Week Ten Waiver Wire: A Closer Look at Two Potential Adds

Brian Malone Posted On November 9, 2016

Ryan McDowell says that his biggest advantage in dynasty is being more attentive than his league mates, especially on the waiver wire. Drafting is exciting. Trading is fun. Lineups decisions will make you pull your hair out. But waivers are a bit tedious, which is why you can win them. If you’re good at the thing no one else likes, you give yourself a big advantage.

This article is one step toward winning the waiver wire. Each week, I’ll talk about two players to add — one for shallower leagues (225-250 offensive players rostered) and one for deeper leagues (275-325 offensive players rostered). In some weeks, both players I discuss will be rostered in your leagues. I get that, and I welcome feedback about whether I should be digging deeper or shallower.

Sometimes in fantasy football you have to chase points. This week’s article looks at two players with unexpected production in week ten.

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Shallower Leagues — DuJuan Harris

I’m a little annoyed with myself that Harris isn’t already on any of my rosters. I’ve had a soft spot for him ever since his brief run of opportunity with the Packers in 2012. He wasn’t very productive, actually, totaling 62 carries for 257 yards and four touchdowns in six games (including two in the playoffs). But the guy was selling cars in Jacksonville before the 2012 season. By the end of the season, he was starting for the Packers in the playoffs. And by August 2013, head coach Mike McCarthy was calling Harris the starter.

Instead, Harris injured his patellar tendon, went on injured reserve before the season began, and never regained a major role with the Packers. After an uneventful 2014 and a two-game stint with the Seahawks in 2015, Harris latched on with the 49ers in December 2015. He impressed in the final two games of the season, rushing for 140 yards on 27 attempts and catching nine passes for 97 yards.

Harris has bounced between the 49ers’ active roster, their practice squad, and waivers throughout 2016. But he was promoted from the practice squad before week eight. In two games — one as the starter — he has rushed 21 times for 98 yards and caught seven passes for 101 yards and a touchdown.

Carlos Hyde is practicing in a non-practice jersey, which means he’s probably close to returning from an AC joint injury. Still, Harris has established himself as the clear handcuff, which means he should be owned in all formats.

Deeper Leagues — Bryce Treggs

You know it’s getting deep when there’s no DLF player page on a guy. But that will change soon, as Treggs made his mark with 69 receiving yards in week nine, including a 58-yard reception from Carson Wentz that could have gone for a score if Wentz hadn’t underthrown him.

Yup.@CJ_Wentz has a CANNON for an arm.

58 yards to @BryceTreggs! #FlyEaglesFly https://t.co/2U8FO4RcLP

— NFL (@NFL) November 6, 2016

Treggs, an undrafted rookie in 2016, was a metrics sleeper coming out of the University of California. As you might have guessed, he’s fast. He wasn’t invited to the combine, but he ran the 40-yard dash in 4.39 seconds at his pro day. Even at a modest 5-feet-11-inches and 190 pounds, that’s real speed.

Of course, plenty of WRs are fast, but not so many produce as well as Treggs did in college. He led the Bears with 956 receiving yards in 2015, despite competing for targets with three NFL talents — Trevor Davis, Kenny Lawler, and Stephen Anderson. He was pretty good as a sophomore and junior, too, ranking second and third on the team, respectively. But the switch flipped when he began working as a deep threat. Before 2015, Treggs averaged just 10.3 yards per reception. In 2015, he averaged a whopping 21.2 yards per reception.

Treggs will remain a deep threat in the NFL, and that’s exactly what the Eagles need. Wentz is averaging 10.7 yards per completion, just ahead of check-down king Alex Smith. Nelson Agholor continues to disappoint, and Dorial Green-Beckham isn’t a magic bullet either. Meanwhile, Eagles head coach Doug Pederson has already said he plans to get Treggs more involved in the offense. And local reporters are calling for Treggs to supplant Agholor. I don’t know if any of that is going to happen, I want Treggs to be on my roster if it does.

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