FAABulous Football Week 5: Stay Ahead of the Bye
Welcome to week 5, as we now begin to add the bye week obstacle into our lineup decisions as we continue to battle injury situations that have impacted our teams so far.
We cannot predict every injury that will occur, but we can be prepared ahead of time for the inevitable chaos.
Always plan at least one week ahead for the bye week situations to try and get the best price on players, instead of waiting until the same week to pick up those in the best matchups as their price will be at the peak. This week I tried to offer some ideas for upside stashes, deeper stashes, and viable streamers for this week and the next couple of weeks across positions.
I wrote less players in home leagues this week as many of the players discussed in the first section will be pertinent as well.
We only have two teams on bye this week with Chiefs and Panthers and we have tons of players to discuss, so let’s get started!
All stats and data for FAABulous Football are pulled from Fantasy Life, PFF, NFL Next Gen Stats, ETR, Rotoviz, and Stealing Signals.
A Look Back at Week 4: Ship Chasing Team Standings and Waiver Wire Wins
I went through team by team, listing the players we won on waivers Week 4, followed by the next highest bid in our individual league, and finally 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 the average bid those players went for in Main Event Leagues.
I will then recap our team performances of the week for better and worse.
Top Waiver Targets
Ollie Gordon
Average Bid: $427
Jaylen Wright
Average Bid: $277
George Holani
Average Bid: $31
Austin Ekeler
Average Bid: $13
Jarquez Hunter
Average Bid: $5
Najee Harris
Average Bid: $33
Nicholas Singleton
Average Bid: $10
Raheim Sanders
Average Bid: $39
Samaje Perine
Average Bid: $15
Seth McGowen
Average Bid: $15
Tyler Goodson
Average Bid: $15
A.J. Dillon
Average Bid: $1
Kalif Raymond
Average Bid: $168
Keenan Allen
Average Bid: $138
Jauan Jennings
Average Bid: $11
Mack Hollins
Average Bid: $33
KhaDarel Hodge
Average Bid:$1
Ted Hurst
Average Bid: $55
Brycen Tremayne
Average Bid: $7
Konata Mumpfield
Average Bid: $28
Isaiah Williams
Average Bid: $49
Greg Dulcich
Average Bid: $31
Matthew Hibner
Average Bid:$1
Framemoggers (Ship Chasers MinisodesDraft)
Winning Waiver Bids:
Kaytron Allen: $1
Next Highest Bid: none
Average Bid: $8
CHI Team Defense: $11
Next Highest Bid: $3
Average Bid: $11
Matchup:
Won (4-0)
675.5 points (1st)
Looksmaxxers (Ship Chasers First Live Draft)
Winning Waiver Bids:
Devin Neal: $1
Next Highest Bid: none
Average Bid: $3
Matchup:
Won (2-2)
566.95 points (4th)
ASU Frat Leader (Ron Stewart)
Winning Waiver Bids:
Caleb Douglas: $36
Next Highest Bid: $12
Average Bid: $59
Devin Neal: $1
Next Highest Bid: none
Average Bid: $3
Matchup:
Won (2-2)
572.45 points (7th)
Bone Smashers (Sam Sherman)
Winning Waiver Bids:
Tre' Harris: $91
Next Highest Bid: $71
Average Bid: $100
Matchup:
Lost (3-1)
514.90 points (6th)
The Ascendants (Shawn Siegele and Ben Gretch)
Winning Waiver Bids:
Jonathon Brooks: $14
Next Highest Bid: $1
Average Bid: $50
CHI Team Defense: $33
Next Highest Bid: $18
Average Bid: $11
Matchup:
Won (4-0)
575 points (2nd)
Jestermaxxers (ADP Chasing)
Winning Waiver Bids:
CLE Team Defense: $1
Next Highest Bid: none
Average Bid: $8
Matchup:
Won (3-1)
583.25 points (3rd)
Cortisol Spikers (My team)
Winning Waiver Bids:
Kendre Miller: $79
Next Highest Bid: $62
Average Bid: $165
Daniel Carlson: $1
Next Highest Bid: none
Average Bid: $1
BUF Team Defense: $7
Next Highest Bid: $4
Average Bid: $12
Matchup:
Lost (2-2)
586.50 points (6th)
Crankular (CrakRok)
Winning Waiver Bids:
Tyler Higbee: $121
Next Highest Bid: $36
Average Bid: $50
Kendre Miller: $85
Next Highest Bid: $55
Average Bid: $165
Matchup:
Lost (2-2)
540.85 points (7th)
Stat Chads (Stat Chasing)
Winning Waiver Bids:
Kimani Vidal: $28
Next Highest Bid: $22
Average Bid: $21
Devin Neal: $11
Next Highest Bid: $1
Average Bid: $3
Jacoby Brissett: $6
Next Highest Bid: $1
Average Bid: $35
Matchup:
Lost (1-3)
531.35 points (9th)
Spite Draft
Gays of Hormuz (Jakob Sanderson)
Winning Waiver Bids:
George Holani: $52
Next Highest Bid: $9
Average Bid: $31
AJ Barner: $153
Next Highest Bid: $112
Average Bid: $80
NO Team Defense: $1
Next Highest Bid: none
Average Bid: $3
Matchup:
Won (1-3)
430.55 points (11th)
Subhuman (Pete Overzet)
Winning Waiver Bids:
Jacoby Brissett: $39
Next Highest Bid: $2
Average Bid: $35
Sam Darnold: $38
Next Highest Bid: $5
Average Bid: $62
Matchup:
Won (2-2)
571.15 points (6th)
Look What You Made Me Do (Davis Mattek)
Waiver Winning Bids:
Tyler Higbee: $22
Next Highest Bid: $17
Average Bid: $50
Isaiah Davis: $1
Next Highest Bid: none
Average Bid: $44
BUF Team Defense:$15
Next Highest Bid: $1
Average Bid: $12
Matchup:
Lost (1-3)
534.55 points (11th)
Spite Chasing (Pat Kerrane)
Winning Waiver Bids:
Omar Cooper: $1
Next Highest Bid: none
Average Bid: $1
CHI Team Defense: $2
Next Highest Bid: none
Average Bid: $11
Daniel Carlson: $1
Next Highest Bid: none
Average Bid: $1
Matchup:
Won (3-1)
622.05 points (2nd)
Shark Jumping (5K Big Payback w/ Mike Leone and Ben Gretch)
Winning Waiver Bids:
Sam Darnold: $32
Next Highest Bid: $15
Average Bid: $62
Chris Bell: $32
Next Highest Bid: $23
Average Bid: $95
Chig Okonkwo: $6
Next Highest Bid: $1
Average Bid: $31
Matchup:
Lost (1-3)
522.05 points (11th)
Cos and Steph (Big Gorilla)
Winning Waiver Bids:
Sione Vaki: $1
Next Highest Bid: none
Average Bid: $15
Isaiah Davis: $3
Next Highest Bid: $1
Average Bid: $44
BAL Team Defense: $49
Next Highest Bid: $28
Average Bid: $58
Matchup:
Won (2-2)
596.75 points (5th)
Week 5 Waiver Priorities for FFPC
Below are all the players I like for Week 5 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.
