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It is Waiver Wire time in Fantasy Football as the NFL reaches Week 4.

Peter Klein goes position by position through the Week 4 fantasy football waiver wire: Geno Smith and Marcus Mariota as streaming quarterbacks, Braylon Allen benefiting from a banged-up Breece Hall, and Kalif Raymond emerging as a real part of the Bears' offense.

Which of these waiver wire pickups are you targeting this week?

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Transcript
00:00week three in the NFL was not kind to some fantasy football owners. And so week four's
00:04waiver wires are massive. So let's go into it position by position. I'll give you my thoughts
00:10on who you should be picking up to help maybe save your season. Hopefully not. But either way,
00:15waiver wire now. All right, it is time to get into the fantasy football waiver wire. And we
00:28will begin at the quarterback position. And this one doesn't feel great. Don't love either of these,
00:37to be perfectly honest with you. But they are also, I think, pretty good, you know,
00:44for one week anyway, fill-ins. First, we'll go with Geno Smith. There are too many Jets on this list,
00:49but they're playing the Chicago Bears defense, who I guess was okay against the Philadelphia Eagles
00:54in their game yesterday. But it's a defense that I think you can take advantage of. And Geno's been
01:00serviceable. So if you do have a quarterback who is banged up and there's a bit of a desperation
01:05situation going on, I think Geno Smith can at least for one week get you the fantasy points
01:11that you need. The other quarterback that we're looking at, again, this is not a long-term play
01:16at all. But Marcus Mariota of the Washington Commanders, 3% owned. The Colts defense, I think,
01:23really vulnerable. And his legs, he showed it in the game last week, his legs can get you a couple
01:29of extra points. They at least have some weapons with McLaurin and with Stephon Diggs that he can
01:34get the football to. And against defenses that are maybe not taking them seriously, he can at least
01:40exploit them. So I think that there is a pretty good setup here for Marcus Mariota to be able to
01:48actually put up some fantasy points for you this week. So I think good days could be ahead if you
01:54are rolling with Marcus Mariota as your fantasy quarterback. And I don't know if we would have
01:58been saying that a couple of weeks ago. Let's go to the running back position. And again, we have
02:04entirely too many New York Jets on this. But Braylon Allen is, I think, someone who is going to be
02:12at least a pretty productive player on this Jets side and someone who can help out with your...
02:20Sorry, just looking at stuff on YouTube. Looked like there was a bit of a glitch, but looks like
02:25everything is going on right now. But nonetheless, Braylon Allen, at least six touches in the first
02:31three weeks. And he could be getting more volume with Brees Hall getting banged up. He's got a good
02:36matchup against the Chicago Bears. Again, they were better last week against Philadelphia. But
02:42overall, this isn't a great defense and one that you can exploit. With Brees getting a little bit
02:47banged up, Braylon was already involved in the offense anyway. Like I said, at least six touches in
02:52the first three weeks. Either Hall is going to be out and Braylon's going to get a lot of the
02:56offense
02:57there, or they're going to recognize like we maybe need to ease Brees back into the lineup here
03:01and Braylon Allen is going to get his carries. So either way, I think Braylon Allen has a pretty
03:06good day from a fantasy footballing standpoint. And the next up is Ollie Gordon II from the Miami
03:11Dolphins, 6% owned. This is an if you're desperate play. If you lost Yvonne HN and you need a
03:17little
03:18bit of help, Ollie Gordon can be there to help you out of a desperate situation. So it's not going
03:24to
03:24be amazing. Do not count on, oh, well, now we can just copy and paste HN's volume over here.
03:30But I think Ollie Gordon is at least going to get something in that backfield.
03:34At wide receiver, it is Keenan Allen, 22% owned. He has at least five targets in the first three
03:40weeks of fantasy. And they have a good matchup against Washington this week. He has been earning
03:44the trust of Daniel Jones more. There's more of a connection there as this goes on. And with the
03:50injury to Pierce, he has become a much more reliable target in this offense. So Keenan Allen,
03:55I think certainly has the opportunity to, to put up some numbers for you this week with the Colts
04:00and then Kalief Raymond. I'm just, I'm going to stop fighting against it. Kalief Raymond is obviously
04:04a part of the Chicago offense and a pretty big one. 9% owned, scores the big touchdown last night
04:10in Monday night football, 21 targets in the first three weeks. So obviously he is a part of this
04:16offense that is so good that even Case Keenum can put up numbers in it. So Kalief Raymond is
04:21definitely someone to watch this week at just 9% owned. And then Kenyon Sadiq, 19% owned. He has
04:29stepped up and had actually been a pretty big part of the offense, or at least was a pretty big
04:33part
04:33of the offense last week for the Jets. Again, too many Jets on this lineup, but it's a good matchup
04:39though with the Bears. We keep saying that. And I think as a rookie tight end, he's going to get
04:43more
04:43and more involved in this offense as things go forward. So I, yeah, I would go with Kenyon Sadiq
04:50there at the tight end spot. And then our defense for the waiver wire this week, the Buffalo Bills,
04:5625% owned. Patriots have really struggled with turnovers so far this season. Buffalo's defense
05:02is all right. So I think that they could get some pretty big points here going up against this New
05:08England defense. So I like Buffalo this week as your waiver wire defense, but we're getting a couple
05:13more specific questions in the chat. So if you have any of those, throw them in the chat. If you're
05:18watching live or in the comments after, I try to get to everything down there eventually. And
05:22specifically with waiver wire, we're going to try to get to do a bunch of those in the comments today.
05:26So if you're watching this after the fact, make sure you leave a comment. And while you're there,
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