10 Fantasy Football Players to Drop or Hold (Week 11 Waiver Wire)

Let’s take a look at players our analysts consider on the fringe as you weigh your fantasy football waiver wire additions for the week. And also be sure to check out all of our fantasy football waiver wire pickups for Week 11.

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Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Advice: Drop or Hold?

Drop Recommendations

Droppable

• Bryce Young (QB – CAR)
• Darnell Mooney (WR – ATL)
• Mason Taylor (TE – NYJ)

Panthers head coach Dave Canales is trying to hide quarterback Bryce Young with his game-planning and play-calling. It’s probably not a bad idea. Young has averaged just 25 pass attempts over his last five starts — and the Panthers have gone 4-1 in those games. Young is averaging a paltry 5.6 yards per pass attempt. Young is still rostered in 15% of Yahoo leagues. If you’re rostering Young in a 1-QB league, find something better to do with that roster spot.

Darnell Mooney has produced 17 or fewer receiving yards in four of his last five games. On Sunday, Mooney was targeted eight times, had one catch for 17 yards and was guilty of an egregious drop in the final minute of regulation, when the Falcons were trying to move into position for a game-winning field-goal attempt. Mooney’s season has been a disaster. He’s droppable.

Rookie tight end Mason Taylor has shown promise, but the Jets’ passing game is a barren wasteland. There are better streaming options at tight end. Circle back around to Taylor next year, when the Jets will presumably have a different quarterback situation.

Never mind that Cooper Kupp had a 67-yard reception on Sunday. The Seahawks’ addition of Rashid Shaheed at last week’s NFL trade deadline diminishes Kupp’s target outlook to the point where he’s no longer worth rostering. (Kupp had just two targets on Sunday.)

Droppable With a Chance of Regret

• Justin Fields (QB – NYJ)
• Kyler Murray (QB – ARI)
• Chuba Hubbard (RB – CAR)
• Jordan Mason (RB – MIN)

The Jets managed to defeat the Browns 27-20 on Sunday, even though Justin Fields completed 6-of-11 passes for 54 yards. Fields is a dangerous runner, but he simply isn’t an NFL-caliber passer. The Jets were seemingly on the verge of benching Fields in Week 8, but when Tyrod Taylor wasn’t healthy enough to play, the Jets had to stick with Fields, and he actually played well in a 39-38 win over the Bengals. Coming out of a Week 9 bye, the Jets stuck with Fields. They might stick with him in Week 11 since the Jets are on a two-game winning streak, but Fields is in danger of getting a quick hook in any game in which he struggles early. He’s no longer worth rostering.

With Kyler Murray on IR and destined to miss at least the next three games, it’s probably not worth holding him in most leagues. It’s possible Murray won’t have a starting job when he eventually comes back.

Chuba Hubbard is just a handcuff to Rico Dowdle at this point. Hubbard played 20.7% of the Panthers’ offensive snaps on Sunday, according to PFF. Hubbard now has to be considered one of the better backups in the league, and he’s a valuable handcuff in light of how run-heavy the Panthers have become. But if you play in a league with short benches, you might not have the luxury of being able to keep a running back who is no longer making a significant contribution.

The Minnesota backfield has shifted toward Aaron Jones. Against the Lions in Week 9, Jordan Mason out-snapped Jones 37-26 and out-carried him 10-9. But in the Vikings’ 27-19 loss to the Ravens on Sunday, Jones played 46 snaps and Mason only played 16, according to PFF. Mason hasn’t been especially effective as a runner of late, and he offers little, if any, value as a pass-catcher.

Don’t Drop Yet

• Alvin Kamara (RB – NO)
• Hunter Henry (TE – NE)
• Jacory Croskey-Merritt (RB – WSH)

We suggested last week that Alvin Kamara was droppable. I guess we have to renege on that. Kamara had one of his most productive games of the season in Week 10, collecting 115 yards from scrimmage. It was just the second time this season that Kamara has topped 100 scrimmage yards and the first time since Week 3 that he’s had more than 76 scrimmage yards. Kamara still hasn’t scored a touchdown since Week 1, but the nice performance on Sunday suggests that Kamara is worth holding. Just realize there are still issues here. The Saints’ quarterback situation isn’t great, and the offensive line is a mess. But it was great to see Kamara catch three passes for 32 yards in Week 10. It was just the second time he’s eclipsed 30 receiving yards this season. Perhaps rookie Tyler Shough realizes that throwing to Kamara often yields positive results.

Hunter Henry has averaged 25.4 receiving yards over his last five games and has scored only one touchdown over that span. But don’t drop Henry before a juicy two-game stretch of schedule that begins in Week 11. Henry’s next two games are against the Jets and Bengals. Entering Week 10, the Jets had given up the ninth-most fantasy points per game to tight ends, and the Bengals had given up the most fantasy points per game to tight ends by far.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt has provided disappointing results in recent weeks. Give him one last chance this week against a Miami run defense that was awful earlier this season (but has been showing signs of improvement).