The Week 10 Cut List needs no watch list. It features players more heavily owned than perhaps any other week’s Cut List this season.
Roster percentages are NFL.com, Yahoo, and ESPN
HUNTER RENFROW (43.1%, 52%, 56%)
There was excitement about Hunter Renfrow taking a Julian Edelman-type role in Josh McDaniels’ offense. But after seeing 16 targets through the first two weeks, he’s only seen 3.25 targets per game since. He hasn’t topped 59 yards in a game this season, nor seen the endzone.
Davante Adams‘ presence has created a monopoly of targets his way. The Raiders aren’t winning, and the game plan still doesn’t include Renfrow. It’s looking more and more unlikely that it’ll change anytime soon — or for the remainder of the season.
REPEAT ENTRY: MARQUEZ VALDES-SCANTLING (26.2%, 43%, 52%)
MVS makes another appearance here because as we begin to set our sights on the fantasy playoffs, it can’t be understated how important it is to avoid extreme volatility when we’re trying to win two, or three games in a row ecome the postseason.
Vales-Scantling has been the quintessential example of this volatility. As the Chiefs’ assumed deep threat, he faced a Titans pass defense that was ripe for the picking in the deep game. Instead, he saw his lowest target total of the season, one, on a night that Patrick Mahomes threw 68 times.
His two boom weeks have been immediately followed by absolute duds. Even if the injury bug bites newcomer Kadarius Toney again, MVS still can’t be trusted moving forward.
FINAL ENTRY: DRAKE LONDON (80.6%, 69%, 78%)
London saw more than five targets for the first time since Week 5, but could only muster 23 yards receiving out of it. That’s 27.3 yards per game in his last six games, with no scores.
Maybe he gets on a hot streak the last month of the season, but there’s no use in me placing him on the list every week until that happens. It sucks, but sometimes you have to move on from nice things.
DAWSON KNOX (67.3%, 78%, 62%)
The Bills’ offense just doesn’t seem to have room for Dawson Knox. In his seven games this season, he hasn’t cracked 41 receiving yards and has only topped 25 yards in three of them. Two touchdowns on the year aren’t enough to overcome the lack of yardage.
Streaming the position is more understandable at this point than rolling out a player who consistently produces at his floor. For instance, roll the dice on Greg Dulcich, who is available in 65% of leagues.
SECOND ENTRY: TYLER CONKLIN (43.8%, 25%, 36%)
Don’t let Conklin catfish you into believing his boom Week 8 meant he rediscovered his early-season groove. Against the Bills this past weekend, he returned to the form he’s had since CJ Uzomah‘s return, getting out-targeted 3-to-2, and reminding us why he can’t be a trusted fantasy option down the stretch.
