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Fantasy Football 2013- Waiver Wire Pickups for Week #10

Posted by fantasyfurnace on November 5, 2013
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The revolving door that surrounds the quarterback position this season due to the large number of injuries, has made it difficult to gage which WR orTE will thrive under their replacements. Some examples will follow in this week’s waiver wire pickups below, none of which are owned in more than 12% of leagues as of Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013.

1. Riley Cooper-WR-Eagles- 11% Owned- Clearly Nick Foles’ favorite target, Cooper has flourished when Foles has been under center. In his few starts at QB while Michael Vick has been out with an aggravated hammy, Coop has 12 receptions for 291 yards and 3 TDs. After throwing a league-tying 7 touchdowns last week (Vick threw  just 5 TDs in his six starts), it wouldn’t surprise us if Foles stays on at QB for the rest of the season.

#14 WR Riley Cooper has become a favorite target of QB Nick Foles. Photo: Getty Images

#14 WR Riley Cooper has become a favorite target of QB Nick Foles. Photo: Getty Images

2. Tim Wright-TE-Buccaneers- 12% Owned- Bucs QB Mike Glennon has made Wright one his most targetted receivers. In his last two games, Wright has 12 targets, more than average for most TE’s, with 106 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns. Glennon has shown a high comfort level in and has a good rapport with Wright, and understands how a TE can prove to be a young QB’s ‘best friend’.  For those of you without Jordan Cameron this week (bye), Wright could be the ‘right’ pickup for you.

3. Rashad Jennings-RB-Raiders- 9% Owned- With Darren McFadden re-aggravating his hamstring, Jennings filled in and had 15 carries for a season high 102 rushing yards and one touchdown. He also had 74 receiving yards for those in PPR leagues. Jennings will continue to be the starting RB this week when the Raiders face a Giants team with some noted defensive flaws.

4. Case Keenum-QB-Texans- 10% Owned- Matt who? It doesn’t appear like the Texans nor their fans miss Matt Schaub all that much since Keenum took over as quarterback. Keenum had four touchdown passes and no interceptions in two starts against Kansas City and Indianapolis, one- and three-point losses to division leaders. He’s averaging 10.5 yards per attempt and his rating is a top-ten 118.0.  Keenum makes an excellect pick up this week!

#7 Undrafted QB Case Keenum out of Houston threw for 350 yards and three touchdowns last Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013 Photo: Courtesy of the Houston Texans

#7 Undrafted QB Case Keenum out of Houston threw for 350 yards and three touchdowns last Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013 Photo: Courtesy of the Houston Texans

5. Doug Baldwin-WR-Seahawks- 12% Owned- With Darrelle Revis on Golden Tate and Sidney Rice out of Sunday’s game vs Tampa Bay, Baldwin found himself in a perfect spot. He had a season high 10 targets, 9 receptions for 75 yards, and a touchdown. We wouldn’t normally list him as a pickup for this week except the Seahawks are going up an Atlanta team in disarray and one that is generous to slot receivers such as Baldwin.

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THE FURNACE’S WEEK #12 PICKUPS

Posted by fantasyfurnace on November 23, 2011
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FIVE PICKUPS-WEEK #12

1. RILEY COOPER-WR-Eagles- With the Eagles playing host to the New England Patriots this week, almost any receiver would qualify as a ‘pickup’ given the Pats’ lack of a  viable passing defense. Cooper is coming off an amazing week filling in for injured WR Jeremy Maclin who remains questionable for Sunday’s game. His line 5-75-1 vs the Giants will only improve especially if backup QB Vince Young gets the nod again as he’ll feel more comfortable in his 2nd start. Cooper will be going up against a Patriot’s defense that allows the most fantasy points to wideouts in the league.

Eagle WR Riley Cooper celebrates after scoring on an 8 yard touchdown pass from Vince Young. Photo: Al Bello/Getty Images

2. MATT MOORE-QB-Dolphins- Surely there will be a host of skeptics out there wondering if we’ve lost our minds picking up a Dolphin quarterback, but Moore (and the ‘Fins) have been on a roll. Over the past three weeks, ALL wins, Moore has thrown for six touchdowns and 600 yards. They will face a Dallas team who just played a hard fought overtime game in Washington and are on a short week. Although not in the same class as the Cowboys, Miami has momentum, a hot QB, and a three game winning streak. Remember the ‘Boys managed to give up 24 points to an anemic Redskin’s team…

Dolphin QB Matt Moore throws a pass in last week's game vs the Bills. Photo: Mike Ehrmann

3. SANTANA MOSS-WR-Redskins- After being out for a month with a severe hand injury, Moss is scheduled to practice on Wednesday. The defensively challenged Redskins can use all the help they can get. If you have room on your roster to stash Moss, do so as he should pay dividends; in particular in week 13 (Patriots) and week 15 (Vikings) Both of  these teams have porous pass defenses.

#89 WR Santana Moss preparing to return after month long injury. Photo: WashingtonPost.com

4. KEVIN SMITH-RB-Lions- Without question, Smith will end up being the biggest pickup of the week. Currently owned in just 26% of Yahoo! leagues, that number, we predict, will double by this time tomorrow. Coming out of nowhere to score three touchdowns on 201 total yards against Carolina, Smith more than admirably filled in for usual starter Jahvid Best (who will not play in this Thursday’s game). The Lions will face the Packers on Thanksgiving and they have given up 5.5 yards per carry over the last five weeks so Smith becomes an absolute must add this week.

Backup Lion's RB Kevin Smith eludes several Panthers in last week's game. Photo: Gregory Shamus/Getty Images

5. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS-Defense- The ‘Hawks will host the free-falling Redskins, losers of their last six in a row, on Sunday. We like them this week because they face in the ‘Skins a team that’s only scored 44 points in the last four weeks; (they averaged 7 points a game before last week’s OT loss to the Cowboys). As their running game is virtually non-existent, QB Rex Grossman will again be forced to air it out and leave himself vulnerable to turnovers and sacks. Speaking of which, the Redskins QB’s have been sacked an average of 3.1 times per game this year which should leave them “Defenseless in Seattle”…

#91 Chris Clemons of the Seattle Seahawks forces Rams QB Sam Bradford to fumble in last week's game. Photo: Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images