Week Ten Pickups

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With Portis and Torain possibly out Williams may be your dude

Quarterback's:

Josh Freeman, TB Buccaneers: In case you haven't noticed the 2nd year player from Kansas St. is quietly becoming a solid QB giving you at least 1 touchdown and 180+ yards of offense per game. Still unowned in nearly half of all standard leagues means he's available for you this Sunday if you're regular is on bye. What more then the word "Carolina" do you need to hear to pick him up?

Sam Bradford, St. Louis Rams: as a Mizzou fan it pains me to recommend him, but when he has thrown at least 2 scores in 1/2 of his games he is definitely worth considering. He has no interceptions in 3 straight games, and plays a weak SF defense this weekend.

Runningback's:

Keiland Williams, Washington Redskins: with Ryan Torain ailing from a hurt hamstring and Clinton Portis questionable to return Sunday Williams should be in everyone's view. 2 weeks ago he was given a few carries/ passes which resulted in a touchdown. If neither Torain or Portis can go this Sunday Williams will get a lions share of the offense.

Mike Goodson, Carolina Panthers: with three backs down Goodson is the only healthy back left for the Panthers. Although the situation doesn't look good with no one else currently on the roster to relieve him, and defenses don't have to respect the Panthers play-action because of the rookie caroussel with Clausen and Pike; Goodson may be the only "available" pickup on your waiver wire. In no way am I saying he is Michael Turner, but if Turner could burn TB for nearly a 100 yards and 2 scores Goodson should have good results as well.

Wide Receiver's:

Davone Bess, Miami Dolphins: although he isn't getting much yardage what he is getting is targets which makes him a prime pickup if in a ppr league. Catches of 8-5-6-7-5 over the last 5 weeks make him a great PPR performer.

While you may be tempted to pick up Seyi Ajirotutu hinder your desires. The SD Chargers are on bye and Ajirotutu will fall in the depth chart with Floyd, Naanee, and Jackson all return.

Tight End's:

Brandon Pettigrew, Detroit Lions: when Megatron is covered up like he was this past Sunday Pettigrew becomes a nice red zone target for whoever is throwing for the Lions.

Jacob Tamme, Indianapolis Colts: filling in for the injured Dallas Clark, Tamme has caught 17 passes for 172 yards and 2 touchdowns. He is a definite starter in all leagues now.

Week Nine Pickups

Picking up LeGarrette Blount is way too easy of a call this week

The short and quick recommendation would be to pickup after LeGarrette Blount after breaking out a 120 yard, 2 touchdowns on 22 carries performance, but where's the tough fantasy analysis in that? After all, every one else in your league most likely put in a waiver claim after him. Thus, you need to go elsewhere.

Remember, we're in week nine, thus your waiver options are going to be limited unless something catastrophic happens. I.e.: a line of injuries promotes a guy from the practice squad to starting lineup.

RB, Keiland Williams, Washington Redskins: a line of injuries may be just what he needs to get the amount of carries/ catches to become fantasy relevant. With Clinton Portis out and still recovering, and Ryan Torain possibly out with a hamstring promotes Keiland Williams as the starting RB. Though you can't use him this weekend because he's on bye; you should keep an eye out for him as injury reports come out of D.C.

RB, BenJarvus Green-Ellis: what else must this guy do to be owned in more then 50% of leagues? 5 straight weeks with a touchdown capped off by 2 touchdown, 122 yards on 17 carries performance should be more then enough umphh to get him off the wire and into your starting lineup.

RB, Javarris James, Indianapolis Colts: when every other RB is hurt on your team it opens up the way for you to start. The week 10 status of Addai, Brown, and Hart for next weekend all look suspicious. RB plays a very essential part of the Colts offense, and James should be used in some manner Sunday against Philadelphia simply because they have no other options!

WR, Randy Moss, FA: this is just a hunch, but sometimes ffball owners have been known to over react to news and may have dropped Moss once they heard he was waived. Though his value may be low; he would be an amazingly great pickup if you could find.

WR, Nate Washington, Tennessee Titans: before the injury of Britt Sunday Washington was fantasy crap, however, he is now their #1 deep threat and showed that with a season high tying 4 catches for 117 yards and a touchdown. He's off this week, but worth watching if Britt isn't ready to go in week 10.

WR, Steve Breaston, AZ Cardinals: if he can stay healthy he helps increase the value of Larry Fitzgerald, and has a nice tendency to rack up yardage. In his 2 truly healthy games, limited by a knee issue, he has 15 receptions for 279 yards. If, and its a big if, Derek Anderson plays Sunday against Minnesota Breaston has nice value in yardage, and ppr leagues. Don't worry about touchdowns though; when you rack up 130+ yards when your knee cooperates with the rest of your body touchdowns should follow.

TE, Jacob Tamme, Indianapolis Colts: stick a TE in this offense, and Manning will find a way to throw the ball his way. 6 receptions for 64 yards and a touchdown figures to make him a nice fill in when other TE's are under performing or hurt.

K, Dan Carpenter, Miami Dolphins: Kickers are worth taking a look at; especially when they end up being the highest scorer on their team. In 4 of his last 5 games he has made at least 3 field goals and an extra point. In the last 2 weeks he has made 5 field goals in each game, and figures to be a key part of the offense against a rested Baltimore defense.