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Speaker 1: What's up, everybody? Welcome to the Fantasy Flex podcast from

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Speaker 1: the Action Network and Fantasy Labs. I'm your host, Chris Rayven.

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Speaker 1: This is your NFL Week five waiver episode, as always,

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Speaker 1: joined by one of the top fantasy football rankers in

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Speaker 1: the game, the odds maker, Sean Kerner. Sean, how's it going?

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Speaker 2: Loo's up? Had a good Week four? It like it

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I was like, I think I was four and three.

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Speaker 1: into our waiver targets will go every position streamers as well.

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Speaker 1: Before we do, just want to quicken your mind everyone.

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Speaker 1: let's start with QB. Who do you like on waivers

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I can't believe that. Let's go of Gino

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Speaker 2: Smith again this week. Still available in fifty five percent

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he really came through in that Detroit game, even

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so like let's start off with cream Hunt still

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Speaker 2: Uh, don Tavian Wicks. I mean he's available in eighty

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Speaker 1: Yeah, even if you're not hurting, like he's too good,

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Speaker 2: Jordan Whittington. Oh my god, ninety seven percent of the

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and uh, it's it's it's truly nuts with these rams,

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Speaker 1: It's Zamor Smith has been up. Yeah, I like him up.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Devanta Adams is a very app comp I don't

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Speaker 1: available in seventy three percent of weeks. And the latest

428
00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:24,400
Speaker 1: giant offense is you know, Davo's kind of doing his thing.

429
00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:27,960
Speaker 1: One read for Daniel Jones, get it out and it's

430
00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,760
Speaker 1: gonna be neighbors about thirty thirty five percent of the time,

431
00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:33,720
Speaker 1: but another like twenty twenty five percent of the time

432
00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:36,520
Speaker 1: it's gonna be Wondale Robinson. We saw that against Dallas

433
00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:38,960
Speaker 1: Yead ten catches and I'm not saying he gets ten

434
00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,199
Speaker 1: catches every week, but I think that's kind of how

435
00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,960
Speaker 1: this giant offense is gonna run. They're not really trying

436
00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:47,080
Speaker 1: to involve the tight end. You know, the running back

437
00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:49,920
Speaker 1: will get looks here and there, but really it's gonna

438
00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:55,399
Speaker 1: go through Neighbors and then Robinson underneath, and then occasional

439
00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,960
Speaker 1: deep shot to Darius Layton. So I think Wandale Robinson

440
00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:03,920
Speaker 1: is a guy that, especially in full PPR, is gonna

441
00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:07,720
Speaker 1: be surprisingly productive all year long. You're always gonna look up.

442
00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:09,680
Speaker 1: He's gonna have like six seven catches. Might might not

443
00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:11,560
Speaker 1: always be for that many yards, but he could be

444
00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:16,080
Speaker 1: like a like a poor man's Jackson Smith and Jigba

445
00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:18,160
Speaker 1: and he's he is playing Seattle this week.

446
00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:23,280
Speaker 2: So I love these cops, right, Yeah, I haven't even

447
00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:26,160
Speaker 2: seen like, if Neighbors is out this week, how many

448
00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:30,000
Speaker 2: projections or how many receptions do you have Wandale for

449
00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:30,640
Speaker 2: like ten?

450
00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:33,800
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, I don't know. I mean it probably

451
00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:36,440
Speaker 1: be uh you know, if he'd be the focal point

452
00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:37,840
Speaker 1: of the defense, it's probably go down.

453
00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:42,640
Speaker 2: But oh yeah, that's true. Ten catches for fifty yards out?

454
00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,760
Speaker 1: Yeah, no, he could he could definitely put up. Definitely

455
00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:48,280
Speaker 1: he's a threat for five plus, which is you can't

456
00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:53,080
Speaker 1: say that about many receivers. Speaking of receivers, tight ends,

457
00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:58,480
Speaker 1: haven't been doing much of that this year, so I mean, which, uh,

458
00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:01,119
Speaker 1: which which waiver tight end? Do you want to just

459
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Speaker 1: throw a hit?

460
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Speaker 2: I'll stick with Colby Parkinson, who's still available in seventy

461
00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:11,720
Speaker 2: four percent of leagues. Really nothing flashy so far, just

462
00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:17,159
Speaker 2: offering consistent, stable production, which is I guess all you

463
00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:19,720
Speaker 2: could ask for it tight end right now. You know

464
00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:22,240
Speaker 2: he's he's going to be running around eighty percent of

465
00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:25,760
Speaker 2: Stafford's dropbacks as long and you know, as long as

466
00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,240
Speaker 2: their top two pass catchers remain. Now, I think he's

467
00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:31,879
Speaker 2: usually a good bet for three to four catches thirty

468
00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:34,520
Speaker 2: to forty yards. So if you just need a handful

469
00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:38,080
Speaker 2: of points, he's your guy. You know, he's a good option.

470
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Speaker 2: If you have Samuel Porta or Dallas gotter On by

471
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Speaker 2: this week you just want to hire flour option, you

472
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Speaker 2: go with Colbe Parkinson. If you're you know, shooting for

473
00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:48,159
Speaker 2: the moon, Cason Hill is always the guy for that,

474
00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:50,199
Speaker 2: although I don't know if he's playing this week, but

475
00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:54,000
Speaker 2: you know, Parkinson's my tight end seven right now, which

476
00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:56,440
Speaker 2: is crazy to say. I have all these guys with

477
00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,879
Speaker 2: like three and a half receptions where if I tweak one,

478
00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:02,679
Speaker 2: they jump up in my top five, but it just

479
00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:06,760
Speaker 2: goes to show the tight end position remains just a

480
00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:10,400
Speaker 2: dumpster fire. It's really hard to evaluate, but I think

481
00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:13,320
Speaker 2: Parkinson has one of the highest floors of these like

482
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Speaker 2: top ten fringe guys. So I think if you're looking

483
00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:20,920
Speaker 2: for a solid week five, high four option, he's your guy.

484
00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:25,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, or just tie your opponent zero zero,

485
00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:30,320
Speaker 1: because nobody has a tight end, right. But I mean

486
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Speaker 1: I feel like raheet Rice was like he like took

487
00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,520
Speaker 1: one for the whole physician because if he, if he

488
00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:39,080
Speaker 1: stays healthy, Kelsey probably doesn't go off either. And it's

489
00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:40,879
Speaker 1: really just right dire.

490
00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:43,160
Speaker 2: No, we might actually have a number one tight end now,

491
00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:45,720
Speaker 2: yeah with Kelsey.

492
00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:49,280
Speaker 1: Yeah no, No, he's I mean, he's he's fine, He's fine,

493
00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:51,560
Speaker 1: but it's still I mean, like you said, they'll probably

494
00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:57,280
Speaker 1: throw less. Yeah, Tucker Kraft for me, he's available ninety

495
00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:00,840
Speaker 1: five percent of weeks. Very low floor guy, but high ceiling.

496
00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,879
Speaker 1: We saw that last week and he ran around on

497
00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:07,439
Speaker 1: eighty six percent of Jordan Love's dropbacks. And they played

498
00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:10,840
Speaker 1: the Rams this week, their favorites on the road. It's

499
00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:13,600
Speaker 1: a high total game. So this is another good spot

500
00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:16,880
Speaker 1: for Tucker Craft, and with Watson out, I think you're

501
00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:21,240
Speaker 1: gonna see more two tight ends. And you know, Craft

502
00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:24,560
Speaker 1: was running a lot more routes, like on the field

503
00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,399
Speaker 1: for almost every snap, whereas Muskrave was more of a

504
00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:30,919
Speaker 1: rotational guy. So I think you know that's going to continue.

505
00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,040
Speaker 1: We've kind of seen that trending that that way all

506
00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:35,439
Speaker 1: year as long as Craft has been healthy. But uh,

507
00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:37,919
Speaker 1: six for fifty three in a touch last week on

508
00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:41,119
Speaker 1: nine targets. He's caught multiple balls every week, which I

509
00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:45,040
Speaker 1: mean for tight ends, better than not. So yeah, take

510
00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:47,639
Speaker 1: a flyer on him this week. Should be should be

511
00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:50,280
Speaker 1: another good spot. He is top ten tight end for

512
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:54,399
Speaker 1: me this week. So it's not saying much, but ye right,

513
00:26:56,720 --> 00:27:00,000
Speaker 1: all right, defense special team streamer who he got?

514
00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,280
Speaker 2: Well, I think you're gonna go with the top option,

515
00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:09,200
Speaker 2: but I'm gonna go with This is a terrible week

516
00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:12,920
Speaker 2: for streaming defenses. I'm gonna go with the Patriots. They're

517
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,520
Speaker 2: available in ninety five percent of the league. They're at

518
00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:20,879
Speaker 2: home against the Dolphins. You know, the Dolphins offense is

519
00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:23,920
Speaker 2: a disaster right now, and the Pats are actually slight

520
00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:25,960
Speaker 2: home favorites. I think they're minus one right now.

521
00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:26,280
Speaker 1: Yep.

522
00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:31,160
Speaker 2: So they probably won't allow too many points, so their

523
00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:33,399
Speaker 2: defense gets a boost in formats where you know you

524
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:36,840
Speaker 2: get bonus points they pull the team below fourteen points

525
00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:40,640
Speaker 2: or potentially even a shutout. And you know Huntley took

526
00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:42,680
Speaker 2: a couple of sacks. He didn't drop back that much.

527
00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:46,280
Speaker 2: Took a couple of sacks. If toront Arms SAIDs out

528
00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:50,800
Speaker 2: again this week, that was certainly boost my Patriots, you know,

529
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:54,520
Speaker 2: sack projection. Other than that, it's it's just gonna come

530
00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:57,800
Speaker 2: down to which defense gets lucky with a defensive special

531
00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:00,880
Speaker 2: team score. But when it comes to the more stable

532
00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:05,639
Speaker 2: things like points allowed sacks, I think Patriots. You know,

533
00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:08,360
Speaker 2: they're a top ten defense to open the week. Right now,

534
00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:12,080
Speaker 2: they're my number seven defense. But it's so tight right now,

535
00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:15,800
Speaker 2: things can change, so again check my rankings later in

536
00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:17,960
Speaker 2: the week. But I think you have the clear top

537
00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:19,280
Speaker 2: streaming option this week.

538
00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:23,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean the Broncos up against the Raiders. They're

539
00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:27,040
Speaker 1: at home. The total of that game is almost as

540
00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:28,840
Speaker 1: well as the Patriots. I think it's like thirty six

541
00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:32,120
Speaker 1: and a half. The Broncos are favored by three. They're

542
00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:34,480
Speaker 1: availble in ninety four percent of leagues. We saw what

543
00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:37,560
Speaker 1: they did to Aaron Rodgers, and that general offense last

544
00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:39,880
Speaker 1: week is completely stemy them. Even though the Jets I

545
00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:42,200
Speaker 1: think ended up closing like minus eight and a half

546
00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:46,040
Speaker 1: or minus nine on the spread, just couldn't do anything.

547
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:50,680
Speaker 1: Frustrated them all day. They're getting pressure, you know, it's

548
00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:52,960
Speaker 1: just it's and it's just a team that they're gonna

549
00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:55,960
Speaker 1: have to play in these low scoring games. So, like

550
00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:59,080
Speaker 1: you said, the stable metrics points allowed should be there,

551
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,720
Speaker 1: and you're going to against this raider offense. Who knows

552
00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:04,200
Speaker 1: what's going on. Devonte looks like he's still going to

553
00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:07,440
Speaker 1: be out. It's a real shaky kind of situation. You

554
00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:12,080
Speaker 1: got the quarterback, you know, you know, might see some O'Connell.

555
00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:15,840
Speaker 1: It's just a mess. Bronco and Broncos at home they

556
00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,480
Speaker 1: have one of the better home field advantages as well,

557
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:22,560
Speaker 1: so this one could be a really good spot for Denver. So, yeah,

558
00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:25,960
Speaker 1: like them in this super low totaled game.

559
00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:33,840
Speaker 2: Kicker, All right, let's go with a rookie will record

560
00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:39,320
Speaker 2: of vikings still available in ninety seven percent of leagues,

561
00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:43,440
Speaker 2: A very talented rookie kicker who's actually the all time

562
00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:48,000
Speaker 2: leading point score in college football history at Alabama. He's

563
00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:50,160
Speaker 2: made all six of his field goal attempts this year,

564
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:55,280
Speaker 2: including a fifty eight yarder, all fourteen of his extra points.

565
00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:58,680
Speaker 2: But the Vikings offense has been so good they haven't

566
00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:01,400
Speaker 2: really had to settle for manyfield so this week, you know,

567
00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:04,400
Speaker 2: they're at home, they face the Jets. Maybe the Jets

568
00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:06,960
Speaker 2: defense can slow them down a bit once they get

569
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:08,840
Speaker 2: in the red zone and settle for more field goals.

570
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:12,440
Speaker 2: But either way, this is just a great spot, great environment,

571
00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:16,120
Speaker 2: you know, at home in the Dome in Minnesota. He's

572
00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:18,600
Speaker 2: a top ten kicker for me. And again, he's a

573
00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:22,160
Speaker 2: very good rookie kicker playing for a really good team.

574
00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:24,320
Speaker 2: So he could turn into a more of a long

575
00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:26,440
Speaker 2: term option if you don't want to be streaming every week.

576
00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,040
Speaker 2: But I love his upside this week at home against

577
00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:29,520
Speaker 2: the Jets.

578
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Speaker 1: Yeah, the Vikings are just good, man, They are just

579
00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:37,680
Speaker 1: But yeah, the Jets, the Jets should force him into

580
00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:40,280
Speaker 1: some more field goals. You got to figure out some

581
00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:44,080
Speaker 1: point this team slows down. Like, I haven't looked at

582
00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:46,600
Speaker 1: our luck rankings, but I'm guessing the Vikings are probably

583
00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:49,480
Speaker 1: near the top. Like I'm guessing they're due for some regression.

584
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:52,760
Speaker 1: But they've they've been so good that maybe not. Who knows, right,

585
00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:57,840
Speaker 1: speaking of regression the Steelers, I mean, their offense was

586
00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:02,320
Speaker 1: humming last week, but I'm going with Boswell for kicker.

587
00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:05,800
Speaker 1: Streamers available in seventy four percent of leagues, and we

588
00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:08,080
Speaker 1: saw the Cowboys way they give up five field goals

589
00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:11,880
Speaker 1: to the Giants a week ago. Pittsburgh's at home favorite,

590
00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:17,240
Speaker 1: so that's ideal situation for kickers, and I just think,

591
00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:20,080
Speaker 1: you know, I don't think the Steelers are gonna have

592
00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:22,400
Speaker 1: as much success as they had against the Colts. Obviously,

593
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,000
Speaker 1: the Colts are pretty bad defense, so that but I

594
00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:28,320
Speaker 1: think they'll move the ball and that that should help,

595
00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:32,280
Speaker 1: you know, get Boswell into range. They are twenty seventh

596
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:35,560
Speaker 1: in red zone conversion rate right now, so that's actually

597
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:37,800
Speaker 1: what we want, an offense that's decent at moving the ball,

598
00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:40,800
Speaker 1: but not great in the red zone. So yeah, give

599
00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:46,040
Speaker 1: me some Boswell. Alrighty, that's gonna do it. For our

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