Drop Branch for Year?

[CardinalEmpire.com]

I took a chance on Deion Branch late in my money league, a move that looks like it's going to backfire unless something changes dramatically in the next week. Now trying to get ahead of the problem, I am trying to decide if I should go ahead and let him loose or try to hang on in case he blows up in the final six weeks (assuming New England even plays him).

 

My starting WR's are fantastic (Torry Holt, Chad Johnson), but my bye week fill-ins are a major step down (Reggie Brown, Greg Jennings). I could probably get a guy like Eric Moulds, Ernest Wilford, Marty Booker, or Bobby Engram off the waiver wire (as long as they don't blow up in Week 1 and move up the waiver chart... I pick last in our league as of right now). Is there anyone worth dropping Deion for or should I just stick tight and hope that Brown and Jennings are good enough to cover me in the bye weeks?

 

PS - One good thing about my WR's is that my FANTASY team is on a bye the same week that Holt and the Rams are. So I only NEED to fill in for Johnson's bye in Week 5 (Greg Jennings plays StL that week, Reggie Brown gets Dallas).

[Wolv]

It doesn't look like Branch will return anytime soon. If Moulds is available, I'd take him.

[CardinalEmpire.com]

Edit to add: Moulds and Engram are both on bye weeks in Week 5 when I would most need them. I COULD still pick up one of those guys as an injury insurance policy, but I wouldn't be able to use them to replace Holt in the bye week.

[CardinalEmpire.com]

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[Rogue]

I've got him too and can't decide on whether to hold on to him in case he goes to another team or just dump him for some immediate help.

[MrTed46]

If your looking for a BYE week replacement then don't get Moulds.

 

I would get Wilford as he is the best one on the list you displayed.

[bat_2721]

I'd hold him for a week or two and see what FA wrs start to play well. If Branch doesn't seem to be going to another team or the Pats don't look to be signing him, I'd drop him. Maybe the Pats will stuggle early on and will look to sign him? But I wouldn't hold onto him for more than a couple of weeks

[MonkeyOne]

I got fed up of Branch's hit or miss games last season when he was playing, so I'm with everyone who says drop him now he's in the doghouse.

[CardinalEmpire.com]

If I drop him now, do I pick up the better fantasy player in general (IMO, this is Moulds, but as I said above I can't use him to replace Torry Holt on the bye week. I'd have to stick with Jennings or Reggie Brown that week)? Or do I pick up Ernest Wilford, a guy who is probably not as good as Moulds but who I CAN plug in for Torry Holt in Week 5? Wilford would be playing the Jets that week.

 

I could also get a guy like Doug Gabriel who would be the WR1 in New England (??). This is a smaller league, so if you guys have other potential replacements I may be forgetting, please advise.