Fantasy Football Insights: Ideal RB and WR Waiver Picks

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00:00And Joe, let's start at running back, looking for someone that's available in at least five

00:03out of 10 leagues. Go. All right. Let's start with Tyler Algier. There's a couple of running

00:07backs we're going to talk about too. But Algier is a guy that I think for insurance policies,

00:11you should have. If you have Bijan Robinson, you should definitely have him because

00:14you've seen him go for a thousand yards before, before Bijan Robinson showed up. So this guy can

00:18get it done. And he's getting some extra work there too. Now, two touchdowns last week, we're

00:23not going to chase, but I think he's one of those guys like Blake Corum, Brian Robinson Jr.,

00:28Tyler Algier. All of those guys are very useful. Now, a streaming RB2 that might be available,

00:33you can play today because Bucky Irving's not playing. Sean Tucker got a little bit more work

00:37last week. Rashad White's still going to be that main guy, but it wouldn't shock me to see Sean

00:40Tucker be a streamable RB2 if you got into a bad spot with your RBs. But Algier is a host of a big

00:47group there of guys that are sitting out there. And this is that time of year where you put those

00:52backup running backs on your bench so you don't have to fight over them for free agent budget.

00:56If you have players that have passed buys and you have players that are just kind of dead spots on

01:00your roster, you look ahead and you buy insurance policies. And in case one of them hits, not only

01:06does it help your roster, it also hurts somebody else because they can't bring the player. If

01:10Christian McCaffrey manager loses CMC, they can't pivot at Brian Robinson Jr. because he's on your squad.

01:17Yeah, I like it. That's a great sneaky strategy. All right, let's look for a wide receiver. Give us a

01:22name that's going to pop. Remember, available in at least five out of 10 leagues. Who do you have?

01:26Oh, he's a playmaker. And he's got a great matchup against the Giants is Christian Watson. Christian

01:31Watson is available in almost 80% of leagues still, which is kind of stunning to me. I know

01:36it's not perfect. I get it. I get it's, you know, kind of hit or miss. And Jordan Love has been missed

01:40two weeks in a row for sure. But Christian Watson, I don't think is going to miss here. It's a little

01:44windy here in that New Jersey area. But I think things will be all right there for him and Jordan

01:48Love. And I'd be shocked, to be honest with you, if Watson didn't have at least one big play,

01:53maybe it's for a touchdown, maybe it's not. But Watson's definitely going to get some yardage

01:57totals for you today. We'll get heavy volume. We'll see. But that Giants secondary is so bad.

02:02You have to go against it every single time. And Jordan Love is a pretty darn good quarterback.

02:05So I do think he gets back on track after a couple shaky weeks and getting the ball to

02:09Christian Watson is a good idea. All right, let's look out for our people. Give us a backup. Say you go

02:15to pick up Watson. He's already rostered. So our other people watching the show, I promise you,

02:19give me another wide receiver. Give me someone that's widely available. Who's that?

02:25All right, let's go with Tyler Lockett, who is a free square, right? He's rostered in just 6% of

02:29leagues. And he had a pretty good showing in his first debut as a Las Vegas Raider, despite the fact

02:35that game was horrendous to have to try to get through last week. Luckily, I was on vacation. So I

02:41did not get a chance to watch it. And I heard that I missed absolutely nothing in that game last Thursday

02:46night. However, Tyler Lockett is something to keep in mind. Now, there's continuity there with the

02:52quarterback, Geno Smith, a long history, which does matter. Also with the coach, Pete Carroll, which does

02:57matter. And there's opportunity, which does matter too, because Jacoby Myers is gone, right? So it is not the

03:03easiest matchup for him necessarily, because I know we'd all look at the Cowboys defense and go

03:08automatically, let's just go out against the Cowboy defense. But I'm, I'm thinking that you might see a

03:13very inspired version of the Cowboys defense, considering the tragedy that befell them last

03:17week on the bye with one of their teammates passing away. So that does scare me just a little

03:22bit, but not enough not to pick him up or to play him this week. I think Tyler Lockett in a 14 team

03:27league is very playable in a 12 team league in a pinch with bad bye weeks or injuries is also

03:31playable. I think he could get you 10 points here without really blinking an eye. Can he go five for

03:3650? I think he can. So Lockett is another one of these free square guys that I think should be

03:40rostered for that stretch run because of the familiarity that he has with Pete Carroll with

03:45Gino Smith. And the fact that really nobody has stepped up consistently for the Raiders.

03:50Brock Bowers is finally healthy. That's great. But again, the wide receiver grouping there,

03:54Trey Tucker's had a couple of big games, but not enough you want to hang your hat on.

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