Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups: Wide Receivers (Week 10)

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Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets: Wide Receivers

Wide Receivers

Written by Derek Brown

Alec Pierce (WR – IND): 26% Rostered

• Next Opponents: ATL, BYE, @KC
• True Value: $4
• Desperate Need: $6
• Budget-Minded: $2

Analysis: Alec Pierce against single-high coverage is feeding families. Pierce entered this week with a 29.5% target share, 4.33 yards per route run and a 33.3% first-read share against single-high coverage, per Fantasy Points Data. Pittsburgh utilizes single-high at the third-highest rate in the NFL. Pierce ate the Steelers alive with a 26% target share, six receptions and 115 receiving yards. He’s poised for another strong stat line in Week 10 against an Atlanta secondary that utilizes single-high at the highest rate in the NFL (72%). The Falcons’ secondary has also been leaky since Week 4, giving up the seventh-most PPR points per target to perimeter wide receivers. Pierce should smash again this week.

Christian Watson (WR – GB): 29% Rostered

• Next Opponents: PHI, @NYG, MIN
• True Value: $3
• Desperate Need: $5
• Budget-Minded: $2

Analysis: In Week 8, Christian Watson surprised me with a 59.5% route share, finishing with 85 receiving yards and an 18.3-yard average depth of target (aDOT). He had a 10.8% target share, 3.86 yards per route run and a 17.4% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. In Week 9, Watson saw his route share increase to 75%, as he finished with an 11.7% target share, two receptions and 58 receiving yards. Watson’s role in the Packers’ offense is trending up, and he’ll be needed even more moving forward, with Tucker Kraft likely out for the rest of the season and Matthew Golden now dealing with a shoulder injury. I don’t want to play Watson in the Flex if I can help it this week against Philly, but his next two matchups after the Eagles are amazing. Since Week 4, the Giants have allowed the 12th-most PPR points per target to perimeter wide receivers, and the Vikings have allowed the most PPR points per target to that position.

Troy Franklin (WR – DEN): 48% Rostered

• Next Opponents: LV, KC, BYE
• True Value: $3
• Desperate Need: $5
• Budget-Minded: $2

Analysis: Troy Franklin entered Week 9 with an 18.6% target share, 44.8 receiving yards per game, 1.61 yards per route run and a 20.6% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. He has three top-36 weekly finishes at the wide receiver position this season. He had a dud of a stat line against the Texans with only four receptions and 27 scoreless receiving yards, but he did amass a 27% target share. While the fantasy production wasn’t there against Houston, that type of market share of the Denver passing offense is awesome, especially this week, when Franklin is a strong Flex play again. Since Week 4, the Raiders have allowed the eighth-most PPR points per target to perimeter wide receivers.

Parker Washington (WR – JAX): 18% Rostered

• Next Opponents: @HOU, LAC, @ARI
• True Value: $3
• Desperate Need: $5
• Budget-Minded: $2

Analysis: In Parker Washington‘s last game before the Week 8 bye, he had a 77.2% route share, a 20.8% target share, 52 receiving yards and a 17.9% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. Washington already looked to be emerging in the Jaguars’ passing offense, but then, in the run-up to Week 9, Travis Hunter sustained a knee injury and was placed on injured reserve (IR). Washington entered Week 9 already looking like a strong Flex, and then Brian Thomas Jr. sustained an ankle injury on Sunday and Dyami Brown sustained a concussion. Washington assumed the No. 1 WR role for the offense. He finished with a 26.4% target share, eight receptions and 90 receiving yards. Washington will be the team’s No. 1 WR moving forward until Thomas returns to the lineup. His upcoming matchups aren’t great, but he’ll still see plenty of volume to be a strong Flex proposition.

Darius Slayton (WR – NYG): 35% Rostered

• Next Opponents: @CHI, GB, @DET
• True Value: $2
• Desperate Need: $4
• Budget-Minded: $1

Analysis: Darius Slayton was a long reception away from a monster day on Sunday, but he couldn’t secure a catch in the end zone. Slayton was removed from the game after taking a big hit during the play. His injury was unclear, so we’ll have to see what his practice reports look like this week. He finished Week 9 with a 21.2% target share, five receptions and 62 receiving yards. Assuming he’s good to go this week and moving forward, he’ll be a strong Flex play against the struggling secondaries of Chicago and Green Bay.

Tory Horton (WR – SEA): 5% Rostered

• Next Opponents: ARI, @LAR, @TEN
• True Value: $2
• Desperate Need: $4
• Budget-Minded: $1

Analysis: Tory Horton made his presence known Sunday night while starting in place of Cooper Kupp, who was out after sustaining a late-week hamstring injury. Horton made the most of his 16.6% target share with 48 receiving yards and two scores. The Seattle passing offense isn’t a source of massive volume, but it has been incredibly efficient this season, with Sam Darnold arguably playing the best football of his career. Kupp is an older receiver, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the hamstring issue keeps him out for a few games, which would leave Horton as a strong weekly Flex play.

Tez Johnson (WR – TB): 35% Rostered

• Next Opponents: NE, @BUF, @LAR
• True Value: $1
• Desperate Need: $2
• Budget-Minded: $0

Analysis: Since becoming a full-time starter for the Bucs in Week 6, Tez Johnson has had a 16.5% target share with 1.70 yards per route run and a 17.7% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. In those three games, Johnson has one red-zone target and three deep targets. In two of those three games, he has finished as a top-36 wide receiver in weekly scoring (WR18, WR26). Johnson is a decent Flex play over the next two weeks against New England and Buffalo, who, since Week 4, respectively rank 17th and 15th in PPR points per target allowed to perimeter wide receivers.

Malik Washington (WR – MIA): 17% Rostered

• Next Opponents: BUF, WSH, BYE
• True Value: $0
• Desperate Need: $1
• Budget-Minded: $0

Analysis: Since Week 7, Malik Washington has had a 15.3% target share with 38 receiving yards per game, 1.56 yards per route run and a 17.9% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. He also has two red-zone targets and a score during that stretch. Washington is only a dice roll or desperation Flex over the next two weeks. If you play him, you’ll just be hoping he scores a touchdown to save his day.