Worst Waiver Week Ever

Big week for waiver pickups as eight teams made pickups on Wednesday (including two people that I tried unsuccessfully to pick up), two more on Friday (One of which I was denied on), and then one on Sunday.  Let’s get right to the breakdown. In order from worst to first (According to the waiver order).

Spike: Dropped Joseph Randle to pick up Marvin Jones.  Because Spike has the worst record he gets to pick up all the hot items first.  This weeks pickup got him 6 points which is down from his unreal 36 the week before.  Spike only had to drop the 62 ranked RB to pick up a chance at a homerun.  It’s unclear as to why Randle was on Spike’s team in the first place, but the pickup was a good one.  Grade: B+

Matt B: Matt was busy this week.  First he dropped the Saints D/ST to pick up Jason Campbell.  Matt actually dropped someone to pick up a backup QB for the Cleveland Browns….Let’s let that sink in for a bit.  A backup…QB…for the CLEVELAND…BROWNS…  …With that being said Jason Campbell has somehow put two good weeks together.  Good pick up.  He later picked the Saints D back up to drop Eli Manning.  Eli’s had a down year so the drop is fine by me.  He also added Greg Jennings for Marques Colston.  Basically both players are having a down year, so it seems like an even pickup to me.  Grade: C+ (If for no other reason then he dropped then added the Saints defense in the same week.)

Jake: Dropped Jason Witten for somebody named Drew Davis.  Sounds like it could be a made up player when you autofill the names on NCAA.  I’m sure Jake had a Drew Davis who was his QB once and won him the Heisman and the National Championship, but this Drew Davis is not quite the same player as the electronic QB.  Jason Witten is a viable option at TE but Jake didn’t need that and presumably rolled the dice.  I don’t like the pickup, especially after a 1 point performance.  Grade: C-

Mike Kelly: Classic Reaction pick up.  Kenny Stills had a huge game two weeks ago and so Mike picked him up for someone who hasn’t been doing anything recently.  It didn’t turn out well this week, but the rookie might finish strong, so he gets another week and a wait and see.  He then Picked up Jason Witten as a possible backup for the rest of the season.  Grade: B-

Austin: Dropped Bernard Pierce for Andre Ellington.  Ellington had a bye, but ESPN seems to like him giving him an estimated 13 points for this week.  Like I said, we’ll wait and see how that turns out.  But Austin should be punished for breaking up his duo of Ravens backfield partners.  Grade: Wait and see

Nick: With many of Thompkins catches going to the Savior of the Patriots season (Austin Collie) this was a good pickup.  Wait, Collie has 3 catches on the season.  BYU fans everywhere might be wrong about his playing ability.  I don’t even know what to write about anymore.  My whole life is a lie.  A BYU player is not the best player on an NFL team?  Pick up Mike Tolbert got 9 points, so that was a decent pick up.  Grade: ?

Dane: Dropped a position player to add a Kicker.  Only caveat that saves Dane from open mocking this week is that the player is on the IR.  You’re lucky this week Dane.  Said kicker (because they aren’t players they just get the name kicker, unless they are Legatron, Janikowski, or a Gramatica brother) got 6 points so all the points this year will build up over 0 for Mike Williams.  Grade: B

Ty: Dropped said Austin Collie but presumably only because he is injured.  Probably would have held on to him til seasons end if not for the injury.  The only problem is that he picked up another injured player.  Jeremy Kerley is not out for the season, but out for a few weeks.  Ty needs wins so he needs to make pikups that will help him make the playoffs.  If Kerley can come back soon and help this pickup will be great.  But we’ll see how it turns out.  Also picked up the Eagles D to replace the 9ers on their off week.  They got 0 points in what might be the saddest starting lineup in recent history.  2 points combined from 4 players.  I’m sorry Ty.  Grade: C+

Matt E: Classic Good news/Bad news Pickup.  Good news first: Case Keenum scored 28 points and had a great week and helped make the game close while Peyton Manning had a BYE.  Bad news: I dropped Nick Foles and the second best fantasy performance of the season.  Oops.  This would have helped me stave off Mike and win in a week where my two best players weren’t playing.  Dang.  Somebody pick him up and watch him get 5 points for the rest of the season.  I dare you.  Grade: D

Spikes grade of B+ is the best of the week, but with a D, a few C's, a ?, and a wait and see it was not a pretty week on the waiver wire.  Better luck next week!