12 Fantasy Football Players to Drop or Hold (Week 10 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 here are all of our fantasy football waiver wire pickups for Week 10.

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Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Advice: Drop or Hold?

Drop Recommendations

Droppable

• Tucker Kraft (TE – GB)
• Chuba Hubbard (RB – CAR)
• Chimere Dike (WR – TEN)
• Elic Ayomanor (WR – TEN)
• Brashard Smith (RB – KC)

Tucker Kraft sustained a knee injury on Sunday, and it’s reportedly a torn ACL. Kraft had emerged as one of the true difference-makers at tight end, so this is a huge blow for his investors.

Chuba Hubbard can be dropped now that Rico Dowdle is clearly the Panthers’ lead back. Dowdle had 25 carries for 130 yards and two touchdowns in the Panthers’ Week 9 upset of the Packers and played 42 of Carolina’s 58 offensive snaps, according to PFF. Hubbard had five carries for 17 yards and played 22.4% of the offensive snaps.

The Titans are heading into a Week 10 bye, and in Weeks 11-12, they’ll have brutal passing-game matchups against Houston and Seattle. There’s really no reason to hold Elic Ayomanor or Chimere Dike, who were both quiet in the Titans’ loss to the Chargers on Sunday. It’s not as if the Titans’ passing game is generating a lot of steam to begin with.

Brashard Smith just isn’t becoming a thing for the Chiefs, so it’s probably time to wave the white flag. Even with Isiah Pacheco sidelined by a sprained MCL in Week 9, Smith played only 12 snaps and had seven rushing yards and zero catches against the Bills. With Rashee Rice returning from suspension to hog short-area targets, the passing-game role we had envisioned for Smith simply hasn’t materialized.

Droppable With a Chance of Regret

• Alvin Kamara (RB – NO)
• Matthew Golden (WR – GB)
• Darnell Mooney (WR – ATL)
• Keon Coleman (WR – BUF)
• Evan Engram (TE – DEN)

Alvin Kamara‘s season may have hit rock bottom in Week 9. In the Saints’ 34-10 loss to the Rams, Kamara had 6-14-0 rushing and 1-3-0 receiving on three targets. He also lost a fumble. Since Week 3, Kamara has averaged 6.1 half-PPR fantasy points per game. He hasn’t scored a touchdown since Week 1. He’s only had one game this season with more than 18 receiving yards. It’s hard to see the silver lining for Kamara. He hasn’t looked good. The New Orleans offense is limited. The Saints’ best offensive lineman, center Erik McCoy, is out for the year with a biceps tear. It’s perfectly reasonable to jettison Kamara from your roster.

Matthew Golden sustained a shoulder injury on Sunday. The exact diagnosis is unclear as of this writing, but it’s reasonable to dump Golden. Tucker Kraft‘s injury will leave some targets for other Green Bay pass-catchers, but Christian Watson‘s return has taken some targets away from Golden. Not that we’re calling the rookie a bust; it’s just that he isn’t a useful fantasy asset at the moment.

Darnell Mooney‘s role in the Atlanta passing game has evaporated. He was targeted 11 times in Week 2. Since then, Mooney has drawn 12 targets in the four games he’s played. His production may pick up again, but Mooney is an easy drop if you need to make room for waiver additions.

Last season, Keon Coleman averaged 19.2 yards per catch and 9.8 yards per target. He wasn’t drawing a lot of targets, but he was making the most of them. It’s been a jarringly different story this season. Coleman had eight catches for 112 yards and a touchdown against the Ravens in Week 1. Since Week 2, Coleman has averaged 8.2 yards per catch and 5.7 yards per target. He hasn’t topped 45 receiving yards in any game during that stretch. Coleman has intriguing talent, but he simply hasn’t done enough to earn his keep.

Even though Marvin Mims and Nate Adkins were out for the Broncos in Week 9, Evan Engram was still a non-factor in the Denver passing game, failing to catch a pass against the Texans on Sunday despite three targets. Engram is averaging 5.2 half-PPR fantasy points per game. He’s scored only one touchdown, and he hasn’t had more than 42 receiving yards in any game.

Don’t Drop Yet

• Terry McLaurin (WR – WSH)
• Woody Marks (RB – HOU)

After missing four games with a quad injury, Terry McLaurin returned against the Chiefs in Week 8, had three catches for 54 yards and a touchdown… and reinjured his quad. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport has reported that McLaurin might not be back until after the Commanders’ Week 12 bye. Still, McLaurin investors should keep him on the roster for the stretch run.

After rolling up 111 yards from scrimmage against the 49ers in Week 8, Woody Marks laid an egg in Week 9, with 10-27-0 rushing and zero catches on three targets on Sunday against the Broncos. On the bright side, Marks out-snapped Nick Chubb 35-26. Marks has better matchups ahead, with the Jaguars, Titans and Bills up next. Don’t bail on him.