Filene's Basement Fantasy Specials

These are guys that are owned in less than 1.0% of ESPN.com fantasy league's. Think about that, out of every one thousand leagues, some of which surely have eighteen teams and start eleven receivers, these guys are owned in less than ten.

Slim pickings? You bet. But hey, if you have to shop in these clearance bins, you're already scraping the bottom of the barrel.

WR Dane Looker (0.1% owned)
Looker is (for now) the #2 WR in St. Louis. The Ram's offense is historically inept year to date, but would you rather start a bad team's #2 or a great teams #5? Really, the #5? Well, err, in that case...

RB Heath Evans (0.1% owned)
With Cassel under center, you have to figure the Pats to run more in the red-zone. Evans is always a possibility there, and if you can get a junk touchdown from your #6 RB, I think that's a win most weeks.

TE Garrett Mills (0.2% owned)
Is he twice the player Heath Evans is, or does his mom play a lot of fantasy football? Mills was the centerpiece of the ultimate non-issue pissing contest between Bill Belichick and the Vikings. Visanthe Shiancoe can't block, catch, run or figure a 15% tip without an adding machine, so you have to figure Mills will get a small number of targets each week. Especially if the Vikings decide to abandon this whole "passing game" thing, and just run AP and Chester Taylor 75 times a week.

Miles Austin (0.4% owned)
Now we are getting into the luxury end. Austin will be Dallas' #3 WR for the time being, and that makes him worth a shot in a VERY deep league.

Jalen Parmele (0.6% owned)
The rookie is the #3 RB in Miami, behind the oft-injured Ronnie Brown, and the oft-baked Ricky Williams. He MIGHT be pressed into significant action at some point this year, and if you are scraping this low, the slight chance of busting a big run should be enough for you.

Michael Clayton (0.6% owned)
He has almost completely disappeared since his rookie season, but Joey Galloway is dinged up, and the Bucs are developing a good O-line to keep whoever is under center upright most days. He is worth potentially thinking about possibly looking into the idea of maybe picking up.