Fantasy Football Waiver Wire: QB - Week 3

September 23, 2009 @ 09:00:00

By Tim Heaney
Edited by Nicholas Minnix

Fantasy Football Waiver Wire: QB | RB | WR | TE | PK | DT

Free agents to pick up in your fantasy football league

If you are serious about winning your fantasy league football championship, it is important to stay on top of your fantasy football team throughout the course of 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 in your league. Not being aggressive in picking up fantasy football free agents is not a wise move. Sometimes, even if you do not need the player for your starting lineup, it is wise to tuck the player away for depth as well as to block others from adding the player to their fantasy football team.

Fantasy football free agents: Look to acquire

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

Byron Leftwich, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Leftwich has to fire the cannons

Completion percentage will never be a strength for him, but with three air scores in Week 2, Leftwich proved the Bucs can score by pass if they have to. Facing big deficits, he has attempted 91 passes this year (50 in the second game); hey, you have to find the end zone a few times with that many tosses, right? If Tampa has to play catch-up often, as expected, we'll probably see more chucking from Leftwich. The big man, who's unwed in approximately 82 percent of examined setups, hopefully is in consideration merely for a No. 3 job or as an injury sub for your team.

Seneca Wallace, Seattle Seahawks

With the availability of Matt Hasselbeck (rib) for Week 3 in question, his owners should at least be trying to make room for his backup. Wallace was efficient if not outstanding in Week 2, going 15-for-23 with 127 yards, one touchdown and one pick. The Iowa State alum was also serviceable at times replacing Hasselbeck last season; this year, his targets appear a bit more attractive. The more mobile Wallace can be added almost everywhere, but it would be wisest to bring him board only as a Hasselbeck replacement or a No. 3 fantasy signal caller.

Fantasy Football Waiver Wire: QB | RB | WR | TE | PK | DT

KFFLians are saying....

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Bob, at 04:28 on 09/21/09, says: Do you think L. Robinson is worth dropping Avery? D. Avery has been horrible for two weeks now. what do you think?

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Nicholas Minnix, at 04:45 on 09/21/09, says: Bob, that's an understandable move. Avery will probably be a little more inconsistent since Avery is a little more of a stretch-the-field player. L-Rob has developed chemistry with Bulger pretty quickly. I wouldn't want to give up on Avery just yet, though. Do you have a lesser play to dump? Avery is pretty rusty, he basically missed the entire preseason. Give him a break, at least.

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mike, at 07:39 on 09/21/09, says: Would you drop Jason Campbell to pick up Bryon Leftwich? Either guy would be my backup for Matt Schaub.

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Ryan @ KFFL.com, at 10:20 on 09/21/09, says: Mike, I'd sit tight with Campbell ahead of Leftwich for the time being. The Redskins are off to a slow start, but Campbell should pick things up soon. The Redskins have the Lions and Bucs in the next two weeks; I'd rather wait to see what Campbell does against them before jumping ship

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Steve Houghton, at 10:02 on 09/22/09, says: Okay I'm stumped. I started Schaub in week one with Flacco on my bench and he bombed while Flacco soared. This week I started Flacco and Schaub was unstoppable. So what do I do in week 3? Schaub or Flacco?

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Kevin, at 03:20 on 09/22/09, says: Would you drop Lance Moore for Laurent Robinson?

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Sherman, at 08:44 on 09/22/09, says: looking at a one week match up...would you take Campbell or Leftwich for week 3 and would you take McCoy or Brown as a better handicap...I've got a strong RB core...so they will only be used as trade-bait later in the year...

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dean, at 02:49 on 09/23/09, says: currently have moss and welker on roster,intended to start all season but now with injury,what would be the wisest move in ppr league pickup welkers backup or pikup laurant robinson? btw great info..........thnx

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Clark, at 11:40 on 09/24/09, says: Should I start Romo over Warner this week? Romo is playing the Bucs and they have been giving up a lot of points.

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GEORGE, at 05:34 on 09/25/09, says: i need one to start : WHICH ONE ? k. moreno - den. t. jones - jets knox - chi.

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