Apologies for not having a show on Wednesday, there was one actually on Tuesday. Anyway, here's 25 Secret Sleepers, either on your bench or waiver wire that you need to start, for week 12. Important to note, there will most likely be no more shows on Tuesday, and starting next week we will be back on Wednesday.
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HERE'S THE WAIVER WIRE COLUMN, BY POSITION, FOR WEEK 12, AS MENTIONED ON THE RADIO SHOW, TUESDAY. PLAYERS ARE LISTED IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE. IMPORTANT TO NOTE, THERE'S NO SHOW WEDNESDAY AND WE WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY NEXT WEEK, AND EVERY WEEK, NOT TUESDAY.
NO. 1 PRIORITY OVERALL IS THOMAS RAWLS THEN BUCK ALLEN THEN SPENCER WARE THEN BASED ON NEED. QB: BRIAN HOYER (PLAYING NEW ORLEANS, LAST 3 GAMES OVER 35 FANTASY POINTS ALLOWED TO MANNING, MARIOTA, COUSINS) JAMEIS WINSTON (BETTER THAN EXPECTED IN HIS ROOKIE SEASON, LESS PICKS AND MORE TDS, PLAYING WELL COMING OFF 5 TD GAME HOP ON THE TRAIN) JOSH MCCOWN (INSERTED BACK INTO THE LINEUP, GARY BARNIDGE OWNERS ARE JUMPING FOR JOY LAST GAME AGAINST RAVENS THIS SEASON HAD 39, ENCORE?) KIRK COUSINS (MATCHUP BASED STARTER, PRETTY GOOD MATCHUP AGAINST GIANTS) RB: THOMAS RAWLS (MARSHAWN LYNCH 2.0, LAST WEEK PRETTY MUCH SEALED THE DEAL THAT THIS IS LYNCHS LAST SEASON IN SEATTLE) BUCK ALLEN (FORSETT OUT FOR SEASON. CAUTION AFTER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS MATCH UPS AREN'T THAT GREAT BUT ALOT CAN HAPPEN BETWEEN THEN AND AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS A MUST START) SPENCER WARE (WOULD BE NO. 2 IF WE KNEW IF WEST WILL BE OUT THIS WEEK OR NOT. ANY CHEIFS RB THIS SEASON HAS BEEN GOOD, CREDIT ANDY REID) TEVIN COLEMAN (HAVE TO SEE IF FREEMAN PLAYS BUT SHOULD BE ADDED AS THE HANDCUFF ANYWAY) JAMES WHITE (IF AVAILABLE) (2 TDS BUT ONLY 4 TARGETS, DEPENDS ON YOUR PERSPECTIVE) TOUGH WEEK FOR WRS WR: DEVIN FUNCHESS (SCORED LAST WEEK, CAN HE STRING SOMETHING TOGETHER TOWARDS THE END OF THE SEASON?) LEONARD HANKERSON (FINALLY BACK FROM INJURY, PLAYED FOR SHANAHAN IN WASHINGTON, THE DEFINITIVE NO. 2) CECIL SHORTS (MORE TO DO WITH HOYER AND THE SAINTS D, MUST START FOR THIS WEEK) TYLER LOCKETTE (2 TDS LAST WEEK, MOST GIFTED WR ON TEAM) NATE WASHINGTON (IF DESPERATE) (PLAYING SAINTS) TE: CROCKETT GILMORE (HAS BENEFITED THE MOST OF THE STEVE SMITH INJURY) BRENT CELEK *QUIETLY TWO SOLID WEEKS OF PRODUCTION, 7 FOR 70 LAST WEEK AS MATTHEWS AND EVERY OTHER PASS CATCHER STRUGGLE, FEELING LUCKY?) KYLE RUDOLPH (SCORED LAST WEEK, CAN THIS BE THE START OF SOMETHING?) COBY FLEENER (AS LONG AS HASSELEBACK IS THE STARTER FLEENER IS VIABLE, WENT ON VACATION TOGETHER) VERNON DAVIS (IF DESPERATE) (THE REAL KUBIAK OFFENSE WHICH INVOLVES TES AND BOOTLEGS WAS ON DISPLAY LAST WEEK WITH OSWEILER MAKING HIS FIRST START SO THERE COULD BE SOMETHING HERE, 6 FOR 60 PLUS LAST WEEK. WEEK 11 OF THE NFL SEASON IS IN THE BOOKS. IN A NUT SHELL, LIKE I SAID LAST WEEK, HANDCUFF YOUR RUNNING BACKS (PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT), 1 EXAMPLE IS IF YOU HAVE FRANK GORE, PICK UP AHMAD BRADSHAW.. GREAT SEUEGE WAY HERE, JUSTIN FORSETT IS OUT FOR SEASON SO PICK UP BUCK ALLEN (SHOULD'VE HANDCUFFED IF YOU HAD FORSETT).. IF YOU HAD JOE FLACCO (YIKES), JAMEOIS WINSTON IS YOUR REPLACEMENT.. JAMES WHITE HAS EMERGED AS SOMEONE YOU CAN FEEL OKAY PLAYING AS YOUR RB2 NOW..SHARCANDRICK WEST MAY BE OUT THIS WEEK, ADD SPENCER WARE (HANDCUFF THE HANDCUFF).. SAME GOES FOR MARSHAWN LYNCH, WHO WILL MISS THIS WEEK TOO, SO IF YOU DID START THOMAS RAWLS, LUCKY YOU, HOLD ON TO HIM. IN THE WORDS OF KIRK COUSINS, "YOU LIKE THAT?! YOU LIKE THAT!" IF YOU DID, AND WANT MORE, CHECK OUT THE RADIO SHOW: WEDNESDAY, 2-4PM MONTCORADIO.COM. WELL, FOR THIS WEEK IT'LL BE TUESDAY 2-3PM, BUT STILL MONTCORADIO.COM
Apologies for not writing a week 11 waiver wire, but there was no one to add beside Danny Amendola. It's not too late, it's handcuff week, handcuff your starting RBS. Drop unnecessary players, ex: 5th WR, 3rd TE, 2nd QB. Anyway, here's the 25 Secret Sleepers, either on your bench or waiver wire that you need to start, for week 11 as 11 mentioned on the radio show, Wednesday. Also, there will be no show this Wednesday (Thanksgiving).
WEEK 10 OF THE NFL SEASON IS IN THE BOOKS. IN A NUT SHELL, JULIAN EDELMAN IS OUT FOR SEASON SO PICK UP BRANDON LAFELL. ANDRE CALDWELL IS A SLEEPER NEXT WEEK IF EMMANUEL SANDERS CAN’T GO. DON'T BE SCARED OFF BY THE PEYTON MANNING INJURY (HE'S NOT A GOOD FANTASY QB ANYWAY). IF YOU LISTEN TO THE RADIO SHOW, YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT BACKUP QBS GETTING THE CHANCE TO START, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT THEY TARGET THE GUYS THAT THEY WERE PRACTICING WITH AKA THE 3RD, 4TH, SOMETIMES 5TH WR ON THE DEPTH CHART. KAMAR AIKEN PROVED HE IS A SOLID NO. 2/FLEX PLAY BY DEFAULT, BECAUSE OF ALL THE TARGETS HE'LL SEE WITH STEVE SMITH OUT FOR SEASON. IF YOU’RE THE ANDREW LUCK OWNER, MARK SANCHEZ IS STARTING THIS WEEK AND HE WOULD BE THE GUY I’M STARTING. EITHER KIRK COUSINS IS REALLY GOOD AT FOOTBALL OR THE SAINTS DEFENSE IS REALLY BAD. MORE OF THE LATTER, JUST ASK ROB RYAN. IN THE WORDS OF COUSINS, “YOU LIKE THAT?! YOU LIKE THAT!” IF YOU DO AND WANT MORE CHECK OUT THE RADIO SHOW LIVE ON MONTCORADIO.COM WEDNESDAY 2-4PM
Here's the 30 Secret Sleepers, either on your bench or waiver wire that you need to start, for week 10 as mentioned on the radio show, Wednesday.
Darren Mcfadden James Starks Michael Crabtree Karlos Williams (Played Thursday - 12 plus points) Eric Decker (Played Thursday - 18 plus points) Jordan Matthews Davante Adams Jeremy Langford Charcandrick West Desean Jackson Kirk Cousins Brandin Cooks Eric Ebron Ryan Matthews Cj Anderson Kamar Aiken Cole Beasley James White Bryan Walters Richard Rodgers Theo Riddick Marques Wilson Golden Tate Devin Funchess Titans WRS (Green Beckham, Douglas, Hunter) Kyle Rudolph Taiwan Jones Brandon Bolden Christine Michael Julius Thomas QB: BORTLES (JACKSONVILLE'S OFFENSE IS FLOURISHING IN BORTLES SECOND YEAR. IRONICALLY FOR HC GUS BRADLEY, IT'S BEEN THE DEFENSE THAT'S NOT BEEN PERFORMING.
QB: MARIOTA: (MAY HAVE BEEN DROPPED BECAUSE HE WAS OUT THE PAST TWO WEEKS, PICK HIM UP IF HE WAS, MIGHT NOT WANT TO START HIM THIS WEEK AGAINST CAROLINA BUT AFTER THAT THE SCHEDULE IS LOOKING PRETTY GOOD) RB: KARLOS WILLIAMS (THIS MAY BE JUST FOR THIS WEEK BUT FANTASY IS A WEEK TO WEEK GAME SO WORRY ABOUT NEXT WEEK NEXT WEEK. WILLIAMS COMING OFF A GREAT GAME, MCCOY BANGED UP AND A THURSDAY NIGHT MATCH UP WHERE DEFENSES ARE STILL TIRED FROM THE PRIOR WEEK. MUST START, EVEN IF MCCOY PLAYS) STARKS: (IF THE LACY OWNER HASN'T HANDCUFFED WITH STARKS BY NOW MAKE THEM PAY. PICK STARKS UP AND PLAY HIM AS YOUR RB2 ROS, IF I HAVE LACY I'M COMFORTABLE DROPPING HIM.) JAMES WHITE: (HE'LL TAKE ON THE DION LEWIS ROLE IN THIS OFFENSE) BRANDON BOLDEN: (HANDCUFF FOR WHITE AND BLOUNT. CAN RUN AND CATCH AND WILL BE ACTIVE EVERY WEEK BECAUSE OF SPECIAL TEAMS.) JOIQUE BELL: (AMEER ABDULLAH IS A BUST, JUST ONE CARRY IN HIS LAST GAME. SOMEONE'S GOT TO BE THE FEATURE BACK HERE MAYBE, JUST MAYBE BELL CAN REGAIN THAT STATUS.) WR: DAVANTE ADAMS (FIRST GOOD GAME OF THE SEASON FROM ADAMS CAME THIS PAST WEEK AND IT COULD PAVE THE WAY FOR A VERY NICE SECOND HALF. JONES SEEMS TO BE FADING. COBB IS BANGED UP. ADAMS IS THE ONLY DEEP THREAT AND HEALTHY STARTING WR RIGHT NOW. IN A AARON RODGERS OFFENSE, WORTH THE ADD.) GREEN-BECKHAM: (IF KENDALL WRIGHT IS OUT AGAIN HE COULD BE A SNEAKY PLAY ESP PPR. HAD 5 CATCHES FOR 70 PLUS LAST WEEK.) JUSTIN HUNTER: (SEE GREEN-BECKHAM.) DEVIN FUNCHESS: (WHEN BENJAMIN FIRST WENT DOWN THIS IS THE GUY EVERYONE LOOKED AT TO FILL HIS SHOES BUT COULDN'T EVEN MAKE IT IN THE STARTING LINEUP WEEK 1. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE THAT AND LAST WEEK PROVED TO BE A PRETTY GOOD WEEK FOR HIM. THE EMERGENCE OF NEWTON AS A TOP 10 REAL LIFE QB HAS TO COME WITH AT LEAST ONE STARTABLE FANTASY WR RIGHT? TED GINN HAS BOTTOMED OUT. FUNCHESS WORTH A STASH. TE: EBRON (SCORED IN HIS FIRST GAME BACK FROM INJURY THREE WEEKS AGO, DISSAPOINTED TWO WEEKS AGO AND HAD A BYE THIS PAST WEEK. MEGATRON IS BANGED UP AND LIONS WILL NEED TO THROW THE BALL TO KEEP UP WITH THE PACKERS. I LIKE EBRON THIS WEEK IN A WEAK TE POSITION. ASJ: (TB) WILL BE COMING BACK FROM INJURY THIS WEEK AND FALLING RIGHT INTO THE SECOND PASS TARGET BEHIND MIKE EVANS AS VINCENT JACKSON WILL MISS THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS. AT A WEAK TE POSITION, ASJ IS WORTH THE CLAIM AND START UNTIL JACKSON COMES BACK.) RODGERS: (HAD 2 TDS LAST WEEK FROM RODGERS AND THAT IS WHAT I MEAN WHEN I SAY I WANT A AARON RODGERS TARGET IN MY LINEUP. YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHO HE'LL DECIDE TO GET INVOLVED WEEK TO WEEK. NOT PREDICTING TWO TDS THIS WEEK BUT YOU NEVER KNOW HE COULD FOLLOW THAT UP WITH A ENCORE ONE TD PERFORMANCE. BYE WEEK REPLACEMENT AT THE LEAST.) WEEK 9 OF THE N-F-L SEASON IS IN THE BOOKS. IN ANOTHER WEEK FILLED WITH INJURIES, THE MOST FANTASY RELEVANT IS THE SECOND INJURY OF THE SEASON TO QB BIG BEN. DON’T CHASE THE FANTASY POINTS AND PICK UP LANDRY JONES, JUST KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANTONIO BROWN KEEP STARTING HIM. JONES IS A MUCH BETTER FANTASY QB THAN MICHAEL VICK, WHO STARTED FOR BIG BEN DURING HIS FIRST INJURY. ALSO, IT MAY BE TOO LATE BUT BEGIN TO TARGET JAMES STARKS OFF WAIVERS AS LACY LEFT HIS GAME EARLY. WHETHER I ALREADY HAVE STARKS OR WILL BE PICKING HIM UP I'M STARTING HIM ROS OVER LACY. IF I HAVE LACY, I'M CUTTING HIM, HE'S THE BIGGEST BUST OF 2015. TEDDY BRIDGEWATER ALSO LEFT HIS GAME EARLY WITH CONCUSSION SYMPTOMS SO WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE IF HE PLAYS THIS WEEK WHICH MAY DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE CONTINUE TO PLAY WR STEFON DIGGS. DIGGS HAD 4 CATCHES FOR 72 YARDS BUT BRIDGEWATER LEFT THE GAME IN THE 3RD QUARTER SO THIS MAY HAVE JUST BEEN AN OFF GAME FOR DIGGS. DION LEWIS TOO LEFT HIS GAME EARLY AND LEGARETTE BLOUNT SAW THE BIGGEST INCREASE IN WORKLOAD BUT WHO CAUGHT HIS FIRST RECEIVING TD WAS LONGTIME NE RB BRANDON BOLDEN WHO MIGHT BE THE NO. 1 WAIVER PRIORITY THIS WEEK, BECAUSE OF HIS POSITION, RB, AND DION LEWIS IS OUT FOR SEASON. BOLDEN SHOULD ASSUME LEWIS'S ROLE AS THE PASS CATCHING BACK. IN DEEP LEAGUES, IT'S OKAY TO SPECULATE ON JAMES WHITE. IF KENDALL WRIGHT IS OUT AGAIN NEXT WEEK THE REMAINING TENNESSEE WRS MAY BE WORTH ADDING AS TWO POSTED 5 CATCHES 70 PLUS YARDS. IN THIS ORDER: HUNTER, GREEN BECKHAM. JAGUARS LOST BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP BORTLES FROM POSTING A TOP 10 FANTASY QB WEEK COMING OFF THE BYE. ALLEN ROBINSON, AND ALLEN HURNS WILL GET THEIRS. BUT A POTENTIAL ADD IS THE 3RD RECEIVER BRYAN WALTERS WHO SCORED. HIM AND JULIUS THOMAS MAY EAT INTO EACH OTHERS BATTLE FOR RELEVANCE AS THE THIRD OPTION IN THE PASS ATTACK BUT IN BYE WEEKS AND SO MANY INJURIES OCCURRING IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS HE MAY BE WORTH IT. IF CARLOS HYDE OF THE 49ERS REMAINS OUT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, SHAUN DRAUGHN IS THE RB TO ADD. HE PROVED THIS WEEK TO BE ABLE TO RUN AND CATCH OUT OF THE BACKFIELD FOR SAN FRAN IN THEIR FIRST WIN UNDER QB BLAINE GABBERT. ALSO, WR QUINTON PATTON DIDN'T LOOK TOO BAD 4 CATCHES FOR 70 YARDS. HE HAS CHEMISTRY WITH GABBERT AS BOTH PLAYED TOGETHER ON THE 2ND TEAM. DARKWA OF THE NY GIANTS IS SEEING MORE AND MORE PLAYING TIME AND EVENTUALLY IT SHOULD TURN INTO MORE AND MORE PRODUCTION. SPECULATIVE ADD IF YOU HAVE THE ROSTER SPACE. IN THE SAME GAME, THOUGH HE DIDNT PLAY, THINK ABOUT ADDING TE ASJ TB AS HE WAS CLOSE TO PLAYING THIS WEEK AND MOST LIKELY WILL NEXT WEEK AND INSTANTLY BECOME THE NO. 2 TARGET BEHIND MIKE EVANS AS VINCENT JACKSON LOOKS TO MISS THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS. STAY AWAY FROM THE DENVER BACKS IS WHAT THIS WEEK TAUGHT US. DT AND SANDERS THE ONLY TWO SAFE STARTS. DON'T GIVE UP ON VERNON DAVIS IF YOU ADDED HIM, IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME FOR HIM TO GET CAUGHT UP. Lesean Mccoy had over 110 yards and a TD, but left the game early. That opened the door for Karlos Williams to have 110 yards and 2 TDS on the day. The bills play on a short week this Thursday against the Jets. Mccoy expects to play, but figure he'll still be banged out. RB's have a good track record of performing well on Thursday night, the Defense is still tired, a la Brandon Jacobs in his last year with the Giants. Karlos Williams should get consideration as your no. 1 waiver priority, the only thing stopping you is that it would only be for this week unless Mccoy re-injures himself, again. JORDAN MATTHEWS CAUGHT THE GAME WINNING PASS FROM SAM BRADFORD IN OT AGAINST THE COWBOYS AND LET'S HOPE THAT IS WHAT'S TO COME FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON. MATTHEWS STILL SHOULD BE STARTED OVER MURRAY, BUT MURRAY IS NOW A FLEX PLAY. BE WEARY AS THIS MAY HAVE JUST BEEN A REVENGE GAME FOR MURRAY. DEZ BRYANT IS BACK TO ELITE STATUS. MCFADDEN IS A NO. 1 BACK, WHILE HEALTHY. STASH ROMO IF YOU CAN. Chargers and Bears played the final game of the week on Monday Night Football, and this sadly could have been Malcolm Floyd's last game in the NFL. Floyd was knocked out of the game and his season is in jeopardy. Before the season started, Floyd said this would be his last season. Dontrelle Inman is someone to target off waivers as Allen is out for season and now potentially Floyd. Rivers has thrown for 300 plus yards in five of the past six weeks so someones got to catch it. Inman will start alongside Stevie Johnson if Floyd is indeed done. On the other side, Jay Cutler continues to prove to be a viable bye week replacement and capable starter in a 14 team plus league. 21 plus points in his past five games. Langford is a must start as long as Forte is out, borderline no. 1 RB in PPR. QB: ROMO (TIME TO START STASHING HIM, HE'LL BE BACK IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS)
WINSTON (PLAYING WELL AS OF LATE, FACING GIANTS NEXT, YOU KNOW HOW THAT SHIT GO) CUTLER (BYE WEEK REPLACEMENT) RB: DEANGELO WILLIAMS (BELL OUT FOR SEASON, WAS PRODUCTIVE WHEN BELL WAS SUSPENDED, TOP 12 REST OF THE SEASON) LANGFORD (FORTE OUT FOR SOME TIME, BEARS MAY ADD MONTEE BALL BUT THIS IS WHO YOU WANT TO OWN, SIMILAR TO FORTE IN SIZE AND STYLE OF PLAY, TOP 15 OPTION WHILE STARTING) ANTONIO ANDREWS ( IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, PICK HIM UP. STARTING RB AND IS A DECENT RB2 ESP DURING BYE WEEKS) WR: MALCOLM FLOYD (KEENAN ALLEN TO MISS TIME, GATES BANGED UP, LIKED HIM MORE THAN STEVIE JOHNSON TO START THE SEASON BUT WAS BANGED UP) STEVIE JOHNSON (SEE MALCOLM FLOYD, MUST ADD IN PPR) ROBERT WOODS ( WAS ONE OF MY DEEP SLEEPERS TWO WEEKS AGO AND PANNED OUT, BYE WEEK LAST WEEK, HAVE TO SEE WHO WILL BE STARTING AT QB BUT EITHER WAY WITH A BANGED UP WATKINS I LIKE WOODS AGAIN THIS WEEK ESP PPR) TE: BEN WATSON (IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, PICK HIM UP. SOMEONE HAD TO REPLACE GRAHAM. WAS HIGH COMING INTO SEASON, DIDN'T WORK OUT, BUT THE LAST FOUR WEEKS HE'S SCORED THREE TIMES, PLAY HIM WHILE HE'S HOT) VERNON DAVIS: (BASED ON THE POSITION AND THE OFFENSE HE'S ENTERING, HE HAS THE CHANCE TO BE THE GUY THAT WINS YOU A CHAMPIONSHIP. MUST ADD ESP PPR BECAUSE PEYTON WILL TARGET HIM ALOT ONCE HES ADJUSTED, JULIUS THOMAS WITH SPEED) JACOB TAMME (HOT AS OF LATE IN A SCARCE POSITION, RIDE HIM WHILE YOU CAN) HEATH (BYE WEEK REPLACEMENT) ASJ TB (COMING OFF INJURY, IF YOU NEED A BYE WEEK REPLACEMENT, WHY NOT? IT'S TE) |
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