0:00Week four fantasy football sleepers. I'm Theo Gremminger, lead fantasy analyst right here at RotoWire, looking at players that you can stream this week or
0:10stash on your bench and try to get ahead of next week's waiver wire run. We're looking at players who either have a
0:17decent matchup or whose trajectories are pointing upwards as we enter week four and potentially the entire season. A lot of shifting in fantasy football. A lot
0:29of you out there are scrambling. I know I'm scrambling in a couple leagues right now making secondary waiver claims because the hits just keep on coming.
0:38Guys keep getting injured, but we got to keep rolling with the punches and the great thing about fantasy football is when you look at the final scoring
0:46numbers for the week, it's not exactly how it's lined up perfectly when it comes to the rankings heading into the week. Each and every week we have
0:55surprise performances from from players who weren't started by anyone and they end up being waiver wire adds the following week. We want to try to be a
1:04week ahead here and if we're in a situation where hey, it's the weekend, you're one day out from Sunday's games and you're still scrambling trying to
1:13find that perfect flex, that wide receiver three, maybe that running back two, we're trying to give you the best possible pathway to winning your
1:21matchup. Got to keep reminding ourselves that fantasy football is a winning game.
1:26So a lot of times got to take our redraft hats off and our dynasty hats off and we got to get a DFS mentality.
1:34Got to think about daily fantasy almost when it comes to our redraft lineups, especially when we're up against it when it comes to injuries and just scrambling
1:42late in the week. So we're going to try to make the best possible lineups we can each and every week and I got you
1:48covered at every single position right here. Let's start out at the quarterback spot. Maybe my favorite streamer this week and I didn't think I'd be this
1:57enthusiastic about him really in any week this season, but it's C.J. Stroud.
2:02The Houston Texans are passing it at an incredibly high rate. 72.9% pass rate. Just unheard of pass rate for C.J. Stroud offenses.
2:13This is really the highest pass rate that we've seen at any point in his career. Even his rookie year where he
2:19was just off the charts good, we didn't see this sort of level of passing. But the passing production is there. The
2:26touchdowns are not there. He's eighth in passing yards right now at the quarterback position. And he's has only three touchdown passes.
2:36Dallas has allowed two QB1 finishes in three weeks. And it feels like the Cowboys-Texans the final scoring number could be a lot
2:45higher than some people are anticipating. You also have C.J. Stroud getting back Nico Collins this week.
2:51Really the best player that they have offensively by a pretty wide margin. I think the the hopes of David Montgomery sort of leading the charge after that
3:00big week one for David Montgomery managers, that ship sort of sailed. The last two weeks not so good from David Montgomery, but you also have some
3:08reports that you're going to get a little more Woody Marks involvement.
3:11Some of the beat reporters talking about that one.
3:13Woody Marks gives you a little bit more of a two-way ability at the running back position as a pass catcher. Another
3:19weapon back there for Stroud. Then you got Dalton Schultz who who's been playing at a high level. So, I think C.J. Stroud is a borderline QB1 this
3:27week. And I think he can end up putting up a solid enough number against the Cowboys to get you by on the week. This
3:33is a matchup based stream for us in week four.
3:38Another player we can sort of ride the hot hand on is Jacoby Brissett. And Jacoby Brissett last week was the QB4
3:47overall.
3:48And people just sort of forget about this stuff with with the but the Cardinals are putting up very good scoring numbers in two out of the three
3:57weeks this season. He did it in week one and then this past week against San Francisco they put up 30 in a losing
4:03effort. They play the Giants this week and you know, a couple weeks back this looked like this would be a Giants type
4:11game, but of course they lose Jackson Dart. Now all the momentum is on the Arizona Cardinals side. Think about this for a second. You've got the Arizona
4:20Cardinals going west to east. A lot of like gamblers and fantasy managers out there, you always know those west coast teams heading to the east coast there's
4:30always some weird stuff that happens.
4:32It's it's a tough tough road, but with this one you've got the Cardinals as road favorites. Just unheard of stuff to
4:41have the Cardinals as a road favorite.
4:43You know that last week he hyper-targeted both Michael Wilson and Trey McBride. Jeremiah Love is coming on and it just feels like a game that
4:52Arizona's going to go in, get a win in New York and I think it could be behind another decent Jacoby Brissett week. QB1
4:59last week and we know he had a a bunch of QB1 weeks last season.
5:03We wrote him a lot. If you followed my waiver wire column last season, you know Jacoby Brissett we just kept writing
5:09about him cuz people weren't rostering him. It's setting up like that now. This offense is pointing upwards. Continuing looking at the quarterbacks
5:17Sam Darnold is a stream or a stash. If you're sort of unsure about your quarterback options this week and you want to chase it with Sam Darnold, I
5:25can't blame you. He was awesome last week in terms of his final stats. Missed time this season, first game back he
5:32ends up having four touchdown passes and the Seahawks are struggling to run the ball. Very pass-happy, but last week a really positive sign for Sam Darnold
5:42four passing touchdowns, only two interceptions, 379 passing yards. This week they go up against the LA Chargers.
5:49Now, Chargers forced five turnovers last week against Buffalo and still lost.
5:55This is a tough team and the game is in Seattle. So, Sam Darnold this week against LA, Seattle's coming off of a
6:03loss, a chance for Seattle to sort of make a statement at home against a reeling Chargers team. Ride Sam Darnold if you want to go with last week's
6:12scoring and see if we can't ride this hot hand for two weeks in a row. And if we do get a good performance out of
6:18Darnold, then I think he's back in play in week five against San Francisco. That game will be in Seattle. It doesn't hurt
6:25when you have Jaxon Smith-Njigba having one of the best seasons ever by a wide receiver through three weeks.
6:31Other quarterback options, we can stream either quarterback in the Indianapolis-Washington game. The London game is back on the schedule.
6:42It's we get the 9:30 a.m. game.
6:45For we love it. I mean, I think this is this is one where if you're a football fan, I hear some people complaining about this
6:50one where it's like I don't like these 9:30 in the morning East Coast time London games or, you know, that when
6:57they play in Germany and other spots. I love it. I love these one-off games.
7:01This is the first of back-to-back weeks where the games are at Tottenham Hot Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, which is a really nice new soccer stadium. So, you
7:10get a lot of like the Wembley Stadium games. Those have happened for years.
7:15But, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, it's more like an NFL type environment anyway, very new stadium in London. You got the Colts and you got the
7:23Commanders. And this feels like a game that could fly over. I know on my bold prediction show with Jacob Gibbs, he was
7:30on this on this track as well. Um but, I think Washington and Indianapolis just feels like an over environment. And I
7:37think both quarterbacks are in play.
7:39We've got Marcus Mariota who last week had three passing touchdowns.
7:45And then you also had five rush attempts that really went for nothing, but he's still attempting to run the ball. But the three passing
7:53touchdowns, that's a signal. We know Mariota's filled in for Daniels before.
7:59You've got the 47 and 1/2 point total.
8:01And then you've got Daniel Jones. And Daniel Jones is the interesting one because Daniel Jones hasn't really done anything that's made us want to use him.
8:10But you have this unbelievably good matchup when it comes to going up against these Washington Commanders where the Washington Commanders are just
8:18getting shredded by a by opposing wide receivers. And it's because their secondary is banged up and their secondary is not even good to begin
8:27with. So, Daniel Jones and Marcus Mariota, if we want to chase a game, both of these players are in play.
8:35Now, let's talk about the running back position, but before we talk about the running backs, just a quick note that this show and all my shows are brought
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8:50in the Better Sportsbook for spreads, totals, and money lines. It's all in one app. Running back spot. Hey, man, we're reeling. We're reeling. We're feeling a
8:59lot worse about things at the running back spot than we were a few weeks ago.
9:02Breece Hall out. Devon Achane done for the year. Travis Etienne on the IR. We are reeling at the running back position.
9:10And we're going to talk about a couple players. Uh quarterback's easier. We always can find quarterbacks. Now we got a challenge. Let's find some running
9:17backs we can use that might actually be on your waiver wire.
9:21And we're going to talk about a couple players to stash as well. Um Emanuel Wilson who we saw 2 weeks ago have a
9:28really strong week. Uh had over 90 rushing yards 2 weeks ago. E- Emanuel Wilson's back in play this week. JaMycal Hasty is out this week
9:39and Wilson I think becomes interesting because of the game situation. Now a lot of you are going to talk about George
9:44Holani and I think that's fine. I think if you're really up against it, George Holani is an interesting play as well
9:50this week. Offers you way more two-way ability than than Wilson does.
9:55But Emanuel Wilson if we look over the last two weeks, he had 21 carries in week two, he had nine carries in week
10:01three. Week three did nothing, 1.4 points, disgusting. But week two, he had 92 rushing yards. The problem is he doesn't get any
10:11he doesn't get any touchdowns that week and he didn't get a single catch. So your 92 yards equals 9.2 PPR points.
10:19It's not how it's supposed to work.
10:20We're supposed to get a little bit something on top of that. 92 yards usually equals a decent scoring output.
10:25But with no DeeJay Dallas Price in a game we think Seattle's going to win, do we get a potential that Emanuel Wilson
10:31falls in the end zone? Do we get the potential that he has 100 rushing yards?
10:35Can he just get us 12 points this week?
10:37And if not, it probably means George Holani. George Holani this season has six catches. Three of them came against Washington in week three, but the game
10:47flow we expect it to be very very different and Wilson I think has the trust of the coaching staff. So we've
10:53seen what happened in a game that Seattle was in complete control week two against Arizona, they leaned into Wilson. I think Wilson is the play among
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11:33Kendre Miller, he's a stash and if you're in a desperate spot, you can stream him. This seat feels like an over
11:40environment. New [clears throat] Orleans, Atlanta.
11:43You've got the Saints and you got the Falcons. The Saints have been scoring each and every week. Last week they lost
11:49to Vegas, but Tyler Shuck had four touchdown passes.
11:52You got Kendre Miller who showed a little bit of juice in week one. He had found the end zone. Travis Etienne got
11:58banged up on a play, sort of like the wind knocked out of him kind of scenario.
12:02Asked to go out. Kendre Miller goes in, scores a touchdown. Then inactive Alvin Kamara comes back. And now I think a lot
12:08of fantasy managers are sort of using Kamara this week and I get it. Alvin Kamara it's the name, it's the veteran. Kamara
12:17is going to get his touches. Kamara had 14 touches in week two. He had 10 10 touches against Vegas in week three.
12:24And he's going to be in store for a really large role, but it feels like a split backfield. And Kendre Miller to
12:30me, this is like your desperation up against it start this week. It's a leap of faith. He had only six touches last
12:37week, but I think on the very least we need to stash Kendre Miller. So, the best advice I can give you is stash
12:46Kendre Miller, but a lot of you paying attention to this one, you're like, "I can't stash anybody right now. Anybody's going in my lineup cuz my entire team is
12:55banged up or I'm unsatisfied with some of these performances and I want to change it up." But I will say with
13:01Kendre Miller as a stash, Alvin Kamara is 31 years old. So, if Kamara is going to take on a big workload without Travis Etienne, I think
13:09that's setting themselves up to fail.
13:11You also have with Kendre Miller, I think he's a younger back. He's struggled to stay healthy in his career, but he's got some juice. He showed it in
13:17in week one. So, Kendre Miller is a stash or a desperation stream.
13:23Another player that we're going to stash is Austin Ekeler.
13:28Throwback. We're talking old guys today.
13:29A lot of old guys on the show. But Austin Ekeler was signed and Rachaad White the vibes are not good. We know that
13:38Rachaad White last week got hurt and he was just ruled out for this week's game.
13:43So the game's in London.
13:45Austin Ekeler, can he step right into a Rachaad White role? We know that Ekeler has familiarity with this coaching staff. He was here before.
13:54We know that when Jayden Daniels is there eventually, soon, maybe next week.
13:59Austin Ekeler has familiarity.
14:01Does Ekeler get a decent game this week?
14:04Just enough touches to make people interested on the waiver wire that they're like, "Oh, Austin Ekeler's a thing. He's in the Rachaad White role
14:12that has been pretty fantasy-friendly this year. I'm going to pick him up on waivers next week." So get around it.
14:18Add Austin Ekeler for $0 or for $1. And if I'm wrong, I cost you a dollar. But I think there's a chance that Ekeler
14:26becomes it's the the game of attrition is weird with the running backs. We've seen it year in year out. Guys sort of coming
14:33off the couch and then becoming waiver wire options. So let's get ahead of things. It signaled to me that Ekeler signs with Washington. Then we get
14:41Rachaad White announced out. Feels like kind of a like-for-like replacement. Um how much does Ekeler have left? I don't know. Shout out to Jagger May. He was
14:49hanging out with Austin Ekeler uh in Vegas. Um if you're listening to this one, Jagger, uh hey man, we're back at
14:56it. So there's all these pictures of like Austin Ekeler with all these kind of content creators and now he's back in
15:01the NFL. Things just happen. That's the way this thing rolls. But Ekeler uh we're talking Alvin Kamara and Austin Ekeler. That's
15:09where we're at. That's how banged up we are. Now I figure Olly Gordon was picked up in every league. And I
15:16figure that Jaleel White was picked up in every league. But I don't know about your league. I don't know how deep it
15:21goes. But one of those guys was probably picked up. I think that both players are stashes.
15:28I would love to see how this shakes out in terms of usage this week.
15:32If you're completely up against it, Ali Gordon's probably the one that even though Jeff Wilson writes listed as the RB1, I and I don't really want to start
15:41either one. I want to see it for a week here. Remember, this is a bad offense.
15:45Miami averages 12 points per game. So, your chances of touchdowns this year it's tough each and every week.
15:53I think it's going to be Gordon cuz he was he was given the hot hand last week, did some good stuff with the volume. He
15:59caught the ball. Uh he's a big back, and Jeff Wilson Wright was a little banged up last week. No, Jeff Wilson Wright's
16:04talking about how he's going to run away with this and all this. Could end up being a split. I'd rather see it, but
16:09both of these players are stashes, and really because of the state of the running back position, they're both sort of desperation streamers, but my lean
16:17would be with Gordon if you need to use one this week. They should both absolutely be rostered because even though it's like
16:25you know, a a down situation, volume is king in fantasy football, and if one of them can emerge as a 15 touch per game
16:31guy, they're they're consideration each and every week as the RB low-end RB2, high-end RB3 type. So, make sure you're stashing both.
16:39I prefer them as stashes than streamers this week, but I get it if you're up against it, and if you happen to roster
16:46both, my slight lean is with Ali Gordon this week. He's the one that I had uh higher in my waiver wire rankings
16:53article, and he's also the one where I feel like he should have gone for a little bit more fab, but Wright is a
16:58little bit more like the like-for-like replacement for Achane. You can't replace a guy like Devon Achane, but Wright has that electric speed element
17:07that Achane brought to the table.
17:09Another player to stash is Tyler Goodson. We want to have handcuff running backs on really good offenses.
17:17It looked like it was going to be a Mar De Mercado in Dallas, but he was inactive last week. Tyler Goodson
17:24becomes a much a must stash player. If you're looking for a hey, I want to pick somebody up, stick him on the end of my
17:31bench and just get him for nothing.
17:33Tyler Goodson is probably the next man in in Dallas right now if Javonte Williams were to go down.
17:40He'd be a massive waiver wire ad if Williams suffered an injury this week.
17:44So, just get up get against it uh save yourself a little fab and roster these sort of handcuff running backs that the
17:51rest of your league is ignoring, but have that sort of big time upside if the starter went down. Another player for us
17:58to stash is Isaiah Davis of the New York Jets. Now, I think a lot of fantasy managers, including myself, are going to
18:05be using Braelon Allen this week because you either had him as a handcuff for Breece Hall or you had him on your wire
18:11and now he's got this big opportunity in New York where uh maybe it's going to be Braelon Allen having a awesome week and I certainly
18:18hope so cuz I have him in my lineup.
18:20But, I'm figuring most people listening to this, if you need to listen to this show and watch this show, then Braelon
18:26Allen's not available on your wire. It's not available in any competitive leagues waiver wire. He was drafted in a lot of
18:31leagues and he's sort of if he was on the wire this week, he was like the number one guy picked up along with the
18:36Miami backs.
18:37But, Isaiah Davis sort of under the radar here. And Isaiah Davis can catch the ball. And we've seen New York become
18:44a little bit more of a passing offense.
18:46Is there a chance that Isaiah Davis just is a better fit? I don't think so. I think it's going to be Braelon Allen,
18:52but Isaiah Davis worth rostering, especially if you're in a deep format.
18:56Davis has a more is he more like for like with Breece Hall where he's got that two-way ability. We know Davis can catch the
19:03ball out of the backfield. Interesting player.
19:06Another player to stream and absolutely stash is Brian Robinson Jr. of the Atlanta Falcons.
19:13Maybe the most valuable handcuff besides Emitt Johnson is Brian Robinson. But unlike Emitt Johnson, Brian Robinson is a true handcuff plus where he's had
19:24multiple weeks in a row with like double-digit touches. Atlanta's like a consolidated offense where it's a ton of Bijan, a ton of Drake London, and then
19:34you're going to get some Brian Robinson, and hopefully for Kyle Pitts managers, we see some Pitts. But Brian Robinson getting worked in, we look at Bijan's
19:43work last week against Green Bay. With Penix behind center, they're going to run the football, and they are going to hyper-target Drake London. And those are
19:51just sort of like principles to a Michael Penix offense in Atlanta. So, we want to make sure that Brian Robinson is
19:57a stash. Great player for you to roster.
20:00Great player for you to trade for if you're able to get him because if Bijan missed, Robinson would be a 20-plus
20:07touch per game guy. But if I'm in a desperation mode, just like we talked about with Kendre Miller, this game feels like an over
20:15environment. I might chase it here.
20:18Uh one player that's a a quick mention that I think is a streamer this week, and a lot of you have him on your
20:24benches. You're not going to be able to go pick him up. Um but De'Andre Swift missed a a bunch of time this week. Now,
20:32he's set to play this week against the Jets.
20:35But I think it's a Kyle Manangay week. I think Manangay, we've seen him have big games uh last year and this year and a
20:41big week in week one.
20:43Swift's playing, but again, missed time this week. You've got the Bears against the Jets, and the Bears won last week.
20:53It feels like it's going to be a potential Bears not easy win, but comfortable enough win that they're going to be able to lean
21:01into their running backs. The Bears are 3 and 1/2 point favorites this week. So, I think this could end up being a big
21:08Kyle Manangai week. I know I have a spot or two where Manangai's been on my bench and I'm going to put him in the lineup
21:14this week, maybe as a flex and in one spot using him as an RB2. That's sort of a hero RB build. Team's pretty good, but
21:22kind of a rotating RB2 spot. I'm comfortable using Manangai this week. We mentioned Woody Marks earlier.
21:29David Montgomery could fall in the end zone twice this week. I mean, this could happen and make this take look kind of
21:35bad.
21:36But I do think there's something to be said that Woody Marks seems to continue cutting into David Montgomery's uh production. Um you've got Woody Marks
21:45actually out producing David Montgomery in week three. My Woody Marks had a touchdown. So, only five carries for 15 yards, but he did have a touchdown. He
21:56had one catch. So, the touchdown saved him. But you have week two where Woody Marks also outproduced David Montgomery, where Marks had eight and a half points
22:06and it was five catches. David Montgomery only had 4.4 points. So, back-to-back weeks where Woody Marks has outproduced David Montgomery. And like
22:15we talked about with C.J. Stroud, I think this is an over environment. So, I think Woody Marks is on the streaming
22:20radar this week. Now, do I think he's going to be like a top 15 running back?
22:24Absolutely not. But if you're in a desperation spot, I think he can get us double-digit PPR points this week. Uh running back-wise, another player to
22:33mention as sort of a stash, Ty Johnson, who got some decent workload last week um for Buffalo. We know like we talked
22:40about Raheem Mostert a lot in the preseason, and I think Raheem Mostert would have value if uh James Cook were to miss time, but Ty Johnson maybe
22:47carves himself out a little bit of a role. If he's going to catch four or five passes a week in this offense, then
22:52he's very, very valuable. And that was his first game played this season last week uh and produced pretty well. So, running back, go comb the wire. If if
23:01you don't like anybody I'm talking about, make sure you keep rostering these handcuff running backs. I mean, how fortunate were fantasy managers last
23:09week that were playing the handcuff game and ended up with a Braelon Allen or ended up with an Ali Gordon just on
23:16their bench and ended up getting a starting running back potentially just for churning the back end of their roster. I think one
23:24thing that separates good players in fantasy from mediocre players is continually getting new fresh bodies on that that roster.
23:35Getting the attacking the waiver wire with reckless abandon and not having like a wasted roster spot. Go look at it. Check out your rosters, but I think
23:43there's a couple of players that might you might be better served with just a handcuff running back.
23:48Talking about the wide receiver position, bunch of them this week.
23:51We are starting Dontayvion Wicks.
23:54Devonta Smith's going to miss the game.
23:56You've got Dontayvion Wicks who's playing like a full-time role. Has had some solid games this season.
24:03Wicks is going to operate as the number one wide receiver in Philadelphia this week and the number one receiver in general, which is pretty exciting stuff
24:12for Wicks truthers. And Wicks is averaging What is he averaging on the season? Let me pull this up so I don't misspeak. I
24:18was going to say 12 points game. 11 points per game for Dontayvion Wicks. So he's averaging 11 points per game this
24:24season, but Devonta Smith was averaging 16.2.
24:29And the underlying metrics for Smith were sensational. Smith is fourth among all wide receivers in target share, third in first read rate. So like this
24:38is like elite usage for Smith. Wicks can step right into that role. Won't be as good as Smith, but I think Dontayvion
24:46Wicks getting a 25 to 30% target share this week is very much in play. I think he's a start. And I think you ideally
24:54are using him in your wide receiver three or your flex spot, but I think he's going to get double-digit PPR points pretty comfortably. And if he
25:01finds the end zone, this becomes a solid start.
25:05You've also got Quez Watkins. What an opportunity for Quez Watkins. Quez Watkins, first-round pick, it's been a slow go, but now Philadelphia has to use
25:13him. Hollywood Brown also out this week.
25:15Dallas Goedert been banged up. He's going to be out this week. So, and Saquon Barkley not being used as a receiver. Saquon just non-existent this
25:23year as a receiver. So, a lot of you thinking it's going to be a bunch of catches for Saquon. We even seen that
25:28with Sean Mannion. Maybe Sean Mannion changes things up this week. I know Saquon managers are tilting right now, but Quez Watkins absolutely a stash. It
25:38feels like it's going to be one of those things where Quez does enough that next week on the waiver wire a bunch of
25:44people are going to be like, "Add Quez Watkins." At least I hope so.
25:47We're also looking to stream Keenan Allen. We talked about it with Daniel Jones. Washington has allowed the most fantasy points to wide receivers in
25:56football. They've allowed the most catches, the most touchdown catches, and the third most receiving yards to opposing wide receivers. They're just
26:06getting shredded by opposing wideouts.
26:09Then you've got Keenan Allen who had a really strong week against Houston, 18.3 PPR points.
26:16He's had six receptions in two out of three weeks this year, and he's had at least five targets in every game. So, obviously we would
26:24prefer prefer Josh Downs, and we prefer Tyler Warren, but we're not talking about those guys. This is a sleeper show, and the sleeper receiver is Keenan
26:34Allen. So, keep an eye on Keenan Allen this week. I think if you're up against it, throw Keenan Allen in your lineup.
26:40One other player that I think is interesting is Malik Washington. And Malik Washington, we talk about like trying to figure out who's the biggest beneficiary
26:51um, the Miami Dolphins with this injury to Achane, it could end up being Malik Washington.
26:57And I think it probably will be Malik Washington in the short term. I think Chris Bell is absolutely a stash.
27:05Chris Bell had a good week last week, and I think his role will grow.
27:10But Malik Washington, the metrics are really good. He's at like a 27% target share right now with a ton of air yards. And we know that
27:20Washington also can get some of these manufactured touches on design carries.
27:26And we saw that last week where Malik Washington ended up He's got three carries on the season, but two of them
27:33occurred against Kansas City in week three.
27:36He scored 11.1 PPR points. He had five catches for 56 yards, 10 targets. So, you're talking about 10 targets and two
27:46rushing opportunities.
27:48I think double-digit I guess opportunities for Washington are is going to be par for the course.
27:55And you've also got this Minnesota Vikings team which with this extremely aggressive defense, the game's in Minnesota. It feels like a Malik
28:02Washington game.
28:04Can Washington give us 11 to 13 points?
28:08I think he can this week. And we'll be interested to see if this usage becomes so good that we're like Washington is
28:15this floor play type. But Chris Bell, that's the ceiling play. If you don't need to use one of these guys and you
28:20want a player to stash, Chris Bell is one.
28:23Uh, Chris Bell last week had his best game as a pro.
28:27Uh, really strong stuff from Chris Bell.
28:29Against Kansas City last week, Chris Bell ends up with eight targets, catches four of them for 67 yards.
28:37If Chris Bell's going to get eight targets every week, then I think he becomes super interesting and probably a definitely a higher ceiling guy than
28:43Washington. But I think if I'm using a Dolphin in this game against Minnesota, I'm probably going to go with Malik Washington and sort of chase that floor
28:51and chase that usage. I think it'll be there. Can he get a 30% target share with a couple of touches? I think so.
28:57One player who we talked about week in, week out, not every week, but it's another De'Von Achane week.
29:02De'Von Achane was like my number one waiver wire pick up after week one, especially at the wide receiver position. Uh he's been solid and I think
29:11Achane has a chance to have a really good game this week against uh Atlanta.
29:15De'Von Achane quietly has 15 catches on the season and 22 targets. So, he's averaging over seven targets per game.
29:24Achane's averaging 12.7 points per game.
29:27I can't really call him a sleeper anymore. The guy's averaging 12.7 points three weeks in. If Achane has another solid game, then I I'm not going to talk
29:36about him anymore. Um but I know some of you have him on your benches and you're sort of apprehensive. We want to chase
29:42this game flow. New Orleans-Atlanta could be the highest-scoring game on the entire slate this week. Um Trey Harris, let's talk about him.
29:53You know, I said this on another show where does LA just start changing things up in a major way?
29:59And do they just start using Trey Harris a ton?
30:03I think it's signal that Trey Harris last week against Buffalo had seven targets, a season high, six catches, a season high, 76 receiving yards.
30:13You've got Lad McConkey dealing with a rib injury and you've got Quentin Johnston who's just been abysmal. You've got a Rondale Gadson who's been
30:21uneventful.
30:22And you have the entire backfield that has been sort of disappointing. Keaton Mitchell had a really good week last week and sort of could have talked to
30:29you about him as a potential sleeper for this week. Probably should have included Keaton Mitchell.
30:35But do we end up seeing more Trey Harris and more Keaton Mitchell?
30:39Does LA just reward their strong production from week three and they're up against it against Seattle sort of looking for something. But I think Trey
30:47Harris is absolutely a stash right now.
30:50And over the next couple weeks we could talk about him as a streaming opportunity. But if I'm really up against it, you know, if that's your
30:57best option, it's not the worst one.
30:59Because I think Trey Harris's trajectory is pointing upwards on an offense that has a ton of problems. One huge issue with LA,
31:06Justin Herbert can't can't connect downfield at all.
31:10He has one for 12 on passing passes over 20 yards. Like the guy can't connect on passes downfield. It's It's bad stuff.
31:18Uh continuing the conversation, Kalif Raymond, streamer.
31:22I mean, how can we say he's not a streamer at this point? Kalif Raymond, he just sits there on the bench. You
31:27probably picked him up after week one being like, "Okay, uh I don't really want to use him, but I'm not going to ignore him after week
31:33one when Kalif Raymond has 16.4 points. Then week two you're like, "Okay, nine points scored. I I probably did the right
31:40thing, but he still shockingly leads Chicago's wide receiver room with 40 receiving yards."
31:46But then how about week three? Week three was the Luther Burden game. We got the Luther Burden game in week three.
31:52Luth- Luther Burden comes out um and from with a national televised audience puts up 19.8 PPR points, gets 11 targets, seven catches, 61 yards and a
32:02touchdown. Even gets a carry.
32:04Everybody's all happy for Luther Burden.
32:05Well, guess what? Kalif Raymond outscored him again. Kalif Raymond up with a really another strong week against Philly.
32:13We can't overthink this one. I think Raymond just kind of goes into our flex spot, goes into our wide receiver three
32:18spot.
32:20Um it's insane. Kalif Ray- Like we we don't want to like try to like get ahead of ourselves, but Ben Johnson loves Kalif
32:27Raymond.
32:28It's one of the the more crazy storylines of fantasy football and a lot of times we're we're just we just create
32:34content. Um I know for me it's like I'm turning out all these shows a week. I go on Beyond the Box Score with Jacob Gibbs. I go on
32:42with the guys over at Sirius every single week on Wednesdays. I'm just writing articles and doing content, doing rankings, and it's sort of like
32:50you don't have time to like sit back and look at the big picture, but Kalif Raymond. I mean, if this holds up, this
32:56is really one of the storylines of the entire season, but we're not going to try to overthink it. We're just going to
33:01use him if we need a flex this week.
33:03That's sort of where we're at with Kalif Raymond. The bottom could eventually fall out. And I think there's a lot of
33:08fantasy managers out there rostering other Bears, probably hoping it does.
33:12But right now Kalif Raymond is a thing.
33:14Let's not overthink it. He's just a player that you can plug in in the wide receiver three or the flex, and you're
33:20probably going to get double-digit PPR points. Another player whose usage is trending up is Mack Hollins.
33:26The Patriots are a disaster. They're a disaster offensively.
33:31But Mack Hollins right now has the most targets of any Patriot on the season.
33:37He's averaging more points per game than any Patriot on the season, and he was the only positive in week three at any
33:43position against Jacksonville. Six catches for 87 yards on nine targets. He is the best option for Drake May. That's a scary thing for me to say to fantasy
33:54managers out there, and it's a scary thing for New England Patriots fans to hear. But until A.J. Brown comes back, Mack Hollins might lead your wide
34:02receiver room. I think he's a stash.
34:04More just like a a depth piece. But again, you might be up against it. He's on the streaming radar for this week.
34:12>> [snorts] >> A player who I love to stash is Kanata Mumfield. Now Puka Nacua is back.
34:17Puka Nacua is back, but the vibes were not great with Puka Nacua. Now we have all this stuff. Puka's like all the way
34:23back. The team's all excited. Puka might go out and score 30 points, and then this will never hear Kanata Mumfield's name again. Or Puka Nacua has regression
34:33and Mumfield might be in play as a big waiver wire add down the line. Think of him as a high-end handcuff. You also
34:40have Davante Adams who's been unbelievable, but Davante Adams, an older player that broke down last year.
34:47Now, Can't have Mumfield had a really solid game in week three.
34:52You've got Puka Nacua banged up, playing and probably playing at an extremely high level. You got Davante Adams at a playing at extremely high level, but
35:00he's 33 old. So, I've got a 33 year old and then I've got a player who was dealing with a hip injury.
35:06Was it a sports hernia? Was it something like that? Like it's just a lack of clarity with Puka. So, I'm looking at
35:11Mumfield as a handcuff type, but at the wide receiver position.
35:15And Mumfield showed us he could play.
35:17Now, I know there were multiple tight ends out last week. So, things sort of changed, but Mumfield had a really, really solid performance. He had four
35:25catches for 93 yards and a touchdown.
35:28And he had eight targets against Denver.
35:30Scored 19.3 PPR points. And again, he's 23 years old. So, I want to hold on to him as a stash.
35:38Another stash, Ted Hurst.
35:40I think Ted Hurst in a major way is trending up. Uh he had a touchdown catch last week for 40 yards. Now, the problem
35:48is we have Jaylen Daniels at quarterback. We don't know which way this is going to go. Chris Godwin's also playing after missing some time at
35:54practice. So, the hope that Hurst would be like the wide receiver two this week, that's not going to happen. But Ted
35:59Hurst is a talented player. If you're in a start three wide receiver format, Ted Hurst is a must roster player. Um or if
36:07you're in a deep format, Ted Hurst is a must roster player. And if you're a dynasty manager, this is a got to go go
36:12and pick up. Because I think Ted Hurst 2027 could be a really, really good value. So, want to roster Ted Hurst in a
36:19bunch of these NFFC type formats.
36:24Continuing to look at players you can use.
36:28Now, a lot of times we don't have like a Oh, you know what? I'll give you one more wide receiver. If we're searching
36:32for like a desperation wide receiver, I'm looking at Tyquan Thornton as like a dark throw dark throw bottom of the
36:43barrel one against Vegas. Do we end up getting like a long touchdown catch?
36:48Thornton is one where I would be in really really dire shape to have to use him.
36:54But, I do think he's an interesting one if you're looking for a like a big play guy. I think he could get to find the
36:58end zone this week against Vegas.
37:01Now, talking about we uh players um at the tight end position. Now, we don't always feel like super excited about some of these guys. Last week we talked
37:11about Geno Smith. There's been other weeks where we have streamers and sleepers where we have a ton of confidence in them.
37:18And then there's often times it's ones where just like you, I'm using them because they're the best option, but it's more of a desperation feel.
37:26It's anything but desperation when it comes to Darren Waller.
37:30Darren Waller is not only a player you want to stream this week, but he's a stream option at the flex position
37:37even if you're starting another tight end with enthusiasm. You can put Waller in the flex this week and sort of chase
37:42this match up.
37:44The Lions have given up five tight end one weeks. Think about that. In three games played, the Lions have given up
37:51five tight end uh one weeks. They have given up the most points to opposing tight ends in the last 10 years over the
37:59first three weeks of the season. Think about some of these performances. Kanyon Sadiq, Juwan Johnson, Dalton Kincaid, Jeremy Ruckert.
38:08Everyone's putting up numbers against the Lions at the tight end position.
38:13Darren Waller in a really good spot this week. This is a very high total game, north of 50 points total in Vegas.
38:22You've got Carolina with a home game in primetime.
38:25Then you've got Darren Waller where everything's sort of lining up well for him.
38:29We saw the touchdowns in week two.
38:32And then we saw the increased target production and catch it catch production in week three. So I think Waller is heading in the right direction and this
38:41is a great matchup. We want to use tight ends almost every single week against the Detroit Lions until they prove us
38:48otherwise.
38:50Another tight end to consider streaming and if not you want to stash him. AJ Barner.
38:56AJ Barner of Seattle is essentially their number two target. Last week he had five catches for 69 yards on nine targets and he had a rushing touchdown
39:04in week two.
39:06Barner is a thing in Seattle this week.
39:09Rashid Shaheed it's not happening like maybe we thought during the summer. A lot of like steam with Shaheed like he could end up being a valuable player
39:17this year. Just hasn't happened. AJ Barner is the number two target. This is a high passing offense especially potentially this week with no
39:24Judarian Price. So I think Barner is a fun stream and he's also a must stash even if you don't want to stream him.
39:32Dalton Schultz just a reminder he's a streamer this week. Schultz is really a borderline tight end one. We after that massive week two are we going to ever
39:40consider him anything less? I know Nico didn't play in that one but Dalton Schultz I think is in a really good spot
39:45against Dallas.
39:47We talked about Schultz on the season he's averaging 13.2 points per game now.
39:52He's got 25 targets but I think a lot of people are going to be off of him completely cuz he had a clunker in week
39:58three against Indy.
39:59Only three catches in week three but he had eight targets in week one against Buffalo, 14 targets in week two against Cincinnati. Nico Collins is
40:08coming back but Schultz is going to operate as Houston's number two target and you get a revenge game narrative.
40:13It's his old team the Dallas Cowboys.
40:16Those things matter. People love that.
40:17The players get motivation and a lot of times the lock room gets motivation for that one as well. These in-state kind of
40:23matchups, they're all so cool. Dalton Schultz definitely a streaming option this week.
40:29Tyler Higbee, another streaming option.
40:32Not a long-term player, but if you need a tight end this week, I think Higbee's in play.
40:37Terrance Ferguson is out. Tyler Higbee last week, eight catches for 62 yards and a touchdown on 11 targets. Now, Higbee would be a much easier argument
40:47if Puka was not playing, but he's still sort of a fun top 15-ish tight end play this week in a plus offense on a team that's going to
40:57pass the ball with excellent play design from Sean McVay. And we know last year LA was number one in the NFL in
41:06touchdown passes to opposing tight ends, and they were like third in targets to tight ends. So, as the tight end room
41:13starts to dwindle a little bit, no Terrance Ferguson creates a new opportunity for Tyler Higbee.
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