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Note: Players chosen based upon having early-week consensus roster percent below 50%.
Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups to Target
Malik Davis (RB – DAL): 2% Rostered
- Next Opponent: @NYG
- True Value: $15
- Desperate Need: $25
- Budget-Minded: $10
Analysis: Javonte Williams sustained a shoulder injury in the second quarter of the Cowboys’ Week 17 win over the Commanders and did not return. Malik Davis took over as the Cowboys’ lead back and had 20 carries for 102 yards. Davis was also targeted twice but couldn’t haul in either throw. With Dallas out of the playoff hunt, it seems unlikely the Cowboys will rush Williams back into action. If Williams is out, Davis figures to get a mammoth workload against the Giants, who have one of the worst run defenses in the league. Davis could be a smash start in Week 18.
Audric Estime RB – NO): 11% Rostered
- Next Opponent: @ATL
- True Value: $11
- Desperate Need: $19
- Budget-Minded: $6
Analysis: In Week 16, hybrid Taysom Hill had a team-high 12 carries in the Saints’ 29-6 win over the Jets, while Audric Estime had only 5-19-0 rushing and 3-17-0 receiving. But in Week 17, the Saints turned the backfield over to Estime, and he responded with 14-94-1 rushing and 1-4-0 receiving in a 34-26 win over the Titans. It’s reasonable to think the Saints will stick with Estime as their primary ball-carrier when they close the season in Atlanta. Going into Week 16, the Falcons had allowed the 11th-most rushing yards to running backs.
Blake Corum (RB – LAR): 46% Rostered
- Next Opponent: vs. ARI
- True Value: $9
- Desperate Need: $16
- Budget-Minded: $5
Analysis: Blake Corum shares work with Kyren Williams and doesn’t catch many passes, but he’s averaging 5.3 yards per carry this season and has scored five touchdowns over his last four games going into Monday night’s game against the Falcons. The playoff-bound Rams will probably manage Williams’ workload carefully in their regular-season finale, so Corum should get his fair share of work against a collapsing Arizona defense. The Cardinals gave up 101 rushing yards and two touchdown runs to the Bengals’ Chase Brown on Sunday. When the Cardinals faced the Rams in Week 14, Corum had 12 carries for 128 yards and two touchdowns; Williams had 13 carries for 84 yards and a touchdown.
Luther Burden III (WR – CHI): 23% Rostered
- Next Opponent: vs. DET
- True Value: $5
- Desperate Need: $9
- Budget-Minded: $3
Analysis: After being used sparingly for much of the season, Luther Burden has come on late in his rookie year. Over his last four games, Burden has had 22 catches for 322 yards on 28 targets, with at least six targets and four catches in each of those games. He exploded for eight catches, 138 yards and a touchdown on Sunday night against the 49ers. Burden has an appealing Week 18 matchup against the Lions and their injury-depleted secondary.
Tyler Shough (QB – NO): 21% Rostered
- Next Opponent: @ATL
- True Value: $7
- Desperate Need: $11
- Budget-Minded: $4
Analysis: Tyler Shough got off to a sluggish start against the Titans in Week 17 but eventually rubbed the sleep from his eyes and wound up throwing for 333 yards and two touchdowns. It was Shough’s second straight 300-yard game, and the rookie has scored more than 17 fantasy points in each of his last five contests. Shough has a weather-proof Week 18 game against the Falcons in Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The Falcons have been a neutral matchup for quarterbacks. Shough is by far the most attractive of the streaming quarterback options for the final week of the regular season.
Colston Loveland (TE – CHI): 48% Rostered
- Next Opponent: vs. DET
- True Value: $5
- Desperate Need: $9
- Budget-Minded: $3
Analysis: Colston Loveland has had at least three catches in each of his last 11 games, so there’s a reasonably sturdy floor here. The Bears have a strong running game, so they aren’t especially pass-happy, and that limits Loveland’s ceiling to some extent, although we got a glimpse of the ceiling in Week 17, when Loveland had six catches for 94 yards and a touchdown versus the 49ers. Rome Odunze has been out with a foot injury, which has helped Loveland get a steady diet of targets. The rookie tight end has drawn at least five targets in five consecutive games. He gets a Week 18 matchup against the Lions, whose defensive backfield has been decimated by injuries.
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