FFT Express - Beat the Waiver Wire! MUST-STASH Players Before Week 11 (11/06 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Summary

Fantasy Football Today: FFT Express – Beat the Waiver Wire! MUST-STASH Players Before Week 11

Date: November 6, 2025
Host: Adam Aizer
Analyst: Dave Richard

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Episode Overview

This express edition of Fantasy Football Today dives deep into “beating the waiver wire” for Week 11. Analyst Dave Richard shares strategic stash candidates and high-upside pickups at all positions—players fantasy managers should consider before their value increases or bye weeks create lineup needs. The focus is on forward-thinking roster moves, emphasizing players to stash for possible breakouts or favorable matchups in coming weeks.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

Importance of Stashing and Bye Week Prep (01:26–02:44)

• Main Message: The episode is about proactive management—adding players before they become widely desired due to breakouts or soft matchups, especially considering only two teams (Colts and Saints) are on bye in Week 11.

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Running Back Stash Targets (01:50–06:22)

• Sean Tucker (Tampa Bay Buccaneers):

  • Dave Richard:

    “Better efficiency than Rashad White for three straight weeks. Had a goal line touchdown in week eight…this is a running back that I’m putting on my bench just to see what happens this week.” (01:50–02:44)

  • He’s not a starter yet, but has shown strong play and could be relevant if team situations change.

• Desperation Adds for Week 10/11:

  • Devin Singletary: Could become the Giants’ starter, 10 touches in Week 9.
  • Imari DeMarcado: Cardinals RB, 15 touches in Week 9; keep an eye on injury returnees.
  • Terrell Jennings: Next in line, though starter could return soon.
  • Deep League Stashes:
    • Devin Neal (Saints): Worth holding if he shows well in Week 10.
    • Bashl Tutin (Jaguars): Monitor role.
    • Jarrett Patterson (Chargers): “Available in 98% of leagues…is he worth stashing away just in case the Chargers pull a fast one on us and they use him more in week number 10?” (05:16–05:36)

• Strategic Handcuffing:

  • It’s handcuff season; time to roster your starter’s backup if they’re at least 70% as effective. (05:44–06:22)

• Washington Backfield:

  • Chris Rodriguez: Only 9% rostered; minimal upside unless opportunity drastically shifts.

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Quarterback Stash and Streamers (02:44–04:18)

• Key Insight: Target QBs playing weak defenses or fill-ins for managers losing players on bye.
  • “First thing you should do…is look at which teams are playing Cincinnati and Dallas.” (02:44)
• Potential Adds:
  • Aaron Rodgers, Geno Smith, Trey Tucker: “If you’re watching this before the Thursday night game, both those players would make sense.” (03:13)
  • Jacoby Brissette (Cardinals): “The new starting quarterback of the Arizona Cardinals. 70% available…if he beats up the Seahawks…you’re going to love him against San Francisco.” (03:21–04:18)
  • Others: J.J. McCarthy (nice matchup vs Chicago), Michael Penix, Marcus Mariota.
• Top Target:
  • “Really the prize at quarterback would be Brissette.” (04:10)

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Wide Receiver Stashes and Pickups (07:47–09:17)

• Streaming Options for Week 10:

  • Parker Washington: Still out there in 68% of leagues, viable PPR flex.
  • Demario Douglas (Patriots): If he has another good week, becomes a solid play.

• Stash for Upcoming Weeks:

  • Christian Watson (Packers): “35% available…he’s against the Giants.” (08:11)
  • Calvin Austin (Steelers) vs. Cincinnati
  • Cedric Tillman: “As long as he’s on IR, you can stash him…sometimes you can take a player, stash him on IR and then he’s activated but you don’t have to move him and then you kind of carry him for free.” (08:21–08:53)
  • Watch for IR manipulation, especially in leagues with flexible roster rules.

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Tight Ends: Start, Stream, and Stash (09:17–10:58)

• Immediate Starters:

  • David Njoku: Still available in 41% of leagues.
  • Juwan Johnson: “Double-digit PPR points in three straight games. Saints just traded away Rashid Shahid…if he has a good week 10, you’ll carry him through the bye.” (09:46)
  • Dalton Schultz: Most widely available of the starters mentioned.
  • Kate Otten, Theo Johnson: Other possible starts.

• Stash Candidates:

  • Luke Musgrave (Packers): “Just to see if he’s used anywhere reasonably close to Tucker Craft in Green Bay.” (10:36)
  • Colson Loveland: After his heavy targets, should be rostered if available.
  • Pat Freiermuth: “Double-digit half PPR points to eight tight ends this year by Cincinnati…you could do worse than stashing Fryarmuth.” (10:48)
  • “Musgrave, Loveland would be ahead of him.” (10:57)

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DST (Defense/Special Teams) Waiver Targets (10:58–11:42)

• Top Options (If Available):
  • Chiefs DST (vs Denver, Week 11): “You can’t use them this week unless you’re a lunatic that wants a zero from your DST spot.” (11:11)
  • Falcons DST (at Panthers): 65% available.
• High-Risk, High-Reward:
  • Commanders DST (vs Dolphins): “If you like to dive out of airplanes and not sure if your parachute works… the Commanders DST at Miami.” (11:34)
  • Three of last four DSTs vs Miami posted double-digit points.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Bubble Gum & Stash Philosophy:

  • Dave Richard:

    “I’m all out of bubble gum. The big stash and an emphasis on stash. This is not a player…that you can add off the waiver wire and start right away. This is strictly a stash for Week 10 to see what happens moving forward.” (01:50)

• DST Recommendations:

  • On the Commanders DST:

    “If you’re a risk taker, if you like to dive out of airplanes and not sure if your parachute works or not… the Commanders DST at Miami.” (11:25–11:40)

  • Banter about skydiving:
    • “Want to go skydiving?” (11:50)
      Adam: “No, not with you. You’re way too risky for me.” (11:51)

• Adam on IR Strategy:

  • “Sometimes you can take a player, stash him on IR and then he’s activated but you don’t have to move him and then you kind of carry him for free. It depends on your league…” (08:34–08:53)

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Timestamps: Important Segments

• Running Back Stashes: 01:50–06:22
• Quarterback Stashes/Streamers: 02:44–04:18
• Wide Receiver Adds: 07:47–09:17
• Tight End Options: 09:17–10:58
• Streaming DSTs: 10:58–11:42
• Entertaining DST/Skydiving Banter: 11:42–12:12

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Episode Tone & Style

• Direct, practical advice with a conversational, humorous twist—typical of FFT Express.
• Dave’s analogies and banter (bubble gum, skydiving) add color to the actionable fantasy football guidance.
• Quick pace, focused on actionable stashes and strategy for competitive managers aiming to get ahead in Week 11.

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Summary Takeaway

The episode delivers an express roundup of stash and stream candidates across all positions for proactive fantasy football players. It emphasizes the importance of forward-thinking roster management, exploiting bye weeks, and preparing for breakout players before they cost FAAB or high priority. The hosts’ banter keeps the episode light, but the content is packed with concrete recommendations and strategic nuances for various league formats.

Transcript

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[C]

Time to beat the waiver wire for week 11 on FFT Express. All right, what's up and welcome. Dave is here with a list. He's taking names and beating waiver wires. He's got players that you should go get now before it's too late. Only two teams on a buy. Colts and Saints next week. What's up Dave? How we doing?

[D]

I'm all out of bubble gum. The the big stash and an emphasis on stash. This is not a player that we're going to talk about is something that you can add off the waiver wire and start right away. This is strictly a stash for Week 10 to see what happens moving forward. Sean Tucker, running back, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Better efficiency than Rashad White for Three straight weeks. Had a goal line touchdown in week eight. Was not even close to being in garbage time. Had nearly as many carries in week eight as Rashad White, and he did better with them. Again, I'm just looking at Stash to see what happens here. We know that Bucky Irving with his foot and his shoulder could be out a while. It's discouraging that he wasn't practicing coming out of the buy. This is a running back and we're desperate for running backs. Adam, this is a running back that I'm putting on my bench just to see what happens this week. If he ends up being pretty good, maybe he ends up being a factor for us moving forward.

[C]

All right, first thing you should do after doing that when you're trying to beat the waiver wire is look at which teams are playing Cincinnati and Dallas. And that always gives us. Not even joking. Right?

[D]

But you throw the jets on there, too.

[C]

Probably, yeah. Pittsburgh's facing Cincinnati and Dallas is at Las Vegas on Monday night. And the jets have New England on Thursday. So that gives you Aaron Rodgers if you want to go pick them up. Geno Smith is a possibility here. Maybe Trey Tucker.

[D]

Yeah. If you're watching this before the Thursday night game, both those players would make sense.

[C]

Sure. Right.

[D]

Good point.

[C]

Okay, so anyway, who else should we go to?

[B]

Quarterback?

[D]

I'll go to any position you want, bud. Quarterback is good with me. You're trying to replace Jaden Daniels. How about these guys with tough matchups in week 11? Baker Mayfield, Justin Field, Sam Darnold, Jared Goff, Bo Nix. So maybe look for that second quarterback you mentioned. Aaron Rodgers. He would be on the list. Joe Flacco going up against Pittsburgh. We know what he did to the Steelers when they faced off a few weeks ago, but they're rostered in too many leagues. So let's pivot to Jacoby Brissette, the new starting quarterback of the Arizona Cardinals. 70% available. Don't want to start him this week against Seattle, but, man, if he beats up the Seahawks after he's beat up three other opponents now, you're going to love him against San Francisco, who coming into this week has allowed at least 23.6 fantasy points to four of the last five quarterbacks that they faced. If you can't get your hands on Brissette, then you're looking at J.J. mcCarthy, you're looking at Michael Penck, you're looking at Marcus Mariota, but really the prize at quarterback would be percent.

[C]

All right, I like McCarthy against Chicago, too. All right, some possibilities there running back.

[D]

And we already talked about the stash of Sean Tucker. We'll talk about some other running backs you could stash, but if you're just in a major desperation spot for week 10 and maybe week 11, Devin Singletary is at the top of the list. I know it's gross 10 touches in week nine. Can he build off of that? Is he the Giant starter the rest of the season? Maybe you speculate on that Again, Beggars can't be choosers at this point in the year. Imari DeMarcado would be next up. He had 15 touches in week nine and he looked pretty good. But we know Trey Benson's eventually coming back and he's at Seattle this week against the 49ers next week. Terrell Jennings would be next up, but he's in that same boat as D. Mercado. Randre Stevenson will eventually come back and when he does, that's going to hurt Terrell Jennings. Other stash running backs these are players that you're just going to throw on your bench, see what's happening. Devin Neal with the Saints and they're on by in week 11, so he'd have to have a really good week 10 for you to carry him through week 11. Bashl Tutin with the Jaguars and Adam I noticed that Jarrett Patterson looked a little better than Kamani Vidal last week and he was the one salting the game away for the Chargers. And I wonder if it's worth in those deep, deep leagues, man, because Jarrett Patterson's available in 98% of leagues, is he worth stashing away just in case the Chargers pull a fast one on us and they use him more in week number 10? It's something that you could at least consider. But I do like Sean Tucker better than those guys. And a friendly reminder, if I may, this is the time of year to get the backup to your best running backs, assuming that the backup is like at least 70% as good as the starter. It's good to have Brian Robinson Jr. If you've got Christian McCaffrey. It's not as good to have Amir Abdullah if you've got Jonathan Taylor. So you're going to have to figure it out a little bit based on the stud running back that you have. But this is the time of year where you do want to handcuff your.

[C]

RVs in the same vein as Jarrett Patterson. I wonder if Chris Rodriguez is going to make any inroads in Washington. I don't think so. He kind of beat up on backups last week, but they do have the Dolphins in week 11 so any type of change. Rodriguez is only 9% roster. We'll do some wide receivers and tight ends and DSTs when we come back on FFT Express I have to tell.

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[C]

We're back. Okay, wide receivers to look at Dave Richard.

[D]

We are replacing Michael Pittman, Chris Olave, Josh Downs, Alec Pierce, you already know all the other wide receivers who are hurt. I don't have to repeat that list. I don't want to rub salt in the wounds. Two wide receivers that you can pick up off the waiver wire and use this week. Parker Washington. As much as we talked about him still out there in 68% of leagues. If it's a PPR league, he's not bad as a flex. Same thing for Demario Douglas if he can do that again against Tampa Bay. I do like the matchup form as long as case on booty is not playing for the Patriots. Stash candidates for week 11 Christian Watson of the Packers 35% available so he meets that threshold that we talk about. He's against the Giants, Calvin Austin against Cincinnati and Cedric Tillman. As long as he's on ir, you can stash him on your IR and sometimes you can take a player, stash him on IR and then he's activated but you don't have to move him and then you kind of carry him for free. It depends on your league scoring or actually not scoring your league and your.

[C]

Lineup said get your lineups before he. Before he gets activated.

[D]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You've got to do something like that. But he's someone that you might be able to sneak on your roster and just see what his utilization is for week number 10. I'm assuming that he's going to play in week 10. Does he take targets away from the tight ends there? Who the heck knows? He's taken on the Jets. That's a favorable matchup. So maybe against Baltimore in week 11 you could consider Cedric Tillman as well as kind of like a desperation type wide receiver. Three.

[C]

All right, tight ends.

[D]

Dave, you're replacing Tyler Warren, you're replacing Juwan Johnson. We'll talk about him in a second. Tucker Craft is on ir. Hunter Henry, Zach Ertz, TJ Hawkinson. They suck. So who can you go to the waiver wire and pick up? David Ajoku still available in 41 of leagues. Jets this week, Ravens next week. But Juwan Johnson literally woke up this morning Adam and thought I wonder how many leagues Juwan Johnson's in. And he's available in more than half of CBS sports leagues. We've talked about him all week. Double digit PPR points in three straight games. Saints just traded away Rasheed Shahid. They're on by in week 11. But if he has a good week 10, you'll carry him through the buy. And it's Carolina in Week 10. Other tight ends that you could start this week and next week. Kate Otten, Dalton Schultz, Theo Johnson. Schultz. The only one who's available in more than half of CBS sports leagues and three tight ends. Maybe four, five, six. All right, I got a long list of tight ends to stash. The best one to stash not start but stash is Luke Musgrave. Just to see if he's used anywhere reasonably close to Tucker Craft in Green Bay. Colson Loveland, after all the targets he got last week absolutely should be on fantasy rosters. He's available in 43% of leagues. And going back to that matchup between the Steelers and the Bengals, Pat Friarmuth. Yeah, double digit half PPR points to eight tight ends this year by Cincinnati. Fryer Moose had four more targets and three straight including six targets, five catches, 111 yards, two touchdowns against Cincinnati in week number seven. You could do worse than stashing Friarmouth on your team. But Musgrave Loveland would be ahead of him.

[C]

We're going to close it out with some DSTs.

[D]

So the one that I like. I don't love a lot of the dscs unless the Ravens are out there, but they're. They're widely rostered. Same thing with the chargers, the Chiefs. DST gets Denver in week 11. Obviously you can't use them this week unless you're a lunatic that wants a zero from your DST spot. But they're out there in half of CBS leagues. You can pick them up. You can pick up the Falcons DST 65% available. They've got the Panthers. And if you're a risk taker, if you like to dive out of airplanes and not sure if your parachute works or not. The Commander's DST at Miami, 79 available three of the past four DSTs to take on the Dolphins and put up double digit fantasy points. Yeah.

[C]

I hope you have a good DST for next week. It is not looking good there. Good luck to you, everyone. Okay, was that.

[D]

Want to go skydiving?

[C]

No, not with you. You're way too risky for me. That is Dave.

[D]

Richard, I'm the reason why. Would you go skydiving without me?

[C]

No, my brother went skydiving. Would you?

[D]

Yeah, absolutely. Before I croak.

[C]

Yeah, I'm not gonna do that. Ever.

[D]

Might be the reason why I croak.

[E]

Yeah, exactly.

[C]

You let me know how it is. There's an indoor skydiving place around here that I think it's for kids. I don't know if adults actually do it, but it seems pretty interesting.

[D]

I might.

[C]

That's true.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

I was just wearing my Star Trek shit. All right, folks, have a great day. We'll talk to you tomorrow with starter sit for the NFC home games. Ceiling.

[B]

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