Fantasy Football Waiver Wire: WR - Week 15

December 15, 2010 @ 13:00:00

By Cory J. Bonini
Edited by Tim Heaney

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If you are serious about winning your fantasy league football championship, stay on top of your fantasy football team throughout the year.

Each week during the NFL fantasy football season, KFFL brings you its Fantasy Football Waiver Wire, which breaks down players to pick up. Be aggressive when picking up fantasy football free agents. Even if you do not need a player, you can tuck him away for depth or block others from adding him to their fantasy football team.

Note: Percentage of polled leagues in which player is available in parentheses

Fantasy football free agents: Look to acquire

The following players will have greater significance in deep fantasy football leagues. In shallow fantasy football leagues, they are not as high of a priority but should be considered based on your fantasy football team's needs.

Donald Jones and David Nelson, Buffalo Bills (100 percent, 100 percent)

Lee Evans (ankle) is out for the rest of the season. David Nelson is expected to move into the starting lineup, which will mean more looks for the 6-foot-5 target, but Jones will likely have the slot role all to himself for the first time since Roscoe Parrish (wrist) went down in Week 9.

Jones has been targeted more in the past month than Nelson. On average, Ryan Fitzpatrick has looked to Jones 5.75 times per game in the last four weeks. At 6-foot, 214 pounds, he is better suited to stay in the slot and could be a point-per-reception weapon for owners looking for a risk-reward pickup.

Nelson, who could be a strong candidate for more involvement in the red zone, should have better value in non-PPR formats.

Ruvell Martin, Seattle Seahawks (100 percent)

Big Mike among big pile of injuries

Seattle has suffered a lot of injuries at the wide receiver position, and their corps was depleted even more with the loss of Deon Butler (leg) for the rest of the year. Brandon Stokley (hamstring) is uncertain for Week 15. While the Seahawks may get Mike X. Williams (foot) and Ben Obomanu (hand) back this week, Martin could have a reasonable role going forward, especially around the end zone.

Martin, 6-foot-4, 220 pounds, gives quarterback Matt Hasselbeck a huge target. The fifth-year wideout caught four passes for 73 yards and a touchdown in Week 14. The injuries at the position could force Seattle into relying on Martin this week against the Atlanta Falcons, whose defense can he had through the air at times.

NEW - Derek Hagan, New York Giants (85 percent)

With Steve E. Smith (knee) out for the season, Hagan lines up for more looks once again. Hakeem Nicks (leg) and Mario Manningham (hip) are expected to go in Week 15, and Kevin Boss' performance has also risen in Smith's absence, but Hagan has been targeted 24 times over the last four weeks.

Though he saw only three looks last week, his regained opportunity makes him a decent gamble - especially in PPRs - this late in the year. The Green Bay Packers, New York's Week 16 foe, don't present wideouts a good stats opportunity, but the Philadelphia Eagles, this week's roadblock, do.

Fantasy football free agents: One-week plays

The following fantasy football pickups are for those who need injury or bye week replacements. They are not players you immediately acquire - unless your team is in dire straights. Some have, however, shown some life and should be followed in case they materialize as options beyond their temporary use.

NEW - Mohamed Massaquoi, Cleveland Browns (92 percent)

Though Colt McCoy might take the QB job back from Jake Delhomme this week, Massaquoi has gained fantasy momentum with at least six targets in each of his last four games, with four catches in each of his last three. Delhomme has jolted Massaquoi's fantasy value, but the matchup might negate a potential Delhomme benching.

M&M faces the Cincinnati Bengals this Sunday. Cincy has allowed a per-game average of 13.75 catches, 204.3 yards and 1.75 touchdown grabs to enemy wideouts in the last four contests. Cornerback Johnathan Joseph (ankle) is questionable once again, and when he's sidelined, opponents have often whipped Cincy's secondary. 

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Cory J. Bonini

Cory J. Bonini is a senior editor at KFFL. In late 2002, Bonini joined the KFFL staff as a research analyst. He vaulted himself into one of the industry's leading fantasy analysts.

Bonini has been involved in fantasy sports since 1996. A member of the Fantasy Sports Trade Association as well as Fantasy Sports Writers Association, he has been featured in print, on the radio and is also a published writer on scores of sites. Bonini co-hosted Big Lead Sports on SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio from 2011 to 2012.

Bonini was recognized with the 2010 Best Article in Print Award from the FSWA and was a finalist for the same award in 2011. In '11, he finished first overall in the FSWA NFL experts challenge that featured 60 of the industry's best competitors.

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