Week 9 Free Agent/Waiver Wire Pickups (Tue 11/3/09)
Injuries to Owen Daniels, Anquan Boldin, & Kevin Smith and the benching of Steve Slaton will send owners scrambling to the waiver wire this week. The six teams with a Week 9 bye are Buffalo, Cleveland, Minnesota, New York Jets, Oakland, and St. Louis (half of them contenders for the first pick in the 2010 draft). Players who were benched, injured, or have a bye week include
QB
- Jake Delhomme (inj?)
- Brett Favre (bye)
- Mark Sanchez (bye)
RB
- Brian Westbrook (inj)
- Kevin Smith (inj?)
- Marshawn Lynch (bye)
- Fred Jackson (bye)
- Jamal Lewis (bye)
- Adrian Peterson (bye)
- Thomas Jones (bye)
- Steven Jackson (bye)
WR
- Calvin Johnson (inj)
- Anquan Boldin (inj?)
- Lance Moore (inj?)
- Anthony Gonzalez (inj?)
- Terrell Owens (bye)
- Lee Evans (bye)
- Bernard Berrian (bye)
- Sidney Rice (bye)
- Percy Harvin (bye)
- Braylon Edwards (bye)
- Jerricho Cotchery (bye)
TE
- Owen Daniels (inj)
- Visanthe Shiancoe (bye)
- Dustin Keller (bye)
- Zach Miller (bye)
K
- Adam Vinatieri (inj)
- Rian Lindell (bye)
- Ryan Longwell (bye)
- Jay Feely (bye)
DEF
- Minnesota (bye)
- New York Jets (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), Vince Young (LT), Jason Campbell (SPEC), Josh Freeman (SPEC), Derek Anderson (SPEC), Shaun Hill (SPEC), Matt Moore (SPEC), A.J. Feeley (SPEC), Seneca Wallace (SPEC), Kevin Kolb (SPEC), and Matt Leinart (SPEC).
Running Backs
Mike Bell (LT), Justin Fargas (LT *), Jamaal Charles (SPEC), Correll Buckhalter (SPEC), Ryan Moats (SPEC), Maurice Morris (SPEC), Derrick Ward (SPEC), Jerome Harrison (SPEC), Justin Forsett (SPEC), Kevin Faulk (SPEC), Bernard Scott (SPEC), Rashad Jennings (SPEC), Aaron Brown (SPEC), Michael Bush (SPEC *), and Chester Taylor (SPEC *).
Wide Receivers
Mark Clayton (LT), Anthony Gonzalez (SPEC), Kenny Britt (SPEC), Michael Jenkins (SPEC), Brian Hartline (SPEC), Sammie Stroughter (SPEC), Mike Wallace (SPEC), Mike Thomas (SPEC), Davone Bess (SPEC), Ted Ginn (SPEC), Greg Camarillo (SPEC), Earl Bennett (SPEC), Josh Morgan (SPEC), Muhsin Muhammad (SPEC), Devery Henderson (SPEC), Deion Branch (SPEC), Kelley Washington (SPEC), Bryant Johnson (SPEC), Nate Washington (SPEC), Robert Meachem (SPEC), Jacoby Jones (SPEC), Bobby Wade (SPEC), Mark Bradley (SPEC), Andre Caldwell (SPEC), Michael Clayton (SPEC), Louis Murphy (SPEC *), Mohamed Massaquoi (SPEC *), Keenan Burton (SPEC *), Chansi Stuckey (SPEC *), Mike Furrey (SPEC *), Joe Cribbs (SPEC *).
Tight Ends
Fred Davis (LT), Donald Lee (ST), Jeff King (ST), Marcedes Lewis (SPEC), Brandon Pettigrew (SPEC), Anthony Fasano (SPEC), Jermichael Finley (inj, SPEC), Ben Watson (SPEC), Sean Ryan (SPEC), Chris Baker (SPEC), Randy McMichael (SPEC *), and Michael Gaines (SPEC *).
Kickers
Neil Rackers (LT), Jason Elam (LT), Josh Scobee (ST), Jeff Reed (ST), Dan Carpenter (ST), and Matt Prater (ST).
Defenses
Seattle (ST) and Jacksonville (ST).
I’ll post my analysis of the Week 9 games on Thursday.
Until then,
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