 The fantasy football playoffs are officially here and they brought with them an avalanche of news we've got to react to for Season-long fantasy football. We've got a lot of stuff. That's probably gonna come down the pipe here very soon So luckily we are live on air to give you our reactions to what is happening right now in the NFL with a bunch of players set to go on The COVID-19 list. This is the waiver wire Q&A right here on the Fandall YouTube, Twitch Facebook and Twitter channels My name is Jim Sonnis. I am a senior writer and analyst for numberfire.com joined here as always by JJ Zachary And he is the editor-in-chief of number fire and Fandall and JJ. We are wearing identical shirts So at least we got that going for us despite everything else being weird terrible and crazy. How are you doing today? Well first off Jim, I think that you look pretty good in that shirt Not not as good as I do obviously But yeah, you're looking good We we logged on just so everyone knows we logged in and we're like wait a second Like we even have the same little like V look right here Yeah, you know things are good on my end. I'm just kind of nervous about what's gonna happen with all this COVID news today You know OBJ is on the COVID list now or he tested positive. It sounds like you know Cleveland collectively is on the Seemingly yeah, yeah I mean and obviously, you know first and foremost when we get news like this are We're most worried obviously about just health and player health and all that kind of stuff But we have to realize to that our job is to analyze this stuff and to say how does this affect your fantasy team? So when we react that way, please everyone listening understand that we're not saying that we don't care about these players health That's first and foremost always it should be a given But at the same time, you know, we got it. We got to do our job So we're waiting to hear some of these players who might have tested positive or might have been close contacts And you know, hopefully with it being the first week of the fantasy football playoffs You know, we don't get that much Screwing with our lineups and stuff like that. I know that's more of a secondary thing But it's obviously something that we have to talk about. Yeah, and I think that You know looking at some tweets right now So usually I have just like this screen up But I have my Twitter poll up now Jordan Rodriguez of the athletics says it's Odell Beckham and Bryson Hopkins We're kind of the two major ones to the Rams Tyler Higby is coming off of it because it was apparently a false positive for him So Higby coming off Beckham and I guess if you were like me and picked up Bryson Hopkins because you had Tyler Higby Last night had nowhere else to go. You can drop him officially now But it looks like Odell is a sure positive there for the Rams trying to keep tabs on anything else That's going down here in case you this news earlier on today The Browns plays Jarvis Landry and Austin Hooper on the code list. David and Joe who's still there Harrison Bryant is still banged up as well because He has an ankle injury which means it's kind of basically Donovan people's Jones and Maybe Anthony Schwartz who is still not back at practice to the Browns Richard Higgins Hollywood Higgins back in our consensus as well So we're gonna keep on Twitter see what's going on there and to be clear Higgins Higgins is like losing snaps to like running backs at Like you know, I mean, but he'll play more obviously with the Jarvis Landry thing It's just like that's how rough it is right now for Cleveland passcatchers Tyler is this so is asking to the Fountains of Wayne song we change the Omicron has got it going on Is that Stacey's mom? I have no idea what Fountains of Wayne is. I'm assuming Fountains of Wayne did Stacey's mom Yeah, I mean the lyrics the lyrics are There's a lot of songs like that where I don't know the the artist But I know the songs instantly that's like like a lot of 90s songs are like that in particular And I have a 90s list on my Spotify. I have a playlist that plays 90 songs and I I still don't thank you We appreciate Joey Affleck video producer for informing us that it is Fountains of Wayne, so thank you joy Okay, thank you keeping us informed here. So we got the song right Jim We got the song right that's all that only because Tyler actually like made that fit pretty well Otherwise I'd have had no idea. So that's all Tyler. No, I would have I don't know bands long enough. It's all Tyler I give Tyler all the credit. Okay, let's go to some questions here from the airs queues over on YouTube What defense should I start cowboys Eagles or Cardinals Cowboys facing the Giants Eagles going against Washington the Cardinals facing Detroit not that options there. Who's your favorite? Yeah, I mean look I don't mind any of them I had the Eagles in the 15 transactions Podcast and column today because the other two defenses that you mentioned were rostered and more leagues You know the I also mentioned the Eagles because they get Washington with a banged up Taylor Heineke then the Giants with who knows what's gonna be going on with them And then Washington again with Taylor Heineke even if he's not banged up. He's still Taylor Heineke The thing with Philadelphia though of these defenses I don't really like what they do defensively as much for fantasy purposes compared to like Dallas who can get to the Quarterback and such and as we saw last week I would be fine with either Dallas or Arizona here Arizona is probably the safest option But I think Dallas isn't a really good spot as well Yeah, Dallas plays like a volatile kind of defense which is good for fantasy scoring kind of similar to Miami We're like they have their flaws, but it's good for fantasy either way So I think that all those options pretty good there for the aircoos, okay Elias is already on to week 16 because they have clinched a buy congrats to you Elias So looking forward to week 16 week 17 Who are you prioritizing between a Rashad penny and Michael Carter Carter likely coming back this week for the Jets and a Good rule previously and they have no one else to catch the football right now So what do you think between those two guys on waivers right now? Yeah, I mean So I'm looking at the the roster here I was thinking like if you had another spot like I would try to add both of them And I would add both of them over Booker Let's say in particular like I understand that the need for handcuffs and stuff But you also are just playing the odds here of like what happens if Rashad penny takes over the backfield a little bit more Etc etc. You know Michael Carter We've already seen him see really high target shares and running back rushers in his backfield the one thing I'll say with Carter that I Makes me hesitate a little bit number one the Jets offense obviously makes me hesitate But also a lot of his big games and spiked weeks He saw some of them with with Mike white under center and he was really targeting Running backs at a really insanely high rate out of the backfield. It's a little my Carter at all Don't get me wrong especially in a PPR format I don't know if this says if it's a PPR format or not But to me, you know with with penny, you know the way that I sort of talked about him on my show today Was that you have to think of these last couple games as like stepping stones where like, you know Two weeks ago. We we saw him with like a 47% running back rush air or something like that This past week got up to 64% He obviously did what he did against Houston and now Pete Carroll's out here saying Oh, he deserves a chance to be the lead back in this offense I mean, that's what we kind of have to go with whereas I don't know if Michael Carter has the same kind of potential and upside as a guy like Rashad penny has and if you Look at the the running backs on this team, you know, you're probably gonna play one of the Green Bay running backs I'm sorry you have to deal with that each week because that's probably gonna be a headache You know, you get Gaskin. I guess this week you're not playing this week So Gaskin's actually in a really tough spot the red they they don't have a buy. I miss red. Oh, sorry Right. Okay. You can ask him you get Gaskin this week You know and they get the Jets and obviously he's a good play So yeah, I mean I would actually try to get both in this case because your running backs are not very strong, right? Like yeah, they're they're just not they're not great overall in this case I might actually try to get both penny and Carter drop a guy like Booker Maybe even take the risk and drop a guy like Madison and just Madison the COVID list too So you could actually even ease more easily justify dropping him Yeah, so like even take that risk though and say, you know what? I know Dalvin cooking it hurt and all of a sudden Madison's an RB one But I also need usable running backs right now on my team because I don't have very strong running backs across the board I try to get both of those guys if I if I could yeah And the other thing here from Elias asking us in streaming defense We did touch on actually didn't touch on any of these different subset for what we have before Preference between Minnesota versus the Bears Houston versus Jacksonville and Cincinnati Versus Denver and then Jackson versus Houston preference three between those four probably Minnesota against Chicago But I you know, I think you make an argument for Cincinnati as well I when you have a game like Houston and Jacksonville, it seems like there's just a ton of all utility it could go A lot of different ways I know there's only a thirty nine and a half point over under which makes total sense because these offenses are just not Moving the ball well You know, I if I were to go with one of those teams I'd go Jacksonville over Houston I think you know, they're their home favorites, but I don't really feel confident in either of them I think since you are Minnesota works fine. I don't really have like a major major preference there I just think that Chicago's offense is a little bit more inept Then Denver's is and you know Chicago Justin Fields has been great Don't get me wrong especially from a fantasy perspective, but they really got away with some big plays against Green Bay We have to be cognizant of that that it wasn't just like them methodically moving the ball down the field and all that I mean, they had some big plays that we can't just bank on week in and week out And they do make mistakes like that's kind of part of the thing with the rookie quarterback They make mistakes and that can lead to upside, you know, we saw the the pick that he threw So I think that that helps as well with Jacksonville. They definitely generate like they have a lot of flaws They do generate a lot of pressure and I think that's good. Yeah in that Houston game as well Okay, let's go to the air cute a cruise here is Malcolm Brown worth the wave where our pickup needs a running back Malcolm Brown We'll return to practice this week Miles Gaskin still in the COVID list, but based on the timing of when he tested positive I think like you alluded to he's got a good chance to be activated before this week So the us of on Ahmed currently on the COVID list Philip Lindsay on the COVID list Lot of ambiguity with the Dolphins. Would you add Malcolm Brown as a result of that? Yeah, I mean I think you can spend like a dollar and get brown because I don't think anyone else in your league is probably gonna be Like really actively going after Malcolm Brown because he hasn't been playing and you know, he might not proud I mean, we don't know if he's gonna come back for sure But if you look at it, you know, the top three running backs are on the COVID list right now And you know, this is just one of those like small moves small probability moves that you can make that generally don't hit I mean, we should expect Miles Gaskin to be back if you look across the league Players have been back in that a lot of time Because he was vaccinated and they've been back in that a lot of time after testing positive But I mean you you don't know with this I mean it's a virus like you just don't know how it's gonna impact miles Gaskin So, you know, there's obviously that that potential risk It's it's similar to like the way I view like an Austin Echler right now where yeah, you know, Joe Staley came out and said that that he's fine but at the same time it's like I Mean he got injured it didn't look good and he's got a Thursday night game He should still sort of play it safe to some degree And get like a Justin Jackson off the waiver wire So feel similarly with Malcolm Brown this week And I wouldn't feel that way if they weren't playing the Jets and the Jets are the number one team if you look at every position In the way that teams defend that position in terms of adjusted fantasy points allowed The Jets against running backs is the most advantageous or least advantageous for the Jets match up imaginable They're giving up over 10 and a half more fantasy points to team running backs per game Then those teams running backs average and two running backs went off against them last week Alvin Camara and Tayson Hill Let's talk to Brian over here asking us to streaming quarterbacks Ryan Tannehill Jimmy Garoppolo Justin Fields fields against the Vikings Garoppolo is facing Atlanta and Tannehill facing Pittsburgh. I don't know. I got excited about Jimmy G. I guess I know it's a matchup like whatever I don't know. I got any any enthusiasm behind that voice there preference you between these three. I Don't mind any I don't mind all three of them by the way I think I just said Joe Staley instead of Brandon Staley when I was talking about Austin Echler I just have my it's good to have Joe Staley on the mind though. In general, we're a pro Joe Staley show I'm with Joe Staley. He's fine So, yeah, I look I really like all three of these I prefer Jimmy G and Justin Fields more than Tannehill. I think just given the way the Titans offense operates And you know the Steelers mean they're beatable But they're also they've also been so beatable on the ground and Tennessee likes to run the ball So I could see them going with more of that approach Jimmy G 15 plus fantasy points and six of his last seven games and he gets Atlanta that the top Defense the target from an adjusted fantasy points allowed standpoint to quarterbacks But I think Justin Fields has the ceiling like I think Fields is the play Minnesota is a top five team and a just fantasy points allowed Justin Fields over his last three completed games So sort of throw out that game against Baltimore because he got hurt in it But it is three games that have been completed which I think goes back to when he faced Pittsburgh But in those games He's averaged nine rush attempts per game in 74 rushing yards You're basically getting almost two passing touchdowns just via the ground without even accounting for rushing touchdowns from Justin Fields And he scored 18 plus in those three contests. So I like Fields a lot good matchup for him He's running the ball a lot. That's exactly what you want in fantasy football. Well Monday sweat going on too I can't go wrong with that. Let's talk to Shane here Looking for a defense between the Bills the Dolphins and the Eagles Bills are going up against Carolina Oh boy this week. I'm sure that'll go well for them Miami facing the Jets Eagles facing Washington. We have not talked Bills or Dolphins yet. So how do you rank these ones? Yeah, and this is saying rest of season. It looks like too And so from a rest of season standpoint definitely Buffalo for me I don't love Buffalo's matchup next week against New England because I would assume, you know They take a fairly conservative approach but at the same time, you know Buffalo is a team that that can just flip the switch It feels like and they're you know, they're at least competitive and they're probably a little bit better than what their record indicates Um, and so, you know, I'm not like like I don't think the Bills are bad or any You know, like if that's like the idea that people have especially without Tredavious White I still think the Bills are fine Defensively and offensively. Um, and so they get really good matchups I can't remember who their week 17 game is it I can't remember who's against I know Tampa Bay plays the Jets, but I can't remember their week 17 But they get uh, you know, this week they get Carolina next week They get New England, which is decent matchup decent enough matchup But then week 17 the Falcons That's what it is and the Falcons are the number one team and adjusted fantasy points allowed for defenses So, you know, I think that you could just go with the Bills If you're looking for rest of season the Eagles have a good schedule the rest of season as well I'm not sure entirely what Miami schedule looks like off the top of my head But they do get the Jets this week I think that you could argue the jet or Miami's a better play than than these other two defenses this week But I think that if you're looking rest of season, I would go with the Bills Okay, let's get a strategy question here from shaken bake He's in a situation or they're in a situation where they have a 50 point points cushion And they got that over the next team They what they need to happen is to lose and for the team they have a 50 point point cushion over to also win So basically they need to play with this 50 point point cushion I keep saying point point if you've got that situation jj Are you taking a more conservative approach to the asserted decisions? How do you handle that type of situation? Yeah, but at the same time, I don't want you know, I say this on my podcast all the time It's really easy to overstate what that means and what I mean by that is You know, you might sit there and say, oh, I'm not going to play hunter-renfro You know, if you need variants or something you're gonna say Oh, I'm not going to play hunter-renfro because he's just a floor guy And yeah, we'll look what hunter-renfro did last week. I mean you should still be following volume You should still be following those peripherals and in leading with that first and foremost But if you have like a a legit tie in your brain Wait with how you're approaching a start-sit choice between two guys and one of them, you know is like Let's say let's say damien harris plays this weekend And you have you have remandry stevenson on your team But there's a chance that stevenson sees a little bit more of a workload because damien harris is banged up That's a highly volatile play and remandry stevenson because there's a chance that stevenson only sees Seven or eight touches in that game versus if damien harris really was banged up And you know, they don't want to utilize them as the as the workhorse in that backfield Then stevenson all of a sudden has doubled the amount of touches that Compared and so if you're if you're looking at like stevenson versus more of like a high floor wide receiver In a ppr format then go with the higher floor wide receiver. That's fine. But um, you know, I don't just don't overstate it I mean like if damien harris is out Remandry stevenson is a good play like period. You're like, yeah Maybe there's some volatility because stevenson usually isn't you know, the the lead back in his backfield and they split that backfield Etc etc But at the same time it's like like just you like, you know, he's still going to have some sort of floor And he still has an amazing ceiling and you're still going to need that ceiling because you can't pretend That you know exactly how it's going to go with the rest of the of the players in your lineup So don't overstate it. But yes, I mean treat it more of like a 50 50 or a head-to-head matchup Like you wouldn't dfs and play it safe from that perspective sure But just don't like go overboard with that mentality. I speak my language 50 50s head-to-head. Let's go. Okay. It's sate to chris over here The thinking about bench and dk for the kj osbourne or davante smith now Hard to make starts decisions on tuesday but I want to get a general temperature check from you on dk mech cap they get the rams this week and probably a spot repeat carol can't go full established it which is probably a good thing and Jalen ramsey likely going to be out due to when he tested positive so Personally, I'd have a really hard time not playing dk mech half despite the disappointing results when these are my alternatives. What about you? Yeah, I mean look I think both of us would agree that regression to the mean is eventually going to hit for dk mech I mean like the way he's performed and just look at tyler lockett Who actually has fewer targets over the last four games compared to mech cap who has seen less work Than mech. He's just converting better than mech cap is. I mean, that's what it comes down to and that kind of thing Yeah, I mean, I love tyler lockett. He's a beast but uh, you know that kind of thing that the deep ball conversions and all that That kind of stuff does regress and it is there is some some luck in it Based on the kinds of throws that like russell wilson's throwing, right? So I I'm still in the dk mech cap and I think that if you look at someone like osbourne even davante smith Both of them still have a lot of variability in their range of outcomes because davante smith is an On a team that doesn't throw the ball a whole lot And so you need him to be very efficient with the six or seven targets I mean, I would love for davante smith to get seven targets Honestly, the way the offense is is playing how davante, you know, you need him to be very efficient if you get six targets Whereas dk mech cap could easily walk into this game and see you know Six is probably his floor or or closer to his floor whereas that's more of a median slash ceiling for davante smith And then kj osbourne. I mean, yeah, I had a 29 target share this past week That's great. And I like osbourne a lot this week Don't get me wrong wouldn't surprise me if any of these guys outscored dk mech cap But osbourne also needed that big touchdown last week to really come through in fantasy I mean you gotta you got to look at it from that perspective too But I look I like the matchups for both osbourne and davante smith this week I just think that dk mech cap not only like are you psychologically going to feel better about like Playing mech cap like if you bench mech cap for kj osbourne and mech cap goes off It's going to be very very tilting if you bench kj osbourne for dk mech cap and osbourne goes off It's kj osbourne that happens, you know, no, you know, whatever because that that's the way that I sort of view those things Yeah, and dk can win you a week Individually, I don't know if that's the case the other guys also the last time you said seven targets for davante Last time he got that was week seven. So it's uh, yeah, exactly. It's it's been a hot second Six is probably a reasonable ceiling. It's six every week except for the past two. He's had four You know, it's just he's always at six So shane has uh tj hawkinson and pat fryer muth looking if you should add dallas goddard So basically for the first question here, how do you rank rest of the way tj hawkinson pat fryer muth and dallas goddard? Feel like they're all in like the same tier to me Hawkinson coming off that he has an injury. Uh, I mean, I don't know I don't know what he's gonna be looking like uh from from an injury standpoint So like if we hear more later in the week and you would rather have a guy like goddard I would probably just hold on to hawkinson and fryer muth and just play fryer muth this week, uh, if if hawkinson doesn't go And hawkinson's probably the play over but they're all like in the same tier. I don't really have like a super strong preference Um, i'm just gonna go with the offense that's gonna probably throw the ball a little bit more And that's the downside with dallas goddard right now Other question from shane and we can disregard the Miami part of this because they'll probably have gas come back by that point So they've got tuc johnson, but just in a vacuum. How high are we in davontae parker as a waiver at this week? I like parker, uh, you know, he's seen pretty good pretty good work when active this year and um, you know, they get a good matchup against the jets He was someone that was in the 15 transactions column last week and in preparation for You know him being on a having a buy this week and people probably not paying attention to miami as a result of that But yeah parker has seen good looks, uh and a pretty decent target share When when active this season and now a lot of that was without jaylen waddle Being like a breakout and like doing what he's been doing over the last handful of weeks But even still i mean i think that from a projection standpoint We're looking at like 20 of the team's targets for davontae parker and that's definitely roster worthy Yeah parker's played two games two full games with two a tongue of iloa and he has 81 and 85 yards in those two games had 70 or 62 uh in week 13 when he was on limited snaps So he's been good with twoa this year, but i think that that is a hard thing to find in waivers this time of year Let's talk to dan. He's got lemar jackson now We don't know right now what lemar jackson status will be which impacts dan's decisions here because He may need a backup plan. He's got tasem hill to a tongue of iloa on waivers Should he add one of them as a safety option and drop a a handcuff like ronald jones or samaj p ride Yeah, I probably would with lemar right now. It does sound they do sound optimistic But I just think that you oh, let me let me take a step back From from like a with a question like this It's it's easier to answer if I like was active in your league and knew exactly what was going on The fact that tasem hill and twoa are both on your waiver wire the more that i'm thinking about this Uh, that means that there's probably a lot of quarterbacks available for you So if there's other guys in your wire like jimmy garoppolo Justin fields, you know those two guys who I think are really strong streamers this week If those guys are on your waiver wire as well And you know that you know the six teams that are left in your league aren't going to really be going after the quarterback position Then I'd probably just hold tight and just see if there's like a running back injury during the week at practice Or something or someone goes in the covet list or something like that and allows some of these other running backs to be elevated That's probably the play now that I think about this a little bit more because tasem hill At this point, you know should be rostered. You know, it should have been added last week So the fact that he wasn't negative. Yeah, exactly exactly So i'm thinking i'm thinking that you can probably leave it be but if you wanted to add one of them I'd probably still go tasem over toa even though twoa's got a great match against the jets I like to a lot this week. Don't get me wrong It's just really hard to deny and not go after the rushing upside that tasem brings It's it's floor and upside with rushing for quarterbacks and it's hard to find those two in tandem together very often And it's nice to get that from tasem hill. Let's talk to milo here May need some help at wider seaver terry mccloren being banged up when you look at it upside Do you prioritize a monrasse brown? Gabriel davis with manuel sanders banged up al-lizard ravi anderson or ashad bateman not that options here Who's your preference? I'd go gave davis, man He he has been so good when they just actually allow him to play You know he it was this past week was the first time that that he uh, it was it was a season high and snap rate His previous he was like 83 84 percent or something his previous season high was like 50 percent in week one And since that point time they just haven't utilized them. They've been running a manual sanders ahead of him Now mani sanders is banged up likely to miss week 15 You're associating a pass heavy offense. Uh, one of the best in neutral game scripts Uh with a I mean the matchup's fine enough. Whatever. I mean, I'm not I'm not really like going to be overly concerned About the matchup whenever you're talking about the bill's offense and their passing attack Uh and the rest of the options here like yeah, I mean, I don't mind bateman You should be adding them this week robby anerson. I don't want anything to do with alan lasard I probably don't want that much to do with an almond raw same brown Yes back to back weeks with like a 33 target chair in that offense But I'm still worried about how sustainable that is if they're running backs are healthy and if tj hawkinson's healthy Um, and if you're looking for for some upside too, uh, I think gave davis brings that upside because he's been proven to be a good, uh red zone He has three red zone targets in each of the past two games including one that was crazy wind So like they need that big body. He is that big body outside of dos and ox that offense and outside of josh alan Being a big big body too. Okay dan is asking about a couple of defense that we discussed But also one we have not that is san francisco facing the falcons. We talked about minnesota talked about philly What is your thoughts on the 49ers compared to those two teams this week? I'd go with the 49ers probably. I mean they're playing better ball defensively than the other two listed There maybe you could argue philadelphia too, but uh, you know, Atlanta is still the top Team for opposing defenses and adjusted fantasy points allowed Some of that I mean a lot of that has to do with how they played against new england in that primetime game But um even still I mean they'd be like a top five matchup So i'm gonna go with san francisco of those three, but all three of them are decent enough options Yeah, for sure because i'm good options for the first week of the fantasy playoffs on waivers Okay, dj has a lot of dudes in this thursday game and dj. I think that's a good thing Kelsey ceh and herbert should he spread it out to get a higher floor or just play the good dudes? I have a really hard time sitting at these guys personally Yeah, I mean not only that but uh, it's not like and i'm trying to pull up I don't remember what the over-under is 52 Yeah, so it's 52 in that game according to fandals sports book If you look at the rest of the slate this week nothing higher than 47 and a half Yeah, I mean it's like by far the highest scoring Projected to be the highest scoring game Uh of the week and you know, obviously depends on who your alternatives are but ceh Getting getting goal line work work despite that fumble that he had this past week Uh travis kelsey obviously hasn't come through the last couple of weeks But who are you going to play over travis kelsey? I mean, I can't imagine that you have a unless you have like mark andrews or something Uh, and then justin herbert is playing out of his mind So to me it'd be really really difficult to bench any of those three I can't imagine you have better alternatives and ceh obviously Uh ceh obviously going up against the the chargers who have not been great against the run this season And that's how they've been utilized in ceh is more of a an early down Back not necessarily seeing a lot of work through the air. So yes go with all three I think there's strong options I was like and thought I was a saying for dfs where if there's a good game He says play all the dudes dj in this game. You play all the dudes Let's talk to joseph over here. Jamal williams got dropped And he has d andre swift. Did you prioritize jamal jamal williams over rishad penny? I mean, we saw jamal williams roll without Without d andre swift and rishad pennies rolls probably better than what that was So I feel like I'd still go penny here. What about you? Yeah, I feel the same way and it's only because I mean if you were to ask us this Like if we had this information on rishad penny And we didn't have the information on jamal williams the last time we saw him without swift I'd say jamal williams for sure because you know I thought that he was going to see a lot more work, but your boy godwin I'm not even going to say his last name godwin. He would be a buke, right? He he uh, he was getting he ran by far the most routes in that backfield Whenever swift was out and jamal williams was playing so I'd probably still go with penny and just go for that upset I would do the exact same. Okay surfer dude is looking for a tight end on waivers and these actually aren't that bad surfer dude I think you could be a little more Optimistic here. He lost logan thomas and has dallas goddard Can he just sit it said and forget it with dallas goddard or should he add mike gasicki? Tyler conklin, which I don't think it's terrible. Uh, I know a fan called come at it, etc Gasicki's not bad conklin's not bad with feeling being out to and I didn't come through on thursday But like I feel like it's kind of like a either or with kj osborne Well, those guys could definitely go off another one just might not but I think these are not a bad alternatives But goddard I mean, I think that's actually pretty okay as well. Yeah, I'd probably just go with goddard Honestly, I mean mike gasicki. I'm looking at his numbers right now. He's seeing decent target shares But his output hasn't been like incredibly strong I like him this week. You have to like him this week So if you want to play gasicki this week, I have no problem if you want to do that But I I think rest of season wise I would go dallas goddard Let's talk about this one from david here because it may influence some waiver decisions with people who have Dak Prescott. Dak has struggled facing the giants this week If you have dak, would you look to add someone like let's say taste and hills available? Maybe, you know to a tongue of aloha you get this question of living the stream all the time Dak or the streamers this week? I think I'm still going dak. I may maybe it's like a blind side for me I just feel like the weapons are just too strong there Um, yeah, I'm going dak the matchups good. I would just go back I would be doing the same there. Okay. Let's talk here to Grim fan should I pick up rothasburger this week with lamar jackson and erin rogers new toe saga Sounds like he aggravated his toe Injury on saturday. I did not catch his mack if he said me today. So I'm not sure if he talked about the toe Uh with mack if he there but we talked about the lamar situation before And you said it depends on how plentiful waivers are on your league If it's been rothasburger waivers probably not as plentiful. So what would you be doing here? Yeah, I mean in this case if he's your top guy, I don't even mind rothasburger really this week I mean like I would rather play jimmy g justin fields take some hill a lot of those guys over ben Uh, but ben has been a top 10 quarterback in three of his last four games And he has thrown a touchdown pass every game since week two of 2019 gym Uh, that was the game that he got hurt against the seahawks. So he didn't play most of the 2019 season Um, but I mean like he's given you like he can give you like 10 to 15 points As more of a floor and then last week, uh, we saw that he he has somewhat of a ceiling as well Still, uh, it's wild that the Steelers have been this bad and ben rothasburger is not even the main reason Uh, that they've been this bad, but uh in this case, I would probably just pick up rothasburger and play it safe All right one final one here from joseph How tight would you be holding on to sony michelle and ramondry stevensson? If you the buy this week henderson and harris sound like they should be back by next week Problems. I'm not sure what daryl henderson's role is once he comes back because sony's been okay So I feel like sony's specifically I'd hang on tight stevensson. I actually probably would hang on too just because like he's startable at times even if demon harris there What's your view of those two guys specifically looking towards week 16 and 17? Yeah, and it's gonna be hard to find. I agree with you with sony michelle. There's a non zero I keep saying this in my podcast. I've been saying about like saying it for the last like three weeks We've been saying it on this show There is a non zero chance guys that sony michelle is the workhorse in the ram's backfield now I know that I just jinxed it. He's probably going to test positive for covet or something and and you know The outbreak's going to reach him, but sony michelle has been very good over the last couple weeks 45 success rate He's just looked good too. They're giving him 20 plus carries in each of those two games Um, so I I really like sony michelle You should be rostering him for sure And if they're both active you're going to learn get a lot of information this weekend between Michelle and henderson with stevensson at the very least he's going to be a high-end handcuff Like he's a good handcuff to have and and what happens if damian harris plays and reaggarates the injury I mean, it's it's one of those situations where you got to hold on to both of those guys because they're they're the Perfect guys to have on your bench and honestly i'm going to be relying on sony michelle probably in some leagues this week too I mean, they're the perfect guys to have on your roster Sonny michelle last night the second running back this year to play 100 of the snaps for an entire game Menaji harris the other one to do so earlier on this year That is all that we have here for today on the waiver wire q&a But do not fret we'll be back with you once again next week to get you set for week 16 waivers Should you advance? 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