Daniel Jones Injury: Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Replacement Pickups (Week 10)

With the injury to Daniel Jones, fantasy football managers are left with a void on their roster. Let’s check out the extent of the injury and players you can target on your waiver wire this week.

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Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Injury Replacement Pickups

Injury Outlook

Daniel Jones feared to have torn ACL
Daniel Jones is feared to have torn his ACL in the second quarter of the Giants game against the Raiders on Sunday. An MRI will confirm the diagnosis on Monday.

Fantasy Impact

This is the worst-case scenario for an already faltering Giants team. The defense had strung together several good performances that kept them in games, but the offense just hasn’t been there due to mounting injuries. Darren Waller is already on IR, and Jones had just returned for Sunday’s game. It looks like the Giants will be missing their franchise quarterback for the rest of the year unless an unexpected diagnosis is found. After a preseason of promise, the Giants are facing a lost season. Tyrod Taylor or Tommy DeVito will start in Jones’s absence.

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Waiver Wire Replacements to Target

Joshua Dobbs (MIN): 16% rostered

• Next Opponents: NO, @DEN, CHI
• True value: $10
• Desperate need: $17
• Budget-minded: $5

Analysis: The rocket scientist has become a beloved player in the fantasy football industry. Rolling off the bench for his fifth team in three seasons to vanquish Arthur Smith and the Falcons is the stuff of heroes. Dobbs has a tough matchup with New Orleans in Week 10, followed by two great ones against Denver and Chicago. We’re all rooting for the Vikings to make a run now, especially with Justin Jefferson‘s return to the field looming.

Will Levis (TEN): 45% rostered

• Next Opponents: @TB, @JAX, CAR
• True value: $7
• Desperate need: $13
• Budget-minded: $3

Analysis: Rookie second-round pick Will Levis came back down from the stratosphere in Week 9, but he still looked impressive in Pittsburgh. The Titans have a nice QB-friendly stretch ahead of them, so fantasy managers could alleviate some anxiety by plugging Levis in as a long-term streaming option.

Taylor Heinicke (ATL): 11% rostered

• Next Opponents: ARI, BYE, NO
• True value: $4
• Desperate need: $8
• Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: Heinicke wasn’t a world beater by any stretch of the imagination vs. Minnesota on Sunday. I will still grab him as a streamer against the overtly rebuilding Cardinals this week. If his head coach would quit sabotaging personnel rotations, Heinicke and Atlanta could easily win the NFC South.

Baker Mayfield (TB): 48% rostered

• Next Opponents: TEN, @SF, @IND
• True value: $3
• Desperate need: $5
• Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: That shootout game with the Texans was an encouraging signal for those of us on the fence about rostering Mayfield. The veteran signal caller would have been a great story if not for the unbelievable performance of rookie C.J. Stroud. In any case, I am bullish on Mayfield as we approach the fantasy football playoffs.