5 Fantasy Football Players to Drop or Hold (Week 7 Waiver Wire)

Let’s take a look at players our analysts consider on the fringe as you weigh your fantasy football waiver wire additions for the week. And also be sure to check out all of our fantasy football waiver wire advice for Week 7.

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Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Advice: Drop or Hold?

DROP RECOMMENDATIONS

Droppable:

• Quentin Johnston
• Rashee Rice

Quentin Johnston teased us with the possibility of a second-year breakout by scoring three touchdowns in his first three games. But Johnston simply isn’t drawing enough target volume in a conservative Chargers offense to be fantasy-relevant. Johnston hasn’t seen more than six targets in a game this season. He’s averaging 32.8 receiving yards per contest and topped out at 51 yards in Week 2. Johnson also sustained an ankle injury in Week 6.

There was faint hope that Rashee Rice might not be done for the season when the Chiefs slow-rolled information about his knee injury. Now we know that Rice had surgery to repair his LCL and will miss the remainder of the regular season. You can drop him.

Droppable with a chance of regret:

• Calvin Ridley
• Dontayvion Wicks

Titans head coach Brian Callahan said last week that he needed to do a better job of finding ways to get Calvin Ridley the ball. Ridley had a season-high eight targets Sunday against the Colts … and caught zero of them. That’s alarming, because Ridley won’t get many matchups better than Sunday’s matchup against the Colts and their suspect outside cornerbacks. Over his last three games, Ridley has two catches for 14 yards. He might pop off with the occasional big game, but with the Titans’ QB situation looking bleak, we probably won’t get consistent production out of Ridley. Time to cut bait.

With the return of Christian Watson from an ankle injury and the return of Romeo Doubs from a one-game, team-imposed suspension, Dontayvion Wicks goes back to being Green Bay’s No. 4 receiver. Watson and Doubs combined for three touchdowns on Sunday, and Wicks sustained a shoulder injury that could potentially cost him games.

Don’t drop yet:

• Travis Etienne

If your league has short benches and you have to make a move, we’ll understand. But under most circumstances, we recommend that you hold Travis Etienne even if he’s going to miss a few games because of the hamstring injury he sustained on Sunday. Etienne has a pretty solid track record. His role has been shrinking this year, but even if Etienne is merely a passing-down back now, he’ll be a very good passing-down back on a team that’s probably going to be playing from behind often and in a lot of pass-heavy game scripts.