Top Week 9 Waiver Wire Picks: Grab Christian Watson Now!

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00:00And another pros tip that I've heard is right around now in the season,

00:03you start to look at the entire waiver wire pool and you look for those

00:06players that injuries made the rest of the league forget,

00:10and you can really get star players on a discount.

00:12So let's pivot to wide receiver and see if there's anyone out there that fits

00:15that profile, Joe.

00:17I promised myself I wouldn't do this again after last year.

00:20I promised myself I wouldn't Christian Watson, but I have no choice.

00:24Now we've had too many injuries here and Christian Watson returned.

00:27And last week he caught four of his four targets.

00:30Which is what you want him to do for 85 yards.

00:32It was averaging 21 yards a catch.

00:35And Christian Watson right now is in a wide receiver room where Matthew

00:39Golden hasn't quite come on as quickly as we wanted.

00:42Dontavian Wicks isn't a big thing.

00:44Romeo Dobbs is okay.

00:46And Jaden Reed is still hurt.

00:47So Christian Watson has an opportunity here to be an alpha dog.

00:50And it's a good matchup against Carolina today.

00:51Like there's just no way around this.

00:53And he is available in 80% of leagues right now.

00:56So if Christian Watson's out there in your league, you got to pick him up.

01:00Because he can help you in these upcoming bye weeks.

01:03To me, he's at, at worst right now, a flex start, if not even a wide receiver three,

01:09potentially in this matchup against Carolina today, we know what kind of talent he is.

01:13And this has always been my struggle with him.

01:15It's always been the health of Christian Watson and the ability for him to get target share.

01:18And that's been a struggle for him.

01:20Now, will it be a struggle today?

01:22We don't know.

01:23But I think at this stage in what the agreement Packers look like, what that wide receiver group

01:28looks like, it's worth taking a risk.

01:30You can sneak them onto your team right now, Sunday morning, stash them there, even play

01:34them if you want to.

01:35Again, I think the Carolina matchup is a good one.

01:37Christian Watson has big playability.

01:40He doesn't have to catch eight balls for him to be effective.

01:43He just has to get that one big one and we all know how good he can be.

01:47So think of it as, you know, Jameson Williams, if you got him on your roster and you can handle

01:52a guy like that sometimes, he's the Green Bay equivalent, right?

01:55He's that big play guy that's going to show up in big spots there.

01:58It's not a big volume guy necessarily, but in terms of playmaking, he's probably the best

02:02playmaker they have in that wide receiver core.

02:05All right, Joey, my man, you teased talking in depth about this player earlier.

02:10Now we have some time.

02:11Let's dive into a tight end on the Chicago Bears, who seems to have the world right in

02:16front of them.

02:18Yeah, look, Colston Loveland is another one, too, that if you're hurting a tight end, I

02:21would stash him this week.

02:22You can stream him.

02:23We talked about it, right?

02:24We talked about, you know, if you're in a really bad spot with injuries, Travis Hunter

02:27got hurt.

02:28This guy got hurt.

02:29DeAndre Swift, all in your same roster.

02:31Loveland's got a great matchup against the Bengals today.

02:33So he is streamable.

02:34Then Kokomet also could be working in this one, too.

02:36But I think you want to see when you draft a tight end this high, I think you need to start

02:40utilizing him in the second half of the season and see what you've drafted.

02:43I think Ben Johnson wants to do that.

02:45He's available in 75% of leagues.

02:47Look, Gadsden came off that waiver wire.

02:49I think if Loveland has a big game, people are going to spend on him next week.

02:52So I think what you're looking to do here is get ahead of the game here.

02:56Stash him now.

02:56If he has a big game against the Bengals, you can either use him in the following weeks

03:01or use him as a trade chip to get you something else you need more if you're going to have

03:05tight end.

03:05Always look to acquire talent.

03:07If you've got Darius Slayton on your bench or you're not starting him, pick up Colston

03:10Loveland instead because I think that would be a better potential trade chip for somebody

03:15else who's got problems in that position.

03:16And then last but not least here, the streaming defense of the week.

03:20Let's look to the Los Angeles Rams.

03:21Now, again, they're rostered in over half of leagues.

03:24But anywhere they're not, you're in that 40% right now.

03:28This matchup against New Orleans today is a great one.

03:30You've got a rookie quarterback in Tyler Shuck making a start on the road.

03:34It's never the easiest thing.

03:36I know the Rams isn't necessarily the top building to go play in, but I think the Rams

03:39defense off a buy is when you have to start this week.

03:42It should be 100% rostered.

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