waiver wire

In Week 16, fantasy owners are looking to put together the best possible lineup with the pieces that they have left of their roster. By this point of the season, many of the players originally drafted are no longer on fantasy rosters.

Whether it is because they are injured or just underperforming, fantasy owners should take a long look at the waiver wire to see if there is anyone out there that may lead their fantasy team to a championship.

Fantasy owners playing in Week 14 are either in their fantasy playoffs (congrats!) or the last week of their fantasy season. At this point, don’t just take a chance on someone if it means dropping a better player from your roster. Pick up a player that will help you this week, because you don’t know if you’ll be playing in Week 15 (unless you have a bye for Week 14, of course). Another strategy is picking up a player that you may not start but you don’t want to play against.

It's Week 12 and for some fantasy owners, the season is rapidly coming to an end. It’s also Thanksgiving week and those owners that see that little asterisk next to their team name that indicates they are in the playoffs have plenty to be thankful for. For the rest, it's time to take a long, hard look at your roster and drop anyone that you aren’t going to play. It's crunch time and you need to start thinking ahead and see if there are any matchups you can exploit.

Week 9, with six teams on bye, is finally behind fantasy owners. However, Week 10, with four teams on bye, looms ahead. While the injuries pile up and some players aren’t going to be available, fantasy owners need to be looking at the waiver wire.

Week 8 brings another week with four teams on bye. Fantasy owners are going to be scouring the waiver wire to find replacements for players on the Atlanta Falcons, Dallas Cowboys, Los Angeles Chargers and Tennessee Titans. In addition, as with every week, injuries affect starting rosters.