October 17th 2017
Tuesday Late-Night Edition
The
Weekly Waiver Wire
Week
7
As fantasy leagues push deeper into the
fantasy season, owners will continue to go to the waiver wire well each week to
drink. Fortunately as we enter week 7 of the NFL season and fantasy season, the
well has not gone dry; well at least in redraft leagues it hasn’t.
If you are streaming your quarterback
position through the bye week, the Jets quarterback Josh McCown has been steady
this season. He’s averaging over 13 fantasy points per week and checks in as
the No.19 fantasy QB this season. McCown is coming off a strong Week 6
performance with 20.26 fantasy points and has thrown 2 touchdowns in each of
his last 2 starts. Back in week 3 McCown totaled 14.66 fantasy points against
the Dolphins (the Jets week 7 opponent) and he looks poised to do as much this week.
In the backfield, it looks like the Giants
have found a running game behind the efforts of running back Orleans Darkwa. In
his last two games Darkwa has gained 186 yards on 29 carries with a rushing
touchdown. He’s a nice week 7 grab with the potential of a feature back
workload, based on his Sunday night performance against the Broncos (21
carries). His next opponent is the Eagles who have been good against the run,
but so were the Broncos.
At the wideout spot, the Titans wide
receiver Eric Decker looks to be falling in rhythms with his quarterback and is
coming off a solid Monday night game. Based on his numbers entering Week 6,
Decker is sure to be lingering on the waiver wire. This is a good time to grab
Decker with a week 7 matchup against a Browns defense that just surrendered 3
touchdowns to wide receivers this past Sunday.
One of the reasons for McCown’s steady
play is the emergence of his tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins. After serving
his two-game suspension to start the season, Seferian-Jenkins has been steadily
coming on. In his past two games the Jets tight end has totaled 19 targets,
turning in 14 receptions for 75 yards and two scores. He’s a red-zone gem and
has now become one of the featured targets in the passing game. He’s a must grab
this week off the waiver wires.
Drop
of the Week
In PPR formats, Panthers running back
Jonathan Stewart has fallen outside the Top-40 (39 in standard). In his last
two games Stewart has totaled just 17 rushing yards on 26 carries. He’s coming
off not only his worst performance of the season, but of his career. It’s time
to let him go, there are plenty of better options available at this point.
That's My Take.
~David Ortega
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