Waiver Wire Advice: Week Fourteen

Ken Kelly Posted On December 3, 2013

We’ll be covering 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 minority of dynasty leagues. We won’t waste your time with bigger names who are likely owned in your league like Marvin Jones, or the likely one week wonders like Dallas Clark or Vonta Leach because you guys are just too good for that. 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 with the hope of getting lucky.

Mainstream waiver wire articles will be posted all over the Internet this week begging people to pick up obvious players, but our job is to give you information to make informed and educated decisions and stay ahead of the curve, not on it.

Just remember one other 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. We won’t repeat many names here, so check out the list from prior weeks as we move along.

With that being said, here are this week’s picks in order of priority:

1.) Andre Holmes, WR OAK

Holmes is a castoff from Dallas who has finally worked his way into the mix with the Raiders. The injury to Denarius Moore has left an opening for him and he’s responded well, including a seven-catch, 136 yard performance this week against his old team. It’s quite possible he goes back into the depths of anonymity, but he’s at least shown he has some real ability. Oakland doesn’t exactly have a stacked cupboard at the position, so Holmes merits a spot in a deep dynasty league. If you want more on Holmes, just click here.

2.) Stedman Bailey, WR STL

You might be surprised to note it was Bailey and not his teammate Tavon Austin who put up better numbers at West Virginia the last two seasons. Bailey lit up the stat sheet to the tune of 86 receptions for 2,901 yards and 37 touchdowns over his final two years in Morgantown. Bailey has been working his way into the rotation and had his best game of the year this week with three catches for 46 yards. Bailey has always been a favorite of DLF and we hope this is just the beginning. He’s still buried on the depth chart, but the Rams (much like the Raiders), don’t have much settled at the position long-term.

Previous Suggestions

I was asked last week to rank them in order of importance on a dynasty roster as of today. As always, this is a pretty difficult task based on different scoring systems, roster sizes and the fact your team may or may not be a contending team this year. With that in mind, here’s a good idea of how I’d categorize the suggestions we’ve given this year.

Waiver Wire Wonders (ranked)

1. Nick Foles, QB PHI
2. Andre Ellington, RB ARI
3. Charles Clay, TE MIA
4. Terrelle Pryor, QB OAK
5. Rashad Jennings, RB OAK
6. Bobby Rainey, RB TB
7. Mike Glennon, QB TB
8. Case Keenum, QB HOU
9. Harry Douglas, WR ATL
10. Julian Edelman, WR NE
11. Timothy Wright, TE TB
12. Matt McGloin, QB OAK
13. Garrett Graham, TE HOU
14. Mike James, RB TB
15. CJ Anderson, RB DEN
16. Mike Brown, WR JAX
17. Jarrett Boykin, WR GB
18. Jermaine Kearse, WR SEA
19. Dennis Johnson RB HOU

Hold unless you Really Need a Roster Spot (unranked)

Marquise Goodwin, WR BUF
Benny Cunningham, RB STL
Brandon Bolden, RB NE
Kirk Cousins, QB WAS
LeGarrette Blount, RB NE
Brian Hoyer, QB CLE
Rishard Matthews WR MIA
Matt Flynn, QB GB
John Carlson TE SEA
James Starks, RB GB
Ted Ginn, JR. CAR
Matt Simms, QB NYJ
Khiry Robinson, RB NO
Da’Rick Rogers WR IND
Eddie Royal, WR SD
Kris Durham, WR DET
Ryan Fitzpatrick, QB TEN
Ace Sanders, WR JAX
Kellen Clemens, QB STL
Austin Davis, QB STL
Josh McCown, QB CHI
Mario Manningham, WR SF
Zach Miller, TE SEA
Chris Polk, RB PHI
Nate Burleson, WR DET
Jarius Wright WR MIN
Antone Smith, RB ATL

Throw ‘em back (unranked)

Kellen Winslow, TE NYJ
Alfonso Smith, RB ARI
Austin Pettis, WR STL
Theo Riddick, RB DET
Sean McGrath, TE KC
Chris Owusu, WR TB
Deonte Thompson, WR BAL
Tashard Choice, RB BUF
TJ Yates, QB HOU
Marcel Reece, RB OAK
Da’Rel Scott, RB NYG
Thad Lewis, QB BUF
Jeff Maehl, WR PHI
Jeff Cumberland, TE NYJ
Michael Cox, RB NYG
Peyton Hillis, RB NYG
Andrew Quarless, TE GB
Deji Karim, RB HOU
Drew Davis, WR ATL
LaVon Brazill, WR IND
Griff Whalen, WR IND
Seneca Wallace, QB GB

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