HERE'S THE WAIVER WIRE COLUMN, BY POSITION, FOR WEEK 13. REMINDER, THE SHOW WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY, NOT TUESDAY, MOST LIKELY, FROM HERE ON OUT. PLAYERS ARE LISTED IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THE LAST WEEK OF THE REGULAR SEASON FOR MOST, AND YOU COULD BE IN A WIN AND IN SITUATION. LET'S GET TO IT!
NO. 1 PRIORITY OVERALL IS SCOTT CHANDLER, THEN DAVID JOHNSON & ANDRE ELLINGTON, THEN HANDCUFF YOUR RBS, THEN BASED ON NEED. QB: KIRK COUSINS (HAD THE DREAM MATCHIUP, GOING AGAINST NEW ORLEANS, THREE WEEKS AGO, AND DELIVERED, BUT THEN FAILED TO REGISTER DOUBLE DIGITS TWO WEEKS AGO. OVER 24 THIS PAST WEEK, BUT NO ONE PROBABLY STARTED HIM. COUSINS IS MUCH BETTER AT HOME, 5-1, VERSUS THE ROAD, BUT HE IS AT HOME THIS WEEK AGAINST DALLAS AND WEEK 15 AGAINST THE BILLS. ALSO, PLAYING THE EAGLES WEEK 16 THOUGH IT IS AWAY.) JAY CUTLER (HAD A STRETCH OF SIX STRAIGHT 21 PLUS POINT GAMES THAT WAS ENDED JUST THREE WEEKS AGO. THE PAST TWO WEEKS HE FAILED TO REGISTER 15 POINTS RESPECTFULLY. WITH THAT BEING SAID, A NICE MATCH UP THIS WEEK AGAINST THE 49ERS, IF YOU'VE BEEN STREAMING QBS SINCE YOU FOUND OUT ANDREW LUCK WAS OUT FOR SEASON.) RB: DAVID JOHNSON & ANDRE ELLINGTON (THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST BIG RB WAIVER WIRE PICK UP, BARRING A INJURY, THIS SEASON. CHRIS JOHNSON IS ON IR DESIGNATED TO RETURN AND ELLINGTON HAS TURF TOE. AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T KNOW IF ELLINGTON WILL PLAY THIS WEEK SO JOHNSON FOR THIS WEEK I'D PRIORITIZE OVER ELLINGTON, BUT IF YOU'VE LOCKED UP A BYE WEEK, OR EVEN A PLAYOFF SEED, OR JUST FIRMLY PLANTED IN YOUR PLAYOFF SPOT I'D GO ELLINGTON OVER JOHNSON AS WHEN ELLINGTON DOES COME BACK HE SHOULD GET THE BULK OF THE WORKLOAD.) BRANDON BOLDEN: (THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A SHOT IN THE DARK AS WHITE HAD THE GREAT GAME TWO WEEKS AGO, AND BOLDEN HAD THE GREAT GAME THIS PAST WEEK. I WILL CAUTION THAT AMENDOLA WILL MOST LIKELY BE BACK THIS WEEK, BUT THERE IS STILL NO EDELMAN, AND NOW NO GRONK. SCOTT CAHNDLER IS THE LOGICAL CHOICE TO RECEIVE THE MAJORITY OF GRONK'S TARGETS, BUT NOTHING'S LOGICAL IN NEW ENGLAND. BOLDEN WORTH A SPECULATIVE ADD.) THEO RIDDICK & JOIQUE BELL: (RIDDICK IS THE LIONS RB I WANT IN PPR. STAFFORD HAS CAUGHT FIRE THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF HIM SLOWING DOWN NOW. HAD 5 CATCHES FOR 60 PLUS AND A TD ON THANKSGIVING. THE MATCH UP ISN'T SO GOOD THIS WEEK GOING UP AGAINST GREEN BAY, ON PAPER, BUT LET'S JUST SAY THEY ARE GETTING BLOWN OUT. THAT ONLY MEANS THEY'LL BE IN PASS MODE. BELL IS A SPECULATIVE ADD IN STANDARD LEAGUES. I WOULDN'T START HIM THIS WEEK UNLESS I HAD TO, GOING UP AGAINST THE PACKERS, BUT RB'S TEND TO DO WELL ON THURSDAY, TYPICALLY. BOTH TEAMS ACTUALLY WILL BE PLAYING ON A FULL WEEKS REST SO THAT THEORY IS OUT. SCORED LAST WEEK THOUGH, HOW LUCKY DO YOU FEEL?) DAN HERRON (AFTER DAVID JOHNSON & ANDRE ELLINGTON, YOU SHOULD PICK UP BOTH SO YOU HAVE THE HANDCUFF, EVERYONE ELSE SHOULD BE HANDCUFFING THERE OWN RBS. IF YOU HAVE FRANK GORE, THIS IS ALMOST A MUST ADD. PAGANO SAID THAT THIS SEASON HAS TAKEN A TOLL ON GORE SO THE END OF THE LINE MAY BE NEAR FOR THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH. HERRON HAS PLAYED FOR THE COLTS BEFORE SO HE KNOWS THE OFFENSE, AND WAS ACTUALLY FANTASY RELEVANT LESS THAN A YEAR AGO.) JAY AJAYI (LAMAR MILLER ISN'T PLAYING WELL. THE OC HAS BEEN FIRED. YOU NEVER KNOW, THEY MAY WANT TO SEE WHAT THEY HAVE IN AJAYI FOR NEXT YEAR. HAS BEEN GETTING MORE INVOLVED IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.) ORLEANS DARKWA (SPECULATIVE ADD. NO GIANTS RB HAS TAKEN CONTROL OF THE STARTING SPOT, SAVE VEREEN IN PRR. WR: DONTRELLE INMAN (RIVERS, FROM A FANTASY STANDPOINT, HAS BEEN GREAT THIS YEAR. YOU KNOW GATES WILL GET HIS, AND JOHNSON IS VIABLE ESP IN PPR, BUT A GUY I COULD SEE STRINGING TOGETHER THESE 50-60 PLUS YARD GAMES WITH A TD IS INMAN. THE ONLY DEEP THREAT, AT THIS POINT, WITH FLOYD HURT.) DEVANTE PARKER (INITIALLY WAS A SECOND HALF BREAKOUT CANIDATE FOR ME, BUT, FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, RISHARD MATTHEWS LEFT THE GAME EARLY LAST WEEK SO THAT BREAKOUT STARTS NOW. NOW THE SECOND TARGET, BEHIND LANDRY.) DOUG BALDWIN (NOT BUYING INTO THE SEAHAWKS OFFENSE BECOMING EXPLOSIVE. BUT, AS A FLEX PLAY BALDWIN COULD BE SOLID FOR YOU DOWN THE STRETCH. MOST NOTABLY, 3 TDS LAST WEEK, BUT 6 FOR 60 THE WEEK BEFORE, 7 FOR 130 PLUS THE WEEK BEFORE THAT, WITH A TD. THE ARROW IS POINTING UP FOR BALDWIN, BUT ONLY BALDWIN. THE OFFENSE ISN'T DYNAMIC ENOUGH FOR ANY OTHER WR TO BE RELEVANT. IT'S DANGEROUS JUST TO SAY THAT ABOUT BALDWIN.) DEVIN FUNCHESS (FOR ONE WEEK ONLY..AND, THEN, POTENTIALLY THE ROS. HIS QB CAM NEWTON HAS THE DREAM MATCH UP THIS WEEK GOING UP AGAINST THE SAINTS. SO, IF YOU'RE DESPERATE, PLUG AND PLAY.) COLE BEASLEY (MATT CASSEL IS THE STARTING QB FOR DALLAS, ONCE AGAIN, AND HE HAS A CONNECTION WITH BEASLEY. THE FACT THEY PLAYED TOGETHER AS NO. 2'S IN PRACTICE SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY. CASSEL'S LAST START SAW BEASLEY GO FOR OVER 110 YARDS AND 2 TDS.) BRYAN WALTERS (ALLEN HURNS LEFT THE GAME EARLY THIS PAST WEEK, AND BORTLES HAS PLAYED WELL THIS YEAR. HE'S PROVING ME TO BE RIGHT WHEN I PREDICTED HIM TO FINISH TOP 12 IN THE PRE-SEASON. IF HURNS CAN'T GO, WALTERS, LIKE FUNCHESS, A NICE PLUG AND PLAY OPTION FOR THIS WEEK.) SETH ROBERTS (2 TDS THIS PAST WEEK. I WILL CAUTION, HE HAD A STRETCH LIKE THIS EARLIER THIS YEAR SCORING A TD IN WEEKS 2 AND 3, RESPECTFULLY, THEN DISAPPEARED. CARR, LIKE BORTLES HAS MADE STRIDES THIS YEAR THOUGH, AND WE'LL SEE IF HE CAN PRODUCE 3 FANTASY RELEVANT WR'S IN THE NEXT COMING WEEKS. SPECULATIVE ADD. TE SCOTT CHANDLER (GRONK IS OUT. REPORTS HAVE HIM BEING OUT FOR ONLY THIS WEEK, OR UNTIL THE NFL PLAYOFFS. EITHER WAY, CHANDLER HAS GOT TO BE ADDED, AND STARTED, BASED ON THE OPPORTUNITY HE HAS. NO EDELMAN. A BANGED UP AMENDOLA, AND THAT'S IT. CHANDLER HAS JUST BECOME THE NO. 1 PASS CATCHER FOR TOM BRADY, BY DEFAULT. JACOB TAMME (IF HANKERSON IS OUT, LIKE EXPECTED, TAMME IS VIABLE AT A WEAK TE POSITION. I WILL CAUTION RYAN HAS STRUGGLED, AS OF LATE, BUT EVEN IF THEY ARE DOWN THAT JUST MEANS THEY'LL BE IN PASS MODE.) ZACH MILLER (IF BENNETT IS OUT AGAIN, MILLER IS ALMOST MUST START. 12 CATCHES TO DATE, 6 IN THE RED ZONE, RESULTING IN 4 TDS, SO FAR, THIS SEASON.) BRENT CELEK (IF ERTZ IS OUT AGAIN, CELEK HAS A NICE MATCH UP, SURPRISINGLY, GOING UP AGAINST THE PATRIOTS. I WILL CAUTION, THE QB PLAY HAS BEEN HORRIBLE ESP IF IT'S SANCHEZ, FEELING LUCKY?) VANCE MCDONALD (SINCE VERNON DAVIS WAS TRADED, HE'S SCORED A TD IN THE PAST TWO GAMES, RESPECTFULLY. GOING UP AGAINST CHICAGO, I CAN SEE THAT TREND CONTINUING.) TYLER WILSON (I HAVE THIS SNEAKY SUSPICION THAT MILLER HAS A BREAKOUT GAME THIS WEEK. COMING INTO THIS YEAR, BEFORE THE JIMMY GRAHAM TRADE, HE WAS A GUY I HAD AS A BREAKOUT. HAD A MONSTER GAME LAST YEAR IN THE PLAYOFFS, BUT THEN THEY TRADED FOR GRAHAM. ALSO IN HIS FAVOR, THE SEAHAWKS WERE JUST STARTING TO FORCE FEED, PER SAY, JIMMY GRAHAM THE BALL, AND REALLY GETTING HIM INVOLVED. NOW THAT HE'S OUT, DO THEY CHANGE THAT PLAN, OR JUST STICK TO IT, WITH WILSON AS THAT GUY?)
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