only played two rushing snaps. But overall, Joel, the Saints have kind of fallen off a cliff.
28:46Like their left tackle going down in Caleb Banks has kind of destroyed what the Kelvin Banks, excuse me, has kind of
28:53destroyed what this offensive line could be. And then now Tyler Shuck might have a broken left hand on top of it.
28:59So Kendra Miller is like, are you going to fart into the end zone or not?
29:04Yeah. Yeah. Four red zone touches. So helps a little bit, but it is still like a three man committee to a CJ Donaldson there.
29:11I should have mentioned Jalen Nolan. We had our Marvin Harrison Jr.
29:15Conversation. He was the wide receiver 16 this past week, five catches, 41 yards and a touchdown.
29:20Unfortunately, that's still on just 45% of snaps. He's a three wide receiver set player only.
29:25He and Ryan Flournoy. And we can mention a couple other names would have been awesome in the NFL.
29:30Like 12 years ago when these slot wide receivers were on the field so much more often.
29:35And, you know, we, we got all that production, but now with the heavier personnel looks and I think the Texans play
29:42about four tight ends, it's just not something that you're gonna have the confidence in him playing nearly enough snaps, but he
29:48still is so explosive and so good on the opportunities that he does get that there is a little bit of interest.
29:55Yeah. Yeah. I think he can help the Texans.
29:57I don't know how much he's going to do in fantasy going forward, but at least Harmon's going to be happy that we're talking about him.
30:05That's the only reason I do things is to make Harmon happy.
30:09Okay. Let's close with three tight ends. Pat Frymuth has weeks of tight end six, 15 and two this season.
30:14And he's only rostering 15% of leagues. Britain strange has tied in 13, six and 10 weeks so far this season.
30:21And then Chico Cuanco had easily his best performance with Stefan digs down.
30:24I think there's a bit of a connection there.
30:27He was kind of this primary middle of the field option and some stacks and things of the sort.
30:33And he played on 27 of 39 drop backs.
30:35Anything you want to say about any of those three names?
30:39A couple. Yeah. One is just strange. His role is different this year from what I've seen.
30:44Like he's clearly the number two in targets right now.
30:47He's at 26. The other two receivers are 18 and he has more red zone work than last year.
30:52And that's always been the problem with the Cohen tight ends.
30:55The other thing is just with Frymuth, what would your guess be some trivia for people at home as well?
31:01How many times have the Steelers thrown the ball?
31:04What percentage inside the five yard line this year?
31:07Oh, it's high. I mean, they, they love to throw the football inside the five yard line.
31:12So I'm going to guess, I mean, I might go way too high on this.
31:16I mean, anything about 50% inside the five yard line is high, but I'm going to guess 58%.
31:21I think they were number one last year. Right now they're at 100%.
31:25No way. They have not ran the ball inside the five yard line.
31:29They have had four plays inside the three, two sacks.
31:32And then I believe two touchdowns just on these little quick throws.
31:36So Frymuth is just like that perfect. Fill them in and pray for a touchdown.
31:40And you have a good shot of getting it because of that.
31:44They have 11 plays inside the 10 yard line.
31:46And I've thrown on nine of those. And the Muth conversation kind of goes back to what we were talking about with
31:53during Bernard to open this, where we care about the two wide receivers on this team.
31:57They're going to be out there in two wide receiver sets, because then you get Muth and Darnell Washington in the field at the same time.
32:05So that's how all these guys can kind of get there.
32:08And quickly on strange, he might be fourth on my list among all these pickups because he wins in exactly the same
32:15areas where Liam Cohen's offense is built around over the middle of the field and the intermediate portion.
32:20Parker Washington does that. Then Jacoby Myers is kind of third on that list.
32:24And BTJ is just running these wind sprints, you know, clearing out space.
32:28So if, and I agree with you, the pecking order is P wash strange.
32:32And then Myers, that's pretty good, especially for a team that typically drops back about 24 times this past week.
32:38It was 39 times. That was a big boost, but we even saw in the matchup against was the Bengals.
32:44Is that correct? Yeah. The Bengals where Britain strange dominated and target.
32:48So yeah, he is the second or third pass catcher on the team.
32:51And I don't think that's getting enough attention for being attached to Trevor Lawrence, who's playing some outstanding football right now.
32:58Yeah. The target share is the key one for me too.
33:01And I was talking about with Parker Washington through four weeks, like the Jags, I believe like 27th or 30th, it's something
33:07like that in passing attempts entering week five. So it's just a lot less than last season because they allowed one first half touchdown all year.
33:15So with more passing volume, even more targets were strange.
33:18Joel, you're the man. Anything else you want to say about any of the names that I've not brought up here today?
33:24Really just go pick up Jonah Coleman. If somebody dropped him about 30% rostered in leagues right now, I pick them up,
33:31hope for better days ahead for the Broncos offense.
33:34And I think it can be a big part of it.
33:37Yeah. I mean, this Broncos backfield is still impossible to predict because Sean Payton takes over the play calling.
33:42And after they heavily utilized RJ Harvey last week, it is now back to JK Dobbins.
33:47And it's like, we're, we're chasing a tail that just is going all over the place.
33:52It's like whack-a-mole. And it's like, oh, now we got, no, we don't.
33:56Now we got it. No, we don't. So yeah, maybe Jonah Coleman is Sean Payton's guy.
34:00Hopefully, hopefully. All right. That's going to do it.
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