Waiver Wire Advice: Week Fifteen

Ken Kelly

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. We’ve already been on top of the usual suspects like Marcel Reece, Da’Rick Rogers, Stedman Bailey and most others who sit atop most waiver lists today.

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 is this week’s pick:

1.) Toby Gerhart, RB MIN

He has a hamstring injury to deal with, but Adrian Peterson doesn’t look like a player close to suiting up at the moment. My assumption is he’s already on a roster in most leagues, but he’s a player to keep in mind if he’s not.

Previous Suggestions

With such a skinny week on the wire, I went back through the waiver rankings from this year and made some adjustments. 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. Rashad Jennings, RB OAK
  5. Julian Edelman, WR NE
  6. Harry Douglas, WR ATL
  7. Marquise Goodwin, WR BUF
  8. Terrelle Pryor, QB OAK
  9. Da’Rick Rogers WR IND
  10. Bobby Rainey, RB TB
  11. Mike Glennon, QB TB
  12. Timothy Wright, TE TB
  13. Matt McGloin, QB OAK
  14. Garrett Graham, TE HOU
  15. Jarrett Boykin, WR GB
  16. Jermaine Kearse, WR SEA
  17. Andre Holmes, WR OAK
  18. Case Keenum, QB HOU
  19. Mike James, RB TB
  20. CJ Anderson, RB DEN
  21. Mike Brown, WR JAX
  22. Kirk Cousins, QB WAS
  23. Dennis Johnson RB HOU
  24. Ace Sanders, WR JAX
  25. Josh McCown, QB CHI

Hold unless you Really Need a Roster Spot (unranked)

Benny Cunningham, RB STL
Brandon Bolden, RB NE
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
Marcel Reece, RB OAK
Eddie Royal, WR SD
Kris Durham, WR DET
Ryan Fitzpatrick, QB TEN
Kellen Clemens, QB STL
LaVon Brazill, WR IND
Austin Davis, QB STL
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
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
Griff Whalen, WR IND
Seneca Wallace, QB GB

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