Saturday, November 28, 2009

FDH Fantasy Newsletter: Volume II, Issue XLVII

Welcome to our 61st edition of the FDH Fantasy Newsletter, as we continue to bring you weekly fantasy sports updates in addition to our usual content on FantasyDrafthelp.com. Our archive of past editions is available right here on The FantasyDrafthelp.com Blog and specific links to past editions are available on the front page of FantasyDrafthelp.com.

In this week's edition:

^ NFL Week 12 Preview
^ NFL Week 12 Best Waiver Wire Pickups

NFL Week 12 Preview

Here’s a few standard preface notes:

^ Notwithstanding the claims of any website to be your “home for Sunday morning injury report news,” nothing beats Google News – nothing. Entering a player name into this search engine trumps any other means of gathering information because it culls the data from an unbelievably wide variety of sources.

^ Especially earlier in the season, it’s always good to refer to a strong baseline of where players should have been drafted – and nothing beats FANTASY FOOTBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2009.

^ Unless there are any injury questions, we never discuss “gimme” players. Such core players should be started week in and week out unless there is any question surrounding their playing status. Winning teams only need to worry about “playing the matchups” with one, two or (at the most, during bye weeks) three spots in the lineup. Some websites promise you a crystal ball for how to manage high-risk, high-reward juggling during the season. We don’t. We play the percentages. That approach may be boring, but it’s highly effective and much more intellectually honest in what we promise you.

^ By the way, here are your core players who should not be benched if healthy
QB: Brady, Brees, P Manning, McNabb, Rivers, Rodgers, Romo, Warner
RB: M Barber, R Brown, Forte, Gore, Grant, S Jackson, Jacobs, C Johnson, Jones-Drew, Peterson, Portis, Slaton, Tomlinson, Turner, Westbrook, D Williams
WR: Boldin, Bowe, Colston, Fitzgerald, Jennings, A Johnson, C Johnson, Houshmandzadeh, V Jackson, Marshall, Moss, Ochocinco, S Smith (Carolina), Wayne, R White
TE: Clark, Gates, Gonzalez, Witten

^ Here are the players added to that list since the start of the year:
RB: Benson
WR: Burleson, Driver, S Smith (NY Giants)
TE: H Miller, V Davis

^ And here are the players who were on our list, but have been removed from it:
RB: Lynch
WR: Owens, R Williams

^ Links for each game take you to the CBS Sports home page for each game, with stats, analysis and even video previews.

^ All times listed are EDT.

^ Of the non-gimme players we like this week, the stronger plays are the ones in all caps.

Week 12
Sunday, Nov. 29
Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 1 p.m. WR Bryant, TE Winslow, QB RYAN
Miami at Buffalo, 1 p.m. RB WILLIAMS, RB Jackson
Cleveland at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. All-out on marginal Browns, QB PALMER, WR Caldwell (RB Scott if RB Benson gets deemed unlikely to play Sunday morning)
Indianapolis at Houston, 1 p.m. RB Addai, QB Schaub, WR Walter
Chicago at Minnesota, 1 p.m. QB Cutler, WR Hester, TE Olsen, all-in on marginal Vikings
Carolina at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. All-out on marginal Panthers, RB JONES, WR Cotchery, TE Keller
Washington at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. All-out on marginal Redskins, RB McCoy, WR Jackson, TE Celek
Seattle at St. Louis, 1 p.m. TE Carlson, all-out on marginal Rams
Kansas City at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. RB Charles, WR CHAMBERS, all-out on marginal Chargers
Jacksonville at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. QB Garrard, WR Sims-Walker, all-out on marginal 49’ers
Arizona at Tennessee, 4:15 p.m. RB WELLS, WR Breaston, QB Young
Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 8:20 p.m. WR Holmes, WR Ward, QB Flacco, RB Rice, WR Mason
Monday, Nov. 30
New England at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m. RB Maroney, WR WELKER, all-in on marginal Saints (with RB Bush bearing scrutiny because of his status)

NFL Week 12 Best Waiver Wire Pickups

NOTE: We only recommend plausible pickups; our threshold is 40% or less ownership in CBSSports.com leagues. As such, players may show up on our list multiple weeks if they fall below that percentage and if we still believe in their upside potential.

1 Kevin Faulk
2 Gartrell Johnson
3 Brady Quinn
4 Chris Jennings
5 Marcedes Lewis

Friday, November 20, 2009

FDH Fantasy Newsletter: Volume II, Issue XLVI

Welcome to our 61st edition of the FDH Fantasy Newsletter, as we continue to bring you weekly fantasy sports updates in addition to our usual content on FantasyDrafthelp.com. Our archive of past editions is available right here on The FantasyDrafthelp.com Blog and specific links to past editions are available on the front page of FantasyDrafthelp.com.

In this week's edition:

^ NFL Week 11 Preview
^ NFL Week 11 Best Waiver Wire Pickups

NFL Week 11 Preview

Here’s a few standard preface notes:

^ Notwithstanding the claims of any website to be your “home for Sunday morning injury report news,” nothing beats Google News – nothing. Entering a player name into this search engine trumps any other means of gathering information because it culls the data from an unbelievably wide variety of sources.

^ Especially earlier in the season, it’s always good to refer to a strong baseline of where players should have been drafted – and nothing beats FANTASY FOOTBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2009.

^ Unless there are any injury questions, we never discuss “gimme” players. Such core players should be started week in and week out unless there is any question surrounding their playing status. Winning teams only need to worry about “playing the matchups” with one, two or (at the most, during bye weeks) three spots in the lineup. Some websites promise you a crystal ball for how to manage high-risk, high-reward juggling during the season. We don’t. We play the percentages. That approach may be boring, but it’s highly effective and much more intellectually honest in what we promise you.

^ By the way, here are your core players who should not be benched if healthy
QB: Brady, Brees, P Manning, McNabb, Rivers, Rodgers, Romo, Warner
RB: M Barber, R Brown, Forte, Gore, Grant, S Jackson, Jacobs, C Johnson, Jones-Drew, Peterson, Portis, Slaton, Tomlinson, Turner, Westbrook, D Williams
WR: Boldin, Bowe, Colston, Fitzgerald, Jennings, A Johnson, C Johnson, Houshmandzadeh, V Jackson, Marshall, Moss, Ochocinco, S Smith (Carolina), Wayne, R White
TE: Clark, Gates, Gonzalez, Witten

^ Here are the players added to that list since the start of the year:
RB: Benson
WR: Burleson, Driver, S Smith (NY Giants)
TE: H Miller, V Davis

^ And here are the players who were on our list, but have been removed from it:
RB: Lynch
WR: Owens, R Williams

^ Links for each game take you to the CBS Sports home page for each game, with stats, analysis and even video previews.

^ All times listed are EDT.

^ Of the non-gimme players we like this week, the stronger plays are the ones in all caps.

Week 11
Sunday, Nov. 22
Indianapolis at Baltimore, 1 p.m. All-out on marginal Colts, QB Flacco, RB RICE
Washington at Dallas, 1 p.m. RB Betts, WR S Moss, RB F Jones, WR AUSTIN
Cleveland at Detroit, 1 p.m. All-out on marginal Browns, RB K Smith
San Francisco at Green Bay, 1 p.m. QB A Smith, all-in on marginal Packers (with TE Finley as the play)
Buffalo at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. WR Evans, WR Sims-Walker, WR Holt
Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 1 p.m. All-in on marginal Steelers (with WR Ward bearing watching going up to gametime), all-out on marginal Chiefs
Seattle at Minnesota, 1 p.m. QB Hasselbeck, TE Carlson, all-in on marginal Vikings (with all three main WR being good options if Berrian is good to go)
Atlanta at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. All-out on marginal Falcons, all-in on marginal Giants
New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. All-in on marginal Saints (although RB Bush is still questionable), TE Winslow
Arizona at St. Louis, 4:05 p.m. All-in on marginal Cardinals, all-out on marginal Rams
San Diego at Denver, 4:15 p.m. All-out on marginal Chargers, RB MORENO
N.Y. Jets at New England, 4:15 p.m. RB T Jones, WR Cotchery, WR Welker
Cincinnati at Oakland, 4:15 p.m. QB PALMER, TE Z Miller
Philadelphia at Chicago, 8:20 p.m. RB McCoy, WR D Jackson, TE Celek, WR Hester
Monday, Nov. 23
Tennessee at Houston, 8:30 p.m. QB V Young, QB Schaub, WR Walter

NFL Week 11 Best Waiver Wire Pickups

NOTE: We only recommend plausible pickups; our threshold is 40% or less ownership in CBSSports.com leagues. As such, players may show up on our list multiple weeks if they fall below that percentage and if we still believe in their upside potential.

1 Shayne Graham
2 Jason Avant
3 Malcom Floyd
4 Michael Bush
5 Vince Young

Saturday, November 14, 2009

FDH Fantasy Newsletter: Volume II, Issue XLV

Welcome to our 60th edition of the FDH Fantasy Newsletter, as we continue to bring you weekly fantasy sports updates in addition to our usual content on FantasyDrafthelp.com. Our archive of past editions is available right here on The FantasyDrafthelp.com Blog and specific links to past editions are available on the front page of FantasyDrafthelp.com.

In this week's edition:

^ NFL Week 10 Preview
^ NFL Week 10 Best Waiver Wire Pickups

NFL Week 10 Preview

Here’s a few standard preface notes:

^ Notwithstanding the claims of any website to be your “home for Sunday morning injury report news,” nothing beats Google News – nothing. Entering a player name into this search engine trumps any other means of gathering information because it culls the data from an unbelievably wide variety of sources.

^ Especially earlier in the season, it’s always good to refer to a strong baseline of where players should have been drafted – and nothing beats FANTASY FOOTBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2009.

^ Unless there are any injury questions, we never discuss “gimme” players. Such core players should be started week in and week out unless there is any question surrounding their playing status. Winning teams only need to worry about “playing the matchups” with one, two or (at the most, during bye weeks) three spots in the lineup. Some websites promise you a crystal ball for how to manage high-risk, high-reward juggling during the season. We don’t. We play the percentages. That approach may be boring, but it’s highly effective and much more intellectually honest in what we promise you.

^ By the way, here are your core players who should not be benched if healthy
QB: Brady, Brees, P Manning, McNabb, Rivers, Rodgers, Romo, Warner
RB: M Barber, R Brown, Forte, Gore, Grant, S Jackson, Jacobs, C Johnson, Jones-Drew, Peterson, Portis, Slaton, Tomlinson, Turner, Westbrook, D Williams
WR: Boldin, Bowe, Colston, Fitzgerald, Jennings, A Johnson, C Johnson, Houshmandzadeh, V Jackson, Marshall, Moss, Ochocinco, S Smith (Carolina), Wayne, R White
TE: Clark, Gates, Gonzalez, Witten

^ Here are the players added to that list since the start of the year:
RB: Benson
WR: Burleson, Driver, S Smith (NY Giants)
TE: H Miller, V Davis

^ And here are the players who were on our list, but have been removed from it:
RB: Lynch
WR: Owens, R Williams

^ Links for each game take you to the CBS Sports home page for each game, with stats, analysis and even video previews.

^ All times listed are EDT.

^ Of the non-gimme players we like this week, the stronger plays are the ones in all caps.


Week 10
(Byes: Houston, N.Y Giants)
Sunday, Nov. 15
Atlanta at Carolina, 1 p.m. QB Ryan, QB Delhomme
Tampa Bay at Miami, 1 p.m. TE Winslow, RB R Williams
Detroit at Minnesota, 1 p.m. RB K Smith, Vikings marginal players all-in
Jacksonville at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Jags marginal players all-out, WR Cotchery, TE Keller
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. QB Palmer, QB Roethlisberger, WR Holmes, WR Ward
New Orleans at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Saints marginal players all-in, Rams marginal players all-out
Buffalo at Tennessee, 1 p.m. WR Evans, QB Young
Denver at Washington, 1 p.m. RB Moreno, RB Betts, WR S Moss
Kansas City at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. RB Charles, RB McFadden, TE Z Miller
Seattle at Arizona, 4:15 p.m. QB Hasselbeck, TE Carlson, RB Wells, WR Breaston
Dallas at Green Bay, 4:15 p.m. WR Austin, Packers marginal players all-in (with Lee at TE
Philadelphia at San Diego, 4:15 p.m. RB McCoy, WR D Jackson, TE Celek
New England at Indianapolis, 8:20 p.m. RB Maroney, WR Welker, RB Addai
Monday, Nov. 16
Baltimore at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m. Ravens marginal players all-in, Browns marginal players all-out

NFL Week 10 Best Waiver Wire Pickups

NOTE: We only recommend plausible pickups; our threshold is 40% or less ownership in CBSSports.com leagues. As such, players may show up on our list multiple weeks if they fall below that percentage and if we still believe in their upside potential.

1 Robert Meachem
2 Earl Bennett
3 James Jones
4 Vince Young
5 Brandon Pettigrew

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

2009 College Hoops Team Draft

Here are our suggested league guidelines for a college hoops team draft, along with our draft board for this season:

SUGGESTED LEAGUE GUIDELINES

^ A standard serpentine-style draft serves as the best place to begin.
^ The ideal distribution of talent would be as follows: 5 teams drafted by 8 owners, 6 teams drafted by 7 owners, 7 teams drafted by 6 owners or 8 teams drafted by 5 owners.
^ Points should be divided equally between success in the regular season/conference tournaments and in the NCAA tournament.
^ Regular season point distribution should come in the form of a "snapshot" of the Associated Press Top 25 poll on the following dates: January 4, January 18, February 1, February 15, March 1 and March 15. On those dates, points would be allocated in the following manner: 1st place (100 points), 2nd place (94 points), 3rd place (91 points), 4th place (88 points), 5th place (85 points), 6th place (78 points), 7th place (75 points), 8th place (72 points), 9th place (68 points), 10th place (65 points), 11th place (58 points), 12th place (55 points), 13th place (52 points), 14th place (48 points), 15th place (45 points), 16th place (40 points), 17th place (36 points), 18th place (32 points), 19th place (28 points), 20th place (25 points), 21th place (22 points), 22nd place (18 points), 23rd place (15 points), 24th place (12 points), 25th place (10 points). Additionally, 90 points are to be awarded to the winner of a regular season conference title and an additional 90 points to the winner of a conference title tournament.
^ The other half of the points, in the form of NCAA tournament points, are to be distributed as follows: 50 points for qualifying for the tournament, 100 points for one of your teams qualifying as a #1, #2, #3, #4 seed in any region, 40 points for qualifying as a #5, #6, #7 or #8 seed in any region, 40 points for winning a first-round tournament game, 75 points for winning a second-round tournament game, 150 points for winning a third-round tournament game, 175 for winning a regional final game, 250 points for winning a national semifinal game and 500 points for winning the national title.

NOTE: Teams are listed along with their ranking in our average of a number of major preseason polls.

DRAFT BOARD

TOP TIER
1 Kansas (1)
2 Michigan State (2)
3 Texas (3)
4 Kentucky (4)
5 Villanova (7)
6 North Carolina (5)
7 Purdue (6)
8 West Virginia (8)

SECOND TIER
9 Butler (11)
10 Tennessee (9)
11 Duke (10)
12 Washington (14)
13 UConn (12)
14 California (13)
15 Mississippi State (15)

THIRD TIER
16 Oklahoma (16)
17 Georgetown (17)
18 Ohio State (19)
19 Michigan (18)
20 Georgia Tech (20)

FOURTH TIER
21 Dayton (23)
22 BYU (29)
23 Louisville (21)
24 Clemson (22)
25 Minnesota (26)
26 Vanderbilt (24T)
27 Maryland (24T)
28 Illinois (27T)
29 Wake Forest (27)
30 Notre Dame (30)
31 Syracuse (31T)
32 Florida State (31T)

FIFTH TIER
33 Siena
34 Xavier
35 Gonzaga
36 Oklahoma State
37 UCLA
38 Florida
39 Northern Iowa
40 Tulsa
41 USC
42 Pittsburgh
43 Missouri
44 South Carolina
45 Kansas State

Saturday, November 07, 2009

FDH Fantasy Newsletter: Volume II, Issue XLIV

Welcome to our 59th edition of the FDH Fantasy Newsletter, as we continue to bring you weekly fantasy sports updates in addition to our usual content on FantasyDrafthelp.com. Our archive of past editions is available right here on The FantasyDrafthelp.com Blog and specific links to past editions are available on the front page of FantasyDrafthelp.com.

In this week's edition:

^ NFL Week 9 Preview
^ NFL Week 9 Best Waiver Wire Pickups

NFL Week 9 Preview

Here’s a few standard preface notes:

^ Notwithstanding the claims of any website to be your “home for Sunday morning injury report news,” nothing beats Google News – nothing. Entering a player name into this search engine trumps any other means of gathering information because it culls the data from an unbelievably wide variety of sources.

^ Especially earlier in the season, it’s always good to refer to a strong baseline of where players should have been drafted – and nothing beats FANTASY FOOTBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2009.

^ Unless there are any injury questions, we never discuss “gimme” players. Such core players should be started week in and week out unless there is any question surrounding their playing status. Winning teams only need to worry about “playing the matchups” with one, two or (at the most, during bye weeks) three spots in the lineup. Some websites promise you a crystal ball for how to manage high-risk, high-reward juggling during the season. We don’t. We play the percentages. That approach may be boring, but it’s highly effective and much more intellectually honest in what we promise you.

^ By the way, here are your core players who should not be benched if healthy
QB: Brady, Brees, P Manning, McNabb, Rivers, Rodgers, Romo, Warner
RB: M Barber, R Brown, Forte, Gore, Grant, S Jackson, Jacobs, C Johnson, Jones-Drew, Peterson, Portis, Slaton, Tomlinson, Turner, Westbrook, D Williams
WR: Boldin, Bowe, Colston, Fitzgerald, Jennings, A Johnson, C Johnson, Houshmandzadeh, V Jackson, Marshall, Moss, Ochocinco, S Smith (Carolina), Wayne, R White
TE: Clark, Gates, Gonzalez, Witten

^ Here are the players added to that list since the start of the year:
RB: Benson
WR: Burleson, Driver, S Smith (NY Giants)
TE: H Miller, V Davis

^ And here are the players who were on our list, but have been removed from it:
RB: Lynch
WR: Owens, R Williams

^ Links for each game take you to the CBS Sports home page for each game, with stats, analysis and even video previews.

^ All times listed are EDT.

^ Of the non-gimme players we like this week, the stronger plays are the ones in all caps.

Sunday, Nov. 8
(Byes: Buffalo, Cleveland, Minnesota, N.Y. Jets, Oakland, St. Louis)
Washington at Atlanta, 1 p.m. WR Moss, Falcons marginal players all-out
Arizona at Chicago, 1 p.m. WR Breaston, QB Cutler, WR Bennett, WR Knox, TE Olsen
Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. QB Flacco, RB Rice, WR Mason, TE Heap, QB PALMER, WR Henry
Houston at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. QB SCHAUB, WR Walter, RB Addai
Kansas City at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. QB Cassel, RB Charles, WR Garrard, WR SIMS-WALKER, WR Holt
Miami at New England, 1 p.m. Dolphins marginal players all-out, WR Welker
Green Bay at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. TE Lee, TE Winslow
Carolina at New Orleans, 4:05 p.m. QB Delhomme, Saints marginal players all-in
Detroit at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. Lions marginal players all-out, Seahawks marginal players all-in
San Diego at N.Y. Giants, 4:15 p.m. Chargers marginal players all-out, Giants marginal players all-in
Tennessee at San Francisco, 4:15 p.m. WR Britt, QB A Smith
Dallas at Philadelphia, 8:20 p.m. WR Austin, RB McCoy, WR Jackson, TE Celek
Monday, Nov. 9
Pittsburgh at Denver, 8:30 p.m. QB Roethlisberger, QB Orton, WR Ward, WR Holmes

NFL Week 9 Best Waiver Wire Pickups

NOTE: We only recommend plausible pickups; our threshold is 40% or less ownership in CBSSports.com leagues. As such, players may show up on our list multiple weeks if they fall below that percentage and if we still believe in their upside potential.

1 Ted Ginn Jr.
2 Chad Henne
3 Donald Lee
4 Vince Young
5 Steven Hauschka

Sunday, November 01, 2009

FDH Fantasy Newsletter: Volume II, Issue XLIII

Welcome to our 58th edition of the FDH Fantasy Newsletter, as we continue to bring you weekly fantasy sports updates in addition to our usual content on FantasyDrafthelp.com. Our archive of past editions is available right here on The FantasyDrafthelp.com Blog and specific links to past editions are available on the front page of FantasyDrafthelp.com.

In this week's edition:

^ NFL Week 8 Preview
^ NFL Week 8 Best Waiver Wire Pickups

NFL Week 8 Preview

Here’s a few standard preface notes:

^ Notwithstanding the claims of any website to be your “home for Sunday morning injury report news,” nothing beats Google News – nothing. Entering a player name into this search engine trumps any other means of gathering information because it culls the data from an unbelievably wide variety of sources.

^ Especially earlier in the season, it’s always good to refer to a strong baseline of where players should have been drafted – and nothing beats FANTASY FOOTBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2009.

^ Unless there are any injury questions, we never discuss “gimme” players. Such core players should be started week in and week out unless there is any question surrounding their playing status. Winning teams only need to worry about “playing the matchups” with one, two or (at the most, during bye weeks) three spots in the lineup. Some websites promise you a crystal ball for how to manage high-risk, high-reward juggling during the season. We don’t. We play the percentages. That approach may be boring, but it’s highly effective and much more intellectually honest in what we promise you.

^ By the way, here are your core players who should not be benched if healthy
QB: Brady, Brees, P Manning, McNabb, Rivers, Rodgers, Romo, Warner
RB: M Barber, R Brown, Forte, Gore, Grant, S Jackson, Jacobs, C Johnson, Jones-Drew, Peterson, Portis, Slaton, Tomlinson, Turner, Westbrook, D Williams
WR: Boldin, Bowe, Colston, Fitzgerald, Jennings, A Johnson, C Johnson, Houshmandzadeh, V Jackson, Marshall, Moss, Ochocinco, S Smith (Carolina), Wayne, R White
TE: Clark, Gates, Gonzalez, Witten

^ Here are the players added to that list since the start of the year:
RB: Benson
WR: Burleson, Driver, S Smith (NY Giants)
TE: Daniels, H Miller

^ And here are the players who were on our list, but have been removed from it:
RB: Lynch
WR: Owens, R Williams

^ Links for each game take you to the CBS Sports home page for each game, with stats, analysis and even video previews.

^ All times listed are EDT.

^ Of the non-gimme players we like this week, the stronger plays are the ones in all caps.

NOTE: There are a few players this week, noted by asterisks, whose primary value lies in PPR leagues.

Sunday, Nov. 1(Byes: Cincinnati, Kansas City, New England, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, Washington)
N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. RB Bradshaw, WR D Jackson, TE Celek
Denver at Baltimore, 1 p.m. QB Orton, WR Royal, QB Flacco, RB Rice*
Houston at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Texans all-in on marginal players, RB Jackson, WR Owens, WR Evans
Cleveland at Chicago, 1 p.m. Bears all-in on marginal players, Browns all-out
Seattle at Dallas, 1 p.m. RB J Jones, WR Burleson, WR AUSTIN
St. Louis at Detroit, 1 p.m. WR Avery, RB K SMITH
Minnesota at Green Bay, 1 p.m. All-in for marginal players on both teams (with Lee as the TE for the Packers)
Miami at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. RB R Williams, RB T JONES
San Francisco at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. WR Crabtree, WR Collie, WR Garcon
Oakland at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. Raiders all-out on marginal players, RB Sproles*
Jacksonville at Tennessee, 4:05 p.m. QB Garrard, WR SIMS-WALKER, WR Holt, Titans all-out on marginal players
Carolina at Arizona, 4:15 p.m. All-out on marginal Panthers, RB B Wells
Monday, Nov. 2
Atlanta at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m. All-out on marginal Falcons, All-in on marginal Saints (with RB Bush*)

NFL Week 8 Best Waiver Wire Pickups

NOTE: We only recommend plausible pickups; our threshold is 40% or less ownership in CBSSports.com leagues. As such, players may show up on our list multiple weeks if they fall below that percentage and if we still believe in their upside potential.

1 Donald Lee
2 Alex Smith
3 Brian Hartline
4 Ryan Fitzpatrick
5 Chad Henne