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

Summary

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Fantasy Football Today — Waiver Wire! Trey Benson (Obviously), Elic Ayomanor, Hunter Henry & Many More

September 23, 2025 | Hosts: Adam Aizer, Dave Richard, Jamie Eisenberg

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Episode Overview

This week’s episode dives deep into the Week 4 waiver wire, ranking must-add players—especially running back Trey Benson—and key streamer options at every position. The hosts also debate the value, upside, and longevity of wideouts like Elic Ayomanor (Tennessee), Trey Tucker (Las Vegas), and highlight Hunter Henry as a tight end target. Along the way, they address free agent FAAB spending strategies, Superflex depth, and important injury updates, all with their signature camaraderie and insightful banter.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Opening Reactions & Close Calls (00:21–01:57)

• Week 3 delivered a slate of tight fantasy matchups; Adam and Dave share their narrowest victories (Dave’s margin: 0.04 points!).
• The stakes already feel high as rosters are battered with injuries and bye weeks loom.

Top Waiver Wire Priorities (02:18–04:07)

• Jamie’s Top 3:
  1. Elic Ayomanor (WR, TEN)
  2. Trey Tucker (WR, LV)
  3. Hunter Henry (TE, NE)
• Dave’s Top 3:
  1. Elic Ayomanor
  2. Trey Tucker
  3. Rashid Shaheed (WR, NO)
  • Both agree that if Trey Benson (RB, TB) is somehow available, he’s the unquestioned #1 priority.

Shallow League “Must Adds” (05:05–06:03)

• Names who should be rostered in almost all leagues:
  • Chris Godwin (WR, TB)
  • Jordan Addison (WR, MIN)
  • Jake Ferguson (TE, DAL)
• Jamie: “Ferguson should have been [rostered] from the start of the season. So after what he's done so far, 100. Godwin, yes. And Addison, yes.” (05:46)

Deep Dive: Elic Ayomanor & Trey Tucker Outlook (06:18–10:02)

• Ayomanor: Seen as more of a long-term stash; high volume, strong rapport with his rookie QB in Tennessee.
  • Dave: “He’s a solid receiver… Tennessee is going to be throwing in a bunch of games. Calvin Ridley hasn’t done bupkis.” (06:24)
• Tucker: Short-term riser and streaming candidate, especially with the Bears matchup looming; possible fade if track record doesn’t improve.
  • Jamie: “These are not guys you spend a lot of fab on... take chances on to see what develops.” (07:49)

Injury-Related Trends Affecting Waiver Targets (10:02–10:38)

• Trey Tucker’s increased role is partially due to Brock Bowers’ injury; Adam and Jamie elaborate on changing target shares.

FAAB Spending Strategy (13:47–14:17)

• Trey Benson: “This is the type of player who is going from waiver wire to your starting lineup,” says Dave. “So spend it.” (13:53)
• On others: single-digit FAAB only.

Superflex & Deep Bench Targets (14:17–16:58)

• Advice to prioritize backup QBs with possible starting stints, citing recent chaos at several NFL starting spots.
• Jamie: “If you think your quarterback situation is unsettled, then go get one of these guys because it could turn into a Wally Pip…” (14:54)

Handcuffs & “Lottery Ticket” RBs (16:11–18:07)

• Dave and Jamie recommend prioritizing high-upside RB handcuffs (e.g., Brian Robinson Jr., Tyler Allgeier, Blake Corum) over speculative WRs in FAAB allocation.

Quick Hitter: Streaming Defenses (35:05–36:48)

• Jamie’s streamers:
  • Chargers (vs. Giants)
  • Commanders (vs. Atlanta)
  • Lions (two-week play; vs. Browns & at Bengals)
  • Seattle DST: “18 or more fantasy points in each of their past two games…” (36:52)

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Waiver Wire Position-by-Position

Quarterbacks (24:43–26:21)

• Several solid options, little need to spend big.
• Jamie’s Top 3:
  1. Marcus Mariota (Commanders, if starting)
  2. Geno Smith (SEA)
  3. Carson Wentz (Vikings)
  • Jamie: “I would start both of them over Patrick Mahomes this week.” (25:44)

Running Backs (26:30–29:29)

• Non-Benson Priorities:
  • Woody Marks (HOU; rising snap share with Nick Chubb fading)
  • Tyjae Spears (TEN)
  • Chris Rodriguez/Jeremy McNichols (Washington; backfield murky)
• Deep stashes: Ollie Gordon, Blake Corum (injury away from top-20 value).

Wide Receivers (29:48–32:47)

• Top Adds:
  • Elic Ayomanor
  • Trey Tucker
  • Rashid Shaheed (if you need a big-play flex)
  • Luther Burden, Jalen Coker, Tori Horton, Taekwond Thornton, Don’Tavian Wicks (all stashable in deep formats)
• Jamie: “Wide receiver has been beat up more than running back at this point… good to have some of these players on your bench if you can.” (31:48)

Tight Ends (32:51–34:29)

• Dave’s Adds:
  1. Hunter Henry
  2. Harold Fannin Jr.
  3. Brenton Strange
  4. Cade Otton (if TB pass-catchers remain out; high snap share but few actual targets)
• Notable: “Hunter Henry's first at tight end. 7.3 targets per game… seems to have that connection with Drake May going right now.” (32:55)

DST Streamers (35:05–36:48)

• Best Week 4 Options: Chargers, Commanders, Lions, Seahawks (Seattle is DST1 so far in FFT leagues).
• “Do you consider [Seahawks] one of the true must-roster DSTs?” (36:48)

Kickers (37:30–37:44)

• Jamie’s Picks: Josh Carty (Stanford, vs. IND); Will Reichard (AL, vs. PIT); Jason Myers (SEA, vs. ARI).

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Notable Injury & News Updates (19:38–24:43)

• CD Lamb: High ankle sprain, out 2–4 weeks; could go on IR.
• Mike Evans: Day-to-day; more clarity coming soon.
• RBs: Najee Harris, James Conner—both out for the season.
• QB Swaps: Carson Wentz starts for Vikings (vs. PIT), Mariota could start for ATL.
• Other: Nick Bosa (49ers) out for season, affecting SF defense; Lane Johnson (PHI) expects to play.

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Notable Quotes & Fun Moments

• On Trey Benson:
  Dave: “The first thing you should do when you wake up is check if Trey Benson is available… spend the fab, do what you have to do.” (03:18–03:32)
• On fab budgets (Benson):
  Dave: “Maybe save 5 or 6%, but this is the type of player who is going from waiver wire to your starting lineup, with no benching in the foreseeable future. So spend it.” (13:53–14:10)
• On I.O. Manor’s appeal:
  Dave: “He’s a solid receiver who’s getting a lot of playing time and scoring some touchdowns for Tennessee…potentially the best pass-catcher for the Titans.” (06:24)
• Basketball interlude:
  Hosts debate the “best windmill dunker of all time,” with mentions of “Nick” and Sean Kemp. (04:48–05:06)

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Shallow & Deep League Coverage (39:10–46:20)

• Shallow: Brock Purdy, Justin Fields, Godwin, Jennings, Jake Ferguson, Juwan Johnson, and Dallas Goedert should all be 100% rostered.
• Deep: Look to Carson Wentz, Sam Darnold, Kirk Cousins, Woody Marks, Commanders RBs (Rodriguez, McNichols), Miles Sanders, Jalen Coker, Sterling Shepard, Hunter Renfrow, Parker Washington.

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Detroit vs. Baltimore Recap & Takeaways (46:20–52:54)

• Lions: Montgomery, Gibbs dominate; Jameson Williams used just as a “clear-out guy” (deep routes, low consistency). Adam: “It doesn’t work, you cannot have a consistent WR whose average route depth [is that high].” (48:44)
• Laporta concerns: Fewer targets. Dave: “Do we also have a Sam Laporta problem?” (49:24)
• Ravens: Lamar is a fantasy cheat code; Derrick Henry’s production a concern amidst offensive struggles.

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Drop-O-Meter & Closing Waiver Thoughts (52:54–70:00)

• Series of “Drop or Hold?” calls for major names (Keon Coleman, Khalil Shakir, Dylan Sampson, Calvin Ridley, Pacheco, Marquise Brown, Dak Prescott, Kyler Murray, etc.)
• Consensus: Hold Ridley, Kyler, most handcuff RBs; drop Dylan Sampson, move on from struggling single-use RBs.
• Acknowledgment most managers should only FAAB heavily for Benson; target commandos RB handcuffs, top tight ends, and exploit upcoming DST schedules for churn.
• Adam: “We mentioned so many wide receivers—tight ends, Juwan Johnson still available in 18% of CBS leagues. How do you feel about Dalton Kincaid?” (66:23)

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Memorable Moments & Speaker Tone

• Humorous banter: Multiple segments riff on basketball, Venmo bets, “clear-out” receiver roles, and the existential anguish of streaming both RBs and DSTs.
• Classic FFT tone: Fast-paced, a bit irreverent, heavy on actionable advice.

Dave (03:18): “The first thing you do and you should have done when you woke up this morning was check to see if Trey Benson was available.”

Jamie (25:44): “I would start both [Mariota and Geno Smith] over Patrick Mahomes this week.”

Adam (48:44): “You cannot have a consistent wide receiver whose average route depth is [that high]… it's a big change for Jameson Williams and it's only gotten worse every week.”

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Segment/Topic | Timestamp | |-------------------------------------------|-------------| | Waiver Wire top 3 priorities | 02:18–04:07 | | Shallow league must-adds & windmill banter| 04:48–06:03 | | Ayomanor & Tucker outlook | 06:18–10:02 | | FAAB advice: Benson vs. others | 13:47–14:17 | | DEEP/superflex RB & handcuff strategy | 16:11–18:07 | | Major Injury & News rundown | 19:38–24:43 | | QB streaming/weekly rankings | 24:43–26:21 | | Running Back landscape | 26:30–29:29 | | Wide Receivers review/stash targets | 29:48–32:47 | | Tight Ends beyond Henry | 32:51–34:29 | | Streaming DSTs & Seahawks case | 35:05–36:48 | | Shallow & deep league pools | 39:10–46:20 | | Detroit vs. Baltimore breakdown | 46:20–52:54 | | Drop-O-Meter, final waiver nuggets | 52:54–70:00 |

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Final Takeaways

• Trey Benson is a league-winner caliber add if available; spend major FAAB.
• Elic Ayomanor offers long-term WR upside, Trey Tucker a short-term spike.
• Handcuffs (RBs): Secure now before injuries strike.
• Hunter Henry is a trustworthy TE1, especially in PPR.
• Spend cautiously on FAAB outside of obvious home-run pickups.
• Exploit matchups for streaming defenses and QBs; pay special attention to DST schedules.
• Prepare for bye weeks, stash high-upside players, and keep reacting to NFL injury chaos.

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Transcript

[A]

This is fantasy football today from CBS Sports.

[B]

Wanna play?

[C]

Can you believe this?

[A]

No, I can't. It's time to dominate your fantasy league.

[B]

Off to the races and he stays on his feet.

[C]

This is gonna go the distance.

[A]

Now here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie and Heath.

[B]

A very, very fun ending to fantasy week three. And now we are on to fantasy week four. Welcome everybody. This is fantasy football today presented by betmgm, the sportsbook. Born Vegas, Tuesday morning, September 23rd. Adam Azer, Dave, Richard and Jamie Eisenberg going through the waiver wire Priorities. It's a great, great morning to be in a shallow league where you might have Trey Benson available to you, you might have Jake Ferguson or Jordan Addison or Chris Godwin available to you in these shallower leagues. And boy, you know, Dave and I were talking before the show. Yeah, I just kind of knew based on how many must start players were in the Detroit, Detroit Baltimore game and the fact that it was super close going into the fourth quarter, like so many matchups were going to be determined and we had some nail biters. I had one game, one matchup that was determined by 0.16 fantasy points. And Dave went and he one upped me.

[D]

Yes, I did. You won a game by 0.04 in a dynasty league. It's my high stakes dynasty league. I don't know, I don't, I don't know. But I won 137.54 to 137.5. I've never, I don't think I've ever had a win that close.

[B]

Were you monitoring it?

[D]

No, I. Too many leagues. I can't stay on top of it.

[B]

Jamie, what's up?

[C]

Good morning.

[B]

Any nail biters?

[C]

I was down big in one league where I have, I start dynasty league. I start both Jameer Gibbs and David Montgomery. So that was fun.

[B]

Oh, very nice, very nice outing there. All right, let's get to the waiver wire here. We have some, some good names for you. Top three waiver wire priorities. Jamie, what's it going to be? And remember we use the threshold on CBS of 65% or fewer. But we will of course touched on, touch on the shallow league guys and the deep league guys. So who are the top three?

[C]

Hit the button.

[B]

Hit the button.

[C]

Oh, oh, wait.

[B]

Oh, oh no, that's, that's Friday night's a great night for football.

[C]

Eric IO Manor would be one, Trey Tucker would be two and Hunter Henry would be three.

[B]

Okay. Elik IO Manor, Trey Tucker with this great matchup this week against the Bears, I.O. manor gets the Texans, who may not have Derek Stingley and Hunter Henry. You know, one of the things I guess I didn't realize about Hunter Henry, I'm sorry about this, is that he had one bad game and Drake May only threw 23 passes in that game. So May is thrown 36 or more in the other two games. And Henry's been very good. So it's, you know, it's an interesting, it's not like the greatest top three ever, but LA Guy man or Trey Tucker. Hunter Henry. Dave, how about you?

[D]

Well, when you wake up in the morning, what's the first thing you do?

[B]

I pee.

[C]

He said 20 piece.

[D]

No, you need to go to your waiver wire and just double check if Trey Benson's available and you need to do it in all of your leagues. And on CBS, he's already rostered in like 80 of leagues. But there are some leagues out there, especially on Yahoo and ESPN where he's available in like 50 of the leagues. There are leagues that I am in. He is a free agent. And so I intend to spend the fab do what I have to do to get Trey Benson on my squad. That's an easy one. So the first thing you do and you should have done when you woke up this morning was check to see if Trey Benson was available. That being said, the top three, if you can't get Benson, Ao Manor is number one. Trey Tucker is number two. I put Rashid Shahid number three. Three receivers because I, I'm not ready to trust Hunter Henry. I guess if you need a tight end, of course he's a priority. But I, I'd go with those three receivers as my top three.

[B]

Okay, so you guys agree on I.O. manor and Trey Tucker. And then Dave has Rashid Shahid as his third priority. Jamie has Hunter Henry. No quarterbacks listed in the top three, but there are some decent options, including Geno Smith this week. By the way, Trey Benson is 60% rostered on Sleeper. So between Sleeper, ESPN and Yahoo, Trey Benson is no more than 60% rostered in any of those leagues. He is a slam dunk layup. Now in those a slam dunk layup doesn't really make sense. That's two different things. He's a windmill tomahawk jam. Now I mentioned three other guys that could be available in shallow release.

[C]

Windmill dunker of all time.

[B]

The best windmill dunker of all time.

[C]

Yes. Very easy.

[D]

I mean I, I, my first thought was Nick.

[C]

Exactly. Yeah.

[B]

Okay.

[D]

Basketball guy right here.

[B]

I don't know if this guy's ever done a windmill dunk but I was going to say Sean Kemp.

[D]

He probably has.

[B]

I feel like he's done some. He was a great dunker. Chris Godwin, Jordan Addison, Jake Ferguson. If you saw them, are they all must ads Benson's roster percent Addison's 89. He's the highest by far. Godwin's Godwin's 82 and Ferguson's 86.

[C]

Mean I'm not disagreeing with you but if he's available but I usually just for the column I go like 80 right around 80 or lower.

[B]

Addison on sleeper is 81 rostered. I just wanted to knock. I just wanted to knock these three guys out. Do you think that they're all guys who should be close to 100 roster? Chris Godwin, Jordan Addison and Jake Ferguson.

[C]

Yep. I mean Ferguson should have been from the start of the season. So after what he's done so far, 100. Godwin. Yes. And Addison. Yes. I would rank them at this point though. Ferguson, Godwin, Addison.

[D]

I'd flip the receivers.

[B]

Ferguson, Addison, Godwin. Okay for James, for Dave, Ferguson, Godwin, Addison, for Jamie. But Trey Benson is the prize. Okay, so with IO Manor and Trey Tucker, are we thinking these are long term guys or these are just take a shot.

[D]

I, I think with Al Manner there's Iowa Manor. Yeah.

[B]

What's up with you?

[D]

Yeah, I don't know. It's early. I would say that he is long term. You're kind of picking him up. You're going to see what happens. He's. He's a solid receiver who's getting a lot of playing time and scoring some touchdowns for Tennessee. It's not like he's this amazing talent. It's just a great opportunity. But I think that Tennessee is going to be throwing in a bunch of games. Calvin Ridley hasn't done bupkis. So Iowa Manor's got the opportunity to go and be potentially the best pass catcher for the Titans. That's why you're picking him up. Tucker's been around for three years and he's, he's, he's had a big play one week and then like three straight weeks after that he's been terrible. And I, I do like that he had two red zone touchdowns last week against Washington. But just the track record makes me a little skittish on being so excited about him. He's more of a short term ad. Maybe you'll start him over one certainly next week against Chicago. That's a great matchup. But next couple weeks maybe as a bi Week replacement, maybe as a low end flex. That's kind of the range that Tucker would be in for me.

[B]

And your thoughts, Jamie? Just, you know, let's compare I.O. manor and Tucker to some of the other waiver wire guys that we've picked up recently. So Wanda Robinson, Cedric Tillman, Don Tavian Wicks. I don't remember some of the big names I might be missing here, but how do we. Franklin, Troy Franklin, you know, how do we feel about I.O. manor and Tucker compared to that group?

[C]

So there's a reason if you go back and look and I hope I've done a good job of this and I hope fantasy managers have done a good job of doing this in their ad drops. Like, these are not guys you spend a lot of fab on. These are guys you take chances on to see what develops. I think in the case of I.O. manor, you're looking long term, more so than short term because you really want to see what this offense looks like because there's going to be good games for Calvin Ridley coming at some point and hopefully he won't be dropping the ball and struggling like this the rest of the season. But you see the rapport that's developed between the two rookies at quarterback and wide receiver. And who is he trusting at this point? And he's trusting Islander. Like the touchdown that he had was such a, a great play by Cam Ward to know that he was going to be in the spot on a guy going across his body, you know, into the end zone. And he's now three straight games of just things that you're seeing. You know, the first game wasn't great from a statistical standpoint, but getting open and routes run and all these things that we sort of look for, he's doing that right out of the gate. And so you hope that this is just the building block for Tucker. This is the week to see what he is. Because it's two straight weeks of eight plus targets. So clearly Geno Smith is looking for him. Clearly this is a guy that they're trying to get going. One week it was an absolute failure against the Chargers. One week it was the best game of his life. In the comeback effort or garbage time, however you want to frame it against the commanders. And so now he gets the Bears. If he does this again, I'm not talking about 145 and three, I'm talking about a plus targets, then he's gonna be, he's gonna have some long standing potential. But I don't think he's anything more at Least right now than a number three receiver at best. And can you trust him? So which Trey Tucker shows up? Like Dave said, we have three years. This really though it's three games of this because it's Geno Smith and Chip Kelly and, and this offense what, what this is allowing him to do so. I don't want to spend a lot of fab on any of these guys at wide receiver from Wandale last week to Troy Franklin last week to Don Tavian Wicks and all these guys like these are not anything more like at most I think I've said maybe 10 of your fab and, and that was probably stretching it.

[B]

I also think it's really two games with trade Tucker because I think there's a clear difference in the Raiders offense since the Brock Bowers knee injury and Fair point. Yeah, they just, we talked about it on beyond the Box Score. We kind of feel like the injury is, is a big deal here for Brock Bowers just doesn't seem to be moving the same way. And you just think about he had over 100 yards and three quarters in the first game and then he hurt his knee and hasn't been the same. So we don't know obviously when he's going to get back to being himself. But while he is not himself, Trey Tucker appears to be picking up the slack. Would you drop Wandale Robinson for I.O. manor or Tucker?

[C]

I think if you do, you're coming back to him in a week or two because that's just the type of player that he is. So I would probably just hold on to Wanda. But it depends, you know, I mean, if you're looking for the most upside, clearly Tucker and Iowa Manor I think have more upside than Wando even despite the fact that what he did in week two because that's just not who he is, you know, on, on an annual basis and we may have a quarterback change that could help him or hurt him. You know, based on what Brian Dable said on, on Monday, you know, that we could be looking at Jackson Dart starting. So maybe it's great for Wanda. I would probably just hold tight unless you really want to, you know, see if you can get him for next to nothing. You know, I wouldn't, I wouldn't be spending 10. $10 of your fab here, $10 your fab there. Like you're just chasing and wasting money. Right?

[B]

So yes, by the way, we talked about Trey Benson for those of you asking in the chat, pick him up. But it might not be Jackson Dart by the way. They haven't specifically said it would be we think so, but it's possible they would go to Jameis Winston which would that be fun Temporarily. Now one thing I know it is time for it is time for football at BetMGM. And when you register with BetMGM, you're going to get instant access to a variety of parlay selection features, live betting options, boost tokens, and the best daily promotions in the business. Plus, when you huddle up with the BET MG with BetMGM at your fingertips, every pass, every catch and every game matter more than ever. So football's back and don't miss out on any of the hard hitting action. Place your money line prop and parlay bets with BETMGM today and BETMGM and Game Sense remind you to play responsibly. See betmgm.com for terms 21/only schedule alert siren Bryce Young has a great schedule coming up gets the Patriots who allow the second most yards per attempt in the NFL. The Dolphins, who allow the second most fantasy points in the NFL. Then the Cowboys and then the Jets. That is a nice four game stretch, maybe three game stretch. Maybe the jets aren't so bad, but right now they're 26th against quarterbacks. Patriots, Dolphins, Cowboys, Jets. For Bryce Young, the Jets quarterback, whoever that is for the next couple of weeks is facing Miami and Dallas and that's pretty cool. The Chiefs wide receivers for whatever it's worth, if you're thinking about Tyquan Thornton, unfortunately I think Xavier Worthy could could affect him. But the Chiefs wide receivers next five matchups are against teams that currently rank 24th or worse against receivers. I think it's a little deceiving. It's early, but on paper it's good. Bad matchups really. Just one I wanted to highlight here. The Washington running backs. Their next game, this upcoming game is against Atlanta. They've been great against running backs. Then the Chargers, who have actually struggled a little bit in terms of yards per carry allowed. But they're giving up the fifth fewest fantasy points to running backs. And then it gets easier with the Bears and the Cowboys. But the next two matchups for Washington running backs, Atlanta and the Chargers, both games on the road. All right, so how much fab are we talking? It's not a not a big fab week. If Trey Benson were available, how much fab would you spend on him?

[D]

What have you got left?

[B]

Let's say I have 80 bucks out of 100. Let's say I have 80% of my budget left.

[D]

Maybe save 5 or 6% because it is a long year. But this is the type of player who is going from waiver wire to your starting lineup with no benching in the foreseeable future. So spend it.

[B]

And the other guys the aisle manners of the world. But don't. We're not spending that much.

[D]

No, no, no single digits.

[B]

What about real quick in, in a Super Flex league, I mean, I assume Carson Wentz and to Rod Taylor and Mariota have been picked up, but there's some talk, certainly not with Mariota, but Kevin O' Connell not committing to JJ McCarthy necessarily when he comes back, he didn't yet it kind of evaded it and it seems like Aaron Glenn did the same thing with Justin Fields. I couldn't believe that. So what do we think about, I guess instead of answering in a fab question or fab outlook here, like what do we think about the possibility that Torod Taylor and Carson Wentz could have the job for a little while here?

[C]

I think in any Super Flex league, whenever there's a starting quarterback available as a backup for a one week situation or potentially several week situation and you need that player or think you're going to need that next week starts by weeks so you know you're going to be dealing with some, some crazy situations potentially. Like I had one league where I did not need Jake Browning. I spent a lot of money to get Jake Browning in this reflex league just because I want to see what happens and, and maybe down the road I might need him. Thomas spent $38 ahead of time to get Carson Wentz with the idea of maybe this happened. You know, like there are all sorts of certain situations where, you know, if you think your quarterback situation is unsettled, then go get one of these guys because it could turn into a Wally Pip and they could be starting for, for several weeks or maybe the rest of the season. In the case of the two teams that you mentioned, obviously there was that potential after what we saw and how these things are unfolding. So yes, Carson Wentz may come out of this 3040 and, and the team is playing great and Kevin O' Connell says we're just going to ride this out and he's, he's, he's about wins at this point. I think, you know, trying to make sure this team has a chance because they have a Super bowl caliber defense, they have a Super bowl caliber receiving core. They have a run game now. I think that they trust and can they have a quarterback that's going to get them to the point that they need to and he might feel that Carson Wentz is that guy right now.

[B]

All right, so if you need more.

[C]

Waiver wire advice, I will say this though, in, in the case of Trey Benson because it's not. And it's probably different in Yahoo and ESPN leagues or sleeper leagues. But like Brian Robinson Jr. Tyler Algier, Ray Davis, Blake Coram, like, these are guys that are, that are available. So instead of if you don't need these wide receivers, don't go chase Iowa Manor and, and Tucker and these guys and, and waste your fab. Get these handcuffs and just sit on them for a couple weeks and see what happens. Because you may be looking at like, you know, Trey Benson was. It's, it's a weird situation, but like in a guillotine league last week I picked them up for $30 while. Because I didn't need anything. So I'm like out of a thousand.

[B]

Out of a thousand?

[C]

No. Well, I don't remember what I had left, but like, oh, these are the things that help you six weeks from now. Like, you know, that was your original. I don't have to chase Trey Benson now because I picked him up last week. Like, he's, he's available in almost 50 of leagues on these other sites. Like, sure. And I don't know what the bench situations are and obviously every team is different. But like, if you're carrying two quarterbacks and I know Adam, you could probably counter with, well, we lost Joe Burrow and we lost these guys and that's fair. But like, if you don't need something on your roster, pick up something that has immense upside and potential.

[B]

Yeah, for sure.

[D]

I mean, it's a little bit different than when we were drafting because when you're drafting, you don't necessarily want to pick up, you know, the handcuff for your own team when you can get someone for your other team. Or maybe you did the inverse of that. And if you did the inverse of that, you're probably happy that you've got the handcuff of your best running back on your team. You've got Algier if you spent the first round pick on Bijan. Now we're talking about making just a cheap ad drop off the waiver wire. So this is the perfect time to go and say, oh, you know, there's a wide receiver on my bench. I'm not going to use them. Jamie, you're right. Why go and spend five or six bucks on. On I.O. manor or Trey Tucker, whoever, when you can go and spend one or two to get a decent handcuff.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Okay. And are we going to take a break? We have more Waiver wire talk at 1pm Eastern on CBS Sports Network today, so please join us there if you're hosting that show. I don't know. I heard they brought in someone great today.

[C]

Me too.

[B]

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[B]

Okay, welcome back. Let's do our news and notes here. Jaden Daniels is still day to day so we will see if Mariota or Daniels this week at Atlanta. Interesting matchup. Carson Wentz is going to start this week against the Steelers, but as I mentioned it might be more of a long term thing. Brian Dable did not commit to Russell Wilson. He also did not say it would be Jackson Dart if they make the change. Brock Purdy is expected to practice this week. And then there's this thing where Aaron Glenn didn't commit to Justin Fields returning as the starter. That one is weird to me. Running Back News Zach Charbonnet they have The Thursday game. Zach Charbonnet was listed as a full participant in practice and they also signed Khalil Herbert to their practice squad. But they've got Arizona on the road on Thursday. Looking forward to that matchup. Naji Harris got rid of.

[C]

What's his name? Who's the kid from Miami again? The running back.

[B]

Oh, they got rid of Damian Martinez.

[C]

Yes. So he was actually working out with the Colts. So I think that was more of a who can they have in the emergency situation?

[B]

Naji Harris and James Connor are officially out for the season and Tyrone Tracy's gonna miss time with a dislocated shoulder. Wide receiver news CD Lamb. Two to four weeks is what I saw. High ankle sprained. He might go on ir, but he's out for a bit. That's a bummer. They have Green Bay this week, then the jets, then the Panthers, then the Commanders. We've got Juwan Jennings day to day. Mike Evans. It's. It doesn't seem like it's a long term injury right now. We'll know today. We'll know more of a timeline today for Mike. Mike Evans as we think Chris Godwin could certainly be back. Interesting. Worse this week against the Eagles. Big game. But Mike Evans, we'll call him day to day for now. Have we, have we seen anything on Terry McLaurin?

[D]

Nothing.

[B]

No, I think he's.

[D]

I think he's okay.

[B]

So.

[D]

Luke McCaffrey scored his first ever touchdown last week, and Terry McLaurin was the one who jogged downfield to retrieve the ball to give to Luke McCaffrey. So it's clearly not bad enough where he can't jog. I don't know if it, you know, what does it mean for football? Who knows? But it doesn't. I would put him in the. I would put him in a better bucket than Evans. I'd be a little more concerned about Evans.

[B]

Yeah. McLaren. We don't know. I think if you have McLaurin, you should make plans to be starting someone else, but just haven't heard anything.

[D]

See, I, I would feel that way more about Evans.

[B]

I do. No, I feel certainly, certainly for Evans.

[C]

Right.

[D]

But you just called him. We'll call him day to day. Usually when somebody's day to day, they end up playing.

[B]

I mean, I think they called Jaden Daniels day to day last week. They called Joanne Jennings day to day last week.

[D]

Are you saying these coaches are lying to us about the health of their football players? Let's go.

[B]

We are. Alec Pierce has a concussion. One game without Alec Pierce. Last year, Josh Downs led the team in targets with four. Anthony Richardson through 11 passes in that game. Diami Brown, shoulder injury Tight end News Colson Loveland doesn't appear to have a serious injury, but Tavian Sanders has a high ankle sprain. He'll be out a while. Have we heard about Lane Johnson for Philadelphia?

[D]

He had a stinger he expects to play this week.

[B]

Excellent. However, what's the latest on Zach Tom and Aaron Banks for Green Bay? I'm sorry, I know there was an update yesterday and I missed it. I don't remember it and we'll keep you posted on that.

[C]

But they had, you know what to make the game more fair against Cowboys. They're just going to play with two offensive lines.

[B]

Cowboys have just no pass rush. Duan Jones, the offense offensive tackle for the Browns, he is out for the season. Minnesota left guard Donovan Jackson is out about a month. Tyler Booker for the Cowboys. Ooh, I hope this doesn't hurt. Javante right guard Tyler Booker out four to six weeks with a high ankle sprain. And Nick Bosa, we look at defense, nick Bosa towards ACL. So that's a big hit for the 49ers. Bosa's out for the season. Hate to see it for Dallas. Duron Bland could be back this week. I mean they're going to be bad without with or without him, but worse without him. So cornerback Duron Bland could be back. Also, Kenny Clark left with an injury. Their defensive tackle, they've had actually a solid run defense. I don't think it's serious for Kenny Clark. We'll find out as they face Green Bay. Tennessee head coach Brian Callahan could give up play calling duties. Anything to spark that offense would be great. I wanted to mention this. I don't know if this matters, but Jacksonville cornerback Jerrion Jones, he has only played 26 snaps over the last two weeks. The only reason I bring that up is I'm wondering if that is the reason why Travis Hunter has played more on defense and less on offense. Although it's not that much less on offense than he did in Week one. But that might be something. If Jerrion Jones can come back, that gets Travis Hunter freed up to play more snaps. Offensively, they've needed him on defense. Indianapolis cornerback Kenny Moore is out a few weeks. We're going to check on Sauce Gardner. He's got a head injury. Derek Stingley I think is is looking good to play. Will Harris, starting safety for the Commanders. He's out for the year and I will oh, Atlanta fired Wide receiver coach Ike Hilliard. Top three priorities at each position. Jamie, who are the top three quarterbacks? We haven't touched on this position yet.

[C]

It's actually a really good position, and it's kind of similar to the wide receivers. It's like you don't need to go spend a lot because there's a lot of guys you could find. I'm actually torn, to be honest with you, on who I'm going to make start of the week this week between Marcus Mariota and Geno Smith. It's probably going to be Geno Smith because I don't know exactly when they'll say that Jane Daniels is out unless he gets ruled out sooner. But both kind of in amazing situations. Mariota has just been so fantastic every time he's got a chance to play extended time for the commanders. And you saw it again last week and for Geno Smith, this was a great game for him and he has a chance to follow it up with another great game against the Bears this week. So love the setup for those two guys. Carson Wentz, like you mentioned, in a good spot, taking on a Steelers defense that obviously has struggled. And we did not see the best of Carson Wentz, I think, because maybe we did. But you have to do very much. You know, only 20 past attempts in that game last week because they were just so dominant defensively. So big opportunity for all three of these guys, and they're all available in, you know, everywhere. And you can get a starting quarterback here. I think in the case, at least for me, for Mariota and Geno Smith, I would start both of them over.

[B]

Patrick Mahomes this week, Homes against Baltimore. So really, that's interesting. You don't think that's like kind of a shootout, maybe gets worthy back?

[C]

If he gets worthy back, I might change that. But for right now, I mean, these. These guys have been just as good, if not better.

[B]

Do you fear the Falcons matchup? They're currently fourth best against quarterbacks. They gave up a big game to Baker Mayfield, then J.J. mcCarthy and Bryce.

[C]

Young struggled not for Mariota because of how he plays. And I think you got to throw out the the Panthers game because Bryce Young didn't have to do very much.

[B]

It is true. He only threw 24 passes. Okay, so Mario to Geno Smith, Carson Wentz. Top three there, Dave. Top three running backs, other than Trey Benson, of course.

[D]

It's not pretty. You're going to see Woody Marks toward the top of that list, Taj Spears toward the top of that list. And then you Know, pick your own commander's running back for third between Jeremy McNichols who had a nice touchdown run, and Chris Rodriguez, who had more carries, had more playing time. I think he led the commander's running backs in playing time.

[C]

If I, if I. Jacori Crosby played more snaps than Rodriguez, So it was JCM or Bill led them in snaps.

[D]

He did 40 to 36. It was very close between the two.

[C]

Yeah, it's, it's messy. Like don't chase McNichols run because he played the least of the three. He had the best run. I'll ask you, Dave, the same question I asked Adam. He had the longest touchdown run for the commanders since 2019. Who was the last player to have a long touchdown run of that? I don't know. The same.

[D]

2019, same distance on the Commanders, you mean?

[C]

Obviously.

[D]

No, I don't remember.

[B]

I'll Venmo you $5,000 if you get this.

[D]

Well, now I might want to sit and think about it.

[B]

Also, I need to take out a loan if you get this. What was it? Stephen Sims.

[C]

Steven Sims.

[D]

I was gonna guess Stephen Sims. The running backs aren't great, but Woody Marks is absolutely one of those running backs that we were kind of talking about. They're, they're a backup, so to speak. Marks is a part time player for Houston. It's not a great situation, but all you have to do is wait out Nick Chubb falling out of favor in Houston and Woody Marks will start playing more and getting more opportunities.

[C]

So we're there already. I don't know about necessarily, you know, falling out of favor, but Chubb played 33 snaps, Marks played 30. And it's, it's a pretty telling sign about how the second half went where he was playing more than Nick Chubb. And so I hope, you know, for a team that's 0 and 3 and still a chance to win that division and, you know, make a playoff run, I doubt it, but it's still potential just based on what's happened from the last couple years. And their defense is still fantastic. Like, make the switch. Ready? Give Marks an opportunity. Make it a 60, 40 split in Mark's favor. He should. Absolutely. These are the type of guys that we're saying, like, go get these guys now, because you could see it happening, you could see the path for him having an opportunity. And I'm going to give you more guys because it's not just, it's not just Woody Marks. Go get Ollie Gordon, go get Blake Corum, Go get these guys that if they're an injury away from top 20 caliber potential. Like, they're just sitting there.

[B]

And I got to say that, you know, with Ali Gordon, you have. I don't know if he's going to be the exclusive goal line back. He's obviously going to factor in there for the Dolphins. And Kareem Hunt is another guy who is the goal line back. Again, I'm not saying he'll get everyone, but Pacheco is so such a weird player doing the weirdest things on the field right now that. When do they just start trusting Kareem Hunt more? I'm not saying it's going to happen, but could.

[C]

He started the game.

[B]

Yeah. I mean, obviously it's very even split right now, but what was Pacheco doing? He ran into his offensive lineman, ran the wrong way, didn't recover a fumble. It was such a strange. He just. He's just being weird. I don't know. I got to talk to him. Okay, let's get some wide receivers here, Jamie. Top wide receivers.

[C]

I o Manor and Trey Tucker are the top two. You know, Dave mentioned Shahid. You could put him in that category too as well. I'm gonna. Again, look long term, I think Luther Burden's got an opportunity here. Hopefully he. He's earning a little bit more trust. I don't want to go chase the production because it was three targets, three catches, and he had a 65 yard touchdown on a flea flicker. But for an offense that is starting to maybe get going, you know, again, it was the Cowboys, but could happen easily this week against the Raiders as well. Like, he's somebody that you want to stash. Jalen Coker for me, is somebody that I want to stash, you know, just with the upside of what he can become. And now you're looking at Sanders out for several weeks. Leguette was missing time and he's been at least getting targets, whether he's been doing anything with him or not. So we could see a different Jalen Coker. Maybe he's not the slot guy when he comes back because they want to keep Renfro there. And we see Coker kind of move around a little bit, but we know that Bryce Young likes him. Tori Horton has scored two touchdowns in the first three games of the season. It's a. It's a tough sell because of how little they're throwing the ball. And clearly he's still on the field with two very good wide receivers in Jackson, Smith, Najigba and Cooper Cup. But Tori Horton. Tori Horton off to A great start. You mentioned Taekwond Thornton. I still want to take a look at the packers receivers and I'm going to put Wicks in front of Dobbs again until Jaden Reed comes back. It's the Cowboys this week. Last week was just a nightmare because the Browns, like this is the week that these, these guys, Matthew golden included, can all hopefully go off because the Cowboys defense, so there's a lot of wide receivers. Again, don't spend too much fab on these guys. These are guys that you want to put on your bench at this point if you're desperate in three receiver leagues. And let's face it, wide receiver has been beat up more than running back at this point. I, I, I like almost like 26, 27 running backs this week. Like I'm, I'm done at like seven wide receivers like that that I actually like. You know, just because I'm, I'm kidding. But, you know, you're down. CD Lamb, you're down. Mike Evans, you're down.

[D]

You've got a lower expectations for the Bengals.

[C]

I don't know where you ranked Chase Davies in the teens. For me, like, it's, it's not pretty at this point for him and T. Higgins outside the top 24.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

So it's, it's, it's good to have some of these players on your bench if you can. But again, if you're prioritizing, what's your best bench bet? For me, it would be taking the chances on some of these running backs. More similar.

[B]

Okay. By the way, according to ESPN research, the Dallas Cowboys, that's who the, the packers are playing this week. They've allowed the most completions and passing touchdowns of 25 yards or more through three games in the past 45 years. They are horrible. Thank you ESPN.com for that stat. I'm hoping Matthew golden can take advantage. But also Wicks and Dobbs. Yeah, that's if you need some, you're in a pinch.

[C]

What will Matt lafleur do? Will he throw or will he run?

[B]

Yeah, I mean, that's the issue.

[D]

He's going to try and run. That run game hasn't been great.

[B]

If Lamb were playing in this game, you know, you'd feel so much better about Jordan Love. Right. Just throw in more and what it means for the wide receivers. But this could be a blowout.

[C]

I don't know. Could is the right word, right?

[B]

Yeah. What does that mean for the past attempts? Okay, Dave, top three tight ends.

[C]

I wonder what the. I, I'll go check the over under on sacks for Michael Parsons is because.

[D]

It might be 20 Hunter Henry's first at tight end. 7.3 targets per game this season, at least 10 PPR points in two of three games and he seems have that connection with Drake May going right now. So he's my favorite tight end to go and pick up. And then there's some other ones that I think you can get relatively cheap. I'm going to give you four names instead of three. I'm still buying into Harold Fannin Jr. I still think he's going to end up having a consistent role and maybe more targets than what we've seen over the last couple of weeks. 9.8 ppr in each of his first two games. Just a bad game last week it was against Green Bay. Brenton Strange for Jacksonville. He seems to have a connection going with Trevor Lawrence. We know that he's had some decent numbers, almost 10 PPR points in two of his three games. His bad game was against Houston and Kate Otten is going to get a chance in Tampa if there's no Mike Evans. If Chris Godwin is eased in or doesn't even play in week four, they're running out of people to throw to. You've got a Mecca Buca. You've got Sterling Shepard. I know Kate Otten's done nothing this year, like almost literally nothing, but I would imagine he's going to start to get some targets, especially short area targets against Philadelphia this week.

[B]

In that four game stretch that Kate Otten had. Beginning with the Baltimore game when both Godwin and Evans got hurt, he had a four game stretch with eight or more targets. He scored 18 or more PPR fantasy points in three of the four games. Three touchdowns, 77 or more yards in three of the four games. It is weird that he is just completely uninvolved right now but all right, let's recap.

[D]

It might be because and I have to watch it back to see but he might be asked to be to block more instead of run more routes. I don't know if that's the case. I'm just.

[B]

Yeah. All right, so recap. Jamie's top three quarterbacks this week are Mariota but Jaden Daniels may play so just keep that in mind. Geno Smith and Carson Wentz. Top three running backs from Dave or Woody Marks, Tajie Spears and Chris Rodriguez or P. Said Pick your commander's running back. Wide receiver From Jamie Ellick, I.O. manor, Trey Tucker and long term play on Luther Burden. Tight ends from Dave Hunter, Henry, Harold Fannin Jr, Brenton Strange and Kate Otten.

[D]

Okay, so on Otten he has an 80% route rate, 88% route rate. So yeah, he is running a lot of routes and just not getting the ball.

[B]

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[C]

Who's facing the Giants again? Oh, the Chargers. Go get the Chargers this week. They are playing very well defensively and now they get what should still be a layup of a matchup. I don't think the quarterback change will change how you should feel about the defense for the Chargers. If it's Jameis, it'll be some turnovers. If it's Jackson Dart, it'll be an experience quarterback. If it's Russell, just be tearback quarterback. Terrible quarterback play across the board. So the Chargers are in a great spot. Go pick them up and start them this week.

[B]

Yeah, there's a few good DSTs. The chargers are 64% rostered. The commanders Jamie has in his column, they get Atlanta this week and you know all the turnovers there.

[D]

How about the Lions?

[B]

Lions, Yeah, I wanted to bring up and the reason why you might want to put the Lions first is the Chargers. They do have the Giants this week, but then they get Washington. The Lions have Cleveland this week and then they're at Cincinnati. So maybe that's more of a two week thing for Detroit. And they're 42% roster compared to 64% for the Chargers. Do you guys know who the number one dst? I mean it's scoring so different. But just looking at our FFT league, which is kind of basic DST scoring. You know who the number one DST is so far?

[D]

I almost want to say the Vikings. Just based on week three, Seattle.

[B]

It is Seattle. Yeah, I think the Vikings are up there too. Seattle's only 72% rostered. Do you consider them one of the True must roster DSTs?

[C]

Yes, especially this week against Kyler.

[D]

18 or more fantasy points in each of their past two games and Kyler's been a mess. Now Arizona has yet to allow more than 11 fantasy points to a DST. And that's in basic scoring leagues. But I still kind of, I kind of like them on a short week.

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[C]

The kickers to pick up? I don't have it in front of me, sorry.

[B]

Josh Cardi I believe was one of them.

[C]

Yep, you got Josh Cardi's 12% roster against the Colts. You got Will Reichard who's 47% roster against Steelers, and Jason Myers who's 9% rostered against the Cardinals.

[B]

Okay. Hopefully your kicker, your kicker doesn't strain his hamstring or whatever during warmups because that only happens to one franchise.

[C]

Hey, he made his kick.

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[B]

Well, there is a shallow league player that we haven't talked about yet that I'm looking forward to getting into here because the the four I mentioned at the top of the show are obviously Trey Benson, Chris Godwin, Jordan Addison. They're both due back. Expected back this week. Addison for sure. Godwin will see. And who is the oh, Jake Ferguson. There's also Juwan Jennings didn't mention him. He's about 80% rostered. But Jamie, who are some of the shallow league guys that if you saw them, maybe they sneak through in a 12 team league. Holy cow. I can't believe he's available. Gotta go get those players.

[C]

Quarterback. It would be Brock Purdy and Justin Fields. Purdy, hopefully we back this week, especially Mac Jones dealing with the knee injury. Justin Fields, one amazing game, one terrible game that happened to be against Buffalo. I still think there's a big year ahead for him. And as you mentioned, the upcoming schedule is very favorable. We'd love to see him take on the Dolphins defense at running back. Trey Benson obviously is the headliner there. You want to make sure he's rostered in every league. And then the other two guys that I mentioned, again, these are just players that if you have open roster spots, they're an injury away unfortunately from potentially being superstars. And that's Brian Robinson Jr. And Tyler Algier at wide receiver you mentioned. Chris Godwin to me is a must add given the Mike Evans injury as well as Juwan Jennings, Matthew Golden, Khalil Shakir. I still put Wanda Robinson there just because I think you know what you're getting from him. And I wouldn't necessarily look at the matchup against the Chiefs and saying, okay, this is who he is moving forward. Hopefully the quarterback change when it does happen and if it's Jameis, that would be amazing. Can still keep Wanda Robinson as that 12 plus point per game scorer in PPR at tight end you're looking at. I think you got to go back to Mark Andrews. I should probably add him just based on what we saw last night. So we'll see what happens moving forward for him, especially if Isaiah likely does return. But Juwan Johnson, it's funny, like the slow grind of him and his roster percentage creeping up like based on how he's performed, you know, like Jake Ferguson to me is 100 roster guy. Joanne Johnson, 100 roster guy too. 11 plus PPR points in three straight games. The targets have been there, 28 on the season. Like he's just getting so many opportunities and he's been delivering. Dalton Kincaid. Two of three games have been, you know, solid and the one game that wasn't was the blowout game against the jets and Dallas Goddard. I know it was only one catch, but you know what he's capable of doing, especially what we saw in week one. And if the Eagles decide, hey look, we could throw the ball and have success maybe. Dallas Goddard continues to perform like he has been when he gets opportunities.

[B]

I just don't understand why are we even talking about these guys? Because Dave, none of these guys are available in my league. I'm in the deep leagues. Who do we look at there?

[D]

So let's go deeper than Geno Smith at quarterback. We're talking about Carson Wentz who's 76% available. Sam Darnold who's 74% available. He's been okay the last couple of weeks. Marcus Mariota, if he gets another start. 89 available. Everybody likes what they got out of him. All the other quarterbacks I wouldn't feel feel good about. On the topic of super flex deep league guys to add, what about Kirk cousins available in 97 of leagues. Pennix looks lost. I wonder if they make the switch to Cousins if Pennix has another bad game. Just speculating on that one. Running backs, deep leagues. Woody Marks is still available in 74 of leagues. The Commanders running backs, they're available in at least 84% of leagues. This is going to be gross. I don't even know if I should. Should I say this?

[B]

Go do it.

[D]

Miles Sanders is available in 77% of leagues. He has eight PPR points in each of his past two games.

[B]

Taj Brooks, I mean it seems well.

[D]

But why, why Taj Brooks? Because if Chase Brown can't get it done. You think Taj Brooks is.

[B]

Maybe. I don't think Chase Brown is. Is an especially good rusher, especially between the tackles. Taj Brooks maybe is better suited for that.

[D]

Deeper leagues. That's fine. I guess you could put them, you could put them on that list. But you could also put Manangai on that list. We've been talking about him for a while with Tyrone Tracy being out. Devin Singletary is on this list. These are, these are not. Oh, I got one that are recommended.

[B]

Who, who took over after Andre Stevenson fumbled twice?

[D]

Antonio Gibson. Yeah, and then he fumbled once.

[B]

Yeah, I know.

[D]

You know who needs to take over is Travion Henderson and he did. I hope that continues to happen. Yeah, like 80 something percent of the time.

[B]

That's better.

[D]

That was awesome.

[B]

All right.

[D]

Deep league wide receiver Straight Tucker headlines the list. Jalen Coker is available in like. Is that like 90 of leagues, Jamie?

[C]

Yeah, 91.

[D]

Okay, so if you've got an IR spot, you can literally carry him for free this week and then you can make room for him on your bench. But I really like the Coker call. A lot of burden. You mentioned Taekwond Thornton, you mentioned Wicks. 90 available you can go and get him. Tory Horton, you mentioned him. I don't like the targets. I do like the fantasy production. If Evans is out, Sterling Shepherd's available in 99 of leagues and he's a solid receiver. Might get you 10 PPR points if.

[C]

You'Re desperate at 4 for 80 last week.

[D]

And on the subject of receivers coming back from suspension, slash injury, if Juwan Jennings is out, the 49ers are getting DeMarcus and he's available in 98 of leagues and he's a pretty good deep ball guy. Definitely a boomer bust type of receiver. Maybe you can get something out of him this week against Jacksonville at tight end.

[B]

Wait, wait, wait, wait. We haven't talked about Cavante Turpin and Jalen Tolbert.

[C]

Yep.

[B]

What do we think about those guys? Because they're available pretty much everywhere.

[D]

I feel the same way about them as I do Miles Sanders. You might get eight PPR points out of them. Maybe a little bit more with Turpin. Turpin's fast and they use him a lot. He has at least 50 yards in each of his past two games. 8.8-PPR points in each of his past two games, and he'll see more snaps, so he's okay. But we've literally named like 20 wide receivers.

[B]

Yeah, we don't have. You don't have to name everyone. Just give me the ones that you like, you know? Like who?

[C]

I think one for sure.

[D]

I don't need to name.

[C]

Turpin and Tolbert should be added in deeper leagues as Parker Washington. I mean, with what Jaguar's receiving core looks like right now, he had five targets, five catches in week two. He had 11 targets in week three. He is clearly somebody that Liam Cohen and obviously Trevor Lawrence like, so he's. He's worth rostering, especially with Damie Brown now banged up, too.

[D]

All right, Orton or Orton Otten is your deep league tight end at 84. You should be able to find somebody better than him, though. Gaseki at 93. Noah Fant is out for a while. Cole Comet, 95. If Loveland is out for a while. Those are the deep league guys.

[C]

And I was just thinking somebody else. Oh, you got. No. Yeah, that's for sure. You have no Sanders and no Leguette and no Coker for one more week. Hunter Renfro.

[B]

Yes. Yes. I was gonna bring him up, actually. I think I had a note on him. Hunter Renfro. Oh, he's placing New England. I mean, they obviously. Oh, yeah. No, he's just Part of the the Panthers, I think have the best upcoming schedule by far.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Patriots, Dolphins, Cowboys in the next three weeks.

[D]

It really makes the Coker call strong.

[B]

Somebody sent me a picture of a Coke can with. You know how they have like the names on them now. It said Eric. He just got a kick out of it.

[C]

And he said it to me is.

[B]

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

[C]

Jerry, Judy's gonna stink this week. I, I look, it was, it was, they took advantage of. I always mispronounce the name the, the defensive lineman for the Ravens not getting there and they just ran it down their throat. I mean, David Montgomery was absolutely fantastic. I was so wrong on him. I had him as a sit this week. So my bad on that one. Jameer Gibbs was, was great as well. And Jared Goff just played solid like this was not a great fantasy game for him, but just did everything he needed to do and to throw at the end of the game tomorrow. St. Brown was great. Great play call on the fourth down, we have a Jameson Williams problem. You know, this is a, this is going to be an interesting game for a lot of fantasy managers because the targets have been non existent through the first three weeks this season. He's at home. And going back to last year, he averages over 15 PPR points per game at home. Now that does not mean he scores over 15 PPR points per game in every home game. But we saw what he did in Week 2 against Chicago when he had two catches for 100 plus yards. He could easily break a big play against the Browns, but can you trust him based on what's happening right now in the Browns defense? So we're getting a lot of Jameson Williams sucks. I got a few. You said Jameson Williams going to be good. Now he stinks. What do I do? Well, you keep him on your bench for the moment and hopefully Things start to turn around, but it has not been good for him right now. But in the case of the, the Lions, the running backs are back to being what they were a year ago. And I think the, the week one, oh, my God, Ben Johnson's gone. They stink. That narrative has quickly died.

[B]

I gotta say something about Jameson Williams. I've brought it up now. This is gonna be the third week in a row the average route depth. This was the highest of his season. It was 15.23 yards. That's insanely high. Last year, his average route depth was 10 yards. This year it's 13.8 yards.

[C]

He's the clear out guy.

[B]

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

[D]

So if we have a Jameson Williams problem, do we also have a Sam Laporta problem? Because laporta has four targets in each of his past two games. No more than seven PPR points in either of those two games. You might tolerate seven PPR points from a tight end. That's certainly better than from a wide receiver, but neither. You'd think that one of the two would get a solid amount of targets each week, and you'd have to figure out which one. It hasn't been that way at all, say for week one, when laporta had a bunch of targets against Green Bay and they were playing a ton of heavy zone and the Lions were playing from behind in that game. And so now I'm wondering, like, are both of these guys players that you can't feel good about starting? Obviously it's easier to get away from Jameson. There aren't a lot of great tight ends. But it makes me nervous about La Porta too.

[C]

Moving forward, you just know I wouldn't be pivoting from, let's say, Laporta to Fanon at this point, but you might be pivoting from Laporta to Henry.

[B]

You just know what you're potentially missing every week with these guys, because especially Jameson Williams.

[D]

Sure.

[B]

So that's what makes it tough. But, yeah, I mean, this is.

[D]

And Jameson, Both of his catches came, like, right away at the start of the game.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

So of course, I'm saying I've got Jamo in a bunch of leagues, so of course I'm thinking, oh, this is it. This is going to be a big game for him. He's going to get a lot of targets. Nope.

[C]

All right.

[D]

They were able to, you know, they out Raven, the Ravens. Jamie said it best. They were able to just run the ball like crazy.

[B]

Few Ravens questions. Number one, if you were drafting again today, would you consider. It's a serious question here. Would you consider taking Lamar Jackson, number one overall, he had his worst fantasy game yesterday. He scored 33 fantasy points.

[C]

No, but he's. No, he's insane.

[B]

Okay. Are you concerned about Derrick Henry with a fumble in every game?

[C]

I mean, a little bit. You know, just based on how he's not. Not so much the fumbles. He's just not running well. Like, the offensive line's not helping. The fact that he got stuffed three times in the goal line was. Was troubling. And, you know, I mean, he gets the. The. The long touchdown run. You take that away and it was a miserable night. Absolutely miserable night.

[D]

Talks about the splits for Henry in wins and losses. And, sir, it's. It's more than just, like, what the final score is. It's. It's the game script. And when the Ravens are playing from behind, he's not really a huge factor.

[B]

Okay.

[D]

They might be playing from behind a.

[B]

Little bit more often than we think.

[D]

Their defense isn't as great as we thought it would be.

[B]

Everything you're saying, though, just makes me want to buy low on Derek if I still believe it.

[C]

Oh, you should.

[D]

No one's gonna give up on him, though. But no one's giving up on Derrick Henry.

[B]

Yeah. If. If any running back. If most running backs in the NFL fumbled every game, their coaches might give up on it. But I don't think it's gonna happen with Derek Henry. Like, he's just. He's Derrick Henry. Zay Flowers, Huge disappointment. But we're still gonna consider him a must.

[C]

Yeah. I mean, look, he may get McDuffie. It could be a problem for him. But you're not setting him yet.

[D]

We've had the full zay Flowers experience through the first three weeks of the season. We had the Monster in week one and then a solid game in week two, and then Dudsville in week three.

[B]

And then what about Mark Andrews? Sell high.

[C]

There's a very realistic chance likely returns this week. So yes, if you can sell high on Mark Andrews, this is the perfect time to do it.

[D]

A big if.

[B]

Okay, but this was great.

[C]

I mean this was. This was as vintage Mark Andrews you can get. Forget about the two touchdowns. Just the involvement was finally fun to see.

[B]

All right, let's do the drop o meter here. Drop zero to ten. Zero. No way. I would never drop this guy. You're an idiot. 10 is obviously I would drop this guy. Why are you asking? You're an idiot. Keon Coleman, 3 5. Khalil Shakir, 0 3. Would you rather roster Keon Coleman or Khalil Shakir?

[D]

Coleman.

[C]

Shakir.

[B]

Travis Hunter.

[C]

9 5.

[B]

You guys giving out my phone number? Got the first.

[D]

Sounds more like my number.

[B]

Two digits there. Dylan Sampson, 10.

[C]

10.

[B]

Calvin.

[D]

I mean, the caveat would be, is he the handcuff now to Quinn Sean?

[C]

I think he's the handcuff to Quinshawn, but he's not the pass catching running back for the Browns. So it depends on what you're looking at. If you're talking about, you know, if Quinn Sean gets hurt. You want to roster him? Sure.

[D]

He could catch the ball, but he hasn't been the third down guy.

[C]

Right.

[B]

He'd catch the ball on first and second now. But you're right. Jerome Ford is the third down guy. Calvin Ridley.

[C]

3.

[D]

Yeah, if I said 3 for the Bills, it's 3 for him.

[B]

RJ Harvey, 0. Isaiah Pacheco.

[C]

4.

[D]

It's even higher in smaller leagues where you can find a solid running back off the waiver wire. But he's. He looks very much like a sad trap back.

[B]

Marquis Brown.

[C]

7 5.

[B]

A million. Dak Prescott.

[D]

In four weeks, it'll be a million.

[C]

It's an interesting one. One quarterback leagues. If you need to replace somebody you like, the rest of your roster, it's probably eight or nine. But CD Lamb's back in two weeks, essentially. And you want to have that.

[D]

You can't start him this weekend. I don't know if you're going to feel good starting them at the jets without CD Lamb.

[B]

I mean, look, if he couldn't really put up a big number against the Bears without CD Lamb. I'm not. I'm just not expecting to start him. I'd love to. I'm gonna try to stash him. I have Dak in a few leagues. I'm not planning on dropping him, but I get it. Kyler Murray, zero.

[D]

Right? He's. He's. I would rather. Yeah, yeah. Zero.

[B]

Another guy.

[D]

Smaller leagues, maybe you can drop them like eight team leagues. Same as Dak.

[B]

Could have had a good game if. If not for the drops. And six more carries for Kyler Murray. So six or seven in all three games. All right, waiver wire. Let's see what we can just say.

[C]

What'd you say the kids would say? Six, seven.

[B]

Would they? What does that mean?

[C]

Nothing good.

[B]

Okay, so waiver wire. Quarterbacks. Brock Purdy would be the best to pick up. Right.

[C]

If.

[B]

If everyone were available. Everyone with.

[C]

You know, if you're looking long term. Yes. If you're looking short term, I would go with Mariota or Gino.

[B]

But you do have to acknowledge that Jane Daniels might play.

[C]

That's what I'm saying.

[D]

But Gino first.

[B]

So. All right. Purdy and Justin Fields are the shallowly guys. And then Mariota, Geno Smith, Dave, if they both play. Do you also like Mariota ahead of Geno Smith?

[D]

I like Gino better. The biggest concern I've got with him is that the offensive line is super inconsistent. And the Bears defense looked good getting to Dak last week and pressuring him a little bit more than we've seen from Chicago, but they're both fine. I would just. I would rather make the move for Gino since I don't know if Jaden Daniels is going to play. If he practices by Wednesday or Thursday. If you've already spent the fab or the waiver move to get Mariota, you might not be able to get Geno. So I. I would just rather play it safe and get Geno first.

[B]

And then there's Carson Wentz, who threw 20 passes and scored 19.3 fantasy points, had a very good game against Cincinnati. Now he gets Pittsburgh. They allow the fifth most yards per attempt in football. They have been a. They have forced a lot of turnovers or they've been a good matchup. Then he gets Cleveland, which is probably going to be tough. So Wentz is on there. Okay. Give me just your thought. Are we talking about a top 15 guy with Tua this week against the Jets?

[C]

Borderline. It's a good week for quarterbacks.

[B]

Yeah, he's not bad. Sauce Gardeners.

[C]

I would start Mario and Smith over to him.

[B]

You would start Mario and Smith over Tua? Okay.

[D]

Yeah. I've got Smith in my top 12 I think you do too, Jamie.

[B]

Bryce Young again that the schedule is amazing going for the next four weeks.

[C]

Yeah. Another guy that has a good opportunity just not ranked as high just because of the weak.

[B]

Oh, that Patriots Panthers game could be a fun one for fantasy. And then there's Jackson Dart. There's to Rod Taylor. To Rod Taylor. Usually he. He often will get you around 20 fantasy points which is exactly what he did at Tampa Bay. And he has Miami this week and then he has the. The Cowboys.

[C]

So this, this really, really, really needs to be a breeze hall week.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Jobu week for breeze.

[B]

Sam Darnold's actually playing pretty well, just not throwing much. 18 pass attempts turned into almost 21 fantasy points against the Saints. He gets the car then. Yeah. So guys that don't have jobs right now but Jackson dart, Kirk Cousins. I still think James Winston, if you're in a 2QB league and have a roster spot to play with, might make sense. Jake Browning. Are we in or out on Jake Browning? Just long term. He goes Denver this week, so that's a no.

[C]

But are we in?

[B]

Right on. Jake Browning, long term.

[C]

In one QB leagues, 100 in Super Flex and two QB leagues, you're still rostering him? Without question.

[B]

I'm sorry, you're saying in one QB league is 100 out on Browning?

[C]

Correct.

[B]

All right.

[C]

All right.

[B]

Let's go to the running backs here. Trey Benson is the prize. If you could only have one handcuff, who do you think the best handcuff in fantasy is?

[C]

Of everybody available or just in? So the entire field is available.

[B]

Sure.

[D]

And you can't cheat and say David Montgomery.

[C]

I would take Brian Robinson.

[B]

Okay. Algeria would be up there as well. I think Blake Corum at this point would have to be up there. He looks pretty good.

[D]

I would take Algier.

[B]

Okay.

[D]

I think he's a more complete back and we've seen him like Robinson. We've seen him do it before. But in that full time role in Atlanta, I like it.

[B]

I'm not going to spend much time.

[C]

I've never seen Robinson in San Francisco though, so that could be amazing.

[D]

It may be. I know he doesn't catch the ball very much. He can do it. He can, but we don't see a ton of it.

[B]

Look, I don't.

[D]

He won't be like McCaffrey.

[B]

I don't know how Christian McCaffrey can survive this. He. He's got the second most catches and the third most targets in the NFL and he's an every down running back. He's just getting pummeled all the time. They need to, I think, ease his workload a little bit.

[C]

I wonder, I Wonder if, if 49ers fans before the season had this question posed to them. You can have Christian McCaffrey for the entire season, but everybody else would fall. Yeah, right.

[B]

They got a. I don't know what's going on there with their.

[C]

They.

[B]

Everyone gets hurt on that team. It's insane. All right. We're not going to spend a lot of time on running backs. Just go to the top three priorities. It's basically the same thing. Tajie Spears coming back hopefully in week five. Woody Marks maybe starting to, you know, get, get that work from Nick Chubb. You can pick up Chris Rodriguez or Jeremy McNichols. You guys prefer which running back for Washington?

[C]

The biggest surprise was, you know, we, we spent last week talking about how are they going to replace Austin Eckler. And what they did was they replaced your Corey Crosby merit. Which is so weird because the fact that Rodriguez went from inactive to that role as the leading. Leading the team in carries and being the starter, the quote unquote starter like that to me was the biggest surprise because it was not replacing Eckler from a passing downs perspective was not replacing Eckler in, in a past protection role. It was replacing JCM and Eckler as the. The first guy out of the gate to get carries. And so the fact that he had 11 carries in a game where they were. They jumped out to such a big lead and so who knows how the game would have unfolded throughout the course of the game. Don't give up on. On Bill yet. You're not dropping him. There's still plenty of potential there, but clearly there's. There's some disconnect between Cliff Kingsbury and Dan Quinn and what they want Crosky Merritt to do and he's just not doing it.

[D]

They. They've barely play him in the first quarter. It's been that way each of their three.

[C]

He hasn't come in in the first three games until the third series. Each time he.

[D]

He has yet to record a carry in the first quarter. He has eight snaps in the first quarter. First quarter. Yeah.

[B]

So wait, what's the answer here? I'm sorry, did I miss it? Rodriguez or McNichols? Who would you pick up?

[D]

Adam's just looking for the answer.

[C]

This Rodriguez right now.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

All right. Ali Gordon, Blake Corum, Braylon Allen, Kareem Hunt and Miles Sanders. Common on Guy, Taj Brooks, Kendrick Miller, Rico Dowdle, you could even make a case for he had 10 carries last week. Okay, wide receivers. So if Chris Godwin, if Chris Godwin and Juwan Jennings are staring at you on the waiver wire, who you picking.

[C]

Up Godwin right now? I mean if Evans is out for multiple weeks, like this is the opportunity Godwin needs to get back into the.

[B]

Fold quickly and then there and then. Are they both Godwin and Jennings ahead of Matthew golden for you?

[C]

Yes.

[D]

Yeah. Yeah.

[B]

Do you still think Wandale Robinson is a 10 to 12 PPR fantasy point guy most weeks?

[D]

Yeah. Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Okay, then we love. Well, we don't love. We like Alec Aisle manor. He's number one. Cam Ward has thrown five passes of 20 or more air yards and three of them have gone to Iowa Manor, including that wacky 23 yard touchdown pass that was probably ill advised. Trey Tucker, second time in his career he's had consecutive games with a target per out run rate of 18 or higher. So that is a good trend for him. Luther Burden, Jamie likes as a deep stat as a stash and Dave likes. Sorry about that.

[D]

And Jalen Coker needs to be mentioned here too. That's a really good call.

[B]

The, the packers wide receivers might be worth getting. How do you feel about Taekwond Thornton? I'd be pretty interested in him if, you know, if not for Worthy coming back hopefully this week and obviously Rice on the horizon. But Thornton's doing some good things for Kansas City.

[C]

I mean, I don't know if necessarily this week matters for Worthy or not for what Thornton is going to do. And he's going to essentially be what we said about Jameson Williams. He's going to be the clear out guy, you know, so there's going to be some deep shots to him down the field to be some opportunities for him to make plays. The fact that Patrick Mahomes said he was calling for the late touchdown throw, you know, and, and wanting to rely on him at a time where you have Marquis Brown. I think this was supposed to be Marquis Brown essentially, you know, so say everybody was healthy. Brown was supposed to be this guy, you know, the guy that can make some plays down the field, use a speed, get open. Thornton's doing it. And if you ever were to say that a Patriots wide receiver can get cut and find a way to New England and this is what he becomes like. Taekwond Thornton is fast, man. He was the fastest guy at the combine when he came out. So there's a, there's a lot to like about his boom bus Potential. It's just. Is he going to get seven targets, eight targets, nine targets on a weekly basis and everybody's healthy. That's the. The biggest knock.

[D]

That's the biggest problem. I could see a world where they go three receivers with Rice, Worthy and Thornton, and then they've got so much speed on the outside that defenses are going to be in a bind. It would. It would make the number the target share and the. The numbers would be massive for Rice and maybe Kelsey because they'd get a bunch of short and intermediate targets if they did that, man.

[C]

A good time to buy low on moms.

[B]

That's what I'm saying. We talked about on beyond the box score. This guy is throwing deep. He leads the NFL in pass attempts of 20 or more air yards. They throw a lot of short passes and a lot of deep passes. And I like that. I like that for Rice. I like that for.

[D]

And they can't run the ball and they.

[B]

Yeah, I don't think that's a good thing that they're so bad at running the ball. I think it's just bad for their offense.

[C]

But. But when they start to see seven man boxes, they'll be able to run the ball.

[B]

That could be, you know, I don't know if they are. Yeah, yeah, that could be. All right.

[C]

Boxes or five man. Like you're gonna. You're gonna have a hard time defending these guys when they're healthy. Chris. Problem is it's been two years and not being healthy.

[B]

Christian Kirk had eight targets in his first game. Technically, the Titans do allow the most wide receiver, most yards in the NFL to slot wide receivers, but that's always. If you face Pukinakua, you're always going to be up there on that list. But Christian Kirk's 51% roster mentioned the Cowboys guys. If you were going to pick Turpin or Tolbert, which one would you go with?

[C]

Tolbert will get more targets, but Turpin has much more big play and upside. So I would take Turpin.

[D]

That's if I had to take a Cowboys receiver.

[B]

Ayuk is eligible to come back next week. I don't know that he will, but he's eligible and I just offered. I don't. I doubt this is going to get accepted. I just offered Ricky Piersoll for Trey Benson. Trying to get out of Ricky Piersol. Not that I think he's going to stink, but see if he can sell. Hi. All right, so those are some. We mentioned. So many wide receivers had the tight ends. Juwan Johnson, still available in 18 of CBS Sports leagues. How do you feel about Dalton Kincaid? I know Jamie, you talked about him briefly, but he's got two big games so far this year but no more than six targets in any game. How do you feel about him, Jamie?

[C]

I would trust him as a low end starter moving forward. I don't know if he has the upside to be Jake Ferguson, for example, because he's not going to get that many targets on a week to week basis. But when we did our bold predictions prior to the season, I said that, that Kincaid will lead them in targets, catches, reset, you know, all the receiving numbers that and again two of the three games so far he's been, forget about the bullpurs, but two or three games like he's been very good. The one game that he wasn't was the jets game where they blew them out and didn't throw the ball very much. So at this point, you know, like everything we thought for him last year is coming to fruition. You know, being a, a playmaker for a Bills team that's going to spread the ball around, he's just putting up, you know, decent enough fantasy numbers like you're should be trusting him at this point to be a low end starter.

[D]

But it's not with a lot of trust. I'd want to have a second tight end on my team or a waiver wire full of Titans.

[B]

Would you drop him for Hunter Henry?

[D]

No.

[C]

No.

[B]

Would you drop Dallas? God. Or for Hunter Henry?

[D]

Yes.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Would you drop Kyle Pitts for Hunter Henry?

[C]

Yes.

[D]

Yeah. But I might go back and get pits once Henry delivers one of those awesome three Target 1 catch games like he had in week two.

[B]

With Henry, who is the number one waiver wire priority in terms of guys who are actually available in a lot of leagues. He averaged 10 points per game last year with a healthy Drake May. That's solid. He's got two of three good games and then it's like, yeah, but he didn't have Stefan Diggs and all that. Well, those guys aren't really doing anything.

[D]

It's true.

[B]

Drake May's got his, got the eighth highest tight end target rate in the NFL, so.

[C]

And a coordinator that loves tight ends.

[B]

I think I'm going to buy back in. By the way, Carolina this week, 26th against tight end so far. Would you drop Harold Fannin Jr. For Hunter Henry?

[C]

Yes.

[D]

I think so.

[B]

Would you drop David Najoku for Hunter Henry? Yes.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Would you drop David Najoku for Brenton Strange?

[C]

No.

[D]

I might.

[B]

Okay. Chigo conquo has been all right, Dave mentioned Kate Otten, what he could do what he did last year. Hopefully. Well, you know, we'll see because if God wins back this week, it's not a big endorsement.

[D]

You're going to have to miss on a lot of tight ends to trust Kate Otten as a start this week.

[C]

It's a very fine line of both receivers have to be out to trust Kate on.

[B]

And then Gadsden comes in and has his first meaningful snaps of his career and he turns 22 snaps into five targets or 46 yards and on seven targets. The only snaps of his career, by the way. So he's not on the list that you're seeing here if you're watching. But. But I don't know, I feel like I need to mention a Ronda Gadsden.

[C]

There's just too many mouths to feed in this offense to them on a week to week basis.

[B]

Well, that McConkey stinks. All right, that's it for tight ends. You can drop Evan Ingram, you can drop John who Smith. Dsts, the Chargers. The commanders and the Lions are really good, good options this week. Lions might get two great games from them and Seattle is the number one defense in the league so far, so they are 72% rostered. Also the Rams, the Rams are interesting because they're a good defense, but they have the worst matchup in fantasy basically with the Colts this week. So maybe don't go for them. All right, kicker Josh Carty, Will Riker, Jason Myers. Thank you for watching. Listening 1:00pm Eastern, CBS Sports Network. We will see you there with more waiver wire Talk to you.

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