Week 6 free agent/waiver wire recommendations (10/7/08)
4 teams have their byes Week 6: Buffalo, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, and Tennessee. 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 if they’re in a starting lineup:
Quarterbacks
Trent Edwards, Ben Roethlisberger, Kerry Collins
Running Backs
Marshawn Lynch, Larry Johnson, LenDale White, Chris Johnson
Wide Receivers
Lee Evans, Dwayne Bowe, Hines Ward, Santonio Holmes
Tight Ends
Robert Royal, Tony Gonzalez, Heath Miller
Kickers
Rian Lindell, Jeff Reed, Rob Bironas
Defenses
Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Tennessee
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
Kyle Orton (LT), Chad Pennington (ST), Gus Frerotte (ST), Matt Ryan (SPEC), Chad Henne (SPEC), JaMarcus Russell (SPEC)
Running Backs
Justin Fargas (ST), Kevin Smith (SPEC)
Wide Receivers
Ike Hilliard (LT), Greg Camarillo (LT), Devery Henderson (ST), Bobby Engram (LT), Amani Toomer (ST), Brandon Stokley (ST), Antonio Chatman (ST), Bobby Wade (SPEC), Ted Ginn (SPEC), Rashied Davis (SPEC), Chansi Stuckey (SPEC), Johnnie Lee Higgins (SPEC)
Tight Ends
Zach Miller (LT), Visanthe Shiancoe (LT), David Martin (LT), Donald Lee (LT), Marcedes Lewis (ST), Dustin Keller (SPEC)
Kickers
Stephen Gostkowski (LT), Shaun Suisham (LT), Josh Scobee (LT), Ryan Longwell (ST), Sebastian Janikowski (ST)
Defenses
Colts (vs Bal), Bucs (vs Car)
Until next time,
The Sherpa
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