Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Rebound: Week 3 Pickups to target

Peter Klein

If the NFL Fantasy Football Waiver Wire didn't go your way, Week 3 doesn't have to be a disaster.   Peter Klein goes through the week's dropped players, figuring out who's actually worth adding after Week 2. He goes position-by-position to see who is out there that can still help you this week.  #FantasyFootball #waiverwirepickups  #NFL  🎧 Listen on: Apple https://apple.co/49NGm2L | Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3QgazeHcSKSteZbBIubcuM?si=icY7NEBvT7yZadv_JFlT6Q  💬 Follow for live breakdowns: X.com/primetimepk | Twitch.tv/primetimepk  | Kick.com/primetimepk  🔗 Support the Show:   - Tip Jar: https://streamelements.com/couchpotatodiary/tip (fuels more content!)   - Partners: C of Dead http://cofdead403.ca/

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00:00the waiver wire sometimes it can be our friend sometimes it can be our foe but that doesn't

00:04mean just because one day is done doesn't mean that we're done fixing our fantasy teams so each

00:08week we go through and see who's been dropped the most who can we find out on that waiver wire

00:14still

00:14to help us with our team it's time for the waiver wire rebound

00:23after like after waivers are done everyone does the waiver wire show we did it too um but i'm not

00:28just going to leave you high and dry off of this if we didn't get the quarterback we needed if

00:31we

00:31didn't get something else that we needed gonna go back and see who's been dropped the most because

00:35you know not in my league but sometimes in your league um so we're gonna look at who was dropped

00:39the most that could still be a a big part and who's available that can still help you out as

00:45well at

00:45quarterback cj stroud is among the most drop he's the one that i'm looking at third most dropped right

00:51now on yahoo i get no nico collins hurts and we have this vision of cj stroud that isn't positive

00:58i am absolutely still holding on and maybe it is just holding on to ghosts of the past i just

01:03i can't

01:04believe that this guy who was unbelievable in his rookie season just forgot how to play football you

01:10know so i i don't i still think that there could be something there even with no nico collins which

01:16obviously hurts the offense but look at the schedule for um the texans the next few weeks

01:20here um this week they're at indy does that defense scare you because it doesn't scare me

01:24coming up against dallas i'm i'm yet to be shaking in my boots at tennessee that's a defense that i

01:32think we can capitalize on at jacksonville is tough i will grant you that but then the giants then a

01:36buy

01:36and then the chargers things are really lightening up now for the houston testin uh texans on their

01:42schedule and i think cj stroud i can understand why the third most leagues uh but why he is the

01:48third most dropped in leagues in yahoo but i just i feel like this is absolutely a guy who can

01:54put up

01:55some really good numbers here in the middle part of the season to help you out and and build up

01:58a

01:58good edge heading toward the fantasy postseason among the guys who are still available still from

02:03the waiver wire yesterday drew lock uh now just uh six percent owned they're facing washington this

02:08week nothing about it scares me he has the connection with jackson smith and jigba that is

02:13certainly like that that's enough to beat washington and to have a good fantasy d so

02:18with um jackson dart now being done for the season with um like the caleb williams thing who knows

02:24and with the jayden daniels and his arm still being backwards those drew lock it's not a no one's

02:30going to be seeing that you picked up drew lock in the waiver wire and going oh my god i

02:33can't believe

02:33i missed that but if we need a quarterback this week drew lock can be a guy that can really

02:39help

02:39us out let's go to running back he was one of the the most added guys last week and he

02:44was one of the

02:44most dropped this week kaylin black third most dropped running back in yahoo and i i must have

02:50you know i'm busy we're house hunting right now um had a hockey tournament last week that got

02:55interrupted by a fire alarm this weekend we got some college football that i'm going to be on the call

02:58with so you know your boy is busy there's a lot going on so i must have missed the memo

03:03that

03:04christian mccaffrey has become less of an injury concern and that the san francisco 49ers just have

03:09everything locked down when it comes to the the injury situation i must have missed that memo going

03:15out like kaylin black yes part of the value was he's going to be part of the offense now and

03:21if cmc

03:21goes down then he's going to be a big part of it going forward i do think both of those

03:25things were

03:25overblown i do like he got seven touches this week in the win against the miami dolphins first

03:30of all like i don't know if a game against the dolphins is going to be the best judge of

03:35where

03:36the volume is going to go in this offense but were was he going to get 15 touches a game

03:41after um week

03:42one against the la rams no no that was never going to be the case and is he just going

03:47to be the number

03:48one guy in san francisco and no one else is going to touch the ball after if cmc gets hurt

03:53that's

03:53probably not going to be the case either there will be a bit of a um a bit of a

03:58committee going

03:58on there but back is going to be the black sorry he's going to be the main one in that

04:02backfield

04:02so i'm i am surprised at this like i get maybe the week-to-week value now isn't as high

04:10as maybe some

04:10people thought it was but he is still a high level handcuff in my opinion and i'm i'm the same

04:15on devon singletary fourth most dropped like i get he's devon singletary it's not a sexy name

04:20and there were a lot of injuries this week so if people needed to make some moves that i i

04:24can grant

04:25you but again does cam scadaboo style not scream that someone's going to get hurt at some point

04:31here so again i think he's going to be involved in this offense that does take a hit with no

04:35jackson

04:36dart and now jamis winston is rolling with it throughout the season but there they are still

04:41going to involve singletary in this offense and scadaboo again is a a tough hit away from

04:47singletary really being a focus because they do not want tyrone tracy touching the football right

04:51now out there uh still available uh the two guys we talked about yesterday alvin camara 31 owned

04:5715 opportunities last week they get vegas this week and then atlanta coming up in the next week

05:02a couple of good opportunities camara you're not getting the same guy from a few seasons ago but i

05:08think the volume is still going to be there and i think he's going to get up to speed here

05:11a little

05:12bit quicker we know the kellenmore offense gives more plays because of the pace that they play

05:15so i think camara is going to have still a decent like rb2 flex role in fantasy football this year

05:21and tank bigsby 15 opportunities last week with saquon barkley getting banged up tank um still just

05:2733 owned so check your league to see if he is out there again high level handcuff and if nothing

05:33else

05:33i wonder if barkley getting banged up last week is a bit of a scare for the philadelphia offense

05:37and they allow bigsby to get just a little bit more run with things there um let's uh let's just

05:44jump

05:44right to the the defense conversation uh because we do have a question about defenses in the twitch

05:49chap uh nader depp one more time asking uh do you like the bangles defense this week was going to

05:54go

05:54titans for defense and special teams but got talked out of it uh whoever talked you out of that is

05:59a

05:59good friend that you you don't need to be friends don't let friends have the tennessee titans defense

06:03um the cincinnati bangles defense going up against the steelers it is a good defensive play i i do like

06:11maybe some of the defensive improvements there be that are being touted by cincinnati um onlookers

06:17are maybe a bit overblown but this pittsburgh team is just bad offensively so i i think there

06:24are going to be some good opportunities here for the bangles defense so yeah i think they are i think

06:29the bangles defense is a good play over the tennessee titans one this week in terms of the the

06:33waiver wire rebound here uh most dropped defense that i think uh has some value is the green bay

06:39packers they're the fourth most dropped defense on yahoo they're facing atlanta have we watched

06:44atlanta this season does anything about what's going on with that offense scare you oh no michael

06:49penix is coming back oh well then like come on this is going to be a green bay defense that

06:58i think

06:58has a pretty good day i get that the defense um isn't living up to the standard that they set

07:02a

07:02season ago with michael parsons but it's still against atlanta and in terms of defenses that are

07:07still available uh the carolina panthers at 16 owned taking on the cleveland browns i know week

07:12one got into shootout territory really really quick i think that is more the explosive nature

07:17of the chicago offense when it's not raining than anything that is going wrong with carolina's defense

07:22now do i think they're as good as they showed last week against atlanta i do not but do i

07:28think

07:28they're going to have a good day here against cleveland i do i think they're going to be able to

07:31get after deshaun watson and create a couple of turnover opportunities there to really boost those

07:35fantasy points so um yeah bangles is a good call they're nader dip but i do like green bay and

07:40carolina from a fantasy standpoint yeah um let's go now to wide receiver the most dropped wide receiver

07:48that i i have my eye on here he's second most dropped right now in yahoo and that's malachi fields

07:53um neighbors has a bit of an injury scare last week i get again the overall quality of the offense

07:58goes down with jamis winston at quarterback but fields doesn't get knocked if jamis winston throws

08:05three interceptions like he's not going to get extra touchdowns and stuff like that but

08:09neighbors getting banged up i think does show the volatility in this offense this is a bit more of

08:15a like hold on to it and wait this is a stash play more than anything else and i can

08:19understand not

08:20wanting to just hold on to rookies for a long time but obviously like the offense right now

08:26their two main guys are likely and neighbors um in the passing attack scadaboo is always going to be

08:32there running the football but there is absolutely a spot for fields to come into this offense and

08:38start to really do some things so i think that there is an opportunity there if neighbors goes

08:43down with an injury but i also think that fields is going to grow into a role in this giants

08:48offense

08:48that again it takes a bit of a hit so i can understand it but i think that there is

08:52still an

08:53opportunity for malachi fields and among the guys still available trey tucker 34 owned 11 targets in the

08:59last two weeks even with bowers coming back okay so the writers now have two options that would

09:04scare you instead of one with just ashton genti uh tucker is going to be able to provide a bit

09:09of a

09:10over-the-top nature to this offense and i do think that there are going to be teams cheating up

09:14to take away ashton genti closing in on those medium routes to shut down brock bowers i think it

09:19really does open things up over the top for trey tucker and kirk cousins is a good enough

09:24quarterback to be able to hit him on some of those so it's a good matchup against the new

09:29orleans saints this week and i i think it's a good situation for tucker going forward he is always

09:34someone who i've really liked the talents of again as a raider fan i've paid kind of close attention to

09:38the guy um i think that there is a little bit extra there that cousins and kubiak can get out

09:43of this

09:43particular player at tight end um most dropped and still available working in our favor uh tj hawkinson

09:50again like tight end is a barren wasteland that sucks but hawkinson um he was i forgot to write

09:58it down here but i believe that the first or second most dropped tight end in fantasy this week

10:03almost 70 percent of the snaps it was low output but it was a gross rainy day um you got

10:09minnesota

10:09here again taking on the tampa bay buccaneers that's not a defense that has scared me the last couple of

10:14weeks hawkinson it's not going to be seven receptions for 115 yards and two touchdowns we are

10:19hoping that he trips his way into the end zone at some point but kyler has also been able to

10:24help

10:24out tight ends in the past i i think hawkinson i i think there's going to be a little bit

10:29extra there

10:30so again this isn't going to be a week a league winning play this is a i picked up myers

10:35before

10:35um the bowers uh owner could and i i now need a tight end that this is that sort of

10:42a thing and

10:42amongst those still available uh kate oughtn still just three percent owned that didn't change a whole

10:46lot in the waiver wire period um 11 targets this year he's a safety blanket in a struggling tampa

10:52bay offense and basically with tight end you're just hoping to find a guy who trips into the end

10:56zone and that's where you're at right now with kate oughtn so that is the fantasy football waiver

11:01wire here this week um if you guys we got a couple more in the the twitch chat and uh

11:07over on youtube

11:07if you have any um concerns or anything like that any other questions throw them in the chat or into

11:14the comments if you're watching this after the fact or if you're listening on couch potato diary

11:17wherever you get your podcasts uh you can uh find me on social media i'm at primetime client

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