Week 8 Free Agent/Waiver Wire Pickups (Tue 10/27/09)
Lots of injuries and benchings to deal with this week, so let’s get right to it. The six teams with a Week 8 bye are Cincinnati, Kansas City, New England, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, and Washington. Players who were benched, injured, or have a bye week include
QB
- Matthew Stafford (inj)
- Daunte Culpepper (inj?)
- Trent Edwards (inj)
- JaMarcus Russell (benched?)
- Shaun Hill (benched)
- Carson Palmer (bye)
- Matt Cassel (bye)
- Tom Brady (bye)
- Ben Roethlisberger (bye)
- Josh Johnson (benched, bye)
- Jason Campbell (bye)
RB
- Darren McFadden (inj)
- Sammy Morris (bye, inj)
- LenDale White (inj)
- Cedric Benson (bye)
- Larry Johnson (bye)
- Laurence Maroney (bye)
- Rashard Mendenhall (bye)
- Cadillac Williams (bye)
- Clinton Portis (bye)
WR
- Anquan Boldin (inj)
- Anthony Gonzalez (inj?)
- Jerricho Cotchery (inj?)
- Chad Ochocinco (bye)
- Laveranues Coles (bye)
- Dwayne Bowe (bye)
- Randy Moss (bye)
- Wes Welker (bye)
- Hines Ward (bye)
- Santonio Holmes (bye)
- Antonio Bryant (bye)
- Santana Moss (bye)
TE
- Chris Cooley (inj, bye)
- Ben Watson (bye)
- Heath Miller (bye)
- Kellen Winslow (bye)
K
- Adam Vinatieri (inj)
- Shayne Graham (bye)
- Stephen Gostkowski (bye)
- Jeff Reed (bye)
DEF
- Cincinnati (bye)
- New England (bye)
- Pittsburgh (bye)
- Washington (bye)
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
Chad Henne (LT), Marc Bulger (LT), Alex Smith (LT), Ryan Fitzpatrick (ST), Jake Delhomme (SPEC), Derek Anderson (SPEC), Vince Young (SPEC), Shaun Hill (SPEC), A.J. Feeley (SPEC), Seneca Wallace (SPEC), Kevin Kolb (SPEC), Matt Leinart (SPEC), Jason Campbell (SPEC *), and Josh Freeman (SPEC *).
Running Backs
Justin Fargas (LT), Chris Wells (LT), LeSean McCoy (LT), Mike Bell (LT), Shonn Greene (LT), Jerome Harrison (SPEC), Justin Forsett (SPEC), Michael Bush (SPEC), Chester Taylor (SPEC), Rashad Jennings (SPEC), Maurice Morris (SPEC), Ryan Moats (SPEC), Aaron Brown (SPEC), Jamaal Charles (SPEC *), Derrick Ward (SPEC *), Kevin Faulk (SPEC *), Bernard Scott (SPEC *), and Marcus Mason (SPEC *).
Wide Receivers
Donnie Avery (LT), Ted Ginn (LT), Mark Clayton (LT), Anthony Gonzalez (SPEC), Kenny Britt (SPEC), Michael Jenkins (SPEC), Davone Bess (SPEC), Greg Camarillo (SPEC), Louis Murphy (SPEC), Mohamed Massaquoi (SPEC), Keenan Burton (SPEC), Earl Bennett (SPEC), Josh Morgan (SPEC), Brian Hartline (SPEC), Muhsin Muhammad (SPEC), Devery Henderson (SPEC), Deion Branch (SPEC), Chansi Stuckey (SPEC), David Clowney, Mike Furrey (SPEC), Kelley Washington (SPEC), Bryant Johnson (SPEC), Nate Washington (SPEC), Robert Meachem (SPEC), Jacoby Jones (SPEC), Joe Cribbs (SPEC), Bobby Wade (SPEC *), Mark Bradley (SPEC *), Andre Caldwell (SPEC *), Michael Clayton (SPEC *), Sammie Stroughter (SPEC *), Mike Wallace (SPEC *), .
Tight Ends
Fred Davis (LT *), Donald Lee (ST), Jeff King (ST), Marcedes Lewis (SPEC), Brandon Pettigrew (SPEC), Anthony Fasano (SPEC), Michael Gaines (SPEC), Jermichael Finley (inj, SPEC), Ben Watson (SPEC *), Randy McMichael (SPEC), Sean Ryan (SPEC *), and Chris Baker (SPEC *).
Kickers
Neil Rackers (LT), Jason Elam (LT), Matt Stover (ST), and Josh Scobee (ST).
Defenses
Miami (ST), and Arizona (ST).
I’ll post my analysis of the Week 8 games on Thursday.
Until then,
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