Fantasy Football Improv: Daniel Dopp, Liz Loza and DJ Gallo

Daniel Dopp, Liz Loza and DJ Gallo talk life, fantasy football, pop culture and everything in between in a new weekly «fantasy improv» column, which runs every Friday throughout the NFL season. Joe Kaiser serves as the moderator and attempts to keep things on track.

Liz: Another TNF. And more big feelings. My friend, Garrett Lerner, sent me a one word text at the close of OT: DisasteRUSS. That about sums it up. As rankers, we've been giving Russell Wilson the benefit of the doubt. I'm not sure we can do that anymore. We'll be treated to another viewing of Russ in primetime on MNF in Week 6. Despite a matchup at the Chargers, it's hard to imagine Wilson posting big passing numbers, as Los Angeles' D is significantly stiffer through the air than they are on the ground. We'll see how LAC fares at Cleveland before making any grand presumptions, but certainly something to track.

Speaking of which… we have to remember Alec Pierce's name heading into waivers after the weekend. The rookie has posted at least 80 yards in back-to-back efforts. His upside is obviously capped by his QB, but with injuries mounting and byes around the corner he might find his way into flex territory sooner rather than later.

DJ: Wilson now has put up 11 or fewer fantasy points in three of his five games with Denver. Drew Lock averaged 12.0 FPPG during his Broncos career. Credit to Russ for not upstaging his predecessor. Classy as always.

Kaiser: With it being so ugly for Wilson in Denver so far, and Dak Prescott's injury, and the early season struggles of Aaron Rodgers, Joe Burrow and Matthew Stafford, clearly the strategy to wait on quarterbacks in fantasy drafts is backfiring for a lot of fantasy managers. Is it time to change our thinking in the