Dynasty Waiver Wire: Week Two
Boy, this week kind of sucked? After an awesome week one and even a pretty thrilling (or at least high scoring) Thursday night game, the Sunday games this week were… underwhelming to say the least, specifically those early games. Injuries, low-scoring games, obscure touchdowns that help no one for fantasy, all of that happened this week. Thank goodness for Tom Brady and Kyler Murray though. If you haven’t noticed, I am awful at introductions, but you’re probably not even reading this anyway. I get it.
In case you are reading this, there is one bit of information to know before you start reading names. Just like last year’s series, we will be utilizing 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 600 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 two!
Players to double-check availability and immediately add:
- Taylor Heinicke, QB WAS
- JaMycal Hasty, RB SF
- Zach Pascal, WR IND
- Tim Patrick, WR DEN
- Hunter Renfrow, WR LV
- Quez Watkins, WR PHI
- Juwan Johnson, TE NO
- Dawson Knox, TE BUF
Jeremy McNichols, RB TEN
This is strictly a handcuff call and getting a guy now before something happens and his price rises. McNichols has absolutely no stand-alone value as long as Derrick Henry is there, but *knock on wood* if something were to happen, McNichols could be in for a big role. He was the only other back to receive any work this week and had more work than Mekhi Sargent last week, which tells me he is firmly established as the RB2 on Tennessee.
Darrynton Evans can return from the three-week IR in two weeks, but he has struggled to find the field since joining the NFL. Don’t burn significant FAAB on this. Honestly, you could probably get him for free now, but he’s worth a spot in deep leagues, just in case.
KJ Osborn, WR MIN
Apparently, there are still people who wanted to see Osborn repeat his production from week one before adding him, as he is still sitting at 85% rostership entering week three. Osborn followed up a nice PPR performance last week with a 5-91-1 stat line this week, pampered nicely by a 64-yard touchdown on the second play of the game.
Just like last week, Osborn was the clear third target for Kirk Cousins behind Justin Jefferson and Adam Thielen. Cousins will need to continue airing it out the rest of the year based on their schedule and their defense, so Osborn could be a sneaky player who flirts with 100 targets by the end of the year, a la Russell Gage or Cole Beasley.
Cordarrelle Patterson, WR ATL
I know, I don’t like this either, but he deserves to be here now. After nine touches for 67 yards last year, Patterson totaled 69 yards and two touchdowns on 12 touches this week. It is unknown if he is forcing a committee or if Arthur Smith likes him that much, but Patterson is basically splitting the workload with Mike Davis in the Falcons RB room.
It’s very possible that this was Patterson’s best fantasy game of the season after scoring twice, but any “running back” getting double-digit touches weekly needs to be rostered.
Freddie Swain, WR SEA
Only five players on the Seahawks saw a target this week, and only three of them saw more than two: DK Metcalf (11), Tyler Lockett (11), and Freddie Swain (5). Swain turned all five of his targets into five receptions, 95 yards and a score. Granted, had he not had a broken play, 68-yard touchdown, his fantasy day would have been a lot worse, but he did that.
Swain may have found himself in the David Moore role of years past, as another speedy playmaker who can catch a 70-yard touchdown on any given week from Russell Wilson. When that week is will be highly unpredictable, but if Metcalf’s injury is anything more than a bruised knee, Swain could be in line for some sneaky targets.
Jack Doyle, TE IND
Mr. Necessary if there ever was one. Leave it to Carson Wentz to bring Jack Doyle back into our lives. Doyle has 12 targets in two games, acting as the Colts’ version of Zach Ertz. He was second on the Colts in targets this week, turning in a 5-64 stat line that would make most other tight ends jealous.
We are still figuring out this Colts offense with Wentz and without TY Hilton, but any tight end capable of scoring ten PPR points without scoring a touchdown is worth a look.
Maxx Williams, TE ARI
Speaking of tight ends who can score ten PPR points without scoring a touchdown, may I present… Maxx Williams? In a surprising turn of events, Williams and Rondale Moore were the leading targets this week for Kyler Murray, and by a kind of significant margin over DeAndre Hopkins and Christian Kirk.
Williams posted seven receptions for 94 yards after having only one target last week. This is most likely a flash in the pan performance for him based on the outlier usage with all the other weapons healthy, but what if it’s not? Kyler Murray is nearly unstoppable and his ability to extend plays is beneficial to more players than just Hopkins or Kirk. Maybe Williams can find a role in this offense and be another safety blanket for Murray.
Albert Okwuegbunam, TE DEN
The last tight end on the list this week is the one I would be most excited about. Albert O has all of the size and athleticism to be a darling at the position, and he flashed early last year before he tore his ACL. This year, he has 7 targets and 7 receptions in two games and also scored last week. I know that isn’t much, even for a tight end, but Albert O has potential. He basically matched his teammate Noah Fant in production this week, even though Fant was the one who found the end zone.
With Jerry Jeudy out for the majority of the season, this Broncos offense will see more targets spread across more players to accommodate. Okwuegbunam is as touchdown-dependent as most tight ends, but in dynasty, his potential and ceiling extend beyond a couple of desperate starts in just this season.
Other players to keep an eye on:
- Adam Humphries, WR WAS
- Dan Arnold, TE CAR
- Harrison Bryant, TE CLE
Deep stashes:
- Braxton Berrios, WR NYJ
- Kalif Raymond, WR DET
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