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Week 11 Buy Low + Sell High Wide Receiver Targets (Ep. 1836)
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Dan Campbell's favorite wide receiver, Jameson Williams, receiver for the Detroit Lions we saw this past week Dan Campbell take a bigger role in terms of play calling for the Lions. He wasn't necessarily loving what John Morton had been doing or he thought that he could improve upon it. Add his own wrinkle to the offense and I think that resulted in Jameson Williams having one of his best games of the season. Six of seven targets for 119 yards and a touchdown with the majority of his stuff coming in the second half. So in the first half of the Game, the Lions could basically do whatever they wanted. And it was a lot of Amara St. Brown, it was a lot of Sam Laporta, obviously Jir Gibbs. And in the second half when they were already kind of in cruise control, it was bombs away like, like, let's get Jameson Williams some numbers here. So in a game script that usually is always about, okay, Dave Montgomery is just going to absolutely feast in the spot. It was really more Jameson Williams still being heavily involved, especially as a downfield threat. So Dan Campbell is CEO president of the Jameson Williams fan club. I think that he absolutely, he loves and adores the guy. He's the guy that's been coaching him up and hyping him up the last two offseasons. And I know that it's kind of been bumpy in the beginning of the season for Jameson Williams. He's been up and down. I think that this is a really good thing for him that Dan Campbell did take over the play calling duties and I think that his usage is going to here to stay. I think he's going to remain an integral part of this offense. And the scheduled rest of season for the Detroit Lions I think is fantastic. So this week is not great. They're playing on the road at Philadelphia, but after this game, they're playing indoors every single week of the season until week 18, which we don't care about because it's outside of the fantasy football postseason. So Jameson Williams indoors rest of the way. That's something that I want to buy into, especially if Dan Campbell remains as the play caller, which after they just scored 44 points against the Commanders, I think will probably be the case.
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A
So that's, I guess like scoring 25 against a normal team.
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B
So good. Still good though. Still good.
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A
They could have scored 60 in that game if they wanted to. I mean the Commander's defense is absolutely, I mean it truly might be worse than like the Bengals defense right now. I mean it is awful.
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B
The effort levels are definitely horrific right now.
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A
Just a heinous performance. Yeah. Jameson Williams is wide receiver 29 in the rest of season rankings. I don't understand why, like he's behind Garrett Wilson. Wilson is going to miss three to four weeks. That is like so relevant. At least three to four weeks, by the way. Like that's. Even if it's just three or four weeks. That is so relevant this late in the year. That is like the rest of the regular season. Like I don't get that. Honestly, you could make a case to me that you would rather have Jameson Williams and Brian Thomas Jr. They're back to back in ACR right now. Like, just if Dan Campbell really is going to be calling the plays the rest of the season, I'm with. I think that is such a huge chain change for Jameson specifically that like I would, I would bump him up a lot, honestly. Like, I think he's borderline into wide receiver 2 territory under Dan Campbell going forward. And, and you're getting him at a discount right now. It, it's buying a high because he's coming off of a good game. But I think this is a case where it's smart to buy high and, and hope that maybe the Jameson Williams manager is looking to sell high and say, hey, he was frustrating for a lot of the year. Like, see if you can. Don't just assume that because you want a guy that his manager wants him to. Like we talked about in the previous, you know, in part one of the show Erickson, how do you get trades done? Ask like how many times have you seen somebody trade a player away and you go, well, I would have traded for him. And the guy's like, why I didn't. I know you wanted to like talk when we're not mind readers, right? Like go ask and if, if they say no, I want to hold on to Jameson Williams. Okay, you've lost nothing except for a couple seconds of your time. Like, but go ask because I think this is a great one. I think you cannot overemphasize enough how much Dan Campbell likes Jameson Williams and how much of an impact it could have. This, this change at the play collar. Where would you have a ranked rest of season?
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B
I think he'd probably be a top 24 guy for me and I realized that a lot of his production is not going to be consistent. Probably especially like this week. Right. Week 11 at Philadelphia. Could the Lions lay an egg here? Yeah, I think that's totally possible. But the upside that Williams can offer on a week to week basis is what I'm chasing here. I want that extra firepower in my fantasy lineup for the fantasy postseason. Because if Jameson Williams goes off for 152, well, I'm going to be a hard guy to beat in the fantasy postseason that week. And because all they're doing is playing dome games, I think that's always in Jameson Williams range of outcomes. So yeah, it's always possible that he is boomer bust. But we won't. We went with upside worm. Right? Like Jameson Williams or Alvin Camara. Who has more upside? It's jamo, right. I get The Camara is going to offer that a floor, but the floor is not going to win you anything.
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A
I was going to ask you about a different saint. Would you rather have Jameson Williams or Chris Olave?
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B
Man, Olave is really hard for me to gauge because I don't think that the ceiling is super, super high. Yes, he caught the long touchdown last week. Does he do that ever again this season? Like that? Like, that's what I'm concerned about. So I think I still lean Olave just because I don't think that. I mean, his floor is really, really, really high and he has had a couple spike weeks here and there, but I don't feel, I don't feel great about it. I don't know. Like, do you, should it be JMO all the way here?
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A
I, I find that to be. They're very close, just in different ways. So I, I, I don't feel strongly about that one. Olave is ranked higher in consensus, but.
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B
Which I think makes sense.
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A
Yeah, let's go to another wide receiver to buy and it's another wide receiver that, you know, it's not a buy low. It's somebody who's, who's ranked highly. I mean, James Williams isn't ranked highly, but you know, it's another buy high. Jaylen Waddle, coming off a wide receiver one finish, not wide receiver one overall, but like he was inside the top 12, five catches, 84 yards and a touchdown last week, has been getting great work with Tyree Kill out and he gets that aforementioned Washington commander's defense this week. He does have a buy coming up the week after, which again, becomes more relevant the later in the season you get. There's fewer weeks to make up for it. But Jalen Waddle is on your list here.
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B
Jalen Waddle was one of my favorite draft targets this offseason and it really hasn't played out the way that I thought it would. Obviously did not consider that, you know, Tyree Kill was going to get injured or that the Miami Dolphins offense would be as dysfunctional as it's been at times. But the last couple weeks, Miami has kind of looked a little bit better, I think both offensively and defensively and more importantly, they're winning games, which means Mike McDaniel isn't going to get fired. I feel pretty confident that they beat the Commanders in Spain. That's another win for them. They just beat the Buffalo Bills. McDaniel, I think, is going to be the head coach for the rest of the season. Now after that, I'm not exactly sure what they're going to do. They already fired the GM. But as long as McDaniel is calling the shots, they have two at quarterback. Waddle is a fantasy wide receiver. 1. One game this year without Terry Keel has he failed to top 82 yards. And it was that one game against Cleveland in bad weather. But five of six games, he's had at least 82 receiving yards. He's been an absolute monster without Tyree Kill in the lineup. So you look at the Dolphins final eight games, four of them are at home. So you're playing in good weather, which I think is ideal for fantasy production. Again, this is a neutral matchup this week, but it's against the Washington commanders, who basically can't feel the defense. Yeah, sign me up for Jalen Waddle. And for those that maybe are concerned that Mike McDaniel might get fired or the Miami Dolphins are going to go back to this dysfunctional team, I think they definitely still have that elements of that, and I think that there is still that sentiment that things can kind of get off the rails here, which is why I think Waddle can be acquired still, because I don't know if he's getting the credit enough for how well he's performed without Tyree Kill this season. So that, for me is like, I just like buying Jalen Waddle.
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Yeah, he has over 80 yards in five of his last six games. The Dolphins have been dysfunctional in a lot of those games. And he has still been giving you a floor. He's been. He has at least 11 fantasy points and half PPR in. In those five games. Like, he's been really productive, like, with a high floor. And he's also giving you a bit of a ceiling. Like, he has three wide receiver one finishes in that time. He was wide receiver four, wide receiver four wide receiver 11 in three of those weeks. So, like, that game at Cleveland, which was horrible weather and just a hideous game, is the only dud since week four. Like, since the first month of the season ended, he has been really, really good. So, and I, I agree with you. Like, I don't know that he's thought about as much as this top option, but he's wide receiver 10 on the season, despite a slow start. Like, this has been a wide receiver one year for Jalen Waddle. And there's. I, there's no reason to think that's going away now.
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B
Again, the concern was that they fired McDaniel, they bench Tua and then Zach Wilson's quarterback, and then it's a disaster. But because. Right. I don't think it's happening anymore because they're starting to win games.
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Yeah.
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And their schedule is offering them matchups where they can beat their favorite against the Commanders this week. Big. They should win. Unless again, it's in Spain. Weird stuff happens some of these international games, but they can just take advantage of a terrible defense which McDaniel can't control defense as much because they don't have great personnel. But their defense is playing with much more effort. And McDaniel still a strong offensive play caller and against a terrible defense like Washington. Yeah, he's going to have Tua throwing the ball effectively. It's just a matter of tua. His biggest issue is the turnovers. Right. Like that's how they lose this game is if he just turns the ball over, which he even did against Buffalo. He was turning the ball over. So besides that, I think this offense can at least still be elite for guys that we care about the most, which is Waddle and Achan.
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I love Waddle. Seems like a strong buy. So does Jameson Williams. I think there's two really good picks by you. You can use the trade analyzer@fantasypros.com MyPlaybook or on the Fantasy Pros app to instantly evaluate how any trade will affect your team for this week, the rest of the season, or even in dynasty. Let's get to the wide receivers to sell. Interesting name. Here you have first Erickson, Troy Franklin.
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Yes, Troy Franklin, who has been out producing Cortland Sutton over the last couple weeks. And I think it's been really frustrating for Sutton managers and I think it's been kind of surprising for those that picked up Troy Franklin off waivers earlier in the season that this guy's been producing at a pretty high level. One of the most insane stats about Troy Franklin this year in terms of his usage is he's right up there with Devonte Adams as the leader in total red zone targets and two point conversion attempts. It's bonkers because you look at all the names in terms of red zone targets, you don't think you're going to see the Denver Broncos number two wide receiver atop the list. But there he is and Cortland Sutton is like nowhere to be found, which is just very, very bizarre. But despite that and the fact that Franklin actually has a 20% target share over the last six weeks, which is actually higher than Cortland Sutton's, I think we're going to see this usage start to level out a little bit. I don't think that Sutton has shown this year that he is just like dust or that he's no longer the alpha in the Broncos passing game. Now, to Franklin's credit, he has definitely taken a major step in his second season. But if you just look at straight up points per game, Sutton is still out producing Troy Franklin in just straight up points per game, despite the fact that Troy Franklin is seeing significantly better usage for fantasy football purposes, whether it's air yards, whether it's the red zone targets that I just mentioned, but Franklin isn't even taking advantage of of all these opportunities like he even should be. So he has eight plus or he has four games with eight plus targets, four straight. He has one game with more than 40 receiving yards over that span. He scored four touchdowns in his last four games per PFF. Franklin PFF's 71st graded wide receiver this season. So he's not taking full advantage of all the opportunities he's seeing. Which to me suggests that maybe the Broncos don't focus on hyper targeting him nearly as much because when they've been targeting Troy Franklin, yeah, he's been catching touchdowns but more often than not it's like not resulting in the greatest play ever. And we saw this last year with Courtland Sutton, first half of the season kind of started a little bit slower, had that terrible game against the Saints where he had zero catches. And then second half of the season him and Bonix really started to click and they went on a tear. So I think that Sutton gets a little bit more involved the rest of the season, which when you look at the Broncos schedule is also much tougher than it was to start the year. They have matchups against the Chiefs which isn't ideal. Jaguars, Green Bay packers, another tough matchup against a tough defense. So I think Franklin, to me it's just a process play where this guy scored a bunch of touchdowns over the last couple of weeks. I don't think he's going to be the alpha in the passing game all year long and I think you can take advantage of those that are looking at the box score where Troy Franklin's looking pretty good, like he's seeing a bunch of targets. Has he taken over as the alpha? Which I don't necessarily think will be the case when we finish up the rest of the season with core.
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He so he's wide Sh40 in the rest of the season rankings. I don't. I think that's probably about fair honestly. He has a bye week coming his Kansas City, then a bye week. But then he does get Washington after that which is appealing. He gets at Casey in week 17, which is, you know, tough for him and the Broncos. I think this probably makes sense. How much do you think you can get? Like, what do you think you would get for Troy Franklin in a trade right now?
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I can tell you exactly who you should get with Troy Franklin. His name is Rashid Shahid. That's what you should get.
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Okay, we actually have a question coming up in the listener question segment. Just asking if. If we should be buying low on Shaheed. You would trade Trey Franklin for Shaheed?
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Yes, I would do that. The thing with Shaheed, it's really hard to take away a ton of stuff from his first game with the Seahawks because it was 35 to nothing in the second quarter. So. So it's really hard to understand what his usage was going to be. But think about this. Shahid already played the Rams this season. He played the Rams two weeks ago. He had a 30, 36% target share in that game against the opponent the Seahawks are playing this week. So there's a bunch of tape about Shaheed against this Rams defense that Clint Kubiak can spend all week in the lab maneuvering and manufacturing touches for Shahid. I think that this is a monster potential game for Shahid and the fact that he bombed in his debut, even though it really wasn't his fault. It was more like the game script. I mean, Sam Darnold threw the ball 12 times. I mean, besides Jackson, Smith and Jigman, no wide receiver can really be good when his quarterback throws 12 times. So I think that this is a really sharp move to make. Would be flipping Franklin after scoring another touchdown to Shahid off a meh game. But I think that the trajectory is pointing in completely different directions for these two players.
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Let's go to your other wide receiver.
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B
To sell Nico Collins and this one really really pains me because I love Nico Collins in draft season and it's just been not a fun ride for the Houston Texans. Their offensive line has been issued, CJ Stroud has been banged up and I think that if you were trying to ship off Collins, I know I got a bunch of questions about Collins this year about what I do with Collins. I think this is the time to sell high. He just had a monster game against the Jaguars. 7 for 15 targets, 136 yards. But I want to point out that 54 of those yards came on a Hail Mary attempt at the end of the second half. He has faced Jacksonville twice this year. He has gone over 100 yards both games against the Jaguars. We talked about this on the rank show, how this was a really good matchup for him. Like this is a matchup that he took advantage of when Stroud was healthy again, predictably had a good game. Even without that 50 yard completion he still would have had a solid game. But I just really concerned about this Texans offensive line rest of season and when you look at the rest of the season schedule for quarterbacks it is zero stars in the strength of schedule tool. It's a zero star rating, dead last among all teams. So the schedule for the Texans, if it's bad for CJ Shroud, it's going to mean, it's bad for Nico Collins. So I think that you have to sell high on this opportunity. And it's not to say Nico Collins can't pop off again or have any other good games, but I think that this could be a peak for him just based on how well he's always performing against the Jaguars. And you don't need trade persuade to convince someone because you can talk about, oh, he's coming off a monster game. CJ Stroud coming back from concussion protocol. He did it with Davis Mills worm like Nico Collins. He's back, he's fully back. And I'm just not convinced because I still think this offensive line is absolutely terrible. And that's not going to be changing anytime soon, even with Strad coming back. So I think you can still get a decent return for him off a monster game, which is why I would consider selling high.
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I was so unbelievably torn in draft season on Nico Collins versus Drake London. I like agonized over this and I was picking in a spot in the first round in a lot of drafts just by happenstance where I had to make that decision. It was like those were the two choices I had at the top of my board and I did take London in some of them, but I just really feel so much regret for how many of them I took Nico because I just like I had to plant my flag on one of them and I went with Nico over London. I loved them both, of course, but they were, they were both inside like my top five or six receivers. But yeah, Nico just has not worked out. Who would you be looking to get for him? Because he's does have kind of a big name, you know, first round, you know, fantasy draft pick pedigree coming off a big game. So I think you could maybe get something. Even though he's, it's been roughly, you know, a rough year for him. So what do you think is the right kind of name to be asking for?
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Can you get Waddle?
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I think, I think you probably could.
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That's. I think that's because again, they're both coming off good games. Nico's.
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See, this doesn't help me, Erickson, because the league I'm asking about, I have Nico and Waddle. I can't go trade for Waddle. I already have.
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B
You absorbed too much of my content during this off season because that's what all my teams look like.
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It's our big word. We, we have this like 60 person work. You know, it's like a bunch of leagues. It's a few, a bunch of different 16 team leagues. It's like a big deal here at Fantasy Pros. So it's a very deep league. And I do have Nico and Waddle and, and Egbuca. Actually, I have all three of them in that league, which is why I'm, I'm doing well. But yeah, I, I, I would love to move Nico. I just, I wonder what the right name is. I think Waddle's a good example.
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B
Waddle. And then what about Pickens and just buy into Dallas offense.
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Yeah. Defense may be a little bit improved to the point where it's not as much of an auto shootout every time.
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But look at how good the Texans defense is. They don't play in shootouts. Really. I mean this game was such an anomaly. About I don't come back.
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Like, I do work. Like, I don't think Pickens is bad. Obviously. Like he's still been getting like 78 plus yards a game. I do wonder like if this same level of ceiling is there with, you know, with CD back. Like, he's still good, right? Like, I'm not saying picking's a bad player, but he's been wide receiver 28, wide receiver 23, wide receiver 29 the last three weeks. So it's not like he's had that same crazy ceiling that he did with CD out.
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B
Agreed. But we do know that that ceiling exists where, what if Lamb misses a game? Right.
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Yeah.
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And you have Pick. Like the thing is, like Collins. Like, where. How is Collins going to level up? He can't. Like he's already the number one Shroud. Even if he comes back. How much he doesn't get to play the Jaguars again this year. Like, that's the other concern, like. So, yeah, I feel like I'm kind of more open to the Pickens thing, even though kind of accepting that with Lamb it's not nearly as good. But Pickens has still shown like a really high weekly ceiling, which Collins again when he's not facing the Jaguars. He really hasn't shown that much this year with Shroud in this terrible Texans offensive line.
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A
What about lad?
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B
Yes, definitely would. Definitely.
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A
They're back. They're back to back in ecr.
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B
Yeah, LAD would be easy. That's one I would definitely do.
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A
I agree with that, lads. One spot behind in the rankings, but I agree, I'd rather have LAD. All right, quarterbacks and tight ends, we always loop these two together. So give me one buy from this position and one sell.
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B
Trey McBride is my buy now.
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A
Could you call him Trey?
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B
McBide, Trey McBai. And obviously this is going to cost you a lot to try to get Trey McBride because he's on fire. And with Jacoby Brissette, the guy cannot.
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A
Stop the consensus rest of season. Number one, tight end Eric Erickson is going out and he is putting his reputation on the line telling you to go acquire Trey McBride.
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B
But I'm saying this because in week 17 he plays the Cincinnati Bengals. Yeah, Trey McBride may score more points than anyone else in fantasy football in Week 17, which is the fantasy football championships. So I'm telling you this as if you were making your fantasy postseason and you were trying to guarantee that I'm going to win the ship this year. You might need to figure out a way to get McBride on your roster because beating that team or facing that team in the fantasy football playoffs in the championships is going to be really hard to beat them because he might score 35 points against the Cincinnati Bengals because of how bad they have been against tight ends and how good he has been with Jacoby Brissette. So again, I don't know what type of trade you might have to make. This is probably going to require a running back receiver elite to get McBride, but that's what I would be looking for if I feel good about my postseason or this is kind of even like agnostic of like what my tight end situation is. Like I could have Brock Bowers and I don't care.
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Well, that's the thing, right? Like, sorry to cut you off but like Bowers for McBride is not going to happen as a trade because if you have one of those two, you're not moving them and you're not going to be able to move a lower tight end for him. So if you were trading for McBride, you, it's not going to come from tight end, it's going to have to come from wide receiver or running back.
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B
Yeah. And I guess for me it's, he should be viewed because of this one matchup in the similar tiers of almost all the top end elite players. Where I'm talking about like, I mean we talked about Bijan Robinson as like a buy low running back. I mean you might have to use Bijan as a chip to get, I mean you want to see someone I would make a trade for if I had to move Bijan to get Trey McBride in some type of deal, I would do that because I just think that McBride, what he can do in week 17 is so high and how much that matters for you to win.
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And by the way, it's not just week 17. He has been tight end, two tight end, three tight and one the last four weeks that he's played. There was a bye week mix in there, but the last four games he's played 17 points, 24 points, 14 points, 23 points. He's already been playing at an elite level.
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Yeah. So. So yeah, he also is not just about week 17, but I'm trying to put it the emphasis on that and maybe that's a reason why maybe you.
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Kind of what if Kyler's back in week 17? Are you going to feel a lot worse about it?
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B
I'll be gutted. Yeah.
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A
All right, so Trey McBride, obviously we love him, but love him even more than you might have guessed is the point here. Buy high on Trey McBride Trey MCB cell, you have Caleb Williams here.
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B
Yes, I do have Caleb Williams and the reason is the last two matchups have been really favorable for him. He's faced the Cincinnati Bengals and the New York Giants, two of the softer matchups in the NFL for quarterbacks. The rest of the schedule this season is not good for him. This week, week 11, he's playing on the road against the Minnesota Vikings against Brian Flores. That can be a tough defense for young quarterbacks. And Caleb Williams has been really up and down this year. Sometimes he's looked like he's taking the next step, other times it looks like he has no idea what he's doing. So if we're getting more up and down playing, he's not making as many plays with his legs. That concerns me about what his actual ceiling is going to be coming off just two really soft matchups. He also to play the packers twice, which is also really, really tough. So I think that Caleb Williams is someone that I would look to sell high on if I'm at my fantasy quarterback position.
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A
He still does not have a game this season where he has finished between QB 10 and 20. He has either been inside the top 10 or outside the top 20 in every week this season. Very much up or down. Caleb is QB14 in rest of season rankings. I think that's probably about right. If you had to guess that he finishes higher or lower than that the rest of the way. Like from here at this point on out, it sounds like you would guess that he finishes lower than that.
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B
Yeah, I would probably take the under on him finishing that way just because the schedule is really tough and we know that with fantasy quarterbacks, yes, he does have the rushing, which I think will always kind of offer him something. But.
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A
Well, except for it hasn't offered him something. He has four games this season where he hasn't been inside the top 20. So like even though he has the rushing, it has not always lifted his floor.
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B
True, true. So yeah, that's what concerns me about him. Rest season.
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A
All right, let's get to some audience questions here. We'll go quickly through these and we'll get out of here. This question comes from Ryan on Instagram actually thanks for the question. Ryan Trayon Henderson for Jordan Addison. It's in half PPR also has Javante Videl and Marks on the running back side and has London odun, Marvin Harrison Jr. And Parker Washington on the receiver side again he has Javante Vidal and Marks. He has London Odunze, Harrison Jr. At Parker Washington. Would you trade Trayvon Henderson to add Addison?
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No. Do not trade Travion Henderson. Do not trade away a league winner when he's in your lap. Guys, don't do it.
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Okay, When I wrote this down, I think he's trading away Henderson. I can't remember off the top of my head if I wrote that down right. So if you're trading for Henderson, do it. If you're trading way Henderson, do not do that. Ryan, next question here. This person has Sutton, Tettero, McMillan and Shakir. Is there a package they can make between those to upgrade?
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B
Yeah, this is a, a tough one because you're trying to sell a bunch of ponies. Try to get a horse which sometimes can work in some of these.
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A
I don't think Shakir is going to be a part of this. I think if you're doing this it's going to have to be Sutton and McMillan.
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B
What.
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So what can you get for those two packaged model?
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B
He is one of my favorite buy wide receiver targets. Waddle would be one that I would look to target.
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A
What about Higgins? Is that enough of an upgrade?
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B
I think the ceiling for Higgins just on a weekly basis with Flacco Burrow is way higher than it's been with. I mean I love T Mac but it's just. Yeah, it's hard to get there with the, I mean his rookie year. So it reminds me so much of Drake London's rookie year where every week the guy just puts up like alpha target share numbers but then you look at the box score. Yeah, five for 32. Just, just not impressed by the like we'll be screaming for T Mac next year for sure because his usage is off the charts but until we get any type of just more passing from the Panthers which they just don't want to do with Bryce Young. Right now it's really more about focusing on Rico. That'll again, I think TMAC is fine with this floor, but Higgins has a really, really high ceiling on a week basis. So I think that's a a good name to drop as well.
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Lads, another one I'd try for. I mean he's wide receiver nine in points per game since week five. Like he's been really good if you can try for that. But yeah, I would, I would try McMillan and Sutton and see what you can get. For those who don't bother with Shakira, you're not going to. That's not going to make a difference. Would you sell high on a LA and also would you buy low on Diggs?
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B
Yes and yes. I guess I didn't think that Diggs was a buy low really because he caught a touchdown last week. He that touchdown catch was sick. It is so much fun watching Stefan Diggs be good again. Man, that dude has been a monster for the Patriots this season. So yeah, I think that Olave, I think that this is a really high ceiling game for him. But when you have a rookie quarterback, we know the floor can sometimes crumble. So I would definitely trade Olave for Diggs.
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A
Two more here quickly. Erickson. Is DK a worthy trade target?
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B
Yes. Because they have a really good schedule rest of season for wide receivers. He is the alpha in the Steelers passing game and over the last two weeks I know it's been frustrating but I mean he's had opportunities for touchdowns and big plays but Rogers has dismissed them. So I think that Metcalf eventually gets back into production.
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A
Last one, give me a must have wide receiver for the playoffs.
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B
Must have wide receiver for the playoffs. Jalen Waddle. Jalen Waddle program folks. Playing the hits.
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A
All right, Jaylee Waddle. We'll stick with that. We'll go ahead and wrap things up there. Thanks everybody for tuning in again. Let next week, if you have specific is the last week to get them in is last week. We'll have this iteration of the show. We will still have the show going forward. After that it'll just look a little bit differently post the fantasy trade deadline. So be sure to get those questions in ahead of next week. For Erickson, I'm Ryan Wormley. Best of luck this week. Thanks for tuning in. We'll see you next time. Thanks for listening to the Fantasy Pros Fantasy Football Podcast. If you love the show, the best free way to support us is by leaving a positive review on Apple podcasts@fantasypros.com review or on Spotify. Follow us on X Instagram and TikTok at Fantasy Pros and subscribe to our YouTube channel at YouTube.com fantasypros foreign here, with one last reminder to keep you off the naughty list this holiday season. Stuff your stockings, your pantry, your gift closet, anywhere you can with Duracell batteries, because there's nothing worse than opening a gift on Christmas morning and realizing you don't have batteries for it. Duracell batteries are the only battery brand with Power Boost ingredients, which are a unique blend of nickel and lithium designed for long lasting power. So stock up on your AA's and your AAA's so you'll be a OK for the holidays. Choose the only battery brand with Power Boost ingredients. Choose Duracell. If you're a smoker or dipper ready to make a change, you really only need one good reason. But with Zynn Nicotine Pouches, you'll discover many good reasons. Zynn is America's number one nicotine pouch brand, plus Zynn offers a robust rewards program. There are lots of options when it comes to nicotine satisfaction, but there's only one Zen. Check out zen.com find to find Zen at a store near you. Warning this product contains nicotine. Nicotine is an addictive chemical.
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