Nick Mullens (QB, SF) - Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 2QB Leagues ROSTERED: 1% of Leagues ANALYSIS: If you don't have space to roster Mullens "just-in-case", then you can pretty much forget about this post. Nick Mullens took the field backing up an injured Jimmy Garoppolo on Sunday, and that is the only path to playing he'll have going forward. If […]

Nick Foles (QB, CHI) - Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 2QB Leagues ROSTERED: 9% of Leagues ANALYSIS: It's been five starts for Nick Foles as the leading man of the Bears, and six games overall if we count the one back in Week 3 in which he was subbed in for Mitchell Trubisky. Foles has been nothing close to a world-beater, […]

Christian Blake (WR, ATL) - Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 0% of Leagues ANALYSIS: It is hard to trust the Falcons as a whole, let alone their ninth most-targeted player (or should I say the seventh least-targeted?) and no. 5 wideout. But here we are. If you happen to play in a super-deep fantasy league, you might […]

Brian Hill (RB, ATL) - Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues ROSTERED: 11% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Don't get too excited about this, because Todd Gurley II is going nowhere, but at least we saw Hill play the most snaps (and snap share at 36%) last TNF against the Panthers sharing the backfield with Gurley. While the snaps haven't […]

Curtis Samuel (WR, CAR) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues ROSTERED: 15% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Throughout the season, the Carolina Panthers have continued to utilize wide receiver Curtis Samuel in a number of ways. He has had at least four targets in five of his six games and he's earned at least four carries on three occasions. […]

Irv Smith Jr. (TE, MIN) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 7% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Minnesota Vikings tight end Irv Smith Jr. has been emerging as a dynamic playmaker for the offense lately and could be on the verge of a breakout season. Over his last two games, Smith has eight catches for 119 yards on 10 targets. […]

Denzel Mims (WR, NYJ) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 29% of Leagues ANALYSIS: It took a while thanks to that pesky hamstring injury that kept him sidelined, but Denzel Mims has finally arrived in New York. The Jets spent a second-round pick on the former Baylor wideout and got to watch him play for the first […]

Corey Davis (WR, TEN) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 28% of Leagues ANALYSIS: With Ryan Tannehill, Derrick Henry, and A.J. Brown on the roster, it makes sense to find Corey Davis buried under the top-three players of the Titans and not making many headlines these days. If you add the fact that poor Corey missed Weeks […]

Cole Beasley (WR, BUF) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues ROSTERED: 40% of Leagues ANALYSIS: I have been a sucker for Cole Beasley for multiple years now. I'm biased about his talent, probably. But let's be honest here for a minute. How many players rostered on less than 50% of fantasy leagues have such a high floor […]

Tua Tagovailoa (QB, MIA) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 2QB Leagues ROSTERED: 29% of Leagues ANALYSIS: It's Tua Time, folks. We made it. It took us--or rather, Miami--seven weeks after a full offseason to make the decision, but here we are. You gotta feel bad for mighty Ryan Fitzpatrick after his great start to the season, but this is the […]

Derek Carr (QB, LV) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 29% of Leagues ANALYSIS: I'm just a guy writing from his mom's basement, so I'm no one to tell you what to do... unless it has to do with Derek Carr. It doesn't take a genius to see what's going on, but somehow and for some reason, […]

Wayne Gallman (RB, NYG) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 2% of Leagues ANALYSIS: We had zero doubts about how the Giants would proceed once they lost Saquon Barkley for the year: sign someone from the street, as the replacements in tow were rather poor. Now that that free agent (Devonta Freeman) is injured (ankle), New York […]

Greg Ward (WR, PHI) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 7% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Up to nine receivers have dressed already this season for the Eagles. Injuries have killed half of the squad, and it's been a "next-man-up" approach for weeks now in Philly. Barring the absolutely unexpected explosion from Travis Fulgham, Greg Ward has been the […]

Tre'Quan Smith (WR, NO) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 29% of Leagues ANALYSIS: The Saints have had a lot of injuries at the receiver position. With Michael Thomas dealing with a hamstring issue, Emmanuel Sanders on the reserve-COVID list, and Marquez Callaway sustaining an ankle injury, someone will step up big time. That person will likely […]

Jalen Guyton (WR, LAC) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 0% of Leagues ANALYSIS: How much can you trust a guy that has scored 30.6 PPR total points in the last three games while being targeted all of four times combined in those games? I'm not sure about that, but I know for sure that Jalen Guyton is the […]

Albert Okwuegbunam (TE, DEN) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 1% of Leagues ANALYSIS: The Broncos saw TE1 Noah Fant get down injured back in Week 4, went on a forced bye in Week 5, and came back in Week 6 with Fant returning this past Sunday, missing just one full game. The main beneficiary for Fant's […]

Harrison Bryant (TE, CLE) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 1% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Whether you live stuck to your phone's notifications (as I do) or not (as every sane person does), you must have heard it by now: Odell Beckham Jr. is done for the year--and most importantly for the purposes of this post, TE1 Austin […]

Darnell Mooney (WR, CHI) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 2% of Leagues ANALYSIS: As ridiculous as it might sound, Darnell Mooney is Chicago's WR2 these days, and even more stupid, he's only rostered in 2 percent of Yahoo! leagues. Now, you tell me where can you find yourself such a heavy-role receiver already seven weeks into […]

Malcolm Brown (RB, LAR) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 21% of Leagues ANALYSIS: There is something in Los Angeles' air. Both the Chargers and Rams have very confounding backfields, and although both squads seem to have a clear RB1 (Austin Ekeler and Darrell Henderson Jr. respectively) they are either injured or working under a rather high […]

Carlos Hyde (RB, SEA) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 10% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Seahawks RB1 Chris Carson has played every game this season for Seattle, a first in his career, and something he even said was one of his targets entering the year (completing the season without injury). Too bad he won't be able to do […]

Joshua Kelley (RB, LAC) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 43% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Almost eight weeks into the season it is still hard to paint a clear picture of the Chargers backfield. Austin Ekeler was the (expected) go-to rusher through Week 3 until he fell down injured in Week 4. After that, Joshua Kelly has seen […]

Zack Moss (RB, BUF) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues ROSTERED: 46% of Leagues ANALYSIS: While Zack Moss definitely looks more like a "next-man-up" option rather than a true RB2 with a heavy role, fantasy GMs are banking hard on him. Moss' rostership of 46% is incredibly high for some on just supplementary duties, but with Singletary […]

Marvin Jones Jr. (WR, DET) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 50% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Marvin Jones Jr. barely made the cut (50% rostership) to be written about in this week's WW blog, and he's actually barely making the cut to being fantasy relevant this season too (7.9 PPR per game). Even though Jones has been widely disappointing […]

La'Mical Perine (RB, NYJ) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 16% of Leagues ANALYSIS: New York Jets running back La'Mical Perine saw a 50/50 split on carries with Frank Gore in Week 7 against the Buffalo Bills. Perine carried the ball 11 times for 39 yards and a touchdown while Gore had 11 carries for 60 yards. […]

Trey Burton (TE, IND) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 20% of Leagues ANALYSIS: If you're scrambling for tight end production at this point in the season, look no further than Indianapolis Colts tight end Trey Burton as a potential weekly starter going forward. Burton excelled in his most recent game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 6. […]

Marquez Callaway (WR, NO) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 1% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Are you looking to add a super-flier to your roster? Look no further than Marquez Callaway! Callaway saw playing time this past Sunday only because of Michael Thomas' (ankle) and Emmanuel Sanders' (COVID-19) absences. That was already the case in Week 5, with […]

Rashard Higgins (WR, CLE) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues ROSTERED: 1% of Leagues ANALYSIS: This Higgins is not Tee, but this Higgins isn't rostered on 70% of Yahoo! leagues either. So you know what to do. Rashard Higgins has been flying under the radar for a while now, which is reasonable considering the Browns feature a […]

JaMycal Hasty (RB, SF) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED: 20% of Leagues ANALYSIS: For a player that has logged 6, 2, 15, and 14 snaps in the four games he's played, it is rather incredible that virtually all fantasy GMs are running after him these days. That's JaMycal Hasty for you, folks, or should I say that's San […]

Brandon Aiyuk (WR, SF) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 48% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Take the time you need to read this post and enjoy it, because we will probably not be writing about Brandon Aiyuk for the rest of the season as a potential WW target. With a rostership nearing the 50%+ and given his last […]