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  The Wire: Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 6, 2008

  Brandon 9:56 pm on 10/06/2008 | 2 Permalink Reply
  Tags: bobby engram, brandon stokley (5), deion branch (11), devin hester (11), greg camarillo (3), Justin Fargas (17), kevin faulk (5), kyle orton (24), mike walker (2), sinorice moss, Tim Hightower (15)

  Here’s a look at the players to target on your league’s waiver wire this week. This list is ordered by the percentage of ESPN leagues in which the player is available; even if you’re not a ESPN user, it’s a decent indication of how likely you are to find the player on waivers in your league. We also note here how strongly we feel about this pickup with three categories: Instant Starter, Grab ‘n’ Stash, or Desperation Pickup.

  (Due to technical difficulties, only the names of the week 6 players are on the list now…and by technical difficulties I mean I deleted it by accident! Anyways, you should be looking at the week 7 waiver pick-ups now anyways.) (More …)

   

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  Willis McGahee and Bobby Engram out for a while with injuries

  Brandon 8:31 pm on 8/11/2008 | 3 Permalink Reply
  Tags: aaron rodgers (28), bobby engram, injuries (2), nate burleson (4), willis mcgahee (13)

  I had originally buried this news in my latest update on the preseason games over the weekend, but I figured it was important enough to break out into it’s own post, so here you go…

  • Willis McGahee has decided to undergo arthroscopic surgery on his knee, with the hope that he can return for the start of the season. The fact that he’ll miss nearly an entire month of practice and preseason games is a bit worrisome and is reason enough for us to drop him down a few slots on the power rankings. It also makes backup Ray Rice all that more important as a handcuff for McGahee owners.
  • For all of you who were targeting Bobby Engram in your draft, think again. Engram left Friday’s preseason game with a shoulder injury and it turns out that he has a broken bone in his shoulder and will miss six to eight weeks. He’s no spring chicken, so there’s no guarantee that he’ll even be back and ready to go that early. Even if he does though, that means he’ll still miss the first two to four games of the season, moving him down quite a bit on our wide receiver power rankings, while Nate Burleson moves up a bit (just like when we found out that his other teammate Deion Branch would be out for some extended time).
  • In other news, tonight we will see the beginning of the Aaron Rodgers era in Green Bay, as the Packers take on the Cincinnati Bengals in the final game of week 1 in the preseason. What better way to prove yourself to all the doubters than to go up against what was one of the worst pass defenses in the league last year?
   
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  Fantasy football notes from the weekend

  Brandon 2:40 pm on 8/11/2008 | 1 Permalink Reply
  Tags: aaron rodgers (28), bobby engram, chris chambers (10), chris johnson (28), jacob hester (3), jay cutler (32), matt ryan (19), preseason (5), willis mcgahee (13)

  Here are some fantasy football thoughts regarding the preseason games that took place on Saturday…

  • San Diego 31, Dallas 17: Both starting quarterbacks looked sharp in this one, with Tony Romo completing 3/3 passes for 33 yards, and Philip Rivers completing 5/6 passes for 54 yards. As usual, LT sat out in a preseason game, but the search for his new backup didn’t seem to clear up all that much. However, Jacob Hester, who is projected to be the fullback for LT, played well as a tailback, rushing for 49 yards and two TD’s.  At receiver, Chargers receiver Chris Chambers seems to be playing well also, catching three passes for 34 yards in about one quarter of action. (More …)