Emanuel Wilson: Fantasy Football's Hidden Gem at RB

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00:00I really liked him a lot in the preseason.

00:07Uh, Emanuel Wilson, he led the NFL in rushing yards.

00:11He hasn't really got a shot yet.

00:15I don't even know that he will, but it seems like good things happen every time this guy

00:19touches the ball.

00:20He's like less than 10% owned in fantasy and I think he's only going to play if Josh Jacobs

00:25goes down.

00:26Emanuel Wilson also has four receptions on the season too, in like complete backup manner.

00:31So there's just something about this guy, George.

00:34I think if he gets a shot, he's going to be good.

00:36I just don't know that he'll get one.

00:37Yeah.

00:38I actually, I remember you mentioned him quite a bit and, uh, and, uh, precincts are good

00:41for you.

00:42Uh, he's, he's the backup right now, but Jacobs has not been great, right?

00:46He's been solid.

00:47You know, listen, maybe we can't judge Jacobs, right?

00:50Go.

00:51You lost love.

00:52Uh, now you got Malik Willis.

00:53Things change a little bit.

00:54They're crowding the box a little bit more.

00:55Uh, we think, think we're getting love back this week.

00:59So that could change things, open up the passing game, which means once again, those safeties

01:02back off and a little bit more running room here, but we'll just still needs to be able

01:05to get the chance here right now.

01:07He's a speculative Ed and I don't mind it.

01:09Once again, generally, you know, last couple of picks on your, your roster during the draft,

01:15you know, you're going to end up releasing those.

01:16So maybe you turn the roster a little bit and Wilson's that guy and you see what you

01:19have.

01:20Once again, look ahead, look ahead to next week, find that, uh, of all the teams, I don't

01:24know who's on bio or fan.

01:25I'd have to look, but maybe you're losing a running back or two and you don't have a

01:27replacement for him.

01:28So maybe you want to take Wilson now rather than wait until once again, you wave away

01:32a runs where it's going to cause you some fab.

01:34Yeah.

01:35I just, when he gets the ball, it seems like he does good things, but just very limited

01:39right now.

01:40Uh, all right.

01:41So this is pretty much a player that's being picked up in all fantasy leagues right now.

01:45We're showing less than 20% of fantasy, but this number is going to go way up because

01:49he's looked really good.

01:50Uh, that's Xavier Liggett of the Carolina Panthers.

01:53And you combine this with the loss of Adam Thielen.

01:57And even in a bad game, generally, Andy Dalton is completing 20 passes.

02:01I mean, he's going to, at some point this is going to end and he's going to throw five

02:04picks and that's going to be that.

02:06But for the time being, Deontay Johnson, Xavier Liggett, like I, it's not great.

02:12It's like wide receiver flex material, but definitely an ad for me.

02:16I've been impressed with what I've seen.

02:18Absolutely.

02:19And it should only get better.

02:20Right.

02:21Uh, and now you're right.

02:22Uh, Dalton could turn into a pumpkin at any time now.

02:24Right.

02:25Then we get back to the, uh, you know, the old red, but maybe this is all, you know,

02:28you'll have magic for a couple of weeks.

02:29Uh, you said Thielen, he's gone, right.

02:31Not going to have surgery, but he's gone for a while.

02:33Uh, so, Hey, and then once Thielen comes back, by the way, if Liggett is playing well, you

02:37know, he's not, his options aren't getting any lower, right.

02:40He's the top draft pick here.

02:41He's the guy they want to succeed.

02:43So yes.

02:44All on board with Liggett, if he's available out there, you need a receiver, go out and

02:47get him.

02:48As I mentioned earlier, the teams that are on by next week, by the way, so we know what's

02:50out there.

02:51It's heavy Detroit, Tennessee, Philadelphia chargers there.

02:54So you lose all your Detroit receivers here.

02:56You lose all those Philadelphia receivers, which could be a good thing, by the way, another

02:59reason why they might hold out Brown and do it to father Smith this week, uh, Hopkins

03:03won't play.

03:04And I don't think we care about the charges all that much.

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