Top 9 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups: Wide Receivers (Week 10)

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Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets: Wide Receiver

WIDE RECEIVERS

Written by Derek Brown

Quentin Johnston (LAC): 15% rostered

• Next Opponents: TEN, CIN, BAL
• True value: $4
• Desperate Need: $6
• Budget-minded: $2

Analysis: We need to start taking Johnston seriously at this point. This is his third game of the season with at least 44 receiving yards and a score. Sunday against the Browns, Johnston played 68% of the Chargers’ offensive snaps, seeing an 18.5% target share and producing 118 receiving yards and a score. Johnston should be a strong flex moving forward, especially against Cincy and Baltimore. The Bengals and Ravens have allowed the seventh-most and the most fantasy points per game, respectively, to perimeter wide receivers (per Fantasy Points Data).

DeMario Douglas (NE): 22% rostered

• Next Opponents: @CHI, LAR, @MIA
• True value: $4
• Desperate Need: $6
• Budget-minded: $2

Analysis: Douglas has proven to be a solid WR3/flex with Drake Maye under center. In two full games with Maye starting, Douglas has seen a 24.3% target share, averaging 6.5 receptions and 63.5 receiving yards. Douglas’ upcoming matchups aren’t great, but he should keep getting target volume from Maye despite the rough road. Douglas should be able to produce solid box scores as a flex option in PPR leagues over the next three weeks.

Parker Washington (JAC): 4% rostered

• Next Opponents: MIN, @DET, BYE
• True value: $3
• Desperate Need: $5
• Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: Washington might not have finished with a stellar box score in Week 9, but his performance was solid, all things considered. He earned a 19.3% target share and finished second on the team in receiving yards (41) despite facing one of the league’s best young nickel corners (Philadelphia’s Cooper DeJean). Better days are ahead, and they begin in Week 10. Washington is the best wide receiver to add this week on a point-per-dollar basis. Many people will gravitate to other names this week, but I WANT YOU to bid on Washington this week. The next two matchups he has coming are a slot receiver’s dream. Minnesota has allowed the third-most fantasy points per game to slot receivers, while Detroit has given up the most fantasy points per game to the position (per Fantasy Points Data).

Jerry Jeudy (CLE): 48% rostered

• Next Opponents: BYE, @NO, PIT
• True value: $3
• Desperate Need: $5
• Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: While Cedric Tillman has grabbed the headlines (for good reason), Jeudy needs some respect after two solid games with Jameis Winston under center. Jeudy has turned in two solid WR3-ish stat lines, managing a 21.8% target share while averaging six receptions and 76 receiving yards per game (zero touchdowns). If it weren’t for his debilitating allergy to the end zone, the spotlight on these box scores would be brighter. After the bye, Jeudy faces a Saints secondary that has allowed the sixth-most receiving yards per game to perimeter wide receivers (per Fantasy Points Data).

Xavier Legette (CAR): 27% rostered

• Next Opponents: NYG, BYE, KC
• True value: $3
• Desperate Need: $5
• Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: Legette has walked the tightrope the last two weeks. He has seen a 20.6% target share over that span, with Bryce Young under center, finishing with nearly identical stat lines. Legette’s four receptions with 34 receiving yards and a score this past week looked eerily similar to his numbers from Week 8 (four receptions, 33 receiving yards, one score). Legette is a decent plug-and-play flex this week against a Giants secondary that has allowed the eighth-most fantasy points per game to perimeter wide receivers (per Fantasy Points Data).

Jalen McMillan (TB): 34% rostered

• Next Opponents: SF, BYE, @NYG
• True value: $2
• Desperate Need: $4
• Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: In Week 8, McMillan had an 82.4% route share, a 14% target share, a 30.4% air-yard share, 0.83 yards per route run, and a 21.2% first-read share against Atlanta (per Fantasy Points Data). He didn’t get the “Chris Godwin role” many had hoped for, as he played 71.4% of his snaps from the perimeter. I’m not nearly as high on McMillan’s outlook for the rest of the season as others are. He’s worth a stash, though, with the hopes that the rookie figures it out down the stretch, because the Bucs desperately need him.

Elijah Moore (CLE): 14% rostered

• Next Opponents: BYE, @NO, PIT
• True value: $2
• Desperate Need: $4
• Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: Well, after two games of the Jameis Winston experience, Elijah Moore has earned consistent volume. Now, we can discuss his relative inefficiency in Week 9 (three receptions and 28 receiving yards). Regardless, Moore is drawing targets in this new-look passing attack. Over the last two weeks, Moore has had a 24.1% target share, averaging 5.5 receptions and 56.5 receiving yards. Winston has done a good job with keeping the target tree narrow, so we should expect Moore to sniff somewhere in the neighborhood of a 20% target share in Week 11 against the Saints. New Orleans has allowed the eighth-most fantasy points per game to slot receivers (per Fantasy Points Data), so we should expect to see Moore’s efficiency with Winston return in Week 11.

Ricky Pearsall (SF): 28% rostered

• Next Opponents: @TB, SEA, @GB
• True value: $1
• Desperate Need: $2
• Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: In Pearsall’s two games as a starter before the bye, he didn’t really do much to get excited about. He had a 76% route share, a 15.8% target share, 1.11 yards per route run, a 16.2% first-read share, and 29.5 receiving yards per game. If Jauan Jennings is back in Week 10, Pearsall will fall to fourth in the target pecking order, and that could easily be fifth if Christian McCaffrey is back. Pearsall is just a bench stash at this point.

Jalen Coker (CAR): 14% rostered

• Next Opponents: NYG, BYE, KC
• True value: $0
• Desperate Need: $1
• Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: This week looked like a great spot for Coker to build upon his stand-out Week 8 performance, where he had a 16.2% target share, 78 receiving yards and a score. The problem is that Carolina seems insistent upon trying to make Jonathan Mingo happen. Coker saw his snap share cut from 69% to 45% in Week 9. I just don’t get it, but it happened. Coker had an 11.5% target share with only 36 receiving yards in Week 9. I was prepared to walk into this article touting the talent of Coker, but if Carolina keeps playing snap-share games like this, Coker isn’t even rosterable. Pick him up and stash him for now with the hope that Dave Canales can get out of his own way and put his best players on the field weekly.