Yahoo Fantasy analysts Matt Harmon and Andy Behrens look to the waiver wire with a pair of widely-available provides forward of Week 8
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MATT HARMON: All proper, Andy, week seven, one for the books. How may we ever get overlook concerning the week that Bijan Robinson had a headache and Arthur Smith pulled a quick one on us? I believe lots of people most likely need to transfer away, put week seven within the rearview mirror.
So let’s speak week eight pickups. Who’re some those who the parents on the market can add to their fantasy groups to hopefully attempt to save their season?
ANDY BEHRENS: Matt, I’ve misplaced monitor of the variety of instances that Darrell Henderson has gained and misplaced and regained and re-lost the Rams’ featured dashing function over time. It is so much, I do know that.
I do know that about 11 months in the past, they waived him. And after he was waived, he briefly turned a member of the Jaguars. After which he briefly turned related to the XFL. After which I do not know what he was doing till the Rams re-signed him only a week in the past as a alternative for Kyren Williams.
And by god, they reinstalled him as their featured runner. I did not see it coming essentially, but it surely occurred. He had 19 touches on Sunday, gained 66 whole yards, discovered the tip zone. He seemed precisely just like the Darrell Henderson that you just bear in mind, for higher or worse.
Over the following three video games, he will be the man, presumably. And I believe, clearly, anyone who’s in line for 15-plus touches out of a backfield is a fantasy-relevant participant. He is bought a troublesome matchup developing with Dallas. However the week after that, it is Inexperienced Bay. That is a a lot friendlier spot.
So it is a man we will be taking part in both as an RB2 or as a flex for the following month or so till the Rams maybe waive him once more.
MATT HARMON: Maybe, yeah, proper. Something is on the desk with Darrell Henderson, even– look, he is a man who hasn’t performed soccer in fairly a while. And for that purpose and for the truth that Royce Freeman, I believe, type of, form of, sneaky seemed fairly good towards the Steelers, I’d additionally endorse, you probably have the bench area, you need to stash, I believe Freeman is a man who’s in consideration there.
However I am going to speak about a participant who’s younger and thrilling and hasn’t misplaced and regained and misplaced and located his job once more, only a man who’s discovered a very good sizzling streak these days. And that is Colts huge receiver Josh Downs.
Downs, who was getting pop gun targets from Gardner Minshew, sub-6 common depth of goal coming into this previous week for Josh Downs in video games with Gardner Minshew, he truly had an ADOT north of 10, truly up at like 14 common depth of goal towards the Cleveland Browns.
Cleveland Browns, notably, might need the Defensive Participant of the 12 months in Myles Garrett. They have been cooking on the defensive aspect of the soccer, whereas Josh Downs form of cooked them, so did Michael Pittman. That Colts offense, I believe, Andy, is a very good fantasy unit as a result of Pittman is underrated. Downs is approaching.
Gardner goes to form of, type of do– I noticed Wealthy Rebar from Sharp Soccer Stats posit that he could be the brand new Jameis Winston, the place he is simply turnover-prone sufficient but in addition simply aggressive sufficient to have some enjoyable on the opposite aspect. So I believe Downs, who’s one in all my favourite skills coming into the draft this year– I simply actually love the best way this man performs.
I believe he might need actual standalone potential huge receiver 3 enchantment. I really like the best way the man performs. He is incomes targets. He ought to proceed to earn targets. And he isn’t one in all these simply pop gun slot receivers like we noticed towards the Cleveland Browns. He is extra within the Tyler Lockett mould of receiver to me.
ANDY BEHRENS: Yeah, see, you took an precise good participant. I did not notice that was on the desk. Downs has been spectacular since like week one. The offense they type of constructed for Anthony Richardson.
Downs was seeing targets immediately. He is seen a ton of taking part in time for the reason that opener as nicely. It is 70% of the snaps. Completely each week, he is clearly a key a part of the offense. Love that decision.
It is loopy that he is nonetheless on the market in like two thirds of Yahoo leagues as a result of I really feel like we have been speaking about him now for nearly a month.
MATT HARMON: I imply, come on, thrilling younger rookie huge receivers and a few veteran operating backs that make you go, oh, after they’re beginning in your fantasy soccer roster. That is what it is all about. Good luck going into week eight.
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