Fantasy Fix: Week 10 - Waiver Wire Blues
Are you an Aaron Rodgers owner? He’s out 2-4 weeks with a broken collarbone. Light a candle. What about Arian Foster? He’s down with a bad back. Maybe we can chip in and get Foster a nice massage from a pretty little Asian girl and hope he plays this week. That would be a happy ending. Still holding onto Doug Martin? You are an optimistic one, Captain Sunshine. I’m stilling praying for a Barry Sanders comeback.
Let’s play the waiver wire blues and run down the players widely available position-by-position that will get you on the road to the Shiva.
Quarterback
Nick Foles, (Phi) at GB: Foles went all TECMO Bowl Bo Jackson last week with seven touchdowns. That won’t happen again this week or in his career, but if Foles puts up half that we win. The Packers D made one of the McCown brothers look like one of the Mannings last Monday night. Pick up little Nicky. He’s no Foles gold. Fantasy projection: 18 points.
Running Back
Rashad Jennings, (Oak) at NYG: Haven’t we been here before with Jennings and Darren McFadden? McFadden is out again with a bad hamstring.Your humble-but-nonetheless-handsome Guru told you not to draft McFadden. The guy is as fragile as the glass menagerie. That leaves Jennings as the gentleman caller knocking at the back door and asking your mother for permission to be on your roster. Permission granted. Fantasy projection: 11 points.
Wide Receiver
Kendall Wright, (Ten) vs. Jax: Why no love for Mr. Wright? Is he just the wrong player for you? Wright’s averaging over seven points a game this season, is getting the looks from Jake Locker and the Titans play the Jaguars on Sunday. Sounds like the right stuff to me. Fantasy projection: 9 points.
Tight End
Tim Wright, (TB) vs. Mia: What is this, the Wright Brothers column? Wright or wrong, Timmy has back to games with over 10 Fantasy points. He gets a Dolphins team Monday night that has given up the 2nd most points to Fantasy tight ends this year. I suggested Wright last week and you ignored me. I cried myself to sleep. Fantasy projection: 8.50 points.
Defense/Special Teams
New York Giants vs. Oak: My two picks for defensive pick ups for the – the Titans and Cardinals- are probably long gone. Scrape the bottom of the waiver wire barrel and we find the Giants. Before you scoff, think of this: The G-men have not allowed an offensive TD in it’s last two games, the Raiders have given up 32 sacks this year and Raiders QB Terrelle Pryor has one TD and seven picks in his last three games. Who’s scoffing now, scoffer? Fantasy projection: 11 points.
Kicker
Nick Novak, (SD) vs. Den: You know how I feel about kickers. I have an unreasonable antipathy towards them. Perhaps it’s jealousy. Dad, why didn’t you go all Tiger Woods’ father and turn me into a kicker when I was a kid? I never wanted to be a figure skater, NEVER! Sorry, Fantasy Fixers, had an internal struggle there. Nick Novak is a kicker. Fantasy projection: 8 points.
