Where to start with Week 9….well, I have waaaaay too many fantasy football teams. On quite a few of those teams, I needed a QB last week. Fortunately, the waiver wire provided a decent supply of options. I usually start putting in waiver claims early in the week since the week tends to get away from me and I knew it was a week that others would be in the same position as me. So, I did find Nick Foles in a few leagues and was able to grab him. Unfortunately, he was still flagged as Out and there was talk of the doctors not having cleared him to play. So, I stashed him on my IR and never came back to him. 40+ points languishing away in no man’s land. I did opt for Case Keenum, Josh McCown and Terrelle Pryor in those leagues, who all performed admirably. I decided that Alex Smith wasn’t for me, fortunately. I now need to repeat that process this week in the leagues that I own Aaron Rodgers in. The picking ground does not look so fertile.
Other items from Week 9:
- I am wise enough to know that my Bears’ defense is not “back”. Eddie Lacy dominated them and they picked on Seneca Wallace. The Jags’ D could have harassed Wallace into approximately the same output. They need to realize this since the Lions are coming to town off a Bye week. T’is time to truly Bear Down.
- Speaking of defense, I think Andy Reid has changed his second half play-calling to get the offense off the field so the Chiefs can win the game. That D is resembling the great Bears and Ravens units. The O…Tampa is looking comparable right now. This definitely won’t work in Denver.
- How good would Alfred Morris’ numbers be if he got more Red Zone chances? Skins’ fullback, Darrel Young, took over for 3 TDs this past week, which came 2 weeks after Roy Helu Jr scored 3 times for Washington. Mike Shanahan, fantasy killer.
- Chris Johnson just started his annual 2-4 game stretch of big numbers to help his year-end numbers look respectable. He is tough to own outside of a Total Points league.
- As much as I love Adrian Peterson’s game, some people go way overboard with praise. Sunday’s run versus Dallas never would have happened if TE Chase Ford didn’t catch him in mid-air as he was being tackled and get him back on his feet and then provide some assistance into the end zone. Why does the penalty for pushing into the end zone never get called? It has been a rule that has been ignored for years, yet, pushing into the line of scrimmage on a field goal is called?
- The Jets continue to defy reality. Expect them to lay another egg against their next subpar opponent. How do the Saints not know that Rex Ryan would be feeding Chris Ivory the ball constantly in this game? Kudos to those fantasy owners who were smart enough to play Ivory and double kudos if you were in a Rollover league and opted to roll his points into this week as well.
- Darren McFadden. Ugh. Just when he looks like he will deliver a nice run for you, he leaves the game early with another hammy issue. Arian Foster left his game early too with a different injury than what he came in with, but it is your fault if you started him. There had to be a better option available than risking a Sunday night start on a game-time decision.
With the injuries already mentioned as well as injuries to Darren Sproles, Robert Woods, Jeremy Kerley, Kyle Rudolph and others, the waiver wire is an active place again this week.
QB: Josh McCown (CHI) - while there has been talk of Jay Cutler returning, the Bears are not dumb enough to throw him to Suh and re-injure his groin. McCown starts in a very nice high-scoring matchup. Nick Foles would be nice to have, but there are not many leagues where he is available. I love Case Keenum, but not his matchup this week.
QB: Matt Flynn (FA) - pure speculative play. If the Packers are concerned about Rodgers coming back soon, they may pluck Flynn off the scrap heap as Wallace is strictly a practice-time QB.
RB: Rashad Jennings (OAK) - see Darren McFadden’s injury. Jennings put up big garbage-time numbers this past week after DMac hit DBench. I like a repeat against the G-Men in Jersey this Sunday.
RB: Mike James (TB) – he was a must-add after Doug Martin went down, but somehow found his way onto many waiver wires. He had a breakout game in Seattle last week and has a nice matchup at home versus a scrambled Dolphins team.
RB: James Starks (GB) – the Pack has been rotating in Starks recently to spell Eddie Lacy and I expect more of that with Seneca Wallace at the helm. Lacy is a beast, but Green Bay does not want him running the ball 30-40 times every game.
WR: Riley Cooper (PHIL) – Cooper is back in the good graces of the Philly Faithful after a tumultuous pre-season. Vick may not have liked his long locks, but Foles sure does. He is a definite starter with Foles’ QBing…no one but McCoy is worth starting with Matt Barkley QBing.
WR: Doug Baldwin (SEA) – Baldwin is Seattle’s number 2 receiver until Percy gets back onto the field full-time, which is apparently not too soon. He is not flashy, but low double-digit points is not a bad reward for trusting him.
WR: Lance Moore (NO) - ranked high at the beginning of the season and then disposed of after his thumb injury kept him on the bench, now Moore is back. With injuries to Colston and Sproles, look to Moore…Brees often does at home…to help your team out. This week’s game is the perfect time to lace up Lance as Brees should pick apart a bad Cowboys’ secondary.
WR: Mike Brown (JAX) – similar to Doug Baldwin, Brown won’t win you any games on his own, but, if you need WR help, the Jags just lost James Blackmon and you know that they will throw a lot every game.
TE: Tim Wright (TB) – unless Coby Fleener is available in your league, Wright is about the only waiver wire option out there that makes sense. With Vincent Jackson getting double/triple teamed and Mike Williams hurt, Wright does gather his share of Looks.
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