Fantasy Football: Waiver Wire Scramble Week 12

This week is all about football and stuffing your face with stuffing. Instead of one bullshit game on the NFL Network Thursday night, you are treated with three games, as you anxiously countdown to the big feast. Unfortunately, one the those games is a match-up between Dallas and Seattle. The Cowboys will be feasting on two types of birds this Thanksgiving. ZING!

It’s a short work week, so it’s a short up-front to the Waiver Wire Scramble for Week 12, let’s do this:

Pick-up Jerramy Stevens, TE, Tampa Bay - It pains me to say this, because Stevens is a terrible human being, but if you are in need of some points from the TE position this week, consider Stevens. He’s a huge target for Garcia down the middle and going against New Orleans, it should be a high scoring game. Stevens caught two passes last week, one for a TD, so you know Garcia will be looking for him again this week and his height should pay dividends. Check out your current TE match-up and see if Stevens is an upgrade. Or maybe just cock-block your opponent and nab Stevens for safe-keeping on your bench.

Drop Ben Roethlisberger, QB, Pittsburgh - The Steelers visit New England this weekend and you’ve got to bet that the Patriots are going to come at Roethlisberger with everything this week. I am willing to bet even money that Roethlisberger is either injured or benched by halftime, I highly suggest starting any other quarterback in his place. Also, you never know what the weather is going to be like there, and that could effect the stats too.

Pick-up Running Backs, Baltimore - Willis McGahee, Ray Rice and Le’Ron McClain, will all be sharing the load against Cincinnati come Sunday. McClain was the featured/hot back last weekend, but expect everyone to get a shot against the haggered Bengal defense. Rice is probably the iffy one of the bunch, but could be a better option than a lot of other back-up RBs on the market.

Kill Brett Farve, QB, New York Jets - This weekend is the last week before the playoffs in my fantasy league… and I need a win to sneak into the playoffs. Let’s just say, despite my awesome fantasy advice, I’ve been royally screwed this year by some bad luck. But I’ve been hot the last couple of weeks, so I have a good feeling about this. However, I am going against Brett Farve, so I hope he chokes on a turkey bone, gets food posioning from pumpkin pie, terribly hungover from rotten wine, or whatever, as long as he doesn’t blow up the fantasy points again! Please! I NEED THIS! Fuck you, Farve!