FAABulous Football Week 4: Defense Wins Championships
This week was very different slate of games. In week 2 we had offensive fireworks and then in week 3 we had some insane defensive performances.
If you were lucky enough to have one of these power house defenses (Vikings anyone?) you likely put up a solid floor of points.
There were a lot of stinkers this week for some of our fantasy studs, but some promising signal going forward as well. I can't believe this is our last week before the byes start, the season always goes so fast.
All stats and data for FAABulous Football are pulled from Fantasy Life, PFF, NFL Next Gen Stats, ETR, and Stealing Signals.
A Look Back at Week 3: Ship Chasing Team Standings and Waiver Wire Wins
I went through team by team, listing the players we won on waivers week 3 and the amount we won the players for, followed by what the average bid was for those players across Main Event Leagues.
I also included some of the top players that we did not win and shared our bid range and the average bid those players went for in Main Event Leagues.
Troy Franklin was a big add this week, luckily we already were ahead here and had Franklin on teams last week for a dollar red light special.
Neko Case decided to take a peak with Jaylen Wright and after not getting any work immediately churned for Jalen Royals, who also never saw the field.
Next we will review each team's week 3 matchup results (for better and worse).
Top Waiver Targets
Troy Franklin
Waiver 1 Average Bid: $365
Jake Browning
Waiver 1 Average Bid: $158
Waiver 2 Average Bid: $27
Woody Marks
Waiver 1 Average Bid: $322
Ja’Tavion Sanders
Waiver 1 Average Bid: $145
Destroyer
Winning Waiver Bids:
Hunter Renfrow $1
Waiver 1 Average Bid: $77
Waiver 2 Average Bid: $19
Matchup: Loss (1-2)
412.30 pts (7th)
The mini episode team has faced some tough matchups early on this season. We decided to sit Emeka Egbuka after the report came out that his snaps could be limited. We learned a limited Egbuka is better than a healthy Ridley.
Broken Social Scene
Winning Bids:
Jeremy McNichols $1
Waiver 1 Average Bid: $86
Waiver 2 Average Bid: $19
Matchup: Won (2-1)
404.65 pts (6th)
The stat chasing boys pulled out a solid performance this week. The decision to go Caleb over Maye and take a shot on Hampton paid off... we almost started Troy Franklin instead.
Neko Case
Winning Bids:
Dontayvion Wicks $136
Waiver 1 Average Bid: $86
Waiver 2 Average Bid: $31
Jaylen Wright $3
Waiver 1 Average Bid: $14
Matt Prater $1
Waiver 1 Average Bid: $3
Jalen Royals $1
Waiver 1 Average Bid: $14
Waiver 2 Average Bid: $3
Matchup: Loss (1-2)
408.35 pts (10th)
My team really had a bad beat. We made all the right choices, Caleb over Maye, and Bill and Hampton at RB. We agonized over that RB decision and in the end it did not matter. The game came down to Monday night, we were up by a couple of points with Jamo v Monty. I think you can guess the rest...
Arcade Fire
Winning Bids:
Daniel Jones $236
Waiver 1 Average Bid: $273
ATL Team Defense $3
Waiver 1 Average Bid: $20
Waiver 2 Average Bid: $7
Chase McLaughlin $1
Waiver 1 Average Bid: $1
Waiver 2 Average Bid: $1
Matchup: Won (2-1)
404.65 pts (5th)
The ADP chasing crew had a nice matchup where their hero RB Jahmyr Gibbs was enough to get the win here. The decision at tight end proved brutal here, we left Hunter Henry on the bench, luckily it didn't matter this time.
Wolf Parade
Winning Bids:
Chris Rodriguez $1
Waiver 1 Average Bid: $52
Waiver 2 Average Bid: $20
IND Team Defense $1
Waiver 1 Average Bid: $11
Waiver 2 Average Bid: $3
Matchup: Loss (1-2)
409.95 pts (7th)
I'm not ready to talk about Ceedee Lamb, this loss was brutal.
April
Winning Bid:
Dontayvion Wicks $136
Waiver 1 Average Bid: $86
Waiver 2 Average Bid: $31
Matchup: Loss (0-3)
354.75 pts (11th)
Nothing can go right at the same time on the CrakRok team, starting 0-3 is brutal anyway you slice it up. We are not giving up and will fight til the end.
Islands
Winning Bids:
Jalen Royals $1
Waiver 1 Average Bid: $14
Waiver 2 Average Bid: $3
KC Team Defense $1
Waiver 1 Average Bid: $17
Waiver 2 Average Bid: $3
Matchup: Won (2-1)
425.95 pts (4th)
Finally another win! I needed the boost, as finally one of the coin flips falls our way. I'm just choosing not to look at yet another Ceedee Lamb team.
Hot Hot Hot
Winning Bids:
Spencer Shrader $7
Waiver 1 Average Bid: $15
Waiver 2 Average Bid: $5
Jalen Royals $1
Waiver 1 Average Bid: $14
Waiver 2 Average Bid: $3
Matchup: Loss (2-1)
394.05 pts (7th)
I am a bit stunned this team lost its matchup after seeing Mark Andrews the first couple weeks. Heading into Monday night this team was up by 15+ points facing only Andrews... ugh.
SC
Winning Bids:
Tyler Badie $1
Waiver 1 Average Bid: $4
Matchup: Won (1-2)
406.65 pts (7th)
Leone's big payback team had a nice win this week at long last thanks to some big running back performances. Cam Skattebo is feeling like a pretty nice RB2 at the moment.
Week 4 Waiver Priorities for FFPC
Below are all the players I like for Week 4 for FFPC leagues. I break down all players into tiers with FAAB suggestions, followed by player analysis and a list of players to consider dropping.
This article is also intended to provide value for those of you who play in deeper league formats and dynasty leagues.
Please note that with a drop list, you do not have to drop these players and all suggestions are general as it is impossible to cover all nuances of individual leagues.
