Fantasy Football: Waiver Wire Championship Edition

QB. player. 54. Sanchez has an ownership % on ESPN.com of 42.3, so you may not find him available in your league,. But if you do, he should be an excellent plug and play option as long as Nick Foles does not make a comeback this week. The Redskins have been torched by almost every QB to take the field against them. Sanchez has not been great lately, but if you are reduced to scouring the wire for a QB option this week, he is the option I would feel most comfortable with.. Quarterback. Philadelphia Eagles. Mark Sanchez

31. Eli is not Peyton, let’s just get that out of the way right now. However, there may be more teams who advanced in last week’s round of games with Eli on their roster as opposed to Peyton. Eli does not have what I would consider a great match-up by any means as the Rams have been playing some stellar defense, but this is a Waiver Wire piece, and the goal here is to patch some holes. With that said, Eli has been pretty hot as of late. With ODB catching everything Eli throws, you could certainly do a lot worse.. Quarterback. New York Giants. Eli Manning. QB. player

48. McCown is by no means going to win the Championship for you by himself, but I put him here because he has a decent match-up as the Packers don’t present a great defense. The early over/under line for this game tells me that somehow there will be a decent clip of points scored. So with the Bucs run game, the logical choice is that McCown should toss a couple of TDs which should make him a decent play for Sunday.. Quarterback. Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Josh McCown. QB. player

123. Well, many of us so-called analysts probably all expected to be writing about Randle as a pickup much sooner than this. DeMarco Murray has proven to be a whole lot tougher than many of us give him credit for. Dallas has literally rode Murray all the way to the top of their division. Murray has been a workhorse, but he now has a broken hand. He has not been officially ruled out of the game, but he was set to have surgery to repair the hand. This could be a Murray owner’s hardest week if the Cowboys do not clear up his status before the weekend. If Murray does not play, I would expect Randle to be a top ten play at RB for the weekend with the load I assume he would carry. He is a must pick up if he is on your waiver wire, even if it is just as insurance.. Running Back. Dallas Cowboys. Joseph Randle. RB. player

Matt Asiata. RB. player. 60. Asiata is not a very dazzling or fun back to own. However, he is about the only option in the Vikings backfield capable of putting up any fantasy points. He had a pretty decent day last week, and should see at least 15 touches. That would make him a pretty decent flex play heading into your championship game. He is not a recomended play, if you will, but if the injury bug has bit, he should score some points and has a decent chance of finding paydirt.. Running Back. Minnesota Vikings

Toby Gerhart. QB. player. 52. Due to an injury to Denard “Shoelace” Robinson, Gerhart was able to get a second chance of sorts after somewhat being forgotten about in the Jaguars backfield. Toby stepped up and responded against one of the league’s toughest defenses against the run by posting 54 yards on 13 carries. He also added 2 catches for 9 yards. I mentioned him as a pickup in last week’s column with the forethought of seeing the league’s worse defense against fantasy RBs in the Tennessee Titans. The Titans have awaken several backs who have had terrible seasons. Gerhart could stand to have a pretty good day on this “defense”.. Running Back. Jacksonville Jaguars

35. Washington is not going to set the world on fire, but he could be a very decent plug and play option this week with injuries to both Kendall Wright and Justin Hunter. Washington becomes the top WR option for the Titans and Charlie Whitehurst. I would not advise you to play him over anyone you have started all year, but again, this is more of an article to help you cover the injury bug.. Wide Receiver. Tennessee Titans. Nate Washington. WR. player

WR. player. 28. James Jones has had a mostly up and down kind of season. This week he gets a Buffalo Bills team that is decent against the pass, so it is not a great match-up. Jones did put up 8 catches with 56 yards and a TD last week, so he is going to try and build on that this week at home against the Bills. Depending on how active your league has been and how deep it is, Jones could be one of only a few decent grabs available this week.. Wide Receiver. Oakland Raiders. James Jones

Charles Johnson. WR. player. 60. Charles Johnson has become one of Teddy Bridgewater’s favorite options as of late. The young playmaker has put up two games in a row that have been good fantasy outputs. It certainly seems that the duo has found a nice chemistry together, and they will look to have another good week as they travel to Miami to take on the Dolphins.. Wide Receiver. Minnesota Vikings

Brent Celek. TE. player. 54. Brent Celek has found himself mostly on the short end of the tight end stick in Philadelphia this season. Last week though, Celek had a better day than fellow tight end Zach Ertz. We do not know if this is a sign of things to come, but the Eagles do head to the nation’s capital to take on the Redskins. The Redskins are not good…. at covering the tight end. So even if Ertz finds himself back in Sanchez’s good graces, there could still be enough touches to go around. He isn’t someone I would be dying to plug in, but considering what is available for this position on the waiver wire, he may be your only hope.. Tight End. Philadelphia Eagles

Tight End. Indianapolis Colts. Dwayne Allen. TE. player. 46. Dwayne Allen has an ownership rate of 44.8 in ESPN.com leagues, so you may not find him on the wire in an active league. If he is available, even with Coby Fleener taking some touches away, Allen could be a decent play for your team this week. Allen gets the league’s worst defense against tight ends in fantasy, and is getting healthy. I would probably plug in Allen over Celek if he was available in your league. Allen had a respectable line for tight ends even with only two catches as he was able to strike paydirt.