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Fantasy Football: Dynasty Waiver Wire Stashes (Week 2)

Fantasy Football: Dynasty Waiver Wire Stashes (Week 2)

Peter Howard takes a look for dynasty league waiver wire stashes for Week 2.

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Welcome back to the Dynasty Waiver Wire! Here we hunt for players who are going under-owned or undervalued in dynasty leagues and some deeper plays that might not make other waiver wire columns. We are assuming a standard dynasty league of 12 teams with 25 roster spots to keep things relevant to most players while still leaving room to talk about more likely breakout candidates.

So remember these won’t be the standard names you should be targeting this week. Instead, they should be names to consider if you miss on the “hot pickups” this week, or have an extra spot on your taxi squad. They are in the order I would consider them as targets.

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Chad Williams (WR – ARI)
I’m going remind us all of the rookies worth stashing every now and then. It can get hard to keep finding the space as the season moves on – without any of the draft and preseason hype to use as reinforcement. So if you have Chad Williams, don’t drop him. If someone else dropped him, make room and pick him up. In my evaluation of rookie receivers this year, Williams landed in the top five. He has every athletic trait you could want (99th percentile SPARQ-x) and was an epic college producer (72nd percentile College dominator). He got dinged for “conditioning” during the preseason process, but he has all the potential you could ever want in a prospect profile (outside of Corey Davis).

Dede Westbrook (WR – JAX)
Week 10. Dede Westbrook can return from IR in Week 10. He was an interesting rookie prospect already but was placed on IR around the 53-man cut deadline. He ran a sub-4.4 (40-time) at his pro-day, has a 74% College Dominator rating, and his overall profile compares to John Brown (WR – ARI.) He blew up in the preseason when he had his chances as well. The team won’t throw enough passing volume to make any wide receiver extremely relevant in fantasy this year, and Marqise Lee is set to take most of it now Allen Robinson has torn his ACL. But it will open up some opportunity for others. Going into the next off-season – with Allen Hurns already reportedly on the trade block – Dede could walk into a role by 2018 if he can keep taking advantage of the opportunities that do come his way (after Week 10).

Tanner Gentry (WR – CHI)
He may not show up on the depth chart, depending on where you look at things like that. But Tanner Gentry had chemistry with the incumbent rookie QB Mitch Trubisky. They made some splash plays together in practice and in the preseason. He was cut by the team when they slimmed down to a 53 but he fell through waivers and landed on the Bears practice squad. It wouldn’t be the first time that a wide receiver hibernated on the practice squad for a year before making the team. The most recent injury to Kevin White throws an already shallow depth chart into further need. It’s not outside the realm of possibility that Gentry gets promoted for some snaps this year. Either way, with an 89th percentile College Dominator he’s a name to keep an eye on.

Roger Lewis (WR – NYG)
Brandon Marshall continues to look washed. We hope Odell Beckham will be back and Sterling Shepard looked good in a more prominent role. Still, Roger Lewis got some extra looks as well on Sunday night and he didn’t look bad either. He had a 62nd percentile college Dominator coming out of Bowling Green and profiled as a slot receiver. With added opportunity, having stuck to the team depth chart for two years now, Lewis deserves to be on your deeper league radar.

T.J. Logan (RB – ARI)
Don’t spend all of you FAAB budget on Arizona backup’s this week. Two reasons why handcuffing running backs in redraft doesn’t work is because we often don’t know who the backup is, and often the role gets divided between more than one player. So T.J Logan is not a someone I think will take over the David Johnson role, but he could be one who gets a piece of it while somebody else pays up for Kerwyn Williams. Who knows, maybe T.J. shows some potential if he gets a chance. He was underproductive in College and only weighs 196 lbs, but he ran a 4.37 40-time and has 94th percentile Agility at the position. In a world where Tarik Cohen is going to be the highest priced player on waivers this week (and should be), a fast, agile player who had a 45th percentile college target share is worth knowing. The team took him in the fifth round of the NFL Draft this year.

Orleans Darkwa (RB – NYG)
At 6’0″ and 225 lbs Orleans Darkwa is the same size as Wayne Gallman, and both are bigger than Shane Vereen and Paul Perkins. Size isn’t everything, but Darkwa was also more productive in college than Perkins and had a higher share of his team’s targets. The Giants have typically used a committee at the position the last few years, and it looks like it will remain that way for 2017. Darkwa has an interesting profile and we know the team likes him since they have kept him around since 2014. I don’t handcuff in re-draft but in dynasty, if your roster is deep enough, Darkwa is worth a spot behind Vereen and/or Perkins.

Brice Butler (WR – DAL)
Brice Butler has been a stash candidate for a few years now. Like most such candidates he is yet to pay off with any consistent fantasy significance. But he has also repeatedly seen opportunities with Dallas. A great catch on a deep ball from Dak Prescott on Sunday night certainly didn’t dispell the idea that he’s worth a roster spot. The Cowboys don’t have any uncertainty on their depth chart at the position, and I’m not a fan of his college numbers. But given his size (6’3″ 213 lbs) and 78th percentile SPARQ-x score he is still worth deeper dynasty consideration.

Rhett Ellison (TE – NYG)
Almost the exact opposite for the rookie sensation ahead of him on the depth chart. Rhett Ellison is not athletic and did not dominate in college (11th percentile College Dominator). But he is 6’6″ and 250 lbs which is more typical for the position. What’s more, despite overall poor athleticism, he is reasonably agile (53rd percentile Agility score). I hate to beat a very tired drum, but rookie tight ends take time to produce for fantasy. I think there is a chance the Giants don’t use Engram like a typical tight end so he could avoid this. But I also don’t know how that will work out or what it will look like. Meanwhile, the team signed Ellison as a UDFA from Minnesota. He has experience at the position and the size to play it.

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