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Here's What I'd Do with the 10 Most Confusing Players Right Now

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29 min
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Sep 25, 2026
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Fri, September 25, 2026
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Bijan RobinsonBrian Thomas Jr.CeeDee LambChristian WatsonChuba HubbardDe'Von AchaneDontayvion WicksDrake LondonGeorge PickensJakobi MeyersJameis WinstonJayden ReedJordan LoveJosh Downs
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Bijan Robinson

PositiveUsage2:18

Bijan Robinson is identified as the only player on the Falcons' roster besides Drake London capable of consistently earning targets, making him a critical component of the team's offensive production.

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Brian Thomas Jr.

NegativeBust28:32

Michael Penn expresses a negative outlook on Brian Thomas Jr., citing frequent dropped passes and poor performance when on the field. Penn also notes that Thomas Jr. is often smothered by top cornerbacks because he runs his routes on the outside.

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CeeDee Lamb

PositiveUsage15:01

Michael Penn identifies CeeDee Lamb as an elite receiver, citing superior usage metrics compared to peers like George Pickens. Lamb boasts a 27% target share, 14.1 A-dot, 46% of team air yards, 60% of team end zone targets, a 35% slot rate, and a 94% catchable target rate.

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Christian Watson

PositiveUsage27:14

Michael Penn highlights Christian Watson as a primary beneficiary of the Packers' condensed target tree, especially with Jaden Reed injured. Watson maintains a 27% target share and 33% of the team's air yards, making him a high-value asset in an offense where Jordan Love is frequently pushing the ball downfield.

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Chuba Hubbard

PositiveValue41:42

Michael Penn suggests targeting Chuba Hubbard in trades, even proposing a swap for Devon Achane. Penn argues that Hubbard is in a beautiful runout with increased scoring opportunities and a solidified role in the Panthers' backfield while Jonathan Brooks remains sidelined.

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De'Von Achane

PositiveBust40:06

Michael Penn recommends selling Devon Achane due to the poor Miami offensive environment, specifically citing low scoring potential, poor rushing efficiency, and a lack of goal-line opportunities. Penn notes that Achane's target numbers have declined and he is no longer in the same tier as elite backs like James Cook.

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Dontayvion Wicks

PositiveUsage27:14

Michael Penn includes Dontayvion Wicks as a key piece of the Green Bay Packers' condensed target tree that he is actively targeting for fantasy rosters.

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Drake London

PositiveRole0:47

Michael Penn identifies Drake London as a clear hold; he remains the focal point of the Falcons' offense with a consistently high target share. Despite past inconsistencies, he is projected to finish as a top-10 wide receiver (WR6-WR9 range) due to a favorable schedule from weeks 13-18 and the team's commitment to Michael Penix Jr. as the starter.

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George Pickens

PositiveUsage11:20

Michael Penn advises holding or selling George Pickens rather than buying, noting concerns about his usage and consistency. Pickens has a 23% target share, 13.3 A-dot, and 35% air yard share, but runs 97% of routes on the outside with only a 3% slot rate, making easy targets harder to earn compared to last year's 10% slot rate. He has a 79% catchable target rate with uncharacteristic early-season drops. Penn highlights a difficult late-season schedule (Eagles, Seahawks, Rams) and a late bye, suggesting his name cache allows for a sale that is not necessarily selling low.

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Jakobi Meyers

PositiveValue28:01

Michael Penn recommends picking up Jakobi Meyers, noting he is running the most routes of any receiver on the team. Despite a slow start, Penn believes the offense will stabilize and Meyers will see better days ahead, making him an ideal long-term bench stash or waiver wire addition. Penn also highlights the established chemistry between Meyers and Trevor Lawrence, which was productive during the second half of the previous season.

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Jameis Winston

NegativeRole6:46

Jameis Winston is the replacement for the injured Jackson Dart. While his initial performance was poor, Michael Penn suggests it may be premature to judge his entire season outlook based on a limited sample size of play.

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Jayden Reed

NegativeUsage26:51

Michael Penn notes that Jaden Reed's absence has provided a boost to the target distribution within the Green Bay Packers' offense, contributing to the increased usage of other pass catchers like Tucker Kraft.

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Jordan Love

NegativeUsage27:22

Michael Penn notes that the Green Bay Packers are focused on getting the ball out of Jordan Love's hands quickly, which influences the target distribution for his receivers and tight ends.

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Josh Downs

PositiveRole18:31

Michael Penn notes that while Josh Downs will step into a larger role with Alec Pierce out for 4-6 weeks, he has concerns about his long-term ceiling as a slot-only receiver. Penn suggests flipping Downs now for a younger, ascending receiver or selling if someone is looking to buy high, noting he would prefer Matthew Golden over Downs rest-of-season.

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Kendre Miller

NegativeUsage20:12

Michael Penn notes that Kendre Miller split carries with Travis Etienne Jr. in Week 1, but was a healthy scratch in Week 2, indicating an uncertain role in the New Orleans backfield.

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Malik Nabers

PositiveValue3:45

Michael Penn advises against panic selling Malik Nabers, labeling him a hold or a buy if others are panicking. Despite a shoulder injury and the transition to Jameis Winston at quarterback, Penn expects Winston to target Nabers heavily. Nabers has a favorable schedule ahead against the Titans, Cardinals, Commanders, and Saints, followed by a strong fantasy playoff schedule.

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Matthew Golden

PositiveValue21:38

Michael Penn views Matthew Golden as a strong buy or hold candidate, noting his high target share in a condensed Packers passing attack. Golden and Christian Watson each command a 27% target share, combining for 54% of team targets, 33% of air yards, and 40% of end zone targets, which Penn characterizes as WR1-level production. Penn explicitly prefers Golden over Josh Downs for the remainder of the season.

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Michael Penix Jr.

PositiveRole0:47

Michael Penix Jr. is expected to remain the starting quarterback for the remainder of the season as the team evaluates his potential over Tua Tagovailoa. He appears fully healthy and confident, which provides a stable outlook for the Falcons' primary pass-catchers.

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Nico Collins

PositiveValue14:13

Michael Penn identifies Nico Collins as a player currently on his bench whom he is considering using as a trade asset to acquire other players, such as the injured Puka Nacua, in leagues where he is already in a strong position.

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Puka Nacua

NegativeInjury12:59

Michael Penn reports that Puka Nacua is dealing with a groin flare-up that is being treated with extreme caution to avoid a sports hernia. Penn expects Nacua to miss Week 3 and potentially face an extended absence, projecting a return around Week 6. Buying is only viable for managers with strong depth; struggling teams should consider selling.

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Rashee Rice

PositiveValue5:37

Michael Penn views Rashee Rice as a buy-low candidate. While acknowledging Rice is not an elite alpha receiver, Penn notes the Chiefs' offense is high-scoring and lacks other target earners to challenge Rice's role. Penn projects Rice to finish as a WR12-WR15 and expects him to remain involved in designed plays near the goal line.

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Tank Bigsby

PositiveSleeper18:39

Michael Penn identifies Tank Bigsby as a 'screaming buy' because he is outplaying Chris Rodriguez by a wide margin, showing more explosiveness and receiving more carries, despite not having had a major statistical blowup game yet.

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Travis Etienne

NegativeValue19:47

Michael Penn classifies Travis Etienne Jr. as a hold or buy, despite disappointing usage and a minor hamstring strain. Penn maintains faith in the New Orleans offense and notes an upcoming favorable schedule that should allow production to normalize over the next month.

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Tucker Kraft

PositiveBreakout25:47

Michael Penn identifies Tucker Kraft as a buy-low candidate. Despite early-season struggles, Kraft has transitioned into a full-time role, running the majority of routes over the last two weeks. Penn expects him to ramp back up to his previous form by weeks five or six as the team continues to prioritize getting the ball out of Jordan Love's hands quickly.

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Episode Transcript

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0:00Good morning, friends and enemies. In today's video, we're playing a little buy, sell, hold with the 10 most traded players in fantasy
0:10football currently. This is according to the website fantasycalc.com, free to use. If you head over to their trending players table or uh page, whatever, it
0:18has all the most rated players. And I wanted to do it this way just because I think the old way is kind of stale of
0:23just like giving you a list of buys, giving you a list of sells, whatever.
0:26Uh, these are probably the most talked about players right now in fantasy football and I'm just going to give you a quick take on each of them. But stay
0:32tuned to the end of the video because I will give you a couple guys I think you should be buying right now. The number
0:37one player on this list, the most traded player and I should also say Fantasy Calc links to the Sleeper app. So, it
0:43has like millions of trades that have actually gone through in leagues and this is where the data is coming from.
0:47Number one player is Drake London who went nuts last night with Michael Penn making his return. Now, I want to make
0:53one thing clear. Yes, you guys love going back to my rankings videos and if I have one thing wrong, you guys will be
0:58like, "Look at this [ __ ] stupid ass idiot. He's has no idea what he's talking about. I can make content for
1:05free. I could do Rick London went crazy.
1:09I said I was a little skeptical that Pennix's first game back after he wasn't confident in his knee was going to lead
1:14to some poor decisions and poor passing from him." Now, it did early on, but that changed quickly. Regardless, this was my sentiment about Drake London a
1:23week ago, and it was always that London would be fine long term once Panics got under center. I was worried about him
1:28for week three. Still my wide receiver, 15 on the week. That made no difference.
1:32You were still putting him in your lineup if you followed my rankings. But the long-term play, the long-term thesis with Drake London is that he's always
1:38highly targeted. And there's not a single other person besides Bean Robinson. Not one single player on their roster, not one single wide receiver,
1:45running back, or tight end that can earn targets in that offense. Not a single player I've ever seen that's currently on their roster capable of earning
1:53targets outside of Drake London or Bejian Robinson. Not one. Name one in the comments challenge and I'll give you $1,000. Regardless, Drake London goes
2:01crazy last night. And unfortunately, you're not going to be able to buy him, of course. So, he's going to get himself
2:08way closer to the hold category here. Uh I think if you have him, you're incredibly encouraged after what you saw last night. We likely see
2:16Penn going forward for the remainder of the season. They're not interested in Tua. They want to know what they have in
2:21Penn. And Pennix is clearly fully healthy, confident. Now, they're going to get tougher matchups going forward.
2:26The Green Bay Packers defense is really, really bad. Their overall offense is bad. They can't sustain drives. They give the field to opposing offenses in
2:32really good areas. The reason I even put Cell close to Drake London's name is just because coming off of this game,
2:38everyone's going to go crazy for him.
2:40But we've seen a ton of inconsistency with Drake London regardless of who is under center there. But he always sees a
2:46very high target share in this offense.
2:47He is what the offense is built around.
2:50They're going to have their up ups and downs, but like the tweet I put out like he's going to be there by the end of the
2:54season and he will finish as, you know, the wide receiver six or the wide receiver nine or something in that range. And their schedule is wonderful.
3:01Weeks 13 through 18, the Lions, the Browns, the Commanders, the Bucks, and the Panthers like riding you into the fantasy playoffs. Oh, you know, I said
3:09sell hold only because he'll be impossible to buy right now. I don't actually want to sell him. London to me just you feel good about him going
3:16forward with PennX there. But of course, when they play tougher matchups, it will be a little bit spicier. But when you
3:20look at the schedule right now, they really don't have many of them over the first half of the season. They've got
3:25the Ravens in week five. They've got the Niners in week seven. They've got the Chiefs in week 10. I don't know that any
3:30of those are like stay away matchups.
3:32You know, they're not Denver. They're not Houston. They do get the Vikings in week 12 past their buy, but other than
3:37that, the schedule is light work, man.
3:40It's literally fries in the bag. So, London ultimately, he's going to be a hold for me. Moving to the next player
3:45on the list, and it actually wasn't close. Region was the highest traded player by a pretty wide margin, but it is Malik Neighbors, another young
3:51talented wide receiver who's dealing with a little bit of a shoulder injury.
3:54He should be set to go for week three apparently. Now, the big news is Jackson Dart is now out for the remainder of the
3:59season. What I will say for Malik Neighbors is anything he's done at the NFL level has pretty much come without Jackson Dart under center. So if you are
4:06buying into Malik Neighbors as a talent, as the player, I I don't think realistically Jameus Winston being under center should deter you because yes,
4:13Jameus looked very very poor in his limited time when Jackson Dart went out last week. But I also don't think it's
4:18fair to encapsulate his entire season outlook going forward based off of what his arm looked like in a half of football that he wasn't getting starter
4:26reps for against one of the best defenses in the NFL. So, yes, Jamus did not look good. That was the worst we've
4:31seen him on TV in quite a while, and he might be past his prime, but I still think Jameus is going to target Malik
4:36Neighbors like a crazy man. It's a tricky situation with a lot of moving parts. Is he going to be fully healthy
4:42right now off the shoulder injury? I can't say for sure. I also think when you drafted him though, you were likely
4:48drafting him with the mindset like, "Oh, it's going to take him 3 to four weeks to ramp up." And, you know, we're
4:52entering week three. And I will say he hasn't looked like, you know, the explosive Malik Neighbors yet. So, I still think he's getting his legs under
4:58him. The next four weeks, they get the Titans, the Cardinals, the Commanders, and the Saints. So, you've got some juicy matchups. And then looking at
5:05their fantasy playoffs, weeks 15, you get Cleveland. Week 16, you get Detroit.
5:08And week 17, you get Dallas. So, like over the next 3, four weeks, he might close any sort of buy opportunity, if he
5:14goes out there and gets 12 to 14 targets from Jameus Winston. And at the end of the year, when you're playing against
5:19Malik Neighbors and his knee is fully healthy and he gets to go against the Lions and the Cowboys, you're going to
5:24be upset that you did end up selling him. So for Malik Neighbors, to me, he's a guy that if you are selling him now,
5:30you're selling him at a very low cost.
5:32So I would not be selling him or panic selling him if I had him, he would be a hold slash a buy if someone is panic
5:37selling. We move into player number three. That would be Rashi Rice. A lot of receivers on this list, so just buckle up for it. We got Rashi Rice, the
5:43Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver. This one to me is an easy one. If the owner is panicking, I'm buying him. I know
5:48he's not a great receiver. I know he's not a number one. I know he's not an elite alpha target earner right now.
5:53First and foremost, Mahomes looks great.
5:55So, no worry about like the passing game being crooked. And I think the addition of Kenneth Walker, while it's taken a
6:00lot away from Rashi Rice and the passing game overall, has made the offense a lot better. They are scoring. They are
6:06scoring at a high rate and they look really good. They're just there will be games where they're going to need to
6:11throw the ball and Rashi Rice will have his big games. Should we expect, you know, the wide receiver for on a points
6:17per game basis that we've gotten gotten out of him the last few years? No. But I'm actually genuinely not too worried
6:22about Rashi Rice overall, mainly because they have no real target earners behind him. So, you know, if they actually didn't whiff on Xavier Worthy, if they
6:30had a real like first or second round talent behind Rashi Rice that was kind of nipping at the heels there to to jump
6:36him in the depth jar or the pecking order, I might be a little bit more nervous. But they just didn't change
6:40anything about their passing game to the point where even if Rashi isn't great, they're still going to run design plays around him when the passing script asks
6:48for it. And because the offense is great, they will continue to get opportunities near the goal line. We saw Kenneth Walker get stuffed a lot, so
6:54maybe they, you know, they get back into their bag and ask Rashi Rice to take some screens from the five or 10 yard
6:58line. I'm just saying I'm not overly panicked about Rashi Rice. Do I think the ceiling exists that we thought about last year or going into the summer? No,
7:06probably not. But I still think he'll be a fine. He'll end up as like the wide receiver 15 or 12. I don't think
7:11anyone's buying him past that. Uh, so I wouldn't be looking to sell him. If anything, I'd be looking to buy him. All
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7:42you don't want to. You can sell them.
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8:26all that good stuff. Very, very, very fun way to start to build your collection. They have other people's showrooms that you can go check out.
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8:5220% off your first slab pack. Go get yourself a color blast. Coulson Loveland do something challenge. Player number four is George Pickkins. This is an
9:01interesting one cuz we saw him go crazy last year. We saw CD Lamb take a step back. A lot of that had to do with the
9:06ankle injury and we never really understood how much the ankle injury affected CD Lamb after he got back, but Pickins had, you know, a ton of
9:14explosive games with and without Pickins. So, we're going into the year and we're unsure of like how that split is going to emerge. There are a lot of
9:20people that thought Pickkins was just outright better than CD Lamb. That's looking like a crazy take after two weeks. But, I still don't want to overly
9:27panic on Pickkins. To me, I'm not going to go out of my way and say he's a buy.
9:32I think that would be disingenuous. I don't think he's a player that I'm looking to go out and uh necessarily bring into any of my fantasy teams. If
9:38you look at the splits between him and CD Lamb, CD Lamb has a 27% target share and Pickins is at 23%. Very respectable.
9:45Probably not wide receiver one numbers unless he starts to come down with a shitload of touchdowns or a shitload of deep balls, which is possible. But not
9:51only does CD Lamb have a higher target share, he also has a higher A dot 14.1 over 13.3 for George Pickkins. He has
9:5946% of the team's air yards compared to 35% for George Pickkins. 60% of the team's end zone targets. Now, it's not
10:07purely fair there because CD Lamb having a higher A dot has a 94% catchable target rate where Pickins's catchable target rate is 79%. Though Pickkins is
10:17not doing himself any favor, he's dropping passes that, you know, uncharacteristically would have been caught last year. My biggest concern realistically is where they're lining
10:25Pickkins up and CD Lamb up in that offense. We heard a lot of talk about, oh, you know, we know what Pickkins can
10:30do now. We're going to utilize him more, moving him all over the field. That [ __ ] was a lie. CD Lamb so far has a 35% slot
10:38rate. George Pickkins has a 3% slot rate. He is running 97% of routes on the outside. That is tough, man. You just
10:46don't get easy layup targets. And, you know, he did a lot of that last year, but he was moved around quite a bit more
10:52last year. Last year, Pickkins was up to a 10% slot rate as compared to the 3% this year, which, you know, it's not
10:58drastic, but over the course of the season, that's going to be, you know, in an extra 50 to 60 routes that are a lot
11:07easier to earn targets in, but also more importantly, like Lamb is just running the easy route. So, the separation comes very easy to him. And Lamb's just an
11:13elite receiver by himself, right? I think people just kind of forgot that because, you know, the last elite season he had was back in 2023, but he's
11:20showing what he's got again. So, we're seeing a bit of what this offense is with Pickkins. Uh, my instinct would be
11:26hold for sure. He's a great player that's going to make big plays and have big games, but it's a little it's a
11:31little tough to figure out based on what we've seen so far from the Dallas offense when that consistency and when those games are going to come. So, I
11:38would say he's not a buy for me. He's somewhere between the hold and sell.
11:41Now, if you want to hold him, no, like, you know, he'll end up being fine. I'm sure he'll finish as a top like 18 wide
11:46receiver. The one thing that does scare me is their schedule going forward, especially once we hit the double digit weeks. Week 12, we have the Philadelphia
11:54Eagles. Week 13, we have Seattle in Seattle. Week 14, he's got that sickening late buy. And then week 15, we've got at LA, the Rams. Week 16,
12:03we've got the Jaguars. Does let up in week 17 with the Giants, but you got to get there. So, he's got a really tough
12:09slate down the stretch. Also, want to apologize. I know the uh Cowboys Ravens game this Sunday is actually in Brazil.
12:15Uh yesterday I said that it was uh in Dallas. I don't want to make excuses, but I will say the new puppy that I got
12:22is like ruining my life right now. It is very hard to focus on work and very hard to focus on the details of what I'm
12:28doing that has made you guys follow me for that. So, apologies for the slip up there. Will never ever literally ever
12:34happen again. I will never get a single player wrong in any of my rankings videos. Promise. So Pickkins to me is
12:39definitely in between the hold and sell and would have no problem if you wanted to uh sell him. Cuz honestly, I don't
12:45think Pickkins, unlike some of the other guys, I don't necessarily think you're really selling low. I think most most people that walk into a Pickkins
12:51opportunity are walking in being like, "Yeah, I'm buying him and he's going to be fine rest of the season," which he
12:55probably will, but I don't think his name cache has really lost a lot of juice. Next up, we're moving to Puka
13:00Nua. This is obviously a very tricky situation to figure out with Puka given the injury. you know, he had the soaz he
13:06was dealing with throughout the summer and now he had a little bit of like a groin flare up uh that caused him to
13:12miss week two. So, from my understanding, he does not have a sports hernia. However, there are some like early onset symptoms that if he pushes
13:21this, it could turn into that and the Rams are obviously being very very cautious with that and don't want that to happen. Shawn McVey came out and made
13:29a very very spooky statement this week saying that he does not see progress happening for Puka so far. So, it's looking like he's almost definitely
13:38going to miss week three. And honestly, I would be surprised if this does not turn into a relatively extended absence here. So, the Puka injury or the Puka
13:47status is in my opinion really going to depend on where you're at right now in your league. This is not a black and
13:52white or a vacuum answer. I think if you're in a really good spot, I think you're okay sending offers for Puka, if
13:58you can, you know, uh, if you have depth, if you're two and 0, if you have a lot of points scored, uh, like it's
14:04something I might think about in your Idiot League mates where I am 2 and0 with the most points scored and Puka is
14:08going to be sitting on a team who's 0 and2 right now. It's like it makes sense to, you know, flip those types of
14:13players. I have Nico on my bench actually and that's a player that I might try to like do some sort of
14:18maneuver for. I I think the Rams are clearly playing for the long game here.
14:22They know that it's going to be very hard to win a championship without Puka.
14:25They know that they have very high odds to win a championship. They're rushing back right now and he ends up missing
14:29the entirety of the year. Their odds fall dramatically. So, I think they're going to slow play this very very drastically. If you are in a big hole
14:35right now in fantasy, like obviously you're going to need production. You're going to need your team to start moving.
14:40I don't have a very very strong read on how long Puka is going to be out for. I don't think anyone really does. But if I
14:45have him in my mind, I'm like, "Yeah, he's out for week three." I would probably lean out for week four. week
14:51five maybe we're 5050 closer to playing in week six type of thing. So I think there's a chance you're you're without
14:56him for a couple of weeks. Is it scary buying into a player that is out for that long and might reinjure it?
15:02Absolutely. Of course. But you play fantasy football to win championships and he's obviously a type of dude that can do that for you. So if they sit him
15:08out for a while and you can throw him into your IR spot and again you've got that kind of luck, that kind of luxury,
15:13I would go for it. Other than that, he's not going to be a buy for me. I I do think you have to have a a very very
15:19select type of team in order to make the purchase on Puka Nakua. So, if you're struggling right now, I actually have no
15:25problem getting rid of Puka Nakua.
15:26There's no realistically there's no black and white when it comes to fantasy players. Obviously, we'll come on here and I'll give you my genuine take and
15:31the best way that I can explain it. But, at the end of the day, a lot of these decisions are coin flips and a lot of
15:36things happen over the course of the season that make a player or break a player. And yes, like Puka has the
15:41upside to be able to win you a championship down the stretch, but any player who is currently injured within the season also has a higher likelihood
15:48to reinjure that thing that is currently injured. So, if you're riskaverse, you feel like your your team is is fine and
15:54you don't want to mess things up, that's fine as well. I think you got to be in a luxury spot to go after Puka, though.
15:59And I would not sell him for like pennies on the dollar. If you're selling Puka, try to at least get like 80 cents
16:05on the dollar back. Next up, we've got Josh DS of the Indianapolis Colts. Now we have Alec Pierce out for the next, I
16:11think, four to 6 weeks pretty much is the projected timeline. So Josh D's going to step into a very big role.
16:17Keenan Allen, who was projected to have, you know, a sizable role, has really not looked good. Uh, and this passing game
16:22has not really looked good. Tyler Warren hasn't really exploded. I think it's just a product of, you know, Daniel Jones probably coming back down to earth
16:27a little bit coming off the Achilles tear. And Josh DS has been a favorite of mine for a while now. You know, a lot of
16:32videos this summer I talked about how he was one of the players that I, you know, really thought was a great draft pick in
16:38that like round seven, round eight area.
16:40And I think it's it's been a pure run out for him in terms of players leaving, in terms of injuries happening on the
16:45team, and now he's got a runway of kind of getting it done. What I would say for Josh DS is like at this very moment, I'm
16:51probably not trying to do anything with him. He's someone that I think I'm going to be a little bit more reactionary to
16:55because there's so many moving parts here. And what's important to note is like he's going to be forced into an every down role, but he's still a slot
17:02receiver. Like he's still running 75% of his routes from the slot. And I still have a little bit of trepidation or
17:09worry that, you know, if Alec Pierce does get healthy in 6 weeks and they do find something in somebody else, I know
17:15this is a crazy take, but like if Laquan Treadwell, who played well last week, ends up like making a role for himself,
17:21I think there's a world where they just don't really want to use Josh Downs on the exterior and he does get pigeonholed
17:26back into that slot only role. Will that happen over the next four to six weeks?
17:30Absolutely not. But it could happen down the stretch where fantasy seasons matter. So, I will say if I own DS and
17:35someone's looking to buy him, someone's looking to buy high, I'm perfectly fine selling him. Like, I would take Matthew Golden over Josh Downs rest of season.
17:43No doubt about it. But when I said reactionary, it's because they play the Texans into week three. So, if you could
17:48sell him now, I'm fine with that. They play the Texans, they could struggle through the air there. DS will have a
17:54very high weekly floor because he's going to see a lot of targets and he'll go like four for 40 even on a bad day. I
17:59do just question what his overall ceiling is going to be. Like I don't know that you can game plan an entire
18:04passing game around Josh Downs who's, you know, 180 lbs. After Houston, they do play Washington and then they play Pittsburgh and then they play Tennessee.
18:11So the matchups get a little bit better.
18:13Might be a better selling opportunity.
18:15Overall, I think we're less likely to see ceiling games out of Josh Downs than we're hoping for. I think we're more
18:20likely to be maybe a little bit disappointed. He'll probably be fine for you. He'll probably put up wide receiver three numbers for you for the next like
18:26month or so. But I do think if and when Indie starts to get a little bit healthier and figure out their passing
18:31game and their receiver roles and everything like Josh DS will probably go back to the normal wide receiver three flex range. So if you're able to flip
18:39him now for a receiver that's clearly like young and ascending, I would probably make that move. Next up, we've got Bashaw Tuton. First running back on
18:46this list, Jacksonville Jaguars. And Ton to me is a pretty screaming by because he hasn't really had like a blowup game
18:53yet. And I think some of it is game script, some of it is matchup based.
18:56Week one, they blew Cleveland out. Week two, they're playing against a very, very difficult Denver defense. Bashaw Toutton did score the touchdown though,
19:03but he is just outplaying Chris Rodriguez by a wide margin, getting a lot more carries, looks a lot more explosive, but hasn't had the big run
19:08yet, hasn't had the big screen yet, hasn't had big like pass catching days yet, but the overall sentiment is like, yo, he's very much like the one here in
19:17a very, very good offense that you want pieces to be attached to. Will it always be pretty? Probably not. Is Chris
19:23Rodriguez going to get zero carries going forward? No, but he's only gotten, you know, barely double digit carries through two games so far. So, they
19:30clearly like Toutin. They clearly have a thing with Tootton. It'll be inconsistent because he's not the best in between the tackles runner, but he is
19:36very explosive and we haven't seen those explosive plays come to fruition yet, but we have seen the role for him better
19:42and better and better and I think it will continue to increase. So, Bashaw Tuton is definitely a buy for me. Next
19:47up, we've got Travis ETN. Now, he is my RB2 and your idiot league mates. He is the biggest glaring hole on my roster by
19:52far. It has been ugly week one. He split carries pretty much down the middle with Kendra Miller while Alvin Kamaro was
19:58outs and that was why we liked him in the summer. We're like Kamar's going to miss a bunch of time. ETN's going to be
20:02the bellcow. Neither of those things were correct. So, shout out to me for that one. But like I said, guaranteed nothing ever wrong again for the rest of
20:09my life. Kamara in week two was active.
20:11They made Kendra a healthy scratch, but then they gave Kamara a bunch of opportunities, a bunch of pass catching downs and all that kind of stuff. ETN
20:18has been limited this week both Wednesday and Thursday with a hamstring strain. It was good to see with something hamstring related. Now, I was
20:25nervous it was like a Nico Collins situation because a lot of times when you see a limited practice with like a
20:31hamstring on a Wednesday, it means like they started practice fine, injured it, and then didn't finish, meaning they were limited in practice. They didn't do
20:38the full practice. But the fact that he ended up getting in another limited practice on Thursday lets me know that it was either very minor or it was, you
20:47know, a very minor tweak on Sunday's game that they're just kind of like letting him slow roll into it. So, have
20:52to keep an eye on his status for week three, but it does seem like it is trending in the right direction for him
20:58to play. That being said, like you can't sell him. No one wants Travis ETN right now. He would definitely be more of a
21:04buy or hold. I'm not excited to buy him right now. There's there's been almost nothing on paper that would point towards like, yeah, great things are
21:11ahead for him. They gave him the money, but they're not giving him the touches right now. Overall, I have faith in the
21:16New Orleans offense right now. They look really good. Their schedule is amazing.
21:19They continue to have a lot of plays piling up in that offense. So, I have them. I don't plan on doing anything
21:24with them unless someone comes in with like a blazing offer that I'm like, "Okay, you're just like buying him at ETN price." I'm holding on to ETN.
21:30They're going to be better days ahead.
21:31Something in this running back group is going to normalize. is we're going to figure it out over the course of a
21:36month. Right now, it's like up and down.
21:37We have different game scripts. We have different opponents. We have Kendra in.
21:41We have Alvin Kamara in. Let's just let's let the tides neutralize a little bit here. ETN for me is a hold. I
21:47understand if you don't want to play him in upcoming matchups if they're tough.
21:51Totally understandable. But some of us idiots who drafted him as RB2 have to roll him out in their lineup unfortunately. So, ETN's a hold. Next
21:58up, we got Matthew Golden. Now, I already kind of spoke about him with the Josh Downs thing. Golden to me, you
22:03know, you're going to be buying high, especially after last night, but he'd be much more of a buy or hold. Like, I just
22:07think you have such a good run out for him. He was a dude, so funny, dude. Uh, I made dynasty I didn't make dynasty
22:13content this offseason, but I did like the previous three or four summers. I continuously made myself very high on the Texas wide receivers that kept
22:20coming out. I loved Adani Mitchell. I loved Matthew Golden, and I hated Xavier Worthy. And all those runouts looked terrible in the first year of all their
22:28careers. like Xavier Worthy that first game he had two touchdowns I'm like god damn it I literally went 0 for three. Now we're like two three years
22:34into their careers and I'm like I think I went three for three on that one.
22:37Adidy Mitchell's good. We still have to see him kind of like come to fruition but I love Matthew Golden's tape coming
22:41out and now with Jaden Reed injured and likely out for a very long period of the season. The target tree is so so
22:49condensed between him and Christian Watson. Now I do think Tucker Craft will continue to get healthier, continue to see more involvement in this offense. He
22:57hasn't had any big plays. He's not scoring touchdowns yet, but the target tree is just so condensed right now. And the way they're playing, every single
23:04play is basically like Jordan Love throws it 40 yards downfield or he gets pressure in two seconds. It's an incomplete pass or they run the ball for
23:10two yards. So, if you have Christian Watson or Matthew Golden, like they are golden. Like they I'm holding on to those assets like gold right now. Just
23:17have them in your lineup and let them run free. They are getting so many targets. The target share between the two of them is so high and I think
23:24they're both just very good receivers right now. And paired with the way Jordan Love is playing right now, just chucking it downfield, it is beautiful.
23:32Just looking at some of the numbers here, both of them have a 27% target share. Those are wide receiver one numbers. So, you're talking about two
23:38guys combining for 54% of the targets. A dots of 12.6 and 12.5. Watson and Matthew Golden 33% of the team's air
23:48yards. Both of them have exactly 33% of the team's air yards, 40% of the end zone targets, 32% of third and fourth
23:55down targets. Man, they are like, yeah, I just I love both of them. Again, if you can flip downs for Golden, I don't
24:02know how realistic that is to be honest with you, but I would do that in a heartbeat. And then the last player we
24:06have, Devon Achan, number 10. If you guys have been following my content this summer, you know that I was not high on
24:12a Chan coming into the season. Most people in the industry, I don't think, were. So, this is going to be an easy
24:18either hold or sell. If you can get some sort of name cache value for HN, I would definitely be looking to move off of
24:24him. Of course, he's a great player.
24:26We'll make big plays eventually. Will score touchdowns this season, but the concern was always like, yeah, we could see a year where Han legitimately scores
24:34five touchdowns. That's not out of the range of possibilities with the lack of scoring that we're going to see from Miami and this offense. Malik Willis not
24:42putting up massive days. He's running the ball. He doesn't check down as much.
24:45So, a chance target numbers are down.
24:47The rushing efficiency isn't good. The goal line opportunities are nil right now. So, like there's not much good other than like, you know, he's a really
24:54explosive player and will eventually have explosive games, but I am I am totally fine moving off of Han. I know this is going to sound crazy, but like I
25:02think some like Han for Chuba Hubard Plus, if you can get that done, would probably do that in a heartbeat. I think
25:09Chuba is just in a beautiful runout right now. obviously doesn't have like the game-to-ame ceiling that he uh that Han does, but the scoring opportunities
25:16for Chuba are going to be a lot higher.
25:18When that backfield condenses, they have huge games and we've already seen him play really well and obviously Jonathan Brooks is out for quite a while here.
25:24So, that would be one. Han to me like I think right now he's on par. He's probably ahead of like Cam Scatabo, but
25:31that's around like where I'm I'm probably ranking him rest of the season.
25:34He's like a little bit above that, but he's not Ashen Genty anymore. He's not James Cook anymore. He's not those guys
25:40because of what we're seeing from the Miami environment, unfortunately. Now, I mentioned if you stayed till the end of the video, I would throw out a couple
25:47names that I do like right now. We actually mentioned one already, and that was Tucker Craft, the tight end for the
25:52Green Bay Packers. The good news is this, like we didn't know how long it would take him to ramp up and run the
25:58routes and be out on the field. That didn't take very long. Like, he was a little suppressed in week one and he's
26:03no longer suppressed. He's running, you know, the majority of routes in this offense right now over the last two weeks. So, he's become a full-time
26:11player. A lot of their other tight ends are on IR and just missing significant time. I think the biggest boost is Jaden
26:17Reed being out and now we have basically three games of poor play from Tucker Craft. Has he looked good? You know,
26:22legitimately, no, he has not. But I still think he's going to need a minute to get his legs under him. He's
26:27performed poorly. So now feels like a good time to buy Tucker Craft, who again like I I want pieces of this very
26:34condensed target tree, whether it's Watson, whether it's Golden, whether it's Craft. And Craft is going to be the easiest player to buy right now. Better
26:42days are going to come. I think they're going to continue to think about how they get the ball out of Jordan Love's
26:47hands quickly. And we did see that last night a bit against the Falcons. They tried to get it into Craft's hands
26:51quickly. His Yak clearly not back there.
26:53But I do think, you know, week five, week six, we're going to start to see Tucker Craft like really ramp back up to
26:58the player that he was last year. So Craft is definitely a buy low for me.
27:01The next one, very boring. You're not going to like this one. But Jacobe Myers on the Jacksonville Jaguars. The reason I say that is because he is running the
27:08most routes of any receiver. Like Parker Washington, clear alpha, clear number one. Obviously, like top 10, maybe top six fantasy wide receiver asset going
27:15forward right now. Jacobe Myers running the most routes. And again, an offense that I want to be attached to. Week one,
27:21they're beating the [ __ ] out of Cleveland. They don't need to throw the ball a million times. Week two, they're
27:25playing Denver. Very tough matchup. This offense is eventually going to normalize and stabilize. They'll be a top 10 unit where they have normal game scripts, not
27:32against elite matchups or the worst matchups, and things will look good. BTJ clearly isn't it. Every time he's on the field, he's dropping passes and every
27:39time they're playing against top quarterbacks, he runs all his routes on the outside. So, he has to end up being smothered by that top quarterback.
27:45Pwash, again, he'll eat, but Jacobe Myers days will come. He might be sitting on the waiver wire for some of your leagues. Go pick him up ASAP. If
27:51you could throw pennies at him to grab Jacobe Myers, I think he's like the perfect long-term bi-week filling player. Offense we want to be attached
27:58to. Dudu clearly has chemistry with Trevor Lawrence. Did last year was the best receiver for them over the second half of the season. I still think he's a
28:05good receiver. Not getting a ton of opportunities right now, but better days ahead for Jacobe. All right, so we will wrap it up there. Thank you guys for
28:12watching this style of video. Let me know if you prefer the buy, sell, hold.
28:17will probably do this once a month. Buy, sell, hold, versus me just like giving you a list of five guys I I think you
28:22should buy, five guys I think you should sell. I don't know. You guys let me know. I don't have like a strong take, I
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