Happy Thanksgiving Week. I know many of you are on the road traveling or gearing up to host family members, so leave all the fantasy prep to my amazing crew of writers here at FFLibrarian. Read on for Mike's weekly waiver wire suggestions.
May your Week 13 transactions be fruitful.
Happy Thanksgiving week to everyone! I’m tempted to regale
you with turkey puns and Planes,
Trains, and Automobiles quotes, but since this is an important fantasy
football week, I’ll stick to the task at hand.
This is the last regular season week in most fantasy
leagues. As I’m sure you’re aware, the bye weeks are over, so any transactions
moving forward should be less about depth than trying to maximize the potential
of your weekly starting lineups this week and in the fantasy playoffs.
If you’re in a must-win situation this week in order to make
the playoffs and need a player to put you over the hump, I’m afraid it’s not
the best week on the waiver wire for that. However, before we get to the links,
I’ll throw out a few names of interest to me.
I’ve been talking up Isaiah Crowell for a few weeks now,
but I would imagine the opportunity to get him has long-since passed in any
competitive league. If this comes across as a shameless plug for myself, well
it probably is exactly that.
Speaking of shameless plugs, Jen mentioned Latavius Murray
as a sleeper last week in her start-sit column, and I think he’s a
must-add this week. Even if you’re set at RB, Murray flashed enough potential
last week that you should keep him away from other teams in your league.
Staying with the Cleveland Browns, Jordan Cameron is someone
that could make a difference down the stretch. With his injuries and general
lack of production, it’s possible that Cameron is on your waiver wire. Aside from Rob Gronkowski and Jimmy Graham, the tight end position has
been wildly inconsistent this season. Josh Gordon will be drawing an awful lot
of attention from opposing defenses now that he’s back in the lineup, and that
could result in more opportunities for Cameron. I would gamble on Cameron’s
talent the rest of the way over middling tight ends like Larry Donnell or Owen
Daniels.
Another name I mentioned last week was Donte Moncrief.
The Colts rookie WR caught four balls and outsnapped Hakeem Nicks 30-28 last
week. He’s far more talented than Nicks, and has Andrew Luck throwing to him,
so the potential for explosion is there.
It pains me to say it, but the last name I’ll toss out is
LeGarrette Blount. I’m not a believer in his talent at all, and every NFL team
save for the New England Patriots would probably agree with me. Well, he plays
for the Patriots now. The Pats turned to Blount late last season as their power
back, and he responded with some monster games down the stretch. it’s a dicey
proposition to try and guess what Bill
Belichick will do with his running backs week-to-week, the guy benched Jonas
Gray after a 4-TD game for crying out loud, but Blount’s potential is worth
taking a flyer on.
On to the links….
Christopher Harris of ESPN agrees that Latavius Murray has earned must-own
status.
Nik Bonaddio from Numberfire likes what he’s seen from Jarvis Landry.
Brad Evans of Yahoo loves Murray as well, and also notes Charles
Johnson from the Vikings.
Adam Levitan from Rotoworld lists Josh Mccown as
his top QB add, and in a bit of a surprise, Dan Herron as his top RB add.
May your Week 13 transactions be fruitful.
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