Waiver Wire Wonders

Post #1 » by **Maritimer** » Sun Sep 6, 2009 10:52 pm

I don't know if the mods want to sticky this or not. It's a popular thread on the fantasy basketball board, where people can post their sleepers who are sitting out on most waiver wires, or just ask advice on whether or not they should drop someone for a given player.

I'll start it off -- James Davis looks like he might be the starter at RB in Cleveland. I like him for upside. I'm in a 10 team league, standard scoring (4 pt passing TDs), keeper league. I like him a lot as a lottery ticket, a lot. I've got Mendenhall as my 4th RB and I think he's dropable for now. Davis is available, as is Fred Jackson, Chester Taylor, Tim Hightower and (though I don't really need another WR) Josh Morgan.

Is Mendenhall worth hanging on to with those guys out there?

vincecarter4pres · Post #2 » by **vincecarter4pres** » Sun Sep 6, 2009 11:20 pm

I like Mendenhall a little something, but unless Parker is injured he's kind of worthless.
I heard that kid Davis might take over myself, he might be worth a look.
No way I drop him for Hightower or Taylor though, maybe Jackson, but once Beast Mode is back he's so-so as well.
No way I drop him for Morgan either.

Post #3 » by **Maritimer** » Tue Sep 8, 2009 7:31 pm

Word is now that Mendenhall isn't even going to get goal line touches. I think I've gotta drop him. I just missed out on Jackson, which is too bad. Guys on the waiver wire:

RB:
all NE RBs
Mike Bell (Thomas doubtful, and he'll get goal line carries over Bush)
James Davis
T. Hightower
Shonn Greene

WR:
Morgan (against Zona this week)
J. Walker
Chambers
Cribbs
Gage and Washington
Curtis
Burleson
Rice (v. Cleveland)

Now, for this week, I don't think I'd start any of these guys over Anthony Gonzalez or Hines Ward (my flex spot). But long term, I'm thinking Davis or Morgan is the way to go.

Cliff Levingston · Post #4 » by **Cliff Levingston** » Tue Sep 8, 2009 8:26 pm

You guys are unnecessarily down on Mendenhall. Parker is getting old, has always been injury prone and has always been bad in the red zone. On top of that, he's in the last year of his deal. Mendenhall was taken in the 1st round for a reason and has a ton of talent. The Steelers want him to be their feature back but their not just going to hand the job over to him. He may not be a great play early in the year, but it won't be be long before he's a solid back to have at a #3 or a good fall back option in case of injury.

Cliff Levingston has James Davis in all 3 of his leagues. While he probably won't be a stud, his upside is as a solid #2 back with Harrison hobbled and Lewis absolutely sucking. He'll see a lot of carries and is a good receiver too.

Chris Henry is looking like a nice waiver wire pickup at WR, and Cliff Levingston wouldn't be surprised if Brady Quinn becomes a nice fantasy backup QB.

vincecarter4pres · Post #5 » by **vincecarter4pres** » Tue Sep 8, 2009 9:50 pm

Cliff Levingston wrote:You guys are unnecessarily down on Mendenhall. Parker is getting old, has always been injury prone and has always been bad in the red zone. On top of that, he's in the last year of his deal. Mendenhall was taken in the 1st round for a reason and has a ton of talent. The Steelers want him to be their feature back but their not just going to hand the job over to him. He may not be a great play early in the year, but it won't be be long before he's a solid back to have at a #3 or a good fall back option in case of injury.

Cliff Levingston has James Davis in all 3 of his leagues. While he probably won't be a stud, his upside is as a solid #2 back with Harrison hobbled and Lewis absolutely sucking. He'll see a lot of carries and is a good receiver too.

Chris Henry is looking like a nice waiver wire pickup at WR, and Cliff Levingston wouldn't be surprised if Brady Quinn becomes a nice fantasy backup QB.

I agree with this basically word for word and on top of that I just read back the OP's post and realized he is in a keeper league. I think you have to hold onto him in a keeper league.

Shady Franchise · Post #6 » by **Shady Franchise** » Wed Sep 9, 2009 4:29 pm

vincecarter4pres wrote:I like Mendenhall a little something, but unless Parker is injured he's kind of worthless.
I heard that kid Davis might take over myself, he might be worth a look.
No way I drop him for Hightower or Taylor though, maybe Jackson, but once Beast Mode is back he's so-so as well.
No way I drop him for Morgan either.

On the Davis subject. Is he worth dropping one of these backs or backup QB's to pick him up??

My bench RBs: D. Ward, J. Stewart, E. James
My bench QBs behind Schaub: Cassel, Garrard (picked him up in case Cassel is seriously hurt)

Also, I had dropped Shonn Greene for E. James. Was that a bad move? Greene is still available if it was. Also, someone in my league scooped up Cadillac before I could get to him.

Cliff Levingston · Post #7 » by **Cliff Levingston** » Wed Sep 9, 2009 4:39 pm

Shady Franchise wrote:On the Davis subject. Is he worth dropping one of these backs or backup QB's to pick him up??

My bench RBs: D. Ward, J. Stewart, E. James
My bench QBs behind Schaub: Cassel, Garrard (picked him up in case Cassel is seriously hurt)

Absolutely, ICLO. Drop Cassell for him; he's in for a rough year.

Shady Franchise wrote:Also, I had dropped Shonn Greene for E. James. Was that a bad move? Greene is still available if it was. Also, someone in my league scooped up Cadillac before I could get to him.

Yes, it was a bad move. If you've got room on your roster and don't need to start Edge in case of emergency, sit on Greene for a little bit; he could take over the starting job relatively soon.

ChronicKerr · Post #8 » by **ChronicKerr** » Wed Sep 9, 2009 4:40 pm

No need for 3 QB's and I'd drop Edge out of the 3 Rb's

Shady Franchise · Post #9 » by **Shady Franchise** » Wed Sep 9, 2009 5:06 pm

Cliff Levingston wrote:
Shady Franchise wrote:On the Davis subject. Is he worth dropping one of these backs or backup QB's to pick him up??

My bench RBs: D. Ward, J. Stewart, E. James
My bench QBs behind Schaub: Cassel, Garrard (picked him up in case Cassel is seriously hurt)

Absolutely, ICLO. Drop Cassell for him; he's in for a rough year.

Shady Franchise wrote:Also, I had dropped Shonn Greene for E. James. Was that a bad move? Greene is still available if it was. Also, someone in my league scooped up Cadillac before I could get to him.

Yes, it was a bad move. If you've got room on your roster and don't need to start Edge in case of emergency, sit on Greene for a little bit; he could take over the starting job relatively soon.

Thanks guys.

BTW...TD scoring/ RB 1 pt 10 yrds/ wr 1 pt 15 yrds/ qb 1 pt 25 yrds/ 6pts all TD.

My starting Backs are Forte and K. Smith. So unless injury anytime soon, I won't need a backup early on.
I'll throw Cassel on the IR and most likely drop Edge to pickup Greene and Davis. Thanks again. For some reason I just thought Edge would soon take over the starting job in seattle and prosper.

Cliff Levingston · Post #10 » by **Cliff Levingston** » Wed Sep 9, 2009 5:15 pm

Shady Franchise wrote:For some reason I just thought Edge would soon take over the starting job in seattle and prosper.

He might get the starting job, but he'll have a tough time prospering behind that line. You're better off sitting on Greene for the time being and definitely picking up James Davis.

sfam · Post #11 » by **sfam** » Wed Sep 9, 2009 11:42 pm

What about Earl Bennett, Cutler's college WR budy who's now Chicago's #2 WR? Is anyone believing the hype here? I picked him up in a 3 WR league - he might have real chemistry with Cutler.

theonlyeastcoastrapsfan · Post #12 » by **theonlyeastcoastrapsfan** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:11 am

sfam wrote:What about Earl Bennett, Cutler's college WR budy who's now Chicago's #2 WR? Is anyone believing the hype here? I picked him up in a 3 WR league - he might have real chemistry with Cutler.

Cutler's not a very "friendly guy". He's known as an ****, and it's his teammates and former teammates that foster that rep. Bennet may benefit from familiarity, but i think "buddy" may be stretching it a bit.

ChronicKerr · Post #13 » by **ChronicKerr** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:21 pm

theonlyeastcoastrapsfan wrote:
sfam wrote:What about Earl Bennett, Cutler's college WR budy who's now Chicago's #2 WR? Is anyone believing the hype here? I picked him up in a 3 WR league - he might have real chemistry with Cutler.

Cutler's not a very "friendly guy". He's known as an ****, and it's his teammates and former teammates that foster that rep. Bennet may benefit from familiarity, but i think "buddy" may be stretching it a bit.

How do you figure? Because he wanted out of Denver?

theonlyeastcoastrapsfan · Post #14 » by **theonlyeastcoastrapsfan** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 7:26 pm

ChronicKerr wrote:
theonlyeastcoastrapsfan wrote:
sfam wrote:What about Earl Bennett, Cutler's college WR budy who's now Chicago's #2 WR? Is anyone believing the hype here? I picked him up in a 3 WR league - he might have real chemistry with Cutler.

Cutler's not a very "friendly guy". He's known as an ****, and it's his teammates and former teammates that foster that rep. Bennet may benefit from familiarity, but i think "buddy" may be stretching it a bit.

How do you figure? Because he wanted out of Denver?

No other reports I read about him from going back to Vanderbilt. There's a big article about it in the current ESPN magazine.

http://insider.espn.go.com/insider/espnmag

It's insider though....

mtamasi · Post #15 » by **mtamasi** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 7:48 pm

Cliff Levingston wrote:..., and Cliff Levingston wouldn't be surprised if Brady Quinn becomes a nice fantasy backup QB.

decent coach, decent WRs and he'll have to throw a lot.

side note: Cliff Levingston = best third person talker ever

vincecarter4pres · Post #16 » by **vincecarter4pres** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 4:56 am

Patrick Crayton, if he's out there, don't say I told you so from the sleepers thread...

Bleeding Blue · Post #17 » by **Bleeding Blue** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:03 pm

I just picked up Derrick Ward off waivers, I think that is a decent pick up

Post #18 » by **Maritimer** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:51 pm

Anyone buying Burleson? I realise that STL's is all around awful, but he could have a nice year opposite the Housh.

CJ_18 · Post #19 » by **CJ_18** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:19 pm

Ok i got a couple waiver choices.

My team's weak point in week 1 was WR, and that is my overall weakness as well.. At WR i started Jennings (played well) Harvin(played better than expected), and Andre Johnson, who Harvin ended up getting me 8 more points than. I had Bowe on the bench. Although he played well, I just cant see harvin being consistent enough to get alot of starts, which means ill be starting the same 3 Recievers every week. I wouldn't mind picking someone up for Harvin- Currently on free agents there is Devery Henderson- who is probably consistent for 50 yards a game (especially with Brees throwing to him) and he is a big play threat that could off any game. Should i drop Harvin for Henderson? Or offer Harvin for Patrick Crayton?

Also, TE John Carlsson is a free agent. My current Tight ends are Greg Olsen and Visante Shiancoe. Should i drop one of my TEs for Carlsson? If so, which one?

Bleeding Blue · Post #20 » by **Bleeding Blue** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 12:34 pm

CJ_18 wrote:
Also, TE John Carlsson is a free agent. My current Tight ends are Greg Olsen and Visante Shiancoe. Should i drop one of my TEs for Carlsson? If so, which one?

I would drop Shiancoe for Carlsson for sure.