{"id":2411,"date":"2015-11-21T08:48:59","date_gmt":"2015-11-21T13:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigredsportsmachine.com\/?p=2411"},"modified":"2015-11-21T08:48:59","modified_gmt":"2015-11-21T13:48:59","slug":"week-11-waiver-wire-pickups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/?p=2411","title":{"rendered":"Week 11 – Waiver Wire Pickups"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We\u2019re in the fantasy home stretch now.\u00a0 Three more weeks until the playoffs start.\u00a0 In most leagues, the trading deadline has past and, if you\u2019re like us, you\u2019ve burned through a good portion (if not all) of your free agency bucks.\u00a0 Thus, the only way to make your team better is through the waiver wire.\u00a0 And that\u2019s why you\u2019re here.\u00a0 And that\u2019s why we love you.<\/p>\n

If you followed our sage quarterback advice last week, you likely won your league, as Kirk Cousins threw for a career high 4 tds, en route to a thrashing of the Saints.\u00a0 Who\u2019s going to propel you to victory this week?\u00a0 Read on.<\/p>\n

Mark Sanchez, QB Philadelphia (5% owned in Yahoo! leagues)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Wait,<\/a>

Wait, I have to play? I just signed to be the pretty backup.<\/p><\/div>\n

Yes, this week marks the return of a former starter that will lead his NFC East team to the playoffs.\u00a0 But it\u2019s not Tony Romo.\u00a0 It\u2019s Mark Sanchez.\u00a0 Sure, he\u2019ll always be remembered for the Butt Fumble, but we think he actually has some value this week.\u00a0 Hear us out.<\/p>\n

\"Never<\/a>

Never gets old.<\/p><\/div>\n

Don\u2019t let Tampa\u2019s 6th<\/sup> rated total defense fool you\u2026they rank 26th<\/sup> in points allowed, giving up over 26 points per game.\u00a0 Philly scores nearly 24 points a game, and we actually think that Sanchez is better suited for Chip Kelly\u2019s gimmicky, revolutionary,<\/span> keep-it-in college offense.\u00a0 Sanchez should easily be able to dink and dunk his way to 250 plus a score.<\/p>\n

Keshawn Martin, WR Patriots (11%)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Next<\/a>

Next up.<\/p><\/div>\n

We have no idea who Keshawn Martin is (generally, our knowledge of the Patriots is limited to Spygate, Deflategate, and all other cheating scandals) but we do know this:\u00a0 he plays offense for the Patriots.\u00a0 This means he is a typical, Bill Belichick plug and play offensive player (see Jonas Gray, James White, Aaron Dobson).\u00a0 Julien Edelman\u2019s out?\u00a0 No problem, as the Pats can just throw Martin in, who\u2019s essentially built like an Edelman clone.\u00a0 Plus, the Patriots play the Bills this week, which means that Brady will throw for about 600 yards, and we\u2019ll get to see some awesome tailgating<\/a> from self-respecting, alcoholic,<\/span> passionate Buffalo Bills fans.<\/p>\n

Martin\u2019s got a tight hammy, so keep an eye on him.\u00a0 But if he plays, we like him to be the next in a (very long) list of Patriots players that have torched the Bills.<\/p>\n

Matt Jones, RB Washington (58%) <\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Good<\/a>

Good player + horrible team = decent fantasy results.<\/p><\/div>\n

Jones saw has ownership skyrocket overnight, and he\u2019s now owned in 58% of leagues.\u00a0 That\u2019s still pretty low for someone who\u2019s established themselves as the #1 running back.\u00a0 Good news is that Jones is the best offensive player on the team.\u00a0 Bad news is he\u2019s on the Redskins, so that\u2019s not really hard to achieve.\u00a0 Jones should see a heavy workload against the Panthers.\u00a0 It\u2019s not a great matchup, but Washington really has no other options.\u00a0 Jones should see double digit carries, plus 5-7 catches, which increases his value in PPR leagues.<\/p>\n

Also, the Redskins have a decent schedule down the stretch, which means Jones is in line for some quality starts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re in the fantasy home stretch now.\u00a0 Three more weeks until the playoffs start.\u00a0 In most leagues, the trading deadline has past and, if you\u2019re like us, you\u2019ve burned through a good portion (if not all) of your free agency … 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-2411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy-football"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Bp3y-CT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411","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=2411"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2416,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411\/revisions\/2416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}