FSH: WEDNESDAY WATERCOOLER CHAT

September 30th, 2009 10:15pm PST

WATERCOOLER CHAT

The Weekly Waiver Wire

Wayne "The Wire" Bosco

(Courtesy of the Fantasy Football Gang)

With three weeks complete and in the books the Waiver Wire is alive and fine. Taking a look across the league, our buddy Wayne tells us once again which players are those to target for your week four waiver wire options;

Week Four

After an impressive 2-1 start for the Niners, quarterback Shaun Hill has yet to explode into a fantasy favorite, but his 548 yards and three touchdowns make him a serviceable back up. With the bye weeks set to begin, averaging 180 yards passing and a touchdown Hill can give fantasy owners the one week relief they might be looking for.

In a week that the team finally commits to the run and features running back Fred Taylor, he responds with 21 carries and 105 yards on the ground. The Patriots are not typically one of the leagues better running teams, but this past Sunday they proved along with Taylor they can still get the job done. Taylor looks to be the primary weapon in the run game and appears to have something left in the tank. He’s not going to be your starter, but he could provide some relief and needed help to get through the bye weeks.

Another waiver wire option that looks like a hot pick for week four has to be the Texans receiver Kevin Walter. The number two receiver in Houston had been slowed by injury, but a breakout week three performance (7 receptions, 96 yards, one touchdown) has him a hot fantasy commodity looking ahead. Quarterback Matt Schaub looked Walter’s direction eight times on Sunday and with Andre Johnson lining up on the other side this should continue.


“Wayne’s Word”

Always with each week that we look at the waiver wire with good ole Wayne, we’ll take a closer look at his pick ups for the week. Wide receivers Steve Breaston and Pierre Garcon are going to be two of the hottest pick ups this week if each are available. Breaston is getting healthy and being targeted regularly by quarterback Kurt Warner. .

Playing the Fantasy GM

Don-Pietro "The GM" Zamboni

Time to cut’em loose

Always a tough play for any fantasy owners is knowing when to let dead weight on your roster go. Looking at some of this season’s slow starts, it’s time to make some tough decisions;

The GM Game
With too much competition and simply an over-crowded backfield in New England, it’s time to let running back Laurence Maroney loose on the free market. In three games Maroney has totaled only 81 yards of offense this season and has yet to find the endzone.

The Browns offense is in disarray without a reliable quarterback. This season running back Jamal Lewis has only rushed for 95 yards in two games. With an inept offense and rookie running back James Davis looking like a stronger play, it’s time to go in another direction.

With the Raven’s running game getting plenty of production from its new 1-2 punch of Ray Rice and Willis McGahee, running back LeRon McClain no longer has the fantasy appeal as he did last year. This season McClain has only seen one play inside the 5-yard line and only two plays all season in the red zone. It appears he’s just taking up space on your roster this season.

This could be jumping the gun a bit, but it appears the Patriot’s West offense in Denver features more of a running game and short passing game that excludes the use of a tight end. In three games this season the tight end position has caught just nine balls and Tony Scheffler has only three of those. It looks like it’s time to move Scheffler for a more productive option if available and let the other guy wait it out.


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By David G. Ortega