WAIVER WIRE WEDNESDAY
12.17.2008Comment
Sadly this is the last fantasy football post I’ll make until next August. Even sadder, my quest for a three-peat championship fell short, 95-87. But let me just close by summing up the importance of playing the wire, as well as the unpredictability and luck of it all.
Last week I picked up 3 players: RB Dominque Rhodes, RB Tashard Choice, & TE Jeremy Shockey.
I played Shockey over Greg Olson, Shockey had 1, Olson had 4, a difference of minus 3 points.
I played Rhodes over Brandon Jacobs (who was out), 23pts for me.
And here is how I lost the championship, I played my #1 pick, a healthy, league leading rusher Clinton Portis against a weak Bengal defense, instead of playing the non-starting, had one good-game, rookie, Tashard Choice, against an acclaimed NY Giants defense. Portis gives me 7, Choice breaks a late TD run for 30 yards, and ends up with 20pts. A minus 13 difference on the bench. I mentioned that I lost by 9pts right? Of course, I don’t expect any sympathy, just like no one except Boston is rooting for the Brady-less Patriots. Oh well, it was the most competitive season so far. And I still say, you got to play the wire, if you want to win at Fantasy Football. Any one else make it to their fantasy championship?
WAIVER WIRE WEDNESDAY
12.10.2008Comment
So this is the championship weekend and I’m happy to say that for the third year in a row, I’ll be apart of it. Whether I can win it or not is quite questionable. I’m not feeling very good about what used to be my strength, my running backs. Clinton Portis, Brandon Jacobs, & Marion Barber. This used to be a good problem as they were all scoring 15-25 pts a week,not lately. Portis might be my healthiest choice, in that he didn’t play much last week, so he should be able to practice and play, if he can set aside his public mockery of his coach, and take it out on the Bengals. I would have played Peyton Hillis again, but he’s now on the IR. NYG plays DAL this week, two tough defenses. Brandon says he’s going to play this week. Barber didn’t even travel with the team and is having his toughness questioned by owner Jerry Jones. Absurd. So in light of this, I made quite a few waiver moves last night. I picked up Barber’s back-up Tashard Choice, but I’ll need to wait until Saturday night to see if there’s clarity about who’s going to start. I also picked up Dominic Rhodes. Joseph Addai is a little banged up and the Colts are playing Detroit. Could be a realistic possibility.
And as for TE, Graham kind of let me down while Greg Olson had his best game with 11pts. So I dropped Graham and picked up the shakey Jeremy Shockey. These guys square off tomorrow night, so I’ve got to decide soon who I’m going to start. Shockey is ranked higher on most experts rankings this week. Oh by the way, my opponent put up 122pts last week in his victory and I put up a lesser 103pts in mine. So, which TE should I go with and which RBs should I start? Help?
Waiver Wire Wednesday
12.3.2008Comment
For most of the fantasy football world, playoffs start tomorrow night. I’ve made it in one of three leagues I played in. Fortunately, it’s the elevation league, the one with the most pride and ego on the line. I’m trying to go for a three-peat championship! Unfortunately, much of my success has come from the legs of Clinton Portis & Marion Barber. However, both sustained some injuries which I saw play out last weekend. This forces me to use my wire pick-up of a few weeks ago Peyton Hillis to pair up with Brandon Jacobs. I’m a bit nervous, but Peyton has scored at least 15pts a game since taking on the starting role 3 weeks ago. He’s also facing the worst defense in the league, Kansas City. So this should be a good matchup. He’s still a rookie and I have my concerns, especially after seeing what we thought was a beat-up Brian Westbrook score 4 TDs last week.
As far as this weeks wire move, I haven’t been happy with my TE’s. Greg Olson hasn’t been doing much, and Kellen Winslow is out so I dropped him in favor of Denver TE Daniel Graham. I know he’s sharing the field with the other well known TE, but Graham has more TDs and has gotten some good points lately.
This week I face the Fighting Weavils (Devin Liden). I barely beat him by 2pts during the regular season match up. I’m sure he wants revenge. Anyone else looking for revenge in the playoffs?
WAIVER WIRE THURSDAY:
11.20.2008CommentThe fantasy football season is just about ready to move into play-off time. That usually means there’s not much to left to do on the waiver wire unless you’re really desperate or having nothing to lose. While you might be able to pick up some subs that did well last weekend, do you really want to risk starting them over your consistent line up? It all depends on your team I guess. I picked up Peyton Hillis last week and kept him on my bench in both of my leagues. He scored 18pts, which was more than both of my starters combined in the ESPN league, but still less than Marion Barber and Brandon Jacobs for my Elevation League. So you can see it’s a tough call. Alls I can say is if you have a winning record, trust your gut, if you’re losing, do the opposite of what you normally do.
One last advice, if you still want to have some fun with the wire. Check and see what Kickers are out there. Now I know that we’re only talking about the difference between about 5 and 10pts. But there’s probably 20 other starting kickers available out there that might have a better matchup than your current starter. And if you’ve won or lost any games this year by 2pts, you know it can make a difference.
In real football news,… My team the 49ers, finally won another game, crushing the Rams. Well, at least my son and I care.
How’s your real team doing?
Waiver Wire Thursday
11.13.2008Comment
So let’s just say I got really lucky this last week. Ray rice was a major bust and willis mcgahee, who wasn’t supposed to play, had his best game of the season. Fortunately for me, kurt warner and brandon Jacobs tore it up as well as my oppents defense having 8 PTA taken off due to slight penalty. I ended up Winning by two points. This week I was able to pick up TE kellen winslow somehow and grab what appears to be denvers only healthy RB, Peyton hillis. 7-3, second place, three weeks tim playoffs! How you doing?
WAVER WIRE THURSDAY
11.6.2008Comment
So last weekend was pretty much my worst weekend in Fantasy Football. Not only did I lose horrifically. But I lost to the worst team in the league, which also happens to be my brother-in-law Jack. Who then proceeds to call me every hour to rub it in. So I just stopped answering the phone, but he then proceeded to post it all over the web. I will have my revenge.
As I said last week I have a solid team. I tried to get cute and picked up the rising rookie WR Donnie Avery and started him over old Donald Driver, going for the big reward over the steady 5-7pts of the veteran. Well, Avery got me 2 pts. And Driver brought in 19pts…for my bench. Fortunately or unfortunately, All of my starters stunk in unison, so even that point difference wouldn’t have saved me.
Moral of the story, is be careful taking chances on new guys. I mean, I was basing this off of the last 4 weeks not just one, but it still got me. This week, my workhorse RBs, Portis & Barber, are on a bye week. I’ve got Brandon Jacobs to start and I had to pick up another RB off the wire. Right now, I’m going with another rookie, Baltimore’s Ray Rice, in light of Willis McGahee’s injuries, but with Leron Mclain also in the mix. I’m a little bit nervous. This is also a big weekend, because I’m going against Mark who’s only one game behind me. Wish me luck!
What moves are you making?
Waiver Wire Wednesday
10.30.2008CommentSo this is my 4th season of playing fantasy football. I love following the NFL, so fantasy football is a happy time of the year for me, not so much for my wife. I started the Elevation Nation league at our church 3 years ago. Not to brag, but I’m the reigning back to back champion, going for a third straight title. Currently I’m in third place, but holding a playoff spot over halfway through the season. I haven’t done a great job in the initial draft. Most of my success has come from studying and playing the “waver wire”. If you’re not into Fantasy Football, I’m sure you’ve clicked off this blog by now.
For those of you still with me, I thought I would take this day to share my latest move. I’m playing in 3 leagues, so I’ll just go over one move.
In the ESPN league I’m 4-3-1 but I have a decent team, the only problem I have is I’ve got Eli Manning as my only QB, because I’m having to carry so many RBs for my oft injured Brian Westbrook and Willis McGahee. Now that we’re past a bye week, I’m going to drop my lesser defense to pick up another QB. Eli’s been okay, but not really putting up big numbers. So I’m going to try and get Chad Pennington first and David Guarard second, just in case they start getting hot ala what Kurt Warner has done for me in my other leagues. Now I’m starting to cross leagues, so lets end this blog here. I’ll let you know how it went this week. What moves are you making on the wire this week?
