Week 10 Free Agent/Waiver Wire Pickups (Tue 11/10/09)
Week 9 included an injury to Clinton Portis as well as the unexpected absences of Brian Westbrook and Anquan Boldin. Fortunately, only two teams have byes in Week 10 (New York Giants & Houston), so waiver wire replacements should be a bit easier to come by than they have been for the past few weeks. Players who were injured, or have a bye week include
QB
- Matt Hasselbeck (inj?)
- Trent Edwards (inj?)
- Matt Schaub (bye)
- Eli Manning (bye)
RB
- Brian Westbrook (inj)
- Clinton Portis (inj)
- Donald Brown (inj)
- Darren McFadden (inj)
- Frank Gore (inj?)
- Brandon Jacobs (bye)
- Ahmad Bradshaw (bye)
- Steve Slaton (bye)
- Ryan Moats (bye)
WR
- Anquan Boldin (inj?)
- Antonio Bryant (inj)
- Lance Moore (inj)
- Anthony Gonzalez (inj?)
- Muhsin Muhammad (inj)
- Austin Collie (inj)
- Isaac Bruce (inj)
- Andre Johnson (bye)
- Kevin Walter (bye)
- Steve Smith (bye)
- Hakeem Nicks (bye)
- Mario Manningham (bye)
TE
- Owen Daniels (inj, bye)
- Vernon Davis (inj?)
- Chris Cooley (inj)
- Jermichael Finley (inj)
- Dante Rosario (inj)
- Randy McMichael (inj?)
- Kevin Boss (bye)
K
- Adam Vinatieri (inj)
- Lawrence Tynes (bye)
- Kris Brown (bye)
DEF
- New York Giants (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
Alex Smith (LT), Chad Henne (LT), Marc Bulger (LT), Jason Campbell (SPEC), Josh Freeman (SPEC), and Vince Young (SPEC).
Running Backs
Jamaal Charles (LT), Justin Fargas (LT), Mike Bell (LT), Ladell Betts (ST), Correll Buckhalter (SPEC), Kolby Smith (SPEC), Michael Bush (SPEC), Chester Taylor (SPEC), Maurice Morris (SPEC), Derrick Ward (SPEC), Jerome Harrison (SPEC), Justin Forsett (SPEC), Kevin Faulk (SPEC), Bernard Scott (SPEC), Rashad Jennings (SPEC), and Aaron Brown.
Wide Receivers
Laveranues Coles (LT), Malcom Floyd (LT), Mike Wallace (LT), Greg Camarillo (LT), Anthony Gonzalez (SPEC), Earl Bennett (SPEC), Sammie Stroughter (SPEC), Andre Caldwell (SPEC), Michael Clayton (SPEC), Louis Murphy (SPEC), Mohamed Massaquoi (SPEC), Keenan Burton (SPEC), Kenny Britt (SPEC), Michael Jenkins (SPEC), Brian Hartline (SPEC), Davone Bess (SPEC), James Jones (SPEC), Chris Chambers (SPEC), Lance Long (SPEC), Josh Morgan (SPEC), Bryant Johnson (SPEC), Justin Gage (SPEC), Nate Washington (SPEC), Robert Meachem (SPEC), Bobby Wade (SPEC), Early Doucet (SPEC), Dwayne Jarrett (SPEC), Maurice Stovall (SPEC), Josh Cribbs (SPEC), Jason Hill (SPEC), Ted Ginn (SPEC), Chaz Schilens (SPEC), and Jacoby Jones (SPEC *).
Tight Ends
Brandon Pettigrew (LT), Ben Watson (LT), Fred Davis (ST), Marcedes Lewis (SPEC), Jermichael Finley (inj, SPEC), Sean Ryan (SPEC), Chris Baker (SPEC), and Randy McMichael (SPEC).
Kickers
Neil Rackers (LT), Jason Elam (LT), Josh Scobee (LT), Jeff Reed (LT), Dan Carpenter (LT), and Matt Stover (ST).
Defenses
Miami (ST) and Arizona (ST).
I’ll post my analysis of the Week 10 games on Thursday. If your league requires you to set your lineup before the first game of the week, keep in mind that there’s a Thursday night game this week (Chicago at San Francisco).
Until then,
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