Maximizing Fantasy Football: Understanding Waiver Wire Strategy

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00:00So let's go here, let's look at our season-long fantasies.

00:05Let's look at the waiver wire.

00:07But these discussions also inform today's games.

00:10Joe, where do you want to start?

00:11Because I know a good place to go,

00:13but I'll let you lead this one.

00:16I want to start with the Achilles again.

00:17Back to Christian McCaffrey.

00:20Yeah, dad jokes abound this morning.

00:23Look, Jordan Mason's a guy you should be adding.

00:25He is rostered in 60% of leagues right now.

00:27And the roster percentage comes from CBS,

00:30which you get a lot more paid leagues there.

00:31So I like to get the roster percentage from there,

00:33because I think that's a little bit more useful

00:34than some of the other spots.

00:36But he's out there right now for free.

00:37And what I'm trying to do with some of these

00:38is trying to get ahead of the free agent budget,

00:41ahead of waivers and all the other stuff

00:43that's going to run eventually,

00:44because do you want to have to pay full boat

00:49for Jordan Mason?

00:50No.

00:51A lot of people added him already this past week.

00:53His stock shot up quite a bit

00:54after the Eli Mitchell situation,

00:56him being out for the year, because he is next man up.

00:59And he looked really good in that last preseason game.

01:01Now, preseason doesn't mean anything,

01:03except for guys like Jordan Mason, where it means a lot.

01:05Like how you perform gives you a chance

01:07to be the backup for Christian McCaffrey.

01:09So if I do think McCaffrey might miss some time

01:11in this season, he becomes a really interesting piece,

01:13even if I don't have McCaffrey.

01:15A little bit more interesting if I do,

01:17that insurance policy could be very useful,

01:19and it's going to save me some free agent budget.

01:21So look at the end of your bench.

01:23If you're carrying two defenses, stop.

01:25If you have two tight ends, what are you doing?

01:27Pick up Jordan Mason now.

01:29And God forbid you have the situation where,

01:32let's say McCaffrey comes out with a calf strain

01:34on Monday night.

01:35You think Jordan Mason's not going to be

01:36the highest bid player in week one?

01:38People are going to empty the whole tank on him?

01:40Of course they are.

01:41So be proactive.

01:42Add him now on Sunday morning for nothing,

01:44and see what happens.

01:46At the very least, three weeks from now,

01:47four weeks from now,

01:48if it doesn't become a good investment,

01:49okay, you drop it and you move on.

01:51But if something happens on Monday night,

01:53you're going to be very grateful

01:54that you did get ahead of the curve.

01:56You're going to be very grateful that you did get ahead of the curve.

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