{"id":1765,"date":"2014-09-21T08:14:24","date_gmt":"2014-09-21T12:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigredsportsmachine.com\/?p=1765"},"modified":"2014-09-21T20:13:18","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T00:13:18","slug":"week-3-fantasy-waiver-wire-pickups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/?p=1765","title":{"rendered":"Week 3 – Fantasy Waiver Wire Pickups"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alright Machine loyalists, if you paid attention to us last week, you probably won.\u00a0 Matt Asiata, Larry Donnell, and Jake Locker all turned in stellar performances.\u00a0 So here\u2019s your hookup for this weeks\u2019 games.\u00a0 Note, Knile Davis is obviously the pickup of the week, but he\u2019s already owned in over 75% of leagues.\u00a0 The Machine\u2019s here to give you the under-the-radar guys that will put you over the top.<\/p>\n

Kirk Cousins, QB, Washington (44%)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"RGIII's<\/a>

RGIII’s pain is Kirk’s gain.<\/p><\/div>\n

If you\u2019re an RGIII owner and didn\u2019t take our advice to grab Jake Locker, then take our advice and pick up Cousins.\u00a0 Kirk, who some people think is better suited<\/a> for Jay Gruden\u2019s offense, showed that he can carry the Redskins.\u00a0 Granted, he played against the Jaguars last week, but the numbers don\u2019t lie:\u00a0 22\/250\/2 and 0 ints.\u00a0 Kirk chucked it 33 times last week, and we like his chances to have 30+ attempts again.\u00a0 With RGIII out an indeterminate amount of time and some favorable matchups in the next few weeks, Kirk could slide in nicely for you and keep your team afloat.<\/p>\n

Jared Cook, TE, St. Louis (17%)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Great<\/a>

Great matchup today.<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s boom or bust in the TE market.\u00a0 You either have Jimmy, Gronk, or Julius, or you have a revolving door of uncertainty.\u00a0 It\u2019s totally boom or bust, just ask Antonio Gates and Jason Witten owners.\u00a0 But The Machine\u2019s trying to add some clarity to the murky TE world, and we like Cook\u2019s matchup against Dallas.\u00a0 He\u2019s a solid TE2, and should reach double digits in points.\u00a0 As the Rams primary red zone option, he has a chance to sneak a touchdown in as well.<\/p>\n

Justin Forsett, RB, Baltimore (47%)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"We<\/a>

We like Justin’s chances to score against Cleveland.<\/p><\/div>\n

We\u2019re surprised Justin\u2019s available in more than half of Yahoo! leagues.\u00a0 Sure, he\u2019s splitting carries with Bernard Pierce, but very few teams don\u2019t have a running back by committee.\u00a0 With Baltimore though, there\u2019s no clear cut favorite, which means that Justin and Bernard should each receive double digit touches week in and week out.\u00a0 Forsett should have plenty of opportunity against Cleveland.\u00a0 He\u2019s a low end RB2 and is at least worth a spot on your bench.<\/p>\n

\"Umm...yes.\"<\/a>

When setting your lineup, make sure to…whatever, just enjoy.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alright Machine loyalists, if you paid attention to us last week, you probably won.\u00a0 Matt Asiata, Larry Donnell, and Jake Locker all turned in stellar performances.\u00a0 So here\u2019s your hookup for this weeks\u2019 games.\u00a0 Note, Knile Davis is obviously the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy-football"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Bp3y-st","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1765"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1775,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1765\/revisions\/1775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}