Dynasty Waiver Wire: Week Seven

Addison Hayes Posted On October 19, 2020

Hey all! I wanted to first apologize to everyone who reads this weekly piece for my absence last week. October is a crazy month for me personally which includes my wedding, honeymoon, and a move from Pennsylvania to Wisconsin. It’s been hectic and crazy, but also good and the beginning of a new chapter of my life personally. Unfortunately, I will be missing the next two weeks of waiver wire articles since I will be in Mexico for my honeymoon.

This leads me to my gratitude and appreciation to Bruce Matson and the DLF staff for covering me during my absences both last week and the next two weeks to ensure all of you get the best dynasty information possible! But, you probably aren’t even reading this and couldn’t care less about my personal life, you just want names.

In case you are reading this, there is one bit of information to know before you start reading names. New to this year’s series and the DLF site is player rostership percentages, courtesy of dynasty rosters from SafeLeagues and the great Scott Fish. Using that data, I developed an app to view rostership data from over 400 SafeLeagues dynasty leagues, all using the same format and scoring (2 PPR tight end premium). While this may not be entirely accurate for every individual league, it is very reflective of how managers view who is worthy or not of a roster spot.

Now that that is covered, let’s dive into the waiver wire after week six!

Players to double-check availability and immediately add:

Giovani Bernard, RB CIN
Lamical Perine, RB NYJ
Gus Edwards, RB BAL
Travis Fulgham, WR PHI
Keelan Cole, WR JAC
Tim Patrick, WR DEN

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Jeremy McNichols, RB TEN

Here comes another blast from the past player back into our fantasy lives in 2020. In his second stint with the Titans and his seventh NFL team, McNichols has found himself as the primary backup to Derrick Henry on a prolific rushing offense. With Darrynton Evans on the IR for another two weeks, McNichols is a primary backup running back addition in dynasty. Should anything happen to Henry, McNichols would slot right into his role just based on lack of depth at the position. If you want to get ahead of the curve on waivers, McNichols is your guy as a “just in case” and an easy drop in a few weeks when Evans returns.

JD McKissic, RB WAS

Bruce Matson did a fantastic job of highlighting McKissic in last week’s article, and he continued to showcase why he deserves to be rostered, or potentially played. He totaled 84 yards on 14 touches (six receptions) and continues to be the main pass-catching back for Kyle Allen. He is essentially playing a James White role on the Washington offense and if he continues seeing 10-12 touches per game, with four-five receptions, he’s worth a flex consideration as more teams go on bye in the coming weeks.

Frank Gore, RB NYJ

While probably the least sexy name on this list, if not this year, Gore has yet again stumbled into a starting job. In fact, his backup Lamical Perine is rostered in more leagues than he is, by almost 10%! After Le’Veon Bell was surprisingly (maybe unsurprisingly) cut by the Jets, Gore had his best fantasy week to date, albeit only 11 PPR points. With that said, 15 touches is nothing to sneeze at and Gore saw a healthy target share as well which boosts his floor even more. Similar to McKissic, we should not discount volume based on who is receiving it, so here we are again with Frank Gore.

Adam Humphries, WR TEN

Ryan Tannehill is cookin’, this Titans offense is legit, and Humphries is quietly a top-50 fantasy wide receiver on only four games. It also does not hurt that every week the Titans have been without one of their top two receivers in either AJ Brown or Corey Davis. Humphries has yet to finish a game this year with fewer than six targets and 40 receiving yards, including three of his four games with double-digit fantasy points.

It almost feels like Humphries is back in Tampa Bay during his career year, quietly being a consistent PPR fantasy receiver while also offering some decent upside, like his 18.4 PPR points Sunday. I’ve said this a couple of times already tonight, but bye weeks are here and you just might need a Humphries in your flex.

Zach Pascal, WR IND

I really do not know what is going on with TY Hilton, but Pascal and every other Colts receiver seem to be doing just fine with Philip Rivers. Pascal’s not a significant name I would be looking to add this week, as this Colts offense does not seem to really know who it is on a weekly basis. However, we have seen weeks where Pascal can get the job done for fantasy, even if he is a bit touchdown-dependent for a solid game. Hopefully the Colts iron out this offensive identity in the next ten games and Pascal just might be a part of the way they do.

Darren Fells, TE HOU

Deshaun Watson seems to really trust his tight ends without DeAndre Hopkins. Fells specifically has been the main beneficiary of Jordan Akins’ absence the last two weeks, totaling 142 yards and two touchdowns on eight receptions over those two games. I expect Akins to be back next week as he was a game-time decision this week, so Fells probably should not crack your starting lineup yet, but he has shown a nice ceiling should Akins miss any more time this year.

Richard Rodgers, TE PHI

I have no idea what is going on in Philadelphia as both Miles Sanders and Zach Ertz left the game early with injuries. As bad as we thought this offense was in terms of talent last year, it is immensely worse today with guys like Jason Croom catching touchdowns. Zach Ertz is scheduled for an MRI on Monday and with Dallas Goedert already injured, Richard Rodgers is the next man up on the tight end depth chart for the Eagles. He caught only three passes for 31 yards against Baltimore, but I expect he will be a bigger part of the offense if Ertz misses time, and potentially more so if Sanders does as well. He’s worth a speculative add to see what happens in Philly.

Anthony Firkser, TE TEN

Ryan Tannehill is cookin’, this Titans offense is legit, and Anthony Firkser is Jonnu Smith 2.0! 8-113-1! Led the team in targets! I mean, is it the system? Tannehill?? Witchcraft??? I really don’t know, but I am here for it. After Smith left the game with an ankle injury, Firkser led the Titans in targets, receptions, yards, and caught a touchdown en route to finishing as the week’s TE1 overall (Monday night pending). If Smith misses any time, there probably are not many tight ends I would start over him on the waiver wire, even with the Pittsburgh Steelers on deck, who gave up 17 PPR points to Noah Fant just a couple of weeks ago.

Other players to keep an eye on:

Dontrelle Inman, WR WAS
Damiere Byrd, WR NE
Jalen Guyton, WR LAC

Deep stashes:

Marcus Johnson, WR IND
Rashard Higgins, WR CLE
Adam Shaheen, TE MIA

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Addison Hayes

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Addison has been playing fantasy football since 2009 and dynasty football since 2016. Creator of FFStatistics (now a part of DLF), Addison takes a very analytical approach to his fantasy game.