Week 6 Free Agent/Waiver Wire Pickups (Tue 10/13/09)
Thankfully, not too many serious injuries from Week 5, but we still have another bye week to deal with. Teams with a Week 6 bye are Dallas, Indianapolis, Minnesota, and San Francisco. Players with injuries or a bye week include
QB
- Matthew Stafford (inj?)
- Kyle Boller (inj)
- Tony Romo (bye)
- Peyton Manning (bye)
RB
- Darren McFadden (inj)
- Correll Buckhalter (inj)
- Felix Jones (bye, inj)
- Glen Coffee (bye, inj)
WR
- Calvin Johnson (inj?)
- Johnny Knox (inj?)
- Devin Hester (inj?)
- Roy Williams (bye, inj)
- Reggie Wayne (bye)
- Pierre Garcon (bye)
- Ted Ginn (bye)
TE
- Kevin Boss (inj?)
- Jason Witten (bye)
- Dallas Clark (bye)
- Vernon Davis (bye)
K
- Nick Folk (bye)
- Adam Vinatieri (bye, inj)
DEF
- Dallas
- Indianapolis
- Miami
- San Francisco
So, who are some players at each position who should be on your radar screen if you need a replacement? The following list contains players who may not be available in your league, depending on the number of teams in your league and your roster requirements. LT indicates players who may have fantasy value for the rest of the season, while ST indicates players whose fantasy usefulness is likely to be limited to the amount of time it takes a player ahead of them on the depth chart to recover from an injury/return from a suspension. SPEC indicates a player whose fantasy worth may not be obvious now, but may be worth speculating on for use later in the season. An asterisk (*) indicates a player whose team has a bye this week.
Quarterbacks
Marc Bulger (LT), Shaun Hill (LT *), Jason Campbell (LT), Josh Johnson (SPEC), Chad Henne (SPEC *), Derek Anderson (SPEC), Kevin Kolb (SPEC), Vince Young (SPEC), Seneca Wallace (SPEC), Josh Freeman (SPEC), and Matt Leinart (SPEC).
Running Backs
Jamal Lewis (LT), Sammy Morris (SPEC), Chris Wells (SPEC), Michael Bush (SPEC), Jamaal Charles (SPEC), Jerome Harrison (SPEC), Jerious Norwood (SPEC), Chester Taylor (SPEC), Mike Bell (SPEC), Laurence Maroney (SPEC), Justin Fargas (SPEC), Justin Forsett (SPEC), Rashad Jennings (SPEC), Maurice Morris (SPEC), Ryan Moats (SPEC), Shonn Greene (SPEC), Bernard Scott (SPEC), Aaron Brown (SPEC), Marcus Mason (SPEC).
Wide Receivers
Miles Austin (LT *), Donnie Avery (LT), Sidney Rice (LT), Mark Clayton (LT), Jeremy Maclin (SPEC), Austin Collie (SPEC), Kenny Britt (SPEC), Hakeem Nicks (SPEC), Antoine Caldwell (SPEC), Michael Clayton (SPEC), Michael Jenkins (SPEC), Muhsin Muhammad (SPEC), Sammie Stroughter (SPEC), Mike Wallace (SPEC), Mohamed Massaquoi (SPEC), Deion Branch (SPEC), Davone Bess (SPEC *), Greg Camarillo (SPEC *), Josh Morgan (SPEC *), Louis Murphy (SPEC), Chansi Stuckey (SPEC), Julian Edelman (SPEC), Earl Bennett (SPEC), Mike Furrey (SPEC), Kelley Washington (SPEC), Bryant Johnson (SPEC), Bobby Wade (SPEC), Mark Bradley (SPEC), Nate Washington (SPEC), Robert Meachem (SPEC), Keenan Burton (SPEC).
Tight Ends
Zack Miller (SPEC), Sean Ryan (SPEC), Brandon Pettigrew (SPEC), Marcedes Lewis (SPEC), Ben Watson (SPEC), Randy McMichael (SPEC), Chris Baker (SPEC).
Kickers
Jason Elam (LT), Neil Rackers (LT), Jay Feely (LT), Robbie Gould (ST), Jason Hanson (ST), John Carney (ST).
Defenses
Carolina (ST), Jacksonville (ST), St. Louis (ST).
I’ll post my analysis of the Week 6 games on Thursday.
Until then,
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