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Fantasy Football Week 15 Waiver Wire: Must-Have Players to Add to Your Roster (Ep. 1887)
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Joey P. Zappia
Welcome in everybody, to Fantasy Pros. This is the fantasy football podcast. It is me, Joey P, Joe P. Zappia. And this is the waiver wire for week 15, round one of your playoffs. And to help get the right names on your roster. D Bro, Derek Brown. Brown, the king of bros. And of course, my patty cakes, Pat Fitzmorris. Gentlemen, and I use that term extremely loosely around these parts. It's great to see you this morning. I know all of us are looking at our fantasy futures ourselves. A couple playoffs. We've made some playoffs. We haven't. Fitzy, I apologize for beating you in the first round of our way too early playoffs, I might add, in the fantasy pros content league. And Derek, I also beat you on the path to the experts league flex league playoffs as well. So I'm kind of in a weird place today between the two of you. Like, no hard feelings, guys, I love you both, but you know, it's this business, not personal.
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Derek Brown
The show without him today, I feel like do it without him, but like, that's where we're at right now, right?
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Joey P. Zappia
Huh?
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Derek Brown
United.
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Pat Fitzmorris
First of all, Joe, it's not over. The Chargers play the Eagles tonight. And since I'm so reliant on the Eagles passing game, if we get, you know, a flipper Anders Anderson type of performance out of A.J. brown with me having Jalen hurts to throw to him, you know, I could. I could score the 83 points or whatever it is.
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Joey P. Zappia
I was gonna say you're down 70 points.
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Pat Fitzmorris
70.
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Joey P. Zappia
I don't know if we're getting there.
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Pat Fitzmorris
Not looking good.
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Derek Brown
I need a 50 burger from Smitty. Just throwing it out there.
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Joey P. Zappia
Yeah, you need a 50 burger to beat me. He needs a 70 burger to be. It's not happening, folks. It's not happening. But I love you guys anyway. And you know, Fitzy, real quick before we get to some of the names and I know, like congratulations everybody who is watching because you made playoffs. You know, we are excited for you. We know that this is what you live for. You love this. This is your passion, fantasy football. It's why you watch the shows, it's why you subscribe to the YouTube channel. You know, Fitzy, just like from a football perspective yesterday, like I know for your Green Bay Packers, a huge win for them, you know, to beat the Bears there. And that's, you know, does not go unnoticed. And, and it's funny because that last play of the game, we, you know, we talk about quarterback development, we talk about, you know, play design. I saw Ben Johnson getting some heat for the play design and I don't like that at all. That play worked. If he rolls out and gets rid of the football in two steps, not only is Cole commit open by a wide margin, it's not even close. It's a walk in touchdown. Instead, Caleb Williams runs six more steps because that's what Caleb Williams does and he allows the corner to close. And if you go back and watch it, especially when you get that high, you know, shot that all 22 shot, it's so clear that as soon as Kamek gets that release off the line, you get rid of the football, it's a touchdown, it's over. And then if you're going to roll out DJ Moore, is the check down also open? Two guys were open on that play. That one is not Ben Johnson's fault. To me, that's all hanging on Caleb Williams. And to me that's why, Pat, I still say Caleb in these big spots is still not where everybody thinks he is despite whatever the record of the Bears is.
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Pat Fitzmorris
Yeah, that's a good point. And I think people kind of look at, I think Ben Johnson even said something about it last week as the. Despite how well the Bears have been playing, the passing attack has not been carrying its weight. And that was sort of a breakdown of it. And I know there are a lot of Bears fans this morning wondering why they didn't run the ball there because they were running it so effectively. Although packers defensive lineman Kingsley and Igbarade made a fantastic play to stop them on third and short and force that fourth down. So yeah, interesting. I mean, it was a really. The Bears threw their best punch, I thought for the most part in that game other than, you know, past defense continues to be a problem for them. And the packers had a lot of big chunk plays in the Passing game dbro.
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Joey P. Zappia
A lot of big injuries on Sunday and the biggest, maybe Daniel Jones, who is going to impact a lot of fantasy shares not just in super flex leagues, but also from the wide receiver core from Jonathan Taylor. Now Riley Leonard took over a quarterback. People speculating maybe we get an activation of Anthony Richardson at some point, so who knows what that's going to look like. But really, really tough because I, I think even if you weren't a big fan of Daniel Jones, you had to appreciate the struggle and appreciate the journey of where he got to. And the Colts did feel like things were coming apart the seams a little bit. He's playing with a broken leg and he ends up tearing the Achilles. Zach Ertz with a terrible injury too. A lot, a lot of tough injuries yesterday to watch. But this Daniel Jones one, that's certainly gonna have a giant ripple effect, I think not just in super flex leagues where he lost Daniel Jones, but also what becomes of this passing game now. Like we did see Michael Pittman kind of get some targets from Riley Leonard. If again, that is, I don't know at this point what the pivot's going to be. But what are your thoughts on the impact of that Daniel Jones injury for all the Colts players?
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Derek Brown
It's crushing, man. I mean Pittman's had his ups and downs. We've had so many great like Spike, Alec Pierce weeks. Tyler Warren like turned into a ghost last week. So like if, if it is Riley Leonard, heck, if it's for Anthony Richardson, how do we feel good about any parts of this passing attack? You feel better about the rushing attack if it was Richardson under there. And maybe it's could say the same thing for Riley Leonard, but we didn't see the Colts access his legs as part of that offense a ton. So I think the biggest thing we could talk about here is that the, the finishing schedule for them is not amazing. Like they get Seattle, San Francisco and Jacksonville like two of those games. You're feeling okay about them. Like I guess the final two about leaning on Jonathan Taylor. But Michael Pittman and Alec Pierce now get thrown into like wide receiver 3 text flex plays. They're not wide receiver twos or even around that conversation, regardless who is under center. And Jonathan Taylor, is he now like a. A volume based RB2 and not a league winner? It's tough man. And Tyler Warren maybe a low end, tight end one maybe.
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Joey P. Zappia
Yeah. I mean that's the other guy too. Fitzy, you're the Jonathan Taylor guy. Talk to me about the Jonathan Taylor impact of this Daniel Jones injury and also the Tyler Warren impact too.
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Pat Fitzmorris
So on one hand, maybe they lean on him a little harder in the running game, the carries. I don't think he's going to lose carries as a result, but I going to lose efficiency just because the run pass balance isn't going to be there. And it's a brutal matchup this week. If you have any Colts going out to Seattle and playing this defense that's been really tough against the run and the pass. Like I wouldn't feel good about starting Michael Pittman or Alec Pierce this week. I'm going to have both of those guys ranked outside the top 30 at receiver and possibly well outside. And you're playing Taylor, but yeah, the expectations have been lowered.
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Joey P. Zappia
All right, we're gonna go through and do things a little differently this week. Again, this is more about streamers at this point, right? You're not fighting a lot of people for waiver wire. And look, some of this is also going to be about keeping other players off of rosters that you're playing against too. So keep this in mind. It's about acquiring talent right now to help you or also not allow help to go to some of your opponents too. That's the game within the game. And speaking of games, we're giving away free stuff here because we like to play games around these parts. The ESPN Fantasy Football championship ring is now officially go on to Kelso. Congratulations, Kelso. Get in touch with us at customer support@mailbag fantasypros.com with your mailing address. A screenshot of your YouTube account. 100 in cash. No, sorry, I just, I made up that last one. And we'll confirm, Kelso, that you are the big winner. It's free, Kelso, don't worry. Although I can give you my Venmo if you want. Whatever, Kelso. It's all cool. Kelso, you're congratulated as the winner of the ESPN Fantasy Football Championship ring giveaway. And when one giveaway goes away, another takes its place. This week, the Fantasy Football championship belt. Perfect timing. Let's go. If you want a chance to win this from of course, Trophy Smack, the number one destination from epic fantasy football hardware. This is your moment. This massive gold plated belt is the way to make a statement that you are the champ. The champ is here. They have entered the building of your fantasy football league. So to enter, how do you win again? Subscribe to the channel like this video. Drop your comments below and ring the bell till it goes ding. So you never miss a piece of content on the channel and subscribe and we can let you know if you're the big winner of the latest trophy smack giveaway, the championship belt. All right, gentlemen, let's start with the waiver wire ad of the week because I think no matter who you are, where you are, I think a star is starting to emerge in Cleveland of all places. No, it's not Shador Sanders necessarily, although we did have a a ton of passing yards,364. It was against the Titans though. He did play pretty well for the most part. But still, Harold Fannin Jr. Is the guy I want to talk about. Eight receptions for 114 in the touchdown. We've seen some moments here from him, Fitzy, in the last couple weeks too where you know, you little glimmers of what Harold Fannin is capable of. I know he played at a smaller school. He's still available in more than 50% of leagues right now and that's on sleeper, where again, the roster percentage is always going to be higher. So Fitzy, talk to me about Harold Fannon, what you saw yesterday and what you see potentially in the future down the stretch run here as what could be the favorite target of Shador going forward to close out the year.
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Pat Fitzmorris
Yeah, the guy who led FBS in receiving and receiving in catches and receiving yards from the tight end position last fall and not surprising that he's having this impact. But I think Shadour Sanders is starting to unlock him in a way that Dylan Gabriel wasn't able to. Dylan Gabriel was more of this probably.
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Joey P. Zappia
Because he couldn't reach the cabinet to unlock it.
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Pat Fitzmorris
So Dylan Gabriel was this ball, ball control game manager type of quarterback. Shador Sanders has the flaw of holding onto the ball too long. That's probably not a good thing for the Browns offense generally because it's going to lead to sacks and problems there. But it's good for Fannin because it's letting him run deeper routes and get higher value targets. And Fannin and Shador seem to have a connection and Fannin clearly seems to be the go to target in a passing game that's now more functional than it was just a few weeks ago.
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Joey P. Zappia
And Debro, look, we always know rookie quarterbacks look for the tight end, the checkdowns, right. The easier path to success. And that's what we have here. And looking forward in the schedule, do you think it's favorable here for Fanning down the stretch?
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Derek Brown
I think it's lovely, man. Two of the next three matchups are teams that have struggled against tight ends. He gets the Bears and the Steelers Buffalo. You're probably starting him but you don't feel great about it. But the other part about this, the fact that he's even out there right now is honestly sacrilegious. Harold Fannin let's put some respect on his name. Boys tied in 10 in fantasy points per game on the season right now. And yeah he's the wide receiver one for the Cleveland Browns moving forward with Shadow Sanders. So yes, he's pick up the week.
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Joey P. Zappia
There you go. So Harold fans, that guy that everybody wants. So we're going to talk about the streamers here. Let's start with the running back streamers. The guys are going to give us their favorite picks of the week. Deborah, let's start with you. I know the Devon Hn injury again. It's Monday morning recording this. We're still waiting for more updates on that. But if things should be tenuous there jalen wright 2% roster that would be the guy it seems would take over at this point. Again I put seems with question mark man.
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Derek Brown
It seems and, and I, I, I want to open this up and have a big conversation about him because I, I'm, I'm so curious. Is he a trap or is he not a trap? Because Ollie Gordon has been the straight backup for most of the season. Jalen Wright and and we also need to because we need to give context about that game. It was a blowout. The jets had no chance of coming back in that game. So is this Jalen wright is the RB2 and he's the pickup and he's the guy and I know he got 24 freaking carries. I know he got 107 rushing yards and a touchdown but was that because of the game script, the blowout like the game environment and the reason he got the run over Ollie Gordon where I'm kind of like fine, pick up Jalen Wright this week and yes, he could be the guy and he gets Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Tampa Bay if H and misses any time and I don't even know if he misses next week but if he misses time, if he's the lead back, sure he's awesome, maybe a plug and play RB2 but the other side of this is if Ali Gordon is out there, you probably want to pick up both of these guys and.
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Joey P. Zappia
You'Re probably going to be able to.
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Derek Brown
Get Ollie Gordon for cheaper. So I'm honestly like is he a trap? Is he not? I'm kind of on the fence guys.
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Joey P. Zappia
It's a, you know what the tinfoil hat is not an absurd idea here, Fitzy, because I think Derek makes some good points about this, but 24 carries is 24 carries. It is a lot. So what were your thoughts coming out of there? Do you think that Jalen Wright is a trap?
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Pat Fitzmorris
I think he might be. And I'm like dbra, I'm kind of confused and I think the game context with the blowout sort of.
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Creates a little bit of a haze there and not knowing who the right guy is because I mean, all year.
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Jalen Wright went into the year with this knee issue and immediately Ollie Gordon just seemed to usurp him as the primary backup to Devon Hn and even carved out a little bit of a standalone role as a goal line guy who they could go to when they were at the one or two yard line. And now all of a sudden they just kind of made, right, a one for one Achan replacement. So maybe they are pigeonholing Gordon in the short yard, a draw, and that's all they see him as. So it's possible Wright does have value, but it's also possible he has no value whatsoever because apparently Mike McDaniel said Achan could have returned to the game if he needed to. It was not considered a serious injury. Then again, I mean, the Dolphins, I think have faint playoffs playoff hopes at 6 and 7, so they're not totally out of it. I would expect that if A Chan can play this week, he will play and that they won't hold him out for any precautionary reasons. So I definitely, I will push back on deeper. Like, I don't want to pick up both. I don't want to waste two roster spots on Jalen Wright and Ali Grant.
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Joey P. Zappia
If you have my Chan, even I'll.
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Pat Fitzmorris
I'll pick a lane. No, I mean, do you really want to dedicate three roster spots to the. I mean, if you're playing in some massive league where you've got all these bench spots. But I don't really at this point.
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Joey P. Zappia
Bench doesn't mean that much. Right. It's like I just need to have the guys running the football in Miami. You know, if I have a Chan right now and I've got, you know, some other dead weight at the back of my bench was never going to play. I can understand that. There's one guy though, at running back that I think is easy at, and it's your guy this week. It's Blake Corum. 12 carries for 128 and two touchdowns. Like Kyren Williams did have 13 carries for 84 and a touchdown. So it wasn't like he was not good. But Blake Corum was very good against the Arizona Cardinals and this is the second week in a row that he had a season high back to back week. So it was 80 something last week and then he broke the century mark this week. So Fitzy, how in the world after all that discussion we had last week about this guy is he still floating around in 70% of leagues?
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Pat Fitzmorris
He shouldn't be. Especially Joe. Like you have to appreciate Sean McVeigh and how forthright he has been about his running back usage this year. Like it was this consistent 2/3 to 1/3 ratio with Corum and well with Kyron Williams being the 2/3 and Corn being the 1/3 all year. And then last week McVeigh said that he was basically going to alternate and have this be a 5050 split down the stretch to keep Kyron Williams fresh. And that's exactly what we saw in week 14. Yep. And so now you've got Blake corum as a 5050 back in one of the best offenses in the league. Just a machine. And we saw both of these guys have strong fantasy days in Week 14. Twelve carries, 128 yards, two touchdowns for Corum. But Kyron, 13 carries, 84 yards and a touchdown. So the only problem here is that the Rams schedule not that great for running backs the next two weeks they get Detroit at home. The Lions, like I don't think it's a total skull and crossbones matchup for running backs, but it does keep these guys. Maybe both of them have either low end RB2 or flex value this week and then they go out to Seattle which I think by DVOA might still have the number one run defense before finally getting a really soft matchup in Week 17 against Atlanta. So it is going to be a little tricky with the matchups the next two weeks, but you are getting half of the backfield and you know, arguably the league's best offense.
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Joey P. Zappia
All right, let's go through another couple names too that we've talked about a few times here. Chris Rodriguez we've talked about. I know things didn't go well for Washington last week. Bam Knight, another guy with the Trey Benson news still floating out there in a lot of leagues. And Devin Singletary again as we're trying to parse through what's going on with that Giants backfield. You can also even throw Dylan Sampson in that mix too. I would even throw him if you want to talk about three or four of those guys who is the one that stands out to you from that group? If there is one, Derek.
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Derek Brown
For me, it's Rodriguez and it's only because of the schedule. Like, I don't love the fact that he's the early down grinder, but to the next three weeks, he gets the Giants and the Cowboys, you know, so the fact that he's not running a lot of routes, the fact that he's going to get 10 to 15 carries, 50 to 60 yards, I mean, all of these guys are kind of in the same area code as far as usage and outlook. They're all at that, like RB3 territory and they get a touchdown. Like, Rodriguez is the guy with the matchups that I like the most. But, I mean, you can make a case for a number of different guys kind of in this phylum.
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Joey P. Zappia
Fitzy, what about you? Bam? Singletary, Rodriguez, Sampson?
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Pat Fitzmorris
For me, it's Singletary a little bit over Rodriguez. I just hate the fact that Rodriguez catches no passes. He has one catch this year. So in ppr, like, even in a matchup against the Giants, who are giving up 6.1 yards per carry to running backs, I don't really want to start Chris Rodriguez in ppr. Like, if he doesn't get a touchdown, you're not going to get your money's worth out of him. So.
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Joey P. Zappia
All right, remember. Oh, sorry, go ahead.
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Pat Fitzmorris
No, no, I thought you were done.
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Joey P. Zappia
You were.
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Pat Fitzmorris
I'm done. What were you going to say?
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Joey P. Zappia
No, I was just going to remind everybody about our incredible sponsor. But I want you to finish your take first. Of course.
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Pat Fitzmorris
Okay. So the reason I prefer Singletary.
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It is kind of a split backfield and we saw that when we last saw the Giants before their week 14 by Singletary and Tyrone. Tracy split work.
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Against the Patriots, and Singletary had a Pretty good game. 12 carries, 68 yards, a touchdown, three catches, 34 yards. Part of that, like, he was getting the work late because Tracy left with a hip injury. Although Tracy said it was just a stinger and that he was going to be okay. So if we take Tyrone Tracy at his word, he's going to be back this week. It's still going to be a 5050 backfield, but the Giants get the Commanders an easier matchup than they had in Week 13 against the Patriots.
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Joey P. Zappia
So.
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Pat Fitzmorris
And then after that, it's the Vikings and Raiders and you can run on all of those teams.
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Joey P. Zappia
All right, next up here, let's talk about some of the wide receivers here to stream. Pat, let's start with you. Is there a wide receiver out there that you feel is streamable in week 15?
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Pat Fitzmorris
Eh, barely. Barely.
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Joey P. Zappia
So you really feel Pat, I'm gonna.
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Pat Fitzmorris
Go like Jaden Higgins. He's looked really good, but it's kind of a limited passing attack with the Texans and Nico Collins is the alpha there. So still pretty decent stretch of schedule the next two weeks with the Cardinals. We just saw get diced up by the Rams and the Raiders. So you know, I know Debro is a Higgins guy and that as Debro pointed out, from weeks 10 to 13 Jaden Higgins was wide receiver 24 in fantasy points per game. So I think he's, you know, on the sort of fringy flex border where in a pinch you could maybe use him.
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Joey P. Zappia
Don't say Jaden Higgins to D row this morning though, because Jaden Higgins did not do enough last night. He didn't to come get the it's.
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Derek Brown
More of a d' amico Ryan's problem. They sat on the ball. But hey, hey, I won't hate the fact that I got the money line bet that hit.
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Joey P. Zappia
I was gonna say you got the money line and I had to cover yesterday. So appreciate that. Like we were on the Texans of that game and what was the narrative we talked about Sunday morning? Like why is everyone talking about the Chiefs and their playoff runs. Like, nobody's talking about the fact that the Texans have a better record and a better defense and they're fighting for their playoff life.
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Derek Brown
That. Don't tell him that.
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Joey P. Zappia
I know there's eight seconds left in this game. I feel like Mahomes still has a shot. I gotta tell you, Mike still got a shot out there.
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Derek Brown
Three beautiful punts by my homes last night. That's all I'll say.
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Joey P. Zappia
Whatever. All right, Give me a streaming wide receiver for first round of the playoffs.
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Derek Brown
Dude, I'm going with Darius Slate, man. He's probably available in a lot of leagues. And the matchup with the Commanders is amazing considering, especially with his role in the Giants passing attack. Since week five, he's been the field stretcher. Like, his eight out is 14.5. He's at 1.8 yards per out run. He already has like, in the stretch since week five, three top 36 finishes on the weekly scoring. So he's already shown that he can be a good flex play. And I mean, I think he's going to have a really strong week, man. Like Washington, since week nine are allowing the highest completion rate and the highest pass rating on deep passes.
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Joey P. Zappia
All right, so Higgins, Meh. Slayton. Okay. Devon Vale, another guy that's still out there catching balls. And. And if again, CD Lamb is out. Something Jake and I were just talking about on the short version of this show was that, you know, Ryan Flournoy certainly looks like another guy, potentially too worth speculating. I know it was a Thursday, so he's got a little bit more than the usual time to get through concussion protocol. But it's, you know, typically in concussion protocol, you don't get out of it in the same week. So any of those guys pop for you? DBRO or somebody else maybe could be floating out there.
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Derek Brown
I think both of those guys are perfect ads, man. Like Vale, the Saints passing attack, it's kind of like with Higgins where it's like they're limited with passing volume. Like, people could say, okay, well, the stat line wasn't amazing. He still drew a 25 target share and led the team with 40 receiving yards. So firmly in flex play. And Ryan Flournoy, I think he's this week's Isaac Tesla. It's like it kind of what we did last week, it was like, if Amon Rod doesn't play, then okay, well, then he's. He's flex worthy. It's like if CD Lamb is in, we know it's going to be the CD and pick and show. But if he's out, yeah, Florida is definitely worth a pickup.
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Joey P. Zappia
I like the way Devin Neal ran in that game against the Bucks. Yeah, I just want to put that out there too. So I, I don't in shallow leagues. If he's still floating out there, add him just going back to the RBs for a second there. I doubt he is but after last week. But if he is, you know, just think about that. Fitzy, any other wide receivers here that float your boat for first round of the playoffs?
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Pat Fitzmorris
Luther Burden is now the Bears top receiver I think and, and Romo Dunes injury seems like it's going to be a multi week deal. So you know that's, that's not saying a lot because the Bears are run heavy and want to be run heavy but they have a home game against Cleveland. I think you could start Luther Burton in a pinch and the nice thing about him is like Luther Burton has game breaking speed so it only takes one long catch and run to him to have him make his quota in fantasy for the week.
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Joey P. Zappia
All right, let's talk about the rest of the streamers. Let's start at quarterback this week. For those of you in super flex leagues, Fitzy, why don't you kick us off here with a potential QB streamer because people lost Daniel Jones, maybe Jaden Daniels again. It's getting tough. Tyrod Taylor, it's tough out there in those super flex streets. Let me tell you.
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Pat Fitzmorris
I think DBRO is about to give you the safest and best option for this week. But I, I have three right now. I'm putting reluctantly putting Justin Fields atop the list because he's that bad penny man.
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Joey P. Zappia
You just keep starting up and first.
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Pat Fitzmorris
Of all, first of all you have to make sure he's going to play this week because he, he was not active because of knee soreness in week 14. But you wonder if that was just because they knew he wasn't going to be starting and just have someone else dress so well.
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Joey P. Zappia
Fitzy, I think the, I think in his case the pride is located right next to the knee. So both were very sore for Justin Fields.
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Pat Fitzmorris
So. And look, it's ugly in the passing game with Justin Fields, but we know what he does as a runner so I think he's probably your highest ceiling option if in fact he does start against the Jaguars this week. But maybe if you want something a little bit safer and a guy with a decent matchup. CJ Stroud at home against the Cardinals, who their defense looked awful yesterday against the Rams.
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Joey P. Zappia
By the way, one of the Best QB performances wasn't on the field. It was actually Jameis Winston on the pregame show too. He was great. Can we get Jameis Winston every week on pregame shows? He's hilarious. I love that guy. Yeah, what a cute. What a QB performer.
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Derek Brown
Put him up. Put him on the banning cast every single week. Just make it a trio.
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Joey P. Zappia
Everywhere. Just everywhere. Oh, he's so fun. Give me another one, D, bro. Give me another quarterback you can look at this week to stream.
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Derek Brown
Yeah, I'm just gonna just open this up with. I got to the sheet before Fitzy I think, but I mean, I think, I think we're hand holding. He's the top guy and that's Marcus Mariota in this, this game just screams like slop fest, both bad defenses. So these offenses are going to overperform and probably it's a low key shootout. So Marcus Mariota, you know, you're getting the rushing equity. The Giants have been terrible as a past defense since week nine, giving up the 10th highest yards per attempt and the fourth highest CPOE. So Marcus Mariota maybe like I'm telling you, you got to probably pinch your nose, but maybe a QB one in scoring this week.
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Joey P. Zappia
All right now, tight end, we already talked about how old Fannin and that is your streamer of the week and the matchup is against the Bears, Debra.
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Derek Brown
Yeah, so I mean Bears have not been guarding tight ends. Well, we know Fannin's gonna be the wide receiver one for sure. So yeah, he's. He's my top guy of the week.
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Joey P. Zappia
All right, Fitzy, if Fannin is not available in your league, what's another pivot point at tight end if you need one?
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Pat Fitzmorris
I think you could go with Dalton Schultz. He did not really do too much at all against the, the Chiefs in week 14. But you know, for the most part, as, as Debro pointed out in our waiver article this week, like from weeks 13, weeks 3 to 13, Dalton Sch tight end, 12 in fantasy points per game. So not, not terrible matchups the next couple of weeks against the Cardinals and Raiders.
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Joey P. Zappia
All right, next up, the defense to stream this week. And these matchups are super important, right? We're fighting for every single point. So Fitzy, what's a defense that's going to give us some points in round one?
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Pat Fitzmorris
Oh man, hear me out. This is not just a Week 15 play, but could also be a Week 16 play. And hard to believe I'm going to tout the defense that is dead last in sacks and pressure rate the San Francisco 49ers at home against the Tennessee Titans this week and going up against Cam Ward, who has taken 49 sacks, coughed up nine fumbles, and thrown seven interceptions this year. So Titans have allowed the third most fantasy points to opposing defenses. 49ers, even with their anemic pass rush, are a decent play this week. And then they get the Colts and their questionable quarterback situation in week 16. So I think you could play the 49ers the next two weeks.
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Derek Brown
Well, you could play them all three maybe. Then they get Caleb Williams. It's not like he hasn't been a sack.
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Pat Fitzmorris
Yeah, they're. They're just so run heavy, though, that it, like, I don't agree. Really want to start a defense against a team as run heavy as the Bears.
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Joey P. Zappia
Got to get there first before you get those week 17 problems. Yeah, a couple weeks to get there. Dbro, how about you a defense that's appealing to you this week?
- [30:48]
Derek Brown
I know Fitzy just brought up Justin Fields and for good reason. I'll also bring up the Jacksonville defense for good reason, because Justin Fields, we know what he's going to do. He's going to throw picks, going to take sacks. He can get the rushing equity and pay off in fantasy and he could still be a bad quarterback in real life. NFL and help us out on the defensive side.
- [31:06]
Joey P. Zappia
All right, next up here, the kicker. Again, every point counts. Stop playing in leagues with kickers. But that's okay if you still do. Dbro, give me a kicker that's got a good opportunity to score some points this week.
- [31:16]
Derek Brown
Matt Prater. Man, the Buffalo Bills are going to have to put up a lot of points to beat the Patriots. We know that's going to be the case. So I think a Patriots defense that's good enough to maybe they relent and allow the Bills to move down the field and get in the field goal range and keep them out of the end zone. So a lot of field goal opportunities for Prater.
- [31:34]
Joey P. Zappia
All right, Fitzy, give me a kicker.
- [31:36]
Pat Fitzmorris
Kairo Santos. Since Week 4, he's been the third leading kicker in fantasy points per game, 10.6. But if you don't like taking a kicker in cold weather, I believe Eddie Pinero is supposed to be back for the 49ers this week, and he was pretty good. And they have a great matchup against the Titans. If we know Pinero is going to be back, I think he's a decent play also.
- [31:59]
Joey P. Zappia
Yeah, CMC coming off a buy getting the Titans. If you got CMC that I think you're going to round two of the playoffs. I don't want to jinx it. I'm just saying I think it's a pretty good shot there. They might be going there. So again, we've got more help for you too. I know this is the end of this show, but don't forget we've got the short form waiver wire that's floating out there on the YouTube channel. We've got the rankings up@ fantasybros.com we got the Waiver Wire articles this week, and of course we've got more live streams for you too. DBRO and I will be hosting the Tuesday live stream 3pm Eastern right here on the channel. So as more questions develop after Monday night's game, who knows what happens with the Chargers and the Eagles? We're going to break that down for you and as well as some of the other ads you can make for your streamers of the playoffs. And of course, the tools are always there too. Waiver Central Download the Fantasy Pros app or go to fantasypros.com myplaybook use waiver Central to get the right players on your roster to get you one step closer to a championship. All right, that'll do it for us, but the story of the game goes on. For Pat Fitzmaurice and Derrick Brown, I'm Joey P. We'll see you next time, kids.
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