{"id":54660,"date":"2018-12-10T10:25:24","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T15:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=54660"},"modified":"2018-12-10T10:36:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T15:36:34","slug":"fantasy-football-tim-patrick-kenny-stills-top-week-15-wide-receiver-waiver-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2018\/12\/10\/fantasy-football-tim-patrick-kenny-stills-top-week-15-wide-receiver-waiver-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy Football: Tim Patrick, Kenny Stills Top Week 15 Wide Receiver Waiver Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fantasy football playoffs are officially upon us in all league formats. Now more than ever, it&#8217;s never been more important to monitor the waiver wire and make smart pickups to maximize your point total. With that in mind, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/P\/PatrTi00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tim Patrick<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/S\/StilKe00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kenny Stills<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0are both poised for big weeks and are likely available on your waiver wire.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/12\/10\/fantasy-football-damien-williams-kenneth-dixon-top-week-15-running-back-waiver-pickups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Fantasy Football: Top Running Back Waiver Pickups<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/12\/10\/fantasy-football-dak-prescott-derek-carr-top-week-15-quarterback-waiver-pickups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Fantasy Football: Top Quarterback Waiver Pickups<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/12\/10\/fantasy-football-jacksonville-jaguars-washington-redskins-top-week-15-fantasy-football-defenses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Fantasy Football: Top Week 15 Defense Pickups<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Fantasy Football: Tim Patrick, Kenny Stills Highlight Week 15 Wide Receiver Waiver Claims<\/h1>\n<h2>Tim Patrick<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/broncos\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Denver Broncos<\/a> wide receiver Tim Patrick may have usurped <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/S\/SuttCo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Courtland Sutton<\/a> <\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/H\/HamiDa01.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DaeSean Hamilton<\/a><\/strong> for the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/S\/SandEm00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Emmanuel Sanders<\/a><\/strong> role in the Broncos offense. Making his first start of the season, the rookie receiver recorded seven receptions for 85 yards on ten targets. Patrick led the team in all the aforementioned categories and looks to be the most dynamic receiver left in Denver.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick and the Broncos face a decent challenge in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/browns\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cleveland Browns<\/a> before facing off against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/raiders\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Raiders<\/a> in Week 16. Starting Patrick is a risk, as the rookie receiver has such a small sample size. However, he has a high ceiling and can be a good late-season add if you\u2019re looking for receiver help.<\/p>\n<h2>Kenny Stills<\/h2>\n<p>Earlier in the week, Kenny Stills complained that he was open, but he just wasn\u2019t getting targets. Well, in Week 14 he got targets, and the talented deep threat made the most of them. Still finished his night with eight receptions for 135 yards and one touchdown, putting up one of the best stat lines of anyone. What\u2019s more impressive is that nobody else on the Dolphins had more than one reception.<\/p>\n<p>The only reason he&#8217;s not above Patrick on this list is that of the uncertain quarterback situation.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/T\/TannRy00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Tannehill<\/a><\/strong> suffered an ankle injury midway through Week 14&#8217;s action, forcing him to miss a part of the game. While he returned for the second half, his ankle was wrapped. If he can&#8217;t go in Week 15, Stills loses most of his fantasy value.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/O\/OsweBr00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brock Osweiler<\/a><\/strong> does not like to push the ball downfield, and that&#8217;s where Stills is the most dangerous.<\/p>\n<h2>Dante Pettis<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Marquise Goodwin<\/strong> returned to the field, but that didn\u2019t stop <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/P\/PettDa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dante Pettis<\/a><\/strong> from being the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/49ers\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a> top wide receiver. Facing off against a solid Denver Broncos squad, Pettis finished with the second-most receptions (three), yards (49), and targets (seven) on the team. He also added a touchdown for good measure.<\/p>\n<p>Pettis doesn\u2019t have the easiest road the rest of the way, facing off against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/seahawks\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seattle Seahawks<\/a> in Week 15 and the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/bears\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chicago Bears<\/a> in Week 16. However, he sees a high volume of targets and quarterback <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MullNi00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Mullens<\/a><\/strong> clearly trusts him. If you\u2019re desperate for wide receivers, Pettis should give you flex-level production.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/12\/10\/fantasy-football-damien-williams-kenneth-dixon-top-week-15-running-back-waiver-pickups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Fantasy Football: Top Running Back Waiver Pickups<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/12\/10\/fantasy-football-dak-prescott-derek-carr-top-week-15-quarterback-waiver-pickups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Fantasy Football: Top Quarterback Waiver Pickups<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/12\/10\/fantasy-football-jacksonville-jaguars-washington-redskins-top-week-15-fantasy-football-defenses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Fantasy Football: Top Week 15 Defense Pickups<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"E9pZqdfdRopobRt5hq1PvA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1070863834\" 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:'E9pZqdfdRopobRt5hq1PvA',sig:'_HspqsuOyXjFaMK7iEKRiLpHurazw24Koe-6V9NdJ6w=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1070863834',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>Tim Patrick and Kenny Stills are two of the top fantasy football week 15 wide receivers currently available on the waiver wire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":54661,"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":[15,54,59,4,31],"tags":[3553,294,61,1868,40,4542],"class_list":["post-54660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broncos","category-editorials","category-fantasy","category-dolphins","category-49ers","tag-dante-pettis","tag-fantasy-football","tag-football","tag-kenny-stills","tag-nfl","tag-tim-patrick"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54660","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=54660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}