{"id":9452,"date":"2011-10-05T22:55:28","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T02:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=9452"},"modified":"2011-10-05T22:58:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-06T02:58:00","slug":"fantasy-football-waiver-pickups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2011\/10\/05\/fantasy-football-waiver-pickups\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy Football Waiver Pickups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Fantasy Football Fans!<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the 5th week of the season!\u00a0 Each week, I list the best free agent pickups of the week every Tuesday.\u00a0\u00a0 I build this list by looking at the many leagues I am in which range in participation from 10-14 teams so I will try and have pickup for every level.\u00a0 \u00a0Please start looking at your bye weeks and plan accordingly.\u00a0 \u00a0This has been an odd year where there have been many players who can contribute; there have been no major impact players.\u00a0 There are a few guys listed last week that are still out there; Bernard Scott, Denario Alexander, Nate Washington, and Montario Hardesty\u00a0 maybe this is the week a true season changer breaks out;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Average Size Leagues<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Steven Ridley-He looked      like the best back on the field but Belichick will not demote the law firm      just yet.<\/li>\n<li>Ryan Torain-Mike Shanahan      hates fantasy football and last week was another case in point, pick him      up and gamble at your own risk.<\/li>\n<li>Jacoby Jones-He moves into      the WR1 for the Texans with Johnson out for 3 weeks, last time he filled      in for multiple games, he averaged 90 yards a game.<\/li>\n<li>Matt Hasselback-A solid      bye week fill in while he is still standing as a top 8 QB.<\/li>\n<li>Victor Cruz-Has stepped up      nicely and played over Manningham last week.<\/li>\n<li>Isaac Redman-Mendenhall      has looked slow and is banged up.<\/li>\n<li>Pierre Garcon-Had a very      productive 2 catches last week, may be a solid bye week fill in.<\/li>\n<li>Ben Watson-He leads the      Browns in targets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Deep Leagues<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jason Avant-He continues to put up      solid numbers in the slot.<\/li>\n<li>Laurent Robinson-With all the      injuries in Dallas and them playing the awful Pats defense after the bye,      would be a nice stash and grab.<\/li>\n<li>Preston Parker-He continues to be a      solid underneath receiver.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Follow me on Twitter and feel free to ask any and all fantasy football questions &#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/dvond\" target=\"_blank\">dvond<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Good Luck this week!<\/p>\n<p>Fantasy Mike<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Thanks to everyone who signed up last week.  Fan Duel gave away $300 in  prizes exclusively to JetNation members.  They are doing the same thing  again.  If you signed up last week, make sure you enter again.  If you  didn&#8217;t sign up here is the link:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"External link\" rel=\"nofollow external\" href=\"http:\/\/partners.fanduel.com\/processing\/clickthrgh.asp?btag=a_887b_309\">http:\/\/partners.fand&#8230;btag=a_887b_309<\/a><\/em> <em><\/p>\n<p>It is FREE!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Fantasy Football Fans! 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