After an injury-plagued slate of games in Week 2, there was a lot of action on the waiver wire front. Ben L. was the first to exercise his priority, and decided to swap Redskins running backs and pick up Roy Helu. Scott elected to stay away from rookies and picked up the heir apparent to Jamaal Charles. Dexter McCluster does a little bit of everything. He returns kicks, catches passes, runs the ball, and can be played at either WR or RB. One thing he will NOT do, however, is text and drive. Hopefully his safe approach to life on the road will ensure that he has better durability than many of his fallen teammates.
Tyler and I each used waiver wire selections to pick up white receivers. There really is no more proven commodity in the modern NFL than a white receiver. Aside: I don't actually know whether or not David Nelson is white. I'm assuming he's related to Everett, and I'm pretty sure Everett is white, plus none of us have ever seen the Bills play, so you can't contradict me anyway. Tyler and I are looking forward to wearing Don Beebe jerseys this weekend as our white receiver teams square off against each other. Tyler will be without Jamaal Charles, and I won't have Miles Austin. First team to sixty wins, Tyler.
Everett utilized a strange strategy of picking up the player who had the biggest game over the weekend. Denarius Moore had 146 receiving yards and a TD over the weekend (and nearly another long TD on a Hail Mary attempt). Somehow, this feels similar to when Everett picked up Austin Collie after a big game last year and then Collie went on a five or six-week tear of being the top fantasy receiver. That same Austin Collie is currently available on waivers.
These past 2 posts by Faceman deserve some comments. Plus, Faceman's posts are pretty much the only thing going for the blog these days (besides Tim & Eric).
ReplyDeleteMy 2 cents on the waiver wire moves - I'm a big fan of David Nelson. I thought it was a good pick-up when I thought Nelson was 6-3. Now that I know he's 6-5 I think it's a great move. I also liked the Decker pick-up. I did not like my waiver wire move to acquire Eli Manning.