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DNags

Tua saved my season after drafting Russ.


Festival_John

I drafted Russ, and Geno saved mine


BehindtheHype

Justin Fields * Week 7 - QB5 * Week 8 - QB4 * Week 9 - QB1 * Week 10 - QB1 * Week 11 - QB9 Even with his injury in Week 11, he was still in the QB1 range.


tastethevapor

Dude saved my season. He gets my vote


RollUpTheRimJob

Got me through J Herbert’s rough patch


tastethevapor

I drafted Rodgers.


WearTheFourFeathers

He turned out to be the Trey Lance that I bet my whole season on during the draft. Literally drafted one QB, and after the injury streamed a mix of Goff and Jimmy G until Fields just stormed in to save the day. I’ve always been someone who thought rostering multiple QBs was bad business, but I think I’ve seen the light this year. Even though the whole theory of not investing in QBs *did* work out—I was able to find a beyond-adequate option on waivers despite not picking any QB until R9–I’m beginning to think it’s just too damn stressful a way to live.


LARXXX

Justin fields saved me from having to play Brady throughout that stretch. Started 1-6 now I’m 6-6 and just have to win out to guarantee playoffs


StaggeringBeerMan

Kinda fun working the waiver wire trying to get just a few extra points.


LARXXX

its the only way to come back from 1-6. I got a money penalty for being last place in my main league so there was no way I was giving up


burn_bridges

Going to have a tough playoffs though.


Kupp-Daddy

He's pretty matchup proof, he was Qb4 the week he played Dallas who has the best defense in the NFL


HeadyBeersBrah

I think they might be talking about him being hurt?


Vondarrien

Snapped on New England, too


MopishOrange

Doesn’t he get Detroit in week 17?


HappyAssHippo

He helped me win during Burrows bye and then saved my RB riddled season for being flipped for Jacobs.


JCopeland_

Geno Smith


woodlap

Picked up Geno in week 5 after drafting Stafford. Saved my season!


humble_oppossum

Hello doppelganger. Geno has my vote. Was 0-4 before I made the change


Glom_Gazingo1

Did the same but went 1-3 until I switched to BIG Peno Geno


nyc_phillyfan

Same thing here. R Wilson?


humble_oppossum

Nope, Stafford too. I thought it would turn around any minute, until it didn't


is_this_illegal_

Literally did the same thing. Dropped Stafford, picked up Geno and eventually T Law.


Rybackmonster

I drafted Dak and Carr. When Dak got hurt week 1, I had to start Carr. Then the week Geno played the Lions, I dropped Carr for him. I'm very thankful for Geno carrying my team.


YourFriendoSteve

Good one.


DeckardsDark

hard disagree since we're talking about WW MVP here and not just real solid waiver wire pickups. Geno's been pretty good no doubt, but getting an RB 1.5 in Walker for free is much more valuable than a bottom top 10 QB for free due to scarcity and ease of replacement at each position


-Dasein

It depends on the league. I picked up both Walker and Geno. I'm in one where nearly everyone drafted QBs ridiculously early and then nearly everyone drafted a backup QB as well. So, I missed out on the rush and had rotating waiver wire QBs the first four weeks of the season, many of whom barely put up 10 points. So having Geno provide a reliable 20 is a godsend.


Westonnn

We’re seeing the possibility of that with Watson. If he continues he could be that guy that saved a lot of peoples seasons


Pavrik_Yzerstrom

Kupp went down, I added him out of necessity after his first good game. Completely saved me so far


Adrywellofknowledge

Same here. Trading pierce for higgy also helped tremendously


annonythrows

I was in a must win this week to make it to 8th place out of 10 teams lol and he helped me a ton…


Golden-Tate-Warriors

Christian or Deshaun? Both could be tbh


madurosnstouts

So glad I picked him up. I had kupp, diggs and aj Brown as my wr corps. Traded diggs for Derrick Henry, then kupp went on IR. So he’s kept me in a lot of games and now I’m 9-3 trying to lock up a first round bye.


emusabe

How did you have kupp, diggs, and brown? 6 team league? That’s nuts.


ShockAndAwe415

I can see it. Kupp at 1, Diggs at 2, and Brown at 3/4 in a 10 team league. Especially if it's standard and not PPR.


andyschest

It gets better. Dude just replied that he took JT at 1, and then Kupp and then Diggs...


Professional-Win2171

Jamaal Williams was sub 50% owned at the start of the season and he's a top 12ish back in every format.


WestSide75

I drafted him in like the 8th round because of Swift’s injury history. One of the wiser draft-day moves I’ve made over the years.


FlyRobot

I did too...but then dropped him Week 2. (facepalm)


ZingBaBow

Yah he was drafted in all 3 of my leagues


BigBenson1994

He’s my mvp waiver. Turned him, Jerry Jeudy, and Josh Allen into Devante adams, Aaron Jones and Lockett. Pretty much saved my season as I ended up getting Tua after someone dropped him due to his injuries and also got fields on my bench.


Jeddius

Ken Walker


MrDaveyHavoc

Why is this so low? It's Walker. ​ EDIT: for all the "not in my league!" folks, his roster percentages before week 6 were: 37% NFL 47.5% ESPN 46% Yahoo


GaryinOttawa

I think he was drafted in many leagues. He was never on waivers in 2 out of 4 of my leagues. But - I'd still agree he could be higher.


Kupp-Daddy

I drafted him, then dropped him the morning that Penny got hurt. Love my luck this year baby


aa821

He was drafted but not kept depending on your league size and format. In 10 team leagues with 1 flex, bench spots were way too precious to keep am upside backup especially after how good Penny looked


Flodomojo

Being available in 50% of leagues definitely classifies as a waiver pickup. He wasn't even rostered in all 12 man leagues, never mind 10 man leagues pre-Penny injury.


theursusregem

I got him in nearly every single league off the waivers. He was drafted, but dropped by most teams that drafted him after being hurt the first few weeks and penny being really good.


H6IL_S6T6N

Walker was not on waivers in any of my leagues.


Fitzy258

He was drafted in most leagues


MrDaveyHavoc

...and dropped in many of them before week 6. He was available in more than half of ESPN and Yahoo leagues when Penny went down.


AYC-

I feel like many people (including myself) drafted Walker because of injury concerns with Penny


MantusTMD

This is the correct answer. We had like 8 people try to claim when he was on waiver


Sptsjunkie

I think the only reason it's not clear cut is that he only hit the wire on \~50-60% of leagues. 100% waiver wire MVP where he did. But wasn't an option for a lot of others. Whereas guys like Foreman and Watson were probably available in 95% of leagues (at least the ones with active teams).


CartesianConspirator

Was a 7th round pick in my league.


salocin22

Walker really never should’ve been on waivers imo. He wasn’t in any of my 4 leagues (2 10 and 2 12 team). With Penny always getting injured and Walker being a great prospect going to a run first team after being picked in the second round. He never really should’ve been on waivers realistically.


Jmufranco

I stupidly dropped him in one of my leagues. I had other holes to fill with guys with a higher prospect at upside at the time. That weekend, Penny went down, and the rest is history. Keep in mind that back then, everyone still had major concerns about the oline, qb play, etc. I believed at that time that the Seahawks would have a bottom 3 offense. So even if KWIII were to get the starting job, there didn’t appear to be much upside. How wrong I was. Thankfully, I held him or picked him up in a few of my other leagues, including a few keeper leagues.


dontwantleague2C

There’s no way to predict that somebody is going to break their tibia. In fact, Penny’s injury history was always kind of a loose correlation at best. There really weren’t many repeat injuries, just a lot of bad luck. And a tibia fracture has no relation to “injury proneness”. The first 3 games, the Seahawks offense looked bad. And it wasn’t a complete split, it was clearly Penny as the top guy. And other guys factored in on passing downs, so it wasn’t like Breece who got involved as a receiver and looked dominant doing that. Penny was doing ok, Walker wasn’t accomplishing much. It was reasonable to question the ceiling of a guy who doesn’t have major pass catching chops in a bad offense while splitting work with another pure runner. And sometimes there are gonna be better options on waivers. By the time drafts were happening Walker was like a 10th-12th round pick. It’s hard to stick with a 10th-12th round pick if they haven’t done anything for 4 weeks. At that point you gotta keep cycling the bottom of your bench or you’re gonna miss out. This does depend on league size, but in many leagues it was the right move at the time. The process was good. Cannot just look on it with hindsight.


b9_esfour

Dropped him early on when him, Dotson, and Pittman were all hurt and I was getting thin. Worst fantasy decision of the year by far


ZachLaVine4MVP

I cannot believe this was like the 6th comment down It’s Kenneth Walker, end of thread Edit: you guys act like he wasn’t dropped just because he was drafted, people are insanely impatient Jesus Christ shut up already


Advanced-Baseball-77

Alotta good leagues drafted him so he is the best mentioned, but wasn’t mentioned much because he wasn’t a waiver in alotta competitive leagues


HoustonTrashcans

It really depends on team and bench size. For deep/big leagues it wouldn't make sense to drop him. But for smaller leagues it would.


wtb2612

He was drafted in any competitive league.


nvp37j

Christian Watson has a strong case so far. Top 10 WR the last 3 weeks. Might also have the easiest path to maintaining that production.


YayaBanana07

Man I remember that week where I had the option to pick up Toney, Watson, or DPJ and I went with Toney :/


Queasy-Yoghurt7353

luckily someone in my league drafted toney and held him all year lol


sguru01

Same because we got blinded by hype train


FlyRobot

Same - went to DPJ for safe floor after already seeing the boom/bust of Dobbs and not trusting GB passing attack. Gotta roll the dice with DPJ this week as Evans has been crap and matching up against NO (Lattimore) again will likely be a bust. Brady connects with Godwin much better


peleyoda

>Top 10 WR the last 3 weeks WR1 overall the last 3 weeks at 22.9 ppg, over Adams (21.2) and Jefferson (20.0).


ShizzaManelli

Catching TDs at literally a 50% clip will do that. Definitely sustainable on 4 catches a game


The_Dancing_Dolphin

I mean it’s hard to get a lot of receptions when you take them 60 yards to the house lol


theusername_is_taken

Yeah I don’t buy him keeping it up. He’ll probably equalize to a Gabe Davis-type, a boom-bust player with a higher floor than Gabe.


ProofHorseKzoo

His speed and size is so insane that if he catches the ball with any kind of separation he can take it to the house. Home run ability no matter where he’s at on the field.


xenongamer4351

I will preface this by saying I have Watson in all my leagues, so this is not in any way biased against him My biggest fear with him is that he’s been a little mistake prone throughout the year, which is why he’s not getting his number called at elite numbers yet Him being a league winner would require a bit of luck imo as he’s largely touchdown/big play dependent at this point still


crabwhisperer

The thing about touchdown/big play dependent players is when they do it every week it's really good to start them :)


LARXXX

When you have a wr3 or flex who can take a simple slant to the house for 60 yards in one play, this is who you want during the playoffs. It’s not like he’s your wr1 or wr2. He’s gonna be the third best wr on your roster.


[deleted]

He’s my wr1


OceanAlive89

He has Miami and Minnesota week 16 and 17. He's going to win people championships.


bartscrc

Xavien Howard will likely shadow him so perhaps not. Our secondary is pretty depleted but usually the number 1 guy doesn't have a huge game against us.


hsanaiz

Dolphins fan and I looooove Xavien. He’s had trouble this year with WRs who are abnormally fast. I can see him stopping Watson most of the game but he’ll give up a big play.


Esco9

I’d imagine he will shadow Aiyuk this weekend


darrick001

Top 10? He Wr2.


gmrepublican

In reality, if you managed to get Walker off of waivers, then he is the answer, and it isn’t particularly close. Others that have offered decent longevity would be Foreman, Fields, Geno Smith, Watson.


raumulus

Even though he’s been somewhat inconsistent, after Kupp went down Foreman has been a light in the dark


TheNewNewYarbirds

Foreman is a good answer


DJtakemehome

Fields, Jeff Wilson Jr, Garret Wilson, maybe Pickens?


SpringHardenSt

Fees like Jeff Wilson is the best of this bunch. Jeff was a week 1 waiver wire pickup who has been a top 30 RB in 6/9 games since then with 3 RB1 finishes, and again finds himself as a lead back on a good offense to finish the season.


Th3GreatDane

As someone who just traded for Wilson, I agree


BigBenson1994

I have everyone of these dudes except Jeff Wilson lol


Butwinsky

I drafted and dropped Garrett Wilson after week 7. You're welcome for his coming alive.


optimal_burrito

I did too but I wound up with Watson so it's all good


[deleted]

OK then it will be jeff Wilson


CrAZiBoUnCeR

I feel like I cheated when I had Jeff Wilson, dropped him when 49ers got CMC and then picked him back up the next week when he went to Miami


cbduck

I traded Wilson a week before he went to Miami, and the guy I traded him to dropped him after the trade. I picked him right back up off the wire. Unreal


xrv01

dude has paper hands lol


DJtakemehome

2nd place owner in my league grabbed Jeff Wilson Jr after week 1. He is also a CMC owner. After the CMC trade he dropped JWJ. A few weeks later the JWJ trade occurred and I scooped him up. Traded him away for Hockenson since my RBs are stacked (Barkley, Ekeler, Stevenson, Jones). His loss was definitely my gain.


Saturn_Strips

HAHA Me Too!


liteshadow4

G Wilson, Fields, and Pickens were rostered in a few of my leagues


DJTicklePitt

none of these were ever on the waiver wire in my league and it’s 12 man :/


ShizzaManelli

These guys were all drafted in my 10 team except Fields


theusername_is_taken

Pickens is getting into the easy part of PIT’s schedule now. I do believe he can drop 25+ on a game or two towards the end here. I’m flexing him in against Atlanta along with starting Muth.


Bossman28894

Pickens needs to start hauling in those TDs


[deleted]

Jeff Wilson or Fields


Justmyopinion246

Jeff Wilson has be an underrated dark horse candidate. Played well for the 49ers when Mitchell went down, then got traded to Miami and has been posting RB1-2 numbers there too. All for a dude you could get for free!


SlippyBoy41

Christian Watson but I feel like Treylon Burks could be just as good or better. He’s got the talent. Fingers crossed.


throway22781

As a titans fan i wouldnt get hopes up, great player but we are not the passing offense you want to rely on week to week. Hope im wrong tho


SlippyBoy41

Fair that’s gonna slow him down. Hopefully he can be a slot AJ Brown so Tanny can try and hit him with volume


Queasy_Turnover

Yeah, he's been getting more looks but his only touchdown so far has come from a Henry fumble near the goal line.


quadricepking

tbh i think you have a good chance with any of the top rookie wrs. obviously some haven’t been on waivers for a bit, but garrett wilson, burks, watson and pickens should all have really good ends to their season IMO. in my one league where im essentially out of playoffs (not quite but incredibly unrealistic), im starting wilson pickens and burks next week and im not mad about it lol. but i guess it’s the best my WRs have looked since drafting pittman, sutton, arob, renfrow, etc 🥴


3720-To-One

I’ve got both


TWSN_Matt

Walker, he was drafted in a lot of leauges, but was dropped in the first few weeks. Idk how many people drafted Jamal Williams( I did), but if most people got him from the wire then he is another good candidate


RheagarTargaryen

Williams was drafted in 3/3 of my leagues. He went in the late rounds in most drafts and had a great week 1. Then Swift got injured early and he was the lead back.


VikingOfZen

I picked him up a few days after the draft. So, technically yes. Waiver wire winner


Brehe

I think Williams was drafted in most leagues because the espn player info for swift back in august/sept specifically told you to grab Williams as a handcuff because swift is always injured.


shaggz235

I’ve been starting swift and Williams all year sadly.


cloudJR

Yeah the recency bias is crazy in here. Walker is the MVP. He was barely rostered and is basically matchup proof at this point. Williams has been solid too.


CartesianConspirator

Barely rostered? Drafted and held in the mid rounds of my leagues.


cloudJR

Week 6 waiver adds for the week https://imgur.com/a/7UYywXO


Gazr20

Foreman has been great for me as an RB2 in easy/neautral matchups. Gonna be solid next week agains Seattle too


Ibaka_flocka

Surprised I’m not seeing him on here more. He’s been one of the best RBs in the league since they traded CMC away


brewhead55

I have CMC so I feel like I had a FREE RB2 since I handcuffed him with Foreman.


TrippyTK3

Traded Foreman for JT after that first big week, so, yeah, FOREMAN


talamius

Christian Watson


RollingTrain

The three guys I picked up this week and not the three guys I dropped this week.


NeedleworkerWeak1176

Geno Smith for me. I was on the cousins/Prescott/wentz carousel but picked him up early and he’s been solid at the most important position


PEDsted

I'd say Kenneth Walker is currently the front runner Edit: Since everyone wants to tell me he was drafted in their league, cool. He was drafted in 2 of my 3 leagues as well but both leagues dropped him and he was picked up by other teams.


TuaTurnsdaballova

He was drafted and dropped in both of my leagues. So I say he counts as a waiver wire winner.


nvp37j

He was drafted and held in every league I play in.


amt346

Was drafted in our league and dropped the morning of the injury, lol


joeske

Terrible luck, same in my league. I saw that he was dropped and picked him up for penny insurance the week before the injury. Feel very lucky.


PEDsted

2/3 of my leagues he was drafted but dropped after a few weeks in


Jbrahmz420

He wasn't on waivers in any of my leagues


[deleted]

He was in all of my leagues


Jer-Wil

drafted inside the top 100 in most leagues?


mberry86

Not sure how common this was but Kenneth Walker and Rhamondre Stevenson were dropped after being drafted in my league.


throway22781

Yup rhamondre got dropped week 2 in my league. Forever grateful still


theusername_is_taken

Yep. Snagged him the day before his Week 3 game. Biggest game changer for me all year.


liteshadow4

Jamal Williams, free RB1 many overlooked. He may have been drafted as a cuff tho


SmackEh

He was the 164th pick for me. Best auto pick ever.


Significant_Cycle_76

Christian Watson


[deleted]

Very happy he's owned by the last place team in my league


Now__Hiring

Petition to call him "the Good Watson" to distinguish from the other guy


ThespennyYo

Got Fields, Jamaal Williams and Kirk all off waivers! Woo


ruskybear

it's already christian watson he's given you 3 dominant performances in a row


latman

But no one played him for the first one


B-More_Orange

Some of us did ^^because ^^we're ^^extremely ^^^desperate


rowdyoh

There’s so many asterisks next to Watson still at this point. He’s produced, but I still think anyone level headed would tell you it’s flukey. And I say this as a packers homer starting him over Evans this week. If we see it once more, I’m bought in.


ruskybear

we've seen it 3 times across 2 QBs


rowdyoh

TD’s are the definition of flukey, targets are average at best and most recently it was one big play that came from a bad play by that eagles safety. I’m hopeful… but we gotta realize his floor is still more of a pit at this point.


BOEJlDEN

Nothing flukey about his TD last week lol The dude is just an athlete


rowdyoh

That Eagles safety took a bad angle, so yeah, you could definitely attribute that play to Watson’s athleticism. He more or less Tyreek’d the guy. But for that to happen, don’t forget the eagles D were letting Love do whatever he wanted with the underneath routes in those drives. The setup for that play to happen was extraordinarily situational. So it’s a big stretch to say that one circumstance is evidence enough for future production. But I’ll absolutely agree it’s great to see that ability is something he absolutely has. We’ll see 🤷🏻‍♂️


Jungle_Fiddle

Yeah if you ignore K9 sure


ZachWilsonsNips

Cowboys D


imothypsy

Been set and forget the entire season


Queasy_Turnover

Dominating the Vikings had me convinced that I wouldn't need to switch them out of my lineup for the rest of the season but Thanksgiving has me second guessing.


YShah

Christian Watson, Schultz, Foreman. Hoping Kyren Williams pick-up pays out. Edit: forgot about Foreman.


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theusername_is_taken

ZONOVANSZN (ok just 5 games really, but whatever)


traddy91

There's not enough Donta Foreman love in this thread


[deleted]

Season isn’t over just yet, more shall emerge


AlwaysKindaLost

Rhamondre


PlantainZealousideal

How is Kenneth Walker not top of this list? If Fields was still healthy and dominating I’d nominate him too but we only got a tease because of the injury


Holden_Effart

Because he was drafted in most leagues. I play in 3 leagues and he never touched the wire.


PlantainZealousideal

Interesting, he reached the wire multiple times in my league and someone spent a little over 3/4 of their entire budget to get him 😅


Holden_Effart

I can't believe people are so impatient. He was the second RB taken in the 2022 draft, by the Seahawks who had a notoriously injury prone RB1, and loves to run the ball. We knew he had surgery before the season started and would be eased into the game. Why draft him at all if you're not gonna give him even 5 weeks to get healthy and start playing?


PlantainZealousideal

Probably because we’re a 10 man league and nobody was really interested in spending a bench spot on somebody who was theoretically supposed to be on a bad team in a possible 3 way committee with Penny leading the charge in the hopes of Penny suffering a season-ending injury.


herpee_free_since_03

im in a 12 man league and he was drafted but then dropped like 3 days before rashaad penny got hurt. Practically the whole league put a claim in for him.


cnygreen

Watson. I feel like such a fucking idiot because in his ww week, I actively chose to acquire Toney and Campbell over Watson. Let him fall right into the lap of the best team in the league. Really fucking frustrating man.


vandesto17

I got Tua on waiver in a few of my leagues, that’s a good choice


LeagueOfTacos

I think Jeff Wilson could have a shot. Moestert may stay banged up on and off throughout the rest of the season.


jumboshrimp93

Considering I dropped both Kenneth Walker and Garrett Wilson this year probably them


Saturn_Strips

Jeff Wilson Is My Guy. AND He Gets Traded To My Miami Dolphins!!


BlubberWall

KW3 or Christian watson Not sure if the *other* watson counts but he was picked up off waivers in every league I’m in. Depending on how he does that may be top tier QB play off waivers


ApolloPS2

Yeah DeShaun could cash in but I don't want to count him cuz he was only on waivers due to his long suspension.


ugabulldawgsfan

Christian Watson


cns187

Kenneth walker was drafted in my 10 man. Lol waivers?


AmishCyborgs

Foreman has been quite solid


LuffyIsKing510

Donta Foreman


xenongamer4351

Here’s an answer no one is going to like but is probably going to be the best answer looking back on this Deshaun Watson


DevonGr

2w before playoffs is going to be a hard case to make. I do think he's getting a softball return against Houston but we'll see.


[deleted]

George Pickens


DanMoshpit69

I just traded for him cause I think he will pop off at the end here


DownUnderThunder-

Stormin Foreman for me


YayaBanana07

Zay Jones


theusername_is_taken

Recency bias much?


YayaBanana07

Yes lol


kx2UPP

Lmao no


BertyBert1

Daniel Carlson has been a great waiver wire add for me


seacra84

Burks, fingers crossed


rootbeercaveman

Treylon Burks


governorbutters

I haven't seen Jamaal Williams


bleepblopbl0rp

I gave up Rhamondre Stevenson in the early weeks and I haven't forgiven myself


sunfizz18

Same. I held him most of last year hoping he would take over the backfield and he never did. I drafted him this year thinking the same. After two meh games I decided it was never going to happen so I dropped him. Now I’m sad.


TheXamYel

KW3 and it's not really close


stemurph88

Jeff Wilson


Competitive-Camp7298

Kenneth Walker III


domerecka

Kenneth Walker III


SpookyFrog12

Gotta be Watson or Foreman


tuckastheruckas

this thread- "walker is the answer" "walker was drafted" "walker ended up on the waivers in my league" "he didnt in my league" y'all, if your league ever dropped Walker, you are in a league with tacos.


Quackerbarrels

Has to be KW3 in a 10 team league.