Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Advice: D’Onta Foreman, Quentin Johnston, Gabe Davis, Dameon Pierce

Let’s take a look at players our analysts consider on the fringe as you weigh your waiver wire additions for the week. And here’s all of our fantasy football Week 12 waiver wire advice and targets.

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Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Advice: Drop or Hold?

DROP RECOMMENDATIONS

Droppable with a chance of regret:

• D’Onta Foreman
• Quentin Johnston

With the return of Khalil Herbert from injured reserve in Week 11, the Bears’ backfield now appears to be a three-man committee, and Herbert led the way in snaps and carries on Sunday. Foreman sustained an ankle injury, leaving his status for Week 12 in doubt. Even if he’s able to play, it doesn’t seem as if he’ll have a fantasy-relevant role considering his lack of usage in the passing game.

Quentin Johnston has frying pans for hands. Injuries to WRs Mike Williams and Joshua Palmer have given the Chargers’ first-round pick a golden opportunity to assert himself, but Johnston is literally letting the opportunity slip through his fingers. It’s possible we’ll see splash plays and high-scoring games from Johnston in the weeks to come. But it seems unlikely that fantasy managers will be able to confidently start Johnston at any point this season.

Don’t drop yet:

• Gabe Davis
• Dameon Pierce

The WR21 in fantasy scoring (0.5 ppr) for the first eight weeks of the season, Gabriel Davis has hit the skids of late, with 2-56-0 on eight targets over his last three games. The emergence of second-year WR Khalil Shakir seems to have had a deleterious effect on Davis’ role in the Buffalo offense. Don’t drop the big-play receiver yet, but keep him out of your starting lineup until he gives us a prove-it game.

It seems damning for Dameon Pierce that Devin Singletary has been shining in Pierce’s absence, particularly after Pierce got off to such a slow start this season. In fairness, the Houston offensive line was riddled with injuries in the opening weeks of the season, when Pierce was playing a workhorse-type role. The Texans’ offensive line is much healthier now, and Singletary has been capitalizing while Pierce has been nursing an ankle injury. Pierce is likely to return this week. Don’t throw him overboard until we see what the Texans do with their backfield.