The Wire – Week 12: Bottom of the Barrel
Here are our waiver wire candidates for week twelve. As usual, you’ll find players who are either [Startable], a [Stopgap] to get you past a BYE or injury, [Worth a look] and spot on your bench, or [One-week-wonder]s who don’t warrant a roster spot, so you make your roster moves accordingly. You’ll also see the percent owned (in Yahoo! leagues) in parenthesis. All I can say about the cast of characters on this week’s list is that hopefully you don’t have to rely on them too much…otherwise you’re in big trouble.
Lindsay, 
jago and 9 others are discussing. 
cmidy, 
Kristina and 22 others are discussing. 
rob 8:16 am on November 24, 2009 Permalink |
Hey all: I am thinking about picking up kevin boss and dropping antonio gates. I am reading that the giants are going to keep looking toward the tight end more while it appears that the chargers are not. What do you think? rob
Matt 8:49 am on November 24, 2009 Permalink |
I definitely wouldn’t drop a TE with 52 receptions for 709 yards in order to pick up one with 24 catches for 359 yards. Gates might only have two TDs, but Boss just has four. If defenses adjust and key in on Boss the way they often do on Gates, Eli’s just going to go to one of his many, many other options.
matt 8:59 am on November 24, 2009 Permalink |
hey the news this week out of detroit doesn’t look well, who should i start this week, Megatron vs. GB or Housh vs STL?
Brandon 9:11 am on November 24, 2009 Permalink |
If Calvin Johnson actually plays, then I’d go with him, even with Daunte Culpepper likely to start. However, it looks like Johnson won’t be playing either at the moment, making your decision a bit easier 🙂
Squish 10:20 am on November 24, 2009 Permalink |
I swear that these questions start coming in earlier and earlier every week. At what point can we just say “It’s too early to tell”.
Natalie 12:03 pm on November 24, 2009 Permalink |
Here is my team and it needs help! Don’t have WR stars and it’s killing me every week against others who are stacked. Any advice? Meachem is available, Jason Avant, but that’s about it. Who should l hold onto, get rid of, pick up? Snelling is available and tempting to pick up, but I think I am ok with RB’s. PPR in my league and we are only allowed to start 2 RB’s and 3 WR’s. (R)= Reserve
B Jacobs
R Williams
B Scott (R)
A Collie
D Driver
S Breaston
E Bennett (R)
N Washington (R)
D Clark
T Heap (R)
S Gostkowski
R Longwell (R)
Packers DST
Natalie 12:05 pm on November 24, 2009 Permalink |
BTW- Peyton Manning is my QB (I didn’t see him listed)
Brandon 4:03 pm on November 24, 2009 Permalink |
Feel free to ditch Earl Bennett and Nate Washington (especially with Vince Young at quarterback.) While Washington has found the endzone recently, his upside isn’t high enough to warrant the limited catches he gets each week. I’d actually drop Todd Heap as well so you could grab Meachem, Avant and Snelling (if only to keep other teams from getting him for the time being.)
No other receivers off my waiver wire list is a free agent in your league? Coles, Wallace, Henderson, etc?
Natalie 4:57 pm on November 24, 2009 Permalink |
I had Coles in the draft and dropped him (dumb now I know) and someone else picked him up. Wallace is unavailable, but Henderson is available.
Natalie 4:58 pm on November 24, 2009 Permalink |
Oh, and which do you think most will try and pick up? I think Snelling so should I go for him first or get a receiver for sure?
Brandon 3:39 pm on November 25, 2009 Permalink |
Did your waivers already clear? Grab Snelling for sure if you have a chance and Henderson as well. You can drop Bennett and/or Washington for them.
Shirley 12:18 pm on November 24, 2009 Permalink |
Should I try to get Rock Cartwright or Bernard Scott?
I have Ryan Moats on my bench on a team with Gore, Ricky Wiliams, Beanie Wells & Slaton. Since Moats didn’t do anything last night, I’d like to replace him with someone to compete with Wells and Slaton for the possible flex slot.
Or should I also drop Wells so that I can get both Cartwright and Scott?
Shirley 1:13 pm on November 24, 2009 Permalink |
Oh and I just noticed that Justin Forsett is available. I’m thinking he should be at the top of my list? His next 3 games look pretty good (STL, SF, HOU).
Brandon 3:59 pm on November 24, 2009 Permalink |
Hey Shirley, I’d keep Beanie Wells, since you know he’s going to see action every week. As for the other guys, Rock Cartwright will start for the Redskins for the rest of the year, as long as he’s healthy, so he’s probably the best add of the group. Justin Forsett and Bernard Scott both have good match-ups on the horizon, but it’s not quite clear what the status of Cedric Benson or Julius Jones are at this point. Keep on eye on the health of those two, as they would make excellent plays if they are named the starters. Long story short, if you need to make a waiver move, the safest is to drop Ryan Moats for Rock Cartwright, with your backup waiver claims being Bernard Scott and Justin Forsett.