FAABulous Football Week 7: The Hits Keep Coming
Hello everyone, I hope you survived all play week... unlike some of our favorite players.
This week was a wild one, no matter how ready I feel for the season nothing can truly prepare us. We lost more top prospects to injuries, fell for Kyle injury shenanigans yet again, received false reports about running back rooms, and saw Rico Dowdle break Christian McCaffrey's record for two game rush yards from scrimmage in Carolina.
There were break outs and break downs, slappy celebrations and tears and the end of an era with David Bell retirement (roll the clip).
Yes, every week we get another injury, another bye, another opportunity to guess what TE Arthur Smith will use and which coach will lie about injuries and usage.
Now let's try and parse through the noise and get down to business, we only have two teams on bye in week 7 with Bills and Ravens, so hopefully you can prepare for the biggest bye of them all in week 8, because the hits keep coming.
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 6: Ship Chasing Team Standings and Waiver Wire Wins
I went through team by team, listing the players we won on waivers week 6 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.
Top Waiver Targets
Kimani Vidal
Waiver Average Bid: $213
Keaton Mitchell
Waiver Average Bid: $18
Emanuel Wilson
Waiver Average Bid: $11
MarShawn Lloyd
Waiver Average Bid: $5
Will Shipley
Waiver Average Bid: $11
Christian Watson
Waiver Average Bid: $15
Tyquan Thornton
Waiver Average Bid: $29
Tory Horton
Waiver Average Bid: $38
Xavier Legette
Waiver Average Bid: $17
AJ Barner
Waiver Average Bid: $79
Jake Tonges
Waiver Average Bid: $50
Hunter Long
Waiver Average Bid: $24
Michael Mayer
Waiver Average Bid: $14
Cade Otton
Waiver Average Bid: $27
Destroyer
Winning Waiver Bids:
Ryan Flournoy $7
Waiver Average Bid: $25
Taysom Hill $22
Waiver Average Bid: $46
Tommy Tremble $1
Waiver Average Bid: $1
LV Team Defense $3
Waiver Average Bid: $7
Matchup:
Loss (3-3)
862.65 pts (5th)
The minisodes team got destroyed during all play week. They fell victim to playing the corpse of Jauan Jennings not knowing injury truth, while Egbuka and Wilson both went down with injuries after nailing the Gadsden breakout and Pickens explosion.
Broken Social Scene
Winning Bids:
Hassan Haskins $121
Waiver Average Bid: $221
Kendrick Bourne $41
Waiver Average Bid: $98
LV Team Defense $1
Waiver Average Bid: $7
Matchup:
Won (4-2)
846.80 pts (4th)
The Stat Chasing team held onto the win for all play week after making some desperation waiver adds to play. The team hit several landmines with the wrong Chargers running back, benching Michael Carter at the last second for Bhayshul Tuten, and yet another Jennings start.
Neko Case
Winning Bids:
Isaac TeSlaa $7
Waiver Average Bid: $18
IND Team Defense $1
Waiver Average Bid: $33
Matchup:
Won (3-3)
833.15 pts (5th)
My team scraped by with an all play win, however this was second week in a row where my team was projected much higher than projections. Bill fumbled, Rome saw a touchdown called back because of illegal formation, London had a touch down over turned and you know about Jennings at this point. Luckily, Maye, Rico, and London were enough and the team is live heading into this week.
Arcade Fire
Winning Bids:
Jack Bech $1
Waiver Average Bid: $1
TEN Team Defense $1
Waiver Average Bid: $2
Matchup:
Loss (3-3)
762.85 pts (8th)
The ADP Chasing team did not survive, the Commanders were a huge disappointment outside of Jayden Daniels. Treyveon Henderson is still playing behind Rhamondre Stevenson, and Jahmyr Gibbs was out done by David Montgomery.
Wolf Parade
Winning Bids:
Taysom Hill $23
Waiver Average Bid: $46
TEN Team Defense $1
Waiver Average Bid: $2
Matchup:
Loss (1-5)
794.60 pts (11th)
Another week another loss, Warren, Quinshon, and Pollard all saw their roles reduce drastically this week. Everything else was too little too late.
April
Winning Bid:
Michael Badgley $3
Waiver Average Bid: $6
TEN Team Defense $1
Waiver Average Bid: $2
Matchup:
Loss (2-4)
806.40 pts (10th)
April was off to such a hot start with Goedert Thursday night, but Rhamondre Stevenson sank the team. Hopefully better days are ahead after Rashee Rice returns.
Islands
Winning Bids:
Kendrick Bourne $132
Waiver Average Bid: $98
Chase McLaughlin $1
Waiver Average Bid: $13
Matchup:
Won (4-2)
872.50 pts (3rd)
The team with Shawn Siegle put up a monster score thanks to Maye, JSN and Achane, and is feeling great heading into this week.
Hot Hot Hot
Winning Bids:
Jalen Coker $12
Waiver Average Bid: $14
Jason Myers $1
Waiver Average Bid: $1
Matchup:
Won (4-2)
797.90 pts (5th)
Another win despite playing Bill, Adams, and Franklin. This team is on a heater!
SC
Winning Bids:
Ryan Flournoy $13
Waiver Average Bid: $25
Trevor Etienne $1
Waiver Average Bid: $4
Matchup:
Won (4-2)
919.70 pts (2nd)
The high stakes team did not have an all play week. This team is moving up every week finishing strong with Skattebo, CMC, and Mahomes. Losing Puka definately doesn't feel great right now.
Week 7 Waiver Priorities for FFPC
Below are all the players I like for Week 7 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.
