How should Fantasy Football GMs attack the week 3 waiver wire? Shut em down or Hold On?

# The Audible: Week 3 Waiver Wire Show

This episode of The Audible is Sigmund Bloom and Cecil Lammy's weekly waiver breakdown, built off Bloom's written Upgrades/Downgrades/Waiver Wire report at footballguys.com. The central argument threading the show is that fantasy survival in a brutally injury-heavy stretch is less about being right and more about persevering through the chaos — and the waiver wire is where that perseverance gets tested position by position.

The arguments

Bryce Young and Tyler Shough have arrived as legitimate season-long fantasy quarterbacks. Bloom argues both should be treated as buy-high commodities if still available, comparing the moment to Daniel Jones stepping in for an injured Joe Burrow last year. He specifically flags their favorable NFC South schedules and predicts both finish as top-10-to-12 fantasy quarterbacks by year's end, while dismissing Jameis Winston (disappointing tape) and Marcus Mariota (matchup against Seattle) as lower priorities this week.

Jonah Coleman should already be Denver's starter, with J.K. Dobbins reduced to a complementary role. Lammy pushes hard that Coleman sealed a win in the four-minute offense and shouldn't be handled with kid gloves behind an oft-injured Dobbins. Bloom builds this into the "Dobbins paradox" — if Dobbins is precious enough to be preserved for a February run, he's being capped at 12-14 carries anyway, so the workload flows to Coleman regardless of who "starts." Bloom pegs Coleman as a 25-50% FAAB bid and calls him a strong candidate for waiver-wire pickup of the year, aided by a Denver schedule that gets much easier after six weeks.

Adonai Mitchell and Denzel Boston represent tiered ceiling plays at receiver, with Mitchell clearly ahead. Bloom details Mitchell's 12-target, six-catch, 63-yard line as evidence he's a legitimate vertical threat drawing pass interference and taunting penalties, forming a 1A/1B with Garrett Wilson against Detroit. Boston is intriguing but lower priority than his draft hype suggested, and Bloom notes the wrinkle that Shedeur Sanders' willingness to push the ball downfield may actually suit Boston better than a rallying Deshaun Watson would.

Keon Coleman is this year's "redemption story" sleeper who could be a season-changing pickup if DJ Moore's shoulder injury lingers. Bloom highlights six targets, six catches as proof the talent Buffalo drafted him for is showing up now that opportunity has opened, despite Coleman's reputation as a locker-room "chucklehead." Both hosts frame him as the direct heir to Moore's role, tied to an offense they consider worth attaching players to given Dalton Kincaid's healthy emergence reshaping the passing game (including unlocking Josh Palmer, who's scored a long touchdown in each of his two games).

The Chargers' tight end situation is now a symptom of a broken offense, not an opportunity. With David Njoku's injury opening the door for Oronde Gadsden, Bloom argues the real story is Greg Roman's offense looking "ill-conceived, poorly coached, and sloppy," which narrows the playbook and caps everyone's ceiling — Gadsden included, who he calls flex-worthy against Buffalo only "by process of elimination." This is also why Bloom didn't tag Justin Herbert as a sabotage drop: garbage-time volume against Buffalo could still inflate his value for a seller.

Certain injury-touched veterans are worth one more week of patience rather than an immediate cut. Bloom argues to hold Jaden Daniels unless news turns to season-ending surgery, and to hold Terry McLaurin despite a shaky Seattle matchup because better matchups are coming. Dallas Goddard is a tougher hold/drop call — Bloom frames it as touchdown-or-bust value contingent on avoiding IR and on bench size.

What it means for your roster

• Priority waiver add: Jonah Coleman, bid 25-50% of FAAB — Bloom's top runningback claim of the week, with an easier Denver schedule after Week 6 as a long-term tailwind.
• Speculative stash at QB: Bryce Young or Tyler Shough if available — treat as buy-low season-long assets given their NFC South schedules, not just streamers.
• Start with confidence: Adonai Mitchell against Detroit as a 1B alongside Garrett Wilson; Rashad Bateman as Baltimore's proven No. 1 target with Zay Flowers' hamstring unresolved.
• Stash/claim on DJ Moore injury news: Keon Coleman is the direct replacement if Moore's shoulder keeps him out — worth adding now before the injury is confirmed long-term.
• Do not overpay for or hold: J.K. Dobbins is Bloom's "sabotage drop of the week" — the workload logic (the Dobbins paradox) points to him losing carries to Coleman regardless of health.
• Hold one more week rather than cut: Jaden Daniels (pending injury news), Terry McLaurin (schedule improves past Seattle), and Dallas Goddard (touchdown-dependent floor) — don't drop into a bad matchup and regret it later.
• Avoid the trap plays: Quinton Johnston and Justin Herbert may look good in garbage time against Buffalo — use any resulting stat spike to sell in trade rather than getting fooled into holding.