Not even Election Day can deter us from discussing fantasy football. I want to talk briefly about waivers. Yesterday I put in a claim for one of this week’s most-added players: Kapri Bibbs. Then I canceled it.
I’m 11th on waivers. So if I sat out this week’s waiver process (which hit early this morning), I’d probably move up to sixth or seventh. With injuries piling up and new backup RBs suddenly becoming relevant seemingly each week, Bibbs is the latest craze. But there will be others. Additionally, with one or two exceptions, the Broncos have a difficult remaining schedule. And Devontae Booker is apparently healthy, suggesting that Bibbs won’t run away with the starting job even if he earns a larger role.
Know when to reach for a waiver pickup and when to let an opponent grab him. Think about how many times a popular addition didn’t pan out and wound up back on the free agent heap after a couple weeks. It doesn’t mean we sit on a great waiver position simply to sit on it. It does mean that the deeper we go into a season, the more important it is to wait on an impact player—to not settle for simply bolstering our bench.
My latest WRAL.com column concerns my twice-a-year complaint about “expert” fantasy rankings: http://www.wralsportsfan.com/don-t-be-fooled-by-expert-fantasy-projections/16213647/. On Twitter I recently termed them “the empty calories of the fantasy food pyramid” (https://twitter.com/bjrudell/status/795620332635877376).
One bizarre example was ESPN’s Week 9 rankings: Demaryius Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders were listed as top 10 WRs while Trevor Siemian was the site’s #18 QB. Try squaring that circle. As podcast co-host Aaron “Schoony” Schoonmaker pointed out on yesterday’s show, aside from Siemian getting replaced mid-game, those rankings assume DT and Sanders are throwing the ball to each other. Speaking of podcasts, our latest one is up: http://www.wralsportsfan.com/nfl/audio/16213656/. We answer two reader questions every week. So if you have questions for next week’s show, message me; I’ll pick two for the next broadcast.
I’m 11th on waivers. So if I sat out this week’s waiver process (which hit early this morning), I’d probably move up to sixth or seventh. With injuries piling up and new backup RBs suddenly becoming relevant seemingly each week, Bibbs is the latest craze. But there will be others. Additionally, with one or two exceptions, the Broncos have a difficult remaining schedule. And Devontae Booker is apparently healthy, suggesting that Bibbs won’t run away with the starting job even if he earns a larger role.
Know when to reach for a waiver pickup and when to let an opponent grab him. Think about how many times a popular addition didn’t pan out and wound up back on the free agent heap after a couple weeks. It doesn’t mean we sit on a great waiver position simply to sit on it. It does mean that the deeper we go into a season, the more important it is to wait on an impact player—to not settle for simply bolstering our bench.
My latest WRAL.com column concerns my twice-a-year complaint about “expert” fantasy rankings: http://www.wralsportsfan.com/don-t-be-fooled-by-expert-fantasy-projections/16213647/. On Twitter I recently termed them “the empty calories of the fantasy food pyramid” (https://twitter.com/bjrudell/status/795620332635877376).
One bizarre example was ESPN’s Week 9 rankings: Demaryius Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders were listed as top 10 WRs while Trevor Siemian was the site’s #18 QB. Try squaring that circle. As podcast co-host Aaron “Schoony” Schoonmaker pointed out on yesterday’s show, aside from Siemian getting replaced mid-game, those rankings assume DT and Sanders are throwing the ball to each other. Speaking of podcasts, our latest one is up: http://www.wralsportsfan.com/nfl/audio/16213656/. We answer two reader questions every week. So if you have questions for next week’s show, message me; I’ll pick two for the next broadcast.