Ian Thomas (TE, CAR) - Week 15 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 10-Team Leagues

OWNED IN: 15% of Leagues

ANALYSIS: Greg Olsen has become the poster boy for podiatrists with all of his foot problems. Now that he has finally been shut down for the season with his latest foot fracture, Ian Thomas has stepped in and stepped up. Thomas led Carolina this past weekend with 11 targets that he turned into nine receptions for 77 yards against Cleveland.

Not only is Thomas lucky enough to jump into Olsen’s grave, I mean starting spot, this weekend he gets to find seems in New Orleans’ bottom-five-in-the-NFL pass defense. The Saints just allowed Tampa Bay’s Cameron Brate to catch a pair of touchdown passes, so as long as Cam Newton’s cranky shoulder does not limit to two-yard dump-offs, Thomas amounts to being the No. 1 tight end available on waiver wires in many leagues for Week 15.