00:00Let's move to fantasy football now as we get ready for another week in the NFL.
00:05And for fantasy football, that means it's time for the waiver wire.
00:09And we haven't had many big league winners or anything like that on waivers.
00:14But there are a few plays this week that can help you short and long term
00:18that I think you really need to pay attention to.
00:20So let's dive into this week's fantasy football waiver wire.
00:28And we begin at quarterback and a spot where I feel like we're giving this guy out a bit too
00:33much.
00:33But it's Geno Smith, 19% owned for the Jets as they take on the Buffalo Bills this week.
00:40Buffalo obviously made Carson Wentz look like a bad quarterback.
00:43I would suggest Carson Wentz made Carson Wentz look like a bad quarterback.
00:46But that's neither here nor there.
00:49I think Geno, with this offense now, you have a few different weapons that they can play with.
00:53This Bills defense is not very good.
00:55We're recording this Tuesday morning before the trade deadline is done.
00:58So unless Buffalo has gone out and got like three lockdown corners since I've recorded this,
01:04then I think we're probably all right trusting Geno Smith with that passing attack for the Jets.
01:08This isn't a comment that I think the Jets are going to do well in this game.
01:11But I think the offense is going to be able to put enough
01:13against a Buffalo defense that has been a little bit leaky at times.
01:17At wide receiver, Antonio Williams, 31% owned.
01:21Last week we gave him out as a waiver wire play, but did kind of caution that look,
01:26it's a tough matchup against the Rams, but better days are ahead.
01:29We're now into the better days for Washington with the Giants, the Bengals,
01:33the Cardinals, and the Titans the next four games.
01:3713 targets still in the last two weeks.
01:39I think he's going to see an uptick in volume.
01:41And I think he's going to see a pretty significant uptick in production for this team
01:45because of the lack of quality that they're facing over the next couple of weeks.
01:50So I think Antonio Williams has a chance to really be a bit of a game breaker now
01:55for the Washington Commanders and for you in fantasy football.
01:58Also at wide receiver, Caleb Douglas, 30% owned.
02:02Eight targets last week.
02:03It is such a good matchup against the Indianapolis Colts this week that I think you have to take
02:08advantage of this.
02:09Like, again, I don't think Douglas is a weak winner or anything like that, but I think
02:14he is absolutely a floor raiser.
02:17Like you just, you know, you're going to get pretty reliable.
02:20I mean, as much as you can know from Malik Willis, right?
02:22But I think you're going to be getting pretty reliable target volume and pretty reliable
02:27production against a bad Indianapolis Colts team.
02:31Reliable isn't necessarily the word for our last one here at wide receiver, but it's Tank
02:35Dell at 14% owned.
02:37Nine targets last week against the Chargers.
02:38A significantly more difficult matchup against Cleveland's defense this week.
02:42But we know what Tank Dell is, right?
02:44Like he is boom or bust.
02:45He is either going to take the top off a defense for a gigantic play, or it's going to be
02:51a
02:51really quiet one.
02:52He went to the school of Deshaun Jackson for fantasy football wide receivers.
02:58Very talented, and I think provides a real dynamic look to that offense.
03:03This is more of a home run swing type of a guy, but Tank Dell is too good to only
03:07be owned
03:08in 14% of leagues.
03:09At running back, we're taking a couple bigger swings here.
03:13First is Seth McGowan.
03:14He's on every waiver wire column this week at 32% owned.
03:18We will find out later today, and maybe even by the time you're listening or watching to
03:21this, listening to this or watching this, sorry.
03:24But we will know whether Jonathan Taylor has been traded or not.
03:27But what we do know is that, I mean, if he is traded, McGowan is going to get so much
03:33of that backfield.
03:34Is it going to be quality touches?
03:36Maybe not.
03:36But he's a good running back.
03:37He's fine.
03:37And the other thing I think we will know is that if Taylor doesn't get traded, this team
03:42is obviously looking forward to next year.
03:44I don't think they're going to waste 300 touches with Jonathan Taylor the rest of the
03:49way to finish at 3-14, right?
03:53So I think McGowan factors into this offense a little bit more, regardless of what happens
03:58later on today.
03:59Keaton Mitchell at 21% owned.
04:01Speaking of picking up players from bad offenses with the LA Chargers, he's getting more involved
04:06in the offense every single week.
04:08He had 11 opportunities last week when you factor in touches and targets.
04:12And I, yeah, I think he's the best running back they have.
04:17And that's not saying a whole lot.
04:19The offense sucks.
04:20But 11 opportunities at running back at 21% owned.
04:24You're probably not going to have to spend a ton on him on fab if you're playing in that
04:27kind of a league.
04:28I think very well worth a pickup right now is Keaton Mitchell.
04:33And then last one, Corey Kiner at 5% owned.
04:37Blue Jays fans, make your Isaiah Kiner for laughter jokes, however you want.
04:41But Ramondre Stevenson's banged up.
04:43Travion Henderson is banged up.
04:45Kiner steps in, gets a touchdown last week.
04:47The offense needs a bit of a spark.
04:49I don't think this is a spark plug type of a guy.
04:51But volume is going to be there on this team.
04:55And I think he's going to have a few opportunities at it.
04:58And they were trying to work him into the offense anyway.
04:59So deeper leagues, I think he should be a stash kind of no matter what.
05:04Probably not a 10-team league guy right now.
05:07I mean, it's worth a pickup.
05:08Because if Stevenson and Henderson are both out, then there's a real opportunity here
05:13for at least a league winning type of a play.
05:15But for anything like 12 and beyond, he's at least worth a stash just to see.
05:21And again, if there are injuries, then he is absolutely worth a start this week.
05:25Of the guys on this list, I would say he and Williams have the biggest opportunities
05:30to be difference makers this week for your fantasy roster.
05:33At tight end, Pat Friermuth, 32% owned.
05:37They're facing the Bengals.
05:38It's a good matchup on Sunday Night Football.
05:39And then AJ Barner, 10% owned.
05:41A good matchup against the Raiders this week for Seattle.
05:45So again, tight end's tight end.
05:48It's tricky.
05:48But those are two guys that I think have a better opportunity than the other ones
05:51at our 35% cutoff.
05:53And for defense, it's the Cleveland Browns.
05:58It's a difficult matchup against CJ Stroud.
06:00This offense is getting better out in Houston.
06:02Obviously, we just talked about Tank Dell and getting them another explosive weapon
06:07in this passing attack.
06:09But this Browns defense just has too much talent on it to only be 31% owned.
06:13So I like them here this week against the Houston Texans.
06:17And as a defense that you can pick up and just set it and forget it
06:20for the rest of the season.
06:22So those are my picks for the Waver Wire.
06:24Do you have any players that you're questioning?
06:25And anyone in here I'm wrong about that are just full stayaways?
06:28Let me know in the comments and we can talk about it there.
06:30We got a ton more fantasy football coming up here on Couch Potato Diary.
06:35Coming up Wednesday or Thursday, probably Thursday,
06:38we are going to do the Waver Wire rebound.
06:40We do this every single week.
06:42This is not the only time you can improve your team.
06:44It's the easiest time to improve your team.
06:46But we got to do a little bit more work sometimes.
06:48So after Waver's run, we go through, we see who's been dropped the most.
06:52Maybe we can find a diamond in the rough.
06:53And we looked at who's still available and we can help you out that way.
06:56So that's coming up on Thursday's podcast.
06:58We'll see you next time.
