#1 Waiver Priority (1 Viewer)

[JMJ]

Lets gather and discuss some players here:

M. Bennett - Traded to Tampa Bay. Do we use it on him? Will he step right into a starting role?

K. Faulk - Morris could be down multiple weeks. What is the Maroney situation? Is Heath Evans a sleeper for production stealing here? Would New England go week-to-week with Faulk as their lead back?

Any WRs?

What about a TD-vulturing Reuben Droughns who actually got 14 carries for 90 yards and another TD last night even though he wasn't in the drive at all until the carry from the 1 yard line even though Brandon Jacobs was healthy and ready to go? The Giants look like a high-powered offense. Is this too much of a streeeeeeeeetch?

What are fellow first priority guys thinking about right now?

 

[Shermanator]

This is a good bump.

I do like Bennett as a pickup. But the more I think of it, Faulk is more likely the shrewd move.

I think best case scenario, Bennett plays the Faulk role for TB. So if both players are somewhat equal, I will gladly take the back from the NE offense

 

[noneother]

IDP bigby

redraft bennett or weaver

 

[Bender]

Faulk's the move to make.

Earnest Graham could blow up for 130 and 2 TDs against a horrendous Detroit defense and nobody will remember Michael Bennett's on that team. Add to it he probably won't be ready to play a full role for at least another week, maybe two...add to that, that Pittman will be back this season, and is more talented in that role...Bennett is way over hyped at the moment.

Without Sammy Morris, even if Lawerence Maroney is healthy, I don't think he sees more carries...I think we just see more total passes per game, which means more Faulk.

 

[lion_crazz]

The real question though is are either of the guys worth a roster spot at this point? Faulk had 12 carries for 47 yards in a blowout, and Michael Bennett, well, is Michael Bennett.

 

[Bender]

The real question though is are either of the guys worth a roster spot at this point? Faulk had 12 carries for 47 yards in a blowout, and Michael Bennett, well, is Michael Bennett.

They both are if you temper your expectations. Faulk will play regardless of what happens in the NE backfield over the next couple weeks. All that the health of Morris and Maroney will determine is how big a role it is. At the very least, he's probably worth a reserve spot, considering the number of useless RBs that are probably sitting on FF rosters this season. Bennett is worth the spot, but I'd be VARY wary of him in blind-bidding leagues. Just look at the talk today. People are going hysterical thinking he's a lock to be a very solid, contributing, starting RB each week. Somebody will bid an enormous amount on him off that belief in a lot of leagues.

 

[ImTheScientist]

I have it because my team sucks. Anyways.....a guy dropped last week David Garard due to bye weeks and having too many other QB's so Im getting DG

 

[twbillingsley]

I have been saving my #1 spot for the right time and it has come this week. Desperate owner dropped KJ for Ernest Graham.

Now I can add KJ.

6 - 0 and adding KJ life is sweet!!!

 

[Ron_Mexico]

I have it because my team sucks. Anyways.....a guy dropped last week David Garard due to bye weeks and having too many other QB's so Im getting DG

That's an easy decision.

 

[mad sweeney]

I don't have #1 but I am probably the only one picking a D. And there's a juicy one on the WW to cover for GB. The G-men vs the offensive (as in bad) juggernauts of San Francisco. With the pressure the D has been getting on QBs, Dilfer's gonna be running for his life and winging some ducks and they haven't topped 200 total yards in four (?) games straight.

 

[Krewe]

I am 6-0 in my $$$ league and have been waiting on the waiver..now I am #1 and I am going to use it because a guy made a big drop due to the big bye week blues..

I will take his castoff, Cedric Benson and corral him as my 4th back to go with ADP, FWP and Westy. With just a 13 man roster, that is as deep as they come!!!!

Yep...living large these daysl. Gotta enjoy it while I still can

 

[swirvenirvin]

Kevin Faulk

 

[switz]

I have been saving my #1 spot for the right time and it has come this week. Desperate owner dropped KJ for Ernest Graham.Now I can add KJ. 6 - 0 and adding KJ life is sweet!!!

Saving your #1 spot? What kind of system is that?

 

[swirvenirvin]

I have been saving my #1 spot for the right time and it has come this week. Desperate owner dropped KJ for Ernest Graham.Now I can add KJ. 6 - 0 and adding KJ life is sweet!!!

Saving your #1 spot? What kind of system is that?

I think it probably doesn't reset each week. So the worst team in the league doesn't have the #1 priority each and every week

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Faulk's the move to make. Earnest Graham could blow up for 130 and 2 TDs against a horrendous Detroit defense and nobody will remember Michael Bennett's on that team. Add to it he probably won't be ready to play a full role for at least another week, maybe two...add to that, that Pittman will be back this season, and is more talented in that role...Bennett is way over hyped at the moment. Without Sammy Morris, even if Lawerence Maroney is healthy, I don't think he sees more carries...I think we just see more total passes per game, which means more Faulk.

I was thinking the same thing last night. I am in a league that does FA pickups using an auction and I'm bidding on both Faulk and Bennett but would much rather have Faulk given the reasons you stated above. Faulk is just about guaranteed to contribute and is startable over the next few weeks during the dry bye week season, while Bennett seems to be more of a guessing game. If I was looking for a short term contributor and I had the #1 waiver priority, I'd be getting Faulk. If I had an extra roster space and was looking for someone who might bust out just in time for teh playoffs, I'd take Bennett. I'm more about the sure thing at this point.

 

[JMJ]

I have been saving my #1 spot for the right time and it has come this week. Desperate owner dropped KJ for Ernest Graham.Now I can add KJ. 6 - 0 and adding KJ life is sweet!!!

Saving your #1 spot? What kind of system is that?

I think it probably doesn't reset each week. So the worst team in the league doesn't have the #1 priority each and every week

Exactly.To start the year, the team that had the #1 overall draft pick gets last WW priority and the team that had last draft pick gets 1st WW priority. From there, your priority snakes as you make moves. If you have first priority and make a waiver move, you are then dropped to last on the priority list while the 11th guy becomes 10, the 10 guy becomes 9, the 9 guy becomes 8, so on and so forth.Last night I actually had the #2 priority and I held off putting in claims for any of the players I would want. Well, Bennett was claimed, Indy's D was claimed, the Giants D was claimed, Walter from Houston, and some other bums like Eric Johnson and etc. Nobody claimed Faulk. If I had used my #2 priority then I still would have got him but I'd be down the list again. So now, I just added Faulk as a free agent and I now have #1 priority cuz the guy who had #1 used it to claim Bennett.I gambled thinking the guys below me would figure, "Well they are definitley taking Bennett and Faulk, so I'll just use mine on <blank>." I took the gamble and I won.

 

[maxwell1295]

I have been saving my #1 spot for the right time and it has come this week. Desperate owner dropped KJ for Ernest Graham.Now I can add KJ. 6 - 0 and adding KJ life is sweet!!!

Saving your #1 spot? What kind of system is that?

I think it probably doesn't reset each week. So the worst team in the league doesn't have the #1 priority each and every week

Exactly.To start the year, the team that had the #1 overall draft pick gets last WW priority and the team that had last draft pick gets 1st WW priority. From there, your priority snakes as you make moves. If you have first priority and make a waiver move, you are then dropped to last on the priority list while the 11th guy becomes 10, the 10 guy becomes 9, the 9 guy becomes 8, so on and so forth.Last night I actually had the #2 priority and I held off putting in claims for any of the players I would want. Well, Bennett was claimed, Indy's D was claimed, the Giants D was claimed, Walter from Houston, and some other bums like Eric Johnson and etc. Nobody claimed Faulk. If I had used my #2 priority then I still would have got him but I'd be down the list again. So now, I just added Faulk as a free agent and I now have #1 priority cuz the guy who had #1 used it to claim Bennett.I gambled thinking the guys below me would figure, "Well they are definitley taking Bennett and Faulk, so I'll just use mine on <blank>." I took the gamble and I won. :X

Good stuff right there. I have the #1 in one fo my leagues, but at 5-1 I'm sitting tight for now. There are some decent players available but nothing that makes me want to use my one "ace in the hole".

 

[bigupsetter]

This is a good bump. I do like Bennett as a pickup. But the more I think of it, Faulk is more likely the shrewd move. I think best case scenario, Bennett plays the Faulk role for TB. So if both players are somewhat equal, I will gladly take the back from the NE offense

No offense, but this is really off the mark. Faulk will be splitting back up time with Evans or losing goal line carries to him and Maroney is the clear cut RB1 for NE. Bennett will be challenging for starting spot for day one and is capable of landing the starters role very, very quickly. Bennett is well suited for the west coast offense that TB runs and knows it quite well. RB is the quickest plug and play position in football. Also, Faulk will be back to limited reps when Morris comes back. IMO, if you are looking for someone this week only- probably Faulk, however, given the screwy play of many RBs this year, the better seasonal pick is Bennett, again IMO

 

[PatrickT]

Bulger. Both Bennett and Faulk were drafted (18 man rosters) and never dropped. Going to try to get Parrish in the 2nd round, now that Edwards is the starter, he seems to like him. Good for a PPR league.

 

[Bender]

This is a good bump. I do like Bennett as a pickup. But the more I think of it, Faulk is more likely the shrewd move. I think best case scenario, Bennett plays the Faulk role for TB. So if both players are somewhat equal, I will gladly take the back from the NE offense

No offense, but this is really off the mark. Faulk will be splitting back up time with Evans or losing goal line carries to him and Maroney is the clear cut RB1 for NE. Bennett will be challenging for starting spot for day one and is capable of landing the starters role very, very quickly. Bennett is well suited for the west coast offense that TB runs and knows it quite well. RB is the quickest plug and play position in football. Also, Faulk will be back to limited reps when Morris comes back. IMO, if you are looking for someone this week only- probably Faulk, however, given the screwy play of many RBs this year, the better seasonal pick is Bennett, again IMO

a) Bennett is going to carry the ball 20-25 times a game, and isn't ALREADY a lock to at best split reps with Earnest Graham?b) Bennett's reps won't get even more limited when Pittman comes back?Seems to me like they're in the same boat, Faulk and Bennett. The only difference is we know Faulk's role...Bennett's could potentially be nothing.

 

[Steel Town]

Anyone giving consideration to Priest Holmes? If you have a roster spot to burn, he may be worth some consideration.

 

[TheNext0]

I've also been sitting on my #1 priority for a few weeks. I've managed to get all the guys I've wanted (B Marshall, K Keith, J Wright) out of free agency after the waiver period expires.

Looking for a RB (not necessarily a need) and Norwood is available (best avail by far actually)...think I should jump on him or sit tight for another week? I'm not thrilled with anyone else, and the other 2 guys I want will make it to free agency.

 

[Jeff Pasquino]

Lets gather and discuss some players here:M. Bennett - Traded to Tampa Bay. Do we use it on him? Will he step right into a starting role?K. Faulk - Morris could be down multiple weeks. What is the Maroney situation? Is Heath Evans a sleeper for production stealing here? Would New England go week-to-week with Faulk as their lead back?Any WRs?What about a TD-vulturing Reuben Droughns who actually got 14 carries for 90 yards and another TD last night even though he wasn't in the drive at all until the carry from the 1 yard line even though Brandon Jacobs was healthy and ready to go? The Giants look like a high-powered offense. Is this too much of a streeeeeeeeetch?What are fellow first priority guys thinking about right now?

Nicely posed question. Way to keep it general and not make it an ACF thread.

 

[The Scorpion]

That may be one of the worst waiver wire formats I have ever heard of. The best team can hold out their #1 waiver for that great pick because they have not needed waivers? No thanks....

I have been saving my #1 spot for the right time and it has come this week. Desperate owner dropped KJ for Ernest Graham.Now I can add KJ. 6 - 0 and adding KJ life is sweet!!!

Saving your #1 spot? What kind of system is that?

I think it probably doesn't reset each week. So the worst team in the league doesn't have the #1 priority each and every week

Exactly.To start the year, the team that had the #1 overall draft pick gets last WW priority and the team that had last draft pick gets 1st WW priority. From there, your priority snakes as you make moves. If you have first priority and make a waiver move, you are then dropped to last on the priority list while the 11th guy becomes 10, the 10 guy becomes 9, the 9 guy becomes 8, so on and so forth.Last night I actually had the #2 priority and I held off putting in claims for any of the players I would want. Well, Bennett was claimed, Indy's D was claimed, the Giants D was claimed, Walter from Houston, and some other bums like Eric Johnson and etc. Nobody claimed Faulk. If I had used my #2 priority then I still would have got him but I'd be down the list again. So now, I just added Faulk as a free agent and I now have #1 priority cuz the guy who had #1 used it to claim Bennett.I gambled thinking the guys below me would figure, "Well they are definitley taking Bennett and Faulk, so I'll just use mine on <blank>." I took the gamble and I won.

 

[TheNext0]

That may be one of the worst waiver wire formats I have ever heard of. The best team can hold out their #1 waiver for that great pick because they have not needed waivers? No thanks....

Yeah, or the worst team can hold out for a great player...or an ok team, or a below average team, or an above average team. I had last waiver priority coming into the season and it took 5 weeks to move up to #1...that's 5 weeks of not making a single waiver move so I could move up. I'm in 6th place overall and sitting on this priority. There's a lot of strategy involved, you have to decide if picking a guy on waivers is really worth dropping all the way down to the bottom of the waiver list.

 

[jmack0311]

In leagues that don't reset waivers each week, the #1 WW priority shouldn't be used on any FA's other than RB's.

That being said, I'm surprised that Bennett is being picked up by teams with the #1 WW priority. He hasn't done anything since being in MIN, and he isn't guaranteed a starting role in TB.

The guy in my league has been sitting on the #1 WW for 6 weeks and used it on Bennett, which is a mistake in my opinion. That leaves about 5-6 more weeks that a starting RB can sustain a season-ending knee injury and a good backup can step in. Some backups that can produce in a starting role, and may still be FA's in alot of leagues include Musa Smith, Leon Washington, Keith, Chatman, Norwood, and Maurice Morris. If their starters go down, then these players are almost guaranteed the bulk of the carries.

 

[Bad Moon]

That may be one of the worst waiver wire formats I have ever heard of. The best team can hold out their #1 waiver for that great pick because they have not needed waivers? No thanks....

Yeah, or the worst team can hold out for a great player...or an ok team, or a below average team, or an above average team. I had last waiver priority coming into the season and it took 5 weeks to move up to #1...that's 5 weeks of not making a single waiver move so I could move up. I'm in 6th place overall and sitting on this priority. There's a lot of strategy involved, you have to decide if picking a guy on waivers is really worth dropping all the way down to the bottom of the waiver list.

Holding onto an early waiver priority can come back to bite you too. You sit all year waiting for the one big-time player to use it on, meanwhile other owners are claiming the early breakout WR, good bye week replacements, etc. Sometimes (most times, even) that one stud RB you are waiting for never comes along. When I have a #1 to start the season I try and use it within the first 4 or 5 weeks because I know other owners will be using theirs and I don't want to constantly be stuck with leftover free agents.Both my leagues use this method - you can trade it, use it, hold it. I like it much better than resetting every week.As for good guys to use a #1 on this week - Faulk is all I really see.

 

[Krewe]

The non-resetting waiver wire in a league like mine with very small rosters is definitely the thinking mans game.

In another league of mine, the record-based reset makes for the usual Tuesday free-for-all....which means the transaction fee pool gets bigger quicker but does not always make the weaker teams stronger. I like the strategy of deciding when to pull the trigger--rather than the reset.