[Music] waiver wired week two I'm Theo greminger I'm already hosting waiver wied this year super hyped for it shout out to the podfather uh you're still going to be able to catch him on top 10 takeaways but a lot of you have been watching my waiver wire videos last year and this this year we dropped one last week and it hit uh and hopefully everybody picked up uh little Jordan Mason because Jordan Mason went absolutely nuts last night 28 carries 147 yards I I recommended him as a 20% guy if you had a preseason waiver wire run drop the 20% get yourself some Jordan Mason and I had a couple people pushing back on that one they said Theo that's a little much maybe this is like a 10% guy but father time is undefeated and Christian mcaffry was already banged up so at the end of the day mcaffry every time he's on the field absolutely stud but maybe you get four or five starts out of Jordan Mason and we're willing to pay for that when we're talking about Waiver Wires we're talking about paying for wins we are willing to get guys and use them in our lineups and whether that's a three-week run a five-week run those are the kind of guys that push you over the edge and if you happen to hit on one of those players in the fantasy football playoffs that can be the difference between winning your league and losing your league every single year those late round additions some of those guys really hit but let's not get it twisted we were talking about week one and week one waiver wire every single year even this year is going to be one of the best weeks we have in past years there's been a ton of like really obvious names like last year at this time if you were watching my videos we talked about pukan nakua we talked about Kiren Williams being mustad guys those guys really really hit and those were like really really obvious though the question with those guys was how much Fab should we spend it wasn't like should we add these guys this week there's a lot of players we really need to sift through so to get something out of the way the way that I do my waiver wire column is also how I'm going to treat this show we're not going to delve too much into really really obvious players like any waiver wire show you're watching today that's telling you to grab Jordan Mason is probably not giving you great advice he's rostered in 58% of Yahoo leagues by by all means go go grab Jordan Mason if he's available in your league but for almost everybody watching this he's already rostered and players like JK Dobbins are also rostered JK Dobbins is a 50% rostered player and Rasheed Shahed is a 55% rostered player so if a player is available in less in in 50% of leagues it's not really what I'm going for no disrespect to the shallow league players I'm going to list some shallow League ads but I want to delve into players that are available in 70% of Yahoo leagues I think if we use that as our threshold and I go all the way down pretty much to the needle I have a couple players today that are available in 100% of Yahoo leagues but if we go down to the needle and we and we focus specifically on the Lesser rostered players it's gonna give you a lot more and I'm also going to talk about guys that I want you to be a week ahead of last year in my waiver wire column last year in my waiver wire videos I got a lot of people thanking me for being a week ahead and it's not a flex but if we can save Fab by kind of seeing things and being a week ahead that's the way to kind of win in fantasy so a lot of players like Jaden Reed was a guy that we added over and over and over again for like a few week stretch and then he had his incredible run weeks 10 and on he was a wide receiver 10 overall Deon single ter was another guy where we started seeing the writing on the wall with Damen Pierce we were able to add him and a number of you were able to get starts from Devon single ter last year at this time in week one CJ strad was coming off a very strong game but there were certain fantasy managers who didn't necessarily want to push the chips in thought it was maybe a one we thing so we want to try to be a week ahead and I think the worst thing for you to do is ignore week one usage because week one usage is the the first time that we're actually seeing NFL teams telling us the truth Jordan Mason said that he knew that he was starting since Friday I didn't hear that from any 49ers beat reporters I I don't think you did as well but like NFL teams withhold stuff all the time preseason they withhold stuff all the time and it's a matter of week one we finally get that big data dump where we find out what they're thinking and as fantasy managers we need to act on it and if you're looking at this waiver wire run and you're saying hey in my league a lot of these guys are not available there are going to be players available that you need to adjust the back of your roster with guys that we want to see for another week there's going to be a number of those players we're going to talk about but let's talk about just get it out of the way let's talk about the shallow League additions these are players that are available in less in fewer leagues than I'd like to talk about so like Baker Mayfield right now is available in 65% of Yahoo leagues for us we're going to kind of ignore that but Baker Mayfield looked really really good if you need a quarterback he's available in your league that offense was humming Jaylen McMillan was on the field for 80% of snaps you add Jaylen McMillan into that mix with Chris Godwin and Mike Evans you're talking about some juice at the wide receiver position and then you add Bucky Irving into that running back room you're talking about having another running back who can catch passes and a more efficient Runner than Rashad white we're going to talk about McMillan and Bucky Irving a little bit later but Baker Mayfield doesn't make my top 10 overall but he's a guy that we want to pay attention to if he's available in your league a couple of running backs who were kind of no-brainer additions but additions but they do not meet our our threshold for for roster availability obviously Jordan Mason anybody watch Monday Night Football you don't need me to talk about it there's a reason we had him as a 20% recommendation guy in last week's waiver wire column and you can read my waiver wire column at playerprofiler.com it's up at the time you're watching this video it's up it's not payal it's for free we go deep in there julo McLaughlin is available in 63% of Yahoo leagues Jalil mcglaughlin and javante Williams adps maybe should have been flipped at least they should have been closer to one another there was some javante Williams steam I was out in Vegas last week drafting in the ffpc drafting in the NFC and javante Williams Ste up but Jalia mcglaughlin looks good and this coaching staff believes in jul mclaughin at the very least this is a split we'll see this week uh but Denver last week against Seattle juliia McLaughlin there was some positive signs there uh Ty Chandler is another player who just missed he's a available in 67% of Yahoo leagues Ty Chandler is sort of a must roster player uh Aaron Jones looked great last week I all respect to Aaron Jones drafters you had a really really exactly what you wanted to see out of Aaron Jones in a game that the Vikings were in control of Aaron Jones shine that's what you want to see out of your running back but Tai Chandler also flashed he out targeted uh Jones three to2 and he had 11 total touches I think in games that the Vikings are trailing Tai Chandler is going to be a lot more useful than what we saw last week and then we'll keep it going wide receivers that did not meet our threshold uh because that he's he's rostered in too many leagues but might be available in your league he's actually available in a few of my Dynasty leagues shallow Dynasty leagues Brandon Cooks Brandon Cook is the winner uh with Jake Ferguson missing time we'll we'll talk a little bit about scoon maker and the tight end options in Dallas a little bit later but Brandon Cooks available in 67% of Yahoo leagues he's going to see an uptick uh in usage with Jake Ferguson missing time with the MCL injury this is going to be the secondary Target in Dallas I think you can treat him and as a flex as a wide receiver three uh and the Jaylen Tolbert threat was greatly exaggerated Tolbert was certainly a player that I was interested in I had him in my sleepers column but Brandon Cooks is well ahead of him and then one other player that's going to kind of brushed as side he's available in 63% of Yahoo leagues but it's going to be like a league specific where I bet you there's some competitive leagues some ffpc nffc some deeper leagues where you have those 20 or 20 plus roster leagues where Gabe Davis might still be available and I know this is one where a lot of people might not like this one but Gabe Davis out snapped Christian Kirk 50 to 38 and he led Jacksonville in Jacksonville wide receivers in total snaps so like Gabe Davis is never one that were super comfortable having in our lineups but Gabe Davis if he's gonna get this sort of snapshare with his ability to produce big games and his ability to catch touchdowns then he might be sort of like a what the heck Flex like a flex you throw in in a week that you're in uh you know need of someone or like a byee fill in and we have bye weeks coming up right down the line another thing we want to try to get ahead of but Davis is interesting because he has 33 career touchdown catches and he has nine games with 15 PPR points or more over the last two seasons so like don't go nuts with this one but if I need wide receiver depth he's one that I want to get into okay so we're going to get back when we come back we're going to take a quick break and when we come back we're going to dive into the players you can actually get we're going to talk about players who are rostered in they're 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this is a guy that was available in like 79% of Yahoo leagues well next week he might be available in 90% of them because Tyler Conklin is not the number three Target in New York the number three Target in New York and I should say the number three touch guy because Bree Hall is going to get a number of carries as well but the offense is really pretty Consolidated and easy to figure out you've got Bree Hall you've got Garrett Wilson and you've actually got Alan Lazard who was targeted nine times catches six passes for 89 yards gets that touchdown pass so Allan lazard's an interesting one he was not in my waiver wire column because I write it before Monday Night Football but Lazard is another one wide receiver depth piece certainly not a top 10 ad for us but a wide receiver depth piece let's start out the quarterback position again all of these players are going to be available to you in at least 70% of Yahoo league so shout out to you not in my league bro uh managers you're G to get some players if you stick with us next couple minutes here Justin Fields uh is available in a lot of leagues and that's because Russell Wilson looked like the starter Russell Wilson goes down with an injury Russ Justin Fields fills in and Justin Fields was a guy where we were super excited about him and this week was more of a game manager but I think that Atlanta is a difficult defense to beat especially on the road so there were some positive signs when it comes to fields and the most positive is they're still G to have him running the ball that's hiso not surprising but 14 rushing attempts is something that we can work with and this was in a in a game where he didn't really have to drop back and pass at all uh but he passed for only 156 yards Arthur Smith did some very frustrating things with George Pickins George Pickins looks awesome but Justin fields we saw what he can do when he has a number one target like DJ Moore with a single Target he can Elevate them really seems to lock in and he connected with George Pickins down the field George Pickins had the highest amount uh of air yard share of any player in the in the NFL this past week so some positive signs if we get a another start for Justin Fields this week in Denver but Fields is a guy that makes my top 10 overall because we've seen it in multiple Seasons what he can do as a runner it elevates his fantasy floor but he had 57 rushing yards this past week in a in a game like Denver on the road in a difficult environment again for them and I don't think Denver is great but Denver is always a difficult place to win if Justin Fields gets another start don't be surprised if he goes for like 80 plus rushing yards needs to be rostered and you don't need to spend a lot because Russell Wilson threat to come back is is there and I think a lot of managers are going to say Justin Fields might not last so I don't think you're going to have to spend as much on Justin Fields as you would have in years past Sam darnold also makes the list and this is really for you superflex managers in a single QB League I obviously do not recommend Sam darnold but he is locked in that he did the most important thing he needs to do is win and darnold got the win in New York New York looks just awful but another thing that was important that we saw out of darnold was him connecting with Justin Jefferson on a touchdown pass Aaron Jones looks good Minnesota looked a lot better than a lot of people anticipate and Sam darnold needs to be rostered in super Flex leagues let's get to the running back position and the running back that is the highest ranked player in my top 10 overall is Bucky Irving Bucky Irving is nasty Bucky Irving averaged 6.9 yards per carry and this is the highest yards per carry that a bucks running back has ever had in a debut and Bucky Irving I think there's certain people are going to going to dismiss it because Rashad white ends up getting the pass catching roll and that was sort of what we wanted to see out of Bucky Irving but he still got three targets he caught two passes for 14 yards and he had 61 rushing yards he looks much more efficient than Rashad white as a runner and certainly Bucky Irving doesn't have the size to be a Bellow but if Rashad white were to miss time Bucky Irving has the juice to like affect leagues don't want to call him the League winner if Rashad white misses time I don't want to be over the top but Bucky Irving would be a guy that if you were ranking running backs for the week would be a top 15 ranked running back every single week that Rashad white missed and even if Rashad white plays I think that the threat of Bucky Irving is there the coaching staff loves him he looks great in this offense and we're going to see a lot this week against the Lions because it's bucks Lions this week in a game that the Bucks will be an underdog do they lean on Bucky Irving a little bit I think in Shallow leagues if Bucky Irving slips through the cracks he'll be a massive addition a week from now so Bucky Irving spoiler alert is my number two overall Edition uh in my top 10 rankings at the end of the show let's keep talking let's talk about Alexander Madison and we we're hearing from Antonio Pierce it's going to be a hot hand approach backfield and Alexander Madison looks like the guy over zamir white at this point which is really surprising zamir White's a guy who settled into like that dead zone or right after the dead zone in redraft there was some enthusiasm about zamir white but I think a lot of zamir white drafters even after one week would like to switch their pick and it that's a whole another story was a good process to dive into a zamir white a guy with a limited sample size but that's for another time Alexander Madison's a guy you can add does not make my top 10 I I think that this is a not great situation but the appealing thing about Madison is they are going to use him as a receiver and they're not doing that with zamir white and Dylan Lobby was inactive so Alexander Madison caught four passes for 43 yards and a touchdown and he added five carries they play Baltimore this week a difficult matchup I wonder if we're going to see more targets for Alexander Madison but I think that if you're a zamir white drafter add Alexander Madison especially if people are not are going to dismiss him because you might need to hedge your bet here you might end up with two players you can't start but at the end of the day you've invested in the Las Vegas backfield take a shot on it and then if you need to get rid of one later in the season by all means do it but I'm not super thrilled to even have to talk about Alexander Madison after last season but we are here he seems to be well-liked by the Las Vegas coach staff and he's going to have an opportunity to catch passes this week against that Baltimore defense that's going to give Vegas a lot of issues Ray Davis also makes this list Ray Davis makes my top 10 overall and he didn't hardly do anything but I think Ray Davis needs to be treated as a priority handcuff for James Cook managers and a speculative lottery ticket for others looks great in a limited sample size has a ton of juice Jaylen Wright inactive last week available in a lot of leagues if he is cut in your league consider adding him this is a long-term play when it comes to Jaylen Wright and we might see him active this week because Raheem moard and Devon Anan both a little banged up we'll see Tuesday's practice report to see their involvement but Jaylen Wright was inactive if either of those guys miss any time Jaylen Wright becomes a player we really really want on our fantasy roster so we're not going to get scared off by the inactive tag yet if he's inactive two weeks in a row then we'll start getting a little bit nervous but jayen is still player I'm happy to have on my rosters he has a ton of juice and it's an offense where we know Miami is going to get fantasy production from their running back position Devon Anan looked incredible where he moster disappointing usage but if you drafted Devon Anan you are feeling amazing right now Antonio Gibson and there's gonna be a little push back on this one but I think that the involvement that the Patriots had with randrecous is a just a handcuff but an interesting one because I think New England has a lot of inexperienced wide receivers they have jacobe brassette and then Drake may eventually taking over but they're going to lean on their running backs if rre Stevenson misses time I think Gibson would be a useful player and then let's talk about two players who make my top 10 overall tank bsby Beast tank Bigby looked awesome and tanks bsby out produces Travis etn on the ground 73 rushing yards on 12 carries etn is getting the receiving work but tank bsby I think the community was a year one year uh ahead of like last year there was enthusiasm on tank bsby he rose up and was like a 10th 11th round pick in like really competitive drafts then he got cut obviously it was a disappointment where you took him an ADP but like bsby was a third round pick in the 2023 NFL draft he has size and Doug Peterson said a couple months ago we really like tank and he will have a bigger role for us this year and Doug Peterson told the truth on that one so like tank bsby sort of like Bucky Irving is gonna be a guy that you can use as a handcuff plus and that makes him appealing because it seems like using two running backs keeping Travis CN fresh and involving him as a pass catcher seems to be the game plan for Jacksonville so bsby is not a full-time player he only played 17 snaps but in his 17 snaps he gets 12 carries this is a positive situation and he is a priority addition for me makes my top 10 overall which we'll talk about at the end of the show Justice Hill Baltimore this is another team where we're going to talk about obviously Isaiah likely when we get to the tight ends but Justice Hill out snaps Derrick Henry 4237 and Justice Hill gets eight targets the most of any running back in the NFL in targets last week was Justice Hill the the Baltimore coaching staff has always liked Hill and it's been a guy where we've just sort of been waiting and waiting and waiting but he's got so much experience with Harbaugh he finishes with six catches for 52 yards and one carry now we'll see his involvement this week against Las Vegas this is going to be a week where we would expect it to be a heavy heavy dose of Derrik Henry but maybe Justice Hill is a week- toe thing and I do think this Baltimore offense is one that we want pieces of and if Derrik Henry goes down with an injury Justice Hill would be super super useful and a guy we'd have in our starting lineups because again this is a prolific offense the one curveball with Justice Hill would be down the line when Keaton Mitchell gets healthy if he gets healthy what will that offense look like because Keaton Mitchell last year had a lot of juice again coming off an injury but just pouring a little bit of cold water on the Justice Hill situation but he's still a guy that I want in as many leagues as possible he makes my top 10 overall and then Marshon Lloyd Marshon Lloyd is available in a ton of leagues right now because he was inactive we expected this Lloyd is back in the practice field but he's not ready to play but there was some positives uh Josh Jacobs didn't look great to me and I realized that he picked it up in the second half but in the first half of the game did not look great and we saw Emanuel Wilson a player that we fully expect to be behind Maron Lloyd get a 20% Rush share and have three Targets in like the vacated what would be Marshon Lloyd role so I would consider like a 20% Rush share and a handful of targets to be the floor for Marshon lyd when he gets back and I think he could cut into Josh Jacobs weekly touches Josh Jacobs is obviously the man in Green Bay but I think you could end up seeing like a 6040 backfield and that's sort of been the mo for laflor for many years if you recall the involvement AJ Dylan had even when Aaron was cooking it's they like mixing in two backs in Green Bay laflor is a one of the coaches who is synonymous with playing two backs so I'm I'm rolling with Marshon Lloyd in any League I can get him this week I love him as a speculative addition and then I'll throw Emanuel Wilson in there especially for people playing in deep leagues you're gonna get another week of Emanuel Wilson and with the Jordan love injury Emanuel Wilson is one where he might see an uptick in usage when Marshon Lloyd comes back I fully expect Emanuel Wilson take a back seat but Emanuel Wilson is another player that the coaching staff in Green Bay likes so you never know let's talk about wide receivers and this is actually a really strong week for wide receiver additions there's a lot of players that we want to add to our rosters some are going to be better options than others uh but let's talk about them and I'll start out with the situation that we really want to pay attention to and that's the LA Ram situation where my number one wide receiver recommendation this this week and it's one where I think we kind of know who the player is but it's Demarcus Robinson and Demarcus Robinson should step in and be in a full-time role uh with pukan neua missing time and Robinson was a player that we know he has a Capp ceiling so if you're looking for a swing for the fences type addition addition to your team this is not it Marcus Robinson is Demarcus Robinson is not gonna like win leagues for you but I think he's going to provide wide receiver three value uh this week and moving forward with Nuka nikua he's a flex option for a lot of you watching and he's available in a ton of leagues at the time I was writing this article he was available in 94% of Yahoo leagues he's available in a lot of ffpc leagues and some nffc leagues as well so Robinson was a player that between weeks 13 and 17 last year he had a touchdown or six catches one of the two or sometimes both in every single game a touchdown or six catches in every single game between weeks 13 and weeks 17 this is an interesting player this is one where you should prioritize if you need wide receiver points right now and there's other options in La that are deeper here Ty Johnson is one where he might slip through the cracks because it's Ty Johnson and he's never really done anything in his NFL career but this was a star wide receiver at the University of Minnesota a lot of you Dynasty managers and deie managers know who Tai Johnson is very well because this was a guy where when he was at Minnesota people expected a ton out of him uh there like around the same time as Rashad baitman uh and Ty Johnson it's never really happened but we've seen some strange things in the Shawn McVey offense and he's a coach that's able to get a lot out of people so I wouldn't discount Tai Johnson if you're in a wide receiver heavy format in a deep format he's one that you could maybe throw a 1% bid on and get and this is a player where I think he's going to be like in an elevated elevated wide receiver three role this week would be what I I would I would think you know we we've seen sort of like guys like tutu Atwell have weeks in La where they were useful maybe we'll see that with Tai Johnson so if you need a guy where you're in a super deep league and you want to go get somebody for cheap Ty Johnson he was well ahead of Jordan Whittington now Jordan whittington's another player you can add if you're trying to play the long game here and you just want to take a look at the situation Jordan Whittington was an absolute stud in the preseason this year Beast University of Texas player obviously played with Xavier worthy Adan I Mitchell JT Sanders Jonathan Brooks on that incredible Texas team last last year but whittington's a player where he was so impressive in the preseason but he played behind Robinson and Johnson now I would expect that the Rams go with that where it's going to be Cooper cup getting like 35% of the targets and then Demarcus Robinson Ty Johnson and Colby Parkinson who we'll talk about in a moment but Ty J but Jordan Winnington if you want a speculative Edition this is one where if they self Scout this week and they say we want to work in this kid Whittington whittington's a player who can who can win he made some really big plays with like yards after the catch type plays uh in in the preseason and this is a player that the coaching staff likes Sean McVey talked about so he's going to cost you not a lot because he was the playing behind the other two this past week one player where if you just want to put a wide receiver on your team and forget about him until he's ready one player who I have rostered in a lot of leagues right now that I love rostering wherever possible is Josh DS and this week you're actually going to see some fantasy managers cutdowns so take pay attention to the players that are cut this week that's always a kind of good way of going about week one because a lot of people with frustration cut a lot of people will just change up their roster for whatever and they drafted Josh DS knowing he might not play week one but they say oh there's a dude I want to add uh I'm gonna cut downs and pick him up downs if he gets cut is a guy you should really really add DS was having a great preseason looked like he was going to be the clear-cut number two star uh wide receiver the number two Target on the team in Indianapolis and this is a player that had 68 receptions as a rookie which is the most all time in Colts history so I'm looking to add Josh DS in leagues where he gets cut or in leagues where he's available he's only rostered in 26% of Yahoo leagues didn't play so I'd imagine that number is going to tick down you might be able to wait if he's rostered in your league wait wait for the W the cut players waivers to clear and then add him as a secondary ad this week sneaky way and then I got to talk about him because he's in my top 10 but we can't ignore Greg dorch and I don't want to overreact to Marvin Harrison Jr's disappointing debut game like anybody who watched player profiler uh at Dynasty content anybody who watched my redraft content all summer know knew that I was excited about Marvin Harrison Jr I'm still excited but week one was a disappointment 100% The Narrative could have been a little different for Harrison Jr if Kyler Murray would have connected with him on that long touchdown where he was wide open towards the end of the game but that's neither here nor there Harrison Jr is still a 90% snap guy he's gonna have some big games we're not going to get worried about that but Greg dorch is absolutely a thing this is a smaller wide receiver who's had several strong games now with Kyler Murray and he's LED Arizona wide receivers in Targets in four out of his last nine games which is not great but it's noteworthy it's almost 50% % of his last nine games he has led the Arizona wide receiver room in targets interesting when it comes to Greg dorch he's a guy that gets open Kyler Murray likes looking for him and he appeared to be a big part of Arizona's game plan he led Arizona in targets LED Arizona in catches and dorch outproduced Marvin Harrison Jr and Trey McBride combined now that we're probably not gonna say that again for the rest of the season but Greg dorch becomes a must add in deeper formats and in wide receiver heavy formats like NFC ffwc or leagues like sleeper and Yahoo where your league is really up the number of wide receivers Then Greg dorch is definitely a player you want to add he makes my top 10 overall and there's one player who I want to kind of dive into because Alec Pierce is the one that's gonna get dismissed by a lot of fantasy managers because it's obviously unsustainable for a guy to average 40 yards per catch but he had 125 yards and three and a touchdown on on three targets three catches three targets but it's interesting because Alec Pierce out snaps ad of NY Mitchell he gets more snaps than him and Alec Pierce is a guy where the 60- yard touchdown was awesome but we have a quarterback with a rocket launcher Cannon of an arm and it seems to to click with Alec Pierce's long speed like this is a player where I want to add him for a very very very small bid if your league is g to make you pay for the the scoring and I don't anticipate that but if your league is gonna gonna prioritize Alec Pierce this week and make you really pay for it it's not one I want to drop a a heavy bag on but if it's a league where I can slide by and add Alec Pierce uh for a cheap bid then this is one I want to take a look and see what happens in week two because again it's sort of a perfect mesh when it comes with Anthony Richardson's rocket launcher arm his ability to throw downfield deep and the threat that he puts on opposing defenses as a runner not to mention the threat of Jonathan Taylor as a runner where it's sort of a perfect storm for Alec Pierce to be a big play guy this could completely flip this week Adan I Mitchell he could have hit Adan I Mitchell on two big plays as well but it was Alec Pierce this week this wide receiver room is going to get even more complicated when Josh DS comes back but if I can grab Alec Pierce for like a dollar a 1% bid I'm doing that just to sort of see what happens uh another wide receiver that's super super interesting is wandale Robinson wandale Robinson is on a train wreck of an offense in New York like Malik neighbors is a stud and that's it but wand Del Robinson was targeted 12 times he catches six passes for for 44 yards he had a rushing attempt so say that again targeted 12 times and had a rushing attempt and I got news for you this Giant's offense is GNA be in getting beat down excuse me this Giant's defense is gonna get beat down in several games the offense can't hold on the ball so you're going to get opportunities for juand Del and Malik neighbors to be targeted every single game the game Flow is going to dictate that Robinson is going to be a guy where he's sort very much a floor play but he's going to get Target volume he's the number two Target in New York for sure had the most Targets this past week and we have to remember wand Robinson was a second round pick and this a guy that they invested a lot in he's had injuries but he's finally healthy and New York trust him wandell Robinson is an ad in most leagues he's available another player we talked about earlier with Baker Mayfield is Jaylen McMillan jayen McMillan is nasty this is a really really good player now Jaylen McMillan played in 80% of snaps and the targets were not there but he did catch one one touchdown pass and he caught it was his only catch of the day but this is one who also drew a pass interference like Jaylen McMillan had very positive week one usage we heard Baker Mayfield Praise Him in the preseason talked about his professionalism talked about how good he is all all the stuff you want to hear about a young wide receiver so for me Jay McMillan is one that I really want to add uh and then keeping it going in my wide receivers uh Devon V who I talked about in my waiver wire preseason column or my w week one column whatever you want to call it that I wrote last week and I did a a video on him as well where I think I was the only person in fantasy to talk about Devon V because he's a big slot and Devon V dominated snaps over Josh Reynolds or excuse me uh Reynolds Josh Reynolds dominated Devon B in snaps 55 to 34 but is going to get that slot usage he's a rookie and in his first game as a pro gets eight targets if Devon V was named Marvin Mims or Troy Franklin and he got eight Targets in his first game people would be freaking out on the waiver wire this week but because it's Devon B he's going to go under the radar he's absolutely a player I want to grab a rookie wide receiver getting eight targets and getting slot usage and having size is something we want to Circle and we have to remember Devon V is super old he's the oldest rookie wide receiver in the league the the guy is is not your usual rookie so they trust him in the slot he's he's easily the Tim Patrick replacement uh we remember Tim Patrick would have some okay fantasy performances but Bes Courtland Sutton gets like a 30% Target share last week it was like 28% Target share after that I think Devon V can carve out a weekly role he's one where I'm looking to add him for cheap where I can and and if you're in a wide receiver heavy format uh that is super deep and you want just a depth piece Josh Reynolds let's see where this thing goes but he was targeted eight eight times as well let's talk about Andre yosias and he was a player that we talked about adding last week I had him in my sleepers column I had him in my waiver wire column we talked about him this Summer and he's actually a player that I drafted on a few teams I have them on some like ffpc NFC teams but yosa had what we wanted to see usage wise he played nearly every snap and he had a 20% Target share we're going to see yosias against a difficult defense this week in Kansas City but the game Flow could T could be a positive one for Cincinnati wide receivers Chase Brown and especially Jamar Chase because Kansas City is going to put all kinds of pressure on Cincinnati to keep up that Kansas City offense is going to put up a number this week so we're going to see what Yoshis does in a game where they're have to pass a lot and then the final wide receiver I want to just mention Xavier Legette and this is this is another train wreck offense but one thing I thought was interesting was Xavier Legette firstr pick Mega athlete a guy who we weren't crazy high on in the dynasty rankings at all and we will fade him in Dynasty right now but compared to other guys in his class I should add but Xavier Legette is again a first round pick in the NFL draft and his first first game as a pro he gets a 22.6% Target share as bad as Carolina is if you're a firstr pick this kind of athleticism getting 23% of the targets then at some point you're going to be a waiver wire ad so a lot of leagues he's GNA get cut this week because car people don't want Panthers and it's a it's an absolute train wreck Deontay Johnson what a disappointment but Xavier Legette is one who you should actually definitely monitor uh if you don't want to add him just monitor him and let's talk about our tight ends we got to talk about the number one waiver ad of the week Isaiah likele no-brainer addition number one ad everywhere even if you're in a shallow League i' I would add Isaiah likeley over Jordan Mason that's how confident I am in Isaiah likele the Baltimore Ravens were in 12 Personnel more than any other team in football this past week they were in 53% 12 Personnel team Isaiah likeley basically you should treat him like he's the wide receiver to in Baltimore don't think about him as a tight end he's a big wide receiver who has tight end eligibility and this is one where we don't really need to talk about it like you saw the game he had the nastiest jump cut of the entire weekend to score that touchdown he was the number one Target on multiple reads from Lamar Jackson now I think Mark Andrews will bounce back Z flowers had 10 targets there's Target competition around him but they're not going to put this back in the bag Isaiah likele is a starter for like unless you have Sam leapa Trey McBride tight ends like that then you need to consider Isaiah likely and if you have David and joku or Jake Ferguson two tight ends that went down with an injury this is like a Lifeline for you Isaiah likely is going to give you just as good production maybe better than what you paid for those guys in ADP Isaiah likele is 24 years old he had multiple Smash games to end the 202 PR season he had three out of four weeks where he had like 18 PPR points in the towards the tail end of the 2023 season and I know it was without Mark Andrews but this is not something that's going away add Isaiah likely add Isaiah likely add Isaiah likely don't be afraid to put a big bit on him this could be an impactful player for you and a guy who starts all season long and it's going to be a weird year where both Baltimore tight ends are going to finish as tight end ones now my next favorite tight end is going to cost you a lot less you can go kind of under the radar here and this player is not not not going to give you Isaiah likely production but kby Parkinson is a guy you should be adding off the waiver wire he had three catches for 45 yards in the first half for La second half it was a lot more wide receivers he only gets one more catch finishes with 47 yards but it was a positive start and a sign of things to come hukan nakua is now headed to the IR and I think Parkinson's weekly role is going to be very predictive I think he's going to give you top 15 tight end production every single week and he has a baked in floor in this offense and anybody who's been watching a Shawn McVey team like for a long time just remember those weeks where Tyler higgy kind of went nuts Colby Parkinson I don't know if necessarily has that ceiling like we saw in some of the smash years for higgy but he does have potential to do that in in like a week a week or two basis like Parkinson looks good and they spent a lot of money on him this offseason let's talk about Luke Schoonmaker Luke Schoonmaker is your ultimate speculative $1 bid type guy he's a going to be the replacement for Jake Ferguson in Dallas scoon maker seemed like more of like an h-back type super athletic though has the size he's like 65 260 runs a 46340 and anybody out there who plays Dynasty or follows speed scores Luke Schoonmaker has 110 speed score you're talking about a speed score that's like similar to a guy like Trey Benson like any speed score 110 or above is nasty and for a tight end to have that number is really really interesting now Schoonmaker hasn't done anything but the argument is does Dak Prescott make the tight end and most people might say yes to that you've seen uh F four out of five years where the Dallas tight end is sort of like smashed and finished as like a top 10 player at the position Dalton Schultz did it three years in a row Jake Fergus did it last year and in 2019 was the last year that a tight end didn't finish like top 10 scoring in weekly PPR points per game for Dallas and that was Jason Whitten and Jason Whitten was like a thousand years old literally like 40 years old maybe 40 plus at the time and Whitten was like tight end 16 on the year so like if if Dak Prescott can make Jason Whitten who should have been retired at the time tight end 16 then I think he can work with an athletic player even if this guy might be more limited limited than uh you know most of his other tight ends like scoon maker at the very least is a threat in the red zone for you ffpc tight end premium managers Schoonmaker is GNA get bid on and I think there's going to be some leagues where he goes for cheap so don't go nuts on this one talking about a couple of other tight ends who are cheap Tucker craft whatever you thought of Luke Musgrave is how you should view duck Tucker craft right now craft was banged up in the preseason and still dominated Musgrave in usage craft is the tight end one in Green Bay Musgrave is the tight end 2 in Green Bay anybody who followed my waiver wire column last year or my waiver wire videos there were weeks where we were adding Tucker Tucker craft especially in tight end premium leagues Tucker craft when Jordan love returns Tucker craft is going to be interesting and this is a player where don't expect a whole lot like he's not a spike weak guy but he's a tight end too and he's going to be on the field a lot in a plus off offense When Love returns Jordan Ain this is the the David and joku replacement where if you had David and joku you want to add his replacement Jordan aens is certainly not David en joku but Jordan aens will become a priority Edition in tight end premium formats you probably don't need to add him in most home leagues but he's definitely one you should monitor uh Zack SZ didn't do anything but he dominated snaps over Ben cinate this week Washington plays against and New York Giants two teams that got beat up but Washington offense might look really good against this this New York Giants defense that was just not as good as we anticipated and I think s is a guy where if you're in tight end premium don't cut him wait for this week see what happens don't cut cut him after last week was on the field a ton one player who I think will be added in a lot of leagues and if you're a dynasty League manager check and see if he's available Theo Johnson the threat of Daniel Bellinger was non-existent Bellinger was out snapped by Chris mahz so this is Theo Johnson's position he dominated the tight end snaps only targeted four times but he rarely left the field and Theo Johnson not only has the best name in the NFL uh but he the best first name I should say uh in the NFL but he also has Elite athleticism and athleticism correlates more at the tight end position than anywhere else and the final tight end I'll mention romad dun is going to miss some time Keenan Allen is banged up Gerald Everett could be a sneaky player for a couple weeks where Gerald Everett was out snapping and out targeting Cole KT this week Gerald Everett took this job uh during the offseason in Chicago which is interesting because Cole KT's a guy that was very productive for the same coaching staff last year and Gerald Everett took his job so Gerald Everett's one where you can add especially in tight end premium formats and that's it and I'll say anybody who's stuck to the end here for the top 10 most weeks I'm going to try to get this done in a half an hour but this is week one where we had so many names to cover and so much roster cleanup we wanted to load this waiver wired my top 10 overall waiver wire editions and obviously JK Dobbins Rasheed Shahed and certainly Jordan Mason would be top 10 ads they'd all be in the top five if they were available but for the leagues we're talk about all of these players are available in at least 70% of Yahoo leagues and we'll start at the top Isaiah likely is the number one ad this week hands down and there would be a tier break after him if you're in a continual rolling list league and you have the number one waiver wire Edition it's a no-brainer you're adding Isaiah likely if you are in a in a league with Fab you're going to have to drop 25% Plus on him and he's worth it drop the bag get Isaiah likele certain leagues he's going to cost 50% you can cap yourself where you're at be roster specific on this but if you have a poor tight end situation consider dropping the bag on Isaiah likeley number two for me Bucky Irving I love Bucky Irving High contingent upside player who gives us handcuff plus value and Bucky Irving is just nasty Demarcus Robinson number three overall instant Flex wide receiver three play play tank bsby at number four like Irving he is a handcuff plus but doesn't offer you the pass catching ability but he is also a highlevel contingent upside play if Travis Travis etn were to miss time Justice Hill comes in at number five Greg dorch number six overall Colby Parkinson seven overall I I'm going to be a little bit ahead on Colby Parkinson Justin Fields eight overall Justin fields would have been much higher up the list if we had some validation that he can win this quarterback job but we have to be careful with this one and not overspend on Justin fields in case they switch back to Russell Wilson quickly Ray Davis comes in at number nine I'm very interested in having Ray Davis and then Marshon Lloyd I'm gonna be ahead of consensus and I'm gonna have him at number 10 he is a guy that we want to stash on our rosters so once again Isaiah likeley Bucky Irving Demarcus Robinson tank bsby Justice Hill Greg dorch Colby Parkinson Justin fields and Ray Davis and then we're GNA close out our top 10 with Marshon Lloyd I'm Theo greminger read my waiver wire column every single week at player profiler you could find me right here on waiver wir and we're going to get after that this season we're g to help you win in fantasy hey I want to take a moment to thank you for tuning in it's important to me that all of our media be free this is only possible because of you allowing a true independent Sports media Enterprise to thrive unlike any other in the business so please subscribe to the all-in package to continue to make all this possible to ensure that all of our stats information data content is available to you especially you the people that get the site and get the go