Let’s take a look at players our analysts consider on the fringe as you weigh your waiver wire additions for the week.
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Drop & Hold Recommendations
Droppable
Carson Wentz threw for 650 yards and seven touchdowns in his first two games of the season. Since then, he’s thrown three TD passes and three interceptions in his last four games, topping 211 passing yards only once. Now he has a fractured ring finger on his throwing hand that’s probably going to sideline him for multiple weeks.
Elijah Moore played 32 snaps against the Packers in Week 6, ran 14 routes and drew zero targets. He hasn’t had more than 53 receiving yards in a game this season and hasn’t scored a touchdown. As good as he looked at times last season, Moore has been a fantasy bust in 2022.
The Jets have won their last three games in spite of Zach Wilson, not because of him. In Wilson’s three starts this season, he’s thrown one TD pass and two interceptions, averaging 190.7 yards per game.
Will Dissly had good fortune with touchdowns early in the year, scoring TDs in three of his first four games. The target volume simply doesn’t justify rostering him, however. Dissly has drawn 16 targets in six games, and he hasn’t seen more than four targets in any game.
Droppable with a chance of regret
Look, we’re still not convinced that Brian Robinson is better than Antonio Gibson. But the Commanders just aren’t that into Gibson, which is all that matters. He’s simply not getting enough touches to warrant a roster spot.
Russell Gage could be a valuable asset if either Mike Evans or Chris Godwin were to get hurt. Evans and Godwin are both healthy now, rendering Gage unplayable.
Yay. Allen Robinson had a TD catch in Week 6. His 5-63-1 performance against the Panthers in that game was his best of the season, but A-Rob still hasn’t seen more than six targets in any contest. Cooper Kupp just doesn’t leave enough oxygen for other receivers in a passing game that has become far less imposing than it was when the Rams won the Super Bowl in February.
Cam Akers missed Week 6 with a “personal issue” that reportedly amounts to philosophical differences with Rams head coach Sean McVay. The Rams are open to trading Akers, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, but fantasy owners shouldn’t tie up a roster spot waiting for a deal that might not appreciably boost Akers’ fantasy value.
Entering Week 6, Josh Palmer had produced 4-49-0 in his previous two games. The Chargers are expecting WR Keenan Allen back from a hamstring injury soon (possibly this week), which will relegate Palmer to a lesser role.
With Joe Flacco opening the season as the Jets’ starting QB in place of the injured Zach Wilson, Tyler Conklin had 18-140-1 rushing and was the TE4 in fantasy scoring. With Wilson back at QB, Conklin has 4-68-0 receiving over his last three games.
Don’t drop yet
Rashod Bateman is too talented to drop. He had a 55-yard TD catch and a 75-yard TD catch in the Ravens’ first two games of the season, and even though he hasn’t done much else, It’s worth waiting for him to recover from a foot injury that has kept him out of Baltimore’s last two games and could keep him out a while longer.
Zach Wilson is the receding tide that has grounded all ships in the Jets’ passing game. You can ditch Elijah Moore, but don’t give up on first-round rookie Garrett Wilson just yet. His 18-214-2 over the first three games of the season showed us what he’s capable of.
It’s getting harder and harder to hold Russell Wilson. Maybe there are better options available on your waiver wire. In most leagues, there really aren’t unless you’re ready to commit to streaming the QB position for the entire year.
He scored his first touchdown of the season in Week 6. There are more on the way. Knox is extremely TD-dependent, but the Bills are a pretty good team on which to be a TD-dependent fantasy contributor.
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If you want to dive deeper into fantasy football, be sure to check out our award-winning slate of Fantasy Football Tools as you navigate your season. From our Start/Sit Assistant – which provides your optimal lineup, based on accurate consensus projections – to our Waiver Wire Assistant – that allows you to quickly see which available players will improve your team and by how much – we’ve got you covered this fantasy football season.
