Welcome to the latest IDP Waiver Wire Report as we are now looking ahead to Week 5. Last week, I started including links to the NFL game books. Some of you may not know what a game book is, so allow me to break it down. Basically the NFL provides a full game summary with every tiny piece of information to aid the media in their coverage of the game. So everything from the weather, start time, the players, the injured players who didn't play, a box score, team stats, player stats, possession information, play-by-play coverage for each quarter, and what I use it for: snap counts.
You ever hear old timers talk about fantasy football "back in their day" and how they had to look up stats in the newspaper to calculate player scores? These are basically the modern-day equivalent. If you lived off the grid during the NFL season, I'd recommend a printout of the game book to get the full picture of the matchup. If you're very intense about football and stats, you can even find game books going back to 1981 on their Game Statistics and Information System. The old game books were mostly handwritten back then. There's a log in required and the username and password is "media". Enjoy!
If you have any IDP waiver or lineup questions, I'm happy to help and you can contact me directly on Twitter.
Before I offer the latest IDP information, please do go back and check the names on the Week 4 IDP waiver wire list.
