10 Fantasy Football Players to Drop or Hold (Week 14 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 the week.

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Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Advice: Drop or Hold?

Drop Recommendations

Droppable

• Rachaad White (RB – TB)
• Sean Tucker (RB – TB)
• Tyjae Spears (RB – TEN)
• Jerry Jeudy (WR – CLE)
• Tez Johnson (WR – TB)

After missing seven games with shoulder and foot injuries, Bucky Irving returned in Week 13 and quickly took command of the backfield, turning Rachaad White and Sean Tucker into spare parts. Irving played 32 snaps in his first game back, while White played 23 snaps and Tucker was in on nine snaps. Irving had 19 touches, White had five and Tucker recorded two. White is currently rostered in 66% of Yahoo leagues, Tucker in 45%. Both are droppable.

With Tony Pollard offering modest production as the Titans’ lead back, there was hope that Tyjae Spears might get an audition as Pollard’s replacement. That hasn’t happened. The Titans seem content to use Pollard as their primary early-down back and Spears as their passing-down back. In the limited Tennessee offense, Spears’ part-time role offers little fantasy value.

Although Jerry Jeudy has averaged 6.7 targets a game this season and has gotten plenty of air yards, his surface stats have been uninspiring. Jeudy had three catches for 26 yards against the 49ers on Sunday and got into a sideline tiff with rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders. Jeudy has topped 50 receiving yards only once in his last 10 games, and he’s scored only one touchdown this season. Drop him.

The Buccaneers ramped up Chris Godwin‘s snaps in Week 13, which meant a reduction in snaps and routes for Tez Johnson. Johnson had a nice run while Godwin is out, but over his last three games, he has five catches for 32 yards and a touchdown on nine targets. Injured Buccaneers wideouts Mike Evans and Jalen McMillan could also be returning soon, rendering Johnson obsolete.

Droppable With a Chance of Regret

• DJ Moore (WR – CHI)
• Isiah Pacheco (RB – KC)
• Ricky Pearsall (WR – SF)
• Emanuel Wilson (RB – GB)

DJ Moore has finished with fewer than 20 receiving yards in three of his last four games and hasn’t produced more than 73 yards or seen more than seven targets in any game this season. Moore has tough matchups with the Packers in two of the next three weeks, with a matchup against the Browns sandwiched in between. You could probably find a more productive way to use the roster spot Moore is currently occupying.

Isiah Pacheco returned from a knee injury in Week 13 but served as the backup to Kareem Hunt, who played 42 offensive snaps to Pacheco’s 20. Pacheco has been unable to recapture the form he showed in his first two seasons with the Chiefs in 2022 and 2023, and it seems unlikely he’ll break out of his part-time role in the next few weeks.

In three games since his return from a knee injury, Ricky Pearsall has five catches for 20 yards on nine targets. You’d need to get a “show me” game from Pearsall before plugging him into your lineup, and we’re running out of time. Pearsall has a Week 14 bye and an unappealing Week 16 matchup against the Colts. It’s probably OK to ditch him.

With Josh Jacobs back from a thigh contusion after a one-game absence, Emanuel Wilson loses all stand-alone value and becomes nothing more than a handcuff.

Don’t Drop Yet

• Justin Jefferson (WR – MIN)

I’ve seen suggestions that it would be smart to do a poison-pill maneuver with Justin Jefferson, dropping him and hoping that one of your rivals will pick him up and start him. The Vikings’ quarterback play has been hot garbage juice this season, leading to disappointing numbers for Jefferson. If you want to bench Jefferson, fine. But dropping him and allowing a foe to pick him up and potentially use him against you in the playoffs? Would you really be that confident that a future Hall-of-Famer couldn’t hurt you in a playoff game? We get the cold sweats just thinking about it, and we recommend not making the sort of move that could haunt you for the rest of your fantasy footballing days.