0:00Week seven fantasy football sleepers, players to stream and players to stash.
0:06I'm Theo Griminger right here at Rotoire. It's week seven. We We are very much into the middle of the season.
0:14Playoffs are right around the corner. It seems like far away, but it's really not. By the time you get to Halloween,
0:21it's already too late. Now you guys can't leave territory. And you might look back and say, "What could I have done better during by-weeks when I was
0:29missing some guys and I made these roster decisions and I just kind of threw a dart at the board and threw this
0:35guy in the lineup?" We want to take a step back. We want to make calculated moves when we're up against it. And
0:41that's what this show really is. A lot of you watching it and hey, I'm recording this on a Friday night, grinding, getting ready for for uh
0:49putting together this show, trying to find all the edges we can, but I'm putting this together on a Friday night.
0:54You're probably listening or watching this on a Saturday. You have holes in your lineup. You want to fill those holes and you want to do it in the best
1:02possible way that gives yourself a chance to win in a weekly game. And then for some of you, you're using this show
1:09as a waiverwire show of the future.
1:12Maybe some guys sitting on that waiver wire that you want to grab before your league mates battle for on Tuesday. We
1:20got you covered for both sides of the fence here. And we're going a little bit deep in this one because we're up
1:25against it. It's week seven and there's no time to waste. If you want my full flex rankings, go check them out.
1:31rotoire.com. Use the code theo40. Get 40% off. Let's start off right at the top. Quarterback Kirk Cousins against the Los Angeles
1:42Rams. And Cousins is an interesting one because Kirk Cousins has been playing well this year. when we start looking at touchdown pass leaders, Kirk Cousins is
1:52right up there um for for the NFL. I mean, this is a vintage Kirk Cousin uh season. And last week, Cousins goes up
2:01goes up and and has a really strong game against the Buffalo Bills. Really strong stuff from Kirk Cousins. 313 passing yards, two passing touchdowns. They lose
2:12by three points. Kind of like the story of what the Raiders were were looking at in this game. It's sort of a moral
2:19victory to go toe-to-toe with Josh Allen, lose by three. I don't think so.
2:23But I do think this week they are a live dog against this Los Angeles Rams team, the just lost to Arizona. And there's
2:31really a chance for Kirk Cousins to go out there and just grab this job for the rest of the season. And Fernando Mendoza
2:39is a looming presence. We've talked about him as a stash on this show, but if you get by the Rams this week and you
2:46get a big win over the Rams, then next week you go into Metife Stadium against the Jets thinking that you have a big
2:53chance. It gets really difficult for Cousins when we get to like week 9, week 10, week 11, and really week 12 for that
3:01matter. San Francisco in week nine on the road, Seattle in week 10, Denver in week 11 and Cleveland in week 12 on the
3:10road. I mean, these is this is a tough one, but with Kirk Cousins, you're looking at the quarterback 13 on the
3:16season. And I like him this week. If you're up against it and you're in a spot, we are going to value Kirk Cousins
3:23more in formats where it's it's six points for passing touchdowns as opposed to four point passing touchdowns. still viable there, but a little bit better in
3:32six-pointers. Another quarterback that we want to use this week, and I keep talking about him, and the guy's been on an absolute heater, and it's Aaron
3:40Rodgers. Aaron Rogers in Paris this week. Um, this is an interesting one.
3:45You get the 9:30 in the morning on the East Coast start. and Aaron Rodgers, if we look at what Aaron Rogers has been
3:52able to do and we take context, we love looking at uh blocks of the season as opposed to looking at big counting
3:59stats. You want to take advantage of fantasy managers in your league who simply look at counting stats without any context. Here's where Aaron Rogers
4:08has been the last four weeks of the season. quarterback 9 in week three, quarterback three in week four, quarterback 11 in week five, and
4:19quarterback 13 in week six this past week against Tampa Bay Buccaneers. And in that stretch of games, he's had at least two passing touchdowns in each and
4:29every one, including two touchdown passes last week against Tampa Bay. Now, this offense is very functional for for uh Rogers. And you've got Jeremy
4:40Bernard, an emerging threat at wide receiver. You've got DK Mechaf, who sort of looks rejuvenated this year and is certainly highly utilized with Aaron
4:49Rogers. You've got two tight ends that Rogers seems to like in Darnell Washington and of course Pat Frymouth, and he's targeting both of those guys.
4:57And then you've got Jaylen Warren who's been playing exceptional football. Uh slow week last week. I expect a little bit more Jaylen Warren this week, but
5:05you're going up against the Saints and that's sort of the oper operative word here. The Saints defense is allowing 29.7 points per game. That's tied for the
5:15worst in the league. So, if we're up against it, we're going to look to use Aaron Rodgers this week. Now, how long
5:21will this last for Aaron Rogers in like a turn back the clock moment for him where you're talking about the oldest
5:27starting quarterback in football? Aaron Rogers is 42 and a half years old. 42 and a half years old. So, shout out to
5:35all the old heads who are watching this show. One of us. One of us. Um Aaron Rogers is absolutely uh representing for
5:43the over 40 crowd out there and we love to see it. Now, how long is it going to last? I don't know. But this week
5:48against the Saints, you can get him in your lineup if you're up against it at quarterback. JJ McCarthy, New York Giants. We are going to stash. So, he
5:58gave you two streamers and Aaron Rogers and Kirk Cousins and we're going to give you a stash in JJ McCarthy. Now, JJ
6:05McCarthy is an interesting one because JJ McCarthy like was horrendous last year and last year matters, but he's young enough that there's a chance to
6:15turn things around. We see it all the time in the NFL. Not all the time.
6:18Sometimes when a player tells you who they are, that's just who they are. But then there's other players who get into
6:25a different situation and turn things around in their career. And with JJ McCarthy, we have two exceptional weapons. And I get again Justin
6:34Jefferson uh fantasy managers from last year rolling their eyes at me saying, "Yo, Theo, he had a pretty good weapon last year and he ruined them." But this
6:42past week, JJ McCarthy in a little less than a quarter had 243 passing yards against that same Saints team that we're
6:50talking about using Rogers against. He also had two rush attempts for 26 yards.
6:55So JJ McCarthy will push the ball downfield and he has mobility. Think back to week one how New York used Jackson Dart on those designed
7:04quarterback runs. I think you're going to see some of those those design runs for McCarthy to sort of get him going.
7:10And we are not I I'll repeat we are not going to use McCarthy this week on the road against the Houston Texans with
7:19McCarthy as like a 10-point dog. This is not the game to roll him out. But things get better in the second half of the
7:25season. Week eight is a by-week. Come back. Philly on the road in week nine.
7:30Who knows where Philly is going to be at at that point. There's a chance Philly is kind of a seller. Might send some
7:36players away at near the trade deadline, but Philly, whatever. We'll leave that to the side. Washington in week 10, a big time plus matchup. Indianapolis in
7:45week 12 indoors in Indianapolis plus matchup. garbage time potentially against San Francisco in week 13 in Metife Stadium. And here's where it gets
7:55fun. Here's where it gets fun. Could this be a chaotic season where we get to week 16 and week 17 and we're talking
8:02about streaming JJ McCarthy, Detroit Lions in week 16, Dallas in week 17, both games on the road, Malik Neighbors,
8:11Isaiah Likely, maybe a comeback story for JJ McCarthy. We're going to stash him. We're not going to use him this week. Looking at the quarterback
8:20position, another stash. I mean, if you're looking to stash, I think Michael Pennix could end up with another decent statline this
8:27week, but that's not interesting. And again, you're watching this show, you sort of know about these kind of guys.
8:33Let's go with some deep stashes for superflex managers. We're talking Drew Lockach and we're talking Joe Milton.
8:42and Joe Milton and Drew Lockach both have viable pathways to potentially get on the field this year. There is a lot
8:49of criticism with Sam Darnold this week.
8:52And guess what? Sam Darnold is up against it this week. Steve Spagnola is not going to hold back. This is a like
9:00slit your throat type environment for the Kansas City Chiefs to tee off against last year's Super Bowl champion.
9:06And there's a chance that Kansas City turns turns Sam Darnold over. and the turnovers are what's really hurting him.
9:12Now, do I think that they make a change in Seattle? Probably not. But we've got Sam Darnold throwing a ton of
9:19interceptions, not putting up fantasy numbers. I mean, it's absolutely disgusting the last couple of weeks. In week three, they lose the game in
9:28Washington. We all feel good about it because Darnold had four passing touchdowns. Then you get to week four, Chargers. He had 168 passing yards.
9:38Gross. Week five, 195 passing yards and two interceptions. They lose to San Francisco. Then week six, they lose to Denver last Thursday night. Sam Darnold
9:49had 51 pass attempts to get to 278 passing yards, but he had two more interceptions. So that is seven
9:59interceptions over his last four games played. If they lose to Kansas City, they've got Chicago in week eight. And then we're looking at sort of like the
10:09danger zone. Could they potentially make a switch? The coaching staff seems to like Drew Lockach and we know that Drew Lockach looked pretty good earlier this
10:16year when he filled in for Sam Darnold.
10:18Got that win in week one against New England, got the win in week two against Arizona. So we're we're rostering Drew
10:25Lock in deep superflex formats. The other player to consider rostering, and this one's a little bit more of a shot in the dark, but Joe Milton in
10:36Philadelphia, Joe Milton. Um, they this is an interesting one. Could he end up carving out a like a starting job?
10:45Milton's 26 years old, been with Dallas recently. We all know he's got like a cannon for an arm, like an insane cannon
10:52for an arm. He's got the size. there's always been sort of a hive when it comes to Joe Milton and could they end up um
11:00giving an opportunity to him at some point this year? Probably not. But if you're in a deep deep superflex format, I think those two guys are worth
11:08stashing. You already know Fernando Mendoza, but those are the two guys in deep superflex formats to consider stashing. Hey, we got JJ McCarthy. He's
11:16on the field now because Jameus Winston struggled. Now, that's a different situation than we're looking at uh certainly in Seattle, but similar a
11:25little bit to Philly with the fill-in quarterback.
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11:56Continuing to look at streamers and sleepers this week. We are going to absolutely stream Emanuel Wilson if you're up against it at running back. He
12:07gets another week with Zack Charbed. Uh Zack Charbet is being held back and I think they're being cautious with Charbanet. This is still a team that has
12:16big aspirations and Wilson nothing special against Denver. Really ugly stuff. And Denver has been very generous to opposing running backs, but not this
12:25one. They shut Wilson down. But when we look at Wilson, we should have anticipated volume in this one. He had 21 carries in week four, 20 carries in
12:35week five, 14 carries in week six. Also, he had that three catch 39 uh passing uh receiving yards game with a touchdown in
12:44week four. Two catches for 11 yards in week five. So, Emanuel Wilson is probably going to get somewhere in the range of 15 touches in this game against
12:53Kansas City. And Kansas City, there's a chance that they're completely selling out trying to take away Jackson Smith and Jigba. The one thing that's really
13:01working on the Seattle offense. So, it's going to open things up for other guys.
13:05Emanuel Wilson in the streaming uh territory. Another player to stash, Kamani Vidal. We don't know what's going to happen coming out of the by-week for
13:14Los Angeles, but heads could be rolling in LA. I'm surprised Mike McDaniel is not fired yet. And I think if the season
13:20keeps going in a tail spin, then Jim Harbaugh is definitely not safe despite making the playoffs in previous years.
13:27It's an ugly scene in LA and heads are going to roll if it continues. So, don't be surprised if they come out of the
13:34by-week with a bigger role for Kamani Vidal, a back who's shown some juice and we know Jim Harbaugh likes him a lot.
13:41Maybe he's a better fit for some of this nonsense Mike McDaniel's trying to throw out there every single week. Uh certainly Omarian Hampton, we hope
13:50better days ahead, but he might not be it, period. It's Kamani Vidal. I think he's the one you want to stash coming
13:56out of the by-week. And if we're wrong, it's not going to cost you too much because in a lot of shallow leagues,
14:01he's sitting there on the waiver wire.
14:02You can grab him for zero or a dollar.
14:04Um, we're also looking to potentially stream Blake Cororm. Now, I say potentially because this is a Kairen Williams week. It's a Kairen Williams
14:14week against Vegas, but the Raiders have allowed the fourth most rushing touchdowns. Now, Puka Nakua might not go. We get the report on Friday and make
14:24sure you're following Rotoire NFL on X for all of your late breaking news, injury developments. Our team is on top of it and absolutely crushing it on the
14:34news side. But Puka is going to get tested and see if he can go. Not what we want to hear on a
14:39Friday, especially with Devonte Adams out. So, this Rams offense, we'll talk about the pass catchers in a little bit, but if this becomes a no puka day,
14:49they're going to lean on Kyron Williams, but it's going to create new opportunities for Blake Corm. He might find the end zone. The Raiders have
14:56allowed the fourth most rushing touchdowns uh to opposing running backs this year.
15:01A desperation streamer and a player we want to stash is Tyrone Tracy. The Giants coaching staff is really down on Cam Scataboo. They completely nuked him,
15:12annihilated him last week. They also cut Naji Harris. Tyrone Tracy had two touchdowns last week and Tracy's looked good as a receiver for back-to-back
15:21weeks. Tyrone Tracy's had two 1,000yard from scrimmage seasons in the last two two seasons. So like Tracy's been fantasy friendly, has a chance to do
15:31some things post by week. Now the Giants are rumored to add another back, but could that be at the detriment of Cam
15:37Scataboo? the way this thing is going, it might be Tyrone Tracy just taking over this backfield post by week. Now, there's rumors out there. There's always
15:45going to be rumors, rumors about guys like Jonathan Taylor being linked to to New York. I think it's more like just
15:50trying to like uh line up the tea leaves. What team needs a running back?
15:54Could Could a team make a move for a guy like Taylor making a move like Giants might end up with somebody who's lesser
16:00than Tyrone Tracy as well and they might just go with another player for depth because Naji Harris didn't give them what they wanted. Devin Singleary didn't
16:08give him what they wanted and they're down on Scataboo. So Tracy might end up being the most valuable back in this
16:12backfield for the rest of the season. We want to stash him, not stream him unless we're in desperation mode because the
16:20matchup isn't great this week against the Houston Texans. Speaking of stashes, we are going to stash Seth McGawan. I brought up the Jonathan Taylor thing. I
16:31don't think he gets traded, but I do think that the Colts are reeling now.
16:35They extended Taylor before the year, so it would be a little like odd anytime you see a guy who's synonymous with a
16:41franchise get traded or move. Uh, then it's odd. It feels weird. I'm going to say never say never on this one. I don't
16:48think it's probable, but I think it's possible that Taylor could get moved.
16:52And if he gets moved, Seth McGawan's the next man in. McGawan had a little bit of off the- field stuff. Uh, push him down
16:59to the seventh round. Senior Bowl participant, but McGawan has the juice.
17:04He won the preseason battle for the handcuff job. Uh the media in Indianapolis likes him and they're starting to mix him in a little bit
17:11more. So there's a chance that McGawan ends up being just the starting running back for this Indianapolis Colts team if there's a move with Taylor. And even if
17:19there's not a move with Taylor, he still has contingent upside as a like forlike replacement that would get 15 touches or
17:25more if Taylor were to miss time. Now we're talking about streamers. We are going to consider streaming BAM Knight.
17:33The Denver Broncos backfield is getting crushed by opposing running backs. They were good last week, but the Denver Broncos backfield is getting crushed by
17:43opposing running backs. The Broncos are giving up 139.8 rushing yards a game uh with six rushing
17:52touchdowns. And that's second worst in the NFL in terms of rushing yards allowed per game. So, we know that last week Arizona leaned into the running
18:01game and they got the win, but Bam Knight completely completely outplayed Tyler Algier. And you wonder if the Algier volume will go down this week and
18:12it'll be a little bit more for Bam Knight. Bam Knight had 15 carries for 80 yards and he had two catches for 18
18:19yards. He had 98 total yards on 17 touches. Tyler Algier had 19 touches for only 48 total yards. Incredibly
18:28inefficient as a runner. 18 carries for 38 rushing yards. Disgusting. And Bam Knight played well last week. Looked good. Looked the part. Um it feels like
18:39inevitable that Bam Knight each and every year has like a one month where he's fantasy viable. I think he's fantasy viable this week. I made the
18:46statement to Jacob Gibbs. I think he's a top 20, top 22 running back this week.
18:51And I think, God, that's gross. But if you're in like a a baseball or excuse me, if you're in a if you're in a DFS
18:59lineup, not best baseball, my brain's losing on a Friday night, but if you are in a DFS and you want like a a cheap
19:06cheap cheap cheap cheap option, there's a couple of cheap options this week at running back. And there's also running back in general is just kind of gross in
19:12DFS this week when you get down to a certain level. So, hey, might as well throw a dart throw at that one. Could
19:18Bam Knight get 16 17 touches this week?
19:21I think he could. There's a chance he also catches some passes in this one.
19:24So, keep an eye on Bam Knight in this one. Another player that we want to stash and we also can consider streaming
19:31if we are in a Troubine is Mike Washington of the Vegas Raiders. Now, Mike Washington looks like he's got a little bit of juice and I think the
19:40coaching staff knows it. He had a season high in snaps and a season high in production this past week.
19:48He had 50 total yards. Um, and he also got a couple of red zone touches. So, he's had nine carries in two out of his
19:55last three weeks. Did nothing up until, I mean, really did nothing last week, but they gave him opportunities in the red zone. Just didn't deliver, but he
20:04had nine carries for 43 yards. That's 4.8 yards per carry. Ashton Genty, on the other hand, got the rushing touchdown, but was terrible. He had 10
20:14carries for 22 yards. And Genty looks hurt. I know Genty's getting the receptions and I think that's sort of keeping him afloat. And the highv value
20:23touches are there for Genty. I get it. I understand the highv value touches matter. So if Gent is going to get four
20:28catches and a rushing touchdown, then he's fine. You don't need to worry about it. But when I look at a guy like Genty
20:35who over the last two weeks has 20 carries for 49 yards, that's not getting it done. Sub3 yard per carry runner.
20:44He's had sub three yards per carry in four out of his last five games for Genty. That's not getting it done. So
20:52Mike Washington, we all know how good he was and I think Gent is not getting it done and Genty looks banged up. So in a
20:59game where we talk about Vegas being a live dog, are they going to look to attack this Rams team? Now the the Rams
21:06the Rams are getting a little bit banged up on both sides of the ball. Um, and we know that Arizona used a lot of rush
21:13attempts last week and long sustainable drives. Could Vegas try to emulate that model? Hopefully with a lot of Brock Bowers mixed in. But Mike Washington in
21:21play. We're also going to stash Dylan Samson. If Dylan Samson hasn't gotten picked up, you should pick him up because the the contingent upside for
21:30Samson is there in Cleveland. Judkins going to play. Judkins is back and he's playing through some being banged up and Judkins is the guy there. But if Judkins
21:40were to miss time, Dylan Samson would be the next man in. We know that he was a fourthround pick in 2025 and he has
21:45two-way ability and some explosiveness.
21:48He's the next man in in Cleveland. Dylan Samson should be rostered. Then you've got Jonah Coleman. I know a lot of you
21:54are like, "Not in my league, bro. Where am I going to pick up Jonah Coleman?"
21:57But in some leagues, Jonah Coleman's out there. Jonah Coleman's going to be back this week. Now JK Dobbins has been getting it done. He doesn't look very
22:06good, but he's been getting it done. And I talked about R.J. Harvey and Jonah Coleman as trade targets on my trade
22:14show. You can go listen to that one. I mentioned Coloulston Lovelin. That one's looking pretty good after Thursday night. Hopefully I run pure this week.
22:21Uh we try to get a lot more right than we get wrong here at Rotoire and that was a pretty good start to the week with
22:26Lovelin who had insane volume and good production last night. But JK Dobbins had 17 carries for 41 yards and a touchdown last week. The touchdown saved
22:36the week. 17 rush attempts for only 41 yards. That's 2.4 yards per attempt according to my math. You can fact check
22:44me. Let me know is the math correct. But I look at the previous three weeks, not much better. 2.9 in week three, 3.6 in
22:52week four, and 3.8 in week five. Shawn Payton's calling plays here, and I know that they love JK Dobbins, and JK
22:58Dobbins is a warrior. There's veteran deference there. You want to like give your veteran the chance and all that, but Jonah Coleman's good. And Jonah
23:07Coleman had a lot of juice in the preseason, a lot of hype from the coaching staff. And Jonah Coleman looked like he was going to be on his way and
23:15then had this IR stint. So week two against Jacksonville, Jonah Coleman had 10 carries for 39 yards and a touchdown and also gave you three catches for 19
23:25yards. He had 15 14.8 PPR points if we're keeping it very accurate, but 15 PPR points essentially. And it felt like
23:33Jonah Coleman was trending up then. Then the stint on the IR. Well, he's back and this is a chance against Arizona to
23:41maybe get things going. And then Denver has a huge one. They got Kansas City at home in Denver in week eight and then
23:49Carolina on the road. So, there's a chance that this backfield's in flux, but I want to fade JK Dobbins. RJ Harvey's rostered everywhere, but Jonah
23:58Coleman might still be out there. Not in my league, bro, but in a lot of leagues out there right now. Jonah Coleman's
24:03still out there. Make sure he's not rostered in your show. If you're watching this on YouTube, hit that pause button. Go grab Jonah Coleman. Stick him
24:10on your bench. If you're listening on the on the podcast, pause your podcast.
24:14Hopefully, you're not driving, but if you're not driving, add them on your roster and go from there. Don't let don't let's not get to waiverss this
24:20week with Jonah Coleman and have to read somebody saying add Jonah Coleman off of waivers. Jonah Coleman has a chance to
24:26take over this backfield. And we like we like to say on Rotoire, the trend is your friend. back-to-back years, we've had fourth round running backs making
24:35big fantasy impacts. Cam Scataboo last year before he got hurt looked like he was going to be a league winner. Bucky
24:41Irving the year before was like a second half of the year league winner. Fourth rounders and the next one in Jonah
24:48Coleman. That's your fourth rounder this year. Rookie running backs haven't done anything this year. Jadarian Price leaving a lot to be desired. Jeremiah
24:55Love leaving a lot to be desired. Maybe Mike Washington and Jonah Coleman end up making an impact this year and sort of
25:02change the trajectory for these rookie running backs. And we still are keeping a candle burning for Jeremiah Love as well. Let's look at the wide receiver
25:09position. Canada Mumfield, LA Rams. And I see people clowning on Canada Mumfield where they're like think it's sort of like bad process to add this guy. Do we
25:20really know everything about Canada Mumfield? The guy's 23 years old and he hasn't really had the opportunity and I think he's going to get a big
25:26opportunity now and we know that Shawn McVey is a kingmaker when it comes to playmakers. So Kadina Bumfield, there's toughness there. The team likes him. Uh
25:36it's a guy that apparently has good blocking ability and the team values him and we'll see how good a blocker he is
25:41in a full-time role. I mean more pressure on you, but Canada Mumfield um has a chance to do some things. He's
25:48going to be on the field an absolute ton. And we do know that when Canada Mumfield had a big opportunity, it was
25:54week three against Denver and he had four catches for 93 yards and a touchdown on eight targets. Could we end up seeing another eight targets or so
26:02for Mumfield um in a game where Pukanakua might not be playing? I think we can. The the thing we want to look
26:09for with Mumfield is not necessarily the final stats. That's why I want to stash Kamata Mumfield. We want to see him
26:15dominate snaps over players like Jordan Whittington and Tutu Atwell. That's what we want to see from Canada Mumfield. We
26:24want to see him dominate snaps over wide receivers that we think he's going to be running against. If the snaps are split,
26:31then maybe I'm misreading this situation. But I think Mumfield looks like the next man in.
26:37And he's got a big opportunity here with Dvonte Adams injured and now Puka Nakua banged up. Even if Nua plays, Mefield
26:44should be stashed to sort of see where this thing goes. Staying at the wide receiver position, we want to stash Jacobe Lane. Jacobe Lane, we know how
26:54this started with Jacobe Lane. Jacobe Lane had like this amazing preeason where Lane moved up and up and up. If you were drafting like FFPC, NFC, Lane
27:05was like a 10th round pick by the time you got to Vegas and New York City for those live drafts. There was a hive for
27:13Jacobe Lane. And in week one, it looked like Jacobe Lane was going to be that guy. There was like a possession where
27:19he was targeted three times in the end zone. One was like a penalty. Um, but three times in a row they targeted him
27:27in week one in the end zone. Then he got hurt. Then he missed all this time.
27:31returned last week against Cleveland.
27:32Four catches for 40 yards on five targets. Played about half the game.
27:38Now, we'd feel better about things if Lamar Jackson was going to play. And maybe he plays, maybe he doesn't. We'll find out this week, but he'll be back
27:46soon enough. You've got Buffalo in week 8, Jacksonville in week nine, Carolina in week 11. I'm seeing potential highscoring games, and I think there's a
27:54big place for Jacobe Lane. Now, can Jacobe Lane become like the new Mark Andrews in this offense? Last week, Mark Andrews was outtargeted and outproduced
28:03by Josh Quavvis. So, you've got, you know, a chance to be the number two target behind Zay Flowers. And Jacobe Lane's a monster. He, this guy's like
28:126'5, not bulky. Like, he's got like the quote unquote like basketball type build, long, uh, has a huge wingspan, a chance to really do damage in the end
28:23zone. So, Jacobe Lane, we want to stash him. And I think when we get to maybe next week, we're talking about streaming
28:29Jacobe Lane. So, make sure he's not available anywhere.
28:33Desperation stream. And I don't even want to put it out there. I don't even want to put it out there. I would much
28:40rather just stash. But there's going to be a lot of you out there trying to throw a dart at the San Francisco uh the
28:48San Francisco wide receivers. And I can't blame you. Atlanta has gotten absolutely fried by opposing wide receivers all season long. Um I I think
28:59that the move is just to to stash Christian Kirk, but if I'm in a true bind and I need to throw a dart at a San
29:07Francisco wide receiver, I'd rather go into the unknown with Christian Kirk than trying to use a guy like Watkins or Brandon Cooks. But I think at the very
29:17least Christian Kirk needs to get stashed to see where this thing goes.
29:22There's a chance Christian Kirk sort of carves in a role here. And of course you're still stra uh stashing Dejon Stribbling, but he's rostered in most
29:31most leagues. Christian Kirk's going to be available in some of them. It's going to be a George KD Christian McCaffrey game, but I think there's a chance one
29:39of the 49ers wide receivers sort of separates themselves. Um and I think it's going to be Christian Kirk. just a sort of a gut feel
29:47slot, a lot of slot work maybe. Um, we'll see. We'll see. Christian, I mean, can't believe I'm talking about Christian Kirk uh in 2026. But here we
29:55are. Here we are. 49ers wide receiver room is wild. And you know what? It doesn't matter. Brock Pur is still going
30:01to go out there and put up stats this week cuz he's just balling. Uh, Ted Hurst stash.
30:08Amecha Ibuka is missing this week's game. I've talked about Ted Hurst as a stash multiple weeks. I mean, I'm just like I'm I'm getting tired here. I'm
30:17getting tired of talking about the same guys, but we are keeping a candle burning for Ted Hurst. And I'm sure there's going to be a lot of people out
30:26there getting excited about Chris Godwin this week with Noah Ibuka. Um, and I get it, but Godwin hasn't scored 10 points
30:33once all season long. He's been on the field a ton. Chris Godwin had one six catch game. Chris Godwin hasn't had more
30:42than 46 receiving yards any game this year. Looks kind of cooked to me. Ted Hurst, though, has some life there.
30:50Third round pick. We We've seen him flash. We saw the touchdown catch in week three against Minnesota. Had 40 yards in that one on one catch. This
30:59past week against Pittsburgh, three catches for 40 yards and he had six targets. So, he got a seven target game and he's got a six target game. Ted
31:08Hurst could be a second half of the year guy. Get Baker Mayfield back. Maybe you get Chris Godwin sort of regressing.
31:15Gets a little bit banged up. There's a pathway for Ted Hurst. He can play. And then there's a couple of guys sort of
31:21overthinking uh Omar Cooper Jr. and Jaylen Null. Like we're going to we're going to stream.
31:28You know, unless you're in a super shallow league, these kind of guys you are fortunate to have on your bench.
31:34Omar Cooper last week had seven targets, six catches, 103 yards, and a touchdown.
31:39He had a one catch before he got injured in week one that went for like 30 yards.
31:43Omar Cooper on a limited sample size looks a lot like Indiana Omar Cooper, the player who was drafted in the first
31:49round who led the Hooers in touchdown catches, led the Hooers in targets, uh, playing next to Elijah Serat, who's a fourth round pick in Baltimore,
32:00and Charlie Becker, who to me looks like maybe a top 10 pick. I said that one and you know people try to argue semantics
32:07but Charlie Becker's a we'll call him a top 20 pick in the NFL draft. He's a beast and Omar Cooper led that room
32:13first round pick. Now Adnai Mitchell was really good to start the year and I get it. Adnai Mitchell sort of could change
32:20things here and you guys know I love Adnai Mitchell but Omar Cooper it's going to be hard to put that back in the
32:27box after what we just saw last week.
32:29and they're going up against the Miami Dolphins. And the Dolphins are a fantastic matchup. The Dolphins are allowing the highest completion
32:38percentage of any team in the NFL. And they've allowed 11 receiving touchdowns.
32:43They've gotten shredded by opposing tight ends, but it doesn't feel like a Kenyan Sadique week. It feels like an Omar Cooper Junior week. We're going to
32:50continue to use him. He was the number one waverwire ad for me this week. Last week, my number one waiverwire ad was
32:57Jeremy Bernard. He put up a really big week. He's in everyone's lineup this week. We can't even talk about him. And
33:02if somebody's talking about Jeremy Bernard on a sleeper show, turn it off because he's not a sleeper. He's already there. But Omar Cooper, I don't think
33:11people are fully buying into what they saw. Use your eyes. Look at what Omar Cooper did. And I get New England was
33:18selling out to try to take away Garrett Wilson. I get it. I get it. I watch these games, too. But Omar Cooper, he
33:25looks like a monster out there. And this is a firstround pick who just had a big big productive week. We're not
33:30overthinking it. We're using Omar Cooper against the Miami Dolphins. And there's no chance I'm talking about him on the Waverwire show this week because he's
33:38already been picked up in any single competitive league. But if he's available in your league or he's sitting there on your bench, then pick him up or
33:46strongly consider using him this week in the flex. Let's ride this heater. I think Gino Smith knows what he has in
33:52Omar Cooper Jr. as well. Casey Conpsion streaming radar this week. We've been waiting for a potential game for Casey
34:01Conpsion like all year and Casey's given us some floor plays, but we haven't had a ceiling game for KC. I feel like I'm
34:09going to mix in a little bit of Casey Conpsion in in maybe maybe maybe a cheap DFS lineup or two. I the DFS optimizer
34:18at Rotoire is awesome. I've been cashing in DFS for multiple weeks in a row. love using it, but Casey Conpsion is not
34:26really a guy I've been considering. But this week against Tennessee, it just feels like maybe it's the right spot. He only had 7.9 points last week.
34:35Disgusting 1.5 against the Jets in week five. Before that, he had five catches for 64 yards against Pittsburgh, but the targets have been there. He's had at
34:45least five targets in all but one game this year. He's had an eight target game. He's had a nine-target game. He
34:50had six last week. And the Tennessee Titans have been uh very very uh generous on underneath throws to slot
35:00receivers and also just low A dot kind of looks and Tennessee allows 13.8 catches per game to opposing wide receivers. So could Casey end up having
35:10a game? Denzel Boston's already probably a lineup consideration for many of you.
35:15I know he is for me, but this feels like it could be a Casey Conpsion game. And then Jaylen Null. Jaylen Null. People
35:22are overthinking this one as well. I get it. Nico Collins is Nico Collins and Marvin Harrison Jr. has a clear role on
35:29this team. We could have talked about Marvin Harrison Jr. as a streamer, but Jaylen Null um and Marvin Harrison Jr.
35:36absolutely should be rostered, see where this thing goes. He looked good last week, but I feel like he is. Jaylen Null
35:41people are overthinking. They're expecting things to end for Jaylen Null, but the Texans are passing at an incredibly high rate. And Jaylen Null,
35:50despite the target share not being that high, is putting up really awesome numbers the last three weeks. 11.9
35:57points, 15.2 points, and 20.7 points.
36:02Very good stuff from Jill Null. We will continue to use him this week. He's a wide receiver three. He's in the flex
36:08consideration. A quick Oh, and a and we absolutely need to stash Antonio Williams. Antonio Williams because it's a by-week is going to be on a lot of
36:19waiver wires, but he shouldn't. Antonio Williams has a chance at a big role over the second half of the year in
36:25Washington. Terry McLaren is done for the year. Trayon Burks is going to get some opportunities, but you're talking about a veteran. You sort of know what
36:32Burks is. Antonio Williams, third round pick out of Clemson. They're using him in creative ways. He can get he's got the explosiveness to make plays
36:41downfield and he looks good with the ball in his hands. the role will grow with Antonio Williams for this offense 100%. Uh I feel confident in Antonio
36:51Williams rest of the season as a guy that we all want to stash. You don't want to be without any Antonio Williams
36:57sort of the way we're looking at it. And I know I've been high on him before and I didn't necessarily get it right, but I
37:02feel like this is a new window with no Terry McLaren and you get this chance to sort of reshuffle the deck in this by
37:10week. How is Washington going to look when they come out of the buy? I think Antonio Williams gets ramped up and
37:15Stefon Diggs has already dealt with some knocks and he's super old. So, you got another old wide receiver who potentially could miss some time. If
37:23Diggs goes down, Williams would be a massive waiverwire ad. A quick note that this show and all of my shows are
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37:42make Sundays more enjoyable using the better app. That's B TR. Better. Talking about the tight ends, maybe the number
37:51one stash of the week is Chigonquo. Uh last two games, 11 catches for 129 yards. Chig looks good. Had seven targets, had seven catches against San
38:01Francisco this past week. Chig looks like he can be a tight end one, a top 12 tight end for the rest of the season. We
38:09know Chig has had some weeks of viability in the past when he was in Tennessee, but now you've got an opportunity that he can operate as the
38:17number two target in this passing game.
38:19Has a chance to make plays each and every week for Washington. And we know Jaden Daniels likes to utilize the tight
38:25end. We've seen seasons past with Zack Z producing. Chica Conquo is a player who is a must stash right now. Now, a player
38:33who we absolutely can stream this week, and I think he's a streamer kind of top 15 tight end moving forward, Michael
38:43Mayer, Vegas Raiders. Seven catches for 95 yards last week against Buffalo to the detriment of Brock Bowers. But Mayor got it going. And Michael Mayer has been
38:53playing quite well. Uh you're talking about a former second round pick who's now rejuvenated with Clint Kubak.
39:00Michael Mayer at one point was considered a top-notch prospect, second round pick, but many projected him to be a firstrounder in that draft. The only
39:09firstrounder in that draft class was Daltton King, but Michael Mayer went before Sam Leaporta. He went before Tucker Craft in the same draft class.
39:20So, Michael Mayer had some pedigree coming out. It's been a very disappointing start to his career, but this year he's got a new lease on life.
39:28six catches for 32 yards in week one against Miami without Bowers. Seven targets only 9.2 points, but six catches, seven targets. If you fall in
39:38the end zone with that line as a tight end, all of a sudden you're a hero. Uh, but enough note there. Then what's
39:44interesting is week three, New Orleans, Bowowers comes back and Michael Mayer has a touchdown catch and 12.2 PPR points. the following week against
39:55Kansas City, eight catches for 82 yards and 16.2 PPR points. He was terrible in week five. Did nothing against New England. But then last week against
40:05Buffalo, a season high 16.5 PPR points and nine targets. So two out of his last three games, he's had 16 points or more.
40:16And he's had at least 12 in three out of his last four. and he's had a ninetarget uh game and a 10 target game over his
40:23last three games played. I mean, if I said this with a bunch of tight ends that were not the tight end two in their
40:30offense, you'd say, "Okay, that's a guy I'm going to consider starting at an ugly tight end spot." But with Mayor, there's always sort of this apprehension
40:37because, oh, Theo, am I am I allowed to start a tight end, too? Am I allowed?
40:43All these content creators tell me that I can't use a tight end from the same team. that it just doesn't work out. It
40:49usually doesn't work out, but this is a little different. Vegas is in 12.
40:53They're running two tight end sets all the time. Brock Bowers is a wide receiver. He's a tight end, but he's a
40:59wide receiver. He's an elite wide receiver. And Brock Bowers is essentially the wide receiver one on this offense. Guys like Trey Tucker are
41:07the biggest target competition. So, Michael Mayer has a pathway there. And then we talked about Ashen Genty. If Genty were to miss and we're not, we
41:15hope this doesn't happen, but if Genty has a little bit of reagravation and misses some time, then Mike Washington is not the same pass catcher out of the
41:23backfield that Genty is. So, there's a chance that the tight ends become even more dominant. It's Brock Bowers as much as he can handle. Bowowers might have
41:32the best tight end season of all time this year. There's no hyperbole. He could he could put it together and have
41:37the highest points per game average of any tight end in fantasy football history this year. But Michael Mayer can also give us viability and be a low-end
41:46tight end one high-end tight end two rest of the season, including this week.
41:50And contingent upside, we say stream and we stay stash. Because if Bowowers were to miss time, I probably would have to
41:58take a week off of podcasting because I'd be so depressed. But if Bowowers were to miss time, Michael Mayer would be a top eight tight end, maybe top six
42:08some weeks. He would have a huge role in this offense. So, Michael Mayer, we want you to stream or stash. Get him on your
42:15roster. Good player to roster. Looking at the tight end position, Kobby Parkinson and Tyler Higgby. Tyler Higgby is the one I'm more confident in. And
42:25with no Puka, Higgby would all be an almost mustart. Even with Pukanakua, Higgby is going to be a tight end one
42:32this week. We saw Higgby in three out of his last four weeks be very very fantasy viable. Now, the one week where he
42:39wasn't was this past week where Kobby Parkinson cut into everything, but Tyler Higgby still led the tight end room in snaps and he still had four targets.
42:48Just a poor outing against Arizona and a lot of people had him in their lineup.
42:52But the three games before that, 20 points against Denver, 11.7 against Philly, 13.3 against Buffalo. So very, very fantasy friendly. Tyler Higgby can
43:03be used this week as a streamer. Now, if you're in desperation mode and you're looking for a streamer at the tight end
43:10position, Kobby Parkinson, Kobby Parkinson scores touchdowns. That's what he does. We know Kobby Parkinson last year had a very high touchdown catch
43:21total. uh had this like out of nowhere uh career year where he just like kind of came out of nowhere and had eight
43:31touchdown catches and most of those touchdown catches were over the second half of the year. So Parkinson had eight touchdown catch season last year. Um
43:39only 43 catches but eight were touchdowns and then this past week scored a touchdown. So I don't want to use Kobby Parkinson. I'd much rather use
43:48Higgby, but if I'm really up against it and I really am chasing it, I mean, we've got some injuries here and we're
43:54monitoring some guys like Tyler Warren not playing this week. Brenton Strange on on on uh on a by-week. You've got obviously, you know, Chicka Kong on a
44:03by-week. Like, you've got you're dealing with King Kades on a by-week. So, some of you are up against it. Higgby confident. Parkinson, we need a
44:11touchdown. But if Puka doesn't play, then all these guys are viable. And the one we want to stash, Terrence Ferguson.
44:18Stash Terren Ferguson when he comes back off the IR. And it could be a while.
44:22Obviously, if you have an IR spot, he's more valuable than if you don't. But Terren Ferguson, the thesis with Terren Ferguson about having contingent upside
44:32if Devonte Adams were to miss time. We are there. You are. You are there. Will Devonte Adams be back this year? Maybe,
44:39maybe not. But Terrence Ferguson, when we get to like week nine, week 10, week 11, Ferguson could be a valuable one.
44:46So, we want to make sure we roster him.
44:48A lot of tight ends we talked about for the Rams. But again, little something for everybody. We'll also talk about two
44:54other desperation streamers here. Kate Utten, we talked about Ted Hurst, but Kate Utten is going to have a role this week. This is probably a little bit more
45:03intriguing for you that play tight end premium, but Autton has like if you consume my content last year, year before. I mean, I I referred to Kadeing
45:14as picking like the bottom of the barrel tight end that I would be like consider using in a game. And I don't want to use
45:20Kate Uton. Again, this is bottom of the barrel scraping. Scraping the bottom of the barrel about as hard as we can, but
45:28Carolina's not a bad matchup. And without Ibuka, we're asking Ted Hurst to take on a big role. I don't have a lot
45:35of confidence in Godwin. Would I use Kate Uton if I was down bad in a tight end premium format? I probably still
45:42wouldn't feel great about it, but I do know that he will be on the field a lot.
45:47Um, don't feel good about it. Don't feel feel good about it at all. And we do know that like this the splits for um
45:55the splits for Autton over the years when they were missing starting uh wide receivers in Tampa Bay um are good. So
46:03we know Baker and I should have mentioned Baker Mayfield with the quarterbacks. Um he's one to stash because I don't think Baker is going to
46:10look as bad as he did the first couple of weeks of the year. But we do know that Kate Dottton with Baker Mayfield,
46:17you've had these random Kate Dton games when wide receivers are missing, maybe you get it this week. You're really bottom scraping. I do feel better about
46:24using AJ Barner if I'm really trying to look for a tight end option. I I again, I think that the Chiefs are going to do
46:32everything they can to try to limit Jackson Smith and Jigba and make someone else beat them, but the Chiefs have also
46:39been extremely generous to opposing uh tight ends. AJ Barner. It's a really tough one to start because the production just hasn't been there. It's
46:48been three straight awful weeks for Barner. But it's KC. It's in KC and they need to get something going. Um, again,
46:57when we look at Kansas City, also this Greg Doolsich had five catches for 55 yards against KC. Bowowers and Michael Mayer combined for like 14 catches, 168
47:08yards, and a touchdown. Now obviously Barner is not Brock Bowers and Barner really isn't Michael Mayer. But then you look at Charlie Kolar and Aronda Gadson.
47:17They had six catches combined. So Kansas City has been giving up catches to opposing tight ends. Could we see a random AJ Barner week? A lot of names
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