OK, I'll take your advice. I'm going to try and grab both Fitzpatrick and Stafford on waivers this week. I'll ride Fitz until he goes cold, then hopefully Stafford will have his feet back under him. Damn you Kevin Kolb for putting me in this position!
I wouldn't do it. Marshall puts up consistent numbers. None of those other three players do. You are better off picking up players via FA as the season goes on. Stick with Marshall.
Filled it in. Tough not starting Jennings, but with Cromartie and Revis on the Jets, I could see him getting shut out. Wallace has been a good long-range target for Big Ben, too.
I hope you are in a deep league because that is a weak roster. I vote nay. Stewart has done nothing this season. Ricky Williams has had one good game and very little else. Its a strong nay.
Hopefully Fitzpatrick keeps it up. I'd hate to see you have to roll the dice with Stafford. Like you said earlier, keep an eye on Kitna just in case.
No offense but how's your team so bad? I think I could have drafted a better team in a 14 team league possibly even 16. Who was your first 3 picks? Thomas, Romo, Marshall? In my uber competitive 12 team league I have QB: Ryan/Vick/Fitzpatrick RB: Peterson/Charles/Mathews/Spiller WR: Moss/S. Johnson/Gonzalez/Murphy/B.White/S.Rice TE: Witten/O.Daniels K: Rackers Def: Wash
Jones-Drew, Thomas and Romo were my first 3 picks. MJD has been crap this year so I traded him, Thomas has been injured and now Romo is gone although he was a points producer for a while. I'm only 2 games out of a playoff spot in my league though and I have the weakest part of my schedule coming up so no worries here really.
Don't be hatin'. One of my teams is terrible, too. Of course, I drafted Ryan Grant (out for season), Dallas Clark (out for season), Kevin Kolb (benched for season), Mike "Goose Egg" Sims-Walker, and DeAngelo Williams (sucks for season). Still, I've done OK on waivers and compiled a 4-3 record despite the above situation: QB's: Ryan Fitzpatrick (off waivers) Matthew Stafford (off waivers) RB's: DeAngelo Williams Arian Foster Fred Jackson Michael Bush (off waivers) Pierre Thomas (off waivers) WR's: Lee Evans Hines Ward Brandon Lloyd (off waivers) Davone Bess (off waivers) TE's: Benjamin Watson (off waivers) Brandon Pettigrew (off waivers) D/ST: Rams (off waivers) Bengals K: Neil Rackers Obviously, my fantasy life is the waiver wire... the only player I let go that I regret doing so is Kenny Britt. I knew he had potential but I just wasn't patient enough.
To Lil Pun and Tschmal .... not hating at all Yeah I've been watching the waiver like crazy too. I think I lead our league with most transactions. I picked up Vick (right after Kolb went down), Steve Johnson (this guys a bonafide stud. Reminds me of Jennings break out year from a few years ago), Gonzalez and Blair White all off of waivers. The first 2 guys have produced at a very high rate and I'm hoping at least either 1 of Gonzalez/White pans out. I've also picked up Hernandez and Tate in the past off of waivers. I traded Hernandez and dropped Tate. I think the key is to watch the wire like a hawk. I'm sure everyone knows that but I've been pretty lucky with the pickups I've chosen thus far with the exception of Tate.
I wanted to pick-up Vick on waivers when Kolb went down, but unfortunately despite his injury and the loss of Ryan Grant in week 1, I steamrolled my opponent on the back of Arian Foster so I was dead last in waiver claim order. Thus, I didn't get Vick or Brandon Jackson. At 4-3, I get mid-level picks these days, so I do all right. Lloyd has been my main winner off waivers, but I expect Fitzpatrick and the Rams D/ST to be solid now, too. There are really no decent TE's to pick from now that I've lost Dallas Clark. I'm definitely keeping my eye on Hoomanawanui though.
QB: Romo is just behind Ryan in production but not by much and might be ahead of him if not for injury. Vick and Fitzpatrick are early/mid season pick ups and I should have Fitzpatrick on my team after waivers clear. RB: Peterson is a beast, no doubt. Charles is just ahead of Torain in production despite Torain not playing weeks 1 and 2 and limited playing time in week 3. Thomas and Mathews have been injured although Mathews has missed only one game and Thomas has missed 3, they are equal in terms of fantasy points produced. Jones, Ivory and even Williams have each out produced Spiller. WR: Moss is just ahead of Edwards in production, Johnson has been a surprise pick and is ahead o Marshall in production. Gonzalez and White aren't close to Mason and Evans but may be with the absence of Clark. TE: Keller has produced better than Witten this year and surprisingly Gresham has produced better than Daniels. K: Bryant has been the 4th best kicker in fantasy so far this year, Rackers is 18th DEF: Washington's defense is top 5 and the Broncos is horrible although I picked them up for bye week filler I don't see how mine is that much worse than the one you listed.
QB: I think Romo was much better than any of the QB's I have listed. Romo was constantly putting up 30+ points in our league before he went down. A bad game for him was like 25 points. He'd throw some picks but he always threw for at least a couple scores and 250+ yards. RB: You're very lucky you were able to pick up Torain. So is the other guy that has him in my league and anybody that picked him up for that matter. WR: I Like Marshall a lot. And I don't think you should trade him. Especially since your RB is pretty strong with Torain/Thomas (when healthy). Even when Portis comes back I think Torain will still get bulk of carries. TE: Keller is good and Gresham is decent. K: You know your reaching when you're talking your Kicker up. Def: Unless you have PIT or NYJ I don't think it matters too much here IMO. I just roll with what's good matchup wise. Flavor of the week if you may. I think the biggest thing when I look at your team was the crap play of MJD and maybe not getting enough in return for a big name like that (not sure who you got but nobody stands out on your current roster). I remember last year when I took LT in the first round. Absolutely killed my season.
What kind of scoring system do you have? I don't think Romo has eclipsed 30 in my league yet. He was in the deal when I traded MJD away. Marshall rarely sees the end zone, that's my only dislike with him. Yeah, Portis said today he would be fine in a back up role. I don't even think Gresham is decent. He was just bye week filler. Not talking my kicker up just doing a position by position break down. I'll drop Bryant this week due to the bye anyhow. The Jets haven't had that great of a year so far. Pittsburgh may be the only defense worth keeping honestly. For MJD and T. Owens I received Torain, F. Jones and B. Marshall. I'll have to live with it when they put up decent numbers like this past weekend but I think in the end I'll have the better end of the deal. We'll just have to see. The guy who originally drafted Chris Johnson in my league traded him and Manningham away several weeks ago for A. Johnson, B. Lloyd and R. Brown and he hasn't lost since.
My one team has extreme talent on paper, but it hasn't helped me in the standings. QB: Schaub/Flacco RB: S. Jackson/D. Williams/Hillis/R. Brown/Wells WR: Boldin/Ward/Lloyd/D Jackson TE: Zach Miller K: Bironas Def: Patriots(Changes weekly) I had TO, but cut him after the 2nd week to pick up Lloyd. Then he of course took off from there. Still have him in my other league though. My first place team: QB: Palmer(Was Romo) RB: AP/McFadden/Green-Ellis/Woodhead WR: Austin/Ward/Owens/Meachem/V. Jackson TE: Gates/Miller/Daniels/Watson K: Bironas Def: Titans
Bolded I assume are off waivers. Maybe even Murphy. You guys need to cut this crap out. Pun's team could have been better, but it isn't THAT bad. Pun did you have any players (Grant/Finley) that are now out for the year?
The Titans defense. I don't actually like them this week, but they've been great all year for me and our #1 in that league. I originally drafted them because they were matching up with Oakland in week one and its been great for me. The other league I drafted the Jets, and it has been disappointing.
Waivers are key to winning a league. Of course factors for that include the league's waiver policy, the competitiveness and the number of roster spots.
Why?? You gotta beat'em to the punch. You snooze you lose. Reward those that pay attention and make the right pick off the waiver. There's guys that pick up a flavor of the week and never prophet i.e (Snelling) so it does take some skill too. I picked up S. Johnson about a month ago so it's not like I knew he was going to tear it up. I thought he had potential and the necessary tools to be good but he's far exceeded my expectations thus far. I did have to drop Steve Breaston in order to pick him up who was my 10th round pick so how's picking up players off the waiver not fair?
