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What is going on, Headliner Nation? Welcome to the week five waiverwire show. Today, we are going to be covering everything that you may need to start off this week, including the start of by weeks in the NFL. We're going to be talking about some of the top injuries we saw just last week. We'll go through a few studs who absolutely blew nuts in week four, and then we'll see how much should we really panic with them. But I'm also going to be giving you 22 players that may be available on your waiverwire that could help out your roster. I'll then rank them for you, tell you whether they're startworthy or just a bench stash, but then I'll also suggest how much of your fab budget you should be using on these players, and then backed by popular demand, we'll round out the show with our streaming D's and yes, the return of players that are probably droppable at this point that you may still be holding on to.
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But all right, let's go ahead. Let's dive into week five because first we're going to talk about some major injuries that we saw in week four. And unfortunately, we got it started off with a big name. Malik Neighbors, wide receiver of the New York Giants, suffered a season ending ACL tear. That one right there hurts a lot of people, myself included. I owned a butt ton of Malik neighbors. How about Lamar Jackson, who suffered a quote unquote hamstring injury? Really no idea how severe it is. They were getting absolutely worked by KC last week. But if there is an actual hamstring injury, the Ravens have a week seven buy. If he were to miss some time, do we not see him until week eight? That is definitely a name we are paying super close attention to this week. How about Ricky Pearl? He reagravated a knee injury and now his week five status is kind of up in the air. That's a name to pay attention to. And then lastly, Jaylen Warren. He showed up late on the injury report, but all signs showed to it just being rest. He traveled to Ireland. He was going to be good. And then he tested it out in the pregame and got ruled out. Now, it doesn't sound like it's anything major. And now they're on a buy this upcoming week. So maybe they just wanted to hold him out, get him healthy so he's good to go in week six. But outside of that, didn't really see anything too major.
Let's go ahead and move on to the next section, which is players who absolutely sucked in week four. And this list is once again longer than I ever want it to be. How about Jordan Mason? He only scored 8.7 fantasy points just last week. Now, he played the most snaps that he has played in a game so far this season. He has 16 touches in back-to-back games. Really, the biggest concern here is he didn't get much of the passing game work. That went to Xavier Scott and he capitalized on it this week. Am I panicked about Jordan Mason with the volume he's still getting? No. How about Chris Olive? He scored 8.5 fantasy points last week as well. And if it wasn't for a touchdown, his day would have been like really bad. This was his first game though of the season without at least 10 targets. So, let's just give a little bit of credit to the Buffalo D in this matchup. I'm not panicked too much on Chris Olive. Then we get down to Jameson Williams. Only 4.7 points last week. He saw a season high in targets, but could only bring in two of them for 40 yards. This was just one of those weeks where they couldn't hook up on the deep balls down the field. Then they had a lead late in the game and didn't have to keep force-feeding him the football. How about T McMillan of the Carolina Panthers? He scored 8.2 fantasy points last week and he wasn't even 100% healthy coming into the game, so I'm not overly concerned. Still had 62 yards. He played 94% of the snaps. A little bit more of a decoy role, but I think it's safe to say that Carolina is going to be losing a lot this season and having to throw the ball a lot as well. How about Lamar Jackson in Baltimore? Only 11.7 points and obviously he didn't play the full game in week four. We got to give some credit to the Kansas City defense. Lamar had no time in the pocket whatsoever and just had a bad game. I'm more concerned about what this hamstring injury really is. Is it serious or was it just an excuse? So, until we get more information on that, I'm not overly panicked. If he did suffer some sort of hamstring strain, the panic will rise a little bit because, like we mentioned earlier, there's a chance that they sit him out until after the buy, but I don't want to get ahead of myself too far there. How about Keenan Allen next? He had 6.2 fantasy points last week. The targets were there. And as much as we would love to see 60 yards and a touchdown every single week, bad games like this are bound to happen, at least he's doing better than Lad Manki at this point. Then we get down to Chuba Hubard. 8.4 fantasy points last week. Another guy who was questionable coming into the ball game, but he still averaged a season high in yards per touch. And it's hard for Carolina to use him more when they're being blown out by more than three scores. Then we get to Justin Herbar who had 14.5 points last week. The Giants pass rush was just great. And LA lost another offensive lineman in Joe Alt. The offensive line losing now their top two players. That hurts a little bit. Now, as of right now, with the weapons he still has to throw to, I'm not overly panicked, but it's like on the verge of creeping up. You have to think that LA kind of turns to a shorter passing attack to limit time in the pocket for Justin Herbert if the offensive line can't protect him. Then we get down to Derrick Henry at 6.8 points last week. And people are freaking the f out. But anyone who watched my show here on this channel last Friday knew that there was a chance that Justice Hill could get more volume. Why? He always does against Kansas City. It's what Baltimore does almost every time they play. But the real reason why I'm not overly panicked about Derrick Henry just yet is look at the last three teams he's played. Cleveland, Detroit, Kansas City, some of the best run defenses in the NFL and he's basically getting them in backto backto back weeks. The schedule can only get easier at this point for Derrick Henry. How about Jawan Johnson next? One of the top tight ends on the year. He only had 4.3 fantasy points, but once again, give some credit to the overall defense of the Buffalo Bills who just shut down the Saints passing game. Johnson had a season low in targets with three, but he still played in over 90% of the snaps he's on the field. I'm not overly concerned yet. How about David Montgomery with 1.2 points? That was a huge letdown after what we saw in week three. But this is what happens when you play arguably the best run defense in the NFL and your role on the team is to run between the tackles. He had a bad game, but it's not a huge surprise. I'm not that worried. How about Kairen Williams at 8.9 fantasy points and he's only on this list because he lost a fumble which dropped him below 10 fantasy points. Are we worried about Blake Corm? No. The guy had 16 total yards on 11 total touches. Kairen Williams just went out and averaged his highest yards per touch of the year and looked pretty good on tape as well.
Now after him is where the panic starts to creep up a little bit. How about Trey Benson of the Arizona Cardinals at 7.9 points last week and it was disappointing for Trey Benson owners because they expected him to kind of be that bellcow in Arizona. He was going to get everything on the ground. He was going to get everything through the air and then Amari D. Marcato kind of popped up late in the game and took away some key touches. Now, Trey Benson still led this backfield in overall touches and had five receptions, which is great, but he really looks like more of a top 24 running back rest of season, then maybe that top 15 running back a lot of people thought he would be. How about TJ Hawinson next? Only 5.9 fantasy points. The panic level right there in that medium range a little bit. He still had five targets, but could not do anything with them last week. It also does not help that Jordan Addison is now back. He got eight targets in his first game. And then Xavier Scott in the backfield had eight targets as well. There's some reason for concern surrounding TJ Hawinson if he doesn't score a touchdown. It's really hard to start him right now.
And then we get into the highest of high when we get to panic. How about DJ Moore? 5.8 fantasy points once again last week. And we have talked about him for weeks. Good or bad matchups, it does not seem to matter. Apparently, Chicago just wanted to pay him to not use him going forward. Then, Brian Thomas Jr. If you aren't panicked with Brian Thomas Jr. after four weeks, then you shouldn't be complaining about any player in fantasy football. Every single red flag we talked about this off season has come to fruition the first four weeks of the season. Are things going to get better? Sure, but they can't really get much worse. For a guy that was a verge first round pick in fantasy football, he has not returned his draft value even anywhere close. Same with Lad Makoni. Only 1.6 points last week is absolutely disgusting. Now, the injuries to the offensive line could actually help out Lad Mani, but one catch for 11 yards and no games with at least 50 yards in the last three weeks, there should be a lot of panic here. The play of Keenan Allen and Quinton Johnston has basically erased Lad Mani from the offense. Now, hopefully with the injuries to the offensive line, they're a little bit more of a quick-hitting offense in the passing game and maybe Lad can rack up some receptions underneath. Fingers crossed. Still a lot of panic. And then lastly, AJ Brown. 1.7 fantasy points last week. And I really don't think I need to go into this one very much. We have been talking about the headaches of owning AJ Brown for months at this point. You're going to have the few blowup games, but in between, drop your drawers cuz it's not going to be a great week.
So, now let's head into week five. We're going to start off with the teams who are on buy. We have four teams this week on buy. First up, the Atlanta Falcons. No Bejon Robinson. No Drake London and no Kyle Pitts for your fantasy teams this week. Then we got the Chicago Bears. They're not playing either. So no Caleb Williams, no DeAndre Swift, and no Roma Dunes. I would put no DJ Moore, but at this point, I don't know if anyone's starting him anyway. Now, after the Bears, we got the Green Bay Packers on by as well. No Jordan Love, no Josh Jacobs, no Tucker Craft. And then lastly, the Steelers. Really, the only player though that's probably fantasy relevant at this point is DK Medaf. He's not going to be available this week either.
So, now let's go ahead and dive into the waiver wire. And like I said, I got what, like 21 names here, 22, whatever it may be to go through. We'll start off at the quarterback position. If you need a quarterback this week as a bi-week filling, first up is Jackson Dart of the New York Giants. He's currently 20% owned and he's got a matchup coming up against the New Orleans Saints and it really sucks that he lost Malik Neighbors, but with the rushing upside that he has and a matchup going up against this Saints defense, it still makes him a streaming option. And after we see them go out and beat the Los Angeles Chargers, that's going to give Jackson Dart and this overall offense a lot of confidence. Now, another option at the quarterback position has to be Sam Darnold, the Seattle Seahawks. He's 15% owned with a matchup going up against Tampa Bay. And Sam Darnold now has scored at least 16 fantasy points in three straight games and has five passing touchdowns over the last three weeks. Now he gets a matchup going up against Tampa Bay and they allow the eighth most fantasy points per game to the quarterback position. And then Matthew Stafford as well. He's 40% owned the highest owned quarterback on this list and he's going up against San Francisco. Now, Stafford is quietly up to the quarterback 12 overall on the season and is averaging 18.5 fantasy points per game, yet is less than 50% owned. With the way that Puka and Devonte Adams are playing on the outside, that big play threat with 22 Atwell, the running game, Matthew Stafford has probably had one of the safer floors the entire season. Now, with a matchup going up against San Francisco, I can see him exploiting this matchup as well.
So, now let's move down to the running back position. The first player up is Woody Marks of the Houston Texans. He is 30% owned with a matchup coming against the Baltimore Ravens on the road in Baltimore. And we have been talking about Woody Marks since August. I made a Sleepers video where we mentioned, hey, if this guy gets a chance, he could win the job in Houston. Then, that may have just happened in week four where he had a massive game. Now, Nick Chub is still going to be in the mix, but get this. Woody Marks scored almost as many fantasy points in week four alone as Nick Chub has scored the entire season. Now, Marks may not be some bellcow that's going to get 20 plus touches a week, but he is way more efficient than Nick Chub and definitely needs to be rostered at this point by someone. Now, after him is Bashard Smith of the Kansas City Chiefs. He's only 2% owned. They're going up against Jacksonville. This is a little bit more of a speculative add just to see what happens in the Kansas City backfield. He's a great talent, but he needs something to happen to either Kareem Hunt or Isaiah Pacheco. However, he did see four targets in week four, so he's moving in the right direction. Now, after him is Kendra Miller of the New Orleans Saints. He's 5% owned right now going up against the Giants, and he just saw a season high in snaps and touches in week four. He looks way more efficient on the ground than what Alvin Kamara does. At this point, it would not surprise me if we saw Kendra Miller more on those early downs and a little bit more of Alvin Kamar on third downs. Then we get down to Xavier Scott of the Minnesota Vikings. He's only 1% own with a matchup coming against the Cleveland Browns. And it really seems like he has taken over the Aaron Jones passcatching role in this backfield. He just finished tied for second on the team in targets with eight in week four. Now, you have to think he's going to lose most of his value if and when Aaron Jones returns. He's a little bit more of a short-term add if you need immediate help, especially going up against Cleveland, who's super tough to run on. They may have to throw the ball a little bit more. Xavier Scott has a little bit of upside in deeper leagues. Then we get Amari D. Marcato in Arizona, only 2% owned going up against Tennessee. And we should be shocked that Arizona didn't use Trey Benson more. But then we should also remember this is Arizona and everything they do is weird. Heck, Jonathan Ganon himself has been weird ever since he met Rond Del Moore. >> Hey, good shots. Explosives. Explosives. You can run. >> But it does appear that Amari D. Marcato is going to get weekly touches in this backfield and play right around 40% of the snaps. Now after him we got Chris Rodriguez Crod of the Washington Commandos. He's 8% own. They're going up against the Chargers and he looked decent on the ground. He has great efficiency whenever we do see him, but he is still in a three-way split backfield with Jeremy McNichols and Bill Jakory Kroski Merritt. In my opinion, he's more of a deeper league stash if anything. Kind of the same with Justice Hill as well, the Baltimore Ravens. He's 12% owned with a matchup upcoming against the Houston Texans. He had a huge week four, but we got to be realistic. That is not the new norm. Like I said earlier, he always produces against the Kansas City Chiefs. It's kind of what we've seen over the years. Justice Hill is not somebody that we can pick up immediately throw into our starting lineup and expect big things weekly. He is very matchup dependent and when Baltimore falls behind, Justice Hill is used more. I know a lot of people are going to see that production from last week and they're going to overpay for him on the waiver wire. Just be careful.
But all right, now we move on to the wide receiver section. First up is Romeo Dobs of the Green Bay Packers. He is 38% owned and yes, I know he's about to be on a by-week. He had a monster week four and typically I do not overpay for players on the waiverwire after one big game. I didn't do it last week with Trey Tucker. He wasn't in the waiverwire show and I got a bajillion in 12 messages because I am not about to overpay for a player who's going to be so boomer bust I can't count on starting him weekly. I saw people out there throwing more than half of their fab budget on Trey Tucker last week and then week four happened and what did Trey Tucker do? Exactly what Trey Tucker is going to do. And that's really similar to Romeo Dobs. He had a huge week last week. Do I want to go out there and overpay for him? No. But being that he is on a by-week, a lot of people are going to overlook him because he cannot help them this week. I hate to admit it, but a ton of people play fantasy football and they just look at the little projection number next to the points of the player when they're picking somebody up off the waiver wire. Being that that projection for Romeo Dobs this week is going to be a fat zero, a lot of people will overlook him. That's why I'm interested in going and adding Romeo Dobs at a cheaper price. Then we get to my bay. We got Juan Dell Robinson. And I know so many people are sick of Juell Robinson. He's 50% owned. He's going up against the New Orleans Saints, but with the injury to Malik Neighbors, you have to think that Wondelle Robinson and Darius Sllayton see more looks. Now, personally, it's hard for me to trust Darius Sllayton being that he is now going to be drawing the defenders top defensive backs. I don't want to deal with that top defensive coverage. Give me the guy who's lining up in the slot and try to secure more receptions, maybe more of a safer floor play because we also know that Jackson Dart wants to throw the football down the field. Now, up next is Jaylen Coker of the Carolina Panthers. He's 9% owned and they have a matchup coming up against the Miami Dolphins. Now, he is eligible to come off the IR this week, but that doesn't mean that happens, that he's 100% and that he even plays. This is a little bit more of one of those premature additions on the waiver wire. We know that Carolina loves him. You got to remember to start the year they parted ways with Adam Thielen and Hunter Renfro because they liked Jaylen Coker. So, we may be adding him a week or two early, but he could turn into a play for us down the stretch as a flex play at best. Now, after him is Luke McCaffrey of the Washington Commanders. He's only 1% owned going up against the Chargers. And with the injury to Terry McLaren, we're seeing a little bit more Luke McCaffrey. Unfortunately, his production each of the last two weeks has really been in part to one play in each game. However, if Terry does miss more time, his role could grow. Now, I say that because word came out last week that Terry McLaren is not going to have surgery. We didn't even know that that was an option. So, the fact that they were even considering surgery leads a lot of people to believe that this injury is more than what a lot of people let it on to be. And if he does miss some time, we could see more Luke McAffrey. And then we got once again a mainstay on this show, Ele Amenor of the Tennessee Titans, 30% owned going up against Arizona. He has been much more consistent in this passing offense than what Calvin Ridley has been. And with Tennessee trailing every single week, they're having to throw the ball a ton. Then we get down to Isaiah Bond of the Cleveland Browns. He's 0% owned. He's probably on your waiver wire with a matchup going up against Minnesota. Cedric Tilman suffered a hamstring injury which could lead to rookie wide receiver Isaiah Bond getting more volume. He just saw a season high six targets and he averaged 19.3 yards per reception. He could easily fill in that deep ball roll for the Cleveland Browns. And then Demarcus Robinson of the San Francisco 49ers only 1% owned as well going up against Jacksonville. Now he came back from his suspension last week and only had two targets. But now with Ricky Pearaw a little bit banged up dealing with that knee injury, we could see more Demarcus Robinson in the very near future.
But let's also add in some tight end options. Brenton Strange is still out there in a lot of leagues of the Jacksonville Jaguars 25% owned going up against Kansas City. He now has seven targets in back-to-back games and has been more consistent in this offense than Brian Thomas Jr. Now they get a matchup going up against Kansas City. And to have a chance in this game, they're going to have to throw the ball a lot. Then we get Elijah Aoyo of the Seattle Seahawks, only 2% own going up against Tampa Bay. He really started to get more opportunities in week four. He played a season high 55 snaps and had four targets including targets inside the red zone. Now they come into week five. They have a matchup going up against Tampa Bay who allows over 12 fantasy points per game to the tight end position and they were torched by Dallas. Go Dare just last week. How about Arande Gadden of the Los Angeles Chargers only 2% owned going up against Washington and people wanted to add him last week and we pumped the brakes. Why? We did not want to overspend on a player that isn't proven again. Yes, his usage was great two weeks ago, but so many people went out there and overpaid based off of that one game, came out in week four, and he didn't do anything. At least he didn't do anything in the box score, and that's what matters most. Remember, a lot of people are out there just looking at fantasy points. We saw his snaps increase in week four from week three. However, his production dropped now because the production dropped. If he's still available on your waiver wire, he's going to be cheaper this week than what he would have been last week. And now he gets a matchup going up against Washington, who allows the fourth most fantasy points per game to the tight end position. Remember, we're playing chess, not checkers. Now, speaking of chess, not checkers, how about Theo Johnson of the New York Giants? Only 3% own with a matchup going up against New Orleans. And you know, we have loved him for quite some time as a prospect. And he really hasn't done much. But did you know who his best friend on the team is? It's Jackson Dart. So, if Dart is now the starting quarterback and Malik Neighbors is injured, there are targets available to go somewhere down the field. Maybe to a guy like Theo Johnson who just saw a season high in targets and scored a touchdown in his first game with who? Yes, Jackson Dart. Now, this isn't some layup gimme here, but it could turn into something in the coming weeks. And then lastly, Jake Tis of the San Francisco 49ers only 3% owned going up against the Rams. Not a huge ceiling, but with Pearson now limited and banged up with a knee injury, he could see some extra looks in week five going up against the Rams who really I don't want to say struggle against tight ends, but that defense is solid. However, the one area they've kind of struggled in is containing tight ends where they've allowed 13 fantasy points per game to the position.
Which brings us to the end of the player list. So, now let's pull up our waiverwire power rankings. And let me preface it by saying this. This waiverwire this week, there's no names on there of a player we can go out and pick up and feel great about just throwing them directly into our lineup. But I will also say, like I normally do, I have the quarterbacks and tight ends at the bottom of the list. This does not mean I have no faith in them and I don't want to pick them up. They're they're not a great add. No, that means that not every team needs a quarterback or a tight end. If you do, I'll have him ranked at the bottom of this list. I just don't want to cause confusion to have him higher in the list. So, let's run through these here real quick. At number one, it's Woody Mars who just grabbed himself a huge role in the Houston backfield. Followed by Romeo Dobs, Wandelle Robinson, Amari D. Marcato, then we got Jaylen Coker, Ella Manor, Xavier Scott in his limited role. Remember, it's not going to last for a long time. Luke McAffrey, same with him. What's going to happen with Terry McLaren? followed by Justice Hill, Chris Rodriguez, Isaiah Bond in Cleveland, Bashard Smith of the Kansas City Chiefs. Then we get Kendry Miller, Demarcus Robinson, and then we get down to the quarterback section where I have Jackson Dart with the highest ceiling. Sam Darnold may be the safest floor play here, and then Matthew Stafford, maybe a little bit of each. Now, if you find yourself needing a tight end, I got Brenton Strange, then Elijah Aoyo, Oronda Gadden, Theo Johnson, and then Jake Tongis.
Which then brings us to our start or stash section here of the show. And obviously, like I just mentioned earlier, most of these guys, I just want to stash them. I don't want to have to start any of them. If I'm being honest, outside of the quarterbacks and tight ends, obviously, if they're being mentioned as streaming options this week, they are startable. But for the running backs and wide receivers, I would prefer to stash them all. If you had to start any of them, Juell Robinson should see an uptick in targets here this week. Ellommenor, the safest option in a Tennessee offense that is going to be throwing each week. He could be somebody in a deeper league as well. But after that, the rest of the running backs and wide receivers, I'm hoping you can just stash them at this point.
But all right, how much do we need to spend on these guys? Let's go ahead and pull up the recommended fab budget for each player. Woody marks, I'll go up to 30%. Some people are going to overspend. Remember, this is still a back field. If you want to go like 35% or so, I won't hate you, but you don't want to go out and overspend like a lot of people did with Trey Benson last week, see a split backfield in week five, and whatever hair you have left, you want to pull it out. Then we get Romeo Dobs. Remember, he's on a by-week. We're going up to 20% with him and Well Robinson. Then we go down to guys like Amari D. Marcato, Jaylen Coker, Ellom Manor, Xavier Scott, Luke McAffrey, Justice Hill, Chris Rodriguez, Isaiah Bond, Bashard Smith, Kendra Miller, Demarcus Robinson, up to 15% of your fab budget. We're not going to overpay for any of these guys. Kind of a lot of unknown, some boomer bust in there. So, we don't want to drain the fab budget if we don't have to. Now, after that, when we get down to the quarterbacks and the tight ends, obviously, there's not very many startable fantasy quarterbacks on buy this week. So hopefully not a lot of people are clamoring to the waiver wire and I'd be fine with any one of these three guys available in week five. So I don't want to overpay trying to keep it less than 10% of your budget. And the same with the tight end position. I think we've seen once again in 2025 the tight end position is hit or miss. I don't care how great you are. I don't care what your projections are. I don't care what people thought you were going to be in the offseason. Everybody has sucked at some point this season at the tight end position. So, I'm not going more than 10% on any of these guys as well.
So, now that we've gotten through that, let's go ahead and pull up a few of our streaming D's. First up, it's the Minnesota Vikings going up against the Cleveland Browns. And Cleveland is the second lowest scoring team in the NFL, and they can't seem to get their passing game going with Cedric Tilman now injured and the quarterback controversy just starting in Cleveland. Minnesota could be a high upside play this week. How about the New York Giants as well going up against the New Orleans Saints? This defensive front in New York is providing a ton of pressure on quarterbacks which could easily lead to some Spencer Rattler turnovers this season against a very lowly Saints offense. And then lastly, the Arizona Cardinals going up against Tennessee. And this has more to do with the matchup. Tennessee is the only team in the NFL to have scored less points than the Cleveland Browns. The Arizona defense has played decent overall this season. It's it's a lot better than its offense anyway. So, if you're looking for a streaming D, these could be options for you this week.
And then lastly, the section that people have been asking for for weeks. Which players can I drop? Now, we always wait to add this section until after the first month of the season so we don't overreact. So, with that being said, here are 10 names that I would drop if I own them, if there are better options on the waiver wire. First up, Dylan Samson, running back of the Cleveland Browns. He's still 35% owned. This is Quinn Sean Judkins backfield now. He commands it. He's getting work in the passing game. Dylan Samson has basically been forgotten about at this point. So, the 35% that own him, you could probably drop him if you'd like. Same with Jerome Ford. He's 33% owned and he's nothing more than a handcuff to Quinn Sean Judkins at this point. Caleb Johnson of the Pittsburgh Steelers still owned in 43% of leagues. If he isn't going to be a thing with Jaylen Warren out and injured, he isn't going to be a thing after the by-week when Jaylen Warren is healthier. I know this pick may have made a lot of sense in the offseason, but kid isn't touching the football enough for me to want to have him on my roster. If you own Caleb Johnson and you can go out and get Woody Marks, I make that trade 100% of the time. Now, after Caleb Johnson, we got Nick Chub. And this one, this one pains me in the heart. He is 78% owned, but we have talked about Woody Marks for months. It's not like this is some flash in the pan, some random guy who had a good game. We've been waiting for him to get an opportunity because when he gets it, we thought he could expand his role. And it seems like that has just happened. Now, as much as I hate to admit it, Nick Chub is just not very efficient anymore. He has scored less than eight fantasy points in three of the four games this season. So, depending on who you can swap him out for, I'm not opposed to it. I can't argue for keeping him. Then, we get to another one of my guys, Kan Booty, Booty, Booty, Booty, Rocking everywhere. 17% owned as of right now, and it's just weird. Typically wide receivers who are on the field for more than 75% of offensive snaps on a team that throws as much as New England are at least flex options. But Kahan Booty only has four catches over the last three weeks combined. And now all of a sudden Stefon Diggs is looking healthier and getting more volume. Now after him, it's Josh Palmer of the Buffalo Bills. He's 15% owned. Buffalo just spreads the ball around too much and they're up by double-digit scores too often to really rely on any of their wide receivers at this point. I just view guys like Keenan Coleman and Khalil Shakir a little bit safer. So, we can drop Josh Palmer. Same with Xavier Legette of the Carolina Panthers only 30% owned. Even when he is healthy, he isn't worth starting. So, when he's injured, you can probably just go ahead and drop him. Adam Thelen in Minnesota still 20% owned by teams. To return to Minnesota is more of a story than one last big year for him coming home. With Jordan Addison now back, Thelen's going to see his volume continue to drop each and every week. Then we get to Calvin Ridley of the Tennessee Titans. He is 87% owned. And it is crazy, and I mean outright crazy, to think that he was light years better with Mason Rudolph last year than he is with Cam Ward this year. But through four weeks of the NFL season, Calvin Ridley is the wide receiver 72 and is averaging less than five fantasy points per game. Now, I'm not going to go out there and drop Calvin Ridley for say Luke McAffrey. I'm not going to do that. If I can go out there and swap him for a Romeo Dobs or something like, yeah, maybe I would do that. But I at least want to drop him for a guy that is getting production right now, not a guy who may end up with some production or only has limited production because a player is going to be coming back to their roster. So, if there's an option out there to upgrade, I hate to admit it, but how can I how can I argue for Calvin Ridley at this point? And then lastly, Jaden Reed of the Green Bay Packers. He's still 50% owned. He had surgery on his collar bone and a Jones fracture in his foot. Even when he does come back and is fully healthy, there are a ton of other targets in this offense that he needs to split with. Not to mention at that point, Matthew Golden probably has earned a larger role and Jaden Reed will be hit or miss at best.
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