Week 17 Waiver Wire Targets: Must-Add Players! (12/24 Fantasy Football Podcast)
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🗓️ 24 December 2024
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Get ready for Week 17 with our top waiver wire picks to help you secure your championship! Tune in for all the insights you need to dominate your fantasy league!
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| 0:00.0 | Week 17 waiver wire right now on Fantasy Football Today Express. |
| 0:07.8 | What's up, Jamie? Let's talk about the waiver wire. How is it this week? How do you feel about the waiver wire? |
| 0:12.8 | Look, for the two teams that are remaining, maybe four teams that there's a consolation game, I think there are some starting options, you know, which is, you know, pretty exciting if you're if you're stuck. We know there are some, you know, starting options, you know, which is, you know, |
| 0:20.8 | pretty exciting if you're, if you're stuck. We know there are some injuries and a lot of tough calls that you have to make with a Wednesday, with two Wednesday games, a Thursday game, you know, and three Saturday games, you know, so there's going to be some interesting lineup decisions that are made. But there is a potential starting running back, maybe two in Gus Edwards and Amir Abdullah. |
| 0:38.9 | There is a potential starting wide receiver or two. starting running back, maybe two in Gus Edwards and Amir Abdullah. |
| 0:38.6 | There is a potential starting wide receiver or two with Jalen McMillan and |
| 0:42.7 | Dantavian Wix if Christian Watson's out. |
| 0:45.1 | There is a potential starting tight end in Chiggo Conquo, maybe Dalton Schultz. |
| 0:49.1 | And there are some good DST options highlighted by the Miami Dolphins taking on |
| 0:52.8 | Dorian Thompson Robinson and the Browns. |
| 0:55.1 | So you could be getting some, you know, players or, you know, fantasy options off the waiver wire that you're starting in week 17, which is, you know, terrifying, but also, you know, encouraging that you have some guys that could help you. Yeah, so who's the league winner? What's the top priority or top few? |
| 1:11.0 | I think just, you know, in a vacuum, I'd say the Dolphins DST, just because, you know, they're, you, you, you saw what this, this defense, what this team look like for the Browns without a capable quarterback there. And Thompson's a turnover machine. He's going to get sacked. Dolphins defense has played really well lately. |
| 1:33.9 | And this is an opportunity for them to, you know, do what the Falcons, Packers, Bengals, |
| 1:40.4 | did the last, in week 16 to help you advance. But if Dorian Thompson Robinson doesn't play, |
| 3:24.3 | if they go to James Winston, how would you feel about the dolphins? I would still consider starting them. I mean, we know what James has been. You know, he's a turnover machine as well. So they would be still a high priority, but I would not like them as much. So right now, I'm back and forth between the Colts and the Dolphins as my number one DST for the week. Dolphins will still be a top 10 unit, for sure. I quarterback is probably, other than the Jalen Hertz manager, probably a position that people aren't going to be flocking to the waiver wire for. But if they are, who are some of the guys to look at at quarterback? I like Bryce Young. Two of his last three games has been good. One of those was against the Bucks three weeks ago. And so we know Tampa Bay has gotten a little bit better lately, but it's been against some, you know, crappy quarterbacks. Not that Bryce Young has ascended to a safe starting fantasy quarterback. But he definitely has looked better. And I think this game could be a potential shootout based on how these defenses have been operating. So I like Bryce Young. I like Drake May. He's giving you a nice floor three games in a row of 19 fantasy points and could give you another quality outing here. Mason Rudolph has a really good matchup, as we know, taken on Jacksonville. So he's been really safe, 18 plus points in his last four starts or his four starts. And I think Michael Pennix will have a good chance to play well. Also didn't have to throw very much. Remember, we kept saying figure 25 to 30 past attempts. He was 27 attempts against the giant should have had a touchdown if Kyle Pitts knows that catch. In a game where there could be a shootout, we might get to see the best of Michael Pennock. So he's also in the mix. So there are some guys that, you know, you're stuck. You can see, again, you know, I'll keep using this phrase path to success. And there's a chance for, you know, all those guys to, you know, get you in that 20 point range if things go right. All right. We've got, how about some running backs? You know, one thing I didn't bring up on the main show, and I wish I had, I'm looking at a tweet that somebody sent me that I did forget to mention this. I missed it. |
| 3:25.4 | Ramandre Stevenson has fumbled in four straight games. had. I'm looking at a tweet that somebody sent me that I did I did forget to mention this. I missed it. |
| 3:25.4 | Ramandre Stevenson has fumbled in four straight games and apparently I didn't even realize this. |
| 3:30.8 | Apparently he got benched at one point and missed some time for Gibson. And Gibson is obviously |
| 3:37.1 | somebody that's available on the waiver wires. They get the chargers this week on Saturday. |
| 3:40.6 | But you just kind of stopped at the Raiders guys and then go down the rest of the list. No, we did. We talked about the Chargers guys. We talked about the Broncos guys. I miss Ty J. Spears. But I miss Gibson too. I'm sorry. Yeah. All right. But yeah, who are the top running backs to get? So for me, it's it's Gus Edwards. |
| 3:59.5 | If J.K. Dobbins doesn't play, you brought up one of the scenarios of, you know, the Wednesday, Thursday guys versus they play on Saturday. |
| 4:06.8 | So you might have to make a tough call on Gus versus a Steelers running back, Gus versus a Chiefs running back, I guess. He has had tough |
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