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Week 6 Waivers (1 Viewer)

Been going back and forth the past couple days trying to decide if I want to use my number one spot on Coates. Standard scoring in first place at the moment so I'm in a good spot. Good depth at RB and WR. My worst wr at the moment is T. Williams. My fear is if I use my waiver on a wr a stud rb will come out of no where soon. I'm addicted to having to many rbs on my team.

 
Lionsfan011 said:
I'll admit my league is conservative in FAAB bidding. I'm bidding 20%. Maybe he goes upwards of 30% depending on the league?
Coates was drafted in my league.

But if he were a FA, someone in my league would bid 30% or more, without a doubt. 

 
Been going back and forth the past couple days trying to decide if I want to use my number one spot on Coates. Standard scoring in first place at the moment so I'm in a good spot. Good depth at RB and WR. My worst wr at the moment is T. Williams. My fear is if I use my waiver on a wr a stud rb will come out of no where soon. I'm addicted to having to many rbs on my team.
I think I would use it. Coates has much more potential than Terrance. And If you're ever in a situation with byes and injuries, his big-play ability might come through for you in a crucial game. 

 
need2know said:
Supposedly.  White has looked good though.  And lewis hasn't even started practicing yet
James White is mediocre.

If and when Dion is healthy, he'll be the main RB, sharing time with Blount. 

 
I think I would use it. Coates has much more potential than Terrance. And If you're ever in a situation with byes and injuries, his big-play ability might come through for you in a crucial game. 
Tyrell not Terrance. But good point either way. Im also in trade talk to send away D. Thomas so will def use my spot on Coates if it goes through.

 
Tyrell not Terrance. But good point either way. Im also in trade talk to send away D. Thomas so will def use my spot on Coates if it goes through.
That might change things. Tyrell is pretty good. He'll probably be more consistent than Coates. 

 
After last night - J. Rodgers if you're a Doug Martin owner with an open bench spot

 
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Tyrell not Terrance. But good point either way. Im also in trade talk to send away D. Thomas so will def use my spot on Coates if it goes through.


That might change things. Tyrell is pretty good. He'll probably be more consistent than Coates. 
Having the same dilemma myself. In a .5PPR league where Ty. Williams was dropped this past weekend.  Trying to decide between him, Coates, and Ware, who was also dropped. 

Not a huge WW week, but at least an interesting one. 

 
The OP was advocating picking up Hoyer, and then you suggest Jacksonville as a great matchup. Yeah that Jacksonville defense gives up a lot of points, but that isn't due to having a porous passing defense. So unless your QBs get points for total points scored, Jacksonville is a matchup you may want to actually avoid if you're streaming

Furthermore, those 23, 28, 27 points were to GB (12th in scoring), SD (2nd in scoring), and Indianapolis (7th in scoring). Three teams with some pretty decent offenses. Chicago is not on par with those teams (30th in scoring)
The more posts I read from you, the more you come across as a know-it-all. 

That said, JAC ranks 26th against QBs through 5 weeks.

 
So is Cameron Meredith the one to get this week? Is he for real? 
C. Meredith soooo feels like a one week wonder.

Do we really think A. Jeffrey will continue to be ignored?

In addition, if history is any guide, Hoyer is due to implode any minute.

 
Sort of off-topic... what percentage of FAAB money (assume $100) would you pay for Tyler Eifert or Julius Thomas in a 14 teamer? Both were injury drops where the owners got tired of waiting for them to heal.

EDIT: Actually Eifert looks to be available in a fair amount of leagues

 
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Sort of off-topic... what percentage of FAAB money (assume $100) would you pay for Tyler Eifert or Julius Thomas in a 14 teamer? Both were injury drops where the owners got tired of waiting for them to heal.

EDIT: Actually Eifert looks to be available in a fair amount of leagues
Since Eifert has a chance to play this week......probably would need to bid at least 20%, probably more in a 14 teamer with a required starting TE.   Hard to quantify without knowing your league's bidding tendencies.  But if you need a TE badly, bid big on Eifert.

Thomas?  I can't imagine you need more than $15 to acquire him.

 
We had some discussion on the choices / ranking of Hogan - Kerley - Meredith earlier. I think that's a pretty common available combo judging by posts in this week's thread. They are by far the top 3 WR adds this week.

Hogan has a clearly defined role. He is the only reliable big WR (obviously they have two great big TEs), he is THE deep threat coming from the outside. That's a boom / bust role, running 9 routes, but it's not dependent on volume. So it doesn't matter if he has high volume, they're gonna send him down the sideline or to the post every week. If you've owned Torrey Smith in the last 6 years you know what that is like.

With Kerley, I've been saying all year "this isn't sustainable, he's had his chances before, he was gonna get cut by DET before they dealt him for a backup lineman." But he's led them in targets 4 out of 5, and actually has more targets than Smith & Patton combined.

Ashlon is not healthy. He's averaging 6.20 targets per game versus a three year average of 9.46 (higher when healthy.) Meredith isn't a #1 but he's a good route runner and at 6'3" should see a lot of RZ looks. He did well in a spot start last year but this is the first time seeing him in a feature role. He's blown by Royal and really doesn't have competition unless / until Jeffrey gets 100% - which may not happen.

I still think people are sleeping on Kerley. He's the only one of these three that has sustained production in 2016. He has a slightly favorable schedule (I count 8 plus matchups, 6-7 for the other two.) He has little competition for targets - and easily the worst QB situation. Solid WR3/Flex.

Going forward, Meredith has the most upside as he should continue as the #2. He won't get 12 targets a week but 6-8 is right in line with what Bellamy/Royal were being fed last year. High end WR3/ low end WR2.

Hogan won't see his role increase but if you can accept carrying him as a WTH Flex, go for it. Equally likely to get you 19 or 3 in full PPR. If you have a solid 3 WR lineup throw him in there & see if he hits, won't kill ya if he doesn't.

1 Meredith

2 Kerley 

3 Hogan

Is where I am at tonight.

 
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We had some discussion on the choices / ranking of Hogan - Kerley - Meredith earlier. I think that's a pretty common available combo judging by posts in this week's thread. They are by far the top 3 WR adds this week.

Hogan has a clearly defined role. He is the only reliable big WR (obviously they have two great big TEs), he is THE deep threat coming from the outside. That's a boom / bust role, running 9 routes, but it's not dependent on volume. So it doesn't matter if he has high volume, they're gonna send him down the sideline or to the post every week. If you've owned Torrey Smith in the last 6 years you know what that is like.

With Kerley, I've been saying all year "this isn't sustainable, he's had his chances before, he was gonna get cut by DET before they dealt him for a backup lineman." But he's led them in targets 4 out of 5, and actually has more targets than Smith & Patton combined.

Ashlon is not healthy. He's averaging 6.20 targets per game versus a three year average of 9.46 (higher when healthy.) Meredith isn't a #1 but he's a good route runner and at 6'3" should see a lot of RZ looks. He did well in a spot start last year but this is the first time seeing him in a feature role. He's blown by Royal and really doesn't have competition unless / until Jeffrey gets 100% - which may not happen.

I still think people are sleeping on Kerley. He's the only one of these three that has sustained production in 2016. He has a slightly favorable schedule (I count 8 plus matchups, 6-7 for the other two.) He has little competition for targets - and easily the worst QB situation. Solid WR3/Flex.

Going forward, Meredith has the most upside as he should continue as the #2. He won't get 12 targets a week but 6-8 is right in line with what Bellamy/Royal were being fed last year. High end WR3/ low end WR2.

Hogan won't see his role increase but if you can accept carrying him as a WTH Flex, go for it. Equally likely to get you 19 or 3 in full PPR. If you have a solid 3 WR lineup throw him in there & see if he hits, won't kill ya if he doesn't.

1 Meredith

2 Kerley 

3 Hogan

Is where I am at tonight.
Excellent assessment, Bobby. We are on the same page regarding these interesting WRs.

 
Thanks for the post Bobby.

All three of those are available in my league.

Don't forget about Kaep coming back which who knows how that will play out for Kerley.  Then we have Cutler coming back which might turn into Jeffrey getting 20 targets per game and screw Meredith.

I personally can't stand light switch guys like Hogan.  I'd rather have the consistency of Cole Beasley...but I'm greedy and want a higher ceiling.  I cut Lockett a few weeks ago and haven't looked back.  My motto is let some other guy take the 0's and 2's and chase those 20+ point games.

I think I'm sleeping on Kerley, and I'll probably never wake up from that slumber.  I just can't trust anybody in this SF offense.  I have zero faith in Kaep.  But he will probably just keep throwing up those 20+ games in PPR to rub it in my indecisive face.

I'm leaning towards Meredith to blow a chuck of FAAB on, but I got a feeling this was a high volume aberration.  If you guys are smart, you'll pick up Kerley and do the opposite of me (Meredith).  I'm a swing for the fences guy and I liked what I saw more from Meredith than Kerley.  Keep in mind I'm also a bitter ex-Kevin White owner (dropped him-sigh).

 
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Not sure I understand the Meredith love, but I have been wrong before.  You guys thinking that all of this week's circumstances will continue, namely:

- Alston will continue to be banged up all year

- Hoyer will routinely throw for 400 yards

- Royal will be so banged up that he will fail to practice and be a late GTD every week

Here's what I expect will happen weekly:

- Fox will lean on Howard to keep games close in the first half

- defense will suck and Hoyer will be forced to throw in the second half

- targets will be divided up among Jeffery, Miller, Royal, and Meredith such that Jeffery is a boom/bust WR2, Royal and Meredith alternate as boom/bust WR3, Miller is a back-end TE1

as always, just my opinion

 
Not sure I understand the Meredith love, but I have been wrong before.  You guys thinking that all of this week's circumstances will continue, namely:

- Alston will continue to be banged up all year

- Hoyer will routinely throw for 400 yards

- Royal will be so banged up that he will fail to practice and be a late GTD every week

Here's what I expect will happen weekly:

- Fox will lean on Howard to keep games close in the first half

- defense will suck and Hoyer will be forced to throw in the second half

- targets will be divided up among Jeffery, Miller, Royal, and Meredith such that Jeffery is a boom/bust WR2, Royal and Meredith alternate as boom/bust WR3, Miller is a back-end TE1

as always, just my opinion
Has Jeffrey ever been healthy for 2 consecutive games? Being facetious but you get the point.

I think the #2 wr on a team that will need to throw a lot is someone worth looking at on the ww. Depending on league and roster size you can do much worse (hogan)

 
Not sure I understand the Meredith love, but I have been wrong before.  You guys thinking that all of this week's circumstances will continue, namely:

- Alston will continue to be banged up all year

- Hoyer will routinely throw for 400 yards

- Royal will be so banged up that he will fail to practice and be a late GTD every week

Here's what I expect will happen weekly:

- Fox will lean on Howard to keep games close in the first half

- defense will suck and Hoyer will be forced to throw in the second half

- targets will be divided up among Jeffery, Miller, Royal, and Meredith such that Jeffery is a boom/bust WR2, Royal and Meredith alternate as boom/bust WR3, Miller is a back-end TE1

as always, just my opinion
Don't forget that Jeffrey, Royal and Miller have all been injured frequently in their careers.

I don't expect Meredith to put up huge numbers every week but he's definitely worth owning.  He's also a the type of big receiver Cutler likes to look for in the end zone if/when Cutler comes back.

 
Not much out there this week. Grabbed Starks for free. Easy quick drop if Lacy's practicing.If Lacy sits, Starks may slide in as my workload non-game script factor RB2 ala Quizz Rodgers. Somewhat surprised, but won Booker & Derrick Henry for both 1%.(6 man benches). 

I passed on Meredith but he went for 12% in my league.

 
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Someone mentioned him above but I'm wondering if Lockett is a sneaky pickup this week. Wondering if his knee feels better after the bye.

 
Someone mentioned him above but I'm wondering if Lockett is a sneaky pickup this week. Wondering if his knee feels better after the bye.
He was just dropped in my league and I'm going after him.

Lockett was on everyone's list pre draft as a mid draft target. The entire SEA offense has suffered yet again through some first half troubles due to Wilson injuries, Graham getting his feet under him, Lockett knee injury, etc. The offense looked good prior to the bye, they've had a week to gel and get even healthier, and now here we are with a juicy matchup vs ATL.

If Lockett and this entire offense takes off (as it did end of least year) now is the time to get Lockett.

 
Couple thoughts... and keep in mind I generally play in deeper dynasty/keeper leagues where the wire is pretty thin.  When a dude like Meredith shows up he goes for 40% or more. 

-- Meredith looked good, but Patrick Robinson was awful (and may have torn his ACL at the end of the game).  He was whipped repeatedly by Meredith, and also was the CB that gave up Jeffery's 38 yarder.  He also filled the wrong hole (and it's painfully obvious watching the replay) on Jordan Howard's long run.  All that said, Meredith stepped into White's target share immediately.  I do think it's important to keep in mind a couple things with Meredith: 1) -- he's fairly new to being a WR - it's his second year after going undrafted last year, but he switched to WR from QB at Illinois State either his Junior or Senior year.  2) he won't face Patrick Robinson every week.  3) Marquess Wilson is on the PUP and eligible to return to Practice on Thursday (I think -- or next week).  I don't know exactly what all of this means for Meredith, and I'd like to have him on a few rosters (but I don't).  I could see him really emerging opposite Jeffery, and I could see this being the best game of his career.  Athletically, he's basically Tyrell Williams redux.

-- Torrey Smith and Dwayne Washington seem to be getting cut a lot... I'd personally roster Washington as I'm not that concerned about Forsett (who looked done in Baltimore).  Forsett feels like Riddick insurance to me and a mentor to the young guys.  Washington's by far the best suited to be the interior RB the Lions are searching for.  As for Smith -- Kaepernick brings a big arm to the table for Chip, and unlocks more in the running game than Gabbert did.  I think we see more option runs, zone reads, etc.  What killed Kaepernick in late 2014 and early 2015 was defenses crowding the LOS with 9 or 10 guys and daring him to throw... run, run, run deep strike to Smith is probably the recipe here for Chip.  Smith's a good player, even if he is somewhat of a 1-trick pony.  It's a pretty nice trick.  I'm not rostering him yet, but he's on speed dial.

-- Breshad Perriman should be owned - I'm not sure what Smith's status is, and there's not been a lot of information.  Without him, we're probably looking at Perriman starting opposite Wallace.  Greg Cosell thought Perriman had some Julio Jones to his game as a prospect, and he missed his entire rookie year, so this is essentially his first go round.  Curious to see how he develops the rest of the way.

-- Justin Hunter got his first PT with the Bills and scored.  It was a broken play, but Hunter can get deep and win jump balls.  Robert Woods is a limited player IMO, and I'm not sure Goodwin is anything more than a sprinter.  I'm not willing to write off Hunter's career based on failures in the dumpster fire of TN (at least for WRs) and Miami (I'm not convinced they have a clue what they're doing, plus their WR depth chart is fairly full).  Someone to keep an eye on with no Watkins in BUF.

-- DJ Foster started to see some snaps in New England.  We don't know what Lewis' status is, and the whole thing has been so covered up, who knows what's going on.  He's walking without a limp, supposedly.  Well he was practicing in June, and we see how that turned out.  James White has the passing down gig for now, but I've never been terribly impressed, and I'm not sure the Patriots have been either.  Foster's clearly a guy they like, making the roster as an undrafted FA after missing a good chunk of camp.  I don't think he played the first few weeks likely due to pass pro issues (I don't think they wanted any extra pressure on Garrapolo or Brissett), but Brady can diagnose the blitz and can get rid of the ball.  Foster could've scored twice against Cleveland -- he was tackled at the 1, and he was left uncovered on one of Bennett's TDs.  He's getting a taste of some PT -- and important snaps in the red zone at that.  Would be just like Belichek and the Pats to unleash an UDFA unknown on the league while everyone waits for Lewis to return.

Also, on a bye this week, but I mentioned Cordarrelle Patterson last week and still think he should be rostered in deeper leagues.  He missed a chunk of Sunday's game but still scored, posted 4-39-1 with another 7 yards rushing.  They're getting him touches and starting to use him creatively, and this is one of the best athletes in the league.  I think he also was tackled just short of a second TD in this game vs. Houston.  Diggs is the 1 here, but Patterson is becoming a weapon -- we all remember that run he had back in 2014 when they actually fed him touches and he started breaking them.  If he keeps getting 6-8 touches a week, some big weeks are coming.

 
Couple thoughts... and keep in mind I generally play in deeper dynasty/keeper leagues where the wire is pretty thin.  When a dude like Meredith shows up he goes for 40% or more. 

-- Meredith looked good, but Patrick Robinson was awful (and may have torn his ACL at the end of the game).  He was whipped repeatedly by Meredith, and also was the CB that gave up Jeffery's 38 yarder.  He also filled the wrong hole (and it's painfully obvious watching the replay) on Jordan Howard's long run.  All that said, Meredith stepped into White's target share immediately.  I do think it's important to keep in mind a couple things with Meredith: 1) -- he's fairly new to being a WR - it's his second year after going undrafted last year, but he switched to WR from QB at Illinois State either his Junior or Senior year.  2) he won't face Patrick Robinson every week.  3) Marquess Wilson is on the PUP and eligible to return to Practice on Thursday (I think -- or next week).  I don't know exactly what all of this means for Meredith, and I'd like to have him on a few rosters (but I don't).  I could see him really emerging opposite Jeffery, and I could see this being the best game of his career.  Athletically, he's basically Tyrell Williams redux.

-- Torrey Smith and Dwayne Washington seem to be getting cut a lot... I'd personally roster Washington as I'm not that concerned about Forsett (who looked done in Baltimore).  Forsett feels like Riddick insurance to me and a mentor to the young guys.  Washington's by far the best suited to be the interior RB the Lions are searching for.  As for Smith -- Kaepernick brings a big arm to the table for Chip, and unlocks more in the running game than Gabbert did.  I think we see more option runs, zone reads, etc.  What killed Kaepernick in late 2014 and early 2015 was defenses crowding the LOS with 9 or 10 guys and daring him to throw... run, run, run deep strike to Smith is probably the recipe here for Chip.  Smith's a good player, even if he is somewhat of a 1-trick pony.  It's a pretty nice trick.  I'm not rostering him yet, but he's on speed dial.

-- Breshad Perriman should be owned - I'm not sure what Smith's status is, and there's not been a lot of information.  Without him, we're probably looking at Perriman starting opposite Wallace.  Greg Cosell thought Perriman had some Julio Jones to his game as a prospect, and he missed his entire rookie year, so this is essentially his first go round.  Curious to see how he develops the rest of the way.

-- Justin Hunter got his first PT with the Bills and scored.  It was a broken play, but Hunter can get deep and win jump balls.  Robert Woods is a limited player IMO, and I'm not sure Goodwin is anything more than a sprinter.  I'm not willing to write off Hunter's career based on failures in the dumpster fire of TN (at least for WRs) and Miami (I'm not convinced they have a clue what they're doing, plus their WR depth chart is fairly full).  Someone to keep an eye on with no Watkins in BUF.

-- DJ Foster started to see some snaps in New England.  We don't know what Lewis' status is, and the whole thing has been so covered up, who knows what's going on.  He's walking without a limp, supposedly.  Well he was practicing in June, and we see how that turned out.  James White has the passing down gig for now, but I've never been terribly impressed, and I'm not sure the Patriots have been either.  Foster's clearly a guy they like, making the roster as an undrafted FA after missing a good chunk of camp.  I don't think he played the first few weeks likely due to pass pro issues (I don't think they wanted any extra pressure on Garrapolo or Brissett), but Brady can diagnose the blitz and can get rid of the ball.  Foster could've scored twice against Cleveland -- he was tackled at the 1, and he was left uncovered on one of Bennett's TDs.  He's getting a taste of some PT -- and important snaps in the red zone at that.  Would be just like Belichek and the Pats to unleash an UDFA unknown on the league while everyone waits for Lewis to return.

Also, on a bye this week, but I mentioned Cordarrelle Patterson last week and still think he should be rostered in deeper leagues.  He missed a chunk of Sunday's game but still scored, posted 4-39-1 with another 7 yards rushing.  They're getting him touches and starting to use him creatively, and this is one of the best athletes in the league.  I think he also was tackled just short of a second TD in this game vs. Houston.  Diggs is the 1 here, but Patterson is becoming a weapon -- we all remember that run he had back in 2014 when they actually fed him touches and he started breaking them.  If he keeps getting 6-8 touches a week, some big weeks are coming.
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