Fantasy Footballers - Fantasy Football Podcast - Week 2 Waivers + Bounce Back or Buns? - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/15

Episode Date: September 15, 2026

Fantasy Football show for Sep 15, 2026. Week 2 waiver wire pickups! Which disappointing players are actually droppable? Find out which waiver adds can help fantasy football managers get a win in Week 2 and beyond! Plus, injury updates and a recap of Monday Night Football including Ken Walker reactions. Manage your redraft, keeper, and dynasty fantasy football teams with the #1 fantasy football podcast.JoinTheFoot.com - Get ULTIMATE DASHBOARD access + in-season tools and resources(Timestamps are approximate) (00:00) Intro(00:40) MNF Recap(13:10) NFL News(19:15) Bounce Back or Buns?(24:55) Week 2 Waiver Wire(25:20) RB Waivers(31:25) WR Waivers(43:15) TE Waivers(50:30) DST Streamers(52:15) Full Stream Ahead (QB Streamers)Connect with the show:Subscribe on YouTubeVisit us on the WebSupport the ShowFollow on XFollow on InstagramJoin our Discord Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

to the fantasy footballers podcast with your host, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright. Oh, welcome in. Tuesday, September 15th. Somebody in this office is glowing. I did not think Mike could be here. I, you didn't ascend? You did not? I just assumed you were no longer on this.

Brother, I did. So you did. Yeah. You just came back across the table. Kinbone brothers. These two Kinbone Walker. Oh, baby. Also, what is this Andy on the Kid Bone Walker?

He's got him on League of Free. I know why. I'm just saying it's not fair or true to nature. Just with Gibbs and Josh Allen and Citi and I'm not their time right now, Andy. Listen, it took one game. Ken Bone Walker. It took one singular game. Well, hold on.

against one of last year's elite defenses. You may continue. Are they elite? I don't know. They were. I'm saying they were last year. Yes, I know. Now all of a sudden it's like, do you start running backs against them?

No. You can start this one against them. Kenneth Walker, 23 for 173. Two touchdowns because one was technically a passing touchdown. Did you realize this? Oh, yeah, yeah. It was the old fashioned Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes. We just, we bowl it.

Did you see that on that play, Ken Walker said that was a really tough one for him to learn how it worked because they were watching early 1900s football plays. Yeah. Early 1900s. It was an early 1900s play. Andy Reid said Chris Berman gave him that play. I mean. Yeah, he said Chris Berman showed him that and he took it. It's always funny because I'm like, when do you decide you're actually going to use these?

And then when you use them, you kind of like, you expire them to a degree. But look, it was the Ken Walker. You set it up so that they're watching for it. then you do something else. It was the Ken Walker show. Guys, he's good. He's good at football. Well, look, this is, this is like,

anybody in this room read the Lord of the Rings books? No, they're very long, right? They're long stories. It takes a long time for a payoff and things like that. I feel like the Ken Walker story is, it's like a six series book set, and it had some ups and some downs and some all-arounds. And Mike,

Mike's like, I'm going to keep reading. And we're like, I don't know if you should keep reading. He doesn't seem like. The fourth book was pretty slow. The fourth book was slow. And then some pages were torn out all over the place. And then, okay, it's a novelty. You win the MVP.

But is he coming back to the team to share with Charbonnet? Or is he going to the doldrums of some other French? Oh, wait, Kansas City. Well, that should work. And I love on the broadcast. They said what we all assumed, which was the reason he went there. was not to win a Super Bowl, was not to, it was solely

he wanted the opportunity to get all the work. It basically was saying, like, oh, why were you so good in the Super Bowl? Why were you so good in the playoffs? Because he got the opportunity. And he wanted to go somewhere where he got the opportunity. Kansas City promised him the opportunity. Turns out. 375 rushing temps

seems realistic if he could stay healthy, which is really going to be tough. But definitely is. Andy, I mean, I shouldn't be talking, Mike. You talk all you want. I just, I love that, so we're in our slack. The Ken Bone Brothers are celebrating. Yes, the Bone Brothers. The worst.

Just, I mean, how can you not be celebrating? We should go out for like a Bone Brothers lunch. Yeah, get some Bone broth? Yeah. To celebrate. I hate this. Ken Walker Day. Go over to Bourbon and Bone.

Oh, yeah. Oh, very nice. Hashtag not sponsored. Wings? No, I just, the slack from the haters of our officers is like, yeah, he's going to die. Oh, that's what that's the That's the thing.

Oh no, my good player's getting too much work. I will say this. The only hope that our League of Record has with Gibbs and Walker. Out of here with that non-send. It's simply that they're going to die. Your biggest problem, Andy, your legitimate biggest problem right now in our league, in our main league,

is that your guys are getting too much work. Oh, it's so good. Do you know how much that sucks for the rest of us? You know, there was this, we've had super teams in our league. league before. Oh, man. And the super teams, sometimes they come out in week one and they're just, you know, they're underwhelmed.

That did not happen. No. No, it went as planned. With a down week from A-chan and a down week from Davao. Yeah, in our league, if you score 130, you should win. That's like our scoring format. That is a great week. Right. You crossed 130. And 140? And then 150. Well, and then

you thought you had an okay game and then you had Ken Bone Walker and then you went to what, 175-ish? It was a delightful moment. I need to get everybody else to give up. That's the real key. I think you did in week one. I think they need to retire.

But this, it was on the back. I mean, Ken Bone, unbelievable performance. It was also, in my opinion, unbelievable to see Mahomes able to, you know, to run the football a little bit to, you know, he didn't. I didn't forget this one, though. He didn't even slide. Oh, the pants stores drops not working, Jeremy.

On it. I'm sorry. Travis Kelsey, 3. 71. Look, Rashi Rice, thank goodness for the touchdown, because which was two broken tackles, which, by the way, Denver did not practice tackling this off season. They seemed like they had a little bit of issue on wrapping up. Yeah, I don't know if there was like a, they distributed like Vaseline to everybody because Bo Nix couldn't hold on to the football and they couldn't hold on to the Chiefs. It was an embarrassing performance. He did have an all-time

podium quote, though. He was asked. Bo Nix? Yes, Bo Nix was asked by a reporter. Can he can you walk us through the end zone interception? And he goes, yeah, I drop back to pass and I threw it to the other team. It was like, next question. I mean, super, super accurate. I mean, he did walk you exactly through what happened. The Broncos have, there's hilariously two parts of this story. I mean, it also, and Emma Johnson looked awesome.

Let me finish one thing on the Chiefs real quick, because I want you to talk about the Broncos. But I just want to say, make no mistake, this is the recipe for the season for the Chiefs. It's not that Mahomes can't have bigger games, better games, whatever. The recipe was seen in this game. The recipe has run the football and be a dominant defensive force and then let Mahomes execute without mistakes. They don't have the wide receiver personnel to be a dominant passing team.

I do not believe they do. What are you talking about? You saw a super spry Travis Kelsey in this game. I mean, it's funny because Emmett Johnson and Travis Kelsey were the two leading receivers, neither are a wide receiver. Xavier worthy, three catches. Thornton, Zero. Cyrus, Zero.

Worthy. Was the leader in total receptions at wide receiver. And then Rashi Rice, two catches. I mean, I, man, it's one week, but I'm concerned about Rice. Mike, your drop is fixed. Oh. Imagine owning pants right now. There was a point last night when I thought about making AI of pants exploding off of your body.

I was just like, that was the, that was the, a pinnacle of your life. Yeah, I don't think you're, you've got anywhere to go but down now. Last night, probably your wedding, maybe the birth of your kids. Well, I mean, you forgot super duper chance. That was probably, that was better. Fantasy, fantasy.

Yeah. And then marriage and kids. Yeah, I'm not worried. I'm really concerned about that other stuff. I would say that there is legitimate concern for Rashi Rice going forward. Two targets with, you know, the Eric B. Enemy, uh, system in place. I was worried about like, how will they utilize him? Will they have him be that kind of, true possession receiver. And I don't think this is necessarily, I don't want to overreact to week one. You go back, you check the tape. They won easily running the ball. So you didn't have to throw it much. But I did have a little bit of concern or worry coming into the game that they

wouldn't use Rushie Rice the way that they have the last couple years, which has been so good for him. I don't think that that has been good for the Kansas City Chiefs. It's not like a huge EPA play when it's successful enough, but it's like not explosive plays. I mean, there's a reason the Chiefs didn't make the playoffs last year. They weren't a great offense. And so, you know, TBD, he got a touchdown. I don't know if you use that as an opportunity to try to. Matt has a question for you.

Flip him. The Falcon, aka Poop Butt, wants to know, would you trade Rishi Rice for Parker Washington? In a heartbeat. And I think I would sprint. in a heartbeat. And I don't think you can get that done after that first week. In any format. Yeah. In points per Rashi Rice leagues, I would still do it. Mike, talk about the Broncos. Okay. So my question was going to be, how long is Davis Webb calling plays for this team? Totally. I can't believe he made it to quarter four. Because the next five weeks, J.K. Dobbins had one carry in the second quarter. Your main.

Graeme? And Harvey looked good. I thought they used Harvey. You know, you have to get him in space. My entire argument of why I like Dobbins over Harvey is that Dobbins is a better actual running back. Harvey is, Harvey has juice. He is a weapon that can be used

in the correct way. But this is a defense, and it should be a defense and run team. Now that we, now that Dobbins is back to hell, they did not. They completely abandoned the run. I think it was like three carries in the first quarter, one in the second. Then he had a couple, or he at least one good carry in the second half.

But it's like they kept throwing it over and over, even though it was not working. The chiefs knew what they were going to do. I mean, shout out to Pat Bryant. That was pretty fun. He led the team in targets. One catch for two yards for Jalen Waddle. Yeah. They were broken.

They were broken. How about Jacksonville, the Rams, the 49ers the next three weeks for Denver? It's tough. They've got a good defense. And we've seen explosive offensive performances last year. They were sparse, though. They were here and there. They would blow up for 40 points.

And then most weeks, it was like they just did enough to squeak out a win. I did see Warren Sharp tweet out just a reminder of who the Broncos beat in 2025, which was Trey Lance. Chris Ola Dukin, Jordan. Oh, Dukin. Kenny Pickett, Gino Smith, Marcus Mariotta, Gino Smith again, Davis Mills, Justin Fields, Jake Browning, Cam Ward. There was a list of not great offenses that they were playing. So I know we, I still do view the Broncos as a very top end defense,

but at least be open to potential, you know, incorrect thoughts. It was so insane. They're like, hey, Bo Nix is playing real bad. Should we try and, like, get him on track with some? Like, let's help him out with the run game. Like, no, we're just going to let Bo Nix keep looking terrible. Yeah, and once you got down, you were stuck. And it was not good.

It's one week, but, you know, through one week, the AFC title game, contenders. Didn't look great. Right. So it'll be very interesting. We got more news. By the way, today's a waiver show. I didn't even say it at the top. because I was too quick to get into the Ken Bone Walker moment for Mike.

But waivers on today's show, news on today's show. I've got a little game I want to play with you guys because. Is it called Ken Bone Walker or? No, I think I know how. Because the list is very small. I think I know. Well, that would be a fun game to play. That we could do that actually.

Actually wild. So it's like after you can't overreact, but you can't overreact. It's like, okay, obviously you'd take Gibbs and Bejohn. Ken Bon Walker. question starts. Well, I think I'd take Jonathan Taylor over. Okay. I think I would too.

I would take CMC. Sure. But then I think the list ends. I mean, it's, it is. I mean, you're taking them over A-chan. Oh, gosh. You're taking them over. We were before the week one.

People are very excited for Genty. I need to see him play not the dolphins. James Cook. I think that's a question. I mean, Ken Walker got zero goal line opportunities last night. Well, you got a target. Oh, I mean, he got the target. target yeah i just mean like you're going to have games where they're on the go line and he's

the ball in and mahomes you know ran one in so let's talk some more news news and notes from around the league uh the last piece of information we got on sam darnald a unique soft tissue injury i i saw i heard glute this morning oh that is quite unique and expected to be short what is that a gloot i haven't seen one of those in a while expected to be short term i i don't eat bread so i'm not worried about right right right you're glute free oh oh Switch. Thank you, Mike. It was on the, it was on the, you know, on the bubble there.

Come on. I like it. Guys, I don't even care what's happening today. Arnold is looking like. Wavers. Mavors. I've got Ken Bowen Walker. Week four return to play.

Which, by the way, I did offer Mike Ken Walker for Christian McCaff. Oh, wait. No, it was Bejohn and the 211. Oh, that's right. Which I'm like, well, maybe that was a mistake. Maybe. Darnold, week four return. You know, Cardinals play the.

the Seahawks this week. Cardinals play the Seahawks and Drew Locke this week. Jim Harbaugh. The NFC West goes through Arizona. Yes, it does and we'll find out because it's in Arizona. Ladd-McConkie day to day with the rib injury. That's good news. So obviously he could put a flack jacket on, maybe play this week.

The Chargers' offense was running through him, granted poorly, but hopefully they figure that out. Jesse Minter said Jacoby Lane will seek a second and third opinion. Why did they already presume they need a third? Because they're like, we already know that guy's going to agree. We're going to see a kook and then a real doctor.

See how many doctors until we tell him, hey, your wrist is totally fine. Well, Dr. 2, he loves Dr. 1. He's just going to agree. I mean, he fractured his wrist. That part is, I mean, that part is settled. I hope it's conclusive. Say flowers day to day with the hamstring. That's optimistic news. Hopefully he is not going to, I mean, that's going to be in the back of your head for a few weeks until he gets through a game. Yeah. I will say the expectation is he probably won't practice much this week. He will start and be active. it's just a worry of whether he reactivates.

I'm not sure. I don't, I think he might miss a week. I mean, potentially that would be smart to just give him the time off. They did say that they left him questionable for a long time in that game. They played the Saints. And then at that point, they decided the game was out of hand. They don't need to bring him back. They said if it was a playoff game, he would have absolutely come back and played. So maybe they give him a week off just to be extra safe, but.

Would he have come back and played injured is the question? sure. The reaggravation is the risk. We saw Jalen Koker, a report of him being in a walking boot after the game. We're like, oh my gosh, the leading wide receiver on the week. Not expected to miss time. Rolled his ankle in the first quarter, the boot was precautionary. No, it's not. No, it's not.

No, of course it's not. Otherwise, everyone would be walking around. It's very cautionary. Everyone would be walking around in two boots at all times. Look, I can't roll my ankle in these things. It's not pre-cautionary. something happened where they put a boot on him. Thankfully, he said it was mild, he's not worried, he's going to play,

but at the same time, it is not pre-cautionary. It's cautionary. Yes. Okay. We have Liam Cohen saying Brian Thomas Jr. is expected to play in week two against the Broncos, so avoided major injury there. Jordan, sore thumb being evaluated. You know what, Jordan, keep that one quiet.

Yeah. Keep that one to yourself. That's embarrassing, man. Keep that one quiet. I get it. I mean, especially if it's... It's not a broken thumb. It's a sore thumb.

Would you hammer? Were you like hammering the picture in the wall? Oh, I got my thumb. It matters. It would be a bruised thumb, Jason. Get it right. If you're a running back and your dominant hand, like you have a busted thumb. For sure, a percussed.

Custinary thumb cast. Busted. Thumb sounds great, Mike. A sore thumb? Like, come on. It's sticking out. You know. Jokes aside.

Yeah, it doesn't matter. If it's ball security, of it stuff like that, you got it. Yeah, because he plays Chicago. Guess who returns to practice. Oh, let's go. Trevo, back at practice. Okay, that's good. They need him.

And, uh, they need some weapons without AJ Brown. They look like a team that had no one to do anything. Like, Ramondre was okay. And outside of Ramondre, they didn't have a receiver or anyone else there that could do anything explosive. Todd Monkin says he anticipates to Sean. Watson starting for the Browns in week two and more repugnantly he said there were some really good things on film well there was there was a good thing that one play was pretty good yeah

Mike is 100% correct I I you're in I guess you're out yeah Deshawn Watson is this one updated yet for him start this number two no nope no why how dare you how dare you wait who's the new number two well no it's not been updated number two that was last year's number two we need Watson in there. Oh, yeah. Dylan Samson, significant time missed for the Browns. So third downback, Dylan Samson won't be there. And then Isaiah Pacheco underwent back surgery.

He will miss 12 weeks. This was not the injury he missed time with, by the way, in preseason at all. That was a neat. That is such a specific time. It's not like he'll miss like 10 to 14 weeks. And that's a long time from now to know exact. He will miss 12 weeks. But he's basically done for the fantasy season, it seems like.

All right, we are going to take a quick break. And then I want to play a little game before we get into the waiver wire. All right, guys. I decided to do this on the way in. All right. I looked up the top 30 players in ADP, or as in the top 30 performing players by ADP order that had bad week ones. And we're going to play a little game.

Okay. I want to play the game. All right, I'm going to give you a name, and you have a simple task at hand. You have to either respond with bounce back or buns. Okay, bounce back or buns. It's bounce back or buns for week one. Again, I did this on the way in. I didn't have a lot of time to workshop it, but it's a great name.

You ready for this? Sure. Let's start George Pickens, 4.3 fantasy points. Bounce back for sure. All right. I figured you'd say that. How about Devante Adams is 4.1 fantasy points? bounce back or buns

bounce bounce back you said that quietly I did I'm worried that's allowed you can say it as loud as you want they didn't the one of seven times

inside the 10 that he was on the field what are you doing he'll bounce back okay Colson Loveland zero points oh bounce back easy I figured that would be the answer how about Kyle Pitts is zero points

bounce back or buns who's the quarterback I'll say buns because I never thought he was going to be great but like if if it were Tua or Michael Pennix as bad as we think they are. Better.

On the one route where that Kyle Pitts actually got a target. I mean, that was a, that was like a 10 point play. You think Tua wouldn't have underthrown him either? No, I think he would have, I think he would have got him. I think he would have got him. It wasn't, it wasn't 20 yards down the field. I don't think. It was close enough that Tua could be accurate.

Josh Downs, 4.7 fantasy points. Buns. Ooh. Uh, I think he's going to be okay. He was on the field. You were looking for usage and routes and stuff for Josh Downs. I bet Pierce was unlimited snaps and Keenan had work and scored more fantasy points. Yeah.

Bouncebacker buns, Mike. Bouncy Bunchy Bunchy Bons. I'm not sure I name this game correctly. I will say he had 94% route participation, which is good, but 78% was in the slot. Only 21% wide. This is going to get harder. Okay. Marshawn Lloyd, 3.7 fantasy points.

Bonds. No way. Bunce. I have to, that one I have to know who they play and I'm not, my week two radar is not going yet. The Jets it'll be better than last week. Mike, he doesn't understand the game. He doesn't want to I don't want to keep saying bounce back or buns, man.

That is the game. Well, Mackay Lemon one fancy point. Bones. Can you bounce? Now he wants to say it. There's only one that you want to say. Can you bounce back when you have ever done anything yet. Oh, he did something, Jason. He finished with negative yards. I mean, literally, these are the 30 highest ranked names in terms of ADP before the season. No, I'd go Buns there. Tarry McClorin. Terry McLaren, 2.4 fantasy points. Bonds. What? Yeah. You're

doing that to Terry? I was preseasoned. I didn't, I don't think Terry's going to have a great season. I think Brooks wants you to know, Mike, it's okay if you're wrong. It's just the game. Oh, I don't, I don't like to be wrong. Bounce back. I'm still in on Terry. RICO Daudel, 3.1 fantasy points. Oh, dude, I watched for today's Dynasty pod recording, which comes out tomorrow, I watched

both Jalen Warren and Rico Dowdle. Okay. The assessment was the Pittsburgh Steelers offense. Was Buns! It was, this was, you like, when you saw the Warren production, you're like, well, I guess he was better. It was like, and he was, no, dude,

it was just awful. Also, when you're watching specifically two running backs, and my biggest takeaway was like, good Lord, D.K. Metcalf was awful. I told Andy, I'm not even watching for that. I told Andy yesterday that you were in the middle of watching this film and you were like, man,

D.K.'s bad. You don't know what's wild is. Such a bad week for him. I think D.K. was the number one, like, points below expected. Yeah? Like, his expected fantasy points was like 19 points something. They were throwing a ton. I'm going to say Rico, Bounce. bounce back. He had a lot of snaps, targets, everything you need other than

quality play. I got three more names. Okay? Because I can't I can't not bring these up. A bounce back or buns? Harold Fanon 3.1 fantasy points. Bounce back, but it won't be until Watson's gone. Okay. Bonds. Bonds.

Oof. You are, I mean, you're pretty buns all the way through on the browns. Brown buns. Okay. Easy. Stop talking. Casey Concepcion is a huge part of the problem. Like he's going to operate. Well, but I'm saying where Concepcion's getting his targets and getting his work. I mean, Sanders could come back in and just be like, no, I love Harold Finn and that's where I'm going to go.

He's a very good player. He is. Two more names. Janlon Wado, 0.7 fantasy points. Oh, he'll be back. Bounce back for him. Let me see if I can give you a tough one to finish this out. Rashad White, 3.7 fantasy points.

Funs. Yeah. That situation is weird. We didn't really highlight it. But Bill was, like Bill was the guy, and he fumbled at the end of the game. And then they just put the rookie in. Ketron Allen? Yeah.

It was weird. Because they were in the game. Yeah, it was very, very close. They don't see Rashad White between the tackles. That's what that said. Well, I'm saying, like, they were. were so fast. I know like Ketron, I mean, he kind of looked okay.

But it's like Bill was, Bill was playing okay from what I gathered. I didn't rewatch the entire game. I mean, it's a dream show of Mike gets to celebrate Ken Walker and then call Rashad White Buns. Yeah, that's, yeah. That's a pretty good show. Yeah. I'm feeling great. Don't talk some waivers? Sure.

WaiverWire. Presented by T-Mobile. All right. Well, this will be fun. By the way, if you go to the website, If you are a Foot Clan member, you get access to the ultimate dashboard. There are custom spot starts and waiver rankings for your specific leagues. So they're all customized to your league, to your scoring system. You can check those out here.

Running backs. Do we have names? Do we got names? We got a lot of backup. I think the people will react to Kalam Black's performance on Thursday night. Yes, they will probably overreact. But I don't think when it comes time to do the waiver wire rankings that you're really going overreact too much. If you're on like a priority

list, I would burn my priority on Kaelin Black personally. You would? I would. because I think what he established is not, I don't expect him to do what he did week one, which is be a flex with benefits. Like, I don't expect him to get enough work to where you're going to start him. No. But what he did do is show that he is

that backup. He is capable. And should Christian McAfre go down, he's the guy that you want. I would put him as probably one of the most important guys to get. But again, what's the fab amount for Kalin Black. So I don't think that this...

If you have CMC and if you don't. I don't think this week has the dump-your-fab type of player, which usually week one has it. Right. Hopefully we've got it in week two. Right now, I would say that I'm not going to burn too much. If I was to go out there, I'd be like 10 or 15 fab on Kailen Black. If I've got Christian McCaffrey, I'd probably spend up a little bit more just to protect my asses. set and get him.

Is he your number one running back pickup? Is it Kalin Black? Are you looking towards, you know, Tyler Alger heavily involved, 17 carries for Arizona, Chris Rodriguez, the snaps were pretty decent. The works were not. Right. The work was not. Yeah, I mean, to me, there were, like, I think that there is not a guy.

if you need to start someone this week, like, oh my gosh, I have nobody to start. Okay, maybe you grab Tyler Alger. He's available in about a third of leagues. Probably not out there for most people. I don't think there's really a guy you're going to start. Maybe George Halani, because you have a touchdown opportunity. I know, gross. I'd much rather play Al Jare.

So to me, I'm focused on the backups, the insurance backs. That's Kalin Black and Emmett Johnson. Those two guys, to me, are they both looked good. they're both on what could be good offenses. They both have historically fragile or, you know, commonly injured head starting running backs who are getting a ton of work. So yeah, Kalin Black for the 49ers and Emmett Johnson rookie for the Chiefs are the two guys that I would prioritize to grab. I agree with that in terms of just pure backups. Braylon Allen should be mentioned of, I don't know if that's.

sticky that the 10 carries, one target. He did have a huge touchdown that got called back on a, I think a hold. I think he would be very good if Brace was out. Right. Well, I'm saying in this team, in this list, it's like the only guys I'm confident are Tyler Adjier is going to get work. And then after that, looking at, I mean, we are, it's really just backups. I think that Braylon Allen probably gets the second most work of the guys we're talking about. I think I'm on Jason's side of, I think Kaelin Black was a, like, it's, it's awesome to know that information, especially with Jordan James being a healthy scratch. I think it was more of the report of that McCaffrey's playing through cramps in the international game. So I think, I think CMC goes back to

his very healthy workload. And even with the, I mean, 14 carries is like, if you had desperation played Kailin Black and you got that work, you're like, eh, it didn't really turn into points. Yeah, I think that the bigger... He doesn't get high value touches. It's rare in week one that the bigger pickups are not at running back. But I don't think that... I think right now what you're dealing with at the running back position is backups. We didn't have injuries.

Yeah. Which is... That's great. I would make sure that people are aware of Amari Demarcato. He's universally available. He's available across the league. There was a super late, you know, this is, I think it was the Thursday before kickoff injury. No one knows what team he's on.

So Dallas Cowboys. who is he is now the backup to Javante. Malik Davis got seriously hurt. Yeah. On the Thursday before kickoff, he was carted off. Seems like a long-term injury. So all of a sudden, Amari Di Marquado goes from a guy who wasn't on this roster

a month ago to the number one backup. Yeah. All right. You guys want to move on? Yeah. And also, we do have a lot more names on our list. You know, Tajay Spears split a lot of work. but he's on the Titans.

Yeah, I don't care. We've done that for years in around. But all of that is on the website. And you can also plug in your specific roster. You can go and, you know, join thefoot.com and import your league and see who

is available in all your different leagues on your waivers. And it goes farther than just the guys we can talk about on the episode. Would you drop Tank Biggsby, Tyrone Tracy, Jonah Coleman, Marshaun Lloyd? Tracy is, that's a Baxter punt.

Bigsby is he's just like these other high value insurance running backs. Would you drop him for Black? Yeah. I don't know. Yeah. I think I would. So then break that tight because to me, Tank Bigsby, should Christian.

I'd rather have Kalin Black. Really? Yeah. I feel like if Christian McCaffrey and Sequin went down completely, they both, you know, were they both retired. Right. This week. I think Take Bigsby scores a lot more famous.

I agree with that. I'd rather pick up Kaelin Black in terms of... More risk to McAfree. I'm not just the risk. Like, we're projecting that... Cards out of roll. That McCaffrey will be the heavy workload yet again. But what if every single week,

Canlin Black is getting 12 opportunities? I think you would... Bigsby won't. It won't be Biggsby every down either with Sequin out. I mean, you'll have Shipley in there. Sure. All right, wide receiver pickups. You do have some big ones this week.

I think the two biggest names for me on the week that are in the wide receiver position, Debo Samuel, Jalen Coker. Dejohn, Stribling is out for an extended period of time. Debo was heavily involved. Six for 48, scored a touchdown, got the classic rushing attempt. 71% rostered. So this is a higher rostered player. Jalen Coker is at 66%.

He was the number one wide receiver on the week. I would not take that as, you know, prescriptive for the entire year. But so I'm not, I would not like, both of those guys are like well below 20% of my fab. What do you think about... Probably in the, you know, 8 to 10% max. What do you think about the fact that second half of the game, DeMarcus Robinson played 24 snaps to Debo Samuel 7? I know that game got...

I guess I don't know how much of that was. I think you have to factor it in. Yeah, we did talk about the fact the veterans got a lot of... I mean, CMC, Kettle, and Debo got very reduced workloads. I don't know if it was strategic, preventative, a precautionary, cautionary, whatever you want to say. So in the third quarter, when the game was still, I mean, the Rams weren't, you know, benching their starters in the third. It looks like Mike Evans and DeMarcus Robinson played 12 snaps.

Debo Samuel played four snaps. So I just bring up that because DeMarcus Robinson is also a name. The Deshaun stribling injury is going to matter. And then obviously, Debo got the touchdown. He looked not too bad. But DeMarcus Robinson will be involved. He will. But you wouldn't start him over Debo, would you?

because I mean I've done that we've done the DeMarcus Robinson thing I don't think so and I think the designed plays for Debo are more valuable than any of these snap count numbers but I guess my point is if it if it costs me 15 fab to get Debo or zero dollars to get Robinson Robinson I'd probably rather

save the fab I think I like all these other names more than Robinson okay Devon Velae Douglas Velae is my number two in Wicks. Yes, all of those guys are awesome. I think those are the pickups and Antonio Williams as well. How much would you spend on Coker, though?

Let's not leave that for a second because 8 for 132 and 2, 84% of the snaps. First read targets tied with McMillan, air yards went to Coker. You know, you're talking about a player they just paid money to. He hasn't been healthy when he's been healthy. He's always flashed.

Like Robert Woods or Parker Washington or these guys that once they got opportunities, they performed. What about the fact that he's not healthy? be. I mean, I'm not precautionary. I mean, a first quarter injury, I'm not too worried about it. Coker's going to be expensive.

He, I will say this. He'll be a 20 plus percent of fab. I would not spend that. Andy is definitely correct that he is talented on the field. I mean, that was. He'd definitely be my number one pick up. That's a wild game. You got Atlanta this week. I mean, Coker is my number

one, but I would cap my spend on Coker at 15% probably. Maybe, maybe like, 12. You can make a very easy argument that Devon Valet is a better pickup. I mean, you still have the Bryce Young problem. Obviously, Jalen Coker had a Bryce Young quarterback in week one. He was the wide receiver one on the week. But the Bears defense looked really, really bad. That game got out of hand and was awesome for fantasy. I don't expect that to be the norm. I don't expect Velae to get seven for 69 on a touchdown every week either. I think Juan Johnson will be more involved in

they won't run 86 plays a week. So I think both of those guys are going to be a little bit of, like my investment on Bailey would not be very high. Because there's just a bunch of guys that I think are in that same category that I can get for free. If you need a start to me, Velae is very valuable. The Ravens, Raiders, and Falcons next three weeks, that's the time frame where we know Jordan Tyson can't come back.

So he's going to be the wide receiver two on the field. And I liked what we saw from Shuck. It got off to a slow start. but he really played some quality ball down the stretch. I'm like, to me, Velae and Coker are very close to one another, and I feel like I can get Velae cheaper. Those two guys are close to another?

That's how it is for me. To me, I mean, Velae is expiring. Coker's the rest of season value. When I'm spending any fab at the top of the season, I want them to be somebody that's not temporary. So that's a big differential for me. I would agree.

I mean, I could start on Tavian Wicks this week for, not that much and I don't think that that's a disservice to like it's worse than valet. Dontavian Wix is another great name. He could be a rest of season. I mean, you could argue the expiring asset as McCoy Lemon gets more involved the same way that Jordan Tyson will be back. But his role seems established. He played 91% of the snaps. He had a bomb touchdown. And Wix is good. So I yeah. He actually had a short touchdown. He had a bomb catch. Oh, that's right. The touchdown was not on the bomb. I guess when I'm looking at all these, you've got Chris Bell and Caleb Douglas, the rookies from

Miami, that despite the fact that I don't feel like the Miami Dolphins offense looked good, both these guys were okay. You know, Caleb Douglas, five for 94 in, in week one in a not great game. I still think it's the time to scoop up Chris Bell. He only played 50% of snaps in week one. Yeah. figuring the offense out like. But I don't think Bell's, I don't think he's going to be playable for a while while he, while he works up to speed. it's possible. I guess my point here is that I'm not going to spend a ton of money on these guys because there's enough.

Like I would rather, you know, take an $8. Exactly why I'm not spending anything on baili because I think there's 10 other guys that I would be willing to start. If I took an $8 fab, you know, bid on all, even like, okay, I would maybe be willing to spend more on Jalen Coker, but I'm not personally like super bullish because I still think Bryce Young is going to fail. That's where I am too. And so it's like if I took an $8 bid and I put it on Coker and Valey and Douglas and Wicks and Bell, great.

I'm going to probably get one of them, if not two of them. I like Malachi Fields a lot. He's actually the sneakiest, cheapest player that I would pick up and actually care about. I think the offense, he played 73% of snaps. It wasn't a hugely productive week, but he's not rostered in a lot of leagues. He's a rookie with upside. I like those. Antonio Williams is in that.

category. I want to have a $0 bid on these guys, a $1 bid on these guys. I can agree with that. And pick up some rookies to hold because we, look, some of the rookies you held in week one are gone. Jacoby Lane, Desjohn, stribling. These guys are on IR or out. Stribling technically, not on IR yet. But they're going to be in your, in your IR spot. So I just like picking those guys up versus like. Absolutely. Like DeMarcus Robinson. Okay. I guess if you need a spot, yeah, I mean, too. With the injuries to wide receiver, you have to figure out what your team needs. Yeah.

I think not being overly aggressive on the fab spend this week is probably the right strategy. I mean, you might, you know, you could have been devastated at the wide receiver position. You really have to go get somebody. And then did we throw it, Matt Collins' name yet? No, Matt Collins played the most snaps, the wide receiver position in the second half. For the Patriots, he, will they get Kyle Williams involved? I don't know why. Why won't they?

They're not good. Yeah, there's something going on that we are not privy to. But Mac Hollins is like, he's literally just the guy that, he's like, oh, crap, our plan didn't work. Mac Hollins get in there and fix it for us. And he's like, no problem. Let me take my shoes off and get in there. DiMario Douglas in a full PPR is going to be the same story with AJ Brown out.

I mean, he was heavily involved in the offense. I think he only had, I think he had seven catches for 20 yards. He had seven targets. for 20. I'm just, I feel like the floor play of Douglas is, I'm not interested. It has to at least be in full PPR because he's just not going to get the yards to go along with the catches. Romeo Dombs? Yeah, I would pick him up. He is one of the drop candidates that a lot of people are going after the goose in week one. Do I drop him? I would not drop him. And like Mike said, I would not either. I'd pick him up. The opportunity with A.J. Brown gone. You've got a week to actually prepare for like, okay, now we don't have A.J. Brown. what are we going to do? And Dobbs was their other big money free agents. Where would you guys rank Pat Bryant in these wide receivers? He looked okay. I mean, the game got out of hands.

It was out of hands. Yeah. I tried to get bald of them on it. What, he got three receptions on that first drive or maybe it was a second drive. Only having one catch kind of throws the thing off for me too. It's like was this, the whole offense not functioning, you know. Right. But they have they led. They led the league in pass attempts last year. I definitely pick them up. They're out of control with their pass rate yet again.

We'll see if it holds. But like I think Pat Bryant, you know, everything that they talked about with the offseason, we said, hey, you know, Parker, Jacobi Lane, unfortunately, he's hurt, Pat Bryant, there might be a name I'm missing, but like those were the loudest drum beats of the entire offseason. These are the players who are taking a step.

The fact that Pat Bryant is a year two wide receiver, had all of those things comes out and leaves the team in targets. It's a good sign. Like that's a, I don't, he won't pass Waddle. I really, really expect Waddle to be perfectly fine, but it's like, Cortland Sutton might be done. And it's just be Waddle and Pat Bryant. Are you dropping Jordan Addison?

He was a goose in week one. I was going to ask if he's a bounceback or a buns. Bonds. I'm, I think, I think Jeff, Jefferson's going to just hog everything right now. We saw that when Carson Wince was. there last year how much he targeted Justin Jefferson, which is probably pretty smart to do. He's very boom-bossed. He can have a 70-yard touch then at any minute, but it's tough to count on backup quarterback and then transitioning back to Kyler and seeing if it works when you have other guys you can pick up. Yeah. And I'll throw out one more name. I would not.

Yes. Yeah. Good. It's nasty. People will not like it. But I do think Cleef Raymond is worth. Oh, no. I know. Oh, no. Look, this is a fool me once. No way. No way. Totally.

That's the Chicago Bears, by the way. He's done that for Detroit before. Yes, he has done it for Detroit before. Where he played with Ben Johnson. I'm garrished out. And knew that system. He came in and played, you know, 60% of snaps played 60, 40 wide to out to inside. You really believe this.

So, well, those are facts, but I do believe those. But I would say that he is, he's not a guy I expect to. be great or take over. But all the Luther burden, yes, all the Luther burden love and hype and all that jazz, you know, we still have not yet to see it. This is a guy who play with Ben Johnson for a while. He was on the field.

Well, Zakias was that last year for them. Yeah, exactly. Luther Burton couldn't be Zakias last year. And I think Kleefe Raymond's better than Zakias. But I'm not sitting here saying, I'm saying maybe put, if you've got an extra roster spot, do a zero dollar bid in case, He becomes a thing.

I mean, it's rare for a guy in what? Like this is like year 10. This is, you know, like the button said, nasty, but I think he should be rostered in case. All right, we'll take a break. We'll talk tight ends. All right. Let's talk the tight end position.

There's names that matter. It's wild because one of these guys was not rostered in our league of record until the Bauer's injury. and the Bowers manager went out and picked up Dallas Goddard and didn't miss a beat because Dallas Goddard was 4 for 77 and two. You've heard the Brock Bowers news, man, day to day. Coupiac. Cubiac's totally going to play this week.

Truth telling. I actually think he's back in like really, maybe not this week, but next week. Yeah, maybe next week. I mean, it's been very, very positive. We should have brought it up on yesterday's show. It's hard because Kubiak has, he already lied to us. Yeah, I get it.

I get it. But, I mean, the initial report from others was one to two weeks. And then post-surgery, they said, hey, this was a trim. This looks like one to two weeks. I'm optimistic. We will see. All the positivity was from, like, reporters and people talking to Kubiak, all the reports from people who know medical procedures are like, mm-mm. Yeah.

That would surprise me. Yeah. Yeah, because the former trims are usually, I mean. I just don't know the details. Yeah, we don't know the details. I don't know if there's like, you know, like when you're getting your hair cut, like, oh, I'm taking six inches off or I'm, you know, just. Oh, you're saying like a trim? The tips, I don't know.

You don't want to get a bowl cut. No, not on your knee. I got to tell you, Jay. I don't know if you're a long hair guy ever in your life. A six inch trim off of your hair? I am today. That's not a trim. Sure, but my point is we do have data on this.

That's a lot of hair. On this procedure. I don't know if they're all the same, but it's usually three or four weeks. Well, here's what I need to once again say out loud. For goodness sakes, can I get anybody to believe in Dallas Goddard? I said it all offseason. Which, by the way, in case you're curious, this was the Titan 3 last year. Did you know that?

He's a tight in three. And then you remove A.J. Brown. And it's very clear that the presence of DeVante Smith does not match A.J. Brown in terms of demand of targets. The presence of Devante Smith, he's going to have his days. But I said it last week before the game. I said it all offseason. Dallas Goddard came out and he's 4 for 77 and two touchdowns. He plays 95% of snaps.

The offense desperately needs him. Mackay Lemon is on pace for negative 85 yards this year. They desperately need Dallas Goddard. He's going to catch the ball every week. He's always going to be a touchdown threat. And he's sitting there in a lot of leagues, not too many because some listened, I guess. But I would get him onto your roster. I think every week Dallas Goddard is going to be a competitive player.

Eli Stowers is on IR and irrelevant. Did you see, so Eli Stowers, their second round rookie pick, who I know we were on the IR now. He's on the IR. Yeah, he's soaps hurt with his hamstring. Did you see the interview with him like it was the day before they put him on IR? He was talking about how he's really excited for week one. He's ready to go. Oh, no.

This is not an injury. No. No, it's not. No, this is, we don't need you right now. That's IR. I'm not ready. Yes, exactly. But look, to me, Goddard is the number one pickup on my list.

and then close behind is Joanne Johnson. You know, take advantage of the fact he didn't get involved during the league in that game. He's a go-to target. Still seven targets. You know, I'd rather flex Joanne Johnson than Devon Vela if it's me in a regular week. Man, just a Velae hate.

He hates him. Well, it's not hate. It's just neutrality. I'm just neutral about Devon Vela. I think there's, I mean, if I start Kendrick Bourne, I might get the same thing. If I start Pat Bryant, I might get the same thing. It's not, I just don't think Velae is a special talent

able to emerge to be a superstar. That's all. It's just, I think he's a wide receiver two, three, and I think Joanne Johnson is special around the goal line. So I like Joanne Johnson. He's less rostered. I love. I love John, too. We're all in on John Johnson. At the tight-in position, I think it's great.

He's obviously still rostered in most leagues, but he's available in about 40% of leagues. My number one tight-end pickup, obviously, if Dallas Goddard was there, or Johnson's there, if I need a start. Those are your top two? Those are the guys that I, I feel most confident starting.

I would follow that up with actually Hunter Henry. I think the matchup for the next two weeks is really good against tight ends. And without AJ Brown, he might come in. And it's just like, who could throw a touchdown to a tight end? Great. But if I already have someone, you know, I'm not really like I have to get someone else in there to play. I would be picking up Kenyon Sadi. I agree.

I do actually agree. He only played 42% of snaps, which is on one hand, a really, you know, it's a reason not. to pick him up, right? Oh, he's not very involved. But as a rookie who was missing the majority of camp, when he was out there, he was targeted three times, got all three, he was given a handoff which he scored on. So he had a touchdown in his rookie week one. I think that there's a player that absolutely, I mean, he will be picked up in every league, but it's like the upside of him. You can go get picked up in every league? I think he'll be ignored in a lot of leagues. I think someone in most leagues will take a shot on stashing him in the hopes that he is a very highly drafted

guy and um 33% roster right now i bet he doesn't give it above 50 i think he'll be ignored this week yeah i i think he's a great pickup because players of this caliber first round picks with the talent of cadiq you're going to see a workload increasing over the course of the year we i mean we saw um do we have an injury to omar cooper ommer cooper omel omur omur cooper oh mor cupar whatever is that first round guy that no one cared about who had a great catch

and we was like oh hey look at Cooper yeah high ankle then he got hurt so okay high ankle so he'll be out for quite a while which part of the problem for both of those guys was the fact that you just drafted two guys that kind of work in the same area of the field

so yeah I think I think Sadieke would have been I mean to talk about Kenyon Sadiex's quarterback Jason man one of the best on target accuracy. I think the best on target accuracy percentage in week one. He, Jacoby was number one in PFF. Yeah, I saw that. I think Gino was in top five. People were not happy with the PFF rankings this week. Because Caleb Williams is at 20.

What are you doing? Josh Allen was doing. Josh Allen was in the top 12 either who against the number one defense was, I don't know, just perfect. Let's just focus on Gino Smith. But Gino Smith and Jacoby. They got that one right. Yeah. Two other things. I would have been in on Britain Strange if I knew that BTJ was out. I thought that would have been a good spot start. That's fair. Michael Mayer, I think he's going to get targeted as long as Bowers is out. He's a good one to two weeks start. And then the Muth, you know, if you want to chase his five for 46, you can do it. And then the question, one of the questions that came in would you drop Fannin for Goddard. And I, I would not want to drop Fannin. Right. But I, if, look, if you had to play one of them, you would play Goddard. So if you only have one roster spot. I probably. don't drop him. No, I wouldn't either. I would, I would, you probably have someone else to drop. Yeah, yeah.

Defensive options for this week, why not target them Browns? Deshawn Watson is sure to make the fumbliest, interception-eest mistakes. And you're not saying. So that's the Buccaneers. Yes. Sorry, the Buccaneers defense faces the Brown. There you go. The 49ers face Miami.

Those are the top two of the week. Packers face the Jets. We'll see. And then the Chiefs. Was that a, your. you're getting a little bullish on the Jets offense? That's me saying I don't know that that'll be a smash play after one week, but it should be.

But it's in New York. I mean, it's not like, I'm not as in on that as I would be like, I loved what I saw from the Chiefs defense last night. And the Colts looked a little rumbly, bumbly, during the week one. Are a great pickup. They were my most drafted team coming into Week 1, simply because I don't feel like Indy is a team you can't play a

They could be okay. But for a good defense, like what we saw in the Chiefs, following that, you get the Miami Dolphins and the Las Vegas Raiders. So you've got like a month of a really good start for the Chief's defense. I will shout out the Carolina Panthers. Absolutely. I know they got roasted. It's the Chicago Bears.

They're going to do that to everybody this year. How about Cooper Rush? Yeah. I mean, you have that built in. If it's Cooper Rush, then I might want, yes. I was like, if it's Cooper Rush, I might play the Panthers. over the bucks this week. That's going to be pretty close.

But you get the two for if you pick up the Panthers because you get the Falcons this week and you get the Cleveland Browns next week. That was the waiver wire presented by TeamMobile. When you're updating your roster right before kickoff, you've got coverage you can count on just another reason game days are better with TeamMobile. Check it out at team mobile.com slash membership.

Full stream ahead. Well, it is the conclusion of week one. we're going into week two. We've got a streaming quarterback each and every week for you. If you need to make a spot start, make a decision, maybe you're feeling grossed out by the performance you got from, I don't know, Bo Nix or something. And you want to start somebody else this week. I like Jason's streamer the most this week. And in week two, it's really not usually a streamer off of the waivers.

I think this year, a lot of people drafted multiple quarterbacks. And this is like who. Yeah, they'll hit the waiver wire this week. Right. Some quarterbacks hitting this week. Yeah, but like Bo Nix. Yeah, it's possible. Yeah, and I would pick him up for the long term, although his schedule is tough.

But I think Brock Purdy is a guy who's probably on a lot of benches, wasn't necessarily drafted to be everyone's starter. Great matchup against Miami. They're 13.5 point home favorites. And the truth is he's just freaking good. He is. He's good. He's good.

Super good quarterback. Perfect system. And he is the perfect quarterback for the system. Yes. And now he has Mike Evans, a touchdown machine around the, the end zone. So passing touchdowns are easier to come by for Brock Purdy. And more and more, we should see more and more George. Yeah, for sure. Honestly, what's crazy is I, George really impressed me. I know it's like he got was like two for 12 in the game. Yeah, he's a target for me.

But he impressed. He's a trade target. He got picked up as a second tight in by a lot of people. The way that he played, the way that he ran, I was like, okay, you know, they got him off to a slow start as to be expected. They went to him real fast, which was delightful to see. But I do think by the time this season finishes, he could be very good. I'm going to throw Patrick Mahomes out there. He was only started in 31% of leagues. What knee injury. Yeah, I was impressed. I think that it'll be better through the air this upcoming week on Sunday night football against Indianapolis. We're getting, Mike's getting primetime Ken Bowen Walker again. I mean, we got Monday night, Sunday night back to back. But this is six and a half point home favorites, high implied point total.

Colts were dead last in yards per play allowed last week. I think Mojams is going to have a couple big plays. Maybe it's a Thornton touchdown. Maybe it's a screen pass. So you think he'll have a completed pass over 10 yards this week? I do believe that'll happen. So I'm going to throw Mahomes out there as a stream. And don't worry, if you're in deep leagues, I got you covered.

It's disgusting. And this is a projection. I don't think Kyler Murray is going to play. I love this pick. It's Carson Wentz. It's the Chicago Bears. It is the defense that made a quarterback who can barely get to 200 yards on a regular basis

look like an absolute superstar and Bryce Young. It's the third highest over under of the week right now. Bears were 28th and yards per play allowed in week one. And Carson Wentz is just, it's production. We love Kevin O'Connell quarterbacks who are at least competent, and Carson Wentz definitely is. We saw Justin Jefferson got rescued.

I also think that you could attach Kyler here. Kyler will probably be dropped in most leagues. He was drafted essentially as a backup quarterback. Sure. I don't think people are going to want to hang on to him through the concussion. But should he progress? Because he was at meetings, which is a sign that he could. I mean, it'll be this week or next.

Yeah, exactly. Probably next. But if he's back this week against the bears, I would play Kyler as well. It's a good point. I mean, if he's a sudden start, it's a great matchup. no more fadeaway jumpers to the end that was the end

that was the end Wednesday we've got you are incorrect Andy that is just the beginning is it yeah oh wait I got something in here right oh no you got something special no it's not real special

I got a Walker I gotta get this thing in a better spot yeah I think we I think he got enough attention on the show today I think we're doing good What if I do this one? Kenneth Walker. Oh, just a musical interlude.

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