Monday’s Knee Jerk Reaction

For two straight weeks, some new names have been blowing up the waiver wire. In week 5 it was the Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall, the Cleveland Browns’ wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi, and running back Jerome Harrison. In week 5, the Philadelphia Eagles rookie wide receiver Jeremy Maclin, and the Dallas Cowboys’ receiver Miles Austin both exploded for mammoth fantasy days. Like last week, those with high waiver priorities will no doubt be staking their claims. The question however, is if they should even be bothering to pick these guys up?

Let’s take a look at several of the top waiver wire grabs for the last 10 days and look at their short-term and long-term fantasy profitability.