There’s plenty to talk about in the wide receiver realm this week, no need to involve other positions, or wait for Monday Night Football. Let’s get right into it.
Roster percentages are NFL.com, Yahoo, and ESPN
DEVIN DUVERNAY (30.8%, 61%, 41%)
Devin Duvernay was a prime fantasy catfish candidate after Week 1, but that was due to Rashod Bateman’s presence. But after DeMarcus Robinson showed up in a big way versus Carolina (catching all nine targets for 128 yards), it looks like Duvernay missed out on the opportunity to attract alpha-WR attention, in an offense that isn’t built to churn out fantasy-relevant wide receivers.
An anomalous rushing touchdown in Week 8 is the only thing keeping Devin fantasy-relevant since week 5. It’s time to cut bait.
REPEAT ENTRY: MICHAEL GALLUP (19.7%, 46%, 45%)
Another week, another blah showing for Gallup (three catches, four targets, 41 yards), who went up against a Vikings secondary that has allowed opponents’ WR2’s to have some success against them.
It doesn’t seem to matter what the scenario is, the Cowboys have no problem scoring points, and have no problem doing it without the ball in Gallup’s hands.
No need to wait and see whether or not Odell Beckham Jr. becomes a Cowboy and drops Gallup out of fantasy relevance for sure.
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DJ MOORE (96.6%, 94%, 96%)
Sometimes teams make a change that works in the short term, the very short term. That happened when the Panthers initially went to PJ Walker at quarterback, Steve Wilks as head coach, and DJ Moore’s heartbreaking career narrative of shoddy QB play was momentarily escaped.
Then the very short term ended, and Moore has only seen nine catches for 77 scoreless yards over the last three games total. Carolina’s offense is back to anemic, and whether you throw Walker, Baker Mayfield, or Sam Darnold into the quarterback abyss, the freshness of change may have run its course regardless. Moore could make a fantastic dynasty buy-low, but for redraft, there’s no shame in putting a fork in 2022.
RONDALE MOORE (54.7%, 81%, 77%)
Marquise Brown is likely to return next week, and when active, he was siphoning as many targets as DeAndre Hopkins. It was a nice stretch for Rondale while Hopkins was the WR1 (6.25 catches and 71.5 yards per-game, with a score), but hard to envision a scenario where Brown and Nuk aren’t the top two WR options once Brown returns.
If you’re rostering him, you could wait and see. Or, you could get out ahead of it now and let someone else take the high risk that Moore can sustain enough volume to garner a fantasy lineup spot.
ADAM THIELEN (92.4%, 89%, 88%)
TJ Hockenson has now seen more targets than Thielen in all three games he’s been in a Vikings uniform (28-to-17).
Thielen was struggling to produce winning fantasy lines when he was the second receiving option. It’s pretty much a lock to call him the third option now.
