James Washington leads Waiver Wire deep dive

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James Washington leads Waiver Wire deep dive Published: Sep 17, 2018 at 01:04 PM Graham Barfield Fantasy Managing Editor Our Waiver Wire column covers all of the big-ticket adds, but the Deep Dive is for leagues with intensive waiver pools. For this column, we'll try to focus on players that are le s than one-third (33 percent) owned in NFL.com leagues. football is a forward-thinking game, and we'll strive to stay one step ahead of the competition in the weekly Deep Dive with players to add, drop, and stash on your bench. Before we get to the Deep Dive, we should note that Gio Bernard is undisputedly the No. 1 waiver wire claim for Week 3. is out "at least" two weeks with a knee injury that required a cleanup. In Weeks Lonzo Ball Jersey 14-15 last year, mi sed two games -- and Gio Bernard was a workhorse. In those contests, Bernard played on 87 percent of ' snaps, he handled 78 percent of the RB carries, and saw 20 percent of team targets. With that workload, Bernard finished as a weekly top-20 PPR back in both spot starts. Bernard is still available on about 40 percent of fantasy leagues. Let's hit the rest of your Week 3 deep claims: Players to add: , WR, (98 percent available) One of the most surprising inactives of Week 2 was ' receiver . After playing on 61 percent of Pittsburgh's snaps and running a pa s route on 76 percent of 's drop backs on Opening Day, Hunter did not suit up in Week 2 even though he was not on the injury report. Instead, head coach Mike Tomlin and offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner decided it's 's time. In his first career start, Washington played on a robust 80 percent of snaps, he collected five targets (1/14/1 receiving), and is Pittsburgh's starting boundary receiver in 11-personnel (1RB, 1TE, 3WR). Against the , Washington lined up outside on 93 percent of his snaps while is now a full-time slot receiver (88 percent of routes inside). , WR, (99 percent available) Without in Week 2, the predictably elevated rookie fourth-round pick, , to a full-time role. Callaway played on 81 percent of ' snaps against the , parlaying his four targets into 3/81/1 receiving. Callaway saw 29 percent of ' air yards and ran 93 percent of his routes on the boundary while kicked into the slot on 70 percent of his routes. Obviously, most of Callaway's Week 2 output came on the would-be game-winning 47-yard TD pa s from . On that play, Callaway reached a top speed of 21.5mph, the third-fastest top speed for all WRs this year behind (who owns the No. 1 and No. 2 top speed recordings). As Cleveland's new deep threat sans , the new No. 2 receiver should be added in all 12-team leagues. , RB, (99 percent available) Since (knee) is out multiple weeks and doesn't really have timetable for return, rookie is the new No. 2 back by default. Smith isn't on the starting fantasy radar yet, but he played 30 percent of Atlanta's snaps in Week 2 against Carolina, parlaying his ten touches into 54 yards of offense. is a low-end RB1 when Freeman is on the sideline, but will have significant weekly upside should anything happen to Coleman in the next few weeks. Per Next Gen Stats, Smith gained 6.9 yards after a defender closed within one-yard, the second-best clip for RBs behind (11.7) in Week 2. Smith certainly deserves a speculative add in deep-bench formats. , RB, (96 percent available) The first two games have been bizarre to say the least. In Week 1, Baltimore beat the lifele s early and often, putting up 26 points while Buffalo goose-egged the first half. Then, in Week 2, the hung 28 first-half points and buried any potential positive game-script for rushing output for the . Through two games, Allen has marginally out-snapped Collins (44 percent to 42 percent), the duo has split touches (20 to 20), and Allen has out-targeted Collins sharply (13 to 5). Make no mistake: Collins is still the Baltimore back to have on your fantasy squad. Over the last two years, Collins has averaged 3.0 yards after contact and 0.17 mi sed tackles per carry compared to Allen's paltry 2.2 YAC and 0.11 mi sed tackles/carry. Regardle s of his poor year-over-year efficiency, Buck Allen may be a thorn in Collins' side all season. Baltimore's coaching staff gave Allen the NFL's quietest 199 carries in 2017, and early 2018 usage shows us Buck is here to stay again. , WR, (90 percent available) Players to drop: , WR, (80 percent owned) Once again, Parker tops the Drop List. He's still rostered in far too many fantasy leagues. Parker was "supposed" to be active in Week 2 after a finger injury sidelined him for most of the preseason and on Opening Tyler Ennis Jersey Day, but Parker still did not play. Asked after the game if he was all right with being inactive in Week 2, Parker responded, "Of course not... I felt pretty good." Welp. Miami has four receivers they can roll with over Parker. Even if he plays next week, it's clear Parker has fallen out of favor with the . , QB, (15 percent owned) Even though he was active in Week 2, Mariota did not play against the while he continued nursing an elbow injury. At pre s-time on Monday, Mariota's status has not changed. ' head coach Mike Vrabel said Mariota still can't make "certain throws" and that he remains day-to-day. Even if Mariota can suit up in Week 3, he'll have to face the Jags' vaunted secondary. Then, in Weeks 4-7, the have a precarious schedule ahead of their Week 8 bye (vs. , at , vs. , at Chargers). Even if he were 100 percent healthy, it would be tough to trust Mariota over the next month of games. , RB, (55 percent owned) Once again a healthy scratch in Week 2, the No. 38 overall pick in the 2018 Draft has zero fantasy value. carried the ball 28 times for 22 yards and only played on 18 percent of Bucs' first-team snaps in the preseason. Now, he can't make the Bucs' active roster over undrafted free agent from Duke. If you haven't already, it's time to bail on Jones in your re-draft fantasy leagues. , RB, (42 percent owned) Even though the disappointment has not been to the extent of fellow rookie back , the No. 35 overall pick in the 2018 Draft, , has barely seen the field in Weeks 1-2. Through two games, Chubb has played only seven snaps and touched the ball five times. That's it. Meanwhile, (56 percent) and (41 percent) are soaking up all of the ' snaps. Unle s there is an injury in front of him, Chubb has zero standalone value in fantasy. , WR, (22 percent owned) Hurns was a bit of a trendy 11th round pick in re-draft leagues this year, but it's clear that the receiver rotation is going to be a pit of despair in 2018. Dallas has installed a WR-by-committee, running as the "lead receiver" on 97 percent of snaps. The ' target share through two games is a disaster for . Shield your eyes: Beasley (21 percent target share), (19 percent), (19 percent), (10 percent), (8 percent), (6 percent), and (6 percent). Players to stash: , RB, (99 percent available) With (hamstring) sidelined in Week 2, forced a near time-share with TJ Yeldon against the . Yeldon led the way in snaps (57 percent to 43 percent) and touches (12 to 10) over Grant last week, but we've seen enough small-sample succe s to warrant stashing Grant in deep-bench formats. If Fournette's pulled hammy proves cumbersome, Grant has Week 3 FLEX appeal against the . Yeldon only ran two more pa s routes than Grant without Fournette in Week 2. Grant turned his 22 routes into 6/57 receiving (on seven targets). , TE, (98 percent available) This is Smith's second-straight week as a deep stash, and for good reason! With (ankle) done for the year, second-year man made his first career start in Week 2. only attempted 20 pa ses in relief of (elbow) against the , and he targeted Smith zero times on those throws. Still, despite not seeing any pa sing looks, Smith's full-time usage was encouraging. In place of the injured Walker, played on 100 percent of ' snaps and ran a pa s route on 18-of-23 pa s drop backs. , TE, (95 percent available) Look, the offense has been an abject disaster so far this year. Through two games, the Cards' have been on the field for just 47 offensive plays per game and gained just 3.70 yards per play. Last year, the average NFL team ran 63.3 plays per game and gained 5.27 yards per play. Meanwhile, has struggled mightily in Weeks 1-2, owning a 4.0 Pa s YPA and Jose Calderon Jersey 55.6 Pa ser Rating. At the very least, Seals-Jones' usage has been promising in Weeks 1-2. He's played on 95 percent of Arizona's snaps, ran a pa s route on 93 percent of Bradford's drop backs, and Seals-Jones is second on the team in both target share (20 percent) and Cards' share of air yards (24 percent). Hopefully, rookie starts sooner rather than later. This article has been reproduced in a new format and may be mi sing content or contain faulty links. Please use the Contact Us link in our site footer to report an i sue.
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