 Hey everyone, what's going on? I am Greg Sussman. Welcome to the week six waiver wire show. Frankie, what's happening? Not much, Greg, excited to be here. It's Buffalo Bills Week. How are you doing? Always happy to be here for Buffalo Bills Week, so I'm doing tremendously. Let's begin at the quarterback position and we'll start with the Buffalo Bills. Josh Allen coming off the by doesn't get any better. Facing off against the Miami Dolphins, the first of several bills we're going to talk about on today's program. Why do you like Josh Allen, other than the fact that he's facing the Dolphins? So Josh Allen still has some issues, obviously, with turnovers, but he is progressing. We see the completion percentage up this year to 62.6%. And that was a huge knock on him coming out of college. That's up from last year's 52.8%. So he is progressing in some parts of his game. And from a fantasy perspective, he's a lot like Lamar Jackson. I'm not saying that this guy is going to go out and run for 150 yards like Lamar Jackson just did in week six. But Josh Allen has 41 rushing attempts on the season. That is second to only Lamar Jackson can end. Josh Allen did not play in week six because of the buy. So we know that he can make some plays with his legs that helps him overcome some of his deficiencies in the past game when it comes to interceptions and fumbling the football as well. So we know he's going to run a little bit. He has a cannon. He can make plays down the field, improving the completion percentage as well. And he's going up against the Miami Dolphins, right? It's just a great matchup in week seven. They're allowing the most fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks this season. 14 passing touchdowns and just one interception. And you know what, Greg? It's not just week seven against the Miami Dolphins. If Josh Allen was dropped in your league because he was on a buy, if you play in a one quarterback league, how about these next five matchups? Miami, the Philadelphia Eagles, Washington at the Cleveland Browns and at Miami Dolphins again. So the next five matchups look phenomenal. We're all in on the Buffalo Bills. Absolutely. The Bills schedule, it is right for Josh Allen. So this isn't a one week buy replacement quarterback. This is somebody that over the next few weeks you may want to use. Let me throw this out there with you, Frankie. I know you don't have the schedule in front of you and I didn't prepare you for this, but Josh Allen or Jared Goff right now? Yeah, I'm going to leave with Josh Allen. Look, we've seen quarterbacks like Josh Allen take advantage of these matchups in the past. You know, I remember Marcus Mariota, either his rookie or sophomore year. He had that stretch of seven or eight games where it was a really, really, it was really tasty schedule and he was able to make the most out of that. Josh, Jared Goff just does not look like himself right now. This Rams offense is broken. I don't know if it has to do with Todd Gurley, the offensive line, not being where it has been in years past. I know that you could still use Jared Goff as a streamer in some home matchups, but he was home on week six, didn't look good against San Francisco. Give me Josh Allen. Josh Allen, a quarterback, not just for now, but for the future as well. Josh Allen isn't available. There are other directions that you can go in this week, Frank. What is one of those directions? Yeah, we'll go with Jacoby Berset going up against the Houston Texans in week seven, coming off the buy. So, you know, T.Y. Hilton should be good to go in that matchup and T.Y. Hilton has typically torched the Houston Texans in his career. Houston Texans, not known for their secondary and aging secondary, one that does give up a lot of fantasy points as well. Jacoby Berset has played well this season. He is a top 12 fantasy quarterback in terms of points per game. Frank Reich, like we said, coming into the season, has put Jacoby Berset in a really good position to succeed here. Frank Reich, one of the smartest minds in the game right now, one of the smartest offensive minds. He knows how to scheme players open, and again, he knows how to get the most out of his players. He's doing that with Jacoby Berset right now, who is completing nearly 65% of his passes on the season. He has 10 passing touchdowns, so just three interceptions could make some plays with his legs as well. Maybe rushes for 15, 20 yards, which helps add to his floor. And I mentioned going up against the Houston Texans. That total right now is at 48 points, so we're expected to get some points in that game. And they've allowed six passing touchdowns over their past two games as well. So as I mentioned, this secondary is not a great one. If Josh Allen is not available in your league, I'm looking at Jacoby Berset as someone that you can stream in week seven against the Houston Texans. I don't even think it's just streaming him against Texans, Frank. You mentioned Jacoby Berset right now, a top 12 quarterback and we need to treat him as such. Maybe the name isn't sexy nor the team, but an offensive line as good as any in the NFL. Berset, a top 12 scorer on a weekly basis. So let's just believe in what it is. Read the facts, look at the numbers. Jacoby Berset deserves to be in your starting lineup. Let's head out to the running backs and that brings us right back to Buffalo where Frank Gore faces off against one of his former teams and that's the Miami Dolphins. Gore starting, we'll see if Devin Singletary is active this week. We know Frank Gore is going to get the majority of the workload, which puts him in a good spot, especially after you saw what Adrian Peterson did this past weekend. Yeah, to quote my buddy, WWE superstar Eric Young, we will now be referring to Frank Gore as Infinity Stone, specifically the Time Stone. This guy continues to turn back time, the way that he's playing, averaging 4.4 yards per carry so far this season. A couple of weeks ago, back in week four, Frank Gore ran for 109 yards against the New England Patriots. They haven't allowed a single other running back to run for more than 38 yards on the season. This Buffalo Bills offensive line is playing extremely well. They're second in the NFL in adjusted line yards. That comes according to football outsiders.com. So the offensive line is playing well. They're run blocking extremely well and Frank Gore is playing extremely well also. I do think that Devin Singletary is going to be back from the hamstring issue. See if he's available as well. I would want to own both of these guys but the next five matchups again for the Buffalo Bills are phenomenal. They face the Dolphins twice in that span and even if Devin Singletary is back, I would expect Frank Gore to see 12 to 16 touches per game in that range. This Dolphins defense are allowing the most fantasy points to opposing running backs on the season. They're allowing 4.8 yards per carry to the position and we just saw another senior citizen in Adrian Peterson run for 118 yards. I think Frank Gore is going to be in play as a low end RB2 high end flex in week seven against the Miami Dolphins. Frank Gore, the Ageless Wonder is going to be back in the saddle this week after the bye week for Buffalo and you know that Buffalo wants to run the football. Whether it's Josh Allen or Frank Gore, they're going to be successful doing it because it's against Miami. Frank Gore, a no brainer waiver wire pickup if he's out there. But if he's not, you should also make sure Alexander Madison isn't out there either. He's the Hank of the Daven Cook but this past week he outrushed Daven Cook and also just had two less carries. That was a pretty even split. Not saying Daven Cook's losing his job, Frank, but that was kind of high opening. Yeah, I'm starting to think that Alexander Madison is not just a handcuff. He has standalone value as well. Coming off career highs, 14 carries, 63 rushing yards against a really, really stout Philadelphia Eagles run defense as well. He had 22 more rushing yards than Daven Cook in this matchup on two less carries, as you mentioned. He's not going to steal Daven Cook's job. We understand that. But we also understand that the Minnesota Vikings want to run the football. When they are in neutral game scripts, which means when the game is within seven points either way, they're one of the league leaders in running the football. Even when they're not, they are second in the NFL in rush percentage so far. So we know deep down they want to run the football. I know that they just got Stefan Diggs involved and they got Adam Thielen involved, but I think still at their core, the Minnesota Vikings want to run the football and Alexander Madison is really talented. I think we're starting to open our eyes to how good he really is. He's a rookie obviously just drafted in this year's NFL draft. He has 252 rushing yards. Here's a fun fact for you. That's the same amount as Joe Mixon. That's more rushing yards than Austin Eckler and James Connor on the season. So going up against the Detroit Lions in week seven, a team that is allowing the fourth most fantasy points to opposing running backs. I think that Alexander Madison can actually sneak in as a low end flex play. I'm not saying that it's a great play, but if something were to happen to Daven Cook, Alexander Madison instantly gets vaulted up to a high end RB2, maybe even low end RB1. That's how much I think of this kid. So make sure that he's owned. I think he's up there as one of the best handcuffs with the Chase Edmonds of the world as well. So just go out there and make sure that Alexander Madison is owned in your league. Maybe not just the handcuff anymore. President Alexander Madison in a good spot to help fantasy owners, especially those desperate with the by weeks here. Moving on to the wide receivers. We go to Dallas where they lost Amore Cooper to what looks like deep bone bruise. That's okay. And hopefully we won't keep them out for a significant period of time. With Cooper out and Randall Cobb out this past weekend, Dallas turned to speaking of Eric Young, an old favorite, Tavon Austin. I didn't think we'd be talking about Tavon Austin in 2019, much like I didn't think we'd talk about Adrian Peterson and Frank Gore in 2019. Yeah, Frank, here we are. This is why we play the games in fantasy football, Greg, because you never know what's going to pop up and here we got Tavon Austin falls into our lap, heading into week seven. Honestly, the Dallas Cowboys offense and specifically their wide receivers are just really banged up right now, Greg. I know you mentioned that Amore Cooper is dealing with this quad issue. Randall Cobb also dealing with a back issue. That's why Tavon Austin was able to play as much as he did in week six against the New York Jets. He played 76 snaps in week six against the Jets, 48 of those coming in the slot. And we know that in today's NFL, the slot receiver is so, so valuable, especially for fantasy football. So this does come with a bit of a caveat. You have to pay attention to whether or not Amore Cooper is going to play, whether or not Randall Cobb is going to play. Cobb has dealt with so many injuries in his career, specifically over the past couple of seasons. That's why the Green Bay Packers were all right letting him go and signed with another team. So just based on all these issues, these injuries, I do think Tavon Austin has an opportunity here and he's coming off a game where he led the Dallas Cowboys in receiving. He had, you know, seven targets as well. And he's going up against the Philadelphia Eagles that are just getting shredded. We saw what they just allowed against Stefan Diggs. They allowed three touchdowns to Diggs. They allowed an additional touchdown to Adam Thielen out of the slot as well. And the Eagles are really good against the run. I don't think that's going to stop the Cowboys. The Cowboys are still going to try and force feed Ezekiel Elliott in this matchup. But the way to beat the Philadelphia Eagles is through the air. I think Tavon Austin can have some success. I'm not saying that he's going to have a dozen or two touches, but I still think that he can get, you know, six to eight, six to 10 targets in this matchup if everyone is hurt. So just pay attention. Tavon Austin in a really good spot against this Eagles defense. The first time in seemingly years, I actually trust the Dallas offense to be creative because Kellan Moore has proven as an offensive coordinator and a play caller. He can surprise you. And I think Tavon Austin's re-emergence is part of that. We'll see if Randall Cowboys, we'll see if Murray Cooper does as well. But if Tavon Austin out there, he's not going to cost you very much. He's out there, but he's not going to cost you anything. Maybe take a shot in a good spot here against Philadelphia. From one Dallas slot receiver to an ex-Dallas slot reliever. We go back to Buffalo, where Cole Beasley is always worth talking about. Frank, year after year, I don't care what team Cole Beasley plays for. But when the buys come, you need someone that's almost guaranteed to give you a five for 50 because of the PBR. That's 10 points. That's basically Cole Beasley every single week. You gotta love him. You gotta love Cole Beasley. You gotta love all the Buffalo Bills. As I mentioned, it's Buffalo Bills week going up against the Miami Dolphins this week. And also five weeks from now, their entire schedule for the next five weeks, looking pretty good for the Buffalo Bills. I have interest in both Cole Beasley and Duke Williams, but honestly, Greg wouldn't let me talk about Duke Williams. So we're talking about Cole Beasley. And Cole Beasley is coming off his worst game of the season, only three for 21 on three targets. But he does have at least nine targets in three of five games. He's tied for the team lead with John Brown, with 22% of their target share. Seems like he has a nice rapport with Josh Allen so far this season. Josh Allen, someone we thought coming into this season, really likes to target down the field, which he has done with John Brown, but he's also learned to check it down a little bit. That's why we're seeing that completion percentage go up for Josh Allen. A lot of that is because he does have a nice rapport with Cole Beasley. And throughout the buy, they traded away Zay Jones. So he's now gone on the team. He was getting, you know, not a massive target share, but he was getting a few targets. Some of those probably go Duke Williams' way. Some of those probably go Cole Beasley's way. And of course, the Dolphins are allowing the ninth most fantasy points to opposing wide receivers this season. Terry McLaurin just went off her two touchdowns against them. It's a safe play and a really good matchup. It's Buffalo Bills Week. You know how I'm feeling? Frank is going to go off about Duke Williams, just knowing because I didn't want to talk about him. Because you know what? Not very good. Cole Beasley, very good. That's the Buffalo wide receiver you want to own, but Frank's right. Can't have too many bills this weekend facing Miami. Moving on to the tight end position, I will admit Frank wanted to put Dawson Knox here again. We did it. Instead, we're going to another Frank guy. And that's Darren Fells. I believe he wanted Fells last week on the show. I didn't let it happen. But Fells led the Texas in receiving yesterday with Deandre Hopkins and Will Fuller actually taking it back seating. Jordan Acons, he was out there a lot and it's clear when Kenny Stills doesn't play, they give you a lot of too tight end personnel, which leads to Darren Fells being on the field a lot. And being successful. This week, Fells and the Texans face off against Indianapolis Colts. And if you lost, Will Disley may want to pick up Fells. If I would have told you that there would have been a week this year where Darren Fells was going to lead the Texans in receiving with Deandre Hopkins, Will Fuller, and Duke Johnson all healthy. You would have looked at me like I had three heads. But ultimately, he's getting the job done. He's been a top 10 tight end each of the past two weeks. The targets have been there. Season high, seven targets. Six receptions in week six. 69 receiving yards as well. They run a lot of two tight end sets. Jordan Acons is on the field also. But Darren Fells is the one that's been a little bit more consistent. He's seeing more work. He's seeing more targets. And it's a good matchup going up against the Colts who are allowing the third most fantasy points to opposing tight ends. This game as of now has a 48 point total. So we could see a little bit of back and forth. There's more of a desperation play but with Will Disley going down and four teams on a buy, I think a lot of teams are going to be desperate for tight ends. That's where Darren Fells comes in the mix. Desperate for a tight end. Darren Fells makes sense. Who would have thought, as Frank said, with Houston having Dodger Hopkins and Will Fuller and do Johnson and QQT. It'll be Darren Fells leading the way. He's a fine waiver wire pickup near the tight end position this week. Whether you don't want Darren Fells in your spectacle, your skeptical is what we're going to go for. Kind of like I was last week. What's another direction that you can go in, Frank? We're going to go with your boy here, Greg. It's Rhett Ellison of the New York Giants. Now, I realize this one comes with a caveat, much like Tavon Austin, who we spoke about earlier. It all is dependent on how healthy Evan Engram is. Evan Engram dealing with an MCL sprain is something that he's actually dealt with in the past as well. So I know that they've had a lot of time off. They're going to have 10 days off. They played on the Thursday night football game in week six against the New England Patriots. But I don't know that Evan Engram is going to be back in week seven and this is a prime time matchup going up against the Arizona Cardinals. We love, love, love targeting tight ends against the Cardinals. We just saw Austin Hooper go for eight catches, 117 yards and a touchdown against this Cardinals defense. They're allowing the most fantasy points to opposing tight ends. They've allowed a touchdown to a tight end in every single game. But one, thank you, Tyler Eiffert. I've never heard of handcuffing tight ends, but I'm going to make it a thing. I'm actually going to bring that up right now. If you own Evan Engram, I would go out and pick up Rhett Ellison just to cover myself because I want to have the tight end that's going up against the Arizona Cardinals. And even if you don't own Evan Engram, if you're worried that he might miss this week and you are desperate once again for a tight end, you don't get a better matchup than going up against this Cardinals defense. And Rhett Ellison coming off a game where he just had a ton of targets. He saw 25% of the target share in that game against the New England Patriots. So these are desperate times. They call for desperate measures, but going up against the Arizona Cardinals, pay attention to Evan Engram's health. Coming out of the mini-buy week, last week playing on Thursday Night Football, Evan Engram did practice on Monday. He thinks he has a good shot to play. If he doesn't, you always want the tight end against the Arizona Cardinals. It held true this past weekend. So make sure you get Rhett Ellison in there if Evan Engram is inactive on Sunday. One last pick up to get to, Frank, and that brings us to your defensive pick up of the week. If you're streaming defense, there are a couple out there, a lot are owned by 60% of leagues, but why don't you give us one that's not? Yeah, first and foremost, I'll just throw a few of those defenses out there that are owned in a few more leagues. But if they're available in yours, make sure that they are added. It's the bills going up against the Miami Dolphins defense, and the 49ers who just shut down the Los Angeles Rams, they are going up against Washington. But if both of those defenses are owned, I'm looking at the Kansas City Chiefs, and I understand that this is a weird one. The Chiefs are normally viewed as a team that doesn't have a great defense. They're allowing the fifth most yards per game so far on the season, but they are going up against the Denver Broncos on Thursday Night Football in a short week, and the Denver Broncos are allowing 9.3 pressures per game. That's 10th most in the NFL, and Joe Flacco has an interception in every game, but one, I do think that the Kansas City Chiefs are going to be playing with a lead in this game against the Denver Broncos, which means we're gonna get a lot of dropbacks for Joe Flacco, which means we have opportunity for sacks, we have opportunity for turnovers. He's throwing a lot of interceptions so far this season as well. I understand the Chiefs, if it's not normally a good one, but I think that they're in a fine spot coming up against the Denver Broncos, Greg. Fine spot against the Denver Broncos, not a fine defense, but against Denver who can't really score, Thursday Night a short week. If you ever take a shot on Kansas City's defense, hey, why not now? That's gonna do it for us here on the Fandal Harriott. Frank, good luck in your waiver wire this week, like the third week in a row. I don't want any of these guys. Well, thanks, Greg. I can only work with what I'm given. Nobody circles the wagons like the Buffalo Bills. Good luck, everybody. Tomorrow, JJ Zachariasin joins me and we go to the players that he's buying and the players that he's selling get those waiver wire bids in. We'll see you back here on The Hurry Up tomorrow.