Week Two: Waiver Wire Rush

After Week One, FantasyDC suggested you go after these players. Now after Week Two, we have a whole new list for you to enjoy.

All players mentioned will be below 70 percent in 10 team formats and will likely be available in most leagues.

Go For It

Trent Edwards, BUF, QB (61 Percent Owned in 10 Team Format)

As of now Trent Edwards is ranked in or at the top five for QB's in standard scoring leagues. Will he stay there all season? Not likely. But will he be in the top 20? There shouldn’t be a doubt.

He’s had two very solid games and doesn’t seem to be making many terrible throws forcing it to Terrell Owens, something even Tony Romo couldn’t seem to figure out. I think the best argument for Edwards is that he’s putting up these numbers, while having a running back, Fred Jackson, put up top five numbers as well.

Edwards is a spot starter with season-long roster appeal.

Target: All leagues.

Cadillac Williams, TB, RB (62 Percent)/Correll Buckhalter, DEN, RB (22 Percent)

Tampa Bay and Denver are both tough backfields to work through. Both have a stable of capable backs, with the Bucs signing Derrick Ward in the offseason and Denver drafting Knowshon Moreno.

That said Cadillac and Correll have played well enough the first two weeks to keep their starting role and will be on the better end of the RB split for their respective teams for at least a handful of weeks.

Target: All leagues for Cadillac, 12 team leagues for Correll, backups only for both.

Mario Manningham, NYG, WR (43 Percent)

This is probably the easiest of all adds. Mario Manningham looked like a man on the field this week, and although he went in the Giants No. 3 WR, he walked out the No. 1 WR in the NFL through week two.

He will not stay there; no one can argue that. But the Giants haven’t found a ground game yet and are throwing the rock all over the place. Eli Manning found his possession receiver last week in Steve Smith, and now he found his home run hitter in “Super” Mario.

Nicks is still down, Hixon is a little hurt and is sub-par at best, and the Giants intentionally did not sign a WR in the offseason, while dealing with the Plaxico situation.

Manningham is your guy, and he’s better than someone you have on your roster right now.

Target: All leagues, with a bullet.

Nate Washington, TEN, WR (24 Percent)

Nate Washington showed this week that week one was a bit of a fluke. Britt and Gage will get theirs, and Chris Johnson will continue to have out-of-this-world games from time-to-time, but Nate Washington was signed this offseason as the answer to Tennessee’s receiving problems, and he did nothing this week to convince us otherwise.

Don’t sign him unless you have a player to drop, but most should have someone they can let go.

Target: 12 team leagues.

Marcedes Lewis, JAC, TE (Three Percent) / Vernon Davis, SF, TE (43 Percent)

Jacksonville is losing receivers like crazy, and although Mike Sims-Walker played well last week, Marcedes Lewis is fast becoming David Garrard’s favorite target. He’s looking for him when he needs a first down and is more than a viable bye-week starter.

Vernon Davis is also playing on a team looking for someone to step forward when the team needs a catch. With Coach Singletary giving more trust to Davis, even making him a team captain, there is reason to believe his personal maturity is catching up to his athletic ability.

He’s already putting up numbers of a starter, and those numbers should continue to make him worthy of a roster spot on any team.

Target: All leagues, spot starts for Davis, backup for Lewis.

All Things Depending

Byron Leftwich, TB, QB (12 Percent)

Who has the most pass attempts through two weeks of the NFL season? No surprise, its Tom Brady. But No. 2 is a huge surprise in Byron Leftwich.

I can’t guarantee he keeps throwing the ball for his team all season, especially if they keep losing. But while he’s in there and as the Bucs keep losing, Leftwich will keep throwing at a huge rate. He’s horribly immobile, which adds 5-10 throws a game that would have otherwise been runs. His TD:INT ratio may not be good, but he’ll give you yards and completions.

If you’re thin at QB think about adding Byron, at least until he gets benched.

Target: 12-14 team leagues, backup only.

LeSean McCoy, PHI, RB (42 Percent)/Felix Jones, DAL, RB (70 Percent)

Both Marion Barber III and Brian Westbrook are a little dinged up which plays into Felix and LeSean’s hand. But Felix has his own “ding” problems, and the Eagles are used to Westbrook being on the injury report.

Both are required as handcuffs, and could be valuable in general to those thin on RB's.

Target: 12-14 team leagues, PPR-plus for Felix.

Tim Hightower, ARI, RB (64 Percent)

Tim Hightower is still the starter, but Wells is looking more and more comfortable in Arizona.

No Arizona back should be starting in traditional leagues, but in deeper leagues you can get away with playing whoever is starting that week. For now it remains Tim Hightower.

Target: 12-14 team leagues.

Hold off for Now

Michael Bush, OAK, RB (24 Percent)/Fred Taylor, NE, RB (24 Percent)

Both are putting up reasonable numbers in very bad time-shares.

Taylor is being given every chance to be the No. 1 RB in New England, and Darren McFadden is doing nothing to make the Oakland staff give him more time on the field. But neither Taylor nor Bush are doing enough with their time and are getting unplayable numbers for it.

There are much better plays for you, no matter the situation.

Target: 14-plus team leagues.

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