Waiver View: Week 5

The Cardinals are 4-0 and what I'm just as excited about is the fact that 30 For 30 comes back tonight with a documentary called "Broke," which tells the tale of how easily professional athletes spend money and ultimately, go broke. In the teaser, Bart Scott says something about a "ghetto lottery." Again, super excited for that. Take notes, Vince Young, before it's too la- oh, wait.

Also, I'm not a fan of boasting, but still. Andre Roberts. Yeah, I told you so.

This is significantly shorter than those in the past. Guess we're just not getting surprised as much these days. Week 5 Waiver View, everyone:

Ryan Tannehill, QB - Miami Dolphins - I would take him over Kevin Kolb (for fantasy, of course) and that's saying something. As the driver for the Kolb wagon, I felt as though while watching Tannehill, I was watching a young-but-competent QB, not a rookie who played full-time WR less than three years ago. Tannehill has beautiful pocket presence and stood tall against an excellent defense. Granted, the Cardinals were missing Darnell Dockett, but Reggie Bush was ailing and he still had to throw more than he normally would have. He's not a starter, but he's certainly a matchup-based plug for you starter's bye week.
Ownership: 2.9% ESPN, 5% Yahoo!, 1.5% NFL

Jackie Battle, RB - San Diego Chargers - While I do believe he is a temporary fill, he's better than a lot of guys at this point and as long as Norv Turner wants to keep making a point to Ryan Mathews, Battle will benefit and who knows? Maybe you can sell him to your league's Mathews owner. If you are your league's Mathews owner, grab that handcuff immediately.
Ownership: 9% ESPN, 25% Yahoo!, 8.1% NFL

Brian Hartline, WR - Miami Dolphins - All I can say is that Mr. Hartline was very lucky he didn't have the Incredible Patrick Peterson on him throughout the duration of the game because had that been the case, franchise records would still belong to...well, whoever they belonged to. That being said, I'm high on Tanny and Hartline is his go-to guy. As Tanny (yes, I AM calling him that) develops, they'll rely less on Reggie Bush the workhorse and move to a more balanced spread offense that Joe Philbin so desperately craves. With a stretch of the Bengals, Rams, Jets, Colts, Titans and Bills coming up, he's a great matchup temptation.

Ownership: 26.7% ESPN, 30% Yahoo!, 2.4% NFL

Andre Roberts, WR - Arizona Cardinals - I can only brag so much about being right about him. Do yourself a favor and at least stash him. Could be a vital trade piece for, say, a desperate Greg Jennings owner?

Ownership: 1.9% ESPN, 20% Yahoo!, 1.4% NFL

Heath Miller, TE - Pittsburgh Steelers - Coming off a bye week and their O-line is no better than it was before. Wrote about him (and Roberts, above) last week. He's had two ten-target games already this year.
Ownership: 46.9% ESPN, 60% Yahoo!, 37.1% NFL

Minnesota Vikings D/ST - I'm quite shocked at how well this squad has performed. I expected a great run defense, which they do have, but I thought their secondary would be terrible. They've done their job, and then some. They're currently the third-best fantasy defense in standard scoring and they have such an explosive special teams unit anchored by Percy Harvin.

Ownership: 4.4% ESPN, 15% Yahoo!, 3.5% NFL

Guys I'm Not As High On, Though Others Seem To Be

Scott Chandler, TE - Buffalo Bills - It's not that I'm not high on him, I just think he's too risky. If you're not in a PPR league, he's a huge liability. If you are in a PPR league, he's barely less unsettling. He has yet to record more than 4 catches, and has only eclipsed 60 yards once (62 this past week). The only reason he's of any worth is the touchdowns. Take away those four touchdowns, and his standard scoring for the four weeks this year are 3, 5, 2 and 6. The RBs for the Bills are getting healthy again and you won't find too many games where Stevie Johnson only finishes with 20 receiving yards on two catches. He might be great, but he's a huge risk.

Ownership: 31.4% ESPN, 31% Yahoo!, 9.7% NFL