Brock Bowers INJURED! Is Michael Mayer a MUST-ADD? (09/09 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Fantasy Football Today

In this emergency episode of Fantasy Football Today, the hosts break down the injury to rookie tight end Brock Bowers, who underwent a menis

Key takeaways

Brock Bowers' injury creates a short-term opportunity for Michael Mayer to become a top-tier fantasy option in weeks where Bowers is out.
Mayer is recommended as a must-add for managers without Bowers, especially given the Raiders' weak receiving corps and favorable matchup against Miami's struggling secondary.

Main topics

Brock Bowers' meniscus injury and expected absence
Michael Mayer as a top waiver wire target

Notable quotes

"Go see if Michael Mayer is available in your league. There's a 50-50 chance he ranks higher than the tight end you have."

"Mayer may help you win a week. I mean, I don't know. If there are other options on the waiver wire that you think are fine..."

Conclusion

With Brock Bowers sidelined due to a minor meniscus procedure, Michael Mayer emerges as an immediate must-add fantasy asset for

Transcript preview

Speaker 4 (0:00) This is fantasy football today from CBS Sports. What a play! It's time to dominate your fantasy league. Off Speaker 2 (0:10) to the races, and he stays on his feet. He's just got to go the distance. Speaker 4 (0:15) Now, here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath. Speaker 3 (0:21) Bonus pod. These are usually not good. When we're here for a bonus pod, it usually doesn't mean good news is happening. Brock Bowers had his meniscus operated on. He's going to be trimmed. Speaker 4 (0:34) Just a trim. Speaker 3 (0:36) Yeah. It's like getting a haircut. He's going to miss one or two games, according to Adam Schefter. This stinks. Because, man, what an opportunity to get off to a great start against the Miami Dolphins, who might have the worst secondary in the NFL. They allowed the third most fantasy points to tight ends last year, but only one touchdown to a tight end in their last eight games. We're going to give you a quick analysis here. Heath, what's the advice? Everybody give me one piece of advice to the Brock Bowers manager, starting with Heath. Speaker 4 (1:05) Go see if Michael Mayer is available in your league. There's a 50-50 chance he ranks higher than the tight end you have. Speaker 1 (1:12) Jamie. Start Mayer this week if you do pick him up. Ironically enough, I put him prior to this news as a sleeper and start sit just because of the uncertainty of who the second best pass catcher is for the Raiders. And so, yeah, he's going to be good. Speaker 2 (1:32) Dave? Look for Jawan Johnson or Greg Dulcich as alternatives. If you don't have Bowers and you just want to pick up a tight end to play keep away from the Bowers manager or just have depth of the position. But that's the mayor, right? Well, I mean, the problem is if you don't have Bowers and you add mayor, who are you starting mayor over this week? I'm starting mayor over Kittle, Speaker 1 (1:56) Kelsey. Likely. Speaker 2 (2:00) I'm not going to be there with you guys. He'll be behind those guys for me. He's still decent to start. Maybe 10 PPR points. I think we can find that pretty much every week off the waiver wire. And once Bowers is back, Mayer's obviously disposable. There's a little bit more upside with other tight ends on other teams to maybe be more useful season long. You don't care about that. If you've got Brock Bowers, you just need a replacement. But there are going to be some people that don't have Bowers. They're going to run to the waiver wire. They're going to drop somebody decent for mayor. And I don't know if I'm on board with that just because mayor is very much a short-term solution. Speaker 4 (2:35) But you were talking about blocking the Brock Bowers manager. And I was just saying the mayor is the better person to do that with than the other tight ends on the waiver wire. Speaker 1 (2:43) Sure. Speaker 2 (2:44) But I don't Speaker 4 (2:45) really Speaker 2 (2:45) care about that unless I'm playing the Bowers manager this week. Speaker 4 (2:49) For the... I think there were four games last year with Trey Tucker and Michael Mayer and no Brock Bowers. It was about a 24 %