Fantasy Football Today - FFT Express - Beat the Waiver Wire! MUST-STASH Players Before Week 2 | 2026 Fantasy Football (09/18 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: September 18, 2026

Adam Aizer and Dave Richard go position-by-position to highlight the BEST fantasy football stash players you need to grab BEFORE waivers run! Don’t wait until everyone else is fighting for them — these are the players you should consider stashing now before they become popular waiver-wire targets.We break down Caleb Douglas, Bryce Young, Jacoby Brissett, Demond Claiborne, Tyjae Spears, Emmett Johnson, Tre Harris, Antonio Williams, Michael Mayer, Dalton Schultz, Hunter Henry and more, plus defenses worth keeping an eye on.1:00 Caleb Douglas2:58 Bryce Young3:40 Jacoby Brissett4:00 Demond Claiborne4:55 Tyjae Spears, Emmett Johnson7:40 Tre Harris8:11 Antonio Williams8:35 Michael Mayer9:25 Dalton Schultz9:58 Hunter Henry10:12 Defenses

Let's beat the waiver wire right now on Fantasy Football. Today Express. We had a very fun mic check, everybody, and now we're going to bring it over here. Dave, who are... Hey, everybody. We had a great time before we started recording too bad. You couldn't have been there. But don't worry, we're here to help your fantasy teams by naming a guy that's going to help you in week nine.

Now, let's get to it. I, Dave, who's on the waiver wire quarterback that we want to I don't like starting at the positions. There's got to be one guy at the head of the list that everybody should go out and add. And I think that guy should be Caleb Douglas, who's 56% rostered.

And yeah, he's already probably been picked up in your 12 team leagues and maybe some of your 10 team leagues. He's still going to be widely available. But he's the one that I would go in stash. If I had one singular stash spot, he would be a, Caleb Douglas, wide receiver, Miami Dolphins, should have had an even bigger game than what he had.

If you want to learn more about that, read my, oh, what's it called now? It's like the week two starts and sits from Dave on CBS sports. It used to have a name, and so I could just say, oh, go read the lineup decisions, but we don't have a name for it anymore

because SEO isn't a thing. Week two PPR cheat sheet? Nope. No, okay. Nope. That's just, but that is a really good tool. if you need to make a starter sit decision and you only have like 30 seconds, you go there,

you look for the player who you want to start. It's sorted by game. And if whoever's number is higher is the player that I would start if I were you. Oh, is it Heath Cummings Week 2 fantasy predict? That's it. That's it. It's fantasy football lineup decisions, toughest start sit calls. Oh, they actually have lineup decisions in the title this week.

That's cool. All right. All right, Dave. I got it last week, too. I don't know. Can we have? Nobody's reading it anyway. Can we?

Quarterbacks, you say? Yeah, yeah. All right. So there's two at the top of the list. And really, I want to try and keep these lists short and sweet like you. Because then we're able to just give people the two, three players that they can go and pick up.

It's not, if I give you eight names, it's not going to help you. If I give you eight quarterbacks, you're literally going to look at me like I'm an idiot, as if you're not already. Bryce Young's at the top of the list. 48% roster.

He's actually at halfway, decent start this week at Atlanta, although I don't have him as a top 12 guy. He's got Cleveland after that, Detroit after that, a buy after that. I would not start him on his buy. But if he can build off of what the Panthers did in week number one and that offensive line gets healthy, then maybe he ends up being a good fantasy quarterback after all. The other name on here is Jacoby Percette. And I'm not starting Jacobi Percette this week against Seattle.

But I would consider him at San Francisco at week three at the Giants after that and Detroit after that. Okay. And he did well against Seattle last, pardon me, last year. So fifth or six most points of any quarterback against Seattle all season. Yeah. How about running back? Never, never that good here. No, and really with running backs, it's more about just picking up somebody and seeing what happens for a week. Because obviously, if there was a running back that was going to be a starter, we would have picked him up already. So strictly stashed stuff here. And DeMond Claiborne makes sense. 10% rostered. This could be the running back behind Aaron Jones.

for however long Jordan Mason is out. Now, in my mind, I would think that DJ Dallas will be the third downback for the Vikings moving forward. And that means Claiborne is only going to take, I don't know, maybe like 25% of the snaps, 30% of the snaps. But Aaron Jones is literally 58 years old. So if something happens to him, the mind Claiborne is next man up. So for very minimum, taking him and putting him on your bench for just week two doesn't seem like that big of a risk. If he doesn't do anything, then you can go ahead and drop him and pick up a different running back. But he's the one at the top of the list.

The two other running backs that are, they're rostered in 50 plus percent of leagues, but I think they've got some interesting appeal. And it's different types of appeal at him. Number one is Taije Spears with the Titans. And I talked about this with you. If Tennessee is going to have the same game script every week, Tijey Spears is going to play more than Tony Pollard. And then Emmett Johnson with the Chiefs, we just saw this awesome game from Kenneth Walker the 3rd. We know what happens when Kenneth Walker the 3rd gets too many touches week in and week out. Wouldn't you like to have the backup running back behind Kenneth Walker the 3rd?

It appears to be Emmett Johnson, who didn't look bad himself, both those guys between 50 and 55% roster ship right now on CBS Sports. Other names just to stash, Alvin Camara, I know you've heard of him. Jonah Coleman, if you've already got him, great keep them. Deep League stash, Ketron Allen with the commanders, he's 12% rostered. And then two IR stashes. you guys are morons. If you've got IR spots and you're not using them to put guys on the IR just in case something happens, three weeks from now, four weeks from now, James Connor, Adam Randall,

two running backs available in 13 percent, or not available. Yeah, available. What the hell am I saying? In 87% or more of CBS leagues, I've put James Connor in my IR. It might be a waste of time to do it, but I've got them on the IR in like seven of my leagues. So it just makes all the sense in the world to put them there, see what happens. Something goes wrong with Jeremiah Love or if James Conner gets healthy and then gets traded, oh, baby, you've got somebody that might actually help your fantasy team and all you needed to do,

which is put him in an IR spot. I just added him, Adam Randall. And that's the rookie running back behind Derek Henry. And Derek Henry isn't quite as old as Aaron Jones, but he's older. And if anything were to happen to him, like, you know, he wins Powerball. we always say that instead of he gets hurt. Then Adam Randall would probably be the next man up, provided that he's healthy.

I think there are two running backs that have an outside, outside chance of getting the starting job without an injury. And there are Christopher Brooks for Green Bay and K. John Allen for Washington. Alan, I see it. Chris Brooks, I don't. Well, I mean, look, it's Marshaun Lloyd goes out, has a bad game, something like that. Brooks is better, more efficient again.

Yeah, but they acquired Caleb Johnson, and I know we're not big fans of Caleb Johnson, but if he somehow gets acclimated, listen, the Packers were fans of Caleb Johnson during the draft process. They see something in him. He does have some traits. And so I would imagine that if something were to happen to Marshawn Lloyd, Caleb Johnson would get an opportunity and it wouldn't be the Chris Brooks show. Let's take a break. We'll be right back with wide receivers, tight ends, DSTs after this. Okay, wide receivers to add before everyone else does.

I already mentioned Caleb Douglas. I got a long list, dude. No, no, you said short list. Yeah, I don't want to give you all the names on the list. Pick your top five. That's too many. I'm going to give you my top two. Trey Harris, 9% roster.

That means he's available in over 90% of leagues. We're not expecting Ladd-McConkie. I'm also not expecting miracles. Haven't really been a Trey Harris guy. But he's fast. Might be able to catch a football. Justin Herbert's quarterback. Antonio Williams.

is probably the more intriguing option. 45% rostered, which means it's available in 55% of CBS Sports Leagues, came alive in the fourth quarter for the commanders last week after Chig O'Conco got hurt. And he's a pretty solid receiver already. He plays a lot in the slot. Could be one of those guys where the floor is 10 or 11 ppr points per week. He just did significantly better than that in his debut.

Okay. How about tight ends? If you need a tight end this week, I still think Michael Mayer's the guy. And this is assuming that Brock Bowers doesn't play as of Thursday, Brock Bowers hasn't practiced. I would be shocked if Brock Bowers played this week knowing how big of a role he has for the Raiders.

The Raiders are 1 and O. And if they can somehow get to 2 and O and start thinking like, hey, maybe we're going to be competitive this year, then they're going to want Brock Bowers to be at as close to 100% as he can be. And Michael Mayer is a really good replacement for him. They just paid him. So I think Michael Mayer, who's available in 67% of CBS Sports Leagues, is someone you could literally pick up off the waiver wire

and drop right into your lineup. I like him better than Kelsey, like him better than Mark Andrews. Name another tight end. I'll tell you whether or not I like him better or worse than Michael. Michael Mayor. Well, I think you've got to talk about Dalton Schultz in this segment here because he is literally the next name up.

Yeah. So who do you like better? I guess Mayor. I like Mayor better this week. But if you're looking for a tight end that you might be able to use for multiple weeks, because I mean, Bowers is eventually going to come back. We don't know when Nico's going to come back.

Seems like it's a short-term injury for Nico. Then Dalton Kincaid, or I'm sorry, Dalton Schultz would be that guy. And he's available in 46% of leagues. Hey, if Dalton Kincaid is on your waiver wire, you should probably pick him up. He was in one of my leagues or maybe two this past week. And then there is one more. I think Hunter Henry deserves at least a look too. If you can't get your cloppy's on Mayer or Schultz, then Hunter Henry,

44% available on CBS. We know that he was the security blankie for Drake. May many a time last year. DSTs from D-A-V-E. Go ahead. I'm glad you didn't go with my initials there. The Chiefs D-S-T is easily my favorite, and they're startable this week against Indianapolis, and then after that, they're at Miami, and they're at Las Vegas. I wonder if Mahomes is going to come over and hang out on Saturday before the game. I'll ask him, and if he does, I'll let you know. But the Chief's defense is definitely at the top of the list. I think the Giants and the Panthers DSTs are also worth

stashing. They're not necessarily great defenses, although the Panthers just gave up 59 points to the Bears. But the Giants, 17% rostered, 83% available. I'm good at math. They're taking on the Titans. They don't score points. I'm still good at math. The Giants' DST should be very good in week three.

Panthers play at Cleveland in week three. If it's still Deshawn Watson for the Brown's home opener, number one, you can probably get tickets for like 15 bucks. And number two, you should start the Panthers defense. They're going to be 92% available. You know, Dave, I'm just going to go ahead and check the tickets for the it's what week three Cleveland yeah let's say would you go if you were within a 90 minute drive of Cleveland not for $35 just to get in no that's too much

you and I could go two tickets yeah it's pretty I mean I'm not sitting up there I mean I know people with the team we'd be 200 bucks oh yeah well that's Nathan all right see you guys that's it for Beat the WaiverWire. Go get Caleb Douglas. Go read Dave's articles. And go enjoy your week. See you later. On Fantasy Football today.