0:00What's going on, man? Welcome back to the basement. I'm Ron and it is Tuesday morning, which means we are here to talk
0:07through my must add waiverwire targets for week nine of the fantasy football season. And I feel like I say this every
0:14week, but the waiverwire looks pretty good today. If you need a fill in, if you need a stash for later on in the
0:20season, there is plenty of value out there right now in your league. Today, we're going to talk about players under 50% owned in ESPN leagues. As always, if
0:28you enjoy, leave a like, subscribe if you're new, and our first set of players we'll talk about here is our priority
0:34ads. These are players I would spend 10% or more of my fab budget on. And of course, I use this video to flesh out my
0:40thoughts, create an outline, and then I post the video. I go over to the Patreon, patreon.comstewart, and I outline in detail my waiverwire
0:48article with fab recommendations for every single player, running backs, wide receivers, quarterbacks, tight ends, 10 plus players deep at pretty much every
0:56position to make sure you guys are ready to roll for waiverss. You can find the description and the comment section down
1:02below. Now, in terms of these waiverwire priority ads, Jordan Tyson's not available in your league. It just drives me insane that he's only rostered in
1:0935.4% of ESPN leagues. That is insane.
1:12If there's any chance that someone dropped him, the Saints were on by. He's been an IR player all season. Whatever.
1:17He might be back this week and he is an awesome rookie prospect about to get injected into an awesome Saints passing
1:24game. Now, Tyler Algier rostered in 45.9%.
1:29I don't know what the heck. Do I got music playing on the laptop here?
1:35I do. But actually, we might get copyrighted for that. I don't know. But Tyler Alier now, he's probably not available in your league. 45.9% owned,
1:43but I think there's a really good chance that he was actually dropped because we had this situation where Jeremiah Love misses time, but then Bam Knight creates
1:51a split with Alier. So, it's like, oh, we should probably just drop Tyler Alier. He's no longer the handcuff.
1:56Then, of course, Sunday happens.
1:58Jeremiah Love gets hurt. Bam Knight gets hurt. Tyler Alier scores 35 plus PPR points against the Dallas Cowboys. Now, of course, they have to play against the
2:07Seahawks this week, but if this is a situation where there's no Jeremiah Love, Bam Knight is banged up, and Tyler Aier is the hot hand
2:15in a year that has injuries and by-weeks, like every year, Tyler Aier is somebody who's probably going to rank in the RB20 to RB 25 range once we get some
2:25injury updates. Now, we can talk about Mike Washington as well. He might be out there on waiverss. Mike Washington, a guy who just had 25 carries against the
2:34Jets, 83 yards. His yards per carry does look better when you factor in the idea that he got stuffed at the goal line a
2:41few times. if this is a trend moving forward where he is going to be the almost like a it really was very similar
2:48to like a Judkins Dylan Samson split where Mike Washington got all of the carries and between the tackles work and then Ashen Jenty operated strictly as a
2:59change of pace rusher and a receiving down back and if that takes place Mike Washington didn't score many points but if he's going to get 20 plus touches
3:08in a given week 20 plus touches or 20 plus touches is in this Raiders offense.
3:12The offensive line is bad. Ashen Jensen is right next to him, but he now becomes one of the most valuable handcuffs in
3:17all of fantasy football. We can also look at the rookie running back carousel. Here he is across the bottom.
3:22You can see he goes from a 33% snap share to a 27% to a 63% snap share, handling 81% of the rush attempts.
3:33That's a role that needs to be on your team. Then I think one of the biggest storylines to look out for in week nine
3:40is whether or not this sticks. There's a chance that Mike Washington reverts back to his usual role that this was some
3:45kind of a somewhere between disciplining Ashen Genty for talking out about the Jets or letting Ashen Genty get it healthy or just that
3:55Kubak has kind of had enough with Ashen Genty not being all that efficient or explosive between the tackles. Then we'll talk about some wide receivers
4:03with rookie upside. We have Caleb Douglas. Malik Willis has been good.
4:08This Miami Dolphins offense has also been pushing the tempo, throwing the ball more, running more plays. Over the last three weeks, their plays per game
4:18has gone up to about league average.
4:19Whereas on the entire season, it's been in the bottom three range. You have 200 plus passing yards for Malik Willis in
4:24each of the last two games. Two plus passing touchdowns in each of the last two games for Malik Willis. And now they
4:31get a Detroit Lions defense, which isn't terrible, but has been kind to passing games. Caleb Douglas gets six targets, four catches, 43 yards this past week.
4:42Nothing crazy, but he is a top 30 play this week against Detroit. A nice flex option. We look at his rookie receiver
4:48report here. He's operating around 86% of the routes. That's fine. 11.9 points per game. That's great. Two plus yards per out run. In terms of fulltime wide
4:58receivers, it's Carell Tape. It's Caleb Douglas. It's Omar Cooper. Caleb Douglas is one of these last rookie wide receivers with upside. He can go out
5:06there and grab. Same deal with Antonio Williams. We saw him lead the Washington Commanders in pretty much every receiving stat. He led them in route
5:16share, target share with a 25% target share. He had a 1.86 yards per round.
5:20Nothing crazy, but he did have three first downs, six targets, five catches, 54 yards. a solid day in a flex play
5:26moving forward with plenty of upside.
5:29Uh, and then we can also talk about Keenan Allen. I doubt he's available in your league, but if he is, he's one of
5:34the nastier PPR plays in the NFL in all of fantasy football. But at this point, with the way that the Colts offense
5:41operates, you know, we're talking about since week three, he has played in 1 2 3 4 five games, he has had 18 PPR points,
5:49then 9.5, then 16.2, then six, then 13.7. He is a fine like highf flooror flex option and now he gets Dallas in
5:58week nine. A really strong matchup for him. And then our last priority at is Seth McGawan. Again, another guy who shouldn't be on waiverss. Jonathan
6:07Taylor seemed to kind of dap Seth McGawan up and was kind of like now is your time. Young Buck is sort of what
6:13the uh still shot of them on the sideline at least looked like to me.
6:18Jonathan Taylor could get traded. Seth McGawan could be the lead back in this offense and find himself on a week-to-eek basis in a similar tier as
6:25your RB2s of like Jordan Mason and Olly Gordon and Judkins and just one of these guys who can get 15 touches and maybe he
6:33scores a touchdown. Now, we'll move away from our priority ads. These are guys that I am much more willing to just kind
6:38of let fall to me after waiverss run.
6:41Maybe put in a 5 to 10% bid on these guys. But of course, if you're in deeper leagues, if you're down bad, you can get
6:47more and more aggressive as you see fit.
6:49Now, our number one ad here is Chris Rodriguez.
6:54Don't go crazy. But Basil Tuin picked up a ankle foot injury and he did not practice on Monday. They play on
7:01Thursday. A really quick turnaround.
7:03There is a chance that if Tuin misses this game, Chris Rodriguez would be a top 24 running back play this week. Now,
7:10I'll also say before we get to a guy like Bam Knight, this is where I would have my premium handcuffs. I don't think
7:15that EMTT Johnson or Kalin Black will be available in your league, but both are awesome. They're both strictly handcuffs, but they are some of the best
7:22handcuffs in the league. EMTT Johnson looks like an awesome player. He had five catches, 120 plus receiving yards.
7:27Kaylin Black is behind Christian McCaffrey, who got hurt heading into the by-week. Now, we can talk about Bam Knight. He could return this week.
7:35Jeremiah Love could still be sidelined and Bam Knight could be a streamable RB3. We have Dylan Samson who outnapped Judkins, but he is in this pure passing
7:44down role. He is a fun handcuff with upside. I like Tang Bixsby as well, our fifth running back target here or our
7:51fourth running back target here. He is eligible to return from IR this week.
7:55Saquon Barkley is hanging on by a thread. Saquon Barkley could get traded.
7:58Hank Bsby could make this a real split and be a really solid handcuff moving forward for this team. Then Devin Singleary Scataboo
8:07pulled up hurt in the game before the by-week. Deon Singleary if the Giants don't make a trade could find himself in
8:12a starting role. Then we have Elijah Mitchell. Same deal with Tank Bsby, but with Tank Bsby back with Saquon Barkley healthy. Elijah Mitchell probably fades
8:22away into obscurity. And then we have Jonathan Brooks. He was dropped in a lot of places. If you have a free IR spot, I
8:28think that he is a good stash, but you're still kind of hoping for a Chuba Hubard injury down the stretch or
8:34somehow Jonathan Brooks emerges. Both things unlikely, but still worth rostering. Then we'll get to our low-end handcuffs here. That's where I'll have
8:42Sam Perine, Ray Davis, Ty Johnson. I will say I prefer Ray Davis to Ty Johnson. I think Ty Johnson would remain
8:47the receiving back. Whereas if James Cook was hurt, Ray Davis comes in.
8:50People forget that James Cook got hurt in this game. He's seems to be fine, but just one of those reminders that if James Cook was to go
8:59down, Ray Davis would be the guy. And then Sion Vaky, he finds himself getting more and more touches here. Jamir Gibbs
9:05gets a ton of volume in every single game. If Jir Gibbs was to go down, Cion Vaky would find himself as a lead
9:12running back for one of the NFL's best offenses. He had a season high 11 carries for 65 yards in this game
9:18against Minnesota. He is somebody that should be rostered in most leagues. Then come on Evida, he led the Chargers in snaps uh for
9:26whatever that's worth. You know, he didn't really do anything with it. The Chargers suck, but he is somebody to mention. Then we'll move over to our
9:34wide receiver list. We'll start with our starts. We have Ryan Fenoy here. Uh I've seen people get a little bit crazy about
9:40him. Here's the issue. In a given week, he projects is like the wide receiver 40 behind Pickins and CD Lamb. Even though
9:45he's on a hot streak where he scored like 10 plus PPR points over the last four weeks, he's probably been more of
9:49like a top 30 play over the last four weeks. But again, on a week- to-eek basis, he's a shaky flex at best.
9:56Really, what he is is he's somebody you can throw in your flex if you're desperate. And then he has this handcuff
10:02upside where if George Piggin was to get traded or if CD Lam or George Piggin were to get hurt, Fenoi would be a top
10:0825 play at that point. So, he has some standalone upside, some handcuff upside, which is rare at the wide receiver position. Then, we'll talk about Malik
10:15Washington, who maybe I'm a little bit too low on. He probably projects as a low-end wide receiver three this week against Detroit, but there's only so
10:20much room for Caleb Douglas and then Malik Washington and then Greg Dolich. I don't want to just chase Malik Washington's touchdown last week when I
10:27think that Caleb Douglas is a better player. Then we can talk about AD Mitchell. Uh this actually seems really low on AD Mitchell, but in a given week,
10:35he's going to be like a consensus wide receiver 40. You're never going to feel good about starting him. Omar Cooper is
10:40emerging. Garrett Wilson's a top dog there. Ady Mitchell still didn't run uh you know like a 90% plus route share here. It's going to be really boom bust.
10:47I think most weeks it's going to be Garrett Wilson in the top 24, Omar Cooper around wide receiver 30, 80 Mitchell around wide receiver 40. But he
10:55is fun. He's a boom bust player. He still has upside as kind of a young ascending player as well. So, he is
11:01somebody that is both a start and a stash because I do think that there is upside for AD Mitchell. Uh, and then we
11:06have Effan Kism. This was if you're really desperate, if AJ Brown misses another game, if Hunter Henry misses more time, all of a sudden, yes, you
11:13have Demario Douglas there. he's owned in too many leagues. Epism did run, I believe, 85% of the routes in this matchup against Miami and would be the
11:22next man up after Pop Douglas just given all of the injuries for the Patriots. I do want to double check, but yeah, I do
11:30believe Effan Kism ran Yeah, he ran 81% of the routes in week eight, a season high for him despite not really scoring
11:38many fantasy points. Then we'll talk about our wide receiver stashes here.
11:42Brian Thomas shouldn't be available out there. Could he get traded? Yes, he scored a touchdown in this game against the Colts, but I wouldn't really go
11:48crazy about that. I think he still didn't run many routes. Yeah, only 52% of the routes here. Brutal. I mean, Jacobe Myers clearly dealing with an
11:56injury. Only ran 65% of the routes here in week eight. Now they're coming off a short week. Brian Thomas worth a stash.
12:02Could he get traded? Then we have Cyrus Allen. Cyrus Allen continues to trend up. He has gone from a 13% route share
12:08to a 28% route share to a 50% route share. We can see that all the way on the bottom of the rookie receiver report
12:15here. Yeah, there he is down there. Uh 13% route to 28% to 50%. Uh and he has green per out metrics, right? 9.5% first
12:23downs per out run is one of the higher rates on this list. Decent yards per out run. Decent targets per out run. Pure
12:31pure shot in the dark, but we'll see if that works out. Uh Tankell, I think, is an interesting stash. He had one catch
12:37for 43 yards off of his injury. They go into the bye-week. He comes back. Jaylen Null is out for the season. It's gonna
12:44be really tricky for anybody besides Nico Collins to really emerge in this offense. They love to run hockey shifts with these wide receivers between Kahan
12:52Booty and Xavier Hutchinson and even a guy like Jared Wayne hops in there and runs routes. But you could sell me on
12:58Tank Dell and then Malachi Fields. I'm not crazy about him. if you did want to take one more shot at like, you know,
13:04who could be next week's uh Antonio Williams, Jeremy Bernard, Casey Conpsion, you know, one of these rookie receivers, could be Malachi Fields. I
13:11just have some doubts about anybody after Malik Neighbors or Isaiah likely emerging in this passing game. And then we have our tight ends here. We have
13:21starts and stashes for these guys as well. Starts, Mikei, he ran a season high 74% route share. That is absolutely huge. He's essentially operating as the
13:29wide receiver three in one of the best passing offenses in the NFL. In terms of full PPR, he's the tight end 12 in
13:34points per game. In half PPR, I believe he's the tight end six in points per game. The usage is now there. It used to
13:39be kind of like random touchdowns here and there, but if a 70% plus route share sticks in any shape or form, Mikei is
13:45going to be an every week starter in fantasy football. Then you have Greg Dolich. He's been sort of slowly coming along here and now he gets Detroit who
13:53is allowing 23.6 and six points per game to tight ends the most in the NFL. Chico Conquo didn't happen this week. I still
14:00do believe in it. He ran plenty of routes. I do believe in the player. I think better days are to come. And then
14:04Michael Mayer here. He's the tight end 15 in points per game. He's a startable streamable tight end next to Brock Bowers. You don't feel good about it,
14:11but he is a fine play. And then some stashes. You have Eli Raren. Hunter Henry hurt. AJ Brown hurt. Everyone's banged up. And after Hunter Henry left
14:21with injury, Raran played 92% of the snaps in this game against Miami. Now, he did only have three targets, one catch for five yards. But his rookie
14:29receiver report stuff has been solid. We can go down to Eli Rarden here across the bottom. 31% of the routes, 42% up to
14:3678% again because Hunter Henry got hurt.
14:38But green across the board in terms of targets per run, yards per run, first downs per run, PFF grade, all of that is
14:44solid. I'm not sprinting to start Eli Rarin, but he does have some upside if this Hunter Henry injury is serious. And
14:50then Terren Ferguson. Now that Devonte Adams is hurt, people forget that Terren Ferguson showed a lot of promise early on in the season. He had nine targets,
14:58six catches, 54 yards, and a touchdown in week two. That was a game, I believe, without Pukanakua. Essentially, if Devonte or Pukanakua miss any game,
15:07which Dvonte is not going to be around for uh, you know, like four to six more weeks at this point, any game that
15:12Terrence Ferguson plays without one of those top two receivers, he is a streamable tight end. They are saying that he could return to practice as soon
15:19as this week. Then we have our quarterbacks here. And I have started to add a superflex uh spot here just because, you know, starting to dabble in
15:28the reddraft superflex streets and the quarterbacks off waiverss is kind of its own thing. But in one quarterback leagues, if you are looking for I'm
15:35trying to think of I mean the Titans and Steelers are on buy, so you're not really hurting at quarterback, but if
15:39you've been streaming, Malik Willis is somebody that even if you don't have an elite quarterback, I think Malik Willis is definitely worth rostering even. So,
15:46uh he's at 20.5 points per game over his last three games. He's been awesome. The Dolphins have gone from dumpster fire to
15:52usable and he gets Detroit this week who's allowing the most fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks. Then JJ McCarthy, this is a shot in the dark, a
15:58swing on upside. He does get Philly this week who's allowing the 10th most fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks.
16:03He's shown flashes. He looked good. He's a mobile quarterback. And then Sam Darnold. This one's tough to trust, but he's playing against Arizona, who is
16:11allowing the second most fantasy points to quarterbacks. And then we talk about our Superflex ads here. Of course, Gardenner Mchu is going to start this
16:18week. Who knows for how long, but any starting quarterback is valuable in superflex. Then you have Anthony Richardson. Daniel Jones could get
16:26pulled here in the coming weeks. Could Anthony Richardson step up? And then with Carson Beck, how long does Gardner Mchu last? Because it's pretty clear
16:33that, you know, Jacobe Brassette has been relegated down to QB3. I actually think Jacob Jacobe Brassette isn't a drop in Superflex. I think that he's
16:39actually going to get picked up here very soon or like traded away, whether that's to the Ravens or whoever else needs a quarterback. Uh then you have
16:46Mchu and Carson Beck. We'll see how long Mchu can kind of uh play good football.
16:51And then I think Carson Beck down the stretch of the season ends up starting games. And if you're down bad at
16:55quarterback in a superflex, I think Carson Beck would have some value. But that's going to do it for us today. That
17:01is my must add waiverwire targets for week nine of the fantasy football season. Again, nothing crazy, but I do think there are some decent plays out
17:09there for the taking. Of course, if you want access to my entire FAB guide waiverwire article that comes out every single Tuesday after I post this video
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