Tuesday, September 23, 2008

UH OHH Where did all my WR go?

This post come out of my own wrong doing for my team. I have been filling my roster with you talented RBs, and having trade away one WR, then loosing Nate Burleson to IR. I find myself looking for WR in and around the 15% owned department on ESPN to try and fill in on bye weeks. Here is a list of some of the players I feel that can be a good grab if you are looking to fill a WR spot to get you through bye weeks.

Chansi Stuckey NYJ
16.6% owned

Stuckey is the 3rd WR on the Jets, but has been a great target for Farve. He has caught a TD in each of the last 3 games. he also has very favorable match-ups against bad defenses, in the coming weeks. BUf is the only top 10 defense that the Jets will see in the next 7 weeks.

ARI, Bye, CIN, @OAK, KC,@ BUF, STL

Brandon Lloyd CHI
8.0% owned

Broke out in week 3 for 6 rec for 124 yards and 1 TD. His number looks good and not really any bad match-ups. the only knock I have for him is that he plays for CHI, but with Forte running the ball so well, it might open up the passing game for him to catch some more balls.

PHI. @ DET, @ ATL, MIN, Bye, DET, TEN

SEA
Bobby Engram
40.2
Deion Branch
18.6

Both are expected to return week 5 and both can be nice surprises depending on how they have recover from their injuries. A lot of owners has held on to Engram waiting for his return and if you are in a league with an owner like that you would will most likely have better options in your FA pool then what you see on this list. Branch has yet to live up to his big contract and I don't think he will, but he is still a solid WR His recovery from his knee injury should make it harder for him to that contract. Don't get me wrong i do think Branch is a good WR, but SEA gave up way too much and is paying too much for him. If you need a WR to fill in a few weeks and if one of them is healthy ,they should be able to do the job for you.

BYE, @ NYG, GB, @TB, @ SF, PHI, @ MIA

BUF
Josh Reed
1.2
Roscoe Parrish
4.3

Josh Reed is the number 2 WR for the Bills but Parrish has been better the better WR at finding the end-zone. Reed will get you point with more receptions and yardage. Parrish does kick and punt returns, and score more touchdowns. this is another pretty much a coin flip between the two in my book. If you are looking at the 2 of them I would consider how your leagues scores for the WR position. If you reward highly for return yard then go with Parrish, if you are high on receptions and yards go with Reed.

@STL, @ARI, bye, SD, @MIA, NYJ, @NE

None of the players above will bring your team to the promise land, but to get you though the dog days of the bye weeks. they have the ability to step in and give you a few points and maybe win a game or two for you, but most likely they wont and you still loose.

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