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 check out all of our fantasy football waiver wire advice for Week 10.
Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Advice: Drop or Hold?
DROP RECOMMENDATIONS
Droppable:
For some reason, Tyler Conklin is still being rostered in more than 20% of Yahoo leagues. In the three games since WR Davante Adams joined the Jets to form a dynamic duo with Garrett Wilson, Conklin has 8-46-0 on 10 targets.
Ezekiel Elliott was held out of the Cowboys’ Week 9 game for disciplinary reasons. He’s averaging 3.1 yards per carry and looks like he’s toast. In Zeke’s absence Sunday, Rico Dowdle strengthened his grasp on the Cowboys’ lead-RB job by amassing 107 yards from scrimmage and scoring a touchdown on an acrobatic catch. Feel free to throw Zeke overboard.
Antonio Gibson is inexplicably being rostered in 22% of Yahoo leagues. Rhamondre Stevenson is dominating snaps and touches in the New England backfield when healthy, and Gibson is competing with JaMycal Hasty for leftover scraps.
Isaiah Likely had zero catches on one target Sunday while playing only 33% of the Ravens’ offensive snaps. He’s produced 27 or fewer yards in seven of his last eight games, and the arrival of WR Diontae Johnson in a trade last week bodes ill for Likely’s target outlook going forward.
Dontayvion Wicks failed to catch any of his three targets against the Lions on Sunday and continues to be plagued by drops. Wicks has averaged 17.6 receiving yards over his last five games.
Droppable with a chance of regret:
Keon Coleman has freaky ball skills and a bright NFL future, but can you comfortably throw him into your fantasy lineup in any given week? The rookie hasn’t drawn more than seven targets in a game this season. In Sunday’s win over the Dolphins, he had a single 21-yard catch on two targets — despite the fact that Amari Cooper was out for the Bills, and despite the fact that Josh Allen threw 39 passes. Coleman will occasionally pop off with some big plays, but his production is going to be sporadic. With four teams on bye this week, fantasy managers are going to have to make some tough cuts in order to obtain Band-Aids. Coleman might be one of those tough cuts.
Cole Kmet has had two huge games this year — a 10-97-1 performance against the Colts in Week 3, and a 5-70-2 game against the Jaguars in Week 6. In his other six games, Kmet has averaged 2.0 catches and 22.7 yards, with zero touchdowns. With rookie QB Caleb Williams performing inconsistently, there haven’t been enough balls to go around for Kmet and WRs D.J. Moore, Keenan Allen and Rome Odunze. If Kmet has been your starting TE, it’s time to find a new answer at the position. If Kmet has been a backup TE for you, find a better way to use that roster spot.
Zack Moss could be out for a while with a neck injury, and he’ll probably be a backup upon his return. Second-year RB Chase Brown seems to be getting better and better each week for the Bengals and is likely to be Cincinnati’s feature back going forward.
There’s no need to keep Devin Singletary on your roster unless you want him as a handcuff. The Giants’ backfield officially belongs to rookie Tyrone Tracy, who out-snapped Singletary 47-18 on Sunday and out-touched him 17-7.
Don’t drop yet:
Dalton Kincaid has been a mild disappointment this season, averaging 3.6 catches and 36.9 receiving yards per game. But Kincaid did have a season-high 10 targets last Sunday. The Bills’ next two games are against the Colts and Chiefs, both of whom have been generous to tight ends this year.
After averaging 21.3 touches a game over a three-game stretch from Week 6 to Week 8, Mattison had just 9-36-0 rushing in the Raiders’ Week 9 loss to the Bengals and didn’t draw a single target in the passing game. Zamir White got a couple of goal-line snaps for the Raiders early in the game and had a 1-yard touchdown run. It’s hard to tell if Week 9 was just an anomaly or if Mattison’s workhorse usage is evaporating. Try to hold Mattison through the Raiders’ Week 10 bye if you can. A lead-RB role might mean less on the Raiders than it would on other teams, but it would still make Mattison a useful depth piece at minimum.
In fairness, most D.J. Moore investors probably haven’t considered dropping the Bears receiver despite his sleepy start this season. But no doubt a few DJM stakeholders have considered dropping Moore in a fit of pique. Moore has been a consistent producer for most of his NFL career, though he wasn’t able to get on the same page with Baker Mayfield when they were together in Carolina. Maybe Moore is having a similar chemistry problem with Bears rookie Caleb Williams. But don’t part with Moore just yet. If the light suddenly flicks on for Caleb, we could see a dramatic spike in Moore’s numbers, because talent has never been an issue for the star receiver.
