We are officially past the halfway point in the fantasy football season, and it’s time to figure out who will help us out down the stretch in week ten and all the way to the fantasy finals. That also means we have to figure out which guys are just wasting our time, and who you can move on from in your fantasy leagues. Below, we have players rostered in at least 50% of Yahoo! leagues who you can drop to make room for the guys who just might save your fantasy football season. Some of these might be tough, and they are not all guaranteed cuts, just recommendations.
QUARTERBACKS
Matthew Stafford, L.A. Rams (95% rostered)
Something has looked incredibly wrong with Stafford over the last couple of weeks, and he has gone four weeks without topping 230 passing yards, and has just one touchdown in back-to-back games. Everything started going downhill when he lost Davante Adams, and now he will be without Puka Nacua for an extended period of time. If you want a last gasp out of Stafford, he plays Arizona next week, but then it’s his bye, Green Bay, Kansas City, and San Francisco.
Lamar Jackson, Baltimore (76% rostered)
The latest report puts Lamar Jackson’s timetable at “six to nine weeks,” per Ian Rapoport. That puts him back in week fifteen, at best. You can move on from Lamar if you have no IR slot and are in a roster bind.
Kirk Cousins, Las Vegas (62% rostered)
El Kirko looked his age on Sunday against the Niners, and the Fernando Mendoza Era is nigh. He had a nice run in good matchups lately, but he gets Denver, Cleveland, the bye, and the Chargers (hey! Their defense is actually good). I doubt you’ll find a spot to start Cousins before Fernando Mendoza takes over.
RUNNING BACKS
Omarion Hampton, L.A. Chargers (91% rostered)
Hampton is in a full-on committee with Keaton Mitchell and Kimani Vidal, and hasn’t had more than 8 PPR points in over a month. He gets no targets (13 this season), and his 13 carries were the most since he had 14 back in week five. Oh, and the Chargers’ defense is the worst in the league by a long shot, so he doesn’t even get scoring opportunities (one score in the last seven weeks).
Jeremiyah Love, Arizona (88% rostered)
This is shaping up to be a lost season for Jeremiyah Love. The Cardinals put him on IR, and he’s set to be out “four to five weeks.” That puts him back in week thirteen, a week before their bye, at best. It’s more likely that we get him back in week fifteen. He hasn’t scored double-digit points in games without a touchdown yet this season, and that is unlikely to change with Carson Beck under center.
Jordan Mason, Minnesota (75% rostered)
Mason is a between-the-20s run-only back on a team that can’t move the ball, and who doesn’t run it at the goal line. There’s no path to fantasy football relevance for Mason unless things change for him in a hurry.
J.K. Dobbins, Denver (73% rostered) / RJ Harvey, Denver (59% rostered)
Jonah Coleman put Dobbins in the phantom realm in the last couple of weeks, leaving Dobbins with eleven ineffective carries and just one target. He’s the very short side of a platoon. Harvey’s IR stint led to Coleman’s breakout, and it’s looking like he was Wally Pipped.
Devin Singletary, N.Y. Giants (62% rostered)
Singletary had a truly terrible week nine, posting 21 carries and two receptions for 39 total yards. Cam Skattebo is set to return on Thursday Night Football, per John Harbaugh, so things are not going to get any better for Single-Yard-Per-Carry.
WIDE RECEIVERS
Michael Wilson, Arizona (90% rostered)
Mike LaFleur announced that Michael Wilson will be out for the season with a fracture in his neck.
Josh Downs, Indianapolis (82% rostered)
Josh Downs has not had over 47 yards in six-straight weeks, despite getting 5.5 yards per game in that span. He simply doesn’t offer dynamism after the catch and is an undersized glorified Jarvis Landry on a bad team. I doubt a trade fixes him.
Jordan Addison, Minnesota (73% rostered)
There is no hope for the Minnesota passing game; Addison has two games over ten PPR points all season, and things are getting worse for the Minnesota O.
Chris Godwin Jr., Tampa Bay (66% rostered)
I’ve been telling you to drop Chris Godwin for nearly a month, and I am yet to see anything to change my mind. He had two catches and a carry for 28 total yards, and is a clear third option (at best) behind Emeka Egbuka and Bucky Irving on any given play. Tez Johnson’s emergence might just further sideline Chris Godwin going forward.
Marvin Harrison Jr., Houston (64% rostered)
With three games (and a bye stuffed in there), Harrison has just eleven targets and 60 total yards. The trade to Houston didn’t save his fantasy season, and the Texans adding Tank Dell back into the mix certainly won’t help things, either.
TIGHT ENDS
Mark Andrews, Baltimore (58% rostered)
Mark Andrews has fewer than 6 PPR points in five straight games, and six of seven games. This week’s two catches for 19 yards mark his second-best output in the last four weeks. If you want to hold onto Jacoby Brissett hope/cope, then go for it. But I am not bullish on Mark Andrews’ ability to produce fantasy points anymore.
Juwan Johnson, New Orleans (54% rostered)
It took overtime (and a touchdown) to get Johnson to double-digit fantasy points, and he had three or fewer targets for his third straight game. If it weren’t for OT’s touchdown, I probably wouldn’t have to tell you that this needed to happen.
