Fantasy Football Waiver Wire NFL Week 10: Keaton Mitchell, Tank Dell, streamers and more

March 2024 · 11 minute read

With more byes and injuries, the Week 10 fantasy football waiver wire has a few midseason potential gems. Is Keaton Mitchell a must-start? Are Demario Douglas, Noah Brown and Quentin Johnston top options? All those answers, plus worries over Bijan Robinson, and more below!

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** BYES: KC, LAR, MIA, PHI **

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WAIVER WIRE RUNNING BACK RANKS

  • Khalil Herbert, CHI — 🔍 He’s over 60% rostered but barely, which is why he’s here. Make sure Herbert isn’t on waivers, as Herbert was in full control in Weeks 4 and 5 before his injury, with 28-for-179 rushing (6.4 YPC). D’Onta Foreman has been too good to go away, but Herbert has the upside of an RB2, and would likely be an RB3 even if sharing with Foreman.
  • Keaton Mitchell, BAL — Hopefully, you’ve been able to hold on during byes and injuries, but whether Mitchell is already stashed on your roster or available, be excited, but don’t go bananas. The Week 9 usage still shows Gus Edwards as the lead, but it’s tough to say what the plan is in games where the Ravens aren’t dominating from the second quarter. Justice Hill split with Edwards in the first quarter but then led the backfield in Snap% and RBTouch% the rest of the way. Mitchell’s ability — clearly on display — likely pushes the Ravens for more opportunities, and Mitchell has the highest ceiling. But, he’s likely a timeshare to Edwards at best and part of a three-headed committee at worst. RB3 value with weekly RB1 upside is possible though.
  • D’Onta Foreman, CHI — Even with Herbert eligible to return, Foreman is worth holding until we see the workload. Herbert should be the lead, but it might be a timeshare with Foreman, or the Bears might not even “mess with success” and let Foreman hold the lead. Of course, this could turn into a committee, or Foreman could surprisingly be buried behind Roschon Johnson given similarities to Herbert, but we need to be patient.
  • Zach Charbonnet, SEA — 🫡 As mentioned in the Walker worry report, Charbonnet could start eating into the workload more, which could mean RB3 value with the upside for more.
  • Tyler Allgeier, ATL — 😤
  • Kenneth Gainwell, PHI — 😤
  • Justice Hill, BAL — Mitchell has the higher ceiling, but again, Hill led the Ravens. Until he’s clearly the third option or phased out, any Ravens running back seeing work is worth holding on the off chance one of the others gets hurt.
  • Devin Singletary, HOU — Arguably droppable after doing nothing in the lead role. Even forgiving a bad matchup in Week 9, Singletary had just 10-for-30 rushing and 2-for-13 receiving in Week 8 as well. Still, running back is getting super thin, as it does this time of year.
  • Jeff Wilson, MIARaheem Mostert has missed practices to stay healthy-ish and not miss games, but even with the returning De’Von Achane, Wilson is worth holding if either Mostert or Achane (again) were to miss time.
  • Jaleel McLaughlin, DEN — Coming off their bye, the Broncos will continue to lean on Javonte Williams as the clear leader, but it only takes an injury to have McLaughlin back as the slightly better option of the timeshare with Samaje Perine.
  • Ezekiel Elliott, NE — 😤
  • Tyjae Spears, TEN — 🫡
  • Ty Chandler, MIN — With Cam Akers done, Chandler is next up, but I wouldn’t expect usable value unless Alexander Mattison was also out with an injury too.
  • Royce Freeman, LAR — The backfield is worrisome without Matthew Stafford, but Kyren Williams isn’t back until Week 12 at the earliest. Even with the Rams on bye, stashing Freeman for Week 11 is fine for needy teams.
  • Roschon Johnson, CHI — If Herbert doesn’t return, deep stash, and still stashable in case Herbert (again) or Foreman gets hurt.
  • Elijah Mitchell, SF — 🫡
  • Rico Dowdle, DAL — 🫡
  • Tank Bigsby, JAX — 🫡
  • Joshua Kelley, LAC — 🫡
  • Jamaal Williams, NO — 🫡
  • Matt Breida, NYG — 🫡
  • Leonard Fournette, BUF — Wasn’t active, but that could change, and he’s worth a deep stash just because you never know.
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  • Tank Dell, HOU — 😤
  • Quentin Johnston, LAC — With Joshua Palmer shut down, Johnston was the top starter alongside Keenan Allen, actually running the most routes. Johnston’s needed development and rough go against Sauce Gardner were on display, and Justin Herbert didn’t look his way much (three targets). However, he was still second in targets (not saying much), but with better matchups in the future and a top-two role on hand, Johnston has Top 30 potential in this offense and the Mike Williams/Palmer role.
  • Demario Douglas, NE — Douglas’ Week 9 is much of what you can expect, even if DeVante Parker returns. There are Jakobi Meyers similarities in receiving volume reliance with an occasional touchdown.
    — This is where Jahan Dotson would slot in — has upside to be the best here, but a healthy Curtis Samuel could ruin the fun we finally had.
  • Jonathan Mingo, CAR — Ran as many routes as Adam Thielen. Mingo has moved into a top-two receiving role for the Panthers.
  • Michael Wilson, ARI — 😤 Kyler Murray is returning.
  • Jaxon Smith-Njigba, SEA — The Seahawks offense is a shadow of its 2022 self, but Smith-Njigba is moving from a long-term, upside stash to a potential startable option, as he’s pushing Tyler Lockett for value.
  • Jameson Williams, DET — Maybe he found a consistency cloak during the bye to upgrade his value. There is Top 30 talent here.
  • Romeo Doubs, GB — The only usable Packers receiver, and at this point, that’s not saying much.
  • Wan’Dale Robinson, NYG Daniel Jones is done, this team is done, and chasing anyone in this offense is about done. Robinson for a full-PPR deep WR4 play is fine.
  • Darnell Mooney, CHI — Matchup and big-play option who can be worth the boom/bust risk when D.J. Moore is facing a tough one-on-one matchup.
  • Rashid Shaheed, NO — 😤
  • Khalil Shakir, BUF — There was a bit of concern that the Bills would go back to high two-tight-end use with Quintin Morris back, but they stayed with more three-receiver sets. Shakir had 75.0% of the routes run and is an intriguing WR4/5, similar to Tyler Boyd.
  • Marvin Mims, DEN — 🎯 Sean Payton said they will get Mims more involved… again. Believe it when we see it, but… make sure Mims is rostered in case the Broncos aren’t lying this time.
  • Trishton Jackson, MIN Justin Jefferson is still a few weeks away, so if K.J. Osborn misses time due to the Week 9 injury, Jackson is interesting, playing the outside roll and out-snapping and out-targeting Brandon Powell.
  • Kyle Phillips, TEN — With Treylon Burks out and Will Levis at quarterback, Phillips has the chance to push for a top-two role and WR4 value.
  • Cedric Tillman, CLE — 🎯 Good news. Tillman jumped to 72.7 Route% after the Donovan Peoples-Jones trade. Bad news. He had one target. I’d still deep-stash him where I can, as Tillman has the talent to push for WR3/4 value if the Browns’ passing game clicks.
  • JuJu Smith-Schuster, NE — He did catch six of seven targets for 51 yards, but Smith-Schuster ran just 19 routes (second-least) and DeVante Parker might return.
  • Noah Brown, HOU — Five targets in three straight games, but this was Brown’s first game with over 57 yards and/or a touchdown.
  • Brandon Powell, MIN — As mentioned, Jackson actually stepped up as the No. 2 when Osborn departed, with Powell maintaining his three-wide/slot roll for the most part. Both are still temporary options at best.
  • Isaiah McKenzie, IND — If Josh Downs misses time, McKenzie replaces him. However, I wouldn’t expect similar numbers, and McKenzie will likely frustrate managers by sharing more targets with Alec Pierce than Downs did.
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