1065: Mailbag - Jakobi Meyers' Outlook, Cam Ward's Dynasty Value, and More
The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast
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🗓️ 5 December 2025
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Should fantasy managers who aren't in the playoffs be able to make waiver wire moves? Is Cam Ward doomed in dynasty? Could Jakobi Meyers be a league-winner? JJ talks about those questions -- and more -- on this week's mailbag episode.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.3 | This is the Late Round Podcast with your host, JJ Zacharisa. |
| 0:15.7 | What's up, everyone? |
| 0:17.0 | It's JJ Zacharisen in this episode 1065 of the late round fantasy football podcast. |
| 0:23.3 | Thank you doing it. And my voice is still jacked up. So I'm going to save it as much as I can for |
| 0:29.6 | these mailback questions. I mean, I even had my son do the thanks for tuning in. So let's get right to it. |
| 0:37.3 | The first question this week is from Patreon. |
| 0:39.1 | It's from David. |
| 0:40.2 | It says, is there a standard approach to limiting waiver wires slash free agent activity |
| 0:44.8 | for teams that are not in competition for a league championship? |
| 0:48.5 | In our league, we have a mildly embarrassing reward for the team that comes in last place. |
| 0:53.4 | So technically, everyone still has something to play for, even if they're not in the championship |
| 0:57.5 | bracket. |
| 0:58.6 | Thoughts? |
| 0:59.8 | So I talk about this each year, but I got this question a few times this week. |
| 1:03.8 | So let's just talk about it again, so that we're all on the same page. |
| 1:07.0 | I also think it's an interesting discussion. |
| 1:09.4 | I think the common take for this from fantasy analysts is to say that only teams in the actual |
| 1:14.4 | playoffs should be able to make moves off the waiver wire. |
| 1:17.5 | And while I understand that stance, here's the counterpoint to that. |
| 1:21.6 | Why should playoff teams have an easier time getting players off the waiver wire? |
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