Saturday, October 12, 2013

Week 6 : Roster Moves : Alex Smith


My goal this week : Get 3 players, including Hilton, into that second tier of 15-plussers. If I could outbid anyone with my remaining $48 I'd try to pick up Keenan Allen, rookie wide receiver for the Chargers. 

 WR   Bryant (0 - 5 / 21.5)

QB  Hoyer (0 - 1 / 15.4)
TE  Thomas (0 - 2 / 19.8)
QB   Wilson (0 - 2 / 19.0)
WR   Shorts (0 - 2 / 15.6)

 WR   Hilton (0 - 1 / 13.5)
WR   Royal  (0 - 1 / 13.9) 
WR   Hartline (0 - 2 / 14.0)
TE   Daniels (0 - 2 / 13.4)
 RB   Bernard (0 - 2 / 13.1)
RB   Gore (0 - 4 / 13.2)
PK   Hartley (0 - 4 / 11.0)

 TE   Gresham (0 - 0 / 8.5)
RB   Tate    (0 - 0 / 8.0)
RB   Miller (0 - 0 / 8.0)
DS   Bengals (0 - 5 / 6.8) 

A bid of $60 got Keenan Allen.  Other notable pickups included Rueben Randle ($75), Harry Douglas ($60), Scott Chandler ($55), Donald Brown ($40), and about 15 other waivers and transactions -- it's been a busy week.  After missing my bid, I decided to plug a couple holes in my bye weeks off free waivers.  After all, I had Brian Hoyer and Owen Daniels sitting with long-term injuries.

Welcome to the team Alex Smith and Dan Bailey:

Alex Smith

As I mentioned before, I really only intended to fill in some bye weeks.  But after a quick analysis, I suddenly found myself starting them this week!  Smith has slightly better numbers the past few weeks than Russell Wilson -- and he's playing the Raiders instead of Wilson's tough assignment versus Tennessee.

I opted to start Dan Bailey because he's playing on Sunday Night versus the Washington Redskins -- a nice recipe, in my opinion.

 Smith, Alex    KC QB (Raiders)
Gore, Frank     SFO RB (Cardinals)
Bryant, Dez    DAL WR (Redskins)
Hilton, T.Y.    IND WR (Chargers)
Shorts, Cecil    JAC WR (Broncos)
Thomas, Julius    DEN TE (Jaguars)
Bailey, Dan    DAL PK (Redskins)
Bengals, Cincinnati    CIN Def (Bills)



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