Fantasy Fix: Waiver wire blues and the walking dead

Ok, so the government is shut down and we await what will surely be a zombie apocalypse. While we wait around for the walkers to begin their brain eating mayhem, there is still fantasy football to be played. As we approach week 5, the injuries are piling up and the byes are taking big bites out of our rosters. It’s a killer combo that would have Rick Grimes laying down his arms.

With all that said, let’s play the waiver wire blues and run down players widely available position by position that could either save your season or leave you one of the walking dead.

Quarterback
Brian Hoyer, Cleveland Browns: Tom Brady’s former ball boy has seized the Browns starting job from Brandon Weedon who is now the assistant manager at Chick-fil-A. Hoyer has scored 18-plus fantasy points in each of his first two starts and is currently about 5% owned in most leagues. Hoyer gets the Buffalo Bills next. The same Bills that made Geno Smith look like Joe Namath. Hoyer could look like Bernie Kosar Thursday night. Not the drunken Kosar, but the good, semi-sober Bernie. Fantasy projection: 15 points.

Running Back
Rashad Jennings, Oakland Raiders: Darren McFadden is hurt again. Surprise, surprise. The guy’s made of glass. A certain Guru told you not to draft him. So, with DMC nursing his hammy, up steps Jennings. There’s not a lot of talent here and Jennings is a desperation play. Someone’s got to run the Raiders rock. Give Bo Jackson some of that Five Hour Energy potion and say what he can do. Fantasy projection: 10 points.

Wide Receiver
Nate Washington, Tennessee Titans: Washington is on pace for 76 catches, 1328 yards, eight touchdowns. That’s better than Larry Fitzgerald, Andre Johnson and Reggie Wayne. What in the name of Bizarro World is going on here? This week Washington gets a new QB as the mighty Ryan Fitzpatrick takes over for a Jake “Hurt” Locker. Fantasy projection: 8 points

Tight End
Garrett Graham, Houston Texans: After four games, Graham is on pace for 48 catches for 504 yards and 12 touchdowns. Last week Graham had five catches for 69 yards and a touchdown against the tough Seahawks D. The Texans get SF this week. Anyone know what happened to Owen Daniels there in Houston? Oh, Graham has him bound and gagged in the trunk of his car. Fantasy projection: 7 points.

Defense/Special Teams
St. Louis Rams vs. Jacksonville Jaguars: Why change my philosophy of steaming any defense that plays the Jags now? I’d start the Savannah State Tigers against these Jag-offs. Fantasy projection: 10 points.

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