2014 Waiver Wire Pickup Thread

[Review]

Week 1

So far I'm thinking

Allen Hurns
Mark Ingram
Derek Carr
Devin Hester


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[mburke2]

If Ben Tate is sidelined for any significant amount of time (and I'm not sure if we know the severity of the injury yet), which of the backups Crowell or West has the biggest upside to target as a potential add?


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[Review]

West is the guy to target based on touches. Both looked really good though as CLE has a really good oline that would make almost any RB look good.


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[wwharton]

Yeah, Crowell is more of a goal line/short yardage guy from what I hear. But anyone who drafted Tate should've drafted West anyway imo.

Also, Ingram should've already been on a team so he'd be #1 on that list for me. I'll stay away from Hester, he's still 4th on the depth chart... third if White ends up missing time.

[The_Wise_One]

I drafted Bernard Pierce predicting a Ray Rice fallout. Unfortunately he got benched after fumbling and Justin Forsett played very well. I'll attempt to pick him up.

[wwharton]

Quote: Originally Posted by The_Wise_One

I drafted Bernard Pierce predicting a Ray Rice fallout. Unfortunately he got benched after fumbling and Justin Forsett played very well. I'll attempt to pick him up.

I wish I could say more about this situation. If I hear anything around these parts I'll let you guys know.

I've been down on Pierce this year but the news going into the game was that he was the best of the backs for the new zone running scheme. I thought Forsett looked great in the preseason and he was brought in bc he was familiar with the system, and all the news leading up to week 1 was he'd be cut as soon as Rice came back.

We saw what happened in week 1 and, of course, now Rice is gone. But I still don't know what this does to the RB situation in Baltimore. I'd say, if you can, don't drop Pierce just yet, but of course, pick up Forsett if you can. I think I'd agree that Forsett now has the edge over Pierce but that's far from a lock, just fyi. Forsett looked better than Pierce but Flacco threw 62 times so obviously they weren't happy with anyone in the backfield getting too many touches.

[Lex Tacoma]

will Pierce be in the doghouse? Then Forsett should have some value.

[wwharton]

Quote: Originally Posted by Lex Tacoma

will Pierce be in the doghouse? Then Forsett should have some value.

That's the question. He was definitely in the dog house during week 1. Harbs said as much after the game. But who knows for how long... especially now that they need to plan on not having Rice.