Week Fifteen Waiver Wire Advice

Ken Kelly Posted On December 11, 2012

We cover some of the hot names on the majority of dynasty league waiver wires each week for our premium content members. These players will likely be owned in a great minority of dynasty leagues. We won’t waste your time with bigger names who are likely owned in your league and also don’t cover names we’ve already mentioned in the past.

We’re simply going to cover some players who could be targets this week if you have an open roster spot and are willing to throw a dart and hope to get lucky.

Just remember one very important thing – you’re in a dynasty league, not a re-draft league. Don’t get too enamored by the one hit wonders and drop your young projects in a quest to find lightning in a bottle. Savvy dynasty league owners will tell you the best players on the wire each and every year end up being the ones dropped by impatient owners, not the ones who suddenly break out. Again, we won’t repeat any names here, so check out the names we’ve already mentioned at the bottom of this list.

One caveat if you haven’t been following this column this season. This is quite honestly the single worst season I can remember on the waiver wire. When you look at the laundry list of names, it’s not exactly an all-pro cast. There have been a few worthy picks (Cecil Shorts, Danario Alexander, Marcel Reece, Daryl Richardson, Andre Brown, Bryce Brown before the season, etc.), but not many players have emerged this year. It’s getting skinnier by the week and is actually down to ONE for this week’s edition, so remember to check out the long laundry list of prior suggestions at the bottom. We’re simply not going to make a list full of non-worthy players just for fun – you guys are serious players, so we try not to waste your time.

With that being said, here are this week’s picks:

1.) Kris Durham, WR DET

It was Durham, not Thomas who started the game for the Lions this week, though Thomas did see a bit of action. However, Durham had nine targets in the game, second only to Tony Scheffler and Calvin Johnson. It’s getting late for him to make too much of an impact, but he’s worth monitoring.

2.) Armon Binns, WR MIA

Binns was a hot sleeper for the Bengals earlier this year, but quickly fell out of favor. With Miami, he could find himself with meaningful playing time very quickly.

3.) Brian Hoyer, QB ARI

Just how bad is it in Arizona? Bad enough for the Cardinals to claim Hoyer off waivers and seriously consider him for the starting job this week. It’s worth a shot since Hoyer was once regarded as one of the best backups in the league. He can’t be worse, right?

Prior suggestions from previous weeks this season in order of when they were recommended from latest to earliest. By request, we’re going to bold out the names of players worth keeping in most leagues. Most of the rest are either candidates to drop or only worth keeping in deeper leagues.

Mike Thomas, WR DET
Jeremy Stewart, RB OAK
Graham Harrell, QB GB
Tiquan Underwood, WR TB
Cole Beasley, WR DAL (only if Bryant is out)
Knowshon Moreno, RB DEN
Jalen Parmele, RB JAX
Garrett Graham, TE HOU
Kevin Smith, RB DET
Plaxico Burress, WR FA
Charlie Batch, QB PIT
Jarius Wright, WR MIN
Greg McElroy, QB NYJ
Justin Forsett, RB HOU (if you’re a Foster owner)
Joe Webb, QB MIN
Montell Owens, RB JAX
Lance Dunbar, RB DAL
Marcel Reece, RB OAK
Taiwan Jones, RB OAK
Travaris Cadet, RB NO
Emmanuel Sanders, WR PIT
Danario Alexander, WR SD
Logan Paulsen, TE WAS
Josh Morgan, WR WAS
Clyde Gates, WR NYJ
Johnny White, RB GB
Ryan Broyles, WR DET
Chris Cooley, TE WAS
Jonas Gray, RB MIA
Vontaze Burfict, LB CIN
Santana Moss, WR WAS
Vincent Brown SD
Brady Quinn, QB KC
LaRod Stephens Howling, RB ARI
Alex Green, RB GB
Shaun Draughn, RB KC
Nick Foles, QB PHI
Jordan Norwood, WR CLE
DJ Williams, TE GB
Kirk Cousins, QB WAS
Montario Hardesty, RB CLE
Cedric Peerman, RB CIN
Felix Jones, RB DAL
Phillip Tanner, RB DAL
Derek Hagan, WR OAK
Marlon Moore, WR MIA
Josh Cooper, WR CLE
Ricky Stanzi, QB KC
Dannell Ellerbe, LB BAL
Brandon Bolden, RB NE
Jackie Battle, RB SD
Chaz Schilens, WR NYJ
William Powell, RB ARI
Jonathan Grimes, RB NYJ
Russell Allen, LB JAX
Domenik Hixon, WR NYG
Joique Bell, RB DET
Ramses Barden, WR NYG
Jordan Cameron, TE CLE
Tashard Choice, RB BUF
LaVon Brazill, IND
Jeremy Kerley, WR NYJ
Kevin Elliott, WR JAX
Shaun Hill, QB DET
Andre Brown, RB NYG
Julian Edelman, WR NE
Brandon Myers, TE OAK
Chad Henne, QB JAX
Jacoby Jones, WR BAL
Damaris Johnson, WR PHI
Ryan Grant, RB FA
Kevin Ogletree, WR DAL
Dexter McCluster, RB/WR KC
TJ Graham, WR BUF
Aldrick Robinson, WR WAS
Daryl Richardson, RB STL
Donald Jones, WR BUF
Andrew Hawkins, WR CIN
Ryan Lindley, QB ARI
Chris Rainey, RB PIT
Cecil Shorts, WR JAX
Colt McCoy, QB CLE
Tarvaris Jackson, QB BUF
Brandon Gibson, WR STL
Anthony Allen, RB BAL

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