Week 15 Pickups: Injury updates, Mariota benched for Ridder & Herbert shines vs. Tua

Matt Harmon and Andy Behrens break down Monday’s news coming out of week 14 of the NFL schedule before diving into some waiver wire recommendations for teams that need help in week 15 Deebo Samuel’s ankle is probably bad enough that you should drop him, even though Brock Purdy has the 49ers’ offense cruising. The Atlanta Falcons put Marcus Mariota on IR, clearing the path for rookie QB Desmond Ridder. At the same time, the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins are hoping for big games from their respective QBs (Mike White & Tua Tagovailoa). Speaking of Tua, he was terrible in the Dolphins’ loss on Sunday night football to a Los Angeles Chargers team that might be getting healthy at exactly the right time. The guys cover the breaking news of the Dallas Cowboys signing WR T.Y. Hilton before diving into their recommendations for who to grab on your waiver wire and who you should consider dropping from your active roster. 01:40 NEWS / 49ers QB Brock Purdy oblique MRI 06:45 NEWS / 49ers WR Deebo Samuel high ankle sprain 08:00 NEWS / Jets QB Mike White day-to-day with rib injury 10:05 NEWS / Falcons name QB Desmond Ridder as their starter, QB Marcus Mariota placed on IR 13:15 NEWS / Andy Dalton remains Saints starting QB 16:00 NEWS / Panthers WR D.J. Moore is day-to-day with knee sprain 17:50 NEWS / Bengals WRs Tyler Boyd finger injury & Tee Higgins hamstring injury 20:25 News / Ravens QB Tyler Huntley “seems good to” John Harbaugh 22:15 Chargers 23, Dolphins 17 38:00 NEWS / Cowboys sign WR T.Y. Hilton 40:00 Waiver Wire Pickups / Running Backs 47:10 Waiver Wire Pickups / Wide Receivers 50:25 Waiver Wire Pickups / Quarterbacks 52:30 Waiver Wire Pickups / Tight Ends Check out all the episodes of the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast and the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https://apple.co/3zEuTQj or at Yahoo Sports Podcasts Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Forecast on your favorite podcast app: 🎧 Apple Podcasts 🎧 Spotify 🖥️ YouTube 📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network or yahoosports.tv And check out Matt Harmon and Yahoo Fantasy on our socials: 📷 @YahooFantasy: https://www.instagram.com/YahooFantasy ⌚ @YahooFantasy: https://www.tiktok.com/@yahoofantasy 🐦 @YahooFantasy: https://x.com/YahooFantasy 🟦 @YahooFantasy: https://www.facebook.com/YahooFantasy/