Welcome to the latest episode of the FantasyPros Football Podcast. The show is hosted by Joe Pisapia (@JoePisapia17), Derek Brown (@DBro_FFB), and Andrew Erickson (@AndrewErickson_). Together, our trio will offer insight to help your squads win fantasy football championships.
Let’s face it: We were lucky with injuries this summer. There were relatively few major injuries for fantasy managers to reckon with, and we went into the regular season with a fairly healthy player population.
But that wasn’t going to last, of course.
Week 1 injuries make me think of the battle scenes in “Braveheart” or “Game of Thrones” where archers launch a volley of arrows before the hand-to-hand combat begins. The soldiers being targeted by the archers raise their shields and usually come out OK, but a few unlucky souls catch an arrow and go down. That’s what NFL Sundays are like. Most players raise their shields and walk away intact, but a few aren’t as lucky.
The bottom line is that some of you are going to need waiver help this week. But the good news is that Week 1 shone a light on some suddenly appealing waiver targets.
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