Fantasy Fix: Waiver wire blues - Calling in the cavalry

As a fan of those movie westerns like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Magnificent Seven and Tombstone, I’ve learned that just when all seems lost the cavalry will show up and save the day. *Spoiler Alert* The cavalry is not on its way to save your fantasy season – you are going down to your last bullet.

If you’re a Julio Jones, Michael Vick or Owen Daniels owner, you just lost your main cache of weapons. You’re now left to fight off the marauding gangs with a pea shooter like Russell Crowe in 3:10 to Yuma. Good luck.

But don’t wave the white flag just yet, my fantasy cowboys. Let your Guru be your huckleberry. It’s time to circle the wagons, form a posse, make a final stand and add any other cowboy analogy you want. Announce to your league in your best Wyatt Earp, “I’m comin’ and hell’s comin’ with me.”

Let’s play the waiver wire blues and run down players widely available position by position that could either save the ranch or leave you hangin’ high.

Quarterback
Nick Foles, Philadelphia Eagles: We all knew it was going to happen, we just didn’t know when – Michael Vick is broken. Vick is out Sunday and perhaps longer. Up steps Nick Foles. Foles actually looked pretty good in relief last Sunday completing 16 of his 25 passes for 197 yards and two TDs. Foles gets a Tampa D that is solid against the run, so expect Chip Kelly to dub Foles his latest gun slinger. Fantasy projection: 15 points.

Running Back
Zac Stacy, St. Louis Rams: The Rams running back carousel has stopped spinning and Stacy is the last man standing. Last week Stacy finished with 78 yards on 14 carries. This week he gets a Texans defense that is 27^th in the league against the run and looks ready to surrender. Fantasy projection: 8 points.

Wide Receiver
Keenan Allen, San Diego Chargers: Allen has over 25 fantasy points in his last two games. If you’re a Julio Jones owner, Allen is a must pick up. Last week against the Raiders, Allen caught six passes for 115 yards and a touchdown. Adding Allen is a Monday night gamble. He could come up aces and eights. Wait, that’s the dead man’s hand. Fantasy projection: 9 points.

Tight End
Sean McGrath, Kansas City Chiefs: Wasn’t McGrath the lead singer in Sugar Ray? Maybe it was Smash Mouth or the Spin Doctors, I don’t know, that 90’s music was bad. This McGrath is pretty fly with at least four catches the last five weeks and 17 fantasy points over the last two. He gets the lowly Raiders this week. The Raiders are like the Creed of the football world. Fantasy projection: 7 points.

Defense/Special Teams
Carolina Panthers vs. Vikings: Carolina has one of the top 5 scoring defenses in the league and are averaging over 15 fantasy points in their last two games. The Panthers will be facing a Minnesota team so desperate for a quarterback they interrupted Josh Freeman mid bong hit, handed him a pile a dough and a Vikings helmet. Fantasy projection: 10 points

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