Fantasy Football Today - Beat the Waiver Wire! Favorite Players to STASH ahead of Week 5! + Cowboys-Giants Recap! FFT Express

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Starting point is 00:00:27 Insurance designed for life. Let's beat the waiver wire. Let's set our lineups. Let's talk about Thursday Night Football. Let's do it all right now on FFT Express. It's Adam and Dave. Hello, Dave. Hello, Adam.

Starting point is 00:00:45 Hello, sir. All right Adam. Hello, sir. All right, so let's beat the waiver wire. We do have four teams on by next week, so we've got to get out in front of it a little bit here. And we've got the Bears, who have just a really good schedule coming up. So we could look at Kemet, or you could look at Keenan Allen. I just want to bring him up.

Starting point is 00:01:01 I know that for a lot of people, Keenan Allen is not available, but he is 78% rostered. And that maybe you could argue should be closer to 100. So let's go ahead and get Keenan Allen on our rosters. But who do you want to stash right now? I like the idea of stashing Darnold. I like the idea of considering stashing Justin Fields. These are two quarterbacks that, look,

Starting point is 00:01:22 I can't say that they've got great matchups in week number five, but they are playing well. And so in the case of fields against Dallas, maybe that's a spot where he will be able to run a little bit more. Okay. Options. I would still rather there's other names that you have on the list, like Gino Smith, even though he's got the Niners, Aaron Rogers, the Giants next. Oh, yes. The Giants. Never mind. Yeah, I'm two weeks ahead on Geno. No, Geno would be awesome. Caleb is interesting. Like, we're going to talk about a lot of Bears as waiver wire guys,

Starting point is 00:01:52 but Caleb is interesting. He started to show signs of making some outstanding throws in week number three, and you mentioned it, the schedule. Starting week five, it's Carolina. It's Jacksonville. I know there's a bye in there, but he's somebody that can get you through those bye weeks, no question about it.

Starting point is 00:02:06 Okay. Yeah. The thing is like, there aren't a ton of quarterbacks who are available and are appealing in, you know, in available in a lot of leagues. So hopefully one of the Caleb Williams, Aaron Rogers, Gino Smith, Kirk cousins group could be available to you. Otherwise it's going to be, and maybe Andy Dalton, we'll see what he does. We got a stash Roshan Johnson, right? 48% roster.

Starting point is 00:02:24 Yes. see what he does we gotta stash roshan johnson right 48 roster yes he's gonna continue to be in at minimum a passing downs role for chicago we talked about that on on the main show and i think that he could be in line for anywhere from 9 to 13 touches and maybe a little bit more on top of that but certainly somebody that can get you by as a bi-week replacement at RB. Okay. So that's Roshan Shah. Any other running, there should be other running backs. I'm glad you brought that up because Roshan's good, but he's not going to be my favorite. Kareem Hunt is available in about as many leagues as Roshan. I'd rather stash him. Why? I don't know. I just like, I don't really see it with him i just i don't he's he's

Starting point is 00:03:06 like an emergent to me he feels like a break glass in case of emergency i don't know if the chiefs view him the same way and if did you watch carson steel from week three i watched the game so i didn't go back and watch the tape but i thought he was fine i thought he was fine i just don't know if he's elusive i don't know if he can make certainly i don't think they're ready to have him play on third downs and i know that they've got some ajp rhyme for that kareem hunt could do that if they needed and kareem hunt might actually have a little bit more explosiveness than carson seal i know it sounds silly i've got a 29 year old have more explosiveness than than this undrafted rookie but he might and i think the fact that he's ascended quickly from the practice squad to

Starting point is 00:03:45 the roster does make Kareem hunt interesting. I would like to stash him and I would consider him ahead of Roshan because Roshan is still going to be sharing with two other running backs. And it sounds like Khalil Herbert is going to be the goal line guy for Chicago. Like that's his role. Yeah. And that makes me nervous as far as upside goes for any running back in Chicago, but Kareem hunt is on the list. Emmanuel Wilson is on the list. We talked

Starting point is 00:04:10 about Tyler bidet. He's a rookie in Denver, more of a deep league stash than anything else, but he's on the list at running back as well. And again, I'm going to say it again. I don't have a ton of conviction, but Clyde Edwards, he layerire, he's there, and he was the number two running back in the preseason, has a chance to play next week. So he's 17% rostered. Any wide receivers you want to stash? I'm looking at the list that we had on the show. A lot of the guys are already rostered in a lot of leagues.

Starting point is 00:04:37 Cortland Sutton, Jordan Addison, DeAndre Hopkins, Darnell Mooney. Mooney's the one that would be of interest, but I'm nervous about how that offensive line looks moving forward for the Falcons and whether or not Kirk Cousins will have time to really attack downfield. That's where Mooney has been making a bunch of big plays. There was a report that Mike Williams was going to get more involved in the passing game for the Jets. I don't know whose expense that would come from, but if he's playing and he's going to be certainly a red zone target, but also someone that can work the perimeter and one-on-one matchups,

Starting point is 00:05:09 that's someone that I wouldn't mind having on my bench. I didn't want to draft Mike Williams, but now would be the time to get him going and for the jets. And certainly for fancy managers is a bi-week replacement at receiver. All right, let's take a break. We'll answer some questions and do a quick recap of the Cowboys and the giants after this. Did you know 66% of utility damage is caused by not requesting a locate?

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Starting point is 00:05:54 2023 Dirt Report. Giants, Cowboys, Cowboys with a five-point win. I think it was 20-15. La Fugue Colfest. I was saying to Dave earlier, I have a league with AJ Brown, Puka Nakua, Joe Mixon,

Starting point is 00:06:07 and tank Dell. My top three receivers are all out. My, my starting running back is out. I started Rico Dowdle and Wanda Robinson at a PPR league, and it may not be enough, but I got a lot more than I thought I would. And I really think those are the only two,

Starting point is 00:06:20 you know, interesting players to talk about coming out of this game. You know what to do with lamb, you know what to do with neighbors. Ferguson's a must start. That's pretty much, you know, interesting players to talk about coming out of this game. You know what to do with lamb, you know what to do with neighbors. Ferguson's a must start. Dak's pretty much, you know, he's a good start. Um, what do you say? What about Dowdle and Rob? Who do you think is more valuable rest of season Dowdle Robinson? I think, I think I would say Robinson just because of the fact that he's going to have to continue to have a lot of games with high target volume and high catches. And so if you're going to get a lot of catches and it's full PPR,

Starting point is 00:06:47 that's someone who could be another, again, another player that you could find. I don't know what his roster ship is. Wanda was like 30% or something. He's 30% roster. It's too late to add them for this week. You can't beat the waiver wire now, but when waivers start happening before week five,

Starting point is 00:07:04 you could use him as a replacement at wide receiver for sure. Because while he wasn't the first read very often, at least I didn't think he was the first read very often. He was the second read a lot, especially when Daniel Jones was pressured and that's going to continue to happen. And because the giants couldn't run the ball. Well, he's an alternative in the offense to running. It's a short throw, high percentage throw, let him make a play after catching the ball. So I don't mind him in PPR. I think that he's actually a good guy to have on a fantasy bench.

Starting point is 00:07:33 With Dowdle, it's about how much more work will the Cowboys give him. Through the first four games of the season, he's been right around 45% of a snap share. Last night, Thursday night, his first game with double-digit carries. So I want to see them use him more and they should use him more, but this is actually another three headed backfield. Zeke is working a decent amount. It doesn't mean he's taking a lot of snaps and a lot of carries away from Rico Dowdle,

Starting point is 00:07:57 but he's in the mix. And then they've been using their fullback Hunter Lepke on third downs. So this is kind of a mess. I don't think there will be many more games where Rico Dowdle will be like this, but if the Cowboys ever did make the decision to shrink it from three running backs to two, Dowdle would be the guy to get that opportunity.

Starting point is 00:08:15 I would absolutely be happy to have Dowdle on my bench as a RB to use as a bi-week replacement for the rest of the season. Okay. Let's read some questions here. First of all, this is ridiculous. Jack steel had 70 yards on 17 carries. Give Kareem hunt. 17 carries is going over a hundred and getting a touchdown.

Starting point is 00:08:32 What Kareem hunt averaged like 3.2 yards per carry last year. It is last two seasons. His longest run, I think is 23 yards. Give me a break. I'm not ready to say that he would get over 100 yards on that amount of carries. But you have to at least accept the fact that he's fresh now and that he's starting to get back into football shape. The Chiefs definitely like him.

Starting point is 00:08:55 They would not have brought him back. They were desperate, but they didn't bring him back. They didn't bring him back. Given his history with that team and what happened in 2018, they did not have to bring him back, but they did. It might have been a little bit out of desperation. They don't have a problem with that. And he's probably healthier.

Starting point is 00:09:12 He's definitely healthier now than he was last year. He was playing with a sports hernia last year. I should have said what I just said. I'm sure they have a problem with what Kareem Hunt did. But they're a team that kind of does, I think, sign guys who have some history. All right, anyway. Definitely no doubt about that. Some of them have worked out.

Starting point is 00:09:30 Others have not. Let's see some questions here. Questions here, if you have any. Would you drop Zamir White for Roshon Johnson, Chase Brown, Emmanuel Wilson, or Keon Coleman? I would definitely drop him for all those guys. If there's one guy that I would prefer, I think I'd probably start with,

Starting point is 00:09:50 I really like Chase Brown, but I don't know if he's going to really evolve this week or next week. So you might be able to get Roshan now, see how he looks this week. If he does get more work, great. You've got yourself a stud. If not, then maybe you pivot to Chase Brown after a week or two would you pick up cam acres to start over a seahawks

Starting point is 00:10:09 running back and drop kareem hunt definitely okay pick two to start garrett wilson amari cooper deontay johnson ppr i'm sitting garrett um would you buy low on Zemir White? No and last one Jordan Mason or James Cook in PPR? I will double check my rankings to confirm this but I do have Mason a few spots and James Cook in my top match alright thank you very much everybody good luck this weekend

Starting point is 00:10:40 we will talk to you later on Fantasy Football Today.

Fantasy Football Today - Beat the Waiver Wire! Favorite Players to STASH ahead of Week 5! + Cowboys-Giants Recap! FFT Express

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