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The Chris Godwin injury. The Mike Evans injury. The Brandon Aiyuk injury. Deebo Samuel pneumonia. All those situations are driving this week's strategy for the fantasy football waiver wire. We're talkin' Jauan Jennings, Ricky Pearsall, Jalen McMillan and more. Plus TE help and streaming defenses.

0:00 Intro

0:44 49ers WRs

3:22 Buccaneers WRs

7:23 Troy Franklin

9:07 Tre Tucker

10:12 Hunter Henry

11:47 Jonnu Smith

13:26 Noah Fant

16:51 One more waiver wire target

18:10 Week 8 streaming defense

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