Dynasty Fantasy Football Waiver Wire: Week Ten
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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 real dynasty rosters from 1,700 MFL leagues. 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’s covered, let’s dive into the waiver wire after week nine!
Players to double-check availability and immediately add:
- Taylor Heinicke, QB ATL
- Josh Dobbs, QB MIN
- Chase Brown, RB CIN
- Demario Douglas, WR NE
- Odell Beckham Jr, WR BAL
- Jonnu Smith, TE ATL
- Cade Otton, TE TB
Keaton Mitchell, RB BAL
Perhaps the biggest waiver wire pick up of the week, Mitchell splashed onto the scene for the Baltimore Ravens in a big way: nine carries, 138 yards, and a touchdown. For those who don’t know, Mitchell was an undrafted rookie out of East Carolina and was insanely productive in his last two seasons in college, totaling over 3,000 rushing yards and 23 rushing touchdowns, plus another 500 yards and two touchdowns through the air. He also ran a 4.37 at the NFL Combine and posted a 38” vertical. He is essentially a generic version of De’Von Achane, which easily makes him the most explosive back in this Ravens backfield.
If he continues to show that he is the best running back in this backfield, it’s only a matter of time before Harbaugh starts giving him more work, especially if he’s rattling off huge plays like he was against Seattle. Gus Edwards will still be involved as the grinder and goal line guy, but Mitchell can easily fade Justice Hill out and become the RB1b in this offense, similar to Achane with Raheem Mostert or Jahmyr Gibbs with David Montgomery. He is a spend-it-all 100% FAAB pickup if he’s still available.
Ty Chandler, RB MIN
The other running back I want to highlight is Chandler, not because of anything he did specifically, but because Cam Akers once again appears to have torn his Achilles, which is very unfortunate for him and what could have been with his career, but two Achilles injuries not only ends his season, but possibly his career too. So in his stead, returning to the handcuff role to Alexander Mattison is Ty Chandler. It’s not a sexy add like Mitchell, but it could be an under-the-radar one that you can sneak past your leaguemates if you subscribe to rostering handcuffs like I do.
Noah Brown, WR HOU
Moving to wide receivers, the big surprise of the day was Brown, who totaled 153 yards and a touchdown on six receptions in the high-scoring game versus the Buccaneers. While you can argue that this was just a blip on the radar for Brown, and I’m not totaling disagreeing, I would just like to point out that Brown has seen 5+ targets in each of his last three games, and while that only led to 5.7 and 8.7 fantasy points in the two games prior, 5+ targets isn’t a bad number to see on a weekly basis, that’s 85 total targets over a 17-game season. Not to mention that Brown has showcased his talents before, including being a top-30 fantasy receiver to start the year last year as the WR2 for Dallas. He may not have much upside as the WR3 in Houston, but he’s a pretty solid stash at the backend of your dynasty rosters.
Dontayvion Wicks, WR GB
Another solid stash at the end of your bench is Wicks of the Green Bay Packers, who actually led the team in targets and receptions this week against the Rams. Christian Watson left the game with essentially an entire skeletal system’s worth of injuries, which I expect to keep him out for a couple of games, if not more, so Wicks becomes an interesting stash for the second half of the season.
In three games without Watson to start the year, Wicks saw 12 total targets, 10 of which came in Weeks 2 and 3, where he eclipsed 40 yards in both games and found the end zone in week two. So again, he’s not an immediate plug into your starting lineup, but is definitely a name to monitor and stash going forward.
Jack Stoll, TE PHI
And lastly, Dallas Goedert left the game early with a forearm injury and the next man up on the depth chart is Stoll. Now, we have a four-game sample size from last year with Goedert out where Stoll was the TE1 for Philly, and he averaged only 3.6 fantasy points per game, but he did have one game over 7, so there is life here, especially at a position in fantasy that is such a crapshoot on a weekly basis anyway, plus bye weeks coming up for Jonnu Smith and Kyle Pitts, Hunter Henry, Mark Andrews, Dalton Kincaid, Cole Kmet, TJ Hockenson, and Logan Thomas, that while most of those guys aren’t the best names for fantasy, I’m sure there are many of you out there relying on them as starters because that’s just the tight end position for fantasy. So hey, if Goedert is out for an extended period of time after their bye week this week, Jack Stoll may not be the worst add in the world.
Tommy DeVito, QB NYG
Oh, speaking of the worst add in the world, please do not waste ANY of your FAAB on DeVito. I know it may be tempting with Daniel Jones most likely having a torn ACL and Tyrod Taylor on IR for at least three more weeks, but I can just about guarantee that you would be better off with a skill player in your superflex spot than Tommy DeVito. If you’re in a straight-up 2QB league and you’re that desperate, trade that FAAB with a draft pick and go get Josh Dobbs or Gardner Minshew, it’s not worth it to add DeVito, this entire Giants team is horrible outside of Saquon Barkley.
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