Week 4 free agent/waiver wire recommendations (9/24/08)
Week 4 is the first (scheduled) bye week - 6 teams will be off this week: Detroit, Indianapolis, Miami, New England, NY Giants, and Seattle. Unless you’re in a league that’s so competitive that team owners speculate on players with bye weeks, I’d avoid picking up anyone from any of these teams this week.
Here’s a list of players who are probably on a roster in your league and will need to be replaced because of the bye week:
Quarterbacks
Peyton Manning, Jon Kitna, Eli Manning, Matt Hasselbeck
Running Backs
Joseph Addai, Brandon Jacobs, Julius Jones, Ronnie Brown, Laurence Maroney, Kevin Smith
Wide Receivers
Reggie Wayne, Plaxico Burress, Randy Moss, Wes Welker, Roy Williams, Calvin Johnson, Anthony Gonzalez, Marvin Harrison, Amani Toomer
Tight Ends
Dallas Clark, Anthony Fasano, John Carlson, Ben Watson
Kickers
Stephen Gostkowski, Adam Vinatieri, Jason Hanson, John Carney, Olindo Mare
Defenses
New England, NY Giants, Seattle, Indianapolis
Here’s a list of recommended free agent/waiver wire pickups who may be available in your league. I’ll give an indication of whether I believe these players should be picked up for just the short term (ST), for the long term (LT), or as speculation plays (SPEC). Short term recommendations are players who should help fantasy owners in the next few weeks (due to injuries, benchings, suspensions, favorable schedules, etc.) but who will probably drop in value again later in the season. Long term recommendations are players who have the potential to help their owners’ fantasy teams for the remainder of the current season. Speculation plays are players who are unlikely to help your fantasy team in the short run (barring injuries, benchings, suspensions, etc.) but may have value later this season or in future seasons (for those in Keeper leagues).
Quarterbacks
Gus Frerotte (LT), Brian Griese (ST), Kerry Collins (ST), Damon Huard (SPEC), Matt Ryan (SPEC), Brady Quinn (SPEC), JaMarcus Russell (SPEC)
Running Backs
Le’Ron McClain (LT), Correll Buckhalter (SPEC), Jamaal Charles (SPEC), Jerome Harrison (SPEC)
Wide Receivers
Robert Meacham (LT), Ike Hilliard (LT), Brandon Lloyd (LT), Antonio Bryant (LT), Josh Reed (LT), Michael Jenkins (LT), Kevin Walter (LT), Hank Baskett (ST), Devery Henderson (ST), Lance Moore (ST), Antonio Chatman (ST), Jordy Nelson (SPEC), Chansi Stuckey (SPEC), Roscoe Parrish (SPEC)
Tight Ends
Zach Miller (LT), Marcedes Lewis (LT), Justin Keller (LT), Visanthe Shiancoe (LT), Bo Scaife (LT), Chris Baker (LT), Dustin Keller (LT), Jeff King (LT), Robert Royal (ST)
Kickers
David Akers (LT), Ryan Longwell (LT), John Kasay (LT), Neil Rackers (ST), Joe Nedney (ST)
Defenses
Tenessee (LT), Tampa Bay (LT), Philadelphia (LT)
Until next time,
The Sherpa
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