Dynasty Waiver Wire: Week Nine

Shane Manila Posted On November 2, 2020

As you may recall, Addison Hayes is off this week due to his recent nuptials and current honeymooning. It’s a beautiful thing when you find someone you want to spend all of your days with, and I wish Addison and his bride a long and happy lifetime together. I don’t know that I’ll recommend any players in this article who you want to spend the rest of your days with, but hopefully, we can find a few players for the next few weeks, at least.

If you weren’t aware, DLF has a stellar tool in place to help you find the best players available to add to your roster. The Rostership App is a great weekly resource with data drawn from the 974 active dynasty leagues hosted via SafeLeagues. Below is just a sample of the players rostered on fewer than 75% of SafeLeagues. word image

Jakobi Meyers, WR NE

No Julian Edelman or N’Keal Harry meant Meyers had a chance to shine on Sunday. He saw a team-leading ten targets Sunday. He turned those targets into six receptions for 58 yards. It was not an incredibly efficient day, but 11.8 fantasy points aren’t bad for a waiver-wire addition.

Meyers failed to live up to his 2019 preseason, but the UDFA did stick on the roster and has actually outproduced 2019 first-rounder Harry thus far in their careers. More importantly for the purposes of this discussion, over the past two weeks, Meyer’s 16 targets lead the Patriots comfortably, with Damiere Byrd having the second-most targets with six.

Marcus Johnson, WR IND

A terrible season took a further turn for the worse for TY Hilton on Sunday. He injured his groin just before halftime and was almost immediately ruled out for the rest of the game. Though Johnson was quiet this Sunday (two receptions for 39 yards), he is just a week removed from dropping 108 yards against the Bengals in week six. Based on Hilton’s history of injury, it’s reasonable to assume he’s going to miss some time with this latest groin which should allow Johnson to see more snaps and targets.

David Moore, WR SEA

Nobody roots for injury, but they do sometimes occur. Suppose anything were to happen to DK Metcalf or Tyler Lockett, Moore would immediately ascend to the second receiving option for Russell Wilson. As an added bonus, the Seahawks like to involve Moore a bit in the rushing game, and after Sunday’s two rushing attempts, he’s now up to six for the season.

Devontae Booker, RB LV

Josh Jacobs is clearly the man in Las Vegas and you needn’t worry about an RBBC situation ever breaking out there. But Booker is the clear backup to Jacobs. He’s obviously not the talent that Jacobs is, but the volume that would fall to him if anything happens to Jacobs would at least have him in RB2 territory. Booker also has the benefit of being a very good receiver. He averaged 33 receptions a year in Denver from 2016-2018 despite sharing the backfield during those years.

Jeremy McNichols, RB TEN

The same theory that applies to Booker applies to McNichols and the Titans’ backfield touches. McNichols has been the clear backup for most of the year, despite D’Onta Foreman’s mini resurgence on Sunday. If anything happens to Derrick Henry then McNichols will inherit a large volume of rushing work.

Nick Mullens, QB SF

For the second time in the past four games, Jimmy Garoppolo was benched, apparently due to injury. He also could have been benched based on merit since he was atrocious on Sunday, going 11 for 16 for a sad 84 yards, averaging just 5.25 yards per attempt.

When Garroppolo departed, the 49ers were down 30-7, and Mullens led the team to two touchdown drives, making the loss a bit more respectable. Mullens might be the starter next week, regardless of Garoppolo’s health. I’m not crazy about having to start Mullens if I don’t have to, but you could always flip him for a rookie pick.

Chad Henne, QB KC

This is for my friends who play in superflex leagues. While you don’t need to roster every backup quarterback in the NFL, you do need to roster Henne. The Chiefs offense is littered with weapons, and if anything were to happen to Patrick Mahomes, Henne would step into an extraordinary situation.

Jordan Reed, TE SF

#49ers TE George Kittle’s X-rays revealed no fractures and will undergo further testing tomorrow.

TE Jordan Reed will hopefully play Thursday night against GB, per Kyle Shanahan. pic.twitter.com/L8WCIdPFH9

— OurSF49ers (@OurSf49ers_) November 2, 2020

With a short turnaround, there’s no guarantee that George Kittle will be able to play Thursday night. Fortunately for the 49ers, and any tight end needy rosters, it appears that Reed will be able to give it a go.

The last time Reed played a full game in Kittle’s absence, he dropped seven receptions for 50 yards and two touchdowns on New York Jets back in week two. Reed’s issues have never been talent-related and if he pressed into starting duty, I’d be comfortable streaming him.

Other players to keep an eye on:

Willie Snead, WR BAL
Braxton Berrios, WR NYJ
Auden Tate, WR CIN

Deep stashes:

Samaje Perine, RB CIN
Ryan Izzo, TE NE

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Shane is Philly born and bred and if you've ever heard his unfortunate accent, you already know this. If he seems a bit defensive, forgive him, it's just a Philly thing. Nothing makes Shane happier than thinking about dynasty fantasy football, except for talking about it or maybe writing about it.