Fantasy Football Insights & Tips: Waiver Wire Tuesday

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00:00Welcome back to Newswire here on SportsGrid each and every Saturday morning 7 a.m. to

00:069 a.m. Eastern.

00:07You can catch me and George Kurtz breaking down the latest in fantasy football.

00:11We thought we would bring George Kurtz in because it's a big week on the WaiverWire.

00:15See if we can give you some tips and get ahead of it.

00:17George, great to have you back here on Newswire.

00:19What's going on?

00:20What's this?

00:21Always good to be back with you, Craig, here.

00:23What's going on?

00:24I mentioned WaiverWire Tuesday in the NFL.

00:25We've got playoffs, Major League Baseball, and Craig, the NHL starts in earnest today.

00:30This is the North American schedule.

00:31It starts today at the first game, believe it or not, at 4.30 p.m. Eastern time.

00:35Yeah, looking forward to it, having that, and then the NBA back soon, college basketball

00:39in November.

00:40All right, so let's touch on some of the players that could be available in some leagues.

00:45Now, you know, as somebody who watches Dallas Cowboys very closely, you certainly can speak

00:49to the idea that they're going to need some contribution outside of CeeDee Lamb at wide

00:55receiver, and maybe they have found the guy.

00:58Jalen Tolbert had another nice game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday night.

01:03Brandon Cooks is on IR.

01:05George, is he somebody that you think is a startable player moving forward?

01:10Startable, we are in bye-week territory, all right?

01:14We're going to bye-weeks the next, what, seven, eight weeks here.

01:16So yeah, in that case, he is startable here.

01:18We need Dak to trust him more.

01:20We sort of saw that Sunday night, right?

01:21He had the big play, the 50-yard grab down the left sideline here.

01:24Granted, that was a broken coverage by the Pittsburgh Steelers here, but he also had

01:28the game-winning touchdown, right, that fourth-down play.

01:31It wasn't designed for Tolbert, don't get me wrong.

01:33I think that play was designed for Jake Ferguson, who fell down on his route.

01:36CeeDee Lamb was covered.

01:37Tolbert was the third choice, hey, made the play there.

01:39So Dak needs to trust him more, but we know the Cowboys defense is going to be a problem.

01:44Running game, granted, was good against Pittsburgh, may not be there all season.

01:46They're going to have to throw the ball, but so yes, I think Tolbert is a pickup for you,

01:50especially with Cooks out, Cooks on IR, Dallas does have a bye next week, but this week should

01:56be a shootout against Detroit.

01:57They're going to have to score a point, throw a little bunch here, and then I believe they

01:59have San Fran on Sunday night, another game they're going to have to score a point here.

02:04So yes, Tolbert, at least in the short term, should be a pickup.

02:07All right, meanwhile, if you watched the Monday night football game, you probably were shocked

02:11to see the amount of targets that Juju Smith-Schuster got for the Kansas City Chiefs.

02:15I mean, he was the primary guy in that game.

02:19Xavier Worthy, the deep guy, and of course, Travis Kelsey still got his looks.

02:23But all of a sudden, George, it's been a surprise to see Juju back in the mix.

02:28Now, remember, he played for Kansas City a couple of years ago, played for New England.

02:32He just, simply put, hasn't been the guy that he was in Pittsburgh, I don't know, six, seven

02:37years ago, eight years ago.

02:39But if what we saw last night continues, he becomes a must-add in all leagues.

02:45The problem is, isn't he the ultimate tease?

02:47All right, we're going to find out that, oh, next week he gets two targets, all right?

02:51One reception, eight yards, and no touchdowns, because they're using Justin Watson next week.

02:55All right, so that's the problem here.

02:57We do believe that Rasheed Rice is gone for the rest of the year.

02:59There was conflicting reports yesterday, he's at LCL now.

03:03Is he gone until November?

03:04Is he gone until next season?

03:05So I wouldn't be counting on Rice here.

03:07If Juju's on your waiver, is he a pickup?

03:10Yeah, right?

03:11But like I said, I think there are going to be some weeks you're like, what the hell?

03:14Why is he not a part of the game plan today?

03:16I think that's the way Mahomes is going to work it.

03:18It's this guy today, it's this guy next week.

03:20He's going to go to the open guy.

03:21There is no number one target here, outside of maybe Travis Kelson,

03:24who's volume obviously is picking up now with the injury here.

03:27So yes, I'm claiming that he's on the wire here, but I'm fully aware there's going to be a week

03:32where, oh man, you have to be kidding me.

03:34And remember, Kansas City, off this week.

03:38A couple of wide receivers probably available in most leagues.

03:41Darius Slayton, Darnell Mooney.

03:43Both have different situations going on right now.

03:46Slayton in particular playing because more or less,

03:49you know, the Giants wide receiver Malik Nabors has been out and injured,

03:52so he's getting some looks.

03:54Mooney, on the other hand, had the game of a lifetime last week.

03:57I don't know if anybody played him, George, in fantasy,

04:00but it's given his overall numbers this season a big bump.

04:03Yeah, I've got him in one league and I sat him last week.

04:06Still one of the leagues, so I guess I can't complain.

04:08But yeah, he was on my bench here.

04:10Now, he's probably claimed in a majority of leagues here,

04:12so I don't know if he's going to be out on your waiver wire.

04:14If he is, he's a must claim there.

04:16We're seeing Kirk Cousins get much better as the season goes along here.

04:20He trusts that Achilles.

04:21Now he's stepping into his throw,

04:23and this team can move the football here.

04:25So yeah, Mooney's an absolute claimant, a starter, by the way.

04:28Not only are you claiming, he's not someone who's going to ride your bench.

04:30He's starting for you more than likely here.

04:32Good, really good play.

04:34We thought this way he might be just planning to play with Chicago.

04:36It didn't work out. It's working out in Atlanta.

04:38So he's someone you definitely want.

04:40As for Darius Slayton, yeah, his volume definitely ticked up last week

04:43because no Malik neighbors.

04:45I do expect neighbors to play this week.

04:47That being said, they're playing Cincinnati.

04:49We expect a shootout.

04:50Granted, I expect that on Sunday, too, in Seattle.

04:52It didn't quite happen there, but we expect a shootout here.

04:54I think Slayton still has value for you.

04:57He's not an every-week starter.

04:58You're going to need the right kind of opportunities here,

05:00but this week's Sunday Night Football,

05:02I want to set the meta lens, at MetLife,

05:05should be a pretty good opportunity for Slayton.

05:07Yeah, Cincinnati's having problems stopping anyone.

05:10Starting anyone at tight end has been almost impossible.

05:13This fantasy season.

05:15You know, I guess anyone that catches passes in the NFL

05:18as a tight end and is not blocking is worth adding.

05:21Kate Otten has 148 yards on the season.

05:23I mean, George, it's hard to recommend anybody

05:25with these sort of numbers

05:27over the first several games of the year,

05:28but what can you do? There's no one else to pick up.

05:31Well, you already said, tight end is anyone with a heartbeat

05:34might have some value at tight end, right?

05:36And with the bye weeks, too, we're losing people.

05:38So no Travis Kelsey this week.

05:40Hockinson could be back, by the way,

05:42but Minnesota is off this week,

05:43but he should be back the week after.

05:44So we're going to get him back in the mix here.

05:46If he's on the way of the wire,

05:47just in your league, forgot about him there.

05:49Otten is a low ranked tight end,

05:50but Mayfield is throwing the ball up and down the field here.

05:53They played New Orleans this week.

05:55You know, Lattimore generally takes Evans out,

05:57or at least keeps Evans in check here.

05:59So Otten could be a one-week play.

06:01I'm not looking to start him multiple weeks here,

06:02but he could be a one-week play for you here.

06:05Engram, we think he's playing this week.

06:07That was the ultimate tease, right?

06:08He's coming back. Oh no, he's not coming back.

06:10Sorry, just kidding there.

06:11But we did have a Mark Andrews sighting.

06:13We had a Mark Andrews sighting, Craig.

06:15Right?

06:16By the way, if you watch that,

06:19oh, he should have had, that should have been a touchdown.

06:20A good throw by Lamar Jackson to walk in,

06:22touchdown, he threw it low.

06:24And it'd be out the one yard line.

06:25But on the next play where they scored the touchdown,

06:27we saw the throw.

06:29If you really couldn't tell from the angle,

06:30you saw it eight, you knew it was a tight end.

06:32And he, oh, it's 80, not 89.

06:35So we got teased again here. Annoying.

06:38Yep.

06:39Hottest pickup in all of fantasy this week

06:40will be Tyrone Tracy.

06:41He looked great for the Giants,

06:43but, you know, remember Devin Singletary

06:46was close to playing last week.

06:47It was questionable than doubtful.

06:49Has Tracy earned himself a role?

06:52I know he'll be the number one pickup this week,

06:53but if he doesn't play, then you've wasted,

06:56you know, budget to pick someone up or a waiver spot.

07:00I think he has earned himself a role.

07:01I think we may be a thunder and lightning situation,

07:03Singletary and Tracy.

07:05Most teams do that anyway, right?

07:06And Tracy at least could be the goal line guy.

07:08So maybe we can look at it that way.

07:11All right, George, thanks for coming on.

07:12Anytime, my pleasure.

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