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Waiver Wire Pickups - Heading into Week 15 (1 Viewer)
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Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
MoP: There's no use screaming at a time like this!
-A minute later and an injury scare as the Playoffs start
MoP: HelpI
massraider
Footballguy
Chris Moore from HOU if Cooks/Nico are out again.
Desmond Ritter is starting, and must be a better passer than Mariota.
Desmond Ritter is starting, and must be a better passer than Mariota.
Faust
MVP
Jerick McKinnon could be a waiver wire dart throw:
Insein
Footballguy
If you're still alive, presumably your starting who you got but if you squeaked in and are looking for a miracle:
Chris Moore - Bad team, lots of volume 5% owned on sleeper
Marquise Goodwin - DK and Lockett usually dominate the targets but played from behind Sunday and he got 5-95. Again 5% owned and TNF against the Niners.
Josh Reynolds - Lions have been cooking w St Brown and Chark. At least 4 targets in 3 of last 4 games. 11% owned.
All are not reliable and definitely considered desperation plays but there is upside for points in all of them.
Chris Moore - Bad team, lots of volume 5% owned on sleeper
Marquise Goodwin - DK and Lockett usually dominate the targets but played from behind Sunday and he got 5-95. Again 5% owned and TNF against the Niners.
Josh Reynolds - Lions have been cooking w St Brown and Chark. At least 4 targets in 3 of last 4 games. 11% owned.
All are not reliable and definitely considered desperation plays but there is upside for points in all of them.
ignatiusjreilly
Footballguy
Dameon Pierce out a couple weeks. Not thrilled about investing in Houston's running game but I suppose Sexy Rexy is the guy to add if you need someone.
greenmountaingoat
Footballguy
Scrambling at RB with Ken Walker iffy and Pierce out for a week or more. Should have grabbed Dobbins when I had the chance but my roster is a total mess.
Dobbins> Ogunbowale> Hubbard> Burkhead
Dobbins> Ogunbowale> Hubbard> Burkhead
ignatiusjreilly
Footballguy
Similar situation with Walker. Only other RB on my roster is JCook, who crapped the bed last week. Question I'm pondering is whether anyone on the WW is a better start than him. Best options available are:
- Akers
- Burkhead/Ogunbawale
- Mack (last man standing in Denver backfield)
- One of the Pats options (including Damian Harris)
- Allgeier
ignatiusjreilly
Footballguy
Other question is WDID: Burks or Pickens? I'm pretty set at WR with Diggs, Watson and GWilson, but if there's an injury I need to keep at least one in reserve. Burks has higher upside but who knows how long he'll be out?
Wrigley
Footballguy
lost Murray and Stevenson last night....so
ratbast
Footballguy
Harris could be back and Stephenson and the other Harris
either cooks or nico could be back this week too and both were dropped in my league. They might be better pick ups than moore.
JohnnyU
Footballguy
In redraft you could do worse. In dynasty it isn't a question because he is already rostered.
Lat nights game looked like it was going to be last man standing with players dropping like flies.
I stashed Jameson a couple weeks ago hoping to maybe start him at the flex week 16 or 17.... week 1 back 1 target...was hoping for more week 2 back... While he scored this week it was on a broken play...... need to see more than 2 touches before I would think about starting him.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
this is not the week, we'll have to see how things play out - he's really nothing but a what the heck flex hoping he hits a 9 route
wrt the TD, my first reaction was busted coverage
but listening to Jamo, Goff, et al, after it was exactly the coverage they were looking for - they knew the deep safety wouldn't go with him
outcome looks bad but it was the defensive scheme - Vikings have 8 guys within 6 yards of the line of scrimmage, #3 (RCB) stays in zone, the S in the middle is a sitting duck - but they're rushing 5 and don't expect Goff to have time to setup
it was a lousy / broken scheme but it's something Detroit scouted and knew they could exploit
love how LG Jonah Jackson pulls out like he's going to lead Jamaal but after the play fake he's got outside contain responsibility - that's the kind of next level stuff OC Ben Johnson cooks up all the time
but listening to Jamo, Goff, et al, after it was exactly the coverage they were looking for - they knew the deep safety wouldn't go with him
outcome looks bad but it was the defensive scheme - Vikings have 8 guys within 6 yards of the line of scrimmage, #3 (RCB) stays in zone, the S in the middle is a sitting duck - but they're rushing 5 and don't expect Goff to have time to setup
it was a lousy / broken scheme but it's something Detroit scouted and knew they could exploit
love how LG Jonah Jackson pulls out like he's going to lead Jamaal but after the play fake he's got outside contain responsibility - that's the kind of next level stuff OC Ben Johnson cooks up all the time
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
seems like some good defensive matchups out there
- Cardinals @ DEN - either side seems like a good play, both will be playing backup QBs
- Saints v ATL - New Orleans offense is very limited/dysfunctional but their defense has been solid; hasn't translated to a good FF week yet but they are fundamentally a good defensive team, and facing a rookie QB
- Browns v BAL - are you sensing a theme here? Huntley in the protocol, not sure if it'll be Anthony Brown or Brett Hundley
massraider
Footballguy
Yeah, I'm still pissed I dropped C. Watson after drafting him -- Guy who picked up Watson drafted Williams and dropped him last week ---so.....
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
Yeah, I'm still pissed I dropped C. Watson after drafting him -- Guy who picked up Watson drafted Williams and dropped him last week ---so.....
I’m gonna have a hard time making pickups this week & beyond bc I blew 100% of my remaining FAAB on Christian after the Cowboys game
Might tinker with my DST or K but the team is what it is at this point - we have about 225 players rostered or in IR spots so not much meat on the bone anyways
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Jamo was my 18th rounder and currently my WR6 - might bust him out if I advance
Jets have three talented CBs, Sauce is a shutdown but dang Reed (RCB) and Carter (slot) are pretty good as well
feels like a game that will be won by controlling the LOS and I expect a lot of 12/13 personnel from Detroit
Interesting spoiler. Goes to show you football is much more complex than I can ever hope to comprehend.
zamboni
Footballguy
I’d be afraid of getting only Tu-points Tu-points
Boone22
Footballguy
I’d almost agree but my gut tells me I’d rather pick up Isaiah Hodgins over James if I was taking a Giant not named Slayton.
FairWarning
Footballguy
Picked up Hubbard for Homer, Okonkow for Conklin.
Team Smokin'
Footballguy
Picked up Z Knight for Mostert, T Burks for a late Hilton add and drop lol.
Surprised Z Knight lasted so long. I admit I thought M Carter would make it a 3-4 RBBC for the JETS. Knight looks to start as my RB #2 and certainly Flex this week against my Lions.
Another surprise watch is J Driskel HOU - QB. TE. Perhaps better than T Hill hmm TE and get QB work. Just elevated from practice squad.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
I did just enough to get a bye this week so are there any good stashes for week 16/17?
zamboni
Footballguy
With RBs going down left and right, I might consider looking for any decent handcuffs out there that could vault into a big workload if the starter got injured. Even lesser known guys like Keaontay Ingram, Josh Kelley, etc.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Makes sense, one can never have too many RBs.
BearsFan4Life
Footballguy
Was able to grab him off waivers to keep him away from rest of playoff teams in our Yahoo league. Have Kelce but if Driskel starts at QB I may have to start him.
skinsrule05
Footballguy
Isn’t it kind of weird that Yahoo does that. Is it that they are so outdated they can’t keep up? It always seems like the rest of the fantasy world is up to date and Yahoo sticks with the position the guy played on his pee wee football team.
Stat Correction
Footballguy
| Rashid Shaheed - WR - Saints Usage leaped up to 74% in their week 13 gamainst TB....36 snaps, topped only by Olave with 41 snaps. Lead the team with 75 receiving yards, and has +50 in their last two games. Gets the Falcons and Browns in the next two weeks. Explosive, with high upside/low floor. Bonus if your league awards return yardage. |
Here's one I wonder about. When NO is eliminated from playoffs - do they keep playing Dalton (prob not)? Do they go back to Winston (why)? Or does Hill become a league winner playing QB and eligible for TE?
I think they should start Hill at that point. Which means priority bench stash.
I think they should start Hill at that point. Which means priority bench stash.
Down Under
Footballguy
He's TE eligible at ESPN also.
VikingFrog
Footballguy
He’s listed as a QB on my espn league.
Down Under
Footballguy
Huh, ok, he was listed as QB/TE on Monday. They must have changed it.
Insein
Footballguy
He's my starting TE for this reason.
Statorama
gangster
It would be the smart play, so it won't happen. This lost season is the perfect time to find out once and for all if Hill can be an actual QB in this league. I'd love to see it happen, but nothing that Allen has done to this point tells me he'll do it. I think there's a better chance he starts at FS than at QB the way this season has gone.
Statorama
gangster
He's also a great rah-rah type, one of the few Saints players not sleepwalking through the season. It's going to be tough for the Saints to sit him for a hump like Tre'Quan.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
Back in Week 6 he ran a jet sweep 44 yards for a TD on his first touch of his career.
Next week he caught a 53 yard post between two defenders for his second TD on his second touch.
He reached 21.13 mph on that catch (Olave had a 21.17 mph play.)
Naturally, Pete Carmichael managed to get him the ball 7 times in the next 5 games.
If you saw the Bucs game Week 13, he had 170 all purpose yards. Every time he touched the ball I was thinking “this guy is the fastest player out there and 2nd place isn’t close.”
I’m sure his skill set is not very refined, there’s probably legitimate reasons he only starting getting significant WR 3 weeks ago. But man he is dynamic.
Next week he caught a 53 yard post between two defenders for his second TD on his second touch.
He reached 21.13 mph on that catch (Olave had a 21.17 mph play.)
Naturally, Pete Carmichael managed to get him the ball 7 times in the next 5 games.
If you saw the Bucs game Week 13, he had 170 all purpose yards. Every time he touched the ball I was thinking “this guy is the fastest player out there and 2nd place isn’t close.”
I’m sure his skill set is not very refined, there’s probably legitimate reasons he only starting getting significant WR 3 weeks ago. But man he is dynamic.
FairWarning
Footballguy
Why would they start Hill? I think they have determined that he’s not their long term answer either.
King of the Jungle
Footballguy
Great out-of-box thinking and certainly worth the lotto ticket if it happens.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
Aw, I see you are falling for the ole rational coaching model fallacy.
Dennis Allen - who I am sure is a fine DC and will continue to be employed in the NFL for a long time - said a few weeks back that he won't start Jameson this year. I don't know what the logic is of painting yourself into that corner, but remember, this is a HC who thinks punting on 4th and short for "field position" is solid in game management.
As for Pete Carmichael (the OC we should be scapegoating for this disaster) has been using Ingram like he's Kamara and AK41 like he's Mark Ingram. I'm resigned to the fact that with a washed up 32 year no longer at his disposal, that idiot will probably give David Johnson a significant role this week. Two weeks ago with the season on the line, crucial 3rd and 2, he dialed up a Marquez Callaway slant.
Is somebody holding his family hostage? There has to be a logical reason he's been shaving points all year.
