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Summary

Fantasy Focus Football – The BEST Playoff Stashes on the Waiver Wire | November 18, 2025

Hosts: Field Yates, Stefania Bell, Daniel Dopp
Focus: Playoff waiver wire stashes, MNF recap, injuries, and fantasy league strategies

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Episode Overview

This episode dives deep into the fantasy football waiver wire ahead of the playoffs. The hosts share Monday Night Football takeaways, discuss injury impacts, debate the best playoff "stashes" (less rostered players who could make a late-season difference), and offer their favorite waiver wire adds for Week 12. As always, there's sharp banter, spot-on injury analysis from Stefania, and a live look at their own fantasy league drama.

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Monday Night Football Recap & Early Discussions

(03:00-10:00)

• Dallas Cowboys vs. Las Vegas Raiders:

  • Daniel Dopp: “If you had some Dallas Cowboys and needed points, they came through for you.” (03:00)
  • Brock Bowers: 7 catches, 72 yds, 14.2 fantasy points— highlight for a struggling Raiders offense.
  • Ashton Genti’s odd usage: more targets than rush attempts, barely any running lanes (04:01).
  • Field Yates: “A bizarre game plan. Totally outmatched by Dallas defense.” (04:16)
  • Dallas defense looks improved, but Field/Yates wants more proof against better offenses.

• Standouts:

  • George Pickens: “Best game…He looked so good. Nine catches for 144 and a touchdown.” – Stefania Bell (05:31)
  • CeeDee Lamb: Nearly two touchdowns, still productive.
  • Both Pickens & Lamb missed the opening series due to coach’s decision—mild discipline, little impact (06:18).

• Takeaway: “Rather than a WR2 opposite CeeDee Lamb, it feels like they have a 1B. George Pickens is a full-on threat.” – Daniel (09:00)
  Field calls Pickens “the best number 2 in the NFL.” (09:26)

• Cowboys looking towards a big matchup with Philly, evaluated as playoff contenders if current trends hold.

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Fantasy Focus Show League Updates

(10:02-12:36)

• Field narrowly staying in playoff contention with a late surge.
• Stefania’s team decimated by injuries; looking for “emotional victories.”
• Stefania: “There's a little 'e' next to my team... no chance for a comeback. Should I target an emotional victory? I’m dumping injured guys and picking up your waiver recs!” (12:04)

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Playoff Stash Segment (Key Waiver Wire Stashes)

Sponsored by Wingstop
(13:26-23:00)

Criteria:

Players rostered in under ~50% of leagues; not obvious starters but potential playoff difference-makers.

Daniel Dopp: Ricky Pearsall (SF WR)

• Just returned from injury, previously averaged 4+ receptions/game, twice over 100 yards pre-injury.
• 49ers have a favorable remaining schedule (15:11).
• “If he can get back to being fully healthy...maybe you get a nice playoff push from him.” – Daniel (14:39)

Field Yates: J.J. McCarthy (MIN QB)

• “Hear me out…Vikings, easy schedule weeks 14–17: Commanders, at Cowboys, at Giants, vs. Lions.” (16:58–17:50)
• All upcoming opponents are among the easiest for QBs.
• “It sounds insane…But if you’re willing to roll the dice, J.J. McCarthy could be a playoff stash, not a starter.” – Field (18:37)

Stefania Bell: Kenneth Gainwell (PIT RB)

• Coming off a 29.5–point week; excels as a pass-catcher.

• Jalen Warren injury may lead to more workload; favorable RB schedule ahead (Bears, Bills, Ravens, Dolphins, Lions).

• “Should it be Mason Rudolph, he’s happy to throw Gainwell touchdowns. He’s an option that could be productive down the stretch.” – Stefania (21:04)

• Poll: YouTube listeners would prefer to stash Ricky Pearsall.

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Week 12 Waiver Wire – Priority Pickups

(23:01-34:00)

Quarterbacks

• Jacoby Brissette (ESPN’s “secret”):
  • Five straight top-12 weeks, 19+ pts each, favorable matchup vs Jags.
• Sam Darnold:
  • “Throw out that Rams game, he’s been awesome.” – Field (25:13)
  • Titans up next; their recent pass D has bled points.

Running Backs

• #1 Add: Emmanuel Wilson

  • "Encouraged by no major injury to Josh Jacobs but doubt he returns this week." – Stefania (26:09)
  • Little track record but opportunity is king, especially with injuries mounting.
  • Field would "spend a lot" of remaining FAAB on Wilson (27:44).

• Other RBs Mentioned:

  • Chris Rodriguez: Could benefit if Commanders games stay close; speculative add.
  • Sean Tucker: Only if Bucky Irving remains out; his status is highly uncertain, matchup is tough (Rams).
  • Kenny Gainwell: Already detailed above; double as playoff stash and immediate add.

Wide Receivers

• Darnell Mooney:
  • With Drake London out (PCL) and Michael Penix done, Mooney could re-emerge as Kirk Cousins’ trusted target.
  • Caution: Past shoulder injury lingered, and some previous letdowns, but volume might be there (37:10–39:12).
• Marvin Harrison Jr.:
  • Recovering from appendectomy; watch status for this week.

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“Playoff Trash” – Players You Can’t Trust Down the Stretch

(42:03-50:53)

Daniel Dopp: Quentin Johnston (LAC WR)

• “Two of three games with zero points since week five. If you’re starting him, you’re hoping for one big play—trust is not the word.” (43:10)

Stefania Bell: Quinshon Judkins (CLE RB)

• “Efficiency has gone way down, pass catching not there, offense unclear—don’t feel great about anything in Cleveland except the defense.” (44:01)

Field Yates: AJ Brown (PHI WR)

• “More games with 3.3 pts or fewer than 20+ pts. He had 11 targets last week but only 45 yards. He’ll have a big game but won’t get white-hot like when you drafted him.” (45:01)

Other Trash Candidates Discussed:

• Isaiah Pacheco (KC RB): Just two top-30 finishes, “even if he comes back, you’re not starting him with confidence” – Daniel (46:08)
• Justin Herbert (LAC QB): Bad O-line, tough schedule, not running well, “I just don’t like the Chargers at all.” – Stefania (47:31)
• Alvin Kamara (NO RB): Best finish RB14, three top-20 games, four outside the top-40. “Just a tough go this year.” – Field (50:08)

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Notable Quotes and Memorable Moments

• “It's fair to say you can't trust a player if he's been inconsistent this year.” – Field Yates (42:09)
• “J.J. McCarthy…could be a playoff stash, not a playoff starter.” – Field Yates (18:37)
• “If you’re starting Quinton Johnston, it’s a dart throw…trust is not the word.” – Daniel Dopp (43:10)
• “He’ll have a big game…but AJ Brown won’t get white-hot like when you drafted him.” – Field Yates (45:01)
• “It’s Tuesday!” – Field and Stefania, multiple times, as a running joke about their busy, confusing weeks (40:56)

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Detailed Injury Updates (35:00-41:40)

• Drake London (ATL): PCL sprain, likely out this week, uncertain timeline.
• Michael Penix (ATL QB): Done for the season, possible ACL.
• Josh Jacobs (GB): Not likely to play this week, “doesn't feel like one you can just power through.” – Stefania (26:09)
• Jaylen Warren (PIT): Ankle rollback, “watch practice reports, possible game-time decision.” – Stefania (21:10)
• Marvin Harrison Jr. (ARZ): Recovering from appendectomy; time frame for return is individual.

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Waiver Wire at a Glance

| Priority | Position | Name | Reason | |---------------|-----------|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------| | 1 | RB | Emmanuel Wilson | Potential starter, high upside if Jacobs sits | | 2/3 | QB | Jacoby Brissette | Consistent top-12 performance, good matchup | | 2/3 | QB | Sam Darnold | Good matchup, impressive recent play (avoiding Rams games) | | Speculative | RB | Chris Rodriguez | Could see increased role if Commanders play close games | | Speculative | RB | Sean Tucker | Only if Bucky Irving remains out | | Speculative | WR | Darnell Mooney | Opportunity with injuries, past connection with Cousins | | Stash | WR | Ricky Pearsall | Healthy, favorable schedule, previous strong production | | Stash | QB | J.J. McCarthy | Impossibly soft playoff schedule | | Stash | RB | Kenneth Gainwell | High-value pass catcher; Warren’s injury means more snaps |

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Listener Q&A Highlights

(52:36–59:43)

• Should I start Darnell Mooney, Trey Tucker, Parker Washington, or pick up Matthew Golden/Jaden Higgins?
  • Consensus: Mooney, only for lack of better options.
• Drop Pacheco for Pollard or Emmanuel Wilson?
  • Drop Pollard first, but both can go for Wilson’s upside.
• Which streamer: Bryce Young, Jacoby Brissette, or Joe Flacco?
  • Clearly Jacoby Brissette.
• Dalton Schultz or Jake Ferguson at TE?
  • Jake Ferguson “every single week”—reliable, red zone target.

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Tone & In-Show Banter

• Fun, conversational; inside jokes about days of the week and Daniel’s Detroit Lions loyalty.
• Live camaraderie (“I admire Brian Schottenheimer…just had to get a chuckle” – Field, 07:23).
• Stefania’s relatable, detailed medical explanations bring both calm and clarity.

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Concluding Thoughts

This episode is crucial for fantasy managers looking for hidden gems to fuel a playoff push. The panel agrees on the importance of targeting opportunity over past performance at this point in the season, especially with injuries creating unexpected openings. Their top stash recommendations—Ricky Pearsall, J.J. McCarthy, and Kenneth Gainwell—offer strong upside for different roster needs. They also caution against relying on several once-promising names and urge fantasy managers to embrace change as they hunt for late-season fantasy football glory.

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For further player-by-player and matchup breakdowns, be sure to check ESPN’s full rankings and weekly columns.

Transcript

[Daniel Dopp]

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[Field Yates]

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[Stefania Bell]

You're in the 6010.

[Daniel Dopp]

Welcome into Fantasy Focus Football, presented by Wingstop alongside Stefania Bell and Field Yates. My name is Daniel Dopp. Ready to bring you a Monday Night Football recap as well as some waivers and some other news on the show today. But first and foremost.

[Stefania Bell]

Applause.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's right, we got our director Earl in the seat today. So Earl loves to be able to bring a little bit of fun to the show as well. How you two beautiful people doing great.

[Field Yates]

Here, fired up for the start of week 12. I apologize deeply to America and Raiders fans for that albatross of a game last night. Not great, but yeah. Guess we're cruising along here.

[Stefania Bell]

Already forgotten about it. I've been a little busy. Little busy. We had a high volume of injuries this week, you may be aware, and I think this is that hard time of year where you're trying to figure out is the team relevant enough to stay in it or if somebody's got a certain kind of injury, are they going to be back? And what are the. So it becomes a lot harder to calculate. I talk about seasonal calendar all the time. This is when it really starts to take effect. So if I look a little sleep deprived, that's.

[Daniel Dopp]

We're trying to do the math. You don't at all, Stephanie. Absolutely.

[Stefania Bell]

Credit to the glam squad.

[Daniel Dopp]

Is that what it is?

[Stefania Bell]

Taking care of me today?

[Daniel Dopp]

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[Stefania Bell]

I approve of the choice. Excellent.

[Daniel Dopp]

Not bad.

[Field Yates]

What's the.

[Daniel Dopp]

What's the song. What's the college that does the Tom Petty song I Won't Back Down.

[Stefania Bell]

You know which is. It does.

[Daniel Dopp]

Dude, it's one of the Florida schools. I just don't remember which one.

[Field Yates]

I thought University of Florida at the Swamp.

[Daniel Dopp]

Okay, I think that, that, that checks out.

[Field Yates]

Yep. Love it.

[Daniel Dopp]

All right.

[Field Yates]

Unfortunately, Florida has backed down a lot this year because they sank, they fired their head coach and they are trying to get lane given.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah, okay, that's fair.

[Stefania Bell]

It's nice that they're saying they won't.

[Daniel Dopp]

Back down next year, they won't back down this year. They're kind of figuring things out.

[Field Yates]

Florida's a low key Piper.

[Stefania Bell]

College is the sandman. Like that. Tech is like the coolest, coolest entry of any school, I think.

[Field Yates]

Huge day yesterday for Virginia Tech. That's a great hire. James Franklin.

[Stefania Bell]

That's right. That's excellent in the college football world. No, this really is a fantasy show. But we it all matters, all comes together.

[Daniel Dopp]

You know what? Someday James Franklin is going to send his players from his pipeline to our fantasy squad. Let's hope some positive happens there. But let's talk about this Monday Night Football game. If you had some Dallas Cowboys and you needed some points, they came through for you.

[Field Yates]

The most part. Yeah.

[Daniel Dopp]

Three of them especially you needed some Raiders. Maybe you got one guy. I mean we did get the one guy to an extent. Field. We were talking about Brock Bowers coming into it. Did you get enough to feel like, all right, listen, like 11 targets. What am I going to do?

[Field Yates]

Yes, you are not going to complain. Seven catches, 72 yards for Brock Bowers last night for 14.2 fantasy points. But that was kind of it. This was my, my takeaway was what on earth was that Raiders offensive game plan last night? So if I had told you that after a game in which Ashton Genti was available for the entirety of it, he did not leave after the first play because he felt some tightness or something that Ashton Genti would A have fewer rushing yards than Geno Smith and B, have more targets than rushing attempts. You'd be saying what? Genti is a capable pass catcher. He had six catches for 27 yards last night.

[Daniel Dopp]

He had six rushes for seven yards last night as well.

[Stefania Bell]

He had nowhere to go like this. Why? I feel it. I obviously you guys are watching the game but like he's getting swallowed up before he's ever getting.

[Daniel Dopp]

That was one of the stats that they showed, wasn't it was his abandoned the run anyway.

[Field Yates]

They did So a bizarre game plan. They were totally, totally outmatched by the Dallas Cowboys defense. Not quite ready to say this Dallas Cowboys defense is totally fixed. After the trade deadline. This reminds me of how I was feeling about the Lions offense after they took the commanders to the woodshed with Dan Campbell as the play caller. Let me see it a couple more times. Against better defenses in the case of the Lions and against better offenses in the case of the Dallas Cowboys. But a steadier defensive effort for sure for the Raiders. Like at this point, trying to hope for anything more than Brock Bowers being a top five tight end, hopefully top two tight end and Ashton Genti being a top 20 running back to me is wishing or searching for a ghost. That's basically what it comes down to.

[Daniel Dopp]

Like Trey Tucker got in the end zone and he is the only other pass catcher. But I will never feel confident starting Trade Tucker.

[Field Yates]

Come on.

[Daniel Dopp]

You. I would.

[Field Yates]

You wouldn't. It's a dark row of young guys.

[Stefania Bell]

You can't even feel confident about. Ashton Genti No.

[Field Yates]

Play the Browns next weekend. Here's what you can feel confident about. Oh, the Browns, the Browns defense and the Raiders defense facing off against each other next weekend. So waivers tonight if either of them are available. We'll get into waivers in a bit. Yes, we will grab those two players for the Cowboys. Just a monster night for George Pickens. He looked incredible. Dak was dialed in.

[Stefania Bell]

He looked so good. I I thought this was maybe George Pickens best game in terms of just the types of catches he was making. The to me, this is like this is what they wanted, right? They wanted this George Pickens to be such a threat that you had to ignore CD Lamb a little bit to pay att to George Pickens and it just created such a mismatch. We'll see how it is against other teams next weekend.

[Field Yates]

Against Philly will be a tougher task, but George Pickens went off nine catches for 144 yards and a touchdown. CD Lamb found the end zone as well. He had seven targets, five catches.

[Daniel Dopp]

Almost found it twice.

[Field Yates]

Almost found it. Very close to find.

[Daniel Dopp]

It was like garbage time.

[Stefania Bell]

Yeah, drop.

[Daniel Dopp]

I know.

[Field Yates]

Five for 68 with a touchdown for CD Lamb. And these guys also missed the first series, which. Let's talk about this for just a moment.

[Daniel Dopp]

That was a story to start the game for sure.

[Field Yates]

Indulge me for a moment though.

[Daniel Dopp]

So.

[Field Yates]

So the Cowboys take the field. They actually receive the kickoff. The Raiders defer. The Cowboys get the ball first. They go three and out. CD Lamb and George Pickens were, per a coach's decision off the field for the first series. Do you think either of those guys learned a lesson because they missed 90 seconds of real time. No, literally, they missed three plays. That'll show you whatever it was they did. Missed a meeting, stayed out late.

[Stefania Bell]

I think I read something later that. I don't know if this true, but that CD Lamb, like spotted on the Strip later or something. Like, maybe it was like a missed, you know, curfew. Who is to know, right? But I agree with you. I was like, well, they went like three and out. And so they were on the. They were on the field, like, very, very. The heck is the point.

[Daniel Dopp]

It goes to show you that talent will allow you to be able to get away with things. Because if they did, potentially, we. I mean, this is just me. I can't not look at this college.

[Stefania Bell]

And made them suspended the first half.

[Daniel Dopp]

We watched another guy miss a team meeting and get a healthy scratch this week. And Keon Coleman.

[Field Yates]

Yes, correct. Yes. Tolerance is a little bit different when you're.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's what we're saying here.

[Field Yates]

I mostly laugh and I admire Brian Schottenheimer. He's done an amazing job over the past couple weeks leading the Cowboys during adversarial circumstances. I just had to kind of get a chuckle of like, you guys, you never do that again. Never. It's like when my kids do something, they're like, you know, they misbehave. And I'm like, I'm going to take that away from you right now. And I take it away, they start crying and I say, you can have it back. You know, like, it just is kind of.

[Stefania Bell]

Was everybody wondering, like, is that really CD Lamb and George Pickens on the sideline? Like, you know, as we're figuring it out. Wait. Like, wait. Oh, wait, there's. Nope. They're going with wide receivers in the alignment. It's just not those guys.

[Field Yates]

Vonte Turpin and others.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah, Ryan Flournoy. Yeah, he got in the end zone.

[Field Yates]

As well this week, didn't he? So Dak was great. This Cowboys team, they had my attention. Big game this upcoming weekend against the Eagles, and it's going to be hard for them to get back into the NFC playoff picture. But if they play offense like they did last night, they can hang with anybody. And if they play defense close to what they were last night, they'll at least have the opportunity to not have to win games 41 to 38. So glad that game is behind us. The Cowboys are not playing on Monday Night Football for the first time in about a month. Next Sunday, they went Monday Night Football by week. Monday night football, Sunday afternoon 425 against Philadelphia. The game is of course in Dallas as they played all the way back in week one in Philly.

[Stefania Bell]

Wow.

[Daniel Dopp]

All right.

[Stefania Bell]

Just want to say is the sun still shining at that time?

[Daniel Dopp]

Are we going to have 4:25 in Dallas, 3:25 local? Yeah.

[Stefania Bell]

Although you know, we're a little bit later in the year, so maybe no curtains. We don't have to worry about that with the glare.

[Daniel Dopp]

I do. Last thing I just want to say, and it's more of just a takeaway. It's not a fantasy thing. But you would kind of mention this, Stefania. Dallas probably feels like they are hitting their stride because rather than having a wide receiver 2 opposite of CeeDee Lam, it feels like they have a 1B. Like George Pickens is like a full on. You've got to guard this guy. It's not and I don't want to take a shot at Brandon Cooks or any of the other like number twos that were there over the years. This offense just feels very different because of that.

[Field Yates]

He's the best number too in the NFL. For a while I think we thought.

[Daniel Dopp]

T. Higgins was going to say that's the conversation. Right.

[Field Yates]

I'd rather have George Pickens this year. I would win one game. Yeah, George Pickens. Now George's got to keep him on the straight and narrow obviously, right. But when he's dialed in, George Pickens is the most talented player who is currently his own team's number two.

[Daniel Dopp]

Agree.

[Stefania Bell]

Jake Ferguson back to double digit fantasy points. Not his best. He found the end zone and he is like, listen, it's, it's an unusual game when he does not find the end zone.

[Daniel Dopp]

Agreed. All right, let's take a look at our fantasy focus show league really quickly before we dive into the Waverly.

[Field Yates]

You say that Stefania. I say let's take our time here.

[Daniel Dopp]

Let's take our time. I agree with you, Phil J. So why don't you go first?

[Field Yates]

Well, Stefania and I met up in a few different leagues this weekend. She got Travion Henderson and Sean Tucker and George Pickett seconds by me.

[Stefania Bell]

I mean, is that fair? No chance did I have. I wish I hadn't bothered putting up 116 points.

[Daniel Dopp]

It's actually a good lineup. Yeah, that's a good amount of points.

[Stefania Bell]

Should have just saved it for an. Well, apparently this year in this league.

[Daniel Dopp]

I, I, oh my gosh, Stefania, you.

[Stefania Bell]

Were team is awful.

[Daniel Dopp]

You were 0.6 points away from being able to get a victory point because Miller, like Mike at 117.6 is going to get the win.

[Stefania Bell]

Oh, no.

[Daniel Dopp]

You went 02 mad at me crushing.

[Stefania Bell]

Him in the FF. Now it is.

[Field Yates]

Yikes.

[Daniel Dopp]

I ended beaten our PA Quentin, our producer Quinton, one hundred and twenty five to eighty. So that was a big one. Miller Light Mike came out with a big victory over the bus, our producer and trophy smack gets defeated.

[Field Yates]

Thank you, Tyler. Way to go, Tyler. Let's go.

[Daniel Dopp]

We needed it. Trophy smack has been a wagon this year. So our producer Tyler taking them down. That's fantastic. And the other producer, David Presley, taking down Eric Moody in a huge way. Another 160 point week. There was some big points scored this week. If you had Josh Allen or any of the guys that you mentioned, like, it was. It was big.

[Field Yates]

Yeah. So take a look at the standings real quick as well. A reminder that six out of the 12 teams do make the playoffs. And right now Mike is holding down the final playoff spot just ahead of me. And then behind me is Daniels. So Mike's 13, nine. I'm 11 and 11. Daniel is 10 and 12. I have now won back to back weeks, but also gotten victory points in that. So I'm 4. 0 for the last two weeks to kind of make this sort of interesting. For a while there, it looked like the playoff field was set.

[Daniel Dopp]

Second season, you're making a late season search.

[Field Yates]

What I do, you know, it's what I do. I like the Bengals.

[Daniel Dopp]

Why don't you just start stronger?

[Field Yates]

Well, because that would require being smart and I'm not the smartest guy.

[Stefania Bell]

I have a question. There's a little. I don't know if you saw it. There's a little e next my team.

[Daniel Dopp]

Because saw that there's no excellent, excellent, excellent team. That's what it means to find no.

[Stefania Bell]

Chance for a comeback. I'm wondering if you guys have looked ahead and if there's anyone I should be particularly trying to target, like some emotional victory to help out.

[Daniel Dopp]

Oh, like a knockoff in the studio. I like the way you're thinking.

[Field Yates]

Defeating Mike would be good.

[Stefania Bell]

Yeah. Okay.

[Field Yates]

So, you know, I need some help because I'm. I mean, Daniel and I both need help because we're kind of.

[Daniel Dopp]

Well, let's take a look. Let's take a look at the playoff standings because then we're going to be in a spot to see who's going to make the playoffs and then we'll.

[Field Yates]

Move on from this.

[Stefania Bell]

I want to have. I want to. Who says there's no, like, moral or emotional victories? I'm going to enjoy just beating somebody. So who am I Playing right now.

[Daniel Dopp]

Trophy Smack is in first. Jamar Mageddon is in second. Jamarmageddon is our producer Zach. Then we've got Kiss the Baby producer Tyler taking on Team Moody and Miller Light Mike taking on our other producer, David Presley in that one. Which means the rest of us are on the outside looking in field. And I need to have a late season push in order to be able to find a way into the playoffs.

[Stefania Bell]

Let's see who's at the bottom of those. I'm trying to figure out who I need to be to help you, but I will take.

[Daniel Dopp]

I'll take a look probably like for sure.

[Stefania Bell]

Then what I'm going to do is I'm going to listen to all the waiver recommendations you have. Oh, because I have a massively injured team and maybe I'll just dump some injured guys and pick up some of your recommendations and try and help my friends up.

[Daniel Dopp]

Well, speaking of picking up some recommendations, maybe you're looking for someone for the second half of the season, maybe a little bit of playoff push. So now it's time for playoff stash, presented by Wingstop. We're going to talk about a couple players to stash leading up to the 2025 fantasy playoffs. And I'm going to kick things off with the San Francisco 49er, Phil Jates.

[Field Yates]

Okay, so can you walk me through the criteria here? Because what is it like, are you stashing Christian McCaffrey?

[Daniel Dopp]

No, we are stashing. We are choosing a player that is rostered in under 50% of leagues that we think maybe could give a little bit of noise for your fantasy squad in the playoffs if you need them. 50%. Not under 50 necessarily, but like we kind of like did that ourselves. Like I kind of like wanted to be in that range. I didn't want to say CMC or someone like that. People that could be available for others to grab on the waiver.

[Field Yates]

So I looked at it right now as a non obvious starter who's available in way more than 50% of leagues for sure in my case. But I was trying to think of somebody that right now we're not sitting there and saying like Dak Prescott would not be an example of a player that would qualify on this list. So my name is going to probably surprise some people in just a few moments. All right, I want your name first, Daniel. Give me the name.

[Daniel Dopp]

My name is a San Francisco 49er that just returned back last week from injury. And it is. Yes, Ricky Pearsall. That's right.

[Field Yates]

Yeah.

[Daniel Dopp]

Saw his first game action since week four. Saw three targets last week, in case you guys did not remember. And by the way, came back and Brock Purdy was under center, which is nice to be able to come back and to have your quarterback there. Has seen at least four receptions in every game to start the season. Not last week because he was just coming back, didn't play a full complement of snaps and two of those four games he had over 100 receiving yards. So if he can get back to being fully healthy, ninth, easiest strength to schedule for the rest of the season. So says Mike Clay with Brock Purdy coming back. Ricky Pearsall, a guy you could add on the end of your bench and maybe you'd get a nice push for the playoffs from him.

[Field Yates]

I like it. Yeah. Do you have their schedule? I know they have a week 14 Bye. Do you know beyond that what I'm saying?

[Daniel Dopp]

I do not.

[Field Yates]

Okay, well, they play in week 14 against nobody, but in weeks 15, 16 and 17, if you make the playoffs, Ricky Pearsall could help you out here. Days are getting a little cooler and mornings are starting with a few more layers. It's a season for more time at the grill and and more feed for your animals. That's why season after season, we're here for your life out here. Tractor supply.

[Daniel Dopp]

El Volkswagen taeguan confuciones premium como los hacientos de lanteros con masaje disponiveles solo parese extravagante.

[Field Yates]

This episode is brought to you by 20th Century Studios. Upcoming comedy Ella McKay from Academy Award winning writer director James L. Brooks. Emma Mackey plays Ella McKay, an idealistic young woman who juggles family and work in a story about the people you love and how to survive them. Featuring an all star cast including Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Loudon, Kumail Nanjani. Iowa Debris. Julie Kafner. With Albert Brooks and Woody Harrelson. Ella McKay. In theaters December 12th. I have a name that I want you guys to take a deep breath and hear me out. Bear with me here. Again, we are not trying to find some obvious stash name. And if you listen to yesterday's show, you're probably saying to yourself, how on earth could this be your pick?

[Stefania Bell]

Oh, boy. Now I'm very.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah, now I'm ready.

[Field Yates]

J.J. mcCarthy. Whoa. Vikings quarterback. Who? Of course.

[Daniel Dopp]

Have you been watching different football than us?

[Field Yates]

Yes, I have been. Daniel. No, I haven't. He has been struggling massively right now for the vikings, completing under 50% of his passes this past Sunday. It's week 12 right now JJ McCarthy has any chance to build some confidence. Hopefully it takes place over these next couple of weeks. Look ahead to the schedule and maybe by the time that we are talking about this mattering, he will not yet have established his own confidence and we won't have confidence in him, but. Week 14, the Vikings play home against the Commanders.

[Daniel Dopp]

Like that.

[Field Yates]

Week 15, the Vikings play at the Dallas Cowboys.

[Daniel Dopp]

Ooh, I like that.

[Field Yates]

Week 16, the Vikings play at the New York Giants.

[Daniel Dopp]

This is an easy schedule in week.

[Field Yates]

17, Daniel, home to your Detroit Lions.

[Daniel Dopp]

I wish I hadn't said easy schedule before you said Detroit Lions.

[Field Yates]

All four of those teams we're talking about through the prism of quarterbacks facing them in fantasy football. All four of those teams have been bottom eight defenses in terms of allowing fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks. And in the case of the Cowboys Commanders and the Giants, three of the four worst. It's wild. It sounds insane. I have in the war room, I have Caleb Williams and J.J. mcCarthy as my two quarterbacks. And there's a part of me that's tempted to drop JJ for some roster flexibility right now. Caleb's buy is of course, well behind him, but I might be able to sort of jerry rig my quarterback position throughout the rest of however long my season lasts, whether that's, you know, three, four, five, hopefully six more weeks by using those two together. Because it is a very favorable schedule for J.J. mcCarthy. Caleb is an example of a quarterback who has a tough schedule. I know this sounds, and I totally acknowledge this, completely blasphemous to say. Patrick Mahomes has a really difficult playoff schedule. Baker Mayfield's got a really difficult schedule coming up. You look at some of the teams, some of the quarterbacks that you're usually saying to yourself, I'm starting them some opportunities there. That if you are really willing to roll the dice on JJ McCarthy and if you build some confidence over the next few weeks, maybe not guaranteeing anything here. It's a playoff stash. It's not a playoff starter.

[Daniel Dopp]

Correct.

[Stefania Bell]

Well, it's interesting because since we were kind of loose on the criteria, I was trying to look at it as somebody who maybe if you're trying to push to get into the playoffs and then depending on circumstances, might be able to sustain you during the fantasy.

[Field Yates]

Okay.

[Daniel Dopp]

All right.

[Stefania Bell]

So my pick is Kenneth Gainwell.

[Field Yates]

Right.

[Stefania Bell]

Oh, and you know, as you might be aware, yep, he had a really big week. 29.5 fantasy points and finishes running back five on the week. Now, he hasn't had that kind of production every single Week. But here are some key points. He catches passes.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yes.

[Stefania Bell]

You know, and we've already established that running backs who catch passes are much more valuable.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yep.

[Stefania Bell]

Number two, Jaylen Warren, was injured in last week's game. Had an ankle injury. I went and found the spot where it occurred. I mean, he got his ankle rolled, if you want to see ankle go 90 degrees sideways underneath him. There was no. No surprise me that happened in the third quarter. And really after that, it was all Kenneth. However, it wasn't only then because he scored a touchdown on. In the opening drive. I believe one of the. I'll come back to that. One of his receiving touchdowns came from Mason Rudolph, who stepped in for Aaron Rodgers, who also has a wrist injury. That. We don't know exactly what is going to happen with that. Um, they're concerned about a fracture in his wrist. Obviously, he's getting evaluations, et cetera. We know Aaron Rodgers wants to play if healthy. But my point is, should it be Mason Rudolph stepping in? Clearly, Mason Rudolph was happy to throw Kenneth Gainwell a pass that got him a touchdown. Um, the other receiving touchdown was on the opening drive. So again, that was with Aaron Rodgers. And it means that also his utilization does not only come up when Jalen Warren's out.

[Daniel Dopp]

And based on Mike Clay's strength of schedule for the rest of season. Sorry, Stefania. Keep going. Didn't mean to. Yes, sorry.

[Stefania Bell]

It's the seventh easiest for running back. And so here's who they're coming up with next. Next. Next week is the Bears. Week 12 is the Bears. Week 13, the Bills. Week 14, the Ravens. Week 15, the Dolphins. Week 16, the Lions. And it's not until week 17 that it's the Browns, which is a little bit more difficult. But look, he. He's had modest fantasy production in most weeks other than there was one other week where he had 31.4 fantasy points. That was week four against the Vikings. And Jalen Warren was out for that game because he had a knee injury. Then the question is, number one, we don't know if Warren's going to be able to play. Remember that the game that Warren missed before, he was. They were in Dublin and he was warming up. Do you remember, we all thought Jaylen Warren was maybe going to play. Cause he traveled. And I told you, the Steelers have this very specific criteria. If there's a player on the bubble and they go through these warmups that they have to, like, hit these marks. And if they're not meeting the metrics, it's pretty much a clear they're going to drop out. So we might be hearing that Jalen Warren's back in practice and he might still not make it for this week. But even if he's present, I do think that Kenneth Gainwell presents you with somebody who is an option that I think could be productive down the stretch.

[Daniel Dopp]

I like it, given the way that they utilize that. And someone we may talk about in the waiver wire section as well in just a little bit. If you guys needed to vote, I'm curious, YouTube chat, which one of the playoff stashes would you guys vote for for the rest of the season? Let's throw up a poll right now. Of course. Of course you got a quarterback, a running back, and a wide receiver. We're basically giving you a full roster. But if you had to choose one, I'd love to throw it up in chat and see what you guys would like to go home.

[Field Yates]

Yeah.

[Stefania Bell]

And these are stashes. They're not like you're necessarily plugged.

[Daniel Dopp]

Of course. That's the point.

[Field Yates]

Yeah.

[Daniel Dopp]

We're trying to find guys that maybe will give you. Yes.

[Stefania Bell]

Maybe going to use them, but might not need to.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yep.

[Field Yates]

Ready?

[Daniel Dopp]

Let's dive into the waiver wire here. In week 12, couple teams on a buy. Four, in fact. Denver Broncos, Los Angeles Chargers, Miami Dolphins and Washington Commanders. Quick scheduling note, just so that we're all on the same page. We have two buy weeks left. It's this week. We have no bye week in week 13. Field you let me know that. I was like, why don't we have a BI. In week 13, all the Thanksgiving games. They're playing so many games on Thanksgiving, they can't give more people bye weeks. And then we have four teams on a buy in week 14.

[Field Yates]

Right. So just to take that one step further, three games on Thanksgiving, that's six total teams. One game on Black Friday, that's eight total teams. There's a Sunday night football game.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yep.

[Field Yates]

And there's a Monday Night football game. Right. So that's a two.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah. So that's seven games. Six games.

[Field Yates]

Six games. Yeah. Yeah. They want to keep. If they had. Let's just say they had six teams on a buy or four teams on a buy in week 13, when you already have all of that inventory assigned to other time slots.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yep.

[Field Yates]

You might have a situation where there's five games going on in the early slate and three in the late slate. The NFL is always looking for about a half dozen in that early slate to keep plenty of interest going. Love it. Week 12, week 14, there are a total of eight teams that have yet to have their buy.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's right. And so here in week 12, if you need a priority pickup, someone you could start this week or a streaming quarterback best kept Secret here at ESPN Fantasy, Jacoby Brissette has been a top 12 quarterback for five straight weeks. He has 19 plus fantasy points in five straight games. Exactly two passing touchdowns in five straight games draws the Jacksonville Jaguars this week, which they've been fine. They don't scare me. They've allowed the seventh fewest points to quarterbacks. I think they've gotten better over the last little bit, but I'm still all in. If you've watched Jacoby Brissette play football, it doesn't always look pretty, guys. We don't need it to look pretty. In fantasy, he is absolutely a much better quarterback. So if you need a guy to be able to fill in as a streaming option, Jacoby Brissette again this week is someone that you could count on another guy you could count at the, at the quarterback spot. If you needed another streamer that I would like to say I would start him this week and I realize that's coming off of a monumental dude, but Sam Darnold, I'm throwing out that Rams game, man, like that Rams defense is.

[Field Yates]

Legit as long as he's not facing the Rams. Sam Donald has been awesome for this season and last season as well.

[Daniel Dopp]

And he's coming up against the Titans this week. Last four games against the Titans for quarterbacks. Week seven, Drake May had 23.1. Week eight, Daniel Jones had 23.2. Week nine, Justin Herbert had 27.7. And then in week 11, Davis Mills had 16.7. But Davis Mills is not the same level of quarterback that I think the rest of those guys are, given what this team is. And it's another week that he gets to learn his new teammate in Rashid Shahid as they keep developing that chemistry. So it's a really nice matchup. If you need another stream quarterback Jacoby Brissette and Sam Darnold are the two guys that I would utilize this week in week 12.

[Field Yates]

Okay.

[Daniel Dopp]

All right, Stefania, I want to ask you about a running back here because there's a chance.

[Stefania Bell]

Big one.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah. We saw a lot of Emmanuel Wilson, 11 carries for 40 yards and a touchdown. Obviously he did that in fill in time with no Josh Jacobs. What kind of an update do we have on Josh?

[Stefania Bell]

Well, the packers are encouraged by the fact that there doesn't seem to be a major structural injury for Josh Jacobs, but it's still going to potentially be difficult for him to make it back for this week. So it's one of these. Let's see how he progresses and we'll decide when he's back. If you followed Josh Jacobs across his career, this kid is one of the toughest running. He's played through broken ribs, all kinds of injuries back when he was with the Raiders when they were in Oakland. I mean, you have to go in the wayback machine, but he certainly pushed through injuries and he will always try to do that. But this, you know, just the way he landed, the way it looked, this doesn't feel like one you can just power through. So I think there's going to be a little more conversation around it. I would anticipate him being absent this week and then we'll see how it goes from there.

[Daniel Dopp]

So here's the deal. Emmanuel Wilson has been a basically a backup for three straight seasons. He's the guy that I think we would get. He's the next man up, the guy that they would call on. There's just not a lot of stats to be able to give you to be like, here's how good Emmanuel Wilson has been when he has been the lead back. He hasn't ever been the lead back because Josh Jacobs hasn't really gotten hurt since he's been there.

[Field Yates]

They love him in Green Bay. He has steady. When he's gotten some opportunities this year he'll get more opportunities than he probably has, maybe ever will ever gets going forward as well. So I love Emmanuel Wilson.

[Daniel Dopp]

He is a, he is a huge pickup this week as a priority.

[Stefania Bell]

Started him two weeks ago out of desperation. I had so many injuries. I had picked him up on the waiver wire and I thought maybe he would get some complimentary run. Didn't happen. I needed a spot, I let him go and then yeah, yeah, here we go.

[Field Yates]

I would argue this is the number one AD of the week because at this point of the year it's hard to expect that too many guys are going to have multi week value. It's all injury dependent. But if you can get one top 15 ranking out of a running back that you add on the waiver wire in week 12. To me it's a no brainer. So if you have a fab budget I would be willing to spend a lot of it left over for Emmanuel Wilson because if you get one week it's useful. If you get multiple weeks, it's extremely useful. This could be the playoff push you either need to make or if you have Josh Jacobs, this could be the playoff push that you need to keep going with.

[Daniel Dopp]

Agreed.

[Stefania Bell]

Right. And especially if, you know, as Green Bay, we never know how teams are going to manage their players on the stretch, depending on what they need to do. But it'd be nice to know that you have both of those guys if that. If that's the case, if you are Josh Jacobs manager, I would be for sure looking at Emmanuel Wilson.

[Daniel Dopp]

And even if you're not, even if you're not.

[Stefania Bell]

But I mean, I also would if Josh.

[Field Yates]

Definitely.

[Daniel Dopp]

I'm with you on that. All right, I'm. That's it for my priority ads. Manny Wilson is number one. Like you guys had said, the two streaming quarterbacks, I like to have at least one priority streaming quarterback people can count on. There's nobody else that really like, moves the needle. There's a couple of guys that has me really intrigued, but not must ads. So let's dive into some of these other guys and you can tell me if that would be different for you.

[Field Yates]

So far, I'm good with this. I would put Wilson one and then. And then the quarterback set to Darnold three.

[Daniel Dopp]

Just always start with quarterbacks.

[Field Yates]

I know it's very natural in your brain to go in that direction.

[Daniel Dopp]

I want to talk about more running backs, though, because we have more injuries here, Stefania, and there are more chances that we might see a new guy. Chris Rodriguez kind of took over as the lead role for jcm. The only reason why I would really add him is just because he's a. He's a potential starting running back, but it doesn't feel super great. However, there is a chance that, like, he could be one of these guys down the stretch. Just like we said with Emmanuel Wilson, that if you needed a running back at the end of your roster, I'd rather have him there than a wide receiver. I'm never even going to start deeper leagues.

[Field Yates]

Here's the hope. If you have Chris Rodriguez or if you add him, the Commanders played much better defense this past Sunday. They made a defensive coordinator switch. Dan Quinn took over for Joe Witt. Is it as simple as Dan quinn became the D.C. and all of a sudden they played decent defense? Maybe, maybe not. But Dan Quinn is one of the best defensive minds in football. If this defense can go from absolute trash to, like, close to league average, it will allow this team to keep games a little bit closer and will allow a guy like Chris Rodriguez to not be relegated to a bench role because Jeremy McNichols is playing when the team is down by 14.

[Daniel Dopp]

Defense just needs to be, like, mildly passable. Be able to give Chris Rodriguez some.

[Field Yates]

A little bit of run here consideration only.

[Daniel Dopp]

Absolutely. And here's another one that's really tough for me, Sean Tucker. Because if I knew that Bucky Irving was going to miss more time, I think Sean Tucker might be a bigger priority for me to add. But, Stefania, I don't know a lot about Bucky Irving. Do you have any updates?

[Stefania Bell]

None of us really do. I mean, we had Jeff Darlington talking to us on Sunday from. From the game where the Buccaneers was, and he said that he'd gotten the vibe early in the week that Bucky Irving was really, really close. But the people who are there every single day are saying, yeah, he's in practice. Like, everything is positive talk.

[Field Yates]

Yeah.

[Stefania Bell]

But there's no evidence to say definitively like, this is the week or we need a little bit more time. If you went on vibes alone, you would think that this is potentially the week. He. The. The comment that I would have is, when a player's been gone for that long running back, especially who is dealing with two different injuries, a midfoot injury and a shoulder issue that had him in a sling, like an immobilizing brace for a while, how much run do they get, even when they first get back? And that first game is a bit of a test to see how are they feeling. You know, V lands on the shoulder and it all of a sudden doesn't feel good. Because I guarantee you in the rehab time and the practice time, what they're doing in practice, this, no one's throwing him to the ground. So until you get back in a game situation, you don't really know how they're going to respond. What happens if it was a subluxation, meaning it kind of slips out a joint and pops back in and that's. It creates inflammation and blah, blah, blah. That's why you're out for that period of time. If that happens again, that could be it. So I'm a little nervous about the bucket Irving. I'm not like a set it and forget it because we need to see how he does with contact. And I think this is. Could be. Again, don't have all the details, but when you're talking about something that represents instability, it's a question of can you function through it. And if you can manage to get to the end of a season, you do. But sometimes you still need to have a surgery at the end of the year. So if it gets flared up, you're Gonna want the guy who's gonna be up next.

[Field Yates]

Okay, So I think, taking all Stefania's advice there, I would say that, yes, Sean Tucker is a reasonable speculative ad. What I think is most interesting about Sean Tucker, if you do, Adam, is if Bucky Irving misses time, who do we think is on the field for the first snap on Sunday against the Rams?

[Daniel Dopp]

I still think it's Rashad White.

[Field Yates]

Okay.

[Stefania Bell]

Yeah.

[Field Yates]

I wouldn't be surprised if it's Sean Tucker, personally. But even if Bucky Irving is out, tough matchup. It's about as bad of a matchup as it gets. So I think Sean Tucker is worth adding. It almost is more appealing for the possibility of what things might look like in weeks 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, as opposed to what it might look like in week 12.

[Daniel Dopp]

I say Rashad White gets the first snap of the game in Week 12.

[Stefania Bell]

Let's have a board bet.

[Field Yates]

Let's talk about this on Sunday morning. Okay, deal.

[Daniel Dopp]

Let's talk about it. All right. Last one here.

[Stefania Bell]

You set it up.

[Daniel Dopp]

I know.

[Field Yates]

What kind of a board bet is that Bucky plays? You know, this is fun.

[Daniel Dopp]

I agree with you. That's why I suggested. Okay, I'm with you. I still think it's going to be Rashad White. Last one that I wanted to mention was Kenny Gainwell. We already went through that conversation with Stefania about Jalen Warren. So we appreciate, appreciate that update, Stefan.

[Field Yates]

The other good news is that Mike Tomlin will come out and describe exactly like. He will say, like Jalen in the third quarter at 7 minutes and 15 seconds had his ankle roll. We expect Jalen to practice somewhere between 40 and 50% of the reps on Wednesday increased to 60 to 70 on Thursday.

[Daniel Dopp]

Sounds just like he's quite verbose.

[Field Yates]

He's the best. Mike Tomlin and Sean McVay are the best when it comes to injury updates. They just lay it all out there. And by the way, Sean McVay especially has won a lot of games recently. It has not impacted him that much. Kyle Shanahan, same deal, reach.

[Stefania Bell]

I used to say this all the time because Gary Kubiak was one of my favorite examples of that because I just love the way he would be so thoughtful and how he talked about it to reporters. It does not keep you from winning Super Bowls, people.

[Field Yates]

Believe it or not. I agree with that. Only other thing that I wanted to mention here before we get into our playoff trash, I got.

[Daniel Dopp]

I got a few wide receivers I'm going to throw at you real quick.

[Field Yates]

Okay. That you thought you said you were done. Okay. That's your last.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's the last running back that I have.

[Field Yates]

We'll have a little bit of news that we live into which you guys. It's not. It's not breaking news, but we should mention it.

[Daniel Dopp]

I do want to ask you, Stefania, one of the wide receivers that I've been thinking about adding this week is Darnell Mooney. With all the things going on with both Drake London and. No. Michael Pennix.

[Field Yates]

Pull up the. You do that. I want to pull up the.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah.

[Stefania Bell]

So we'll start with Michael Penix, the quarterback. There appears to be done for the season. There are varying reports out about him potentially having a partial ACL tear. This would be the opposite knee. Now, he did have his right knee was reconstructed and then revised. They call it revision when you have to have a second surgery. So he had that going on pre draft. This is now the opposite knee and it sounds like he's undergoing further evaluation. And just by way of explanation, sometimes even if you have a partial ACL tear, it still requires reconstruction if you have an unstable knee. So let's leave that there and we'll find out. We await the news. I feel terribly for Michael Penck. He's been through so much in terms of injury and recovery. Just, you know, yeah, feel badly for him. But his. His time as a quarterback for the Falcons for this season is done. The wide receiver Drake London has a PCL sprain. So another PCL injury for a pass catcher. And all I need to point you to is Brock Bowers and Ricky Piersol. This is one of those things I wrote about it if you want to go check it out on dot com. The PCL injury is one of those things where guys often feel really good walking around. It's why they think I could have gone back in the game or I can play. Sometimes they don't even swell very much. They feel fine. But it's instability, even a stretching of the ligaments, something that doesn't completely tear. It can make it feel like your shin bone is shifting on your thigh bone. When you try and stop hard or pivot dig to cut, it just feels like it's going to go out of place. And so they don't get the same kind of power off of. Off of those hard stops, et cetera. Drake London expected to miss this week. They're talking about him potentially being back soon after. I would just say temper that. Let's see how it is. Every degree of injury is different for different athletes, but we've seen what happens when guys try and play through sometimes.

[Field Yates]

I want to note as well, this team is now three and seven. Okay? They're bad. They're probably out of the playoff picture almost entirely right now. Normally I would say, hey, if this is potentially a two to four week injury for a team, it's three and seven, this player might not play the rest of the year. They'll take the smart, prudent approach. And this is a coaching staff and perhaps a front office working to keep their jobs right now. So this might be one where if Drake London can get back on the field, even if the common sense play might be to just let him stay off the field and be 100% going into next year, this might be one where Drake London could come back later in the year independent of what the team's record is now. Let's talk about Darnell Mooney.

[Daniel Dopp]

So Darnell Mooney, last season with Kirk Cousins, who's now going to be the starting quarterback of the Atlanta Falcons, had seven games with 14.6 or more fantasy points. He was one of the more trusted targets in this offense. And because it's Kirk Cousins, even though Darnell Mooney has not looked good this year, there's a part of me that feels like if I need to throw a dart at a wide receiver this week on the waiver wire, I know that connection has existed. I know that they can look good with each other. Can I promise you they're going to give you 14.6? Like I just said, I cannot. But I'm good with Darnell Mooney this week taking on the New Orleans Saints.

[Field Yates]

I tell you what. So a little bit of scar tissue here on a personal level. I started Darnell Mooney in week eight when Drake London was out. How'd he do that Week 1 catch for 11 yards against the Dolphins.

[Daniel Dopp]

Oh, the Dolphins.

[Stefania Bell]

Yeah. So here's. I just want to. And I don't know how much this factors into it, but do you guys remember that Darnell Mooney hurt his shoulder in like the first day of training camp? And they didn't really say anything about what it was. They were just like, shoulder injury. And then he wasn't there and he wasn't there and he wasn't there and then he was gone. And I was looking at the time frame for when he's got clearance to come back and I'm like, shoulder injury is hard. When we don't always see a practice, we land on the shoulder. I was like, it's either AC joint or broken collarbone. The time Tame time timetable, time frame.

[Daniel Dopp]

I like it.

[Stefania Bell]

I like a fracture. Just last week Raheem Morris said, yeah, Darnold Mooney had a collarbone fracture then. So the point is like he wasn't really like he and Kirk Cousins had a really good relationship. I don't know that he really developed that ever with Michael Pennix.

[Field Yates]

I would be interested in starting that game as well.

[Daniel Dopp]

Oh well, that's not great.

[Field Yates]

Against the Dolphins. Dolphins. It was also the corner. Well, unfortunately.

[Stefania Bell]

So just take that and toss it.

[Daniel Dopp]

Where was that game at?

[Field Yates]

The game was played, I believe domestically because it was played in overseas.

[Daniel Dopp]

Oh yeah, you're right. You're right.

[Field Yates]

Missed some time with that, unfortunately.

[Stefania Bell]

Yeah, that's right. Because he had.

[Daniel Dopp]

Because he had trying to make darn album here, guys.

[Field Yates]

Hold on, hold on. No, I'm not saying that it's not going to work out. I am just telling you that if you have the similar level of trepidation that I have.

[Daniel Dopp]

Fair.

[Field Yates]

It is founded. It's not fair. Unfounded. That was a game in which the Falcons did. Did nothing well against that Dolphins defense.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah, I would like to ask her.

[Stefania Bell]

Cousins hadn't played in a minute. So I'm going to say like Kirk Cousins, Darnold Mooney. Let's get, let's free it. Let's get that. You know.

[Field Yates]

Yeah.

[Daniel Dopp]

Practice they're going to have. They know they like they got a full week of practice of Kirk being the guy.

[Field Yates]

It's week 12. You should be adding him. I just, I've given you forewarning that if you start him and he stinks, he has been battling you. That's why 9.8 is a season high this year.

[Stefania Bell]

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[Daniel Dopp]

Let me ask you one last wide receiver injury update that may have a little bit of waiver implication. Do we have any updates on Marvin Harrison Jr. Coming out of his appendicitis that he had that he was out with last week?

[Stefania Bell]

Yeah. So he had an appendectomy.

[Daniel Dopp]

Appendectomy.

[Stefania Bell]

Sorry. Right. No, no. It's. It happens.

[Daniel Dopp]

Does that mean he didn't have appendicitis.

[Stefania Bell]

It means he had appendicitis.

[Daniel Dopp]

Therefore they removed the appendectomy.

[Stefania Bell]

Yeah, but it leads to the appendectomy. No longer has appendicitis because he got it taken out.

[Daniel Dopp]

Good for him.

[Stefania Bell]

Okay.

[Daniel Dopp]

Okay.

[Stefania Bell]

Now it's a recovery from that. Now, we've seen players come back in this timetable, you know, less than two weeks at times. It's really individual in terms of how you recover from surgery. We won't really know until they get the first practice reports. Let's see if he's out there today. It's Wednesday. We're recording this in the morning, obviously.

[Field Yates]

Arizona, I have some breaking news for you. It's Tuesday.

[Stefania Bell]

Okay. It's Tuesday, you guys.

[Daniel Dopp]

Well, listen, Stefania, some of us don't.

[Stefania Bell]

Sleep from Saturday to Tuesday.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yes. Fair. It's just all one long day. It's a stretch day.

[Stefania Bell]

There's a lot going on. We just had to get through all of Atlanta's trauma.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yes.

[Stefania Bell]

And now we're talking about Arizona. It's not just Marvin Harrison Jr. It's a Mary Darcada, by the way. Breaking news, he has a high ankle sprain. He's not going to be there. I know this is your segment, but I'm explaining why my brain is stretched.

[Field Yates]

Happens Michael Carter back, baby.

[Stefania Bell]

Yeah. And it's Wednesday. Let's see if Trey Benson is practicing and if Marvin Harrison Jr. Is practicing.

[Daniel Dopp]

Honestly, there's a lot. Now that you've said that in the Arizona's like, organization we need to keep an eye on, so.

[Stefania Bell]

And you wonder why I can't remember what day it is.

[Field Yates]

Yeah.

[Daniel Dopp]

All right. That was one last guy. Just to be able to throw it out there for people in case you have Marvin Harrison Jr. Maybe make one more day of. Or one more week of plans just in case he can't come back this week. Let's dive into playoff trash, my friends. New segment here, guys, that you cannot trust down the stretch in your fantasy playoffs. We each brought two players to the table.

[Stefania Bell]

I don't feel good about this because. Because I'm. I'm not a mean person. So I always have time with a hard time with these, like, I'm trashing.

[Field Yates]

I think it's fair. I think it's fair. You know, I mean, I totally get where you're coming from, but I think it's fair to say you can't trust a player if he's been inconsistent this year.

[Daniel Dopp]

Agreed.

[Field Yates]

Now, he can the player, but the player can also be great. Like, just because you don't trust him. Darna Mooney could be great this weekend. I just don't necessarily trust Darna Mooney.

[Daniel Dopp]

My first guy can't trust Mike Clay's projections field and I have been doing such a better job all year. You should have been paying attention to us.

[Field Yates]

Yes. Good call. Is that your actual first?

[Daniel Dopp]

It is not. No, it is not my actual first pick. Maybe this is a surprise. You guys might not agree with me.

[Field Yates]

Jared Goff, we had the ultimate heel turn by you.

[Daniel Dopp]

That would be a heel turn. I would be. I would be the new John CB communicated from Detroit. Yeah, the Michigan men chat would be.

[Field Yates]

It would never let you know about it.

[Daniel Dopp]

Every time you pick against the Lions so we hear about it.

[Field Yates]

I'm two and I want to pick against my.

[Daniel Dopp]

Sorry, didn't need to hear that. My trash guy for this week. Excuse me. For the rest of the season. Guys I cannot trust down the stretch is going to be Quinton Johnston.

[Field Yates]

Yeah, I mean, I mean two out.

[Daniel Dopp]

Of three games was zero points since week five.

[Field Yates]

You've got me.

[Daniel Dopp]

He's fourth on the team in targets. He's fourth on the team in receptions. He's fourth on the team in receiving yards. That means he's behind Orande Gadsden in all of those categories. For what it's worth, he has 15 receptions over that stretch. Gadsden has 30. Keenan Allen has 32. Ladd has 38. He's got 15. Wow, two zero fantasy point games over the last month. The early season consistent magic is gone at this point. If you are starting Quinton Johnston, it is a dart throw and you're hoping for a big play. Touchdown. But he is not a guy that I am trusting in the fantasy playoffs. Trust is not a word I use with QJ at this point of the season.

[Field Yates]

No doubt about that. It's. Yeah, it's kind of dry. I'd say.

[Stefania Bell]

If you want to stick with the Q.J. bring it initials. I have quinch on Judkins and I. You. You may not agree with me, but.

[Daniel Dopp]

No, I do agree with you.

[Stefania Bell]

Efficiency has gone way down. Week 10, 22 for 75, rushing 22 for 75. That's not good. Week 11, 17 for 59. And the pass catching just wasn't there. Two receptions for 10 yards in week 10, 0 for 0 in week 11. Now they do have. According to Mike Clays, we're looking at the strength of schedule, the third easiest schedule. But it's not clear that their off what their offense is going to look like. We have Dylan Gabriel in the concussion protocol. Shador Sander got his first steps on the field. Who knows what is going to happen this week. I just don't feel great about it. I don't feel great about anything in Cleveland other than perhaps their defense.

[Daniel Dopp]

The only thing I disagree with is you said we don't know what Cleveland's offense will look like. I think I know exactly what the offense is going to look like.

[Field Yates]

Not good is the answer. Yes, the answer is not good. Juggins was a name that I considered as well. AJ Brown, though, I think this is the segment is kind of basically alternate caption. A.J. brown. Right. So A.J. brown has more games with 3.3 fantasy points or fewer then he does 20 point games this year.

[Daniel Dopp]

What?

[Field Yates]

He has three games with 3.3 or fewer fantasy points. He has two games with 20 or more fantasy points this season. He had a season high 11 targets on Sunday night. He turned that into seven catches. Okay, so that's good right there. Thinking to yourself, if I get seven catches from Arthur Juan Brown, that should be probably what, 95, 100 receiving yards.

[Daniel Dopp]

Probably maybe a touchdown.

[Field Yates]

That's 45 receiving yards for A.J. brown. Seven catches on 11 targets for 45 minutes.

[Daniel Dopp]

Hold on. They must have had their like, really good cornerback, like the number one guy. Oh, wait, they didn't have either. They're starting to cornerback.

[Field Yates]

They did not. So. Yes. So it's a. It's a mess. Is he going to have some big games down the stretch? Of course he is. But is he going to get white hot like the player that you expected when you drafted him? Probably in the second or third round. That, to me feels like a difficult thing to trust or count on field.

[Daniel Dopp]

I like the way that you approach this exercise more than the way that I approach the exercise. That's a lot hotter of a take than I had.

[Field Yates]

Do you trust him?

[Daniel Dopp]

I went with. No, I would not trust him. I went with guys that I still have on the end of some of my rosters, like guys on squads that is like, I know they're on my bench, but I just can't. I also don't feel like I can cut them. And this is a player I don't feel like I can cut, which is a silly thing to say.

[Field Yates]

I'll tell you whether you can or not. I'll decide that for you, young man.

[Daniel Dopp]

Can I? Can I? Is it official? Like, just because of the running back spot and it hasn't looked good. Like, is Isaiah Pacheco just unrosterable or does he need to be on the end of a roster just because of.

[Stefania Bell]

A running back spot.

[Field Yates]

I think.

[Stefania Bell]

I think it's a hold because of the injury situation too.

[Daniel Dopp]

Like, I just don't. Two finishes is a top 30 running back this year. Two finishes. That's. This is the good stat.

[Field Yates]

Yeah.

[Daniel Dopp]

Two finishes as a top 30 running back. Neither of them. He was inside the top 26 games under nine fantasy points. All six of those games were outside the top 30, obviously. And even if. Yeah, this is the thing. Even if he comes back and someone else misses time, I'm not sure that I feel confident in starting him. Even though it doesn't feel like there's someone else that they would really trust. Elijah Mitchell has not come on and done anything here at all.

[Stefania Bell]

Chiefs running game as the only person who is there when you don't want him to be is Hunt.

[Daniel Dopp]

Is Kareem Hunt.

[Stefania Bell]

Yeah. I mean and he vultures like it's going to be a touchdown and you're going to be like why am I not thinking about Kareem Hunt? You're. Because of the. The. All the rest of it.

[Daniel Dopp]

This should be. Honestly, I shouldn't have just said Isaiah Pacheco. This should have been just Chiefs running back. Running back Kareem Hunt is a part of this too. Yeah.

[Field Yates]

I thought you were going to say Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy to take yesterday's. I mean that's. That's me.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's where we should have been at. That's where I should have been.

[Stefania Bell]

You're to next one Justin Herbert. I.

[Field Yates]

It's a good saucy one right there.

[Stefania Bell]

I. I know.

[Field Yates]

And schedule coming up.

[Stefania Bell]

I know recency bias for sure. 10 of 18 for 81 yards, no touchdowns in one pick. Career low yardage total. Here's the reason that I'm more mostly concerned about him. And it. It doesn't even matter to me necessarily who they're playing.

[Field Yates]

Although I'll give you it in a second. It's not good.

[Stefania Bell]

Is. It's not. It's not good. But the bottom line for me is he's taking too many hits. He's lost his tackles. There's no protection for him. Justin Herbert actually talked about it like he knows he is. He knows he has to get away. It's not working. And I thought this was. The implosion was what we saw this last week and we've been able. Look, he's run a little bit more this year, so we've gotten a little value out of that. But. But now he got his Ankle really whipped around a couple of weeks ago and I don't think he can run as efficiently anymore anyway. Nor do I want to have to trust him to do that. I just think I don't like the Chargers at all. You already talked about Quentin Johnson sort of as a function of that. But it's really hard looking at them, their whole schedule, the way he's getting harassed. No protection for him. Don't.

[Field Yates]

Don't schedule like six weeks left in the fantasy football season unless you play into week 18. Here are the six weeks and just which Justin Herbert what he has on tap during those six weeks by this week. So obviously not playing him this week. Week 13, you actually like the Raiders. That's a good matchup.

[Daniel Dopp]

Matchup.

[Field Yates]

Yep. Playing at home to the extent that that matters then week 14, Monday Night Football Eagles don't like that one.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's tough.

[Field Yates]

Week 15 at Kansas City. The Chiefs defense don't like that one.

[Daniel Dopp]

That's tough.

[Field Yates]

Week 16, you like that one. That is the Cowboys. That will be your semi finals or week one if you play a two week finals and the final matchup. Week 17, the Texans number one defense in terms of limiting opposing fantasy.

[Stefania Bell]

Two weeks ago he was sacked five times. So if he is good for them, right? If he survives to the, you know, to the point where you're at your fantasy playoffs. I just don't know what version of Justin Herbert you're getting at that point.

[Field Yates]

Good one right there. I agree on that. My last one here is Alvin Camara. He actually maybe looked a little bit better the last time that we saw him. And the Saints have some games that I think might be a little bit more winnable. They got a win going into their buy. Tyler Schuck played much better ball. That was against Carolina. But his best finish this year is RB14. He has three games inside the top 20 all season. Does Alvin Camara. That's fewer games than he has outside the top 40. He's got four games outside the top 40.

[Daniel Dopp]

Wow.

[Field Yates]

His most fantasy points in a game this year. What do you guys think that number is his most fantasy points any game all year. Finish his RB14.

[Stefania Bell]

So I'm gonna. I'm gonna say like 14.2.

[Daniel Dopp]

I was gonna say 15.3.

[Field Yates]

Hey Daniel. You win. In that case, the answer is 16.0 for Alvin Kamara.

[Stefania Bell]

This is right rules close without going over.

[Field Yates]

So it's just been a really tough go of it for Alvin Kamara. I don't exactly know how to size up this player right now. I Still think there is a lot of really good ability there, but the offensive infrastructure is not one that's really setting anybody up to succeed. So I have. Alvin Camara is not a running back that I can trust for those that have been clinging on to him, which I don't think is a ton of powerhouses in fantasy, but there might be a few.

[Daniel Dopp]

You know, that's always one of the fun things that we do. Our buddy, Tristan H. Cockroft will be able to put out a list of, like, players.

[Field Yates]

Consistency, right?

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah, consistency. And also teams. This player is on the most number of playoff teams or this player's on the least number. And I wonder, feels like Alvin Camara would be on a very low number of playoff teams.

[Field Yates]

I guess the number one is either Jonathan Taylor or. Or JSN or JSN.

[Stefania Bell]

That was Christian McCaffrey.

[Field Yates]

McCaffrey, too. But just because you got a little bit of a discount on Taylor and jsn, you might have people that could stack. You know, you might have Jonathan Taylor plus Amon Rod.

[Daniel Dopp]

Right? Yep.

[Field Yates]

So, yeah. But the cmc, I'm sure, will be in the top three to five as well.

[Daniel Dopp]

We're going to dive into some poll results here from our playoffs question. Our YouTube chat would like to have Ricky Pierce all. Which doesn't surprise me here. He's the one that's coming back.

[Field Yates]

Good answer right there.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah, it's a good answer.

[Stefania Bell]

Yeah. And you. You told me right in front, Right.

[Daniel Dopp]

Right in front of our producer.

[Stefania Bell]

Right in front of our producer, he says, I'm gonna take Ricky Piercel I was, like, rude. Yeah, but it's your birthday, so I'll allow it.

[Daniel Dopp]

I appreciate it, Stefania. It is no longer my birthday, so Stefania gets to be mean to me today, however, yesterday she had to give me Ricky Pierce.

[Stefania Bell]

All right, look at. I look at the graphics with our poll results.

[Daniel Dopp]

I know.

[Stefania Bell]

Yeah.

[Daniel Dopp]

We got a couple of good things going on here. All right.

[Field Yates]

They hate my pick.

[Stefania Bell]

That's good. You know why? I think people are just afraid.

[Field Yates]

No, I get it. I just know it was the idea. It's the riskiest pick out of all of them.

[Daniel Dopp]

For sure.

[Field Yates]

Yeah.

[Stefania Bell]

But I'd love to, you know, I'd love it for everybody if JJ McCarthy could turn things around. That. Wouldn't that be nice? It'd be nice for Justin.

[Daniel Dopp]

It would be.

[Stefania Bell]

I mean, I always get the.

[Daniel Dopp]

I will bet you that JJ McCarthy scores more fantasy points than either of those other two guys. The rest of the way, though, he's.

[Field Yates]

A quarterback, so he should. Well, yeah.

[Daniel Dopp]

I mean, yes, clearly. That's why I said it. Field.

[Field Yates]

Yes.

[Stefania Bell]

Yes.

[Field Yates]

I will not take that.

[Daniel Dopp]

Okay.

[Field Yates]

Thank you.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yes. All right.

[Field Yates]

Shoe that bet.

[Daniel Dopp]

Let's dive into some YouTube questions here from our reminder. Eric Moody hanging out. Follow him on social media. Rickandmoodie. Everywhere that you want to ask your questions. First one comes from just in time.

[Stefania Bell]

A long one.

[Daniel Dopp]

It's a long one. I gotta. I'm gonna get my words in here. With Chase being suspended, I have Chris Olave and Ameca Abuka. My flex question is, do I play Trey Tucker, Parker Washington, or pick up a waiver wire guy like Matthew Golden, Darnell Mooney, or Jaden Higgins this week?

[Field Yates]

Okay, so two things here we probably should have. We should have led the show with the news that Jamar Chase suspended. We told you it was going to happen yesterday. He's going to appeal. I'm going to guess the NFL will lose. He will lose swiftly. Reject that appeal. He is out for this week. Those answers all sounded unappealing to me, truthfully. And that's what happens in week 12 when injuries plus bye weeks all add up. I know I said not great things about. About Darn on Mooney, but when the other options are the likes of Parker Watson, Higgins and Parker Watson, just when.

[Daniel Dopp]

You thought you were out, we're pulling you back in.

[Field Yates]

Pull me back in. T. Higgins. Really interesting play this week. So my answer would be Darnell Mooney. What do you guys think?

[Stefania Bell]

Darn it.

[Field Yates]

So 3 options for darn on Mooney. 2. 3 votes for darn on Mooney. Right there.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yes.

[Field Yates]

T. Higgins. To me, it's one of the more interesting potential starts this weekend. Obviously. You're Sergeant T. Higgins, right?

[Daniel Dopp]

Jaden Higgins?

[Field Yates]

Nope.

[Daniel Dopp]

Oh, I'm sorry. That question was T. Higgins, not Jaden.

[Field Yates]

No, that question was Jaden. But I wanted to address the Jamar Chase thing here for a second also.

[Stefania Bell]

It's Tuesday. Yes. Okay.

[Field Yates]

Just in case. So T. Higgins going to be the number one wide receiver for the Bengals?

[Daniel Dopp]

Yes. Yes.

[Field Yates]

He's probably going to draw the Trish, the Christian Gonzalez shadow. Christian Gonzalez may not be pat certain, but he might not be that far off.

[Stefania Bell]

I think a healthy. If he were healthy. Oh, you're. I like everybody would be talking about it. He had some hamstring issues, but he's fantastic.

[Field Yates]

He's good to go now. And I got to imagine the Patriots just basically say, if we don't have to worry about number one, let's just worry about number five. So is there a boom week Possibility, yes. If you look at T. Higgins games without Jamar Chase over the past couple of years, mostly bonanzas.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah.

[Field Yates]

So. But just. And Mike, I'm sure we'll address this in wide receiver corner matchup. But. But that's a potential. You know, our friends over at IBM Watson talk about boom bus players. That would be a boom bus player this week.

[Daniel Dopp]

Absolutely would be. I was watching First Take and I actually agreed with something Stephen A. Smith said yesterday.

[Stefania Bell]

Like it was the first time.

[Daniel Dopp]

It was the first time. Yeah, but I. He had made the comment and this is a not fantasy conversation. This is just very football. But like, I very much think that Jamar Chase should have been suspended two games.

[Field Yates]

Two games?

[Daniel Dopp]

I think so. I think we already set the president with the spitting and I think like directly lying, like blank faced to everybody post game after it happened is like such a bad look for the team. The coach being like, we're going to back our guy no matter what. And then it's like, oh, wait, actually there's video footage of our guy doing the thing he said he didn't do.

[Field Yates]

It was a nasty loogie, that's for sure.

[Daniel Dopp]

It was gross. And like the fact that it's like I went from doing it to then straight up, like to everyone's face lying about it is one of those things that's just. I just, I just want more. I just want more than that.

[Field Yates]

Very rarely, but on occasion you agree.

[Daniel Dopp]

With Stephen A. Smith. I know that's where I was at yesterday.

[Field Yates]

Stephen A. Is my guy. I love Stephen A. But there are times where like a coach will challenge a play and not only will it be over, it will be held up. It'll actually be like overturned to the other way. Like, hey, you actually shouldn't have challenged this because the fact that you challenge it actually made it worse than the initial outcome. Maybe the NFL, when they hear Jamar's appeal tonight or at some point today are like, you know what? Jamar, after thinking it through one game is not fair. Here's two.

[Daniel Dopp]

Here's two. Maybe they'll do it. We'll find out. We'll find out. Not great for fantasy, but I'm just saying, be it just, you know, all.

[Stefania Bell]

This stuff behave better.

[Daniel Dopp]

You guys know all this stuff.

[Field Yates]

There will be some sort of memo or video sent out by the league this week reminding players not to spit on each other.

[Daniel Dopp]

All right, let's go into another question here. Well, we got some time here on fantasy. Focus. This one comes from. Josue wants to know Do I drop Isaiah Pacheco for Pollard or Emmanuel Wilson? I agree.

[Field Yates]

Agree.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yes.

[Field Yates]

You do? Yes. Because you're saying which one? Pacheco or I would drop Tony Pollard, But I think both of them are fine to be dropped because Emmanuel Wilson or.

[Daniel Dopp]

I said four.

[Field Yates]

Yeah, yeah, sorry.

[Stefania Bell]

No, I'm saying it's which one do I drop for Isaiah Pacheco? Probably looking for his second running back. So, yes, get Emmanuel Wilson. I would keep Pacheco.

[Daniel Dopp]

And you would drop Pollard.

[Stefania Bell]

I would drop Pollard.

[Field Yates]

You can drop either one. I agree it's Pollard, but I would drop Tony Pollard first. But you can drop either of those guys for Emmanuel Wilson because there's a chance. A chance that for a week, maybe two, you have a top 15 running back and neither of those guys is likely to sniff top 15. No, it's a great rushing attack. He's going to be busy with the Vikings this weekend. Like. Yes, I'm in.

[Stefania Bell]

And while they have 9,000 receivers to choose from, he would be the primary running back. Yes. Option.

[Daniel Dopp]

All right, let's do another couple questions here before we get out from our YouTube chat. This. This one.

[Field Yates]

Okay.

[Daniel Dopp]

What do you got from Wicked Jester? 408. Bryce Young, Jacoby Brissette or Joe Flacco?

[Field Yates]

You've been answering the question for us.

[Stefania Bell]

Oh, I. Yeah, exactly. I. There's. There's one guy there that I'm taking mostly.

[Daniel Dopp]

Agreed. Is it the guy that just threw for 448 yards?

[Stefania Bell]

I'd be that guy.

[Daniel Dopp]

No, wait, did you come here for 448?

[Field Yates]

He did not.

[Daniel Dopp]

He did throw for 400 something though, didn't he?

[Stefania Bell]

Yeah, he threw whatever. He set a record.

[Field Yates]

Completed 47 passes.

[Stefania Bell]

That's what it.

[Field Yates]

Rice Young through for 448.

[Daniel Dopp]

Yeah. What did this makes me want to know what did Jacoby do?

[Field Yates]

I thought percent like 322. 454.

[Daniel Dopp]

52. Okay, so they were right next to each other. Sorry, I did not mean you undersold him.

[Field Yates]

I did.

[Daniel Dopp]

I did.

[Field Yates]

I dare you.

[Stefania Bell]

I know it's Tuesday.

[Daniel Dopp]

Jacoby Brissette. Jacoby Brissette is the guy that we want there. Go out and add him if you need that as a streaming quarterback. All right, last question here. And we're getting out on this one. Jose Duran wants to know, Dalton Schultz or Jake Ferguson?

[Field Yates]

I think it's Jake Ferguson.

[Stefania Bell]

Jake Ferguson.

[Field Yates]

Yeah, I'm good with Jake.

[Daniel Dopp]

I was trying to understand. Was this a waiver question? Dalton Schultz or Jake Ferguson? I would start Jake Ferguson still, every.

[Stefania Bell]

Single week yeah, because Dax always looking for him. Like he's always looking for him. It is exceptional. There was one game where he had what do you have, like four points or something like that. He's been top five tight end almost every week. I think there's an finds the end zone disproportionate amount. There's just. Yeah.

[Daniel Dopp]

Offensive and defensive side to this too, because I think with the Houston Texans, they don't play nearly as many high scoring games as the Cowboys because the Cowboys defense, right, like, gives up a lot of points. Offense has got to play back. I haven't seen the Texans have to score 38 points very often because their defense just doesn't give up.

[Field Yates]

That kind of amazing. I can't wait for our Thursday conversation about Josh Allen versus the Texans.

[Daniel Dopp]

Obviously starting Josh Allen coming off a six touchdown game.

[Field Yates]

Yeah. But that Texans defense, which is good as they are, literally as good as it is in limiting opposing quarterbacks to.

[Daniel Dopp]

Fantasy points, is it going to be a bench this week?

[Field Yates]

No.

[Daniel Dopp]

Okay. All right. Still starting Josh Allen. That's going to do it for today. Today's show was presented by Wingstop. Go out and get your waiver wire claims and thank you very much. Shout out to our buddy Ear Pearl directing the show today. We love you guys. Don't forget to love each other and be kind to yourself. You deserve it. We'll see you guys tomorrow.

[Field Yates]

See y'.

[Stefania Bell]

All.