{"id":51420,"date":"2018-10-15T06:20:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T10:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=51420"},"modified":"2018-10-15T06:25:41","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T10:25:41","slug":"fantasy-football-andy-dalton-joe-flacco-highlight-week-seven-quarterback-waiver-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2018\/10\/15\/fantasy-football-andy-dalton-joe-flacco-highlight-week-seven-quarterback-waiver-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy Football: Andy Dalton, Joe Flacco Highlight Week Seven Quarterback Waiver Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Losing an elite quarterback to a bye week is never easy, but it doesn&#8217;t mean an automatic loss in fantasy football. The 2018 season has produced arguably the most talented grouping of quarterbacks in league\u00a0history. Because of this, players like <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/bengals\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> quarterback\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/D\/DaltAn00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andy Dalton<\/a><\/strong> can be grabbed off the waiver wire and seamlessly implanted into your starting lineup.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/10\/15\/fantasy-football-marlon-mack-eagles-running-backs-highlight-fantasy-football-week-seven-running-back-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top Week Seven Running Back Claims<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/10\/15\/fantasy-football-mohamed-sanu-christian-kirk-highlight-week-seven-wide-receiver-waiver-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Top Week Seven Wide Receiver Claims<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/10\/15\/fantasy-football-los-angeles-chargers-detroit-lions-highlight-defense-fantasy-football-week-seven-waiver-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Top Week Seven Fantasy Defenses<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Fantasy Football: Andy Dalton, Joe Flacco Top Week Seven Quarterback Waiver Claims<\/h1>\n<h2>Andy Dalton<\/h2>\n<p>In what\u2019s becoming an almost weekly occurrence, Andy Dalton makes his appearance on this list. Despite being a pedestrian quarterback throughout his career, Dalton has put together arguably the best season of his career to this point. On the year, Dalton has 1,674 passing yards to go along with 14 touchdowns and seven interceptions. While he\u2019s still not <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BradTo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tom Brady<\/a><\/strong> by any means, he\u2019s more than serviceable as a fantasy starter.<\/p>\n<p>Dalton goes up against an absolutely abhorrent <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/chiefs\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> defense in Week Seven. Kansas City has one of the worst defenses in the league by just about every measure. Dalton should have no trouble putting up big numbers against this subpar unit. If you need a quarterback for a week, Dalton would be a great addition.<\/p>\n<h2>Joe Flacco<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/F\/FlacJo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joe Flacco<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s comeback season continued against a solid <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/titans\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tennessee Titans<\/a> squad. While he wasn\u2019t spectacular, the quarterback finished his night with 238 yards, one touchdown,\u00a0and an interception. Flacco is owned in just 7.5% of fantasy leagues despite being the 16<sup>th<\/sup>-ranked quarterback in fantasy scoring.<\/p>\n<p>Flacco is facing a favorable matchup against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/saints\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Orleans Saints<\/a> in Week Seven. The Saints are allowing an average of 25.1 fantasy points per game to opposing quarterbacks, third-worst in the league. Flacco&#8217;s played well all season, especially against subpar defenses. Look for Flacco to have another big week in Week Seven.<\/p>\n<h2>Mitch Trubisky<\/h2>\n<p>Maybe, just maybe, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/T\/TrubMi00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Mitch Trubisky<\/strong><\/a> is starting to figure out this whole NFL quarterback thing. After a slow start to the season, the former second-overall pick has played some strong football over his past two starts. Going against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/buccaneers\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/dolphins\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miami Dolphins<\/a>, Trubisky threw for a combined 670 yards, nine touchdowns,\u00a0and just one interception.<\/p>\n<p>First-year head coach<strong> Matt Nagy<\/strong> said he intentionally started Trubisky slow so as not to overwhelm him early in the year. Nagy appears to be opening up the playbook for Trubisky, and the second-year quarterback is responding well. He&#8217;s going up against a Patriots defense which just allowed 40 points to the Kansas City Chiefs, so he should have the opportunity to make some plays.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/10\/15\/fantasy-football-marlon-mack-eagles-running-backs-highlight-fantasy-football-week-seven-running-back-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top Week Seven Running Back Claims<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/10\/15\/fantasy-football-mohamed-sanu-christian-kirk-highlight-week-seven-wide-receiver-waiver-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Top Week Seven Wide Receiver Claims<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/10\/15\/fantasy-football-los-angeles-chargers-detroit-lions-highlight-defense-fantasy-football-week-seven-waiver-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Top Week Seven Fantasy Defenses<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"hLfhp78KRIdczYCS1Qle1w\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1052129688\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'hLfhp78KRIdczYCS1Qle1w',sig:'FkmtUsTi-FH-uUvB0EQhE_wzS5V14iwClIo26jBiAsA=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1052129688',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fantasy Football &#8211; Top Week Seven Quarterback Waiver Claims:  Andy Dalton is having the best season of his career and faces a favorable matchup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":51432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,23,7,54,59],"tags":[854,294,61,235,1522,40],"class_list":["post-51420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ravens","category-bears","category-bengals","category-editorials","category-fantasy","tag-andy-dalton","tag-fantasy-football","tag-football","tag-joe-flacco","tag-mitch-trubisky","tag-nfl"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}