Fantasy Football Today - Waiver Wire! Trey Benson (Obviously), Elic Ayomanor, Hunter Henry and Many More (09/23 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: September 23, 2025

There are a number of shallow league players who are must adds including Trey Benson, Chris Godwin and Jake Ferguson. If you can't get them, who are the top priorities (3:45)? Is Elic Ayomanor someone we can trust long term? How much FAB are we spending this week (13:55)? ... New and notes (21:05) with key updates on wide receivers, then we tell you our Top 3 priorities at each position: QB (26:35), RB (28:00), WR (31:15), TE (34:35), DST (37:05) and Kicker. We talk about Geno Smith, Marcus Mariota, the Commanders running backs, Woody Marks, Tre Tucker, Hunter Henry and many more ... Options in shallow leagues (40:00) and deep leagues (42:15), a recap of Lions-Ravens (46:50), the Dropometer (53:40) and a complete look at the waiver wire (56:50) at each position ... Email us at [e-mail] Fantasy Football Today is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts Watch FFT on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/fantasyfootballtoday⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Shop our store: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠shop.cbssports.com/fantasy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  SUBSCRIBE to FFT Dynasty on Apple: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-dynasty/id1696679179⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ FOLLOW FFT Dynasty on Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/2aHlmMJw1m8FareKybdNfG?si=8487e2f9611b4438&nd=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ SUBSCRIBE to FFT DFS on Apple: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-dfs/id1579415837⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ FOLLOW FFT DFS on Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/5zU7pBvGK3KPhfb69Q1hNr?si=1c5030a3b1a64be2⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow our FFT team on Twitter:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @FFToday⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @AdamAizer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @JameyEisenberg⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @daverichard⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @heathcummingssr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow the brand new FFT TikTok account: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@fftoday To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is fantasy football today from CBS Sports. What a play! Can you believe this? It's a no idea. It's time to dominate your fantasy league. Off to the races and he stays on his feet. It's just going to go the distance. Now here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath.

A very, very fun ending to Fantasy Week 3. And now we are on to Fantasy Week 4. Welcome, everybody. This is Fantasy Football Today. presented by BEDMGM, the sports book Born in Vegas, Tuesday morning, September 23rd. Adam Azer, Dave Richard and Jamie Eisenberg, going through the waiver wire priorities. It's a great, great morning to be in a shallow league where you might have Trey Benson available to you. You might have Jake Ferguson or Jordan Addison or Chris Godwin available to you in these shallower leagues.

And, boy, you know, Dave and I were talking before the show. Yeah, I just kind of knew based on how many must-start players were in the Detroit Baltimore game and the fact that it was super close going into the fourth quarter. Like so many matchups

were going to be determined and we had some nail biters. I had one game, one matchup that was determined by 0.16 fantasy points and Dave went and he won up to me. Yes, I did. You won a game by?

0.04. in a dynasty league. It's my high-stakes dynasty league. I don't know. I don't know. But I won 137.54 to 137.5. I don't think I've ever had a win that close. Were you monitoring it?

No. Too many leagues. I can't stay on top of it. Jamie, what's up? Good morning. Any nail biters? I was down big in one league where I had. I have, I start, it's Dynasty League.

I start both Jamir Gibbs and David Montgomery. That's fun. Oh, very nice. Very nice outing there. All right, let's get to the waiver wire here. We have some good names for you. Top three waiver wire priorities, Jamie. What's it going to be?

And remember, we use the threshold on CBS of 65% or fewer, but we will, of course, touch on the shallow league guys and the deep league guys. So who are the top three? Hit the button. Hit the button. Oh, oh, wait. Oh, that's Friday night's a great night for football. Eric.

Iow Manor would be one. Trey Tucker would be two, and Hunter Henry would be three. Okay, Elylech, Iow Manor, Trey Tucker, with this great matchup this week against the Bears. Ile Manor gets the Texans who may not have Derek Stingley. And Hunter Henry, you know, one of the things I guess I didn't realize about Hunter Henry, I'm sorry about this is that he had one bad game and Drake May only threw 23 passes in that game

so May is thrown 36 or more in the other two games and Henry's been very good so it's, you know, it's an interesting it's not like the greatest top three ever but like Alicahmanor, Tray Tucker, Hunter Henry. Dave, how about you? Well, when you wake up in the morning, what's the first thing you do?

I pee. He's had 20 P's. No, you need to go to your waiver wire and just double check if trade Benson's available. And you need to do it in all of your leagues. And on CBS, he's already rostered in like 80% of leagues. But there are some leagues out there, especially on Yahoo and ESPN, where he's available in like 50% of the leagues. There are leagues that I'm in. He is a free agent. And so I intend to spend the fab, do what I have to do to get Tray Benson on my

squad. That's an easy one. So the first thing you do, and you should have done when you woke up this morning, was checked to see if Tray Benson was available. That being said, the top three, if you can't get Benson. A.O. Manor is number one. Trey Tucker is number two. I put Rashid Shihid number three, three receivers. Because I'm not ready to trust Hunter Henry. I guess if you need a tight end, of course, he's a priority.

But I'd go with those three receivers as my top three. Okay. So you guys agree on Ayo Manor and Trey Tucker. And then Dave has Rashid Shaheed as his third priority. Jamie has Hunter Henry. No quarterbacks listed in the top three. but there are some decent options, including Gino Smith this week. By the way, Trey Benson is 60% rostered on Sleeper.

So between Sleeper, ESPN, and Yahoo, Trey Benson is no more than 60% rostered in any of those leagues. He is a slam dunk layup. Now, in those, a slam dunk layup doesn't really make sense. That's two different things. He's a windmill tomahawk jam. Now, I mentioned three other guys that could be available in shallower leagues. The best windmill dunker of all time.

The best windmill dunker of all time? Yes, very easy. I mean, my first thought was Neek. Exactly. Yeah. Okay. Basketball guy right here. I don't know if this guy's ever done a windmill dunk, but I was going to say Sean Kemp.

He probably has. I feel like he's done some. He was a great dunker. Chris Godwin, Jordan Addison, Jake Ferguson. If you saw them, are they all must add? Benson is Ross. Addison's 89. He's the highest by far. Godwin's 82 and Ferguson's 86%. And I'm not disagreeing with you, but if he's available, but I usually just for the column, I go like 80, right around 80% or lower.

Addison on Sleeper is 81% rostered. I just wanted to knock last. I just wanted to knock these three guys out. Do you think that they're all guys who should be close to 100% rostered, Chris Godwin, Jordan Addison, and Jake Ferguson? Yep. I mean, Ferguson should have been from the start of the season. So after what he's done so far, 100%. Godwin, yes. And Addison, yes. I would rank them at this point, though, Ferguson, Godwin, Addison.

I'd flip the receivers. Ferguson, Addison, Godwin. Okay, for Dave, Ferguson, Godwin, Addison for Jamie. But Trey Benson is the prize. Okay. So with I.O. Manor and Trey Tucker, are we thinking these are long-term guys or these are just take a shot i think with aio manner there's io manner yeah what's what's up with you yeah i don't know uh it's early i would say that he is long-term

you're kind of picking him up you're going to see what happens he's he's a solid receiver who's getting a lot of playing time and scoring some touchdowns for tennessee it's not like he's this amazing talent it's just a great opportunity but i think that tennessee is going to be throwing in a bunch of games. Calvin Ridley hasn't done bupkins. So Iowa Manor's got the opportunity to go and be potentially the best pass catcher for the Titans. That's why you're picking him up. Tucker's been around for three years and he's he's had a big play one week and then like three straight weeks after that he's been terrible. And I do like that he had two red zone touchdowns last week against Washington, but just the track record makes me a little skittish on being so excited about him. He's more of a

short-term ad. Maybe you'll start them over one, certainly next week against Chicago. It's a great matchup. But next couple of weeks, maybe as a bi-week replacement, maybe as a low-end flex, that's kind of the range that Tucker would be in for me. And your thoughts, Jamie, just, you know, let's compare Ayo Manor and Tucker to some of the other waiver wire guys that we've picked up recently. So Wondale Robinson, Cedric Tillman, Don Tavion, Wix. I don't remember some of the big names I might be missing here. But how do we... Troy Franklin? You know, how do we feel about Iow Manor and Tucker compared to that group? So there's a reason if you go back and look, and I hope I've done a good job of this, and I hope fantasy managers have done a good job of doing this in their ad drops.

Like, these are not guys you spend a lot of FABAR. These are guys you take chances on to see what develops. I think in the case of Iommander, you're looking long term more so than short term, because you really want to see what this offense looks like, because there's going to be good games for Calvin Ridley coming at some point, and hopefully he won't be dropping the ball and struggling like this the rest of the season. But you see the rapport that's developed between the two rookies at quarterback and wide receiver, and who is he trusting at this point? And he's trusting Islander. Like the touchdown that he had was such a great play by Cam Ward to know that he was going to be in the spot on a guy going across his body, you know, into the end zone. And

he's now three straight games of just things that you're seeing. You know, the first game wasn't great from a statistical standpoint, but getting open and routes run and all these things that we sort of look for, he's doing that right out of the gate. And so you hope that this is just the building block. For Tucker, this is the week to see what he is because it's two straight weeks of eight plus targets. So clearly Geno Smith is looking for him.

Clearly this is a guy that they're trying to get going. one week it was an absolute failure against the chargers one week it was the best game of his life in the comeback effort or garbage time however you want to frame it against the commanders and so now he gets the bears if he does this again i'm not talking about 145 and three i'm talking about a plus targets then he's going to be he's going to have some longstanding potential but i don't think he's anything more at least right now than a number three receiver at best and can you trust him so which tray tucker shows up like Dave said, we have three years of this.

Really, though, it's three games of this because it's Gino Smith and Chip Kelly and this offense and what this is allowing him to do. So I don't want to spend a lot of fav on any of these guys at wide receiver. From Wondale last week to Troy Franklin last week to Don Tavian Wicks and all these guys. Like, these are not anything more. Like, at most, I think I've said maybe 10% of your fap. And that was probably stretching it. I also think it's really two games of Trey Tucker because I think there's a clear

difference in the Raiders offense since the Brock Bowers knee injury. We talked about it on Beyond the Box score. We kind of feel like the injury is a big deal here for Brock Bowers. It just doesn't seem to be moving the same way.

And you just think about he had over 100 yards and three quarters in the first game and then he hurt his knee and hasn't been the same. So we don't know obviously when he's going to get back to being himself. But while he is not himself, trade talkers appears to be picking up the slack.

Would you drop Wondale Robinson? for Iow Manor or Tucker? I think if you do, you're coming back to him in a week or two because that's just the type of player that he is. So I would probably just hold on to Wanda, but it depends. You know, I mean, if you're looking for the most upside, clearly Tucker and Iow Manor, I think, have more upside than Wando even despite the fact that what he did in week two

because that's just not who he is, you know, on an annual basis. And we may have a quarterback change that could help him or hurt him, you know, based on what Brian Dable said on Monday, you know, that we could be looking at Jackson Dart starting. So maybe it's great for one. I would probably just hold tight unless you really want to, you know, see if you can get him for next to nothing.

You know, I wouldn't, I wouldn't be spending $10, $10 of your fab here, $10 of your fab there, like you're just chasing and wasting money. Right. So, yes, by the way, we talked about Tray Benson, for those of you asking the chat, pick him up. But it might not be Jackson Dart, by the way.

They haven't specifically said it would be, we think so. But it's possible they would go to James Winston, which, who, hoo-hoo-hoo. Would that be fun temporarily? Now, one thing I know it is time for, it is time for football at BetMGM. And when you register with BetMGM,

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That's a great schedule coming up. Gets the Patriots who allow the second most yards per attempt in the NFL. The dolphins who allow the second most fantasy points in the NFL. Then the Cowboys and then the Jets. That is a nice four-game stretch, maybe three-game stretch. Maybe the Jets aren't so bad. But right now they're 26th against quarterbacks. Patriots, Dolphins, Cowboys, Jets for Bryce Young.

The Jets quarterback, whoever that is for the next couple of weeks, is facing Miami and Dallas. And that's pretty cool. The Chiefs-wide receivers, for whatever it's worth, if you're thinking about Tyquan Thornton, unfortunately, I think Xavier Worthy could affect him. Chiefs-wide receivers' next five matchups are against teams that currently rank 24th or worse against receivers. I think it's a little deceiving. It's early, but on paper it's good.

Bad matchups. Really just one I wanted to highlight here, the Washington running backs. Their next game, this upcoming game is against Atlanta. They've been great against running backs. Then the Chargers, who have actually struggled a little bit in terms of yards per carry allowed, but they're giving up the fifth fewest fantasy points to running backs. And then it gets easier with the Bears and the Cowboys. is. But the next two matchups for Washington running backs, Atlanta and the Chargers, both games

on the road. All right. So how much fab are we talking? It's not a big fab week. If Tray Benson were available, how much fab would you spend on him? What have you got left? Let's say I have 80 bucks out of 100. Let's say have 80% of my budget left. Maybe save 5 or 6%. Because it is a long year. But this is the type of player who is going from waiver wire to your starting lineup with no benching in the foreseeable future. So spend it. And the other guys, the aisle manners of the world, but don't, we're not spending that much. No, no, no, single digits. What about real quick in a super flex league? I mean, I assume Carson Wentz and Tarad Taylor and Mariotta have been picked up. But there, there's some talk, certainly not with Marioita.

But Kevin O'Connell, not committing to JJ McCarthy necessarily when he comes back. He didn't, yeah, it kind of evaded it. And it seems like Aaron Glenn did the same thing with Justin Fields. I couldn't believe that. So what do we think about, I guess, instead of answering in a fab question, fab outlook here, but like, what do we think about the possibility that Terad Taylor and Carson Wentz could have the job for a little while here? I think in any Superflex league, whenever there's a starting quarterback available as a back

up for a one-week situation or potentially several-week situation, and you need that player or think you're going to need that. I mean, next week starts by weeks. So, you know, you're going to be dealing with some crazy situations, potentially. Like, I had one league where I did not need Jake Browning. I spent a lot of money to get Jake Browning, this Reflex League, just because I want to see what happens and maybe down the road I might need him. Thomas spent $38 ahead of time to get Carson Went with the idea of maybe this happened.

You know, like there are all sorts of certain situations. where if you think your quarterback situation is unsettled, then go get one of these guys because it could turn into a Wally Pip and they could be starting for several weeks or maybe the rest of the season. In the case of the two teams that you mentioned, obviously there was that potential after what we saw and how these things are unfolding. So yes, Carson Wentz may come out of this 3 and 0, 4 and 0 and the team is playing great. And Kevin O'Connell says, we're just going to ride this out. And he's about wins at this point, I think. You know, trying to make sure this team has a chance because they have a Super Bowl caliber

defense. They have a Super Bowl caliber receiving core. They have a run game now that I think that they trust. And can they have a quarterback that's going to get them to the point that they need to? And he might feel that Carson wants as that guy right now. All right. So if you need more waiver wire advice. I will say this, though, in the case of Trey Benson, because it's not, and it's probably different in Yahoo and ESPN leagues or sleeper leagues. But like Brian Robinson Jr., Tyler Algier, Ray Davis, Blake Corum, like these are guys. These are guys. guys that are that are available so instead of if you don't need these wide receivers don't go chase iowmanner and and tucker and these guys and and waste your fat get these handcuffs and just sit

on them for a couple weeks and see what happens because you may be looking at like you know Trey benson was it's a weird situation but like in a guillotine league last week i picked them up for $30 while because i didn't need anything so i'm like out of a thousand out of a thousand no well I don't remember what I had left. But, like, these are the things that help you six weeks from now. Like, you know, I didn't have to chase trade Benson now because I picked him up last week. Like, he's, he's available in almost 50% of leagues on these other sites. Sure.

And I don't know what the bench situations are. And obviously, every team is different. But like, if you're carrying two quarterbacks and I know Adam, you could probably counter with, well, we lost Joe Burrow and we lost these guys. And that's fair. But, like, if you don't need something on your roster, pick up something that has immense upside and a potential. Yeah, for sure. It's a little bit different than when we were drafting, because when you're drafting, you don't necessarily want to pick up, you know, the handcuff for your own team when you can get someone for your other team or maybe you did the inverse of that. And if you did the inverse of that, you're probably happy that you've got the handcuff of your best running back on your team.

You've got Algier if you spent the first round pick on Bajon. Now we're talking about making just a cheap ad drop off the waiver wire. So this is the perfect time to go and say, oh, you know, there's a wide receiver on my bench. I'm not going to use them. Jamie, you're right, why go and spend five or six bucks on Iow Manor or Trey Tucker or whoever when you can go and spend one or two to get a decent handcuff? Yeah. Okay.

And, all right, we're going to take a break. We have more waiver-wire talk at 1 p.m. Eastern on CBS Sports Network today. So please join us there. Well, who's else in that show? I don't know. I heard they brought in someone great today. Me too. And if you miss it live at 1 p.m. Eastern on CBS Sports Network, you can watch it on YouTube.com slash fantasy football today.

We'll be right back to give you some news and notes, updates on C.D. Lamb and whatnot. We'll be right back after this. Okay, welcome back. Let's do our news and notes here. Jaden Daniels is still day to day. So we will see if it's Mariota or Daniels this week at Atlanta. Interesting matchup. Carson Wentz is going to start this week against the Steelers but as I mentioned it might be more of a long-term thing Brian Dable did not commit to Russell Wilson

he also did not say it would be Jackson Dart if they make the change Brock Purdy is expected to practice this week and then there's this thing where Aaron Glenn didn't commit to Justin Fields returning as the starter that one is weird to me running back news Zach Charbonnet

said they have the Thursday game Zach Charbonnet was listed as a full participant in practice, and they also signed Khalil Herbert to their practice squad, but they've got Arizona on the road on Thursday. Looking forward to that matchup. Najee Harris. They got rid of, what's his name? Who's the kid from Miami again, the running back?

Oh, they got rid of Damien Martinez? Yes, so he was actually working out with the Colts, so I think that was more of who can they have in the emergency situation. Najee Harris and James Connor are officially out for the season, and Tyrone Tracy's going to miss time with a dislocated shoulder. Wide receiver news. CD Lamb, two to four weeks is what I saw. High ankle sprained.

He might go on IR, but he's out for a bit. That's a bummer. They have Green Bay this week, then the Jets, then the Panthers, then the commanders. We've got Joanne Jennings day-to-day. Mike Evans, it doesn't seem like it's a long-term injury right now. We'll know today. We'll know more of a timeline today for Mike Evans, as we think Chris Gobin could certainly be back and Tristan Wirfs this week.

against the Eagles, big game. But Mike Evans, we'll call him day to day for now. Have we seen anything on Terry McLaurin? Nothing. No. I think he's... I think he's okay. So Luke McCaffrey scored his first ever touchdown last week.

And Terry McLaren was the one who jogged downfield to retrieve the ball to give to Luke McCaffrey. So it's clearly not bad enough where he can't jog. I don't know if it, you know, what does it mean for football? Who knows? it doesn't i would put them in the i would put them in a better bucket than evans i'd be a little more concerned about evans yeah mccloren we don't know i think if you have mccloren you should make plans to be starting someone else but just haven't heard anything i would feel that way

more about evans i do no i feel certainly certainly for evans right but you just called them we'll call them day to day usually when somebody's day to day they end up playing uh i mean i think they called jaden daniel's day to day last week they called joan jennings day to day last week. Are you saying these coaches are lying to us about the health of their football players, especially in New Mexico? We are. Alec Pierce has a concussion.

One game without Alec Pierce last year. Josh Downs led the team in targets with four. Anthony Richardson threw 11 passes in that game. Diami Brown shoulder injury. Tight end news. Colson Loveland doesn't appear to have a serious injury, but Chetavian Sanders has a high ankle sprain. He'll be out a while.

Have we heard about Lane Johnson for Philadelphia? He had a stinger. He expects to play this week. Excellent. However, what's the latest on Zach Tom and Aaron Banks for Green Bay? I'm sorry. I know there was an update yesterday, and I missed it. I don't remember it.

I'll keep you posted on that, but they had two... You know what? To make the game more fair against the Cowboys, they're just going to play with two offensive ones. Cowboys have just no pass rush. DeWan Jones, the offensive tackle for the Browns. He is out for the season. Minnesota left guard, Donovan Jackson, is out about a month.

Tyler Booker for the Cowboys. Ooh, I hope this doesn't hurt Javante. Right guard, Tyler Booker, out four to six weeks with a high ankle sprain. And Nick Bosa, we look at defense, Nick Bosa towards ACL. So that's a big hit for the 49ers. Bosa's out for the season. I hate to see it. For Dallas, Duran Bland could be back this week.

I mean, they're going to be bad with or without him, but worse without him. So the cornerback, Duran Blan could be back. Also, Kenny Clark left with an injury, their defensive tackle. They've had actually a solid run defense. I don't think it's serious for Kenny Clark. we'll find out as they face Green Bay. Tennessee head coach Brian Callahan could give up play calling duties. Anything to spark that offense would be great.

I wanted to mention this. I don't know if this matters, but Jacksonville cornerback, Jerry and Jones. He has only played 26 snaps over the last two weeks. The only reason I bring that up is I'm wondering if that is the reason why Travis Hunter has played more on defense and less on offense, although it's not that much less on offense than he did in week one.

But that might be something if Jerry and Jones can come that gets Travis Hunter freed up to play more snaps offensively. They've needed him on defense. Indianapolis cornerback Kenny Moore is out a few weeks. We're going to check on Sauce Gardner. He's got a head injury. Derek Stingley, I think, is looking good to play. Will Harris, starting safety for the commanders.

He's out for the year. And I will, oh, Atlanta fired wide receiver coach, Ike Hilliard. Top three priorities at each position. Jamie, who are the top three quarterbacks? We haven't touched on this position yet. it's actually a really good position and it's kind of similar to the wide receivers it's like you don't need to go spend a lot

because there's a lot of guys you can find I'm actually torn to be honest with you on who I'm going to make start of the week this week between Marcus Mariotta and Gino Smith it's probably going to be Gino Smith because I don't know exactly when they'll say that Jane Daniels out unless he gets ruled out sooner but both kind of in amazing situations

Marioata has just been so fantastic every time he's got a chance to play extended time for the commanders and you saw it again last week and for Gino Smith this was a great game for him And he has a chance to follow it up with another great game against the Bears this week. So love the setup for those two guys.

Carson Wentz, like you mentioned, in a good spot, taking on a Steelers defense that obviously has struggled. And we did not see the best of Carson Wentz, I think, because maybe we did. But you have to do very much, you know, only 20 pass attempts in that game last week because they were just so dominant defensively. So big opportunity for all three of these guys, and they're all available in, you know, everywhere. And you can get a starting quarterback here. I think in the case, at least for me, for Mariotta and Gino Smith, I would start both of them over Patrick Mahomes this week. Mahomes against Baltimore.

So really, that's interesting. You don't think that's like kind of a shootout? Maybe he gets worthy back? If he gets worthy back, I might change that. But for right now, I mean, these guys have been just as good if not better. Do you fear the Falcons matchup? They're currently fourth best against quarterbacks. They gave up a big game to Baker Mayfield, then J.J. McCarthy and Bryce Young

struggled. Not for Mariotta because of how he plays. And I think you've got to throw out the Panthers game because Bryce Young didn't have to do very much. It is true. He only threw 24 passes.

Okay, so Marioita, Gino Smith, Carson Wentz, top three there. Dave, top three running backs other than Trey Benson, of course. It's not pretty. You're going to see Woody Marks toward the top of that list. Tijey Spears toward the top of that list

and then pick your own commander's running back for third between Jeremy and McNichols. who had a nice touchdown run and Chris Rodriguez who had more carries, had more playing time. I think he led the commander's running backs in playing time. If I, uh, Jacori Croski-Marie played more snaps than Rodriguez. So it was JCM or Bill, uh, led them in snaps than Rodriguez.

He did 40% to 36%. It was very close between the two. Yeah, it's, uh, it's messy. Like don't chase McNichols run because he played the least of the three. He had the best run. I'll ask you, Dave, the same question I asked Adam. He had the longest touchdown run for the commanders since 2019.

Who was the last player to have a long touchdown run of that? I don't know, the same. 2019. Same distance. On the commanders, you mean? Obviously. No, I don't remember. Oh, Venmo, you $5,000 if you get this.

Well, now I might want to sit and think about it. Also, I need to take out a loan if you get this. What was it, Stephen Sims? Steven Sims. I was going to guess Stephen. Sims. The running backs aren't great, but Woody Marks is absolutely one of those running backs that we were kind of talking about.

They're a backup, so to speak. Marks is a part-time player for Houston. It's not a great situation, but all you have to do is weighed out Nick Chubb falling out of favor in Houston, and Woody Marks will start playing more and getting more opportunities. So we're there already. I don't know about necessarily falling out of favor, but Chubb played 33 snaps. Marks play 30, and it's a pretty telling sign about how the second half went, where he was playing more than Nick Chubb. And so I hope, you know, for a team that's 0 and 3 and still a chance to win that division and, you know, make a playoff run, I doubt it, but it's still potential just based on what's happened for the last couple years.

And their defense is still fantastic. Like, make the switch ready. Give Marks an opportunity. Make it a 60-40 split in Mark's favor. He should absolutely, these are the type of guys that we're saying, like, go get these guys now. Because you can see it happening. You could see the path for him having an opportunity. And I'm going to give you more guys because it's not just, it's not just what he marks.

Go get Ali Gordon. Go get Blake Quorum. Go get these guys that they're an injury away from top 20 caliber potential. Like they're just sitting there. And I got to say that, you know, with Ali Gordon, you have, I don't know if he's going to be the exclusive goal lineback. He's obviously going to factor in there for the dolphins. And Kareem Hunt is another guy who is the goal lineback. Again, I'm not saying he'll get everyone.

But Pacheco is so, such a weird player doing the weirdest things on the field right now. That when do they just start trusting Kareem Hunt more? I'm not saying it's going to happen, but could he be? I mean, he started the game? Yeah, I mean, obviously it's very even split right now. But what was Pacheco doing? He ran into his offensive lineman, ran the wrong way, didn't recover a fumble. It was such a strange.

He's just being weird. I don't know. I've got to talk to him. Okay, let's get some wide receivers here. Jamie, top wide receivers? Iommanner and Trey Tucker are the top two. You know, Dave mentioned Shaheed. You could put him in that category too as well.

I'm going to, again, look long term. I think Luther Burden's got an opportunity here. Hopefully he's earning a little bit more trust. I don't want to go chase the production because it was three targets, three catches, and he had a 65-yard touchdown on a flea flicker. But for an offense that is starting to maybe, get going you know again it was the cowboys but could happen easily this week against the raiders as well like he's somebody that you want to stash uh jalen koker for me is somebody that i want to stash you know just with the upside

of what he can become and now you're looking at sanders out for several weeks uh legett was missing time and he's been at least getting targets whether he's been doing anything with him or not so we could see a jalen koker maybe he's not the slot guy when he comes back because they want to keep renfro there and we see koker kind of move around a little bit but we know that brys young likes him tory horton has scored two touchdowns in the first three games of the season it's a it's a it's a tough sell because of how little they're throwing the ball. And clearly he's still on the field with two very good wide receivers and Jackson Smith, the Jigba and Cooper Cup.

But Tori Horton, Tori Horton off to a great start. You mentioned Taekwon Thornton. I still want to take a look at the Packers receivers and I'm going to put Wicks in front of Dobbs again until Jayden Reed comes back. It's the Cowboys this week. Last week was just a nightmare because the Browns, like this is the week that these guys, Matthew Golden included, can all hopefully go off because of the Cowboys defense. So there's a lot of wide receivers again.

Don't spend too much fab on these guys. These are guys that you want to put on your bench at this point if you're desperate in three receiver leagues. And let's face it, wide receiver has been beat up more than running back at this point. I like almost like 26, 27 running backs this week. Like I'm done at like seven wide receivers like that I actually like, you know, just because I'm kidding. But, you know, you're down CD Lamb.

You're down Mike Evans. You're down. You've got a lower expectations for the Bengals. I don't know where you rank Chase, Dave. He's in the teens for me. It's not pretty at this point for him. And T. Higgins is outside the top 24. So it's good to have some of these players on your bench if you can.

But again, if you're prioritizing what's your best bench bet, for me, it would be taking the chances on some of these running backs more so on the receivers. Okay, by the way, according to ESPN research, the Dallas Cowboys, and that's who the Packers are playing this week. They've allowed the most completions and passing touchdowns of 25 yards or more through three games in the past 45 years. They are horrible.

Thank you, ESPN.com, for that stat. I'm hoping Matthew Golden can take advantage, but also Wicks and Dobbs, yeah, if you need some, you're in a pinch. What will Matt LaFleur do? Will he throw or will he run? Yeah, I mean, that's the issue here. He's going to try and run.

That run game hasn't been great. If Lamb were playing, this game, you know, you'd feel so much better about Jordan Love, right? Just throw in more and what it means for the wide receivers. But this could be a blowout. Um, I don't know, could is the right word. Right. Yeah, what does that mean for the past attempts? Okay, Dave, top three tight ends. I wonder what the, I'll go check with the over under on sacks from Michael Parsons is because it might be 20. Hunter Henry's first at tight end, seven point three targets per game this season, at least 10 ppr points in two of three games. And he seems to have that connection with Drake May going right now.

So he's my favorite tight end to go and pick up. And then there's some other ones that I think you can get relatively cheap. I'm going to give you four names instead of three. I'm still buying into Harold Fanon Jr. I still think he's going to end up having a consistent role and maybe more targets in what we've seen over the last couple of weeks. 9.8 PPR in each of his first two games. Just a bad game last week it was against Green Bay. Brenton Strange for Jacksonville. He seems to have a connection going with Trevor Lawrence. We know that he's had some decent numbers, almost 10 PPR points in two of his three games.

His bad game was against Houston. And Cade Otten is going to get a chance in Tampa. If there's no Mike Evans, if Chris Godwin is eased in or doesn't even play in week four, they're running out of people to throw to. You've got a Mecca, Bucca, you've got Sterling Shepard. I know Kate Otten's done nothing this year,

like almost literally nothing. But I would imagine he's going to start to get some targets, especially short area targets against Philadelphia this week. in that four-game stretch that Kate Otten had, beginning with the Baltimore game when both Gobin and Evans got hurt. He had a four-game stretch with eight or more targets. He scored 18 or more PPR fantasy points

in three of the four games. Three touchdowns, 77 or more yards, in three of the four games. It is weird that he is just completely uninvolved right now. But, all right, let's recap. It might be because, and I have to watch it back to see, but he might be asked to block more instead of run more routes.

I don't know if that's case. I'm just hypothesizing. All right. So recap, Jamie's top three quarterbacks this week are Marioada, but Jaden Daniels may play, so just keep that in mind. Gino Smith and Carson Wentz. Top three running backs from Dave were Woody Marks, Tajay Spears, and Chris Rodriguez, or pick your commander's running back. A wide receiver from Jamie, Alec, Ayo Manor, Trey Tucker, and long-term play on Luther Burden. Tight ends from Dave, Hunter Henry, Harold Fannin Jr., Brenton Strange, and Kate Otten. Okay, so on Otten, he has an 80-prud.

rate, 88% route rate. So, yeah, he is running a lot of routes and just not getting the ball. Now it's time for coverage you can count on, sponsored by Nationwide. Just like your fantasy roster is more than just your offensive starters. Nationwide is a great insurance company and a great financial services company. So don't forget about the defensive side of the ball. And remember, Nationwide is on your side. Jamie, give me a DST to stream this week. Who's facing the Giants again? Oh, the Chargers. Go get the Chargers this week. They are playing very well defensively,

and now they get what should still be a layup of a matchup. I don't think the quarterback change will change how you should feel about the defense for the Chargers. If it's Jamis, it'll be some turnovers. If it's Jackson Dart, it'll be an experienced quarterback. If it's Russell, it'll just be Teraback quarterback, terrible quarterback play across the board. So the Chargers are in a great spot.

Go pick them up and start them this week. Yeah, there's a few good DSTs. The Chargers are 64% rostered. The Commanders, Jamie has in his column. they get Atlanta this week and you know all the turnovers there how about the lions yeah I wanted to bring up and the reason why you might want to put the lions

first is the Chargers they do have the Giants this week but then they get Washington the Lions have Cleveland this week and then they're at Cincinnati so maybe that's more of a two week thing for Detroit and they're 42% roster compared to 64% for the Chargers

do you guys know who the number one DST I mean it's scoring so different but just looking at our FFT league which is kind of basic DST scoring. You know who the number one DST is so far? I almost want to say the Vikings just based on week three. Seattle? It is Seattle.

Yeah, I think the Vikings are up there too. Seattle's only 72% rostered. Do you consider them one of the true must roster DSTs? Yes, especially this week against Kyler. 18 or more fantasy points in each of their past two games. And Kyler's been a mess. Now, Arizona has yet to allow more than 11. fantasy points to a DST, and that's in basic scoring leagues.

But I still kind of, I kind of like them on a short week. That was coverage you can count on, sponsored by Nationwide. Nationwide is so much more than a great insurance company. They're one of America's largest financial services companies, too. For your insurance and financial needs, nationwide is on your side. Nationwide Investment Services Corporation, member FINRA, Columbus, Ohio. Jamie, who are the kickers to pick up? the kickers to pick up.

I don't have it in front of me, sorry. Josh Cardi, I believe, is one of them. Yep, you got Josh Cardi, small percent rostered against the Colts. You got Will Reiker, who's 47% rostering against Steelers, and Jason Myers, who's 9% rostered against the Cardinals. Okay, and hopefully your kicker doesn't strain his hamstring or whatever during warm-ups because that only happens to one franchise. Hey, he made his kick.

We are going to take a break. Obviously, the Giants would have won that game if Graham could know have been healthy. We're going to take a break. and give you Shallow League, Deep League, Detroit Baltimore reaction, dropometer, and more waiver wire after this. Well, there is a shallow league player that we haven't talked about yet that I'm looking forward to getting into here because the four I mentioned at the top of the show are obviously Trey Benson, Chris Godwin, Jordan Addison, they're both expected back this week, Addison

for sure, Godwin will see, and who is the, oh, Jake Ferguson. There's also Joanne Jennings, didn't mention him, he's about 80% rostered. But Jamie, who are some of the shallow league guys that if you saw them, maybe they sneak through in a 12-team league? Holy cow, I can't believe he's available. Gotta go get those players. Quarterback, it would be Brock Purdy and Justin Fields. Purdy hopefully will be back this week, especially Mack Jones, dealing with the knee injury.

Justin Fields won amazing game, one terrible game that happened to be against Buffalo. I still think there's a big year ahead for him. And as you mentioned, the upcoming schedule is very favorable. We'd love to see him take on the Dolphins defense. At running back, Trey Benson, obviously, is the headliner there. you want to make sure he's rostered in every league. And then the other two guys that I mentioned, again, these are just players that if you have open roster spots,

they're an injury away, unfortunately, from potentially being superstars. And that's Brian Robinson Jr. and Tyler Algier. At wide receiver, you mentioned Kras Godwin, to me, is a must add given the Mike Evans injury, as well as Joanne Jennings, Matthew Golden. Khalil Shakir, I still put Wondell Robinson there just because I think you know what you're getting from him,

and I wouldn't necessarily look at the matchup against the Chiefs and saying, okay, this is who he is moving forward. hopefully the quarterback change when it does happen. And if it's James, that would be amazing, can still keep Wondell Robinson as that 12 plus point per game score in PPR. At tight end, you're looking at,

I think you've got to go back to Mark Andrews. I should probably add him just based on what we saw last night. So we'll see what happens moving forward for him, especially if Isaiah likely does return. But Joanne Johnson, it's funny, like the slow grind of him and his roster percentage creeping up. Like,

based on how he's performed, you know, like Jake Ferguson to me is 100% roster guy. John Johnson, 100% roster guy, too. It's 11 plus PPR points in three straight games. The targets have been there 28 on the season. He's just getting so many opportunities, and he's been delivering.

Don Kincaid, two of three games have been, you know, solid. And the one game that wasn't was the blowout game against the Jets. And Dallas Goddard, I know there's only one catch, but you know what he's capable of doing, especially what we saw in week one. And if the Eagles decide, hey, look, we could throw the ball and have success, maybe Dallas Goddard continues to perform like he has been when he gets opportunities.

I just don't understand why are we even talking about these guys? Because Dave, none of these guys are available in my league. I'm in the deep leagues. Who do we look at there? So let's go deeper than Gino Smith at quarterback. We're talking about Carson Wentz, who's 76% available. Sam Darnold, who's 74% available. He's been okay the last couple of weeks.

Marcus Mariotta, if he gets another start, 89% available. Everybody likes what they got out of him. All the other quarterbacks, I wouldn't feel good about it. out on the topic of superflex deep league guys to add what about kirk cousins available in 97% of leagues penix looks lost i wonder if they make the switch to cousins if pennix has another bad game just speculating on that one running backs deep leagues witty marks is still available in 74% of leagues the commander's running backs they're available in at least 84% of leagues uh this is going to be gross i don't even know if i should should i say this go do it miles sanders is

available in 77% of leagues. He has eight PPR points in each of his past two games. Todge Brooks. I mean, it seems... Well, but why? Why Tage Brooks? Because if Chase Brown can't get it done, you think Tadj Brooks is going to get it done? I don't think Chase Brown is an especially good

rusher, especially between the tackles. Tadj Brooks maybe is better suited for that. Deeper leagues, that's fine. I guess you could put them on that list, but you could also put Minangai on that list. We've been talking about him for a while. With Tyrone Tracy being out, Devin Singletary is on this.

These are not guys that are recommended who. Who took over after Ramandre Stevenson fumbled twice? Antonio Gibson. Yeah. And then he fumbled once. Yeah, I know. You know who needs to take over is Trayvion Henderson. He did.

I hope that continues to happen. Yeah. I had like 80-something percent of the snap. It goes better. That was awesome. All right. Deep League wide receiver, Stray Tucker headlines the list. Jalen Koker is available.

and like, is that like 90% of leagues, Jamie? Yeah. 91. Okay. So if you've got an IR spot, you can literally carry him for free this week. And then you can make room for them on your bench. But I really like the Coker call a lot. Burden, you mentioned.

Tyquan Thornton, you mentioned. Wicks, 90% available. You can go and get him. Tori Horton, you mentioned him. I don't like the targets. I do like the fantasy production. If Evans is out, Sterling Shepard's available in 99% of it. of leagues and he's a solid receiver might get you 10 ppr points if you're desperate at 4 for 80 last

week and on the subject of receivers coming back from suspension slash injury if joan jennings is out the 49ers are getting to market and he's available in 98% of leagues and he's a pretty good deep ball guy definitely a boomer bus type of receiver maybe you can get something out of him this week against jacksville at tight end wait wait wait we haven't talked about k kate Cavante Turpin and Jalen Tolbert? Yep. What do we think about those guys? Because they're available pretty much everywhere. I feel the same way about them as I do, Miles Sanders.

You might get eight PPR points out of them, maybe a little bit more with Turpin. Turpin's fast, and they use them a lot. He has at least 50 yards in each of his past two games, 8.8 ppr points in each of his past two games. And he'll see more snaps, so he's okay. But we've literally named like 20 wide receivers. Yeah, you don't have to name everyone.

Just give me the ones that you like, you know, like who... I think one for sure that should be... Should be added in deeper leagues is Parker Washington. I mean, with what the Jaguars receiving court looks like right now, he had five targets, five catches in week two. He had 11 targets in week three. He is clearly somebody that Liam Cohen and obviously Trevor Lawrence like. So he's worth rostering, especially with Damby Brown now banged up to.

Orton or Orton is your deep league tight end at 84. You should be able to find somebody better than him, though. Gaseki at 93%. Noah Fant is out for a while. Cole Commet, 95%. If Loveland is out for a while. Those are the Deep League guys. And I was just thinking of somebody else.

Oh, you got no, you got some for sure. You have no Sanders and no Liget and no Coker for one more week, Hunter Renfro. Yes, yes. I was going to bring him up, actually. I think I had a note on him. Hunter Renfro. Oh, he's placing New England. I mean, they, obviously, oh, yeah, no, he's just part of the Panthers, I think, have the best upcoming schedule by far.

Yeah. Patriots, dolphins, cowboys in the next three weeks. It really makes the cocker call strong. Somebody sent me a picture of a Coke can with, you know how they have like the names on them now? It said Eric, he just got a kick out of it. And he sent it to me as that. I appreciated that. All right.

Let's talk about Monday night. football. What a fun one. Just give me a few minutes on this game. Detroit 38, Baltimore, 30. And you know how I love a shadow. I was kind of doing work while watching the game, so I wasn't really paying attention. But I did pay it late in the third quarter throughout. DJ Reed, number four for Detroit, was shadowing Zay Flowers. I assume he did that the entire game. And from everything I saw, you can only tell if he had the All-22. It seemed like he was great. So that could be a reason why Flowers had such a bad game. Obviously, Andrews had a big game. But, Jamie, give me a fantasy takeaway from Detroit and Baltimore.

Now Jerry Judy's going to stink this week. Look, it was, they took advantage of, I always mispronounce the name, the defensive linemen for the Ravens, not being there. And they just ran it down their throat. I mean, David Montgomery was absolutely fantastic. I was so wrong on him. I had him as a sit this week. So my bad on that one. Jemir Gibbs was great as well.

And Jared Goff just played solid. Like, this was not a great fantasy game for him. but just did everything he needed to do and the throw at the end of the game, Tamara St. Brown was great, great play call on the fourth down. We have a James and Williams problem. You know, this is going to be an interesting game for a lot of fantasy managers because the targets have been non-existent through the first three weeks this season. He's at home, and going back to last year,

he averages over 15 ppr points per game at home. Now, that does not mean he scores over 15 ppr points per game in every home game. But we saw what he did in week two against Chicago when he had two catch-up for 100 plus yards, he could easily break a big play against the Browns, but can you trust him based on what's happening right now in the Browns defense? So we're getting a lot of Jameson Williams sucks. I got a few, you said, James and William's going to be good. Now he stinks. What do I do? Well, you keep him on your bench for the moment and hopefully things start to turn around, but it has not been good for him right now. But in the case of the lions, the running backs are

back to being what they were a year ago. And I think the week one, oh my God, Ben Johnson's gone. they stink, that narrative has quickly died. I got to say something about Jameson Williams. I've brought it up now. This is going to be the third week in a row. The average route depth. This was the highest of his season. It was 15.23 yards. That's

insanely high. Last year, his average route depth was 10 yards. This year, it's 13.8 yards. He's a clear-out guy. And it doesn't work. It doesn't work, you know, for fantasy purposes. It's hard. You cannot have a consistent wide receiver who's average route depth. And I think average

out depth is like how far you run when you make your first break or cut or something like that. Jacob knows the definition. But I know that if you look at the leaders in average route depth, you're not getting a ton of successful receivers. Yes, Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison will be up there. The Vikings, that's what they do. But most of the guys are the Alec Pierce's of the world. And I just, it's a big change for Jameson Williams. And it's only gotten worse every week. So that's something I'm keeping an eye on. If they start using him differently, he'll be more consistent, but this is a bummer. So if we have a James and Williams problem,

do we also have a Sam Leporta problem? Because Leporta has four targets in each of his past two games, no more than seven PPR points in either of those two games. You might tolerate seven PPR points from a tight end. That's certainly better than from a wide receiver. But you'd think that one of the two would get a solid amount of targets each week, and you'd have to figure out which one. It hasn't been that way at all,

save for week one when Loporta had a bunch of targets against Greenfield, Bay, and they were playing a ton of heavy zone, and the lines were playing from behind in that game. And so now I'm wondering, like, are both of these guys players that you can't feel good about starting? Obviously, it's easier to get away from Jameson. There aren't a lot of great tight ends, but it makes me nervous about Leporta, too, moving forward.

You just know. So I wouldn't be pivoting from, let's say, Leporta to Fannin at this point, but you might be pivoting from Leporta to Henry. You just know what you're potentially missing every week with these guys, because especially Jameson Williams. Sure. So that's what makes it tough. But, yeah, I mean, this is.

And Jameson, both of his catches came, like, right away at the start of the game. Yeah. So, of course, I'm saying, and I've got Jamo in a bunch of leagues. So, of course, I'm thinking, oh, this is it. This is going to be a big game for him. He's going to get a lot of targets? Nope. All right. They were able to, you know, they outraven the Ravens.

Jamie said it best. They were able to just run the ball like crazy. Few Ravens questions. Number one, if you were drafting again today, would you consider, this is a serious question her, but you consider taking Lamar Jackson, number one overall. He had his worst fantasy game yesterday. He scored 33 fantasy points. No, but he's...

No. He's insane. Okay. Are you concerned about Derek Henry with a fumble in every game? I mean, a little bit, you know, just based on how he's... Not so much the fumbles, and he's just not running well. Like, the offensive line's not helping. The fact that he got stuff three times in the goal line was troubling.

And, you know, I mean, he gets the long touchdown run. You take that away. And it was a miserable night, absolutely miserable night. We've talked about the splits for Henry in wins and losses. And it's more than just like what the final score is. It's the game script. And when the Ravens are playing from behind, he's not really a huge factor. Okay.

They might be playing from behind a little bit more than we think. Their defense isn't as great as we thought. But it would be. Everything you're saying, though, just makes me want to buy low on Derek. I still believe in. No one's going to give up on him, though, but no one's giving up on Derek Henry. Yeah. If any running back, if most running backs of the NFL fumbled every game, their coaches might

give up on it, but I don't think it's going to happen with Derek Henry. Like, he's just, he's Derek Henry. Zay Flowers, huge disappointment, but we're still going to consider him a must start going forward. Yeah, I mean, look, he may get McDuffie. What could be a problem for him? But you're not setting him yet. We've had the full Zayflowers experience through the first three weeks of the season.

We had the monster in week one, and then a solid game in week two, and then Dudsville in week three. And then what about Mark Andrews? Sell high? There's a very realistic chance likely returns this week. So yes, if you can sell high on Mark Andrews, this is the perfect time to do it.

It's a big if. Okay. But this was great. I mean, this was as vintage Mark Andrews, you can get, forget about the two touchdowns, just the involvement was finally fun to see. All right, let's do the drop o meter here. Drop 0 to 10.

Zero, no way. I would never drop this guy. You're an idiot. 10 is obviously I would drop this guy while you asking. You're an idiot. Keon Coleman. Three. Five.

Khalil Shakir. Zero. Three. Would you rather roster Keon Coleman or Kalil Shakir? Coleman. Shakir. Okay. Travis Hunter.

Nine. Five. You guys giving out my phone number? Sounds more like my number. Two digits there. Dylan Samson. Ten. Ten.

I mean, I think the caveat would be, is he the handcuff now to Quinshan? I think he's the handcuffed to Quinshan, but he's not the pass-catching running back for the Browns. So it depends on what you're looking at. If you're talking about, you know, if Quintan gets hurt, you want to roster him, sure. He could catch the ball, but he hasn't been the third down guy. Right.

He'd catch the ball on first and second now, but you're right. Jerome Ford is the third down guy. Calvin Ridley. Three. Yeah. If I said three for the bills, it's three for him. R.J. Harvey. Zero.

Isaiah Pacheco. Four. It's even higher and smaller. leagues where you can find a solid running back off the waiver wire but he's he looks very much like a sad trap back marquise brown seven five a million back deck prescott in four weeks it'll be a million it's an interesting one one quarterback leagues if you need to replace somebody you like the rest of your roster it's probably eight or nine but cd lambs back in two weeks potentially and you want to have that you can't start him this week and i don't know

if you're going to feel good starting him at the jets without cd lamb i mean look if he couldn't really put up a big number against the bears without cd lamb i'm not i'm just not expecting to start him i'd love to i'm going to try to stash him i have dack in a few leagues i'm not planning on dropping him but i get it uh kiler murray zero right he's he's i would rather yeah yeah zero another guy Smaller leagues, maybe you can drop them, like eight team leagues. Same as Dak. Could have had a good game if not for the drops. And six more carries for Carla Murray, so six or seven in all three games.

All right, waiver wire. Let's see what we did. What did you say? The kids would say six, seven. Would they? What does that mean? Nothing good. Okay.

So waiver wire quarterbacks, Brock Purdy would be the best to pick up, right? If everyone were available, everyone would, you know. If you're looking long term, yes. If you're looking short term, I would go with Mariotta or Gino. But you do have to acknowledge that Jane Daniels might play. That's what I'm saying. That's why you put Gino first. So, all right, Purdy and Justin Fields are the shallowly guys.

And then Marioita, Gino Smith. Dave, if they both play, do you also like Marioita ahead of Gino Smith? I like Gino better. The biggest concern I've got with him is that the offensive line is super inconsistent and the Bears' defense looked good getting to DAC last week and pressuring him a little bit more than we've seen from Chicago. But they're both fine. I would just, I would rather make the move for Gino

since I don't know if Jay and Daniels is going to play. If he practices by Wednesday or Thursday, if you've already spent the FAB or the waiver move to get Mario-Ota, you might not be able to get Gino. So I would just rather play it safe and get Gino first. And then there's Carson Wentz, who threw 20 passes and scored 19.3 fantasy points. had a very good game against Cincinnati.

Now he gets Pittsburgh. They allow the fifth most yards per attempt in football. They have been a, they have forced a lot of turnovers, or they've been a good matchup. Then he gets Cleveland, which is probably going to be tough. So Wentz is on there. Okay, give me just your top. Are we talking about a top 15 guy with Tua this week against the Jets?

Borderline. It's a good week for quarterbacks. Yeah, he's not bad. Sauce Gardner. I would start Mario and Smith over to him. You would start Mariodin Smith over Tua. Okay. Yeah, I've got Smith in my top 12.

I think you do too, James. Bryce Young. Again, the schedule is amazing going for the next four weeks. Yeah, another guy that has a good opportunity, just not ranked as high just because of the week. Oh, that Patriots, Panthers game could be a fun one for fantasy. And then there's Jackson Dart. There's Terad Taylor.

Tarad Taylor, usually, he often will get you around 20 fantasy points, which is exactly what he did at Tampa Bay. and he has Miami this week. And then he has the Cowboys. This really, really, really needs to be a Breece Hall week. Yeah. Joe Boo week for Breece. Sam Darnold's actually playing pretty well, just not throwing much.

18 pass attempts turned in almost 21 fantasy points against the Saints. He gets the Cardinals this week. Then, yeah, so guys that don't have jobs right now, but Jackson Dart, Kirk Cousins, I still think James Winston, if you're in a 2QB league and have a roster spot to play with might make sense. Jake Browning, are we in or out on Jake Browning, just long term? You guys Denver this week, so that's a no, but are we in or out on Jake Browning long term? In one QB leagues, 100% in Superflex and two QB leagues, you're still rostering without question.

I'm sorry, you're saying in one QB league's 100% out on Browning. Correct. All right. All right, let's go to the running backs here. Trey Benson is the prize. If you could only have one handcuff, who, do you think the best handcuff in fantasy is of everybody available or just in so the entire field is available sure and you can't cheat and say david montgomery i would take brian robinson okay

alger would be up there as well i think blake quorum at this point would have to be up there he looks pretty good i would take alger i think he's a more complete back and we've seen him like robinson we've seen him do it before but in that full-time role in atlanta i like it i'm not going to spend much time i've never seen robinson in san francisco though so that could be amazing it maybe i know he doesn't catch the ball very much uh he can do it he can but we don't see a ton of it look i don't he won't be like mcalfrey i don't know how christian mcalfrey can survive this he he he's got the second most catches and the third most targets in the NFL and he's in every down running back he's just getting pummeled all the time

They need to, I think, ease his workload a little bit. Mike, I wonder if 49ers fans before the season had this question posed to them. You can have Christian McCaffrey for the entire season, but everybody else would fall off. Yeah, right. They got to, I don't know what's going on there with their, they, everyone gets hurt on that team. It's insane. All right, we're not going to spend a lot of time on running backs. Just go to the top three priorities.

It's basically the same thing. Taj Spears coming back, hopefully in week five. Woody Marks may be starting to, you know, get that. network from Nick Chubb. You can pick up Chris Rodriguez or Jeremy McNichols. You guys prefer which running back for Washington? The biggest surprise was, you know, we spent last week talking about how are they going to replace Austin Echler? And what they did was they replaced a Corey Crosky Merritt, which is so weird because the fact that Rodriguez went from inactive to that role as the leading leading the team in carries and being the starter, the quote unquote starter. That to me was the

biggest surprise because it was not replacing Echler from a passing down's perspective was not replacing Echler in in a past protection role it was replacing JCP and Echler as the the first guy out of the gate to get carries and so the fact that he had 11 carries in a game where they were they jumped out to such a big lead and so who knows how the game would have unfolded throughout the course of the game don't give up on on bill yet you're not dropping him there's still plenty of potential there but clearly there's there's some disconnect between cliff kingsbury and dan quinn and what they want croskey merit to do and he's just not doing it they they barely play him in the first quarter it's been that way each of their three games he hasn't come in in the first three games until the third

series each time he he has yet to record a carry in the first quarter he has eight snaps in the first quarter that's first quarter yeah so wait what's the answer here i'm sorry did i miss it rodriguez or mick nichols who would you pick up adams is looking for the answer to this rodriguez right now Yeah. All right. Ali Gordon, Blake Corum, Braylon Allen, Kareem Hunt, and Miles Sanders, Kyle Minungai, Taj Brooks, Kendry Miller, RICO Dowdell.

You could even make a case for you. Ten carries last week. Okay. Wide receivers. So if Chris Gobwin, if Chris Gobwin and Joanne Jennings are staring at you on the waiver wire, who you're picking up?

Godwin right now, I mean, if Evans is out for multiple weeks, like this is the opportunity Godwin needs to get back into the fold quickly. And are they both Godwin and Jennings ahead of Matthew Golden for you? Yes. Yeah. Yeah.

Do you still think Wondale Robinson is a 10 to 12 PPR fantasy point guy most weeks? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Then we love, well, we don't love. We like Elylech, Ayo Manor. He's number one. Cam Ward has thrown five passes of 20 or more air yards,

and three of them have gone to Iommanner, including that wacky 23-yard touchdown pass that was probably ill-advised. Trey Tucker, second time in his career, he's had consecutive games with a target per out-run rate of 18% or higher, so that is a good trend for him. Luther Burden, Jamie Likes,

as a deep stash, and Dave likes was... Shichaheed, sorry about that, thank you. And Jail and Koker needs to be mentioned here, too. That's a really good call. The Packers-wide receivers might be worth getting. How do you feel about Tyquan Thorne? I'd be pretty interested in him

if you know if not for worthy coming back hopefully this week and obviously rice on the horizon but thornton's doing some good things for kansas city i mean i don't know if necessarily this week matters for worthy or not for what thornton is going to do and he's going to essentially be what we said about jameson will he's going to be the clear-out guy you know so there's going to be some deep shots to him down the field there be some opportunities for him to make plays the fact that patram holmes said he was calling for the late touchdown throw you know and and and wanting to rely on him at a time where you have Marquis Brown. I think this was supposed to be Marquis Brown, essentially.

So say everybody was healthy, Brown was supposed to be this guy. You know, the guy that can make some plays down the field, use the speed, get open, Thornton's doing it. And if you ever would say that a Patriots wide receiver can get cut and find a way to New England, and this is what he becomes. Like, Taekwon Thornton is fast, man. He was the fastest guy at the combine when he came out. So there's a lot to like about his boom-bust potential. is you going to get

seven targets, eight targets, nine targets on a weekly basis and everybody's healthy? That's the biggest knock. That's the biggest problem. I could see a world where they go three receivers with Rice, Worthy, and Thornton, and then they've got so much speed on the outside that defenses are going to be in a bind.

It would make the number, the target share and the numbers would be massive for Rice and maybe Kelsey because they'd get a bunch of short and intermediate targets if they did that. It's a good time to buy low on that's what i'm saying we talked about on beyond the box score this guy is throwing deep he leads the nfl in past attempts of 20 or more air yards that they throw a lot of short passes and a lot of

deep passes and i like that i like that for rice i like that and they can't run the ball and they yeah i don't think that's a good thing that they're so bad at running the ball i just think it's bad for their offense but when they start to see seven man boxes they'll be able to run the ball that could be you know i think i don't know if they are yeah you that could be um all right Or six-man boxes or five-man boxes. You're going to have a hard time defending these guys when they're healthy. The problem is it's been two years and not being healthy. Christian Kirk had eight targets in his first game.

Technically, the Titans do allow the most wide receiver, most yards in the NFL to slot wide receivers, but that's always, if you face Pooka and Akua, you're always going to be up there on that list. But Christian Kirk's 51% rostered. I mentioned the Cowboys, guys. If you were going to pick Turpin or Tolbert, which one would you go with?

Tolbert will get more targets but Turpin has much more big play and upside so I would take Turpin That's if I had to take a Cowboys receiver Ayuk is eligible to come back next week I don't know that he will

but he's eligible and I just offered I doubt this is going to get accepted I just offered Ricky Pearsall for Trey Benson trying to get out of Ricky Pearsall not that I think he's going to stink but see if you can sell high

all right so those are some we mentioned so many wide receivers had the tight ends Johnson is still available on 18% of CBS Sports Leagues. How do you feel about Dalton Kincaid? I know Jamie you talked about him briefly, but he's got two big games so far this year,

but no more than six targets in any game. How do you feel about him, Jamie? I would trust him as a low-end starter moving forward. I don't know if he has the upside to be Jake Ferguson, for example, because he's not going to get that many targets on a week-to-week basis. But when we did our bold predictions, prior to the season, I said that Kincade will lead them in targets, catches,

all the receiving numbers that. And again, two of the three games so far, he's been, forget about the ball purse, but two or three games, like he's been very good. The one game that he wasn't was the Jets game where they blew them out and didn't throw the ball very much. So at this point, you know, like everything we thought for him last year is coming to fruition, you know, being a playmaker for a Bill's team that's going to spread the ball around. he's just putting up, you know, decent enough fantasy numbers,

like you should be trusting him at this point to be a low-un-starter. But it's not with a lot of trust. I'd want to have a second tight end on my team or a waiver-wire full of tight-ins. Would you drop him for Hunter Henry? No. No. Would you drop Dallas Godd or for Hunter Henry? Yes.

Yeah. Would you drop Kyle Pitts for Hunter Henry? Yes. Yeah, but I might go back and get Pitts once Henry delivers one of those awesome three-target, one-catch games like he had in week two. With Henry, who is the number one waiver wire priority in terms of guys who were actually available in a lot of leagues, he averaged 10 points per game last year with healthy Drake May.

That's solid. He's got two of three good games. And then it's like, yeah, but he didn't have Stefan Diggs and all that. Well, those guys aren't really doing anything. It's true. Drake May's got the eighth highest tight end target rate in the NFL. And a coordinator that loves tight ends. I think I'm going to buy back in.

By the way, Carolina this week, 26. against tight ends so far. Would you drop Harold Fannan Jr. for Hunter Henry? Yes. I think so. Would you drop David Nijoku for Hunter Henry? Yes, yes. Would you drop David Nijoku for Brenton Strange?

No. I might. Okay. Shig O'Conquo has been all right. Dave mentioned Kate Otten, what he could do, what he did last year. Hopefully, well, you know, we'll see. because if Godwin's back this week,

it's not a big endorsement. You're going to have to miss on a lot of tight ends to trust KDOT and as a start this week. It's a very fine line of both receivers have to be out to trust KDOT. And then Gadsden comes in and has his first meaningful snaps of his career and he turns 22 snaps into five targets

or 46 yards on seven targets, the only snaps of his career, by the way. So he's not on the list that you're seeing here if you're watching. But I don't know. I feel like I need to mention Arronday Gadsden. There's just too many miles

defeating this offense to try them on a week-to-week basis. Well, that McConkey stinks. All right, that's it for tight ends. You can drop Evan Ingram. You can drop John Hussmith. DSTs, the Chargers, the commanders, and the Lions

are really good, good options this week. Lions might get two great games from them. And Seattle's, the number one defense in the league so far. So they are 72% rostered. Also, the Rams. The Rams are interesting because they're a good,

defense, but they have the worst matchup in fantasy, basically, with the Colts this week. So maybe you don't go for them. All right, kicker, Josh Cardi, Will Reiker, Jason Myers. Thank you for watching, listening. 1 p.m. Eastern CBS Sports Network.

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