{"id":31155,"date":"2015-12-16T00:23:44","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T04:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=31155"},"modified":"2015-12-16T01:55:42","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T05:55:42","slug":"2015-nfl-fantasy-football-week-15-waiver-wire-pickups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2015\/12\/16\/2015-nfl-fantasy-football-week-15-waiver-wire-pickups\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 NFL Fantasy Football Week 15: Waiver Wire Pickups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the semi-finals of your playoffs, I will call out a few guys that may be out there and with good match up&#8217;s in the upcoming week and of course if your league let&#8217;s you make playoff moves. \u00a0Let&#8217;s get to the list;<\/p>\n<h4>QB<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Kansas City Chiefs QB\u00a0Alex Smith: \u00a0The Ravens are playing out the string, he should have a solid backend QB1 kind of game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>RB<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>New Orleans Saints RB Tim Hightower: \u00a0He got 28 touches last week, \u00a0based on workload alone, worth a start this week.<\/li>\n<li>Seattle Seahawks RB DuJuan Harris: \u00a0The next one up, he had some success back in Green Bay and is setup to carry the load the next week or 2.<\/li>\n<li>New England Patriots RB Branden Bolden: \u00a0Only if you are desperate but with Blount out, worth a flier.<\/li>\n<li>New York Jets RB Bilal Powel: \u00a0He has been a top 20 RB the past 5 weeks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>WR<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New England Patriots WR Julian Edelman: \u00a0If he was dropped, pick him up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>TE<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Philadelphia Eagles TE Zach Ertz: \u00a0They have a nice schedule down the stretch and is a worthy injury replacement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Defense<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Pittsburgh Steelers: \u00a0At home versus the struggling Broncos offense.<\/li>\n<li>Houston Texans: \u00a0They did not look good this week but the Colts are easy pickens.<\/li>\n<li>Tampa Bay Buccaneers: \u00a0While Gurley played well last week, the Rams still barely had over 300 total yards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Best of luck and hope you all win in your playoff games!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Fantasy Mike<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the semi-finals of your playoffs, I will call out a few guys that may be out there and with good match up&#8217;s in the upcoming week and of course if your league let&#8217;s you make playoff moves. \u00a0Let&#8217;s get to the list; 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