FFT Express - Beat the Waiver Wire! Best Players to STASH ahead of Week 14!

Summary

Fantasy Football Today: FFT Express - Beat the Waiver Wire! Best Players to STASH ahead of Week 14!

Release Date: December 7, 2024

In this episode of Fantasy Football Today, host Adam Aizer and analysts Dave Richard, Jamey Eisenberg, and Heath Cummings delve into advanced strategies to help fantasy managers dominate their leagues by effectively utilizing the waiver wire. Titled "FFT Express - Beat the Waiver Wire! Best Players to STASH ahead of Week 14!", the episode provides comprehensive insights into player stashing across various positions, emphasizing upcoming matchups and player availability.

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Quarterback Stashing Strategies

The discussion kicks off with an analysis of potential quarterbacks to stash for Week 14 and beyond. Adam emphasizes the importance of considering matchups when selecting quarterbacks from the waiver wire.

• Will Levis: Adam highlights Levis for his favorable schedule ahead, stating, "Will Levis has a great schedule coming up" (02:37). Despite tough upcoming opponents like the Colts and Jacksonville, his immediate matchup against Cincinnati is promising.

• Jameis Winston: Another viable option, Winston faces Kansas City next week. Adam notes, "Jameis Winston, his matchups don't seem to matter" (02:37), making him a consistent performer regardless of the opposition.

• Cooper Rush and Aiden O'Connell: Both players are lauded for their steady performances and favorable matchups. Adam prefers Levis over these options but acknowledges their potential value.

• Anthony Richardson: With only 65% rostered, Richardson is recommended if already holding a first-round buy. Adam advises, "If you have a first round buy locked up, Anthony Richardson is the guy I would go to" (02:37).

Heath concurs, adding, "I agree" (03:42), reinforcing the quarterback recommendations.

Running Back Recommendations

Transitioning to running backs, Heath underscores the importance of having stash options due to potential injuries or limited playtime of starters.

• Zach Charbonnet: Available in 29% of leagues, Charbonnet is suggested as a contingency if Kenneth Walker III doesn’t practice or play.

• Sean Tucker and Sincere McCormick: While Tucker is a potential backup if Bucky Irving plays, McCormick remains a solid option with 78% availability. Heath remarks, "I think he could be the lead running back for the Raiders" (04:01).

• Jerome Ford and Braylon Allen: Both are listed as reliable backups, with Ford being a consistent performer.

• Jalil McLaughlin and Others: For future stashes, players like McLaughlin, Kamani Vidal, Jeremy McNichols, and Blake Corum are recommended to prepare for upcoming weeks.

Adam adds his preference for McLaughlin, noting his recent performances: "14 carries for 84 yards and the week before that he had seven carries for 44 yards" (05:30).

Wide Receiver Stashing Tips

Heath advises targeting wide receivers from the Browns who are still available, emphasizing their potential impact:

• Elijah Moore and Cedric Tillman: With 60% and 41% availability respectively, both players are highlighted as undervalued assets.

• Keon Coleman and Romo Dunes: Their return could boost their usage, making them worthy of stashing.

• Adam Thielen and Parker Washington: Both have favorable availability rates above 50%, making them practical choices.

• Marquise Brown: Although uncertain about his return date, Brown is available in 85% of leagues, making him a low-risk stash option.

Heath suggests, “You don’t have to worry about that. And he [Ferguson] has been cleared from the concussion protocol” (07:12), referring to Jake Ferguson as a tight end stash.

Tight End Stashes

While less glamorous, stashing tight ends can provide critical depth:

• Jake Ferguson: With 50% availability, Ferguson is a prime candidate due to his upcoming matchups against Cincinnati and Carolina. Heath recommends, "You could lit pick him up off the waiver wire and start him this week" (07:25).

• Hunter Henry and Additional TE Options: Henry is noted for his involvement in the Patriots' offense, despite facing tough matchups. Other TEs like Dalton Schultz and Dalton Schultz are also discussed for their upcoming favorable schedules.

Adam questions, “And I think stashing tight ends is not that fun, too. What do you think?” (07:12), to which Heath responds with strategic TE options, emphasizing the necessity despite the lack of excitement.

Defense/Special Teams (D/ST) Suggestions

In the final segment, Dave and Heath explore optimal D/ST strategies to maximize points from defensive plays.

• Targeted Matchups: Heath lists defenses facing Giants, Jets, Falcons, Jaguars, Patriots, Titans, and Raiders as optimal stashing targets, mentioning, "Giants, Jets, Falcons, Jaguars, Patriots, Titans, and the Raiders" (10:26).

• Ravens DST: Highly recommended due to their week 15 matchup against the Giants, where Heath notes, "Ravens DST should be great" (10:26).

• Cardinals DST and Colts DST: Heath favors a combination of Cardinals DST through week 16 and Colts DST in week 17, balancing strong performances and favorable matchups.

• Saints DST vs. Chargers DST: When addressing listener questions, Heath opts for the Saints DST, citing their advantageous matchups (14:18).

Adam humorously interjects about the challenges of finalizing DST strategies, ensuring a light-hearted conclusion to the segment.

Listener Questions and Final Thoughts

Towards the end, Adam and Heath entertain listener questions, maintaining an engaging and humorous tone. Heath provides nuanced answers, reinforcing earlier recommendations and offering additional insights into player performances and potential future trends.

Adam wraps up the episode by reinforcing the importance of staying proactive on the waiver wire: “Have a great weekend. And hopefully you heard some names to pick up before you go. Go.” (15:05), encouraging listeners to implement the discussed strategies.

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Notable Quotes:

• Adam Aizer: "If you have a first round buy locked up, Anthony Richardson is the guy I would go to." (02:37)

• Heath Cummings: "I agree." (03:42)

• Heath Cummings: "I think he [McLaughlin] could be the lead running back for the Raiders." (04:01)

• Heath Cummings: "You could lit pick him up off the waiver wire and start him this week." (07:25)

This episode of Fantasy Football Today serves as an invaluable resource for fantasy managers seeking to bolster their teams through strategic waiver wire acquisitions. By focusing on player matchups, availability, and potential upside, Adam and his expert panel provide actionable advice to navigate the critical weeks leading up to the fantasy playoffs.

Transcript

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[Adam]

Beat the waiver wire. Maybe week 14 doesn't matter for you, so let's look ahead to week 15 right now on Fantasy Football Today Express. Yeah, what's up? Adam and Dave here Friday afternoon beating the waiver wire just like a couple of dudes. Just beating the waiver wire and getting ahead of the game.

[Heath]

Just being fantasy nerds because we want to win our leagues.

[Adam]

I don't know that you have to go crazy at quarterback because there are some pretty good options. I really like Will Levis. Will Levis has great schedule, has a great schedule coming up. He has Cincinnati, first of all, Jacksonville this week, Cincinnati next week at the Colts, which isn't necessarily great, and then at Jacksonville in week 17. But just for next week. Will Levis has Cincinnati. Jameis Winston is another guy that matchups don't really seem to matter for. Jameis Winston, he has Kansas City next week. And then you've got two guys who we talked about this week that continue to have great matchups basically throughout the the rest of the way and that is Cooper Rush, she's at Carolina next week, and Aiden O'Connell who gets Atlanta on Monday night. But Levis would be preferred to those guys and I would say Jameis too. And then there's Anthony Richardson, who's 65 rostered. Richardson has Denver next week. That's the issue here. So I would say that if you have a first round buy locked up, Anthony Richardson is the guy I would go to. You don't have to start him at Denver, but you can start him after that. So good options at quarterback. Dave.

[Heath]

I agree.

[Adam]

And also Aaron Rodgers at Jacksonville. Like if you're desperate, you can beat the waiver. Why you don't necessarily have to go do it now. There should be plenty of plenty of teams, plenty of quarterbacks available for you. Did you do dsts? I did okay, but we can go to running backs first. Let's get some running backs to stash.

[Heath]

I I'm cool with that because I think DST is the most interesting. We'll save that one for last. First, just desperation running backs for this week. Zach Charbonnet, check for him. 29 available. That's in the event that Kenneth Walker III does not practice on Friday and does not play on Sunday. We are recording this Friday midday. I don't believe the Seahawks have even sniffed a practice field yet, so we just don't know. Same thing with Sean Tucker in Tampa. If Bucky Irving plays, obviously Sean Tucker would be a no go. But he's available in 85% of leagues. I think he would split with Rashad White if you're desperate for running back this week. Sincere McCormick still out there in 78% of CBS Sports leagues and I think he could be the lead running back for the Raiders. Antonio Pierce has talked about giving him more opportunities in their offense. He's earned them. Jerome Ford, also a good desperation running back. Braylon Allen. If there's no breeze, hall would immediately catapult to the top of this list. 43 available Other Stash guys moving forward Jalil McLaughlin, Kamani Vidal, Jeremy McNichols, Blake Corum. Those would be the ones I I do. You know if Bucky Irving practiced pretty.

[Adam]

Much all of the relevant Buccaneers practice today.

[Heath]

So scrape anything about Sean Tucker off of your memory. He's not gonna matter. 2 IR stashes at running back Kendra Miller, who could be back this week for the new ones, and then Austin Eckler might get to use him in Fantasy Championship Week and he's out there in a handful of CBS sports leagues.

[Adam]

All right, I really like the McLaughlin call. I'd like to see where that goes. I have him stashed in a few leagues coming off 14 carries for 84 yards and the week before that he had seven carries for 44 yards. I'm pretty sure he left with an injury so he was and then he came back I think. But but anyway, we'll see if they go with McLaughlin a little bit there. All right, Wide receivers to stash Dave.

[Heath]

My favorite wide receivers to stash are still Browns players. They haven't been picked up across the board yet. It's Elijah Moore at 60 available. Cedric Tillman is 41 available at this. I'd rather have more because I know he's going to play. I do not know if Cedric Tillman is going to clear the concussion protocol and be available this week. Other wide receivers to keep an eye on Keon Coleman should be back soon for Buffalo. He's available in a little more than a third of CBS Sports leagues. Romo Dunes if there is no DJ Moore this week, he would step up and be a much bigger part of Chicago's offense. He's available in the same percentage of leagues as Keon Coleman and then two other wide receivers that got a lot of volume last week. We can see where it goes. Adam Thielen with the Panthers, Parker Washington with the Jaguars. Both of them available in more than 50% of leagues. But the one other receiver that I would check for is IR eligible and it's Marquise Brown. He's available in 85% of leagues. People have not picked him up. We don't know when he's going to come back, but the word is out that he will be back for Kansas City at some point. Might be week 16, might be the first round of the playoffs. Nobody knows for sure, but it doesn't cost you anything to stash them on your ir. You could do the same thing with Alan Lazard that's really literally the least fun thing you could possibly do for your fantasy team.

[Adam]

And I think stashing tight ends is not that fun, too. What do you think?

[Heath]

No, but you need to check for Jake Ferguson, who is still available in half of CBS Sports leagues. Adam, here's his schedule. Cincinnati in week 14 at Carolina in week 15, Tampa Bay in week 16. And then he's got Philadelphia in week 17. I don't know if we're going to love him then, but who cares? That's so far away. That's like. That's like four weeks away.

[Adam]

Yeah, a while.

[Heath]

So, like, we don't even have to worry about that. And Ferguson has been cleared from the concussion protocol. You can lit pick him up off the waiver wire and start him this week. Hunter Henry, 36, available. No easy matchups, but he's so involved in what the Patriots are doing. I'd love to get him. And then the other guys that are stashable, they've got some decent matchups coming up. Will Disley this week and next week for him, I'd like him better if there's no lad McConkey, but beggars can't be choosers. If I'm streaming, he's an option. And then in week 15, Dalton Schultz against Miami. Chiga conquo against Cincinnati. And Cincinnati is the matchup that we're really trying to target. A lot of good tight ends are playing them between now and the end of the season, Ferguson being one of them. But Okonkwo could end up getting, I don't know, maybe a touchdown against Cincinnati in week 15.

[Adam]

You didn't say Jatavian Sanders, did you?

[Heath]

No, I mean, you love.

[Adam]

He's coming on. He had three catches for 49 yards on 18 of the snaps against the Chiefs. He's the only tight end to score against the Giants this year. The week before that, he had four catches for 87 yards. He's pretty good, I think. Yeah, but it's really just for deep leagues. And he gets Phil and I don't want him this weekend.

[Heath]

He's at Philadelphia this week and he is back this week. You could deeper leagues. Yeah, he's a. Yeah. Well, let's see what matchups he has after Philadelphia. Dallas in week 15, Arizona in week 16. Ah, at Tampa Bay in week 17.

[Adam]

All right, we got to take a break, come back and Talk about some DSTs to stash after this on FFT Express.

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[Adam]

Okay, we're back.

[Heath]

I had. So it's a weird, it's a weird use of your voice, how you say express.

[Adam]

It's. Change it up a little bit. But it's usually kind of like a powerful whisper. But who are the powerful DSTs we need to.

[Heath]

That was a careless whisper. All right, so the matchups I'm targeting. Giants, Jets, Falcons, Jaguars. Okay. My gosh. All right, I'm gonna start over because hopefully that gets edited out so no one hears that except for me. Sir Claire. 3, 2, 1. All right, DSTS. The matchups to target Giants, Jets, Falcons, Jaguars, Patriots, Titans, and the Raiders. I might get a little skittish on the Raiders, to be honest with you, because if Aiden oconnell has another good game this week, that might be one that won't be as, as good as I thought. First things first. Check for the Ravens DST. They play the Giants in week 15. 32% available and some managers might cut them on Saturday. You know they're on by. They might cut them to pick up a different defense to use this week. But the Ravens, when they come off the buy, holy hell, that defense should be great. I listed these DST as 2 out of 3 ain't bad because I think they've got 2 out of 3 matchups that ain't bad. Cardinals DST, Falcons DST, Colts DST and the Commanders DST. My favorite combo is to go with the Cardinals DST starting this week and then all the way through week 16. And then you pivot to the Colts DST in week 17 because they take on the Giants Cardinals this week. They've got Seattle, then they've got the Patriots, and then the Panthers after that you could also go with a Giants combo. Here's who the Giants are playing the rest of the way. Saints, Ravens, Falcons, Colts. A lot of people have already picked up the Saints dst. I don't know if you're going to be able to get your clappies on the Ravens DST in week 15, but after that, it's the Falcons and the Colts. And I mentioned the Falcons before. They do have the Raiders in Week 15, Giants after that at Washington in Week 17. If they stay feisty like they were last week, then that's a DST that I could see myself buying into down the stretch.

[Adam]

Okay, thank you, Dave. Let's read a few questions here.

[Heath]

Will you read them in a normal voice or in a whispery voice?

[Adam]

I could read it in the sexy sax man voice. No Feeling or Westbrook Akin.

[Heath]

I just lost my appetite. For lunch, I would start Westbrook Akin. Did we talk enough about feeling on the main show?

[Adam]

Not really. He.

[Heath]

He was very good at beating zone coverage last week, so just like settling in underneath five, seven yards away from the line of scrimmage, catching the ball and then getting tackled. He needs volume. His touchdown was nice, I'll give him credit for that. But he cannot beat man coverage. I don't think he'll see a lot of man coverage this weekend. Philly. He's not bad.

[Adam]

But I'd rather have Westbrook Aquina drop Disley or Kincaid.

[Heath]

I would. I'm expecting Kincaid to play, and I'd rather have him than Disley.

[Adam]

You know the thing I noticed about I don't know if you watched Adam Thielen's feet when you were watching his tape, but he's got these guilty feet and they've got no rhythm, Dave. All right, Ravens or Vikings dst.

[Heath]

Rest of descriptive for a second, but I thought you're gonna say guilty feelings got no rhythm.

[Adam]

Oh, that could be. It's guilty.

[Heath]

Rest of season, I think I'd still rather have the Vikings.

[Adam]

Is it guilty feet or guilty feeling?

[Heath]

Guilty feeling. I thought it was.

[Adam]

Oh, I thought it was guilty feet. Like his feet have no rhythm. I gotta get the lyrics. The careless whiskey you're gonna like.

[Heath]

Yeah, on that rabbit hole. The last thing I need in week 14 is a George Michael Wham Lyrics.

[Adam]

Rabbit Hole Khalil Shakira, Isaac Orendo, PPR Corendo Broncos or Ravens dst I guess that's rest of season thing.

[Heath]

Yeah, it's the Broncos.

[Adam]

Why? You know, pick my question. I didn't see your question. Remember the why you know thing? Saints DST or Chargers DST.

[Heath]

It's the Saints DST this week.

[Adam]

Yeah. This says genius.com says guilty feet. But I don't know, maybe it is.

[Heath]

What do I know?

[Adam]

Giranda or Bucky Irving?

[Heath]

Damn it. Now I've been exposed. I am now you know that I'm not a huge fan of Wham.

[Adam]

Our producers did such a.

[Heath]

Irving practicing. That's good. I will take him over Garando and.

[Adam]

Kincaid or Juwan Johnson, ppr.

[Heath]

I believe I will end up ranking Kincaid over Juwan Johnson.

[Adam]

We will talk to you on Sunday. We'll see you Sunday morning, 11:30am Eastern. Have a great weekend, everybody.

[Heath]

Have a great weekend. And hopefully you heard some names to pick up before you go. Go.

[Adam]

Express.