Year End Awards: All Waiver Wire Team/Waiver Wire Pickup Of The Year

Waiver Wire Pickups are essential in fantasy football. Team are constantly scouring free agents looking for the next gem to help ride their team to a fantasy championship. Every year a handful guys break out from fantasy irrelevance to fantasy superstardom. Here's the best of this year's crop.

QB

Nick Foles (Shock The Monkey)

2628 Passing Yards, 25 TD Passes, 2 INT, 226 Rushing Yards, 3 Rushing TD's, 1 Fumble Lost, 236 Fantasy Points 

QB Rank: 15

Overall Rank: 34

 

It's a little ironic, Foles became the QB Pickup of the Year, considering his first foray into our league was Matt spot starting him and costing him a win against Dad (Foles suffered a concussion in the game). He quickly rebounded and despite not being the starter the whole season still put up 28 total TD's (3 rushing) while only throwing 2 picks. Mark picked him up after Matt Ryan basically lost all his offensive weapons and Foles was vital in Mark earning a playoff berth. 

WR

Keenan Allen (I'm A Paul Heyman Guy)

66 Receptions, 957 Receiving Yards, 8 Receiving TD's, 166 Fantasy Points

WR Rank: 16

Overall Rank: 60

 Technically a draft pick but released before the season even started, Allen wouldn't be on a roster until Week 5 when Drew picked him up. Allen was not only the best rookie receiver in the league, but also a legit top 15 talent had not been for lack of playing time the first 3 games of the season.

WR

Riley Cooper (Next!!!)

44 Receptions, 796 Receiving Yards, 8 Receiving TD's, 147 Fantasy Points

WR Rank: 21

Overall Rank: 69

 

Before the season started, there wasn't even a guarantee Cooper would be on the Eagles after his racial slur fiasco. When Michael Vick went down though, and Nick Foles stepped in, he quickly developed excellent chemistry with Cooper and turned him into a legit fantasy wide receiver. He finished just one spot out of the top 20. Not too bad for a guy who was so close to being out of the league.

WR

Harry Douglas (Hoosier Daddy)

78 Receptions, 1009 Receiving Yards, 2 Receiving TD's, 140 Fantasy Points

WR Rank: 32

Overall Rank: 98

  When Julio Jones went down with an injury and with Roddy White dealing with injuries of his own, it gave Harry Douglas the perfect opportunity to step up as basically the only receiver in town. I originally snatched him up but traded him with Larry Fitzgerald in a stupid trade for Torrey Smith (thankfully I still won despite the dumb trades I made with Ryan). Douglas was more than adequate and though touchdowns were lacking, he still had 1000 yard receiving season. It's doubtful Douglas is ever fantasy relevant again, but at least for this season the starts aligned and Douglas made the most of the opportunity. 

RB

Zac Stacy (Welcome 2 Goodburger)

958 Rushing Yards, 7 Rushing TD's, 22 Receptions, 118 Receiving yards, 1 Receiving TD, 158 Fantasy Points

RB Rank: 18

Overall Rank: 53

 

The 2nd award for Stacy, who statistically was the best running back to be picked up off the waiver wire. When he finally got his chance, he was great, and was a huge reason Mike made the playoffs.

 

RB

Rashad Jennings (Not Even Lying)

724 Rushing Yards, 6 Rushing TD's, 34 Receptions, 284 Receiving Yards, 144 Fantasy Points

RB Rank: 21

Overall Rank: 64

 

"Thank God for Rashad Jennings". Do you know how many times Kenny said that after alllll the running back problems Kenny had and yet he was still able to pick up a running back the caliber of Jennings? Without Jennings, there's no telling if Kenny makes the playoffs much less finishes 2nd overall. He was very important and came through big when Kenny needed him to.  

 

TE

Charles Clay (Not Even Lying)

65 Receptions, 716 Receiving Yards, 6 Receiving TD's, 15 Rushing Yards, 1 Rushing TD, 141.5 Fantasy Points

TE Rank: 7

Overall Rank: 70

 

Kenny's key waiver wire moves are a big reason he came so close to winning a championship. Charles Clay was another vital player to Kenny's roster. Clay was a great success ,finishing well within the top 10 at the position. In fact, Clay was so valuable, that Kenny almost lost BECAUSE he didn't play him in the semi-final against Mayra. Kenny replaced Clay with Jared Cook and Clay went on to have a 23.5 point day while Cook barely had 5.5. Had Kenny lost (which he almost did) it would've been solely because of benching Clay. 

 

Waiver Wire Pickup Of The Year

Rashad Jennings (Not Even Lying)

 

Gotta go with the impact Jennings had on Kenny's team over Zac Stacy and his slightly better stats.