NFL Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups

Wire finds many talented running backs for points

Sep 17, 2008

The NFL season is extremely rough and running backs take a lot of punishment. Fantasy football GM's should look at backup RB's this week along with WR's.

Had a solid game against the Lions. Not huge fantasy numbers but Brandon Jackson showed a great burst and Ryan Grant is ailing so he is a great fantasy waiver pickup for week 3. The Packers are such a strong offense that Jackson could burst out and have huge games down the stretch if Grant is out.

The Chargers' all-purpose threat might already be taken but if he's not then snatch him up. LaDainian Tomlinson was due for some injuries so they might nag him for a while and even if he comes back Sproles is too fast and valuable to not feed the ball to him 10-15 times a game.

Edgerrin James has not looked good in early-season action and Hightower seems like the heir apparent. Plus, the Arizona Cardinals play so many bad teams in the NFC West that big fantasy games should be a real possibility once this possible fantasy football waiver wire pickup gets full-time reps in the dynamic Arizona offense.

Tennessee appears set to go with Kerry Collins at QB for the rest of the year if that's how long it takes Vince Young to get healthy mentally. Gage is a big target who seems to team well with Kerry Collins making him the perfect sleeper week 3 WR pickup in fantasy football. Do what you can to get him because the Titans have a good defense that can get the offense plenty of opportunities.

Also add Arnaz Battle here if you want a one-week rental because the Lions-49ers game will be an epic shootout between two teams with bad defenses and explosive offenses. Bruce has a good rapport with J.T. O'Sullivan so far and Johnson has earned his spot as well making them both week 3 fantasy waiver wire pickups worth looking at.

The Lions have a soft part of the schedule coming up and opponents should be keying on Calvin Johnson more. MacDonald is a bit of a risky waiver wire pickup but he has great speed and saw a lot more catches last year working out of the slot. He is still a very talented player who is a good two week rental or so because he's due for a big game soon, perhaps this week when the Lions travel to San Francisco to play the woeful 49ers.

The former Michigan Wolverine is as dependable as ever on third down and in the red zone and the Giants offense has been rolling, making him a timely waiver wire pickup for week 3 right now. Eli Manning has been going to Plaxico Burress a lot but in the red zone he often looks to Toomer because of his precise route running. Take a look at Toomer if you need a third wide receiver in your fantasy league.

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