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Mike Wright
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Jason Moore
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Andy Holloway
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Mike Wright
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the podcast. It's the Fantasy Footballers Podcast. If you are nasty, I'm the captain today. It's me, Mike Wright. Best friend, Jason Moore.
Jason Moore
Jason. Nasty Boy Moore. Okay, this is nasty. Showtime.
Mike Wright
All right, Andy's off for the day. That means the two buffoons are in charge. The lunatics are running the show. Is this show going to be two hours? Maybe. I don't know.
Jason Moore
You really hit that H. I did hours.
Mike Wright
Wait, what?
Jason Moore
Why am I saying what?
Mike Wright
What way? I really did.
Jason Moore
But I'm not going to let that slip.
Mike Wright
I'm out of practice as the host. Host.
Jason Moore
The host.
Mike Wright
But we are in. Welcome. It's Tuesday. It is waiver day. Thank you for joining us. Oh, man. So much to talk about. We're going to jump into the Monday night recap.
Jason Moore
You know what sucks about waiver day?
Mike Wright
Oh, what's that?
Jason Moore
Is that waiver day is as good as it is directly correlated to how bad the week was. If the week was good football and things that you liked happened and you didn't have brutal injuries. Waiver day sucks. And this week, this week was, like, terrible, devastating.
Mike Wright
It's like there's a number one pickup.
Jason Moore
There's, you know, there's a number one.
Mike Wright
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Jason Moore
Especially if you're in a lot of leagues.
Mike Wright
These are your leagues. You import your teams. We show you who's available based off of our waiver wire rankings. Maybe there's some guys that got dropped that should not be dropped, and they sneak through the cracks.
Jason Moore
You can hide all the players that are already claimed. So you're just looking at who is actually available in your leagues. It's awesome. But while FootClan.com is a joint.
Mike Wright
Yeah, yeah.
Jason Moore
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Mike Wright
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Jason Moore
It went exactly as we expected. The first half was like, oh, okay, okay. The commanders are two homes. They're there to play some ball. The defense was good. And then the second half was like. We ran out of steam. The commanders just ran out. They're like, we gave it our best. The Chiefs are just so much better than us.
Mike Wright
Yeah. Marcus Mariota. Not the best Streamer, Bill did not come through. I mean, let's just go through the list. Did anyone actually.
Jason Moore
Yeah, Terry McLaurin had an okay game, unfortunately, because he scored. We'll get. We'll get to this in the news. But he re aggravated the injury that has kept him from on the sideline. So that is. That is really, really bad for him, for managers, for the commanders in general. And then on the chief side, it's.
Mike Wright
Like freaking Kareem Hunt.
Jason Moore
Yes, you were.
Mike Wright
You were right.
Jason Moore
Freaking Cream Hunt.
Mike Wright
I thought Pacheco. Pacheco was 12 for 58 on the ground.
Jason Moore
I mean, he got the work. He got the lead carries. But I mean, we were excited about Pacheco. We were excited about Rashad Smith prior when Kareem Hunt was supposed to be gone. And the reason why is because Kareem Hunt is not the starter. He doesn't get the most workload, but he gets the most valuable touches. You never feel like you can start Kareem Hunt, even though if you have to start when he's probably the guy you do, but he's coming off an injury. So I would imagine most people did not start Cream Hunt. Some people maybe they didn't pay attention to the fact that Cream Hunt was playing. So they still started Isaiah Pacheco. And in fact, because it's Monday Night Football, you probably made that decision earlier. So now you start Pacheco. Some people probably started Burchard Smith, which you don't want to start the third string running back. We were hopeful that Cream Hunt would be gone. And instead Cream Hunt takes all the valuable touches, gets two touchdowns on nobody's starting roster and then you start two duds in Pacheco and Burchard Smith.
Mike Wright
Yeah, that was a bummer. Travis Kelsey, oh, I was wrong there.
Jason Moore
I did not think he was going to have a good game. I did not see, I mean Rushy Rice in the previous four games with Travis Kelsey, Travis Kelsey's had basically like three targets a game. And in this one, eight targets, six for 99 and a touchdown looked awesome.
Mike Wright
The Rasheed Rice, if you held, if you traded early, you are being rewarded handsomely.
Jason Moore
It's not going to go away.
Mike Wright
9 for 93 with a touchdown. Yeah, I don't think it's going away either. I think he is the.
Jason Moore
Honestly, it feels like he's the focal.
Mike Wright
Point of the passing game.
Jason Moore
It feels like the player that I might be most confident in the entire. Him and Puka are like the type of player, the type of utilization where I am supremely confident that it will be difficult to have a bust. I mean everybody has a bust game. But how the way that they use these players, the. It's just kind of. It's just automatic and the targets will be there. So yeah, nine for 93 and a touchdown on his own. And I was personally, I was pleasantly surprised to see Xavier worthy with seven targets.
Mike Wright
Sure. I mean, yeah, five for 53. We'll take that from Worthy. I think that's kind of what you should expect.
Jason Moore
And of course Mahomes like him.
Mike Wright
Oh yeah, yeah. Mahomes is balling so back.
Jason Moore
Hey, he's still running the ball, which is so incredibly important. I wondered when Rushy Rice came back.
Mike Wright
Yeah, that's fair.
Jason Moore
Does his passing work go up and his rushing work go down, which would make sense. And sadly, even if it was one for one on a yard for yard basis, that hurts you in fantasy. And so instead his passing work went up and his rushing has stayed active. You love to see it. Had a. Had a great game.
Mike Wright
All right, let's get into the news.
Andy Holloway
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Mike Wright
Jason mentioned it, but Terry McLaurin did leave the game early with a quad injury. He missed weeks four through seven with the same injury. This will be. Hold your breath.
Jason Moore
Yeah.
Mike Wright
And hope it was. The score was out of reach and they just said, okay, we're going to shut you down for the day.
Jason Moore
We'll find news soon. And they'll say, hey, it's not that serious. And he probably would have gone back in if the game was closer. Yada, yada. That. And in which case I won't be concerned. But if they just don't say that. Like, if there's no news.
Mike Wright
Right.
Jason Moore
And he's just missing practice.
Mike Wright
No news is good news.
Jason Moore
Not always.
Mike Wright
Some of the saying.
Jason Moore
Yeah, it is a saying. That is always the saying.
Mike Wright
No news is bad news.
Jason Moore
Now, some sayings are factually inaccurate.
Mike Wright
We just say them because we hear.
Jason Moore
People say, don't judge a book by a cover. That's a great saying and usually accurate. There's sometimes, man, I see you.
Mike Wright
I seen that book that covers sucks.
Jason Moore
But yeah. So hopefully we hear that it is minor and that he might even be able to play this week. Because if not, I fear that this is just really bad.
Mike Wright
You didn't even put a picture on your cover. It was just words. I don't want to read that book.
Jason Moore
Yeah, yeah.
Mike Wright
I'm a child.
Jason Moore
I want a cover. I didn't. I don't want the COVID to be the middle of the book. Ridiculous.
Mike Wright
I have plenty of reading ahead of me. Kyle Shanahan says it's too early to say whether Brock Purdy will play in week nine.
Jason Moore
Shanahan, you can't. Shanahan is one of the, like, untrustables, you know.
Mike Wright
Oh, yeah.
Jason Moore
I don't care.
Mike Wright
Oh, yeah. Shannon Hanigans.
Jason Moore
Shanahanigan's. Exactly. You know what? I do care about how bad Mac Jones was.
Mike Wright
Yeah.
Jason Moore
Because that was poop. There is. There's so much evidence this year. I mean, it's just human nature.
Mike Wright
But we have seen Mac Jones has played pretty good.
Jason Moore
Absolutely. On the season. But last week it was so bad that all of a sudden Brock's toe feels better.
Mike Wright
Yeah.
Jason Moore
That's what has happened all over. Look, Carson Wentz.
Mike Wright
Yeah. Speaking of guys who probably feel better, JJ McCarthy looking like he's going to have to start because Carson Wentz will undergo surgery on his left shoulder is ending his season. I think it was a labrum. Thank you for your service, Carson Wentz.
Jason Moore
I mean, we thank you for your service. That was not a thank you. They. We talked about yesterday.
Mike Wright
This, this past weekend was horrifically bad. The other ones were fine for Justin Jefferson.
Jason Moore
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm talking about how I feel like the Vikings did Carson Wentz dirty this week.
Mike Wright
We remember last year we thought Sam Darnold was going to be the sacrificial baby.
Jason Moore
Yes. That was, that was Carson Wentz.
Mike Wright
Yeah. They just, they let him go.
Jason Moore
Led him to the slaughter.
Mike Wright
Yes.
Jason Moore
Every. If you didn't watch that game, everybody that was watching that game was like, why is this human being still in the game? He is writhing in pain every play. He's holding his non throwing shoulder, wincing. I mean, perfectly named and you're just like, dude, pull this guy out of the game. And instead they left him in there to continue taking a beating and now gets a season ending shoulder.
Mike Wright
I think he had the season ending injury during the game.
Jason Moore
Sure.
Mike Wright
And then they, then they identified what it was. Ravens.
Jason Moore
I identified it about halfway through that game. Ravens had come thousands of miles away.
Mike Wright
Harbaugh says he's very confident that Lamar Jackson will play Thursday night. That's fantastic. Joe Flacco is day to day with a shoulder injury. We do not like that. No, we do not like that at all.
Jason Moore
You know, I know Bets was a little concerned we had Joe Flacco as one of the streaming options of the week.
Mike Wright
He's one of my top pickups of the week.
Jason Moore
Absolutely. I think this is just from what I read was just like shoulder soreness.
Mike Wright
Obviously you hope he doesn't have an AC sprain.
Jason Moore
Oh, for sure. But you know, more, more information to come. Hold your breath there because he is extremely important. Extremely. Like we're going to talk about Cedric Tillman in a second. He's going to be activated to return. He doesn't matter. He doesn't matter at all because Joe Flacco is not there.
Mike Wright
Right.
Jason Moore
You know who matters again is T. Higgins. All the bangers and Chase Brown and Jamar Chase, everybody.
Mike Wright
You couldn't remember Jamar Chase.
Jason Moore
Chase was. I had just said Chase. Chase Brown was on lockdown mode.
Mike Wright
This one broke right as the show was starting. Jay, I don't know if you saw It. It's official. The future is here. It's alive in New Orleans. The Saints are making the move. Tyler Schuck is the starter.
Jason Moore
Oh, really?
Mike Wright
Yes.
Jason Moore
Oh, I had not seen that. Literally, last I saw is that they. They weren't sure.
Mike Wright
Is this spread current here? Did we just post that in there, guys? Producers. Kyle. That is correct. In Tyler Schuck's first start, he will be heading to LA as a 14 point underdog. Good luck. Tyler Schuck, he.
Jason Moore
What did you think of his performance when he came in?
Mike Wright
Fine.
Jason Moore
Fine. You know who it looked like to me? It looked very similar to Spencer Rattler, which was irrelevant.
Mike Wright
Yeah, no, I get that. But I think the thing is with Rattler, we've seen him for a couple years. Honestly, the first few games it was like, maybe I'll give Rattler a. Maybe we can evolve and become something. And then it just. We got to the point of the season that they said, nope, not good enough. Tyler Shuck. If Tyler Schuck is as good as Spencer Rattler right now, then that's great news for the Saints because he's.
Jason Moore
He's.
Mike Wright
He's brand new. Well, I mean, he's. He's kind of old.
Jason Moore
Yeah, he's 26 years old. I know he's a rookie, but he played like 20 years of college, has three doctorates and. But anyways.
Mike Wright
But Chris Olave probably. He probably takes a hit at least this week.
Jason Moore
Yeah, maybe.
Mike Wright
All right.
Jason Moore
The Rams, he was. He was still targeted. I think it's. I think it's neutral. I really do think it's a wash. But Schefter was out there talking about the trade deadlines coming up this week. And Rashid Shahid was a name that he threw out as the most likely name he believes to get traded.
Mike Wright
Interesting.
Jason Moore
That would be great for Olave.
Mike Wright
Yes, it would. And one the Rams updates. Tutu Atwell was placed on the IR and coach McVeigh said Puka is expected to practice this week and play in weeknight against the Saints. That would be fantastic news. Falcons Drake London, Michael Penix will be day to day with their injuries. The Browns update. They are on by this week, but we got to give them Quinshawn Judkins. He left the game with a. With a shoulder injury. He's listed as day to day with an AC joint sprain.
Jason Moore
I saw some. I saw some doctors that I trust on Twitter that were a little bit more concerned about this one, obviously going into buy. That's great. But they were concerned about how quickly he was Ruled out mid game. When this is the type of injury where often they can. They can come. It's either like, they can come back, you know, get a shot and play through pain, or it's something more serious, potentially even like a broken bone. So tbd.
Mike Wright
But okay. But, yeah, Dylan Sampson will be talked about today.
Jason Moore
And the sad part is, because they're on buy, they don't have the same requirements and rules telling us what's going on. So that's where we kind of have to project. And from my projections, I'm going to, you know, expect the worst and hope for the best. So in expecting the worst, I'm going to project a bad injury here.
Mike Wright
All right, Cardinals news. It's weird.
Jason Moore
Yeah.
Mike Wright
They released Michael Carter yesterday, and now there's plans that the Cardinals, or it was announced today, Cardinals plan to resign Carter. I know that they got to do some gymnastics when it comes to roster management. How many games you've played are you eligible for the practice squad?
Jason Moore
I don't.
Mike Wright
It's weird because I don't remember it being listed as a. We released this player when you can just. Maybe you can't. Maybe they weren't unable to demote him, so they have to, like, restart the clock or something.
Jason Moore
I think what the situation is is he has to go through waivers now and other teams are allow to sign him, and if they don't, they can.
Mike Wright
Put him back on the practice.
Jason Moore
That's my belief. But, yeah, Michael Carter, Cardinal, whatever you.
Mike Wright
Do, Other teams don't sign Michael Carter and steal him from the Cardinals for their tricks. The Steelers are signing a wide receiver.
Jason Moore
And I hope they do. I hope someone scoops in and signs Michael Carter. I really do. Just so that the Cardinals can see that they've made another mistake.
Mike Wright
The Steelers are signing MVs. Okay.
Jason Moore
All right.
Mike Wright
And then this one is interesting. The Panthers.
Jason Moore
Oh, yeah.
Mike Wright
Coach Canales was asked about Rico Dowdle because we now have two games where Chuba has been back. It's not that Chuba has been horrifically bad, but Rico continues to be better.
Jason Moore
Yeah. I mean, for fantasy purposes, Chuba was much better than Rico. This because he got the touchdown. But this is a guy who, the last two weeks since he's been back from the calf injury in Chuba had 14 carries for 31 yards. Barf. And then this last week, 12 carries for 34 yards. Also barf. So he got the touchdown. Was better for fantasy. Was the leader. Like, he came in and immediately became the starter. And it was so interesting to see Dave Canales and What he said because it was actually revealing.
Mike Wright
Yeah.
Jason Moore
It was realistic and human and also like acknowledging mistakes. So yeah.
Mike Wright
The quote is asked about the heavy, heavier workload for Rico says quote is something we're looking at. And then he said Chuba Hubbard has meant a lot to this team, wanted to give him an opportunity following his calf injury. We cannot ignore the fact that Rico has been exceptional.
Jason Moore
I mean that is, they are, they're dealing with.
Mike Wright
It's a difficult situation. You just gave Chuba that contract last year. He was great for you last year. He was, he was fine. He was good to start the season. Nothing exceptional. But then Rico, while it was against bad defenses, admittedly not everyone's getting 200 yards per scrimmage in back to back games is like, how do you even.
Jason Moore
In these last move to him, even in these last two games, you know, Rico was 8 for 54 in this last game. The previous week, 17 for 79. Like Rico has looked awesome. I remember this last week there was this play where Rico just broke like had to be five tackles and it was only like a six or seven yard run, but it was just like, boom, you can't get me. You can't. I turned to you and I was like, when did Rico get so strong? Like I don't know how it took this long into his career, but it's so interesting because obviously we look at these players for our purposes as fantasy assets and sometimes I think we think that the NFL teams look at these players as NFL assets and like what is best for our team. But we forget these are still people around, people who had dinner last night together, whose wives know each. You know what I mean? Like there is some of that element where they're like, he's meant a lot to this team. I wanted to give him the chance. But it's like he hasn't been good and he's been great. So yeah, the swap is going to be made.
Mike Wright
Rico, just a short aside because I'm the host. Rico is going to be interesting. I think this off season where I thought there would be more interest in Rico Dowdle last year, coming off a thousand yard season which he was the starter for like half of it. So he really, he did that all in the second half. Seemed like he was going to get it done with Dallas, but did not. And then it took a little bit of time and he ends up as the backup for the Carolina Panthers. I'm. I wonder if he got stuck in negotiations with Dallas, got dragged along and the contract didn't get where he thought it should be. And then by then it was too late.
Jason Moore
Maybe. I think. I think. But he's NFL teams.
Mike Wright
He's 27. I think he's 27.
Jason Moore
He's gonna get shafted again.
Mike Wright
You think so?
Jason Moore
I do think so, yeah.
Mike Wright
He's 20. He's over 27.
Jason Moore
He's an older back. That's like, it's kind of like the teams are like, do we really believe it? I know we saw it, he looked good, but do we believe it? Do we want to be the team to shell out money for now, an older back and potentially be like wondering.
Mike Wright
Though after a second year of doing it, does he get like a. Like a nice. Just a two year.
Jason Moore
Yeah.
Mike Wright
Rico deserves a chance to start. It will be.
Jason Moore
Miles Sanders was given that, you know.
Mike Wright
Yeah. Oh, my gosh. I just. I would love. I want to see Rico as a true starter.
Jason Moore
What you do?
Mike Wright
I do.
Jason Moore
Yeah.
Mike Wright
Is that shocking?
Jason Moore
Yeah. No.
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Mike Wright
All right. I just remembered who the top pickup is.
Jason Moore
Yeah, yeah.
Mike Wright
Waiver wire.
Andy Holloway
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Mike Wright
Here we are bi weeks. The bipocalypse is gone. So the Cardinals, Jags, Lions, Raiders, Rams, Seahawks, they will be back. However, you will be missing the Browns, the Bucks, the Eagles and the Jets. So plan accordingly. And my being bummed about who the top pickup is. Nothing against Tyrone Tracy at all. Last year was super fun. Like inadequate, good player. It just the only reason he is here because our king has fallen Camp Scatter Boo will be missing the entirety of the year. And we did. We got a tweet. He tweeted like, hey, everything went great. Good spirits. So, yeah, super happy to hear and see that tweet that we got number one. We got to hear from him. You're like if you go multiple days after that and you don't hear anything from him, that would have been a little nerve wracking. But so that. That is happy. But that will become a conversation for the off season. But here we are.
Jason Moore
Oh, my gosh.
Mike Wright
Tyrone Tracy.
Jason Moore
Oh, dude. You see what's happening in slack right now? No Jerry dunking on you because we have. We have had off air this.
Mike Wright
Yes.
Jason Moore
Almost beef about one of the mock drafts in the off season where Jeremy drafted both Scatter Boo and Tyrone Tracy. And you mocked him.
Mike Wright
Yes.
Jason Moore
And then Jeremy's been trying to dunk on you the whole time where it's like it worked out great because I've got him and you're like the issue you brought up was not that I.
Mike Wright
Loved the Scatter Boom.
Jason Moore
Yeah. It was that you didn't need to also waste the time on Tracy pick. And now he's. He's back to Duncan because he was right.
Mike Wright
Yeah. Hey, boom shakalaka on. On us. But here he is, Tracy. Yep. There you go. Coming up for him. San Francisco, Chicago, Green Bay.
Jason Moore
Here's what Tyrone Tracy is is the.
Mike Wright
Question is how aggressive are you willing to be to get Tracy.
Jason Moore
I am probably not aggressive enough to get him simply because what he represents is going to be different to different teams. Tyrone Tracy is not going to come out here and be a league winner without Malik, without Scatter Boo. With the current version of the Giants. You don't expect them to be a high scoring team. Right. And if you look at what Tyrone Tracy had a great season last year. Look what he did at the second half of last Year. And this is kind of what I would expect going on the second half of this year. And I'm going to read you his fantasy points scored in half PPR after the bye week last year. Seven points, 13 and a half points, 16 and a half points.
Mike Wright
We'll take that.
Jason Moore
Four points, 14 and a half points, eight points, seven and a half points. So it's like he's an RB2. He's a decent weekly player.
Mike Wright
There's teams out there that need an RB2.
Jason Moore
That's my point is I feel like the teams out there that are desperate, they're like, I'm starting, you know, I'm just scratching and clawing to find anyone who I have to start. I have to start this player. You have to go hard at Tyrone Tracy. There's not always. I mean, we've seen it last couple of weeks. There's not even someone on waivers that represents this Scatter who's not coming back. This is a rest of season startable asset. So you have to go hard after Tyrone Tracy.
Mike Wright
If you need him, you probably do.
Jason Moore
Dump half your fab. Dump as much as you need. 60%, whatever, go get your guy. But I just think, like, if your team is, you know, running back heavy, if you've got good running backs already, Taro Tracy does not represent someone that's going to overtake. I believe you know those top 15 backs. So just know what he is. If you really need him, go get him. And if you don't need him, still put a bid on him, obviously, just in case there's. There. Yeah.
Mike Wright
Other people in your league might say, well, I don't think I can get him. I'm not even going to try.
Jason Moore
Yeah. So if you don't need them, put a $15 bid on them. You know what I mean? Just. Just try to get a startable fantasy asset for a reasonable price. And if you do need them, just go get you.
Mike Wright
Any chance, in your opinion, that Devin Singletary is worth the pickup?
Jason Moore
No. We saw. So Singletary was active in that game. I mean, worth a pickup shirt. He is now the insurance option for Tyrone Tracy if Tyrone Tracy gets injured. Devin Singletary is a good, solid veteran football player, but the utilization that we saw when Scatter Boo went down, it was.
Mike Wright
I'm looking at Ski.
Jason Moore
Scatter was awesome.
Mike Wright
It's better than I remembered.
Jason Moore
Yeah. And you remembered it.
Mike Wright
He's the running back 10 right now. Oh, man, I love you. Sorry about that.
Jason Moore
I love Cam Scaddy.
Mike Wright
Yeah.
Jason Moore
He's my favorite.
Mike Wright
All right.
Jason Moore
Devin Singletary Devin Singletary. Yeah. I mean, he would be after other backup picks. Like, I would rather have Ollie Gordon, Emmanuel Wilson, Tajie Spears. Like, there are other kind of backup running backs out there that are worthy.
Mike Wright
Of picking up Spears backup running back? I don't know.
Andy Holloway
Sure.
Jason Moore
Yeah, we'll get to that. Yeah, we can get to that.
Mike Wright
Bam Knight, AKA Well, Zonavin Knight, AKA Bam Knight.
Jason Moore
You were. You were gonna. You were gonna.
Mike Wright
I mean, like, he's. They call him Bam Knight, but like, on.
Jason Moore
What is he in the platform?
Mike Wright
On Sleeper, he's Zonovin.
Jason Moore
Oh, okay. That's what I was curious.
Mike Wright
So if you're searching for Bam, he probably won't show up. You got to use Donovan, but can confirm. Okay, nice. He will be the starter for the Arizona Cardinals.
Jason Moore
Wait, who did they. I just. Who do they play this week?
Mike Wright
They play the Dallas Cowboys.
Jason Moore
So you know who scores more points this week between Tyrone Tracy and Bam Knight?
Mike Wright
I'm going with Bam Knight. The. He is a very solid pickup for this week. The over unders at 54 and a half. Oh, my God.
Jason Moore
Because the Cowboys defense is the best thing in the NFL. Now that. Now that Scatter Boo is down, it's just. You can't. They can't stop anyone from doing anything. You watch the Broncos. The Broncos are a better offense than Arizona Cardinals.
Mike Wright
Yeah.
Jason Moore
But the Broncos have struggled from time to time. The Broncos didn't struggle on more than like four plays last week. And you saw the running game and it didn't matter whether it was R.J. harvey or J.K. dobbins. And it's not to take anything away from those two players who are good, great backs in their own right. But if you watch the plays, it was like, where was the. They ran to the left side of the line and it's like they faked the Cowboys defense out and the edge defender was like, I'm going straight to the center. And then it was like the whole half of the field was open like four different times. So, yeah, let me look here. The last week they gave up 44.
Mike Wright
Points to the running back position.
Jason Moore
No, no, no, no. 44 points in the NFL points. I mean, they are averaging. It's just like 44 points. 22, 27, 30. 37, 40, 40. It. It's amazing. This is what you want, so it's a delight if you have to have a start. You probably still want to take Tyrone Tracy ahead of Bam Knight because he represents something beyond this week. The window opens up for Trey Benson. He's eligible to return the following week in week 10. Now I don't. Yeah. His injury was not a four week.
Mike Wright
He had a meniscus cleanup. That is a four to six week normal recovery time.
Jason Moore
But just know a couple weeks later Bam will go away. And also the following weeks, Seattle, San Francisco, those are much better defenses. And so Bam Knight will go from someone that is like he's pretty much a must start this week.
Mike Wright
Yes.
Jason Moore
To someone that's like flex option.
Mike Wright
I mean and Trey Benson and just do a. I would do a little.
Jason Moore
Oh absolutely.
Mike Wright
I would do a little peek on your waiver wire. Perhaps someone didn't have the IR spot or whatever. I would just go check for Trey Benson. He will be back. He will be the lead runner for the Cardinals. Kyle Menon guy is our third highest option at the running back position. He. It's not, it's not incredible, but we had 16 opportunities two weeks ago and then we had. We had seven carries this week.
Jason Moore
Most importantly this last week he got another carry inside the five zone.
Mike Wright
Yeah.
Jason Moore
So when they get near the goal line there is a chance they might be using him. So yeah, Kyle Menongai should definitely be rostered.
Mike Wright
Brashard Smith, he's still worth a stash and hold now to the injury guys, which is a harder decision. Tank Bigsby for the Philadelphia Eagles would be the insurance back for Saquon Barkley. And Dylan Sampson looks like he will be the insurance back for Quinshon Judkins. Jerome Ford. Jerome Ford will still get used but they, they went to Dylan Sampson. He back to six targets. If you remember the beginning of the year where Dylan Samson was just. Let me get, let me pull these numbers.
Jason Moore
Eight.
Mike Wright
It was eight targets in week one. And then the opportunities started to shift because Judkins did come back. And then we had six targets this past week. How are you? Yeah, I mean so yeah, Ford only had one touch last week.
Jason Moore
How are you approaching Tank Bigsby and Dylan Sampson?
Mike Wright
Correct.
Jason Moore
So Tank Bigsby represents a true league winner. Yeah, he represents someone that.
Mike Wright
So like the Tyrone Tracy discussion where we're like, you know, if you want them, you're going to have to go hard. Maybe you want to, maybe you don't. If this were Tank Bigsby with Saquon out, it would be a full fab dump for me. So maybe that's why you want to prioritize Tank Bigsby even though it is a bye week and they said that Saquon's fine.
Jason Moore
Yeah, he.
Mike Wright
What if he's not?
Jason Moore
He heard it. His groin. They're going to buy Week. So Dylan Sampson is a better pickup than Tank Bigsby for total fantasy points scored going forward, right? Like, yeah, Dylan Sampson, I think when they come out of the buy, will be the starter if Judkins is hurt. If Judkins is hurt, they're going to play when they're out of their buy. They got the jets who just gave up a Kajiba Dillion D points and to a running game that wasn't working, scientifically speaking. Baltimore Ravens, who they are still beat up and will continue to be beat up rest of season. So Dylan Sampson, I would prioritize over Tank Bigsby if I need any running back help.
Mike Wright
Is it fair to say you are more concerned about the Judkins injury than the Barkley injury?
Jason Moore
That's exactly why I think Barkley comes back out of the buy and is the starter. If I'm locked and loaded at running back, if I'm three deep, like three, you know, my current team as an example in league of record, I've got Jonathan Taylor and David Montgomery and Travis Etienne and why can I not think of my other.
Mike Wright
I don't know. Josh Jacobs.
Jason Moore
Josh Jacobs.
Mike Wright
Oh, so that guy.
Jason Moore
I'm fully loaded like, like flush with cash. I'm flush with cash. Dylan Sampson's probably not cracking my starting roster. So I would rather go get Tank Bigsby and have him as my stash because should something happen to Saquon now that he's been on the team for a couple of weeks. We saw when Saquon went down, it was, you know, it was like, oh, is it going to be Will Shipley, A.J. dillon going to be healthy? Is. They traded for Tank Bigsby and their kick returner showed up and he was given the opportunity. He looked outstanding. So he would be, you know, this is, this is a week where there's, there's like different archetypes of waiver pickups and you just have to look at your roster and say, what do I need? Because whatever you need is out there at running back this week. A one week starter, a rest of season RB2 or a league winning upside stash. Those, those are really exciting plays.
Mike Wright
And last running back I want to talk about because the other guys are really just insurance running backs, you know, Ollie Gordon, Isaiah Davis should who the jets are in on the buy, but should Breece hall be traded? Isaiah Davis will have, he will have value.
Jason Moore
Yeah, I don't think, I think he's.
Mike Wright
A. I think he's a good player.
Jason Moore
He looked really good this last juice. Braylon Allen though, is eligible to return in week 10. Keep in mind, I don't know, his injury was usually a knee injury. I looked that up longer than four weeks. So I don't think it's very similar to Trey Benson. I don't expect him to be back at week 10. But honestly, that just is helpful for the jets to be able to move Breeze Hall.
Mike Wright
Sure. So the last guy I want to talk about, Tajie Spears.
Jason Moore
Yeah.
Mike Wright
We've seen essentially three games where he is getting an actual workload. His first game back, he was on the field for 25% of the snapshot, but then it was 59%, 43%, 52. So it is a timeshare. He's seen at least three targets in all three of those games. He finished as the running back 14 this past week because he scored his yard. I mean, 5 for 31, 5 for 22, 9 for 59. Like, key, what we saw when Tajie Spears has been given opportunity, we're seeing it again.
Jason Moore
Yeah.
Mike Wright
So it's a running back who's good, but just his body betrays him and doesn't want to play football.
Jason Moore
As a reminder, last year he only had three games where he played more than 50% of the snaps, which we're seeing him right now. Start to the last three games of this year, he's been right around that 50%, more than 50% snaps, even with Pollard healthy. And last year, in those three games, he scored 24.2 fantasy points, 20 fantasy points and 12 fantasy points. He was the running back five 12 and 13. So he's got juice, he's got talent. This is a team as well that has already come out publicly and said, our entire roster is available for trade, minus two players. So I don't know. There's teams out there that might look at Tony Pollard and say, who was the second player? What's their defensive star?
Mike Wright
Oh, okay, okay. I was going through offense.
Jason Moore
No, no, no, no. Not on offense.
Mike Wright
You're like, you cannot get Alec IO man from us.
Jason Moore
Jeffrey Simmons. Okay, so, Jeff fantasy Cam Ward, which, I'm going to be honest, Cam Ward should be available for trade because you know you can go get that number one pick. And I mean, if Cam Ward is on this roster next year and if will be sure. Okay, so next year, if the Titans get the number one pick, you're telling me they're going to watch what happened this year and go, we're good at quarterback when they could take the number one quarterback.
Mike Wright
I see what you're saying, so go ahead.
Jason Moore
Yeah. I would. I would make more.
Mike Wright
The Titans are one and seven. The jets are also one in seven. Wow.
Jason Moore
Yeah.
Mike Wright
The Saints are one and seven. Interesting. Yeah. There probably will be some offseason drama if that is the case. All right. And Cream. Cream Hunt. I guess. I guess you could pick him up. Yeah.
Jason Moore
I mean, he's always there with the amount of points the Chiefs are scoring.
Mike Wright
Yeah.
Jason Moore
When they get around the goal line, it seems like Kareem Hunt is their preferred tool. So. Yeah. So Tajay Spears. So Tajie Spears as well. Like, he is nice. Because you can. He's a flex with benefits.
Mike Wright
Sure.
Jason Moore
Should Pollard get injured, Tajie Spears would be really good for fantasy. Should Pollard get traded. Like, you have two methods here where I think Tajie Spears could catapult into real relevance.
Mike Wright
All right. Drop candidates. Bill, man.
Jason Moore
I mean, I. If Bill was out there, I would pick up Bill Crosky. Merritt, but he's getting opportunities still.
Mike Wright
I hate myself of. I was pretty.
Jason Moore
You were so anti.
Mike Wright
I was so.
Jason Moore
We loved the jokes, but then we would follow up all of our fun jokes of how unstoppable he is and say, trade him. Don't buy the hype.
Mike Wright
He was. And then we did a trade for trade away in like week four or something. And Bill was my trade away. And then it. The next week, it felt like, oh, that might have been a huge mistake. It's. It's not working. I mean, it was the Chiefs. It was a backup.
Jason Moore
It was the Cowboys the week before.
Mike Wright
Yeah.
Jason Moore
Scored 3.7 fantasy points against Dallas. And I know that the team will be much better when Jaden Daniels is there more scoring opportunities.
Mike Wright
There are brighter drop.
Jason Moore
There are brighter days ahead for Bill. I'm not dropping him. But he.
Mike Wright
Would you drop him for. For Bam.
Jason Moore
If I need to start. Yeah. If I have to start one. And that's. Then that's my only option. I would. I mean, that's the point where you're saying I have to roster the guy who's scoring more fantasy points this week. If that's your situation, sure.
Mike Wright
Tony Pollard. Yeah.
Jason Moore
That's.
Mike Wright
We get asked these questions. Tony Pollard, Jordan Mason, Travion Henderson are not. They're. I would not drop any of them.
Jason Moore
I would not drop any of them as well.
Mike Wright
All right. The wide receiver.
Jason Moore
And you know what sucks?
Mike Wright
What's that?
Jason Moore
Our league of record over the last decade has gotten so much smarter. I hate it. Like, our waivers are never. Every single running back is rostered.
Mike Wright
We are the league where they. People write in like those Cars. They're not available in my league.
Jason Moore
They're not available in ours either.
Mike Wright
Yeah, yeah. We're just. We're giving you the best option. Which is why go check out the waiver wire tour.
Jason Moore
Yes.
Mike Wright
Tool.
Jason Moore
There are deeper names that we are not talking about right now that are on. You know, if you go to folklore.com and use the waiver wire tool, they're. They're deeper there.
Mike Wright
The wide receiver position at the top. We have a couple of decent options. I mean K. Sean Booty remains productive on very limited touches, but he, he kind of matches the special. Like his specialty seemingly is the. Also a specialty of Drake May. It's the deep pass they get to take on Atlanta. Which Falcons team shows up, I have no idea. And then they do get Tampa Bay the following week. It's on the road, but that's interesting. Christian Watson.
Jason Moore
Yeah. Booty is. Is roulette, but he's got more reward.
Mike Wright
Boulet.
Jason Moore
Oh, Boulette. I like it. Sounds French. Yeah. This is a guy, you know, we know he can have good outputs. He had a really bad three week stretch, weeks three, four and five. Outside of that, he has been a really relevant fantasy wide receiver. So if he's out there, I would, I would certainly roster him. I mean I dropped him after week five in our league of record and I regret it.
Mike Wright
So Christian Watson, he made his way back for the Green Bay Packers. He stepped in and he showed up and he got four targets. He caught all four for 85 yards.
Jason Moore
Yeah, he's a deep. He's a deep field stretching option.
Mike Wright
So the in terms of snaps we had, Watson was at 56%. Matthew golden, their first round rookie was at 66%. I think that I will take the better player. That is going to be an issue for Matthew Golden.
Jason Moore
Yeah.
Mike Wright
To keep like Christian Watson is a piece that the Green Bay packers have really, really missed.
Jason Moore
Yeah.
Mike Wright
Where we know we started off, we're like, why is Jordan Love not really getting it done? And I know the matchup was great this week, but I do not think it's a coincidence that the week a healthy Christian Watson comes back who was fresh off of an extension like this dude destroyed his knee and the Green Bay packers gave him money to rehab and stay with the team the moment he's back. Huge game for Jordan Love. I don't think that's a coincidence at all. I think he really, really helps the rest of the team. But can he help your fantasy team? 4 for 85 this past week. How aggressive are you going to Be with Watson.
Jason Moore
I'm not going to be very aggressive. I think that very similar to booty. It's a roulette option where you can have a good game, but because there are a lot of weapons and a running game for the packers that can score the touchdowns, unlike for the Patriots. I look at Watson as. To me, it's like Darius Slayton. Darius Slayton I would rather have than Christian Watson.
Mike Wright
Why do I have a memory of Darius Slayton hitting a big play this past?
Jason Moore
Because he hit an awesome, huge, gigantic touchdown and it was called back for an absolute. Do you remember how bad the reffing in that game was?
Mike Wright
Yeah, so.
Jason Moore
Oh, there's.
Mike Wright
Yeah, the Philly game.
Jason Moore
Yeah.
Mike Wright
Yes.
Jason Moore
That game. Push. Fumble where they said we blew. Oh, my gosh. We didn't talk about that. Disgusting. I have to imagine Philly fans, they're doing the like, yeah, that was bad. Like, I'm happy it happened, but that's a. Like, they have. We know how bad that happens.
Mike Wright
You know, you got away with one.
Jason Moore
Oh, my gosh. So if you didn't. If you don't know the play you're talking about, they're doing a tush push to pick up, you know, a short yardage situation. And while Jalen Hurts is actively going forward, like, they push it. Gets stopped a little, and then he pushes forward more and he reaches and he gets the first.
Mike Wright
Stretching the ball.
Jason Moore
As he's stretching the ball, I think it was Brian Burns just grabbed the ball from him.
Mike Wright
Give me that.
Jason Moore
Give me that. That ball's mine. Took it, recovers it. Fumble. They stopped the tush push. And if you watch the play, I.
Mike Wright
Was saying it was Thibodeau.
Jason Moore
Oh, it's Thibodeau. Okay. Maybe Burns recovered it. Or maybe it was all Thibodeau.
Mike Wright
The.
Jason Moore
Cool thing was is they were able to stop it. And if you watch a replay, you can listen to when the whistles happened. And it happens way after the fumble recovery. But they blew it dead. And they said that it was forward progress stopped. Which is not reviewable.
Mike Wright
No. Which is not reviewable. And Jalen Hurts continued to move forward after the fumble.
Jason Moore
Why would you stop forward progress while progressing anyways? Nonsense. But in that.
Mike Wright
But I'm glad the Slayton big touchdown was not a figment of my imagination.
Jason Moore
It was called offensive pass interference. And while Slayton is very often guilty of offensive pass interference, this was nonsense. These two guys were just hand fighting the entire way down the field. Even the, like, the actual. You know how hard it is to get like, the commentators to be like, that was a bad call. They were like, that was a bad call. They took away a huge touchdown for. For absolutely no reason.
Mike Wright
But anyway, so it's so Slayton. What you're saying is Slayton in the same tier of a pickup this week as Christian Watts?
Jason Moore
He is a tier above to me.
Mike Wright
Oh, okay.
Jason Moore
I think the way you got a Jackson Dart fever, the way Jackson dart's been playing, pushing the ball downfield, he's going to take shots. They need Darius Slayton without Malik Neighbors, it's like, you know, they need Darius Slayton badly, whereas Christian Watson, they can use him greatly, but they don't need him. They have other options.
Mike Wright
You don't feel like. Like no one has really took over. You don't. Is there a chance that Christian Watson shows up and actually becomes a true number one wide receiver?
Jason Moore
Yes, I think there is a chance. But if you. If I had to say who gets more targets rest of season between Darius Slayton and Christian Watson, I would say slate so booty.
Mike Wright
Christian Watson, Darius Slayton. All very interesting. Troy Franklin went from. Went from the hotness to the notness. Now we're back to hot. Are you. Do you. He's your guy. You know, I love you want to deal with this?
Jason Moore
His talent, I don't really want to deal with. I mean, that was the Dallas Cowboys.
Mike Wright
Marvin Mims is in concussion protocol.
Jason Moore
The Broncos scored 44 points. I would absolutely pick up Troy Franklin. He should be rostered there, and he can be started. But I'm not going hard. This is like he is in my waiver. Priorities low down. I'm going to make a dollar bid on him or whatever. And if I don't, you know, if I don't get him, I'm not going to. I'm not going to cry about it.
Mike Wright
Where is Alec Pierce compared to Darius Slayton?
Jason Moore
For you, to me, Alec Pierce is.
Mike Wright
Because this is the same archetype of player.
Jason Moore
Very similar. Yes.
Mike Wright
Daniel Jones is playing great football. They're slowing. I mean, the Colts are scoring so many points. I know that Taylor has been the recipient, but there's going to be games where Taylor scores a touchdown and it's Daniel Jones throwing three.
Jason Moore
Yeah. Watson, Slayton and Alec Pierce are all very, very similar. So you could make different arguments, Right? I'm making the argument that I want the target market share of Slayton because they need him. They don't really have someone else to throw the ball to. Whereas, obviously, with Alec Pierce, it could be a Josh Downs game. It could be A Michael Pittman game. However, you can make the opposite argument and say, well, I want the offense of the Colts and the playing of Daniel Jones over, you know, the Giants and a rookie Jackson dart. So it's your own play style. I'm going to always take targets over deep shot option, you know, touchdown potential. But if you prefer just I want the guy who has the higher likelihood of actually receiving the touchdown, then that would be Alec Pierce, who's been awesome.
Mike Wright
He's been very solid for the use of Texans, the rookies, the pair of them. Jaden Higgins. Jalen Noel.
Jason Moore
Noel.
Mike Wright
Noel. Thank you.
Jason Moore
Spelled Noel. No, no, no, it doesn't.
Mike Wright
Jalen Noel. Thank you. They're both. Hey, they're both there. It was an interesting game of. It seemed like at the beginning because a lot of people asked on Sunday Live, like, do I play Noel? What do I do here? Because Noel was the guy last week after Nico left. And my answer was I can't confidently say who it's going to be. They're both very interesting this week, I think playable and you could get some upside. The game starts, all the targets are funneling to Jaden Higgins is like, oh, here we go. The second round picks going to have a breakout. Kind of fell short. Eight targets turned into 4 for 34 and a touchdown. Meanwhile, Noel was 5 for 63. And then Xavier Hutchinson ends up with the actual big game. 5 for 69 with a touchdown. How do you order those three guys?
Jason Moore
I mean, it's clear we need to. We just need to check Vegas. They knew. They knew. They knew something. Yeah, but they knew something.
Mike Wright
What do you know about these three and how you're going after them for your waiver wire?
Jason Moore
Well, I'm about to learn. Looks like. Okay, the Broncos, great defense, 6 and 2, going to play in Houston against the 3 and 4 Texans. Mike, where would you put that line?
Mike Wright
Give me the two teams again.
Jason Moore
I'm sorry, The Denver Broncos.
Mike Wright
Oh, okay.
Jason Moore
Six and two. Yeah, they're traveling to Houston. The game's in Houston.
Mike Wright
Okay.
Jason Moore
Against the three and four Houston Texans. Broncos. Great defense.
Mike Wright
I'm going to go Broncos plus one and a half or. I'm sorry, Broncos, Broncos minus one and a half. So Broncos favored by one and a half.
Jason Moore
Yeah, the line opened. Texans favored one and a half.
Mike Wright
Oh, man.
Jason Moore
What did. So maybe you got to go after these rookies. Maybe CJ Stroud getting it figured out. I don't know.
Mike Wright
Maybe.
Jason Moore
Honestly, rookies are a cheat code. Rookie wide receivers in the second half of the year are the players who have the most tendency to kind of break out, help you win championships. So if you want to take a shot on Higgins Noel, you can also put DK there.
Mike Wright
Jim Ray.
Jason Moore
Jim Ray. We said this like 100 times at the Jim Ray.
Mike Wright
DK is 7 for 93.
Jason Moore
He ate targets last week.
Mike Wright
It's. I don't know. I mean, wide receiver, 16 back to back.
Jason Moore
He looks good on the NFL field. Did you know he leads the NFL in all purpose yards?
Mike Wright
I did not.
Jason Moore
Yeah. If you include the return punk Kyle.
Mike Wright
With a good reminder, two games, no Callahan.
Jason Moore
Yeah.
Mike Wright
Dk. Okay. That makes me honestly. That little blurb that I forgot. That makes me more interested in him.
Jason Moore
I'll put a Cam Ward. Camward has looked, you know, as. As. As much as we've talked poorly about him and as poorly as he's played this season, the last two games when they made that head coach change, he passed the eyeball test for the first time where it was like flashes of like, oh, okay, maybe. Maybe he's got it. Maybe the system was a little bit more of the problem. So. Yeah. And if you're. If you're looking for his name on the platform and it's difficult to find because his name is pronounced dk.
Mike Wright
Chimray.
Jason Moore
Chimray. Dk. And you don't know how to spell it. It's D I, K, E. Yeah. Is his last name.
Mike Wright
Yep. Drop candidates. Matthew Golden.
Jason Moore
No, I mean, I would prefer a lot of the guys we talked about today. So if. If that's the last guy on your roster. Sure.
Mike Wright
How far down does that go? Like Alec Piercer or Golden?
Jason Moore
If I need a start, I would rather start Pierce. If I'm not starting them, I would rather roster Golden.
Mike Wright
What about the Texans rookies?
Jason Moore
I would rather roster the Texans rookies. I think I thought they were better football players coming into the NFL draft. I mean, I feel like it's a lot of confirmation bias because I was. I saw Matthew golden as like a third, fourth round talent and he went in the first, so it's hard to.
Mike Wright
Balance that Jerry Judy punt. Put him in a cannon.
Jason Moore
Yeah.
Mike Wright
And fire him into the sun.
Jason Moore
Absolutely. What. What team does he play on?
Mike Wright
The Cleveland Browns.
Jason Moore
Is Joe Flacco still there?
Mike Wright
No.
Jason Moore
Boom. Gone.
Mike Wright
So you got to take all targets, divide them in half. That's your true target share.
Jason Moore
I don't know if that's enough. You might need to add a multiplier there.
Mike Wright
He has been not good.
Jason Moore
Yeah.
Mike Wright
Darnell Mooney. I wouldn't.
Jason Moore
I wouldn't move on.
Mike Wright
I wouldn't drop him just yet. Kirk Cousins is absolutely toast. DJ Moore. I'm not going to.
Jason Moore
No.
Mike Wright
And I'm not dropping Calvin Ridley. What do you do here with the information of the past two weeks? No Callahan. Or do you want to give Calvin Ridley a chance or would you just move on?
Jason Moore
I, you know, I think you should hold him. He's been out. I mean, if you need an option. I don't know if he's going to play this week. Their bye week is next week, so you can absolutely move on from him. He's not going to help you probably until three weeks from now, but three weeks from now. And Deucers make a note of this. Going into week 11, Calvin Ridley needs to be added to our waiver wire pickups because I think he'll play then. And make a note, if what we're seeing right now with Ward gets better, Ridley might be the number one target over, you know, IO, Manor and dk. IO Manor and dk.
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Mike Wright
All right, we're back. We're talking tight ends. This list is a. Is quite shorter, but a reminder. Brenton Strange for the Jaguars. He is eligible to return. Week 11. Darren Waller is week 13. That's still a ways off my number one tight end. It's. It's Colston Loveland. It's still him. I was hoping to see a bit more in this past week here against Baltimore but the whole Chicago Bears team really fell flat.
Jason Moore
He doesn't have that much more to give Loveland. Yeah, I know. Yeah.
Mike Wright
The way I feel about Meowson Taylor is the way that you feel about Colston Loveland.
Jason Moore
100%.
Mike Wright
So we need. Someone needs to find a cat pun real quick for Colston Loveland.
Jason Moore
Yeah. I will say this. Colson Loveland this week is my number one pickup as well. He.
Mike Wright
At the tight end position.
Jason Moore
Yes, yes, yes, yes. Thank you. At the tight end position. The matchup against Cincinnati is outstanding. They are bad against tight ends. We don't know if Cole Comet will be healthy. If Cole Comet is out, Colson Loveland should be started. So I agree. You know, you feel this. We feel very similar about Mason Taylor and Colson Loveland. We are not calling them bad options.
Mike Wright
No.
Jason Moore
Or bad players.
Mike Wright
No.
Jason Moore
Or bad fantasy assets. They're. They're good. They just don't got that dog. Colson Loveland. He is. He does not have that dog. That's. That's. Someone was like, hey, he broke a tackle seeing. And it's like, come on, man. That defender was falling over while he tried to tackle him before he caught the ball.
Mike Wright
Yeah. I mean, but you got juice. Yeah. It's like both Taylor and Loveland, you give him. Well, no, Taylor will just fall down where he catches the ball. But Loveland, if you give him the ball in space, he will make something happen.
Jason Moore
Electric athlete that will. That will. He can run away from people.
Mike Wright
Yes.
Jason Moore
No problem. He can look like a wide receiver out there. There's a reason he was a top 10 NFL draft pick. Just. You got to get that space.
Mike Wright
Are you. Are you willing to go after Harold Fannin? He is. He's more rostered, but he might be. That's what I mean. Like, he's. He's got the bye week.
Jason Moore
Do you know we just talked about the Browns targets? I'm not. I'm not raw.
Mike Wright
He was 6 for 62.
Jason Moore
I mean, he was my start of the week. This last week, the matchup was. Was perfect for him.
Mike Wright
Njoku, trade rumors are floating.
Jason Moore
If. I mean, obviously, if Najoku got traded, I think Harold Phantom would be outstanding there. They're targeting the tight end so much. It's the one area of the field where Dylan Gabriel seems to be able to get the ball. And so, yeah. I mean, I'm not saying you need to drop him, but it's hard.
Mike Wright
I'm saying, do you go after him if you're in tight end purgatory? Is he a Player. Yeah, if you saw him, I would.
Jason Moore
I am in tight end purgatory. If he was on our waivers, I would stash him.
Mike Wright
That's what I mean. Juwan Johnson. We were back. Eight targets, five for 53.
Jason Moore
Shahid trade rumors.
Mike Wright
I mean, it's going to be Tyler Schuck, but tons of plays, tons of opportunity there. Would you rather have Juwan or Theo Johnson? The New York Giants.
Jason Moore
Juwan. I was really excited for Theo Johnson. From an analytical standpoint, he has pretty much everything to have a breakout. He's young, he's insanely athletic. He is desperately needed in this offense. And film wise, I just watch him. I'm like, he's not that good.
Mike Wright
So we have three potential. Don't read them. I got three. I got three potential cat names for you. All right, all right. Jeremy has submitted Colston Meow Flind.
Jason Moore
Okay. Colson. That's. That's pushing it. Colson Meow.
Mike Wright
Cheshire Loveland.
Jason Moore
Cheshire Loveland.
Mike Wright
Doesn't really flow off the tongue.
Jason Moore
You're reading it, but it's not the.
Mike Wright
And Kyle has submitted Mr. Bigglesworth.
Jason Moore
We got a winner. Mr. Bigglesworth. Colston Loveland. You are Mr. Bigglesworth.
Mike Wright
That one got me good.
Jason Moore
That's a good nickname because you know exactly who we're talking about. When I say Mr. Bigglesworth, you're like, oh, that must be Colson Loveland. I love. I'm adding that to our official nickname, Doc, right now.
Mike Wright
No, we are not.
Jason Moore
What are you talking about?
Mike Wright
Okay, whatever they were, we're fast and loose.
Jason Moore
Loose, loose. Yeah, yeah.
Mike Wright
It's a low bar these days. All right, Evan Angrum, any interest there? He's been getting targets. They're all I'm on. These are useless targets. And for fantasy football, if he gets eight to ten useless targets. Now we're talking. But if you're getting four to five of them, it's not going to work out. Kate Otten goes on the buy. I don't think he's important enough to go after. Like, not. He's not Harold fan and level to me. Mason Taylor. Good game. Eight targets, 5 for 34. Pretty solid touchdown catch. But I don't think if you. I mean, if you have. We have to make moves, but those are the guys who are available at the DST position. Detroit, they could have been dropped because of the bye week. They are back. They're taking on Minnesota. It's probably JJ McCarthy who has taken nine sacks in his short, very, very short career thus far. They are very much in play. The Chargers widely available at Tennessee. Cam Ward on pace for 72 sacks taken. The record is 76. They are a strong option, the Jaguars.
Jason Moore
The nice thing is I don't believe I'm playing the Chargers defense this week personally.
Mike Wright
So they won't let everyone else down. Exactly.
Jason Moore
I targeted this matchup last week.
Mike Wright
They are a great player.
Jason Moore
They could not get after him despite, you know, the being on pace for record sacks given up.
Mike Wright
This, this will be better. The Jaguars, I like them. It is on the road but they're I'm seeing available in 90 plus percent.
Jason Moore
Of leagues and they're coming off a.
Mike Wright
Buy and they will be playing against Geno Smith.
Jason Moore
Yeah, that's great. He's been doo doo poo poo this year.
Mike Wright
That is good stuff. And let's see. The Rams are also pretty widely available.
Jason Moore
Oh, man.
Mike Wright
And again, home against the Saints.
Jason Moore
That should be the number one pickup.
Mike Wright
You like the Rams more than the Chargers?
Jason Moore
I like the Rams more than the Chargers because the Rams are at home. When I'm looking at defenses, I really want to focus on like if, if I've got the option, I would, I would. If it's in the same tier, I'm taking the home.
Mike Wright
Yeah, no, I can agree with that. Full waiver wire rankings are available the fantasy footballers.com or if you want access to that ultimate dashboard, footclan.com that was this week's waiver wire presented by Walmart. Who knew you can get what you need in as fast as an hour. Get free Delivery on your First Express Delivery Order with code EXPRESS Valid for First Express Delivery Order $50 minimum Subject to availability restrictions apply. We got one more segment.
Andy Holloway
Full stream ahead.
Mike Wright
So every week we try to look at some quarterbacks that are more available in your waiver wire because we don't really talk quarterbacks much during the main segment. But I will say it again. I know that Joe Flacco has a shoulder injury, but he is, I mean behind Tracy. He's my number two pickup because I, I said it last week. I am irrationally bullish on what is happening in Cincinnati and the schedule is great, rest of year. I think that Joe Flacco is someone that it's not. It will never feel as good as when you see Josh Allen in your lineup, you see Lamar, you just, you look at it and you feel like you just. You pull your seats up and you're just going to sleep so tight, you.
Jason Moore
So warm and comfy.
Mike Wright
You will not feel like that with Joe Flacco, but the points he's going to give. I think that. I think he's going to be an absolute superstar.
Jason Moore
You think he's basically going to do what he did when he took over for the Browns?
Mike Wright
I do.
Jason Moore
He was.
Mike Wright
And also the past two weeks that what he has done for the Bengals.
Jason Moore
Yeah.
Mike Wright
So. So having said that, Joe Flacco way up there but we got the shoulder injury so we can't confirm if he's going to play this week. Guys who are going to play this week, what do you got?
Jason Moore
I'll take Stafford. He was, you know, my backup option last week on the Wednesday show because he was going into buy not playing and he's not, you know, a sensational superstar fantasy asset. So I think he was dropped in a lot of leagues. If you follow that advice and picked him up, I would play him this week versus New Orleans off the buy 29 point versus New yeah, he's only. There's only one of them. He's. The Rams are favored by so much that they don't even give the respect of all of New Orleans.
Mike Wright
They don't know plural.
Jason Moore
No, it's just New Orleans. They're playing The New Orleans Saint and 29 point implied team total. It's tied for the highest of the week. He's been actually throwing touchdowns. Devonte Adams makes a big difference for what he could do around the goal. For some reason he cannot throw the ball to Puka in the red zone.
Mike Wright
And Puka being back is just. It's humongous.
Jason Moore
Yeah.
Mike Wright
I got Aaron Rodgers taking on the Indianapolis Colts over the last six weeks. The Colts are 30th in schedule, adjusted points to the quarterback. Their defense is. It's not that it's bad is their offense is so incredibly good that the other team at some point just has to give up on running the ball and they have to start chucking it. We got a 49 and a half point over under Rod Rogers. To me looks like he's playing capable football. I won't say it's great, but I will say it's. It's somewhere between okay and good.
Jason Moore
Sure. And this is a good week for. For if you need to stream a quarterback. It was. Was it last week that was so difficult or two weeks ago? One of those was so difficult. But you got flack TUA against the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday I think is good. Trevor Lawrence.
Mike Wright
That one is just. You're going to be. You're gonna be shaking and quaking in them boots playing tua. I'm not saying your process is wrong. I just that freaks me out, man.
Jason Moore
Yeah. I mean, TUA has been putting up some touchdowns.
Mike Wright
The fact that Baltimore showed up the way they did against the Chicago Bears offense, it just gives me a little bit more pause.
Jason Moore
I get that they were coming off the buy and I think with Lamar there, Baltimore, you would expect them to score a lot of points on the.
Mike Wright
Dolphins and then, I mean, keep it.
Jason Moore
Definitely take the over in that game.
Mike Wright
Keep an eye on JJ McCarthy. The first two weeks were not great, but Minnesota historically has given us pretty good fantasy value for the quarterbacks that's going to do it for Today's show. Remember FootClan.com wait, what is.
Jason Moore
I got to explain the joke.
Mike Wright
What are we going.
Jason Moore
I got to explain the joke because. Okay, last week what happened was right when it was. Everyone assumed Lamar was playing. It was a 50 and a half point over under for the Baltimore game. And then there was the first report out that it looked like Lamar might not like it was. It was the report where it was. Even though he was a full participant, he was on the practice squad or on the. He was scout team.
Mike Wright
Yes.
Jason Moore
And so as soon as that scout team report came out, I was like, let me go check the line. And it was still at 50 and a half. So I, I personally made a decent sized wager because I figured I got news, I made an investment, take it back. And I took the under on that game. 50 and a half. Heck yeah. Hours later, it was 44 and a half points. That's crazy. And Jeremy tailed me. He follows me on the platform and so he just, he saw. He tailed me immediately. And then we go to look at our winnings this week because even though that game was really close to going over 50 and a half against Chicago.
Mike Wright
You were an idiotic quarterback sneak decision away from losing, from losing that bet.
Jason Moore
But we won. And so, you know, you go to look at your winnings and then Jeremy's like, hey, Jay, you, you bet for the next week. Did you not know this, Mike?
Mike Wright
No.
Jason Moore
Yeah, so I took the. I took the under. You bet a future. I, I was so quick to it that I bet on the wrong game. And so I've got the under on this upcoming matchup against the Dolphins with Lamar active, which I don't want, so. So I would be rooting for some bad defense there. Whoops. Take your time. When you're.
Mike Wright
Slow down, everyone. When you're playing good people. No, it's a good piece of advice for life. Take a breath.
Jason Moore
So anyways, that was why I was like, I would definitely take.
Mike Wright
Oh my gosh, that's hilarious. Thank you everyone for joining FootClan.com if you want the ultimate dashboard, we will see you tomorrow. Good luck with them waivers.
Jason Moore
Goodbye.
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Episode Date: October 28, 2025
Hosts: Mike "The Fantasy Hitman" Wright & Jason Moore (Andy Holloway out)
This week’s episode is a high-energy, humor-laden breakdown of Week 9 waiver wire priorities, rest-of-season outlier pickups, and key streamer options. With Andy out, Mike and Jason (“the lunatics are running the show”) embrace their goofy rapport while delivering sharp, practical fantasy football advice. They hit waiver strategy, injury fallout, news and notes, position-by-position pickups, and streaming suggestions, while coining a hilarious new nickname for tight end Colston Loveland: Mr. Bigglesworth.
"Dump half your fab. Dump as much as you need. 60%, whatever, go get your guy." (Jason, 26:45)
"Freaking Kareem Hunt gets two touchdowns on nobody’s starting roster and then you start two duds..." (Jason, 06:21)
“We cannot ignore the fact that Rico has been exceptional.” (Coach Canales via Mike, 18:11)
"We got a winner. Mr. Bigglesworth. Colston Loveland. You are Mr. Bigglesworth." (Jason, 59:06)
“There’s like different archetypes of waiver pickups and you just have to look at your roster and say, what do I need? Because whatever you need is out there at running back this week.” (Jason, 34:15)
“Every single running back is rostered. ...Our waivers are never—like, those guys, they’re not available in my league.” (Jason & Mike, 40:21)
| Segment | Timestamp | |:-------------------------------|:------------| | Monday Night Football Recap | 02:25–08:16 | | News & Notes / Injury Roundup | 08:20–21:27 | | RB Waivers | 23:12–40:20 | | WR Waivers | 40:20–53:58 | | TE Streamers | 55:12–59:27 | | DST/Defense Streamers | 60:48–61:52 | | QB Streamers | 62:16–End |
As the Hitman says, “Good luck with them waivers!” And in the spirit of “Mr. Bigglesworth,” may your waiver pickups be more purr than hiss this week.