Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups: Disappointing Performance and Career Day for Running Backs

Joe Pisapia and Derek Brown highlight which waiver wire pickups are bound to take your fantasy team to the next level. Find out who the Sleeper Waiver Wire Pickup of the Week is and discover which players should get the axe to make room for your additions. Should people aggressively bid on Tyjae Spears? Why would it be wise to add Josh Downs to your roster? The Pros will tell you!

Timestamps (Note - these timestamps may be off due to the ads):

RBs - 0:03:31
Sleeper Waiver Wire Pickup of the Week: Emari Demercado - 0:03:31
Roschon Johnson - 0:06:07
DraftKings Sportsbook - 0:06:53
Justice Hill - 0:08:39
Tyjae Spears - 0:09:51
Jamaal Williams - 0:13:07
Drop Matt Brieda/Josh Kelley? - 0:13:42
Chuba Hubbard - 0:14:26
WRs - 0:16:24
Quentin Johnston - 0:16:30
Gametime - 0:18:43
Rashid Shaheed - 0:20:16
Josh Reynolds - 0:22:02
Marvin Mims - 0:23:50
Hatch - 0:26:26
Josh Downs - 0:28:14
Drop Elijah Moore/Skyy Moore? - 0:31:15
Giveaway - 0:32:42
Jayden Reed/Wan'Dale Robinson/Curtis Samuel/Darnell Mooney - 0:33:41
QBs/TEs/DSTs - 0:35:54
Baker Mayfield - 0:36:09
Logan Thomas - 0:36:45
Tyler Conklin - 0:37:58
Atlanta DST - 0:38:23
Top 5 Waiver Wire Rankings - 0:41:03
Listener Mailbag - 0:42:13

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