Looking for a little depth? Need an injury replacement? Welcome to the waiver wire!
We're here for all of your fantasy football roster needs. Watching the waiver wire is key to success as bye weeks and health crises try to derail your team. Here are three potential waiver wire pick ups:
Branden Oliver
The rookie broke out in a big way on Sunday, totaling 183 yards on 19 carries and four receptions and two total touchdowns against the top tier New York Jets rush defense.
Oliver is a speedy do-it-all back in the mold of Darren Sproles. He creates mismatches as a receiving option and can do damage if the offensive line does its job. With Ryan Matthews and Donald Brown dealing with injuries, Oliver will have a lot of opportunity in the Chargers backfield going forward. That's a good sign for the rookie in this seventh-ranked San Diego offense.
"Whenever you can have a coming-out party for somebody, it's a great thing," Chargers linebacker Dwight Freeney told the San Diego Union-Tribune. "He's a rookie, and we see it all the time in practice. It's crazy. So we kind of expected it. You can't teach that lean, that leverage, that movement and that height. You can't see him."
Andre Williams
1. The New York Giants offense is starting to hit its stride. 105 points in their last three games.
2. Starter Rashad Jennings left Sunday's game against Atlanta with a knee injury and did not return. Jennings will undergo an MRI today, but the word on the wire is that it's a sprained knee that will keep him out for at least a week, according to Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News.
3. ESPN's KC Joyner wrote this about Jennings: "Williams is not really a breakaway threat, but his workhorse history (he led the nation in carries and rushing yards in his senior season at Boston College) shows he has all the makings of a bell cow back if Rashad Jennings misses any time due to his MCL injury."
4. The Giants are playing the Philadelphia Eagles this week. The Eagles allow an average of 132 yards to opposing running backs.
5. Need I say more?
6. Why can't I stop making numbered lists? I think I have a problem.
Malcom Floyd
Would I feel particularly safe actually starting Floyd? No. He's a feast or famine type receiver who lives off the long ball. As such, he's capable of catching a long bomb for a touchdown as a home run threat. But he can just as easily put up a dud. I wouldn't consider him in PPR formats, but as WR5 in standard leagues? Yeah, sure. You could do worse. He's dealing with a slight calf injury right now, but it's said not to be serious.
