FFT Express - Beat the Waiver Wire! MUST-STASH Players Before Week 9 (11/6 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Hey, I'm Tony DeCouple, anchor of the CBS Evening News on my new daily podcast, Great Question with Tony DeCouple. We go deeper on the one big question you haven't heard answered, or maybe haven't even heard asked. Follow and listen, wherever you get your podcasts. Now look ahead to the week 10 waiver wire as we beat the waiver wire right now on FFT Express. Yeah, what's up, it's Adam Dave here. Oh, man, what are we going to do without those Eagles quarterbacks? But seriously, no Caleb Williams, that's a problem. Two names to keep an eye on. Geno Smith, who's been playing better the last couple of weeks, I kind of like him against Kansas City. I'm going to like him again against Buffalo. In week 10, they've allowed at least 22 fantasy points to three of their past four quarterbacks, not including week nine. We don't know what they're going to do in week nine against Carson Wentz. And then Drew Locke, your boy Adam, who you went out and got, I forgot to get him. You forgot to, after all the typing up you did, you forgot to get him. I just forgot. He's going to take on Las Vegas in week 10, they've allowed at least 21 fantasy points to five straight quarterbacks, I would imagine that JSN could score at least two times against the Raiders and that defense. Other names to look at and possibly stash Aaron Rodgers against Cincinnati, Cam Ward had a great game. I don't know if I'd stash him, maybe in deeper leagues because he's out there in like 83% of leagues. Carson Wentz is another name, two other names. And now I'm just naming people, but holy cow, there's some potential for Jacobi Berset in his first game for the Ravens is going up against the Chargers. That's a team he did well against all the way back to the beginning of the season. And then JJ McCarthy is against Washington in week 10. So a lot of names out there. My favorite one of the guys that are lowly rostered is Drew Locke because he's out there in like 80% of leagues. I might take Geno a spot ahead of him and he's out there in about 50% of leagues. But those are going to be the top two at quarterback. Cool. All right. How about a running back for a week 10, maybe even for week nine? Well, definitely for week nine and week 10, the top name there is Devon Singletarian. We talked about him last week, not a lot of people race to pick him up. But now here we are. We're recording this on Thursday evening. Cam Skataboo is missed two practices in a row. One more. And Devon Singletarian is going to be the lead back for the Giants against Philadelphia. And the Eagles run defense has really started to fall off over the last few weeks. And then he gets Washington in week 10. And that's another defense that I think has started to fall off as injuries have mounted on their defensive line. So if you've got Deoundary Swift, you've got the Broncos running backs. You've got Sequan, you've got Bucky. You need a running back in week 10. And I don't know if Devon Singletarian is going to be the only name in week 10. But I do think that he's someone that you can go and pick up and potentially use in week nine. Some other guys in week nine, Dylan Sampson, 10 PPR points, not very exciting. Zone of a night, part time running back with Arizona, if he clears a concussion protocol, he's got the Rams in week 10, not great matchup form in these next two weeks. And then on the stash list, Seth McGowan. He's got to say his name again, just in case Indy does move on from Jonathan Taylor after week nine. He would be the lead back for the Colts beat up offensive line, not quite as good offense as a mess. But at least he'd get the work. And in week 10, he's got the Miami Dolphins. Seems like a favorable matchup. Yeah, I think some of the roster percentages are a little off here for running backs in terms of, you know, we've got it wrong. A Devon Singletarian is criminally under roster right now for three percent, you know, as Dave said, he could definitely be the starting running back this week. And then I think it's possible, not for this week necessarily because I don't know that Zant, that BAM night's going to play. He's 44% rostered and Tyler Algier is 91% rostered. And we might have that backwards unless you definitely need someone for this week. But night was clearly the better option when they were both healthy. And they like to split too. And yeah, and you've got, you've got a long term absence here for Jeremiah Love. You've got, you know, five-ish weeks. All right. Let's take a quick break. We'll come back to talk wide receivers on Beat the Wave or Wire. Be right back. One of America's top true crime podcast, 48 hours, is back with a new season. Join us every Monday for a new episode and Tuesdays for a deep dive into that episode with post-mortem. He said, quote, if they're going to die, I'm going to see them die. Plus, here are episodes from the 48 hours archive Wednesdays and Thursdays. Follow and listen to 48 hours wherever you get your podcast and subscribe to 48 hours plus on Apple Podcasts for ad-free listening. Are going to be favorable for Smith to put the ball up in the air a lot. And we know that he's out there in about half of CBS Sports Leagues. I think he's usable as a number three receiver in week nine. I think he'll be usable as a number three receiver in week number 10. There are a bunch of other names, though, after ad-night Mitchell. If you can't trust a jet, I get it. And they're all available in about 40 to 50% of CBS Sports Leagues. It's names you've heard on the show earlier this week, Ryan Flanoi, Devon Valey, Malik Washington. I like a lot of their matchups both this week and next week. And then if you want to talk just week 10, Antonio Williams and Wondale Robinson are two other names. I would put them behind most of the names that I put up there. Williams is interesting because he's got the Giants in week 10. Wondale is Jacksonville in week 10. I figured the Titans are going to be throwing a lot then. We just don't know if Carnault Tate will be back for the Titans. But I want to mention two other wide receivers, Brian Thomas Jr., Quentin Johnston. They might be we're stashing just in case they get traded over the next week or so. And if that happens, maybe they'll land on a team where they're going to have a much favorable situation than what they've got right now. And I'll mention just one more guy, Deep Leagues, just for week nine. I don't think he'll be relevant in week 10. And obviously he could be terrible in week nine. But Jordan Watkins for the 49ers, he's running most of the routes. Looks like Debo and Evans are going to be out this week. We've got a bad secondary for Las Vegas. You could get five targets. I think you got five targets last time he played. So just a Deep League guy. May I give you another name, kind of along those lines. DeMarcus Robinson is still on injured reserve. And if he comes back, he could end up being the de facto number one wide receiver. And a guy that we might actually trust for the 49ers against the Raiders. It's such a good match up. And if he's practicing and he looks good and he gets activated, that's a guy on IR. Let me give you a couple of other receiver names. Pat Bryant for the Broncos. He was starting to build on something he's on IR. I got a pass there. I mean, you're going to pass on him. Okay, fine. No, I mean, I get it. It's just like, gosh, they've been so bad. But, sure. I just think that he could be an upgrade for them. And then I've noticed that Cyrus Allen's route rate has been going up. It's like doubled over his past three games. And I wonder if the chiefs don't acquire another wide receiver at the trade deadline. Are they trying to get him going? So deeper leagues, he's out there 94% of leagues. Cyrus Allen is somebody that we could take a peek at on the chiefs. And one more guy, Mack Hollens. Mack Hollens limited. Yeah. This AJ Brown not practicing, Hunter Henry not practicing. You could. Again, I don't know that I'm starting these guys in any of my leagues, but there are leagues out there where these guys matter. Okay. The nice thing about Hollens, Bryant, DeMarcus Robinson. You can even throw Romeo Dobbs on there, although Dobbs is already rostered in about half of CBS leagues. You can put them in an IR spot. So if you've got the space, stash him, see what happens is the whole point of this show. Yeah. Exactly. All right. We got tight ends to talk about here. I'm wondering if you want to stash Pat Fryer, Muth against the Bengals, probably not. But who comes to mind as a stash? Let's stick with the IR stash theme with Terrence Ferguson. Still available in about 75% of CBS sports leagues. And the Rams need a number two pass catcher. And he's been practicing. So if he's available, that's somebody that I would stash him out of every wide receiver that I named over the last three minutes. He's someone that's got some real upside in a great offense with a quarterback who's armistor. But I still think he's pretty good in Matthew Stafford. And the matchups aren't really that bad for him in the next couple of weeks. And remember, we're going to need a replacement for Colson Loveland in Week 10. We're going to need a replacement for Dallas Goddard in Week 10. In fact, if you're not using Goddard, you could potentially cut him and save the roster spot. Because you're not going to use him in Week 9. He's on by in Week 10, maybe you can go back to him in Week 11. A couple of other names. These are not IR stashes. But Eli Raritan, available in over 90% of leagues, would be the number one tight end for the Patriots against Green Bay. And it opens up opportunities for him. Without Hunter Henry there, we've seen him score some touchdowns. He's had just as many red zone targets as Hunter Henry has had. And we keep talking about Shigokaku. Don't love the matchup this week, but he does get some work in that Washington offense. Greg Dullsich has some great matchups to Troy in Week 9, Indian Week 10. He might be the guy to go for if you're streaming tight ends in Week 9. And then if he does well, you hold on to him and you use him in Week 10. If you're without Loveland Goddard or if you're just streaming tight ends. You mentioned Raritan, I think, and don't forget, I got Green Bay this week. It's one of the hardest matchups against tight ends, but they do have Detroit next week. So Raritan, but also Hunter Henry. If you see Hunter Henry and you've got an empty roster spot, maybe pick him up because he's available. And one of my leagues might pick him up just because if he comes back for Week 10 at Detroit, that'd be great. We don't know the severity of the injury. We don't know how long it'll be. - Yeah, forced true. - All right, Dave tasked me with coming up with some DSTs and you picked the worst, beat the waiver wire DST week. There are none. If you happen to hear this podcast in the next two hours, you can get the Ravens DST, they have the chargers, but unlikely you'll be able to get the Ravens DST 'cause I don't even know when this is going to be published. I really did not find a single good one. There are two DSTs that are rostered in about 67, 68% of leagues. The chiefs at Atlanta, I don't even like it that much. - I don't like it that much. - No, they haven't. - The bangles against Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh's been a really bad matchup lately 'cause they're running the ball so much, but the bangles got to give it to them. They've been a pretty good DST. Now remember, everything here is just an asterisk. I don't like any DSTs on the waiver wire basically. The saints against the Panthers are okay. The commanders at the Giants on a Thursday, just in case J.J. McCarthy turns into a pumpkin. The dolphins are at the Colts. Dolphins are a horrible DST, so I don't trust them. If you see the Rams, they're 89% rostered, but they are at Arizona next week. They could have miles gear it back. Baltimore would be the lead here, but they're probably. - Yeah, how about this? Carolina's allowed at least 16 fantasy points to an opposing DST each of the last two weeks. I don't know how they'll do in week nine. They've got the saints in New Orleans and we've been. - I did say them, yeah. - Did you? - I said the saints, but they're defenses in that good. - Okay, they're okay, they haven't been that bad. And you could, I like 'em this week against Cleveland. - Right. - They might be the best widely available option other than the Ravens who get the chargers and the Ravens are about to play. - All right, that's it. - Did you mention the Ravens? Did you mention? - Yeah, I did, yeah, all right. - All right, thank you all for watching and listening. This has been Pete, the waiver wire. We'll talk to you next time. Good luck in week nine. I'll beat it. (upbeat music) (dramatic music) - Paramount podcasts.