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DON'T PANIC! 7 Players To Trade Away Before Week 3

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10 min
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Sep 23, 2026
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Wed, September 23, 2026
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Christian McCaffreyChristian WatsonDe'Von AchaneGeorge PickensJaylen Waddle
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Christian McCaffrey

NegativeRole2:14

The source notes McCaffrey is RB9 but warns of regression due to reduced workload. Kalon Black has 21 rushing attempts versus McCaffrey's 20 over two weeks; McCaffrey's recent numbers were inflated by one or two touchdowns. The 49ers are splitting carries down the middle to preserve the 30-year-old McCaffrey for the Super Bowl run. The source advises selling high now while possible, as this is the last chance to exit before the workload split becomes more apparent.

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Christian Watson

NegativeBust3:18

The source is skeptical of Watson despite his 32-point week one performance, noting he scored only 14 points in week two despite receiving more targets. The source believes Matthew Golden is the better receiver with superior route-running ability and first-round draft capital, and predicts Watson won't finish the season. The source advises exiting now, calling it the last chance to get out.

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De'Von Achane

NegativeBust1:19

The source warned against drafting Achane pre-season due to a terrible Dolphins offense and lack of confidence in the quarterback and system. After two weeks, he's sitting as RB21 with only 11 attempts in week one and 3.6 yards per carry average over two weeks, despite 20 attempts in week two. The source views this as confirmation of his pre-season bust prediction and advises getting rid of him immediately before it's too late, as he's already busted on his ADP.

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George Pickens

PositiveBust8:06

The source harshly criticizes Pickens, calling him a bust despite being a third-round pick. Pickens is WR47 while CeeDee Lamb dominates as the alpha receiver. In week two, both got similar target volume (9 for Lamb, 8 for Pickens), but Lamb secured 2 touchdowns while Pickens got none. The source advises getting rid of Pickens immediately, noting he was a late second or third-round pick and that people may still buy the draft hype, making now the last chance to trade him away.

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Jaylen Waddle

NegativeRole7:28

The source considers Waddle overrated despite his 21.8-point week two performance with 8 receptions. Waddle is the WR2 on the Broncos behind Sutton, with Franklin and Pat Bryant also in the mix. The source notes his week one was only 1.2 points and views the week two spike as a one-off that won't repeat, advising to dump him immediately.

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Episode Transcript

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0:007 Fantasy Players Need To Get Rid Of Right Now.
0:03We're talking some big names here that if they're on the roster, you need to get rid of them.
0:09I also want to have a quick discussion as I'm talking, kind of about the landscape.
0:13What's going on with this season? A lot of people are panicking that they're 0-2 or 1-1 or 2-0.
0:19Yeah, even people at 2-0 are complaining. Listen, I want to tell you guys, pump the brakes, relax.
0:24It's still early in this season. We're going to have a conversation as we're going through these 7 players to get your mind at ease, okay?
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1:06This means higher or lower on certain players, over-unders on my top player picks.
1:10So make sure you guys are in the Counselor's Edge, right?
1:13Let's dive into this here. We are talking about 7 players you need to get rid of right now, all right?
1:19First player here is Devin Achain. He's currently sitting as RB21 after two weeks.
1:24Now, I told you prior going into the season, do not, and I repeat, do not draft Devin Achain.
1:29Why? Why wouldn't you draft Achain, man? It's very simple, guys.
1:32It's a terrible offense. I don't believe in the Dolphins.
1:35I don't believe in the quarterback. I don't believe in the system.
1:39After two weeks, he's sitting as RB21. 11 attempts week one, okay?
1:423.6 yards per carry on the average of two weeks.
1:45He got 20 attempts last week, but listen, at the end of the day, man, he's reassuring what my suspicion was that
1:52Achain's going to bust, and he's RB21 already busted on his ADP after two weeks.
1:56Do not keep him on your roster. Get rid of him.
1:59Maybe some people will still believe. That's the thing.
2:02There's a couple players here that, like, had an inflated week or just were still big on high draft capital, but people still buy the hype.
2:10You need to get rid of him now before it's too late, okay?
2:14Second one here is Christian McCaffrey sitting as RB9.
2:16Not bad, not bad, but let me tell you something right now.
2:20Now, Kalon Black has more rushing attempts than Christian McCaffrey after two weeks.
2:2421 attempts for Kalon Black, only 20 attempts over the past two weeks for Christian McCaffrey.
2:28What inflated his numbers was a touchdown or two he had last week.
2:32Now, it's pretty obvious after two weeks that he's not going to duplicate the numbers he did last year.
2:38And I talked about a regression, okay? How do I know this?
2:41Because of the reduced workload. We're already seeing Kalon Black split the carries down the middle.
2:46Again, they want to preserve Christian McCaffrey. He's 30 years old.
2:49They want to win the Super Bowl. They want to make sure he gets to the end.
2:54And maybe he does, but he does stay healthy.
2:57That's great. But at what cost? At half the work share being gone.
3:01And we've seen that after two weeks. So, Christian McCaffrey, you can still sell high.
3:05Now is your last chance to get out. Get out of Christian McCaffrey.
3:09Kalon Black is getting more rushing attempts at Christian McCaffrey.
3:12Do it. Do it. Get out now while you can, okay?
3:15Number three here. I still don't see the hype.
3:18A lot of people keep talking about this guy.
3:20He had an amazing week one. 32 fantasy points.
3:23Week two, I think he had like 14, something like that.
3:26And he had, listen, he had more targets. The guy I'm talking about is Christian Watson.
3:31He had more targets in week two. I still don't believe him.
3:34I still think Golden is a better receiver. He was a first-round draft capital guy.
3:39He looked, again, I saw a bunch of videos of Matthew Golden going out where he's showing how smooth his route running is.
3:46I think the NFL actually posted that. And listen, Christian Watson, he's not going to finish the season.
3:51I'm telling you guys, now is your last chance.
3:54Exit. Hit the eject button, right? Whatever you want to say.
3:57You're in a plane. It's going down. You want it reject out.
4:00And I'm telling you, him and Christian McCaffrey, I'm not sold on the Christians here.
4:05I'm Christian, but I'm not sold on the Christian players.
4:08Guys, Christian Watson, Christian McCaffrey. I'm out on the Christians.
4:11Get me out, okay? Yeah, so that's my thoughts on Watson and Christian McCaffrey.
4:15So those two guys, I don't trust them, all right?
4:18Number four here. This is another one I don't get.
4:21Stephon Diggs, wide receiver nine. Having himself a great start to the season.
4:24Six targets last week. I mean, here's the thing, right?
4:27Like, he's down from week one. I think he had nine the week before.
4:31I don't trust Stephon Diggs. And not only that, they got Marcus Mariota coming in at quarterback.
4:36Now, it was great with Daniels in there. Now, I get a backup quarterback to an old wide receiver on a new team.
4:43I'm just like, no. I'm not buying it. I'm not buying it.
4:47I think you could still sell pretty high. What do I have?
4:50Six targets last week, down from nine. Yeah. Week one.
4:53It's like, we already saw a regression. Maybe Daniels went down.
4:57We saw a regression. Maybe it's a sign. I just, I, no.
5:00I don't even draft old receivers on new teams.
5:03I don't do it. Let alone now with a backup quarterback.
5:06I think your chance to get out on Stephon Diggs, he could probably sell relatively high.
5:11All right? Next one here. Again, I've got no stock in this guy.
5:14And he had an amazing last week. Okay? And the guy I'm talking about is Devontae Adams.
5:19I would personally just be getting rid of this guy.
5:22Week one with Puka there, 5.6 fantasy points. Week two with Puka out there.
5:27Out of there, 39.6. And this is what I talk about is this dilution.
5:31And when you have essentially two wide receiver ones, they get heavily diluted.
5:34You take Puka out, Devontae Adams goes crazy. That's how it was back in the day.
5:39Back in 2006, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15.
5:42All of a sudden now with all of this props and all this player stuff and like all the NFL, the alleged
5:48rigging and all this, the games, it's like they really want to dilute players.
5:52We see this. Like you don't just draft. And again, this is the conversation I wanted to have.
5:58Like Jeremiah Love, you draft him third overall and you're using Algier Moore.
6:02Where does that make sense? And we saw Jadarian Price draft in the first round.
6:06Last week, the announcer was saying, this is crazy.
6:09This is what really gets under my skin. You know, you have Jadarian Price draft in the first round.
6:14He runs for 25 yards. He looks outstanding. It was a good run.
6:18And now they're at the goal line. He's still got cardio.
6:21These guys are young. They're capable. They're strong. It wasn't even that.
6:25It wasn't like a 70-yard run and he got tackled.
6:28He got, it was not, it was 25 yards.
6:30Like he was fine. They got up to the line of scrimmage or whatever.
6:34And they're at the red zone and they bring in like that Wilson guy, whatever his name is.
6:40Emmanuel, I don't even know. And the announcer's like, you guys invested a first round pick in Price.
6:45Why wouldn't you use him? Right? And that's what I'm saying.
6:48It's like, when I look at Adams, like he, he got a lot of opportunity because Pook goes out and it was
6:55just diluted and they're doing it to running backs.
6:57They're doing it everywhere. Jeremiah Love, first round pick, highest paid rookie running back of all time.
7:02And they're using crappy Algier. Make it make sense.
7:05Like make it make sense. And then you see it like, as soon as like the committee's gone, you got like Gibbs,
7:12like you have instances where they're good situations. They absolutely go off.
7:15So it's all about situation. All right. So I think Devante Adams, he's coming off a 39 point game.
7:21You can really trade high off him right now because when Pooka comes back, it's game over.
7:26Right? Number six here is Jalen Waddell. I mean, week one, 1.2 points.
7:29Week two, 21.8. Eight receptions. I mean, I think this guy's overrated.
7:33He was a two on his team. They got Sutton.
7:36They got Franklin. They got Pat Bryant. And, you know, I do like Bo Nix.
7:40I did call if you guys got the counselor's edge, you guys knew that the Broncos would win that game.
7:46And I had it in the counselor's edge. You always got to project forward.
7:50This happened last week. Probably not going to happen this week.
7:54We saw Broncos week one get torn up. Week two, I knew they'd bounce back.
7:58So I just, I'm not a believer in Jalen Waddell.
8:01I would dump him. Okay. And the last guy, you need to get rid of this guy.
8:06Now, this is very, very important. This is your last chance.
8:09And I'm telling you, you got to listen, listen, good.
8:12And you might, if you're lucky, if you're just lucky enough, people will still buy the draft hype on this guy.
8:18The third round pick is George Pickens. I mean, he sucks.
8:22He sucks. He's like wide receiver 47 or whatever.
8:24CeeDee Lamb getting it done. Now, mind you, he did get targets, about the same amount of targets that CeeDee Lamb got last week, week two.
8:32Heading into week three, I'm expecting him to continue to get targets, but CeeDee Lamb is the alpha.
8:37He's getting the touchdowns. Nine targets for Lamb, eight for Pickens last week.
8:41Two touchdowns for CeeDee Lamb. CeeDee Lamb going off.
8:44I would personally just get rid of George Pickens right now.
8:47I mean, you could probably still trade high off that draft.
8:50Hey, he was a third round pick. He was my third round pick.
8:54I got rid of him, right? I told you not to do it.
8:58Do not waste a second or third round pick on George Pickens.
9:01Or he was a second round pick. Late second round.
9:04Ludicrous. Get rid of him right now, right? If you have any questions, drop him.
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