I contemplated starting a thread very similar to this........
I am looking for people I can pick up very cheap, that would turn into potential league winners/
KING MAKERS. Generally people are trying to find that in running backs, but point explosions can be had at other positions as well.
That aside, a few I am trying to acquire are -
WAYNE GALLMAN JR. - Yeah I know, its "Wayne F'N Gallman". But look, Saquon Barkley has already been gimpy. Where it gets interesting, is if you take a look over their end of season schedule.
WEEK 14 - @ PHI , WEEK 15 - MIAMI , WEEK 16 - @ WASH . Get a load of that, in the fantasy playoffs. Suppose the NYG lose about 4-5 more games between now and then, and are completely out of it. If Barkley so much as gets a hangnail, he should be shut down at that point since the NYG will be out of it, if they aren't already. Sure, they won't lean on him like they do Barkley, but everything else considered he could be a point machine in the playoffs, and you can get him free of charge right now....or you should be able to any day. The Saquon owners have mostly abandoned him seeing as hes only 14% owned on YAHOO.
RYQUELL "ROCK" ARMSTEAD - Again, this is a scenario that would take an injury. But check out the workload Fournette has been getting. Its unreal the carries he has been getting, and I'm betting if he goes down, Armstead would get a bunch of work also. (To the extent Fournette is???? doubtful, but still) Armstead is a big bruising back, that should get goal line work then too. Fantasy playoffs???? Check .
WEEK 14 - CHARGERS , WEEK 15 - @ OAKLAND , WEEK 16 @ ATLANTA. More fantasy playoff schedule juiciness. Here is another back, that is merely
1% OWNED ON YAHOO. I can't believe hes owned much more than that anywhere, except dynasty rosters. If you are a Fournette owner and don't have him cuffed right now with Armstead , then don't come back here #####ing if something happens to Fournette. Oh yeah, Fournette,.......... does he have an injury history?????
DK METCALF - This isn't exactly as you would think. He certainly hasn't been lighting it up thus far. But again, here is a scenario where an injury would thrust his stock up dramatically.
TYLER LOCKETT hasn't exactly been the bastion of health in his career.... and by all accounts he is having a good season so far too. Since Dissly is now gone, what would happen to Metcalf if Lockett gets hurt? I'm not wishing injury on anyone, but these things do happen in our fantasy world, and Lockett isn't exactly Mr Durability. If something happens to him, everyone in the world will be trying to acquire him. I snagged him in 2 leagues, in one he is behind Lockett (on my bench) and in another he is on the bench as well, being alternated in and out as my WR3.
ROBBY ANDERSON - Here is another you can get dirt cheap. The best part of this is, he will likely
STILL be dirt cheap after they face
JAX this week. But then in week 9, he sets off on one of the best schedule runs I have seen in many years.
WEEK 9 and forward -
MIAMI, NYG, WAS, OAK, CINCY, then MIAMI again. It isn't quite as good in weeks 15-16 (BAL/PIT) but by then he will hopefully have helped carry you to the playoffs. I never liked trusting this guy as he is such a hit and miss type player, but the schedule is amazing. I have him on the bench in a league, waiting to slot him in as a WR3 when the time comes.
EVAN ENGRAM - I can't imagine buying low on this guy, as everyone already pretty much universally agrees he is a top 5-ish play going forward. But if you can capitalize on him since he missed week 6,
THEN put up a nightmare line of 1 reception for 6 yards last week, then by all means get him. Same thoughts as the Wayne Gallman playoff schedule I pointed out earlier.
TZM