Waiver Wire Targets heading into week 8 (1 Viewer)

[TVT 0 N S T A]

He has the talent of Hurts with the brain of Wentz.

These are pale comparisons. Allen is a much better quarterback than Hurts is right now.

Also, Allen isn't going anywhere. He's a proven, winning quarterback in the league, separated from a Super Bowl only because of about ten seconds of Patrick Mahomes-inspired genius. He came up short the last two years to the Bengals, who have better overall offensive skill position players than the Bills do, and are a tougher football team than the Bills.

It should not be a reflection on Allen, IMO. The Bills are still a fine team who will contend by year's end. The Jets and The NEP, two teams the Bills have lost to this year, have sick defenses. No shame in that game.

Curious as to what makes Allen a much better QB than Hurts?

FWIW the Bulls have one of the most talented rosters in the league, but they will never win a Super Bowl playing the way they play.

Difficult to live and die by the three when everyone else is scoring 6... but 3 points goes pretty far in baseball, maybe they should try their hat at the World Series? They'll never be what they were when they had Jordan and Pippen tho.

 

[TVT 0 N S T A]

As far as Waiver Adds go - have Kyren, didn't want to handcuff him as I already own half of the Rams roster in my big money redraft - pulled Demarcado.

Outside of the over exposure to the Rams team as a whole, I went with Demarcado because the team will be better with Kyler at QB, which should provide more opportunities at the GL.

 

[JohnnyU]

Darrell Henderson Jr., LAR RB is the add this week.

He was the add Sunday morning. In leagues where people have brains he shouldn't have been on waivers this week.

Gone in both my leagues late last week

Yep, a week too late

 

[N Zone]

Darrell Henderson Jr., LAR RB is the add this week.

He was the add Sunday morning. In leagues where people have brains he shouldn't have been on waivers this week.

Gone in both my leagues late last week

Yep, a week too late

Not really, most leagues he was the top add this week. ESPN 51.3% add (previously only 0.2% owned, currently 51.5% owned). Still available in 48.5% of ESPN leagues.
2nd highest add this week D'Onta Foreman 30.3%, then Kareem Hunt 16.3%

 

[JohnnyU]

Darrell Henderson Jr., LAR RB is the add this week.

He was the add Sunday morning. In leagues where people have brains he shouldn't have been on waivers this week.

Gone in both my leagues late last week

Yep, a week too late

Not really, most leagues he was the top add this week. ESPN 51.3% add (previously only 0.2% owned, currently 51.5% owned). Still available in 48.5% of ESPN leagues.
2nd highest add this weed D'Onta Foreman 30.3%, then Kareem Hunt 16.3%

He was taken in all my leagues already for this week’s waiver run.

 

[kyoun1e]

Darrell Henderson Jr., LAR RB is the add this week.

He was the add Sunday morning. In leagues where people have brains he shouldn't have been on waivers this week.

Gone in both my leagues late last week

Yep, a week too late

Not really, most leagues he was the top add this week. ESPN 51.3% add (previously only 0.2% owned, currently 51.5% owned). Still available in 48.5% of ESPN leagues.
2nd highest add this weed D'Onta Foreman 30.3%, then Kareem Hunt 16.3%

I guess for the vast majority of leagues...where most are morons.

I don't play with morons.

 

[Doubles]

Just did a two for one so have an empty roster spot. Mims and Michael Wilson both available in my new churn spot. Who’s the add here? Mims or if Jeudy gets traded or Wilson once Kyler comes back and can support the pass catchers there?

 

[JohnnyU]

Just did a two for one so have an empty roster spot. Mims and Michael Wilson both available in my new churn spot. Who’s the add here? Mims on if Jeudy gets traded or Wilson once Kyler comes back and can support the pass catchers there?

Mims and I like Wilson.

 

[N Zone]

Zach Charbonnet full practice today (back from hamstring injury). Kenneth Walker III Did Not Practice yesterday or today.

 

[Statorama]

Zach Charbonnet full practice today (back from hamstring injury). Kenneth Walker III Did Not Practice yesterday or today.

I had my choice between ZC and Henderson, and might end up regretting choosing Hendo

 

[Lansdowne]

Chris Rodriguez - he has looked impressive when given opportunities

I think this is a sneaky under the radar add. Clearly team brass doesn’t like Gibson and it’s not like Robinson is setting the world on fire.

Really trying to determine whether Rodriguez is better to have on a keeper (not dynasty) roster right now than an older "know what you're getting" player like, say, Royce Freeman.

In short: If it looks reasonably likely (greater than 50% chance) that Rodriguez does what Isiah Pacheco did last season for KC -- and then perhaps become a top-20 to 25 fantasy RB heading into 2024 drafts ... then it's worth stashing Rodriguez now in a keeper league like ours. Especially over a player like Freeman, who already has another (probably better) player blocking his fantasy output a good bit.

EDIT: I look at it as one of those "nab them before their breakout" situations. Just want to get opinions on how high Rodriguez' near-future ceiling can be. I like Brian Robinson, as well, and don't consider Robinson a scrub -- so that complicates the question.

That last paragraph is the key. When I look at RB’s, I try to guess what their path to team RB1 looks like. Robinson is good and I don’t see Rodriguez outperforming him when both are healthy. That leaves Gibson, who is more at threat of losing his role to Rodriguez. It should be noted though that Rodriguez only played 9 snaps and ran 1 route compared to Gibson’s 26 snaps and 19 routes run. With the Eagles next on the docket, I wouldn’t be in a rush to grab Rodriguez as I’m not expecting much of any of the Commanders’ RBs this week. But he’s worth keeping an eye on in case of injury to the two guys ahead of him.

Totally disagree that Rodriguez is more a threat to Gibson. Gibson is a converted wr and pass catching specialist. Rodriguez doesnt catch passes. I think he is more of a threat (and not a very big threat) to robinson. He is a fine dynasty stash because you never know...but he isnt replacing Gibson.

Thank you, I get what you’re saying. Gibson’s place as 3rd down/pass catcher shouldn’t be in jeopardy. I do wonder though if he’ll start to lose snaps to Rodriguez when Robinson needs a breather. Sounds based on what you said that Rodriguez fits the big back role, which would make him Robinson’s immediate replacement in the event of an injury.

Looks like I’m in on C-Rod for this week at least. Just dumped Strong for him after seeing Ford is back practicing. I had good fortune with another Puerto Rican RB who also happened to be drafted on Day 3, 3rd on his team’s depth chart, and coached under Eric Bieniemy, so I figure why not take another try at it.

 

[Doug B]

Fatness kind of convinced me to hold off on Chris Rodriguez right now So he'll probably break out and turn into the 2023-24 version of Arian Foster.

 

[Lansdowne]

Fatness kind of convinced me to hold off on Chris Rodriguez right now So he'll probably break out and turn into the 2023-24 version of Arian Foster.

You can probably afford to wait depending on how your league looks. This should be a rough week for all the Commanders RBs against Philly’s league-best run defense. My league has 10 bench spots along with 2 IR spots, and I have him stashed at the end of my bench in case of injury.

 

[Dez]

That Kincaid pick up paid off in spades for me last night in 2 leagues.

 

[Jacob's Ladder]

Fatness kind of convinced me to hold off on Chris Rodriguez right now So he'll probably break out and turn into the 2023-24 version of Arian Foster.

You can probably afford to wait depending on how your league looks. This should be a rough week for all the Commanders RBs against Philly’s league-best run defense. My league has 10 bench spots along with 2 IR spots, and I have him stashed at the end of my bench in case of injury.

You could also look at it this way, Philly is so good up front that Robinson is bound to look bad again further opening the path for Rodriguez down the road. If you have an open spot on the end of your bench, you could do a lot worse than a guy with a reasonable path to the top of his backfield. Usage, snaps, production, it's all been increasing in recent weeks. He's just a flyer, and should not be in any starting lineups, but the potential is there.

 

[Doug B]

Yeah … it’s basically Royce Freeman out, Chris Rodriguez in. End of the bench guys.

 

[Doug B]

Yeah … it’s basically Royce Freeman out, Chris Rodriguez in. End of the bench guys.

Frack it — just pulled the trigger (because I know you all care ). Sorry, other Rodriguez shareholders. He was gonna be huge.

 

[JohnnyU]

Yeah … it’s basically Royce Freeman out, Chris Rodriguez in. End of the bench guys.

Frack it — just pulled the trigger (because I know you all care ). Sorry, other Rodriguez shareholders. He was gonna be huge.

As a UK fan I saw a lot of Rodriguez and I'm certainly pulling for him. One thing I liked about him in college was that he always gained positive yardage. He wasn't much in the receiving game, but he could carry the ball 40 times if you asked him to.