The Bears stink, the Falcons have a bad schedule coming up, and the Giants are the Giants. Those three teams highlight the cut list this week, but we have three players at each position for you to move on from. The normal caveats apply: this isn’t a comprehensive list, and it doesn’t mean that all these players are must-drop. These are merely where I would look first to move players off my roster should I have a hot pickup. As always, these players are all rostered in at least 50% of leagues.
Quarterbacks
Kirk Cousins, Atlanta (75% rostered)
Cousins has gone as his matchups have gone this season; he’s played against four teams in the top ten in fantasy points allowed to opposing quarterbacks and averaged 23.6 fantasy points per game in those contests. He’s also gone up against four teams in the bottom ten in fantasy points allowed to fantasy quarterbacks (including Sunday), and he averaged 11.4 points in those games. Cousins’ next three weeks are two teams in the bottom five (Denver and the Chargers), and the bye. You can let go of Cousins.
Caleb Williams, Chicago (64% rostered)
Caleb Williams was sacked nine times on Sunday and has eaten three straight single-digit fantasy days. His matchups until week sixteen all rank in the bottom half of the league in fantasy points allowed to quarterbacks. That and, at least until further notice, he still has Shane Waldron as his OC.
Dak Prescott, Dallas (57% rostered)
Dak Prescott is getting yet another opinion because doctors keep telling him that his hamstring is partially ripped off his femur.
Wide Receivers
DJ Moore, Chicago (97% rostered)
The Bears have been in a freefall over the last three weeks, and their upcoming matchups do not bode well for Moore to turn it around. His next game inside the top 30 in PPR will be his first since week five, and he has four straight games outside the top 40 at wide receiver.
Diontae Johnson, Baltimore (78% rostered)
Johnson is toast; he ran seven routes and had two targets in his first two games with the Ravens, combined. He currently has one catch for six yards.
Wan’Dale Robinson, N.Y. Giants (55% rostered)
Robinson hovers around 50% rostership, and with Darius Slayton missing the game, he bounced above that line. Unfortunately, the Giants passing game was an abject disaster, as it has been lately. He finished with 8 targets (second on the team), but just 5 catches for 51 yards.
Running Backs
Jordan Mason, San Francisco (73% rostered)
You’d probably be better off trading him to the Christian McCaffrey manager, but the day we all dreaded is here: Mason had one carry, and zero targets, as Christian McCaffrey played over 88% of snaps in his return to action.
Tank Bigsby, Jacksonville (62% rostered)
The Mac Jones Experience led to just 11 combined carries for Bigsby and Etienne, and an injury to Bigsby saw Etienne end up with 9 of them. Bigsby is no longer viable in shallow leagues, as long as Mac Jones is under center.
Devin Singletary, N.Y. Giants (58% rostered)
Singletary was used an annoyingly large amount, and even then, he still had 9 opportunities to Tyrone Tracy’s 20. This is a continuing trend for Singletary, who has just 26 touches in his four games since returning from injury. Despite Tracy’s end-of-game fumble, it’s dominantly Tracy’s backfield, and Singletary is just a change of pace back.
Tight Ends
Dalton Kincaid, Buffalo (95% rostered)
Kincaid dealt with a knee issue in this one, but he’s been subpar for a while. If you have any other option at tight end, then let Dalton Kincaid (2 catches, 24 yards) rot on someone else’s roster. He has just two games inside the top ten and one game inside the top five this season.
Jake Ferguson, Dallas (88% rostered)
Ferguson fell victim to the Cooper Rush Experience, finishing with 5 targets, 4 catches, and 24 yards. His 4.4 PPR points marked the fourth time in the last five games that Ferguson failed to top double-digit fantasy points. I doubt he gets the same volume he had in week nine (10 targets) and that five targets is more of the norm moving forward.
Cole Kmet, Chicago (59% rostered)
Cole Kmet, like the rest of the Bears passing game, is falling apart. He has five targets, three catches, and 27 carries in his last three games, a stat line that might make him eligible for this list if it happened in one game.
