Fantasy Football Today - FFT Express- Beat the Waiver Wire! Best Players to STASH ahead of Week 8! + Vikings-Rams Recap!

Starting point is 00:00:00 Let's beat the waiver wire, get ahead of the game for week nine right now on Fantasy Football Today Express. Okay, Dave, express yourself and tell me who are we picking up right now? Let's start and mention that in week nine, the Steelers and 49ers are on bye. So there are going to be players and DSTs that you're going to need to replace. By doing it now, you're saving yourself time and you're going to need to replace by doing it. Now you're saving yourself time and you're getting a leg up on the rest of the competition in your league. Congratulations for doing so in advance. Quarterbacks, Adam, start with the quarterbacks.

Starting point is 00:00:34 Do whatever you want. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's start with the quarterbacks. Aaron Rodgers has the Patriots this week and then Houston in week nine and then two games after that that aren't so bad if he were to get on the same page with Devante Adams I think he can do that and then maybe also stay on the same page with Garrett Wilson maybe he could be a decent fantasy quarterback with a chance to have some really good numbers so he would be my favorite guy and he and every other player that we're going to talk about are rostered in under 65 percent of CBS leagues so he's somebody that

Starting point is 00:01:04 you can go and get. Russell Wilson, you could start this week. Bo Nix, you could start this week. This is if you're desperate at quarterback. But if we're stashing for week nine, Derek Carr could be back. He plays at Carolina. Could be one of those games like we saw from him earlier in the year where he doesn't throw a lot, but he puts up huge numbers. Drake May is at Tennessee.

Starting point is 00:01:22 If they don't have a luxurious need back, or even if they do, Drake May has played pretty impressively, I't have a luxurious need back, or even if they do, Drake May's played pretty impressively, I'd say the last six quarters of his life. Marcus Mariota, if there's no Jane Daniels, obviously if you're watching this and Jane Daniels is playing on Sunday, forget I'm even saying it. Use the thing from Men in Black.

Starting point is 00:01:38 But Marcus Mariota plays at the Giants in Week 9 if he's the starter. He's not bad. And of course, Matthew Stafford is somebody that you're going to want to add after his big game he already played in week eight we can't add him now yeah running backs oh Knicks at Baltimore I don't want Bo Nix against Baltimore call me crazy okay I don't really like Bo Nix against Carolina to be honest with you okay running backs stink uh the the running backs that are available under 65% of leagues on CBS so you could use this week, I found Justice Hill to be the best one.

Starting point is 00:02:09 Obviously, that changes if Bucky Irving doesn't play for Tampa because then Sean Tucker could be the running back that works with Rashad White. So you could stash Sean Tucker now, and then it's up to you whether or not you want to let him go. I like that talent. I just don't know if I can carry him on my bench for very long. He's the most stash worthy running back that's out there along with Tajay Spears, Roshan Johnson, maybe for this week, if you're desperate at running back,

Starting point is 00:02:36 Jaleel McLaughlin, and then other names like Trey Benson, Jalen Wright, Kamani Vidal. Receiver is where it's at, Adam. And you've been on Rashad Bateman more than anybody else on our show so kudos to you you should add Rashad Bateman anyway but if there's no Zay Flowers holy crap against Cleveland I could see him having a very good game he's already like a decent floor PPR wide receiver he could be so much more than that if one of those targets for lamar isn't even on the field yeah i i'd rather stash demario douglas now i'd rather play bateman if zay flowers were out correct yes talking about beating the waiver wire and stashing demario douglas is 46 percent

Starting point is 00:03:17 rostered now so don't penalize him for being sick last week and still think there's a potential for him to be the lead receiver for Drake may and be a fairly, a better version of Wanda Robinson. I think he's the best wide receiver on the Patriots. Uh, other wide receivers that you could use this week. You can find them on your waiver wire, Dontavian Wicks,

Starting point is 00:03:36 Jalen Tolbert, Cedric Tillman. This list gets depressing quick. Jake Bobo. If there's no DK Metcalf, Alan Lazard and Alec Pierce. And then obviously those names are all very stash-worthy, but in the event that you want to just stash and see what happens,

Starting point is 00:03:50 this is more for the deep leaguers out there. Adam Thielen, Nick Westbrook-Akene, that's three names, Troy Franklin, Romo Dunze, Sterling Shepard in PPR leagues. What if he's the replacement for Chris Godwin? That might be somebody I'd want to have on my bench. His teammate, Trey Palmer should play a lot. Brandon cooks is going to be off the IR soon. And Quentin Johnston, kind of a favorite of mine. If you've got the roster space, you could carry Quentin Johnston. Are you ready for tight ends? Oh yeah. Hunter Henry is still available in about half of CBS sports leagues, maybe 40% of CBS Sports Leagues.

Starting point is 00:04:25 He's a must-add. And you know that he's got the Jets matchup this week, should see a lot of targets and put up some good numbers there. Noah Fant is the only other tight end that is startable, except for Taysom Hill. If Taysom Hill is out there, maybe he gets a little bit involved. Maybe he steals a touchdown from our boy Alvin, and he could be somebody that you could use this week.

Starting point is 00:04:46 But I'd rather use Taysom next week when he's against Carolina. So he's a guy that you can grab and stash as a possible bi-week replacement if you've got George Kittle, if you've got Pratt Fryermuth. Why have you been using Pratt Fryermuth as your starter? I don't know. But if that's the case, then Taysom Hill is somebody that you can go and get and use next week but stash him this week. Goes without saying that if TJ Hawkinson is somehow out there on your waiver wire, get him, put him. Oh, you can't. He already played. Never mind. You should have already done that. So that's bad advice. Jatamion Sanders is the only other tight end that's even worth a darn to stash. And we know what his quarterback situation is. So tight ends a little bit depressing. Running little bit depressing wide receiver is cool dst is pretty cool adam who do you think my favorite dst to stash is oh let's see who the giants playing commanders they are not my favorite

Starting point is 00:05:37 in fact the commanders are my fourth favorite did you say the saints not the saints the saints are so bad the saints are number one yeah they're so bad i can't even i i know they've been bad they're gonna get their top tackling linebacker back in pete warner say that 10 times fast but he warner will be back this week i think he might make a difference i am willing to stash the saints dst see how they look in their matchup this week i'm not expecting big things from them. I don't want to use them this week, but they play at Carolina. And if that Panthers offense looks dreadful,

Starting point is 00:06:11 I will probably not have much reservation about using the Saints DST in week nine. Bengals play the Raiders. I wouldn't mind using them. The Patriots play the Titans. I wouldn't mind using them. But those are four DSTs, four that you can go and grab right now and use to replace the Steelers or the 49ers. Everybody's been using those DSTs.

Starting point is 00:06:32 Highly recommend one of those. And I don't mind starting with the Saints. And if they look like total crapola, then I can move on to one of the other ones. But if you need a DST this week, Packers are still out there. Eagles are still out there. I don't love either one of them, but they will get you some numbers. I think the Packers defense is better than their numbers have shown. We're going to take a quick break.

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Starting point is 00:07:29 Some tight end questions. McBride or Ingram? I believe I have Evan Ingram ranked higher. If I could say his name properly, that's who I would say. Tucker Craft or McBride? I'll go McBride there in PPR, but Craft in none.

Starting point is 00:07:43 Uncle Ted says, Bateman could be a league winner. And then rinkside rips says Bateman isn't that good. I think we should have them fight. I agree. Let's get you guys together and we will, uh, we'll make like that. Maybe just a thumb war, not a full on fight. Bateman hasn't been that good, but I think you should just one more time, Adam, tell

Starting point is 00:08:03 people what you saw from him. Yeah. I said it on the show yesterday with Jamie and Heath. I mean, I watched his receptions. that good. But I think you should just one more time, Adam, tell people what you saw from him. Yeah. I said it on the show yesterday with Jamie and Heath. I mean, I watched his receptions. Sometimes I watch the guy's routes. Sometimes I watch his targets. Sometimes I just watch his catches. Depends how much time I have. He is destroying people. He is really fast. He runs good routes. He gets open deep downfield. And I, you know, that might be because, you know, everybody's worried about Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry and all that, whatever the reason is. I mentioned that ESPN analytics, I think they have them fifth with their open metric, fifth highest open metric. Um, and then he does stuff after the catch too. And I reminded everyone,

Starting point is 00:08:38 this was one of the most hyped players in the off season. We just kept hearing Bateman's going to have a big year Bateman, this Bateman, that, uh, it's not going to be a consistent thing, but I said, you should roster him over Jamison Williams. You should roster him over Christian Watson. These are low target, big play guys. I'd rather take the guys on the Ravens offense. And of course, say flowers is hurt. So we are, we are encouraged by what we're seeing from Rashad Bateman. So absolutely one of those guys that you could stash, whether you need them or not, just to see what happens, who knows, maybe he ends up being a piece in a trade you make a week from now to help you acquire a really good player.

Starting point is 00:09:09 There's one last thing before we get out of here. You had a hard time with the game of the week on the main show on Friday. Did you not? I canceled it. You canceled it for a week. I'm going to uncancel it. All right. I've got the game of the week for you.

Starting point is 00:09:26 The game of the week, yeah. Seminoles and the hurricane. Yeah. Maybe the Noles will put up a fight. But it's all about the U, yeah. Yeah. Yes, Dave. Well done, sir.

Starting point is 00:09:45 All right. Let's crush those crappy Seminoles. And have a wonderful weekend, everybody. We will talk to you on Sunday on Fantasy Football Today and Fantasy Football Today Express.

Fantasy Football Today - FFT Express- Beat the Waiver Wire! Best Players to STASH ahead of Week 8! + Vikings-Rams Recap!

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