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1:05Why wait? Welcome into the Lineup Fantasy Football Show.
1:07I'm Mitch Anderson. I'm Justin Mello. And we are joined yet again by our very special guest.
1:12Dynasty Dad here to help us break down the biggest buy low trades entering week four.
1:17What's going on, man? What's going on? I'm feeling like a staple in this show now.
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1:24A Monday staple. Yeah, I had Matt Hicks on the show for the fifth time and we were talking about getting him his SNL gold jacket.
1:32So I'm approaching that with you guys. 100% let's do it.
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1:51But Mike, let's jump into your first trade target heading into week four.
1:55Both of these guys that I have today are guys that I love in Dynasty.
2:00But most of your redraft, you know, friends and family, they have no clue.
2:04They're not in there. This is a guy that was tight end 21 in your draft process.
2:08And now he popped off this weekend. Someone that I loved, you know, in the Dynasty draft process.
2:14And that's Kenyon Sadiq. Eight targets, seven receptions. You know, it popped off for a monster touchdown there and gave you a crazy week.
2:21And this is a guy that is super talented.
2:23Amazing athlete, right? Runs a 4-3. Someone that can get open.
2:26And I think a major weapon here for this Jets offense as he went up over 80 yards.
2:32And someone that, you know, you saw week one, they were able to move him all over the field.
2:37I'm not saying that he is, you know, going to be what Tyler Warren was last year.
2:42But or even Colston Loveland towards the end. But this guy does have the skill set to be a real game changer.
2:48And we've struggled at that tight end position. It was great to have Bowers back.
2:53McBride's been a beast. But being able to get another guy here to stash on your bench for those bye weeks and for that stretch run.
3:00I think Kenyon Sadiq could be a real, you know, ace in the hole for your team.
3:05It's so funny. I actually talked about him towards the end of the offseason.
3:09Mello, you remember, as like one of my favorite, like, rookie guys that people aren't going to be targeting in redraft versus Dynasty.
3:16But there were a few issues with him. One of them being they also spent high draft capital on Omar Cooper Jr.
3:22But now he's off to the IR. And then the bigger, more looming issue being like, I don't know how much I
3:29buy Geno Smith in this Jets offense. Both parts of that.
3:32Now Geno Smith's come out. He's looked incredible. Three touchdowns yesterday, giving the Lions a run for their money.
3:37And I think I'm buying in. I'm completely with you.
3:40Thankfully, the Garrett Wilson injury doesn't look serious. I was going to say, had he really gone down, then there was going
3:47to be a ton of opportunities opening up for him.
3:50But we'll see what happens with this Adonai Mitchell finger injury, how soon he's back.
3:54I think there's a ton of volume coming Sadiq's way.
3:57I think this is a fantastic buy. And a guy that people in your league might not be completely in on just yet.
4:03Yeah. And it's interesting, too. Like you mentioned, like the Tyler Warrens and the Colson Lovelands of last year.
4:09Tight end used to be a position where we didn't really see rookies produce.
4:13But in recent years, like Brock Bowers, who you mentioned as well, his rookie year.
4:17Sam Laporta was the tight end one. It happens now.
4:20Like there are rookie tight ends that are league winners down the stretch.
4:24Kenyon Sadiq has had the involvement. And the Jets have looked sharp enough on offense where he could be that down the stretch.
4:31Now, I agree. He's more of a stash right now in redraft formats anyways.
4:35You can probably get him very cheap in a trade.
4:38But he's a guy I want stashed on my bench.
4:40And he can be a great spot start or maybe even an every week start down the stretch potentially.
4:46I think a lot of people really concentrate on their bench being like, well, I want a guy.
4:51They take like a high floor, low ceiling guy and put him on their bench.
4:55And they're like, I want to save him for weeks six through eight for my bye weeks.
5:00And I don't play it that way. Like I want high upside stashes.
5:04I want guys that are going to give me, you know, because those low, ceiling type players, you're going to be able to pick them up whenever.
5:12But you want to make sure you're loading that bench up with those high upside guys like a Sadiq.
5:17So thanks, guys. I heard such a great point about that the other day about how when you look at your fantasy
5:24matchups, so much of the time we're trying to make these moves that are going to get us an extra like two, three points.
5:31And it's like, how often do your matchups actually finish with you winning or losing by like a handful of points?
5:37It's usually a pretty big margin because those explosive players are the ones that make the big difference.
5:42And so guys like this are exactly the type of guy I want to target this time of the year.
5:48All right. Well, I have another trade target for you here.
5:51A guy who was much more expensive in drafts just a few weeks ago.
5:55And that is Ted Aroa McMillan. Whoever has TMAC in your league is probably fed up.
6:00Just they had to pay big money for him or big draft capital.
6:04And it hasn't really come to fruition. Underwhelming first couple of games, taking a backseat to Jalen Coker, really.
6:09And he followed it up in week three with just a total dud.
6:13Two receptions, 17 scoreless yards. Hasn't had a touchdown all season.
6:16And that's kind of partially why I'm looking to buy.
6:19He's had 23 targets through three weeks. Just has yet to find the end zone, which has really limited his fantasy output.
6:25I still wholeheartedly believe in the talent, though. I believe the volume.
6:29I think he is going to continue to operate as the number one receiver on this offense going forward.
6:34And I think week four against Detroit is the perfect breakout spot, which makes him a guy I'm really trying to target
6:41now before that potential big boom game happens here in week four.
6:44You're definitely still going to have to pay a bit to get Ted Aroa McMillan.
6:48He's by no means dirt cheap. But I think he's cheaper than he would have been a few weeks ago.
6:54And I still view his season long upside the same.
6:57Yeah, I think this is one of those really tight window buys.
7:01I'm completely with you. I think this is a blow up spot incoming.
7:04I think there's so much excitement around Jalen Coker.
7:07And I think there was like this weird stink around T-Mac for some reason this offseason, despite how good he was as a rookie.
7:14And Mello, we've talked about this, I think partially because people are just less excited about sophomore receivers after what we saw
7:20with Ladd and with Malik, who I'll actually get to in a minute.
7:24But I think this is a fantastic buy. I agree with you.
7:27I think the manager who drafted him is probably panicking and looking to cut his losses and just get what he can.
7:34So I would absolutely be targeting T-Mac right now.
7:36On to our next guy, though, as I just mentioned, let's talk about Malik Neighbors.
7:41I'm going to start with a very premium, expensive option here.
7:44I promised my second guy I'm going to get to a little bit more of a budget buy.
7:49But there is complete panic in the streets right now around Malik Neighbors.
7:53Looked like a smash spot this week against the Tennessee Titans.
7:56They just allowed Javonta Smith to go wild 10 catches, 117 yards and touchdown.
8:00And then the Malik Neighbors experience this week was five receptions for 26 yards.
8:04I don't think anybody wants any pieces of this Giants offense right now.
8:08But if you haven't seen the reports, it seems imminent that the Giants will bring in some more QB help outside of
8:14Jameis Winston in the wake of the Jackson Dart injury.
8:17Joe Shane is reportedly working the phones for a potential trade that could happen as soon as today.
8:22For me, even if it is just Jameis or if it's this new quarterback, I can promise you things are going to
8:29get better for Malik Neighbors as long as he's healthy and out there.
8:33I think vibes are at an all time low.
8:35You had the bizarre shoulder injury last week. You have this disappointing outing in a great spot against the Titans this week.
8:42This is such a big buy low on a guy that I know the three of us, Mike, you specifically over the offseason.
8:48This is such an unbelievable talent. And once he does have the breakout game, the discount is going to disappear immediately.
8:54People just haven't seen it yet this year. It's that kind of object permanence thing where it's like, oh, okay, is Malik Neighbors just not good anymore.
9:02And I think we all know in the back of our minds, that's just completely not true.
9:07Yeah, I think Malik Neighbors is one of the most talented wide receivers in the league.
9:12And it's, you know, we all have that dream of last year when Flacco came in with Jamar Chase, like getting a Joe Flacco, somebody that's competent.
9:19And even in my, like what I've seen from the past in Jameis Winston is like that game was in the rain.
9:26It was kind of sloppy. But Jameis Winston has propped up guys to throw crazy volume.
9:30So if they can bring somebody in that's at least competent, Malik Neighbors is a major buy because you're right.
9:36Everybody's hitting the panic button. I mean, I've been seeing trades in Dynasty that are absolutely insane.
9:41And when you look at Malik Neighbors, he has top five upside every single year.
9:45The best part to me is, you know, those worries that we had with the knee seem to be disappearing.
9:51You know, we have the shoulder thing and the quarterback issue, but that major issue of the knee seems to have disappeared.
9:58So now I'm, I'm with you. I'm buying in.
10:00It's so interesting too. I've seen so much content and so much chatter about how Malik Neighbors is a sell right now.
10:07Get rid of Malik Neighbors, like cut your losses while you can.
10:10And a lot of that was even before yesterday where it was a complete disaster.
10:14To me, that's all the evidence I need to know.
10:17I need to go buy Malik Neighbors. Everyone is panic selling him.
10:21And now he's even lower than he was, you know, a couple days ago after, after yesterday's performance.
10:26Talent trumps all, I think, in most scenarios. And if he is now at the point where he is so ridiculously cheap
10:32compared to what he was a few weeks ago.
10:35Yeah, I'm absolutely buying Malik Neighbors. And I think one caveat with that is like, he's so talented, but like, we can
10:41all agree there is some like inherent risk here.
10:44There is this weird shoulder issue. There is this quarterback issue.
10:47So don't go out and buy him from the guy that's still valuing him as 2024 Malik Neighbors.
10:52If that's the case, don't do it. But we're saying if you can get a huge discount on a guy that we
10:59know has the upside to be a top five wide receiver, like you said, that's the type of guy you want to
11:05go target when we're all overreacting to what are we in now?
11:09A sixth of the NFL season. It's way too early to be out on Lake Neighbors.
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11:32Mike, let's get into your second player. Yeah, and I'm kind of sticking with a theme here of a guy that's just
11:38underlying and something that's more of a Dynasty and redraft principle.
11:41But for me, it's Ollie Gordon. I mean, Ollie Gordon comes into the game.
11:45It looks like the Devon A. chain injury is going to be a lot more substantial than what any of us wanted it to be.
11:53But 20 touches, you know, I know it wasn't hyperproductive.
11:55You know, he had 41 yards rushing. He had 20 yards receiving.
11:59Plus that touchdown. You look at what he did last year when he had given opportunities up over eight carries.
12:05I mean, nine for 38 and a touchdown. 11 for 66 and a touchdown.
12:09Nine for 45 and a touchdown. When he gets opportunity, he wears down the defense.
12:13You know, at 6'2", 225, he's a guy that I loved coming out of college.
12:17He slipped in the draft. No one's going to be super excited because it's Miami.
12:22But this brings me to the idea of, you know, every single Saturday, I make a post about RBs that you need to stash.
12:29You know, two weeks ago was Tank Bigsby. Last week, I was really big on Braylon Allen, who looks like he's going
12:35to get his opportunity as well, is when we're talking about those upside bench stashes.
12:39For me, you know, I like to have two or three guys that I can count on.
12:44Then I have a guy like Kenyon Sadiq, who has a ton of upside.
12:48And then I just want these insurance running backs.
12:51These guys that are going to give you points because they're trade targets.
12:55You know, every single manager right now is struggling to fill in the running back position properly.
13:00Now you're going to have an opportunity where Ollie Gordon's going to be able to fill in a flex.
13:05Braylon Allen's going to be able to fill in a flex where getting those wide receiver five, six on your roster, where
13:12you have a Cooper Cup or, you know, one of those guys that's just an aging vet that you're never going to be able to trade.
13:19You're not going to want to be able to start, you know?
13:23So like taking your bench and loading it up with what I call insurance running backs can pay off.
13:28You know, I don't think Olly Gordon's going to be a league winner, but I think he's going to be a real viable flex to RB2.
13:36And I think this offense might actually be a little bit better with him between the tackles than what it was with A-Chain in some aspects.
13:43I'm not, A-Chain's far superior running back. I'm not even going there.
13:47But the way that Malik Willis plays, this might be a little bit better.
13:51And the offense did seem to move the ball much better in some of those drives.
13:55So I'm kind of, I would definitely use my waiver on him.
13:59But I think sometimes even the guys that use your waiver, they're still not going to believe because he's a Miami Dolphin.
14:05And I think you can make a trade there.
14:08Same with Braylon Allen because he's on the Jets.
14:10Yeah, I was going to say, this is a perfect daily double that you might be able to go trade for him
14:17or you might even be able to just spend some fab and go pick him up.
14:21This guy, absolutely. I could not agree more. I actually also agree with what you said.
14:26Like Devon HN, no one is denying is the way more talented running back, but his play style and you look at
14:32the efficiency that they've had with A-Chain so far, and maybe it will be a nice little change here for the Miami offense.
14:39And they may be able to get a spark out of Olly Gordon.
14:43So I think he's an awesome pickup. I would try to go out and get him, whether it's through trade or waivers.
14:49Yeah, you had me at 20 touches. Like, I don't know if there's any scenario where you could tell me a running
14:55back gets 20 touches and I wouldn't start him regardless of the team he's on, regardless of who they're playing.
15:01You're getting 20 touches. You could be playing for Bishop Sycamore or whatever that fake college was, fake high school.
15:07I want the guy who's touching the ball 20 plus times.
15:10So for that reason alone, Olly Gordon has to become somebody you're absolutely rostering and probably starting going forward.
15:16Well, my next guy is somebody I love dearly, if you've ever watched the show before.
15:20And that is Tucker Craft, who has failed to hit double digit PPR fantasy points yet this year.
15:26But he's still coming off this torn ACL. And I feel like this was kind of expected.
15:30I don't know. I feel like we, a lot of us kind of saw this coming.
15:35It'd be a slow start. I mean, he himself, Tucker Craft said he would be eased in to start the season, but
15:41it still feels like there's panic in the streets as if we didn't think this was a real possibility that it'd be a slow start.
15:49So for that reason, I'm sure there are so many Tucker Craft owners who are just frustrated beyond belief.
15:54He's become seemingly unstartable. I'm sure there are a lot of people not starting Tucker Craft right now, despite the draft capital
16:01they had to pay to get him. But like I said, he's coming off this ACL.
16:05Yo, he's going to get healthier as the year goes along.
16:08We're eventually going to see a version of him closer to what we saw prior to the ACL tear last year when
16:15he was the tight end one overall. The Packers desperately need a spark.
16:18I think Tucker Craft could be that in short order.
16:21We see how good he is after the catch.
16:24We see how good he is with the ball in his hands.
16:27I think this is probably the cheapest he will be for the rest of the season.
16:32Again, not a player that you can get dirt cheap by any means in a trade, but you can probably get him
16:38for cheaper than what he should be because of his season-long upside.
16:42I feel like right now the tight end landscape is Brock Bowers and Trey McBride sitting atop a mountaintop.
16:47And then we're just trying to figure out who's three through 10.
16:51And if I want to take a shot on who I think is going to finish the year as three, it's still Tucker Craft.
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18:03Why wait? Yeah, and looking at guys like Matthew Golden and Christian Watson have never been the staple of consistency or the staple of being healthy.
18:11You know, but both of those have been phenomenal.
18:13You know, and we look at it from the other end.
18:16It's like, I love what Watson's doing. Golden's been the number one target there.
18:20All offseason, I think everybody was really just trying to overemphasize that Tucker Craft's usage was going to be through the roof.
18:27Myself included. You know, like we thought he was going to clearly be that wide receiver one type role, you know, at the tight end position.
18:34Give him some time. You know, he went down in week nine last year.
18:38It wasn't like he went down week one and we're talking about he's just, you know, not ready.
18:43He's at a spot where he's just shaking some of the rust off.
18:47He's getting out there. He is highly involved in the route participation and things like that when you look a little bit closer.
18:54So the time is coming and that's a great buy low.
18:57You know, Melo, he should text the guy that you always compare him to, George Kittle.
19:02And figure out what on earth George Kittle has been doing to rehab his injury.
19:06He's got a wish doctor or something. It does not make sense that he's this healthy that quickly.
19:11It's just like abs. I was just so blown away watching that yesterday.
19:15But let's jump into our sixth and final player.
19:18Actually, speaking of George Kittle, I'm just going to give out a free one.
19:22I think Debo Samuel is a fantastic buy right now.
19:25Not a guy I prepped on, but monitor the Mike Evans injury because if Mike Evans does miss a decent amount of
19:31time, I think Debo Samuel is an incredible pickup.
19:34But let me talk about our actual sixth and final player.
19:37Let's talk some Josh Downs, who's a guy that I think we're past the point of fully being able to buy low.
19:43But I think we're still a spot where there's really good value in the way that people view him.
19:49Three weeks in, he's gone from four targets to nine targets to 11 targets.
19:53Now we get the news that Aleph Pierce is officially on IR.
19:56We're obviously waiting to see when it happens that Keenan Allen serves his suspension, likely three weeks as a result of the misdemeanor charges.
20:03And so it's really easy for me to look at the 20 targets over two games.
20:08I think it should continue and it might actually improve.
20:11The reason you can get him somewhat cheap is that he hasn't had the big blow up spot yet.
20:16It's been pretty consistent, 149 yards over the last two games, but kind of like with T-Mac Mello, no touchdowns, which is
20:22always that thing that like is what gets you excited about a player.
20:26And so I think he just kind of feels like one of those boring slot guys that people are just like, eh,
20:33whatever, I throw him in my flex, I might just like tack him on in a trade.
20:38And that's exactly the type of situation I want to get Josh Downs in.
20:42So I expect things to change soon. I expect him to continue getting more involved, have more high value touches.
20:47And so I would go grab Josh Downs now at a discount before it's too late.
20:52Yeah. You know, I've loved Josh Downs this whole off season.
20:55And then, you know, to start the year week one, we weren't exactly sure what it would look like.
21:01And Keenan Allen's there. But now everything's really unfolded nicely for him going forward.
21:05I think he is, him and Tyler Warren are going to dominate the target share, I think, going forward.
21:10So he's somebody I'm very excited about for the rest of the season.
21:14Yeah. And if you still have an opportunity, I mean, whenever anybody mentions Josh Downs, I go with my guy Tyler Warren
21:20is, I think he's going to be the tight end three the rest of the way.
21:25I know we were kind of talking about that.
21:28Hey, there you go. You know, 10 targets, nine receptions this past week.
21:31This is a guy that all off season, I've been like, this is going to be the wide receiver one here.
21:37You know, and the guy, when I say those things, I mean, obviously the primary target.
21:42But Josh Downs has been getting the volume. Keenan Allen stole the touchdown.
21:46If either one of these guys caught, you know, had that touchdown, we're talking about a totally different scenario where we would
21:52see those guys get nine, 10 targets plus the touchdown.
21:55Now their value jumps considerably. And you mentioned it before, like we're only one sixth through the season, but guys jump to conclusions quicker.
22:02They just box score. They jump in and they see, oh, this guy scored 18 fantasy points, not 11.
22:08You know, so now all of a sudden that guy's so much better.
22:11But when you, when you actually watch the game, when you actually understand what's going in there, there's a lot more to it.
22:18Touchdowns are fluky. This kind of volume though is not.
22:21Yeah. I don't want to be Justin Herbert here and play a game of ifs, but that's such a good point that
22:27what if we looked at this game and he had like 11 targets, 80 yards and a touchdown.
22:32We would be like talking about Josh Downs in a completely different light than we are right now.
22:38And I think there's a lot of reasonably the situation is going to get even better moving forward.
22:43But those were our six players to buy right now to help you win a championship this season in fantasy football heading into week four.
22:50You can catch me later on, on the smash except show with dynasty dad, breaking down some dynasty trades.
22:56But before we get out of here, Melo, did we miss anything?
22:59I got nothing. All right. We'll catch you guys tomorrow with our first wide receiver rankings of the week.
23:05See you then. We are proudly supported by Nathan and Sons, makers of underbrush remineralizing gum.
23:09The Nathan and Sons folks sent me some of this gum.
23:12And when you taste it, it's like, oh, this is what real flavor tastes like.
23:17It just didn't feel fake. It had a texture and a taste of what real gum should be.
23:22Because I've tried other natural gums and the flavor does not pop like it does with Nathan and Sons.
23:27And the flavor doesn't last. My favorite flavor is cinemastic.
23:30I also feel like my jaw's in better shape.
23:33Not doing as much clenching with my teeth. And what's funny is it's made with hydroxyapatite.
23:38The same mineral your tooth enamel is made from.
23:40And the best part is the chewing gum that helps take care of your teeth in between brushing.
23:45And critically, there is no plastic in this gum.
23:48It's made from natural tree sap. And if you want a simple daily upgrade for your teeth, head over to NathanandSons.com and check out Underbrush.
23:55And get 30% off your first order. NathanandSons.com to get 30% off.
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