Fantasy Football 2022 Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickup Advice

Is your fantasy team in need of new blood? Each week I’ll bring to you the best pickups to make ahead of the waiver deadline. All the players I list will be owned in fewer than 50 percent of leagues, with the roster percentages coming from Yahoo.com.

Quarterbacks

Daniel Jones, Giants (40% Rostered): Fresh off a bye week, Jones has two delicious matchups at home vs. the Houston Texans and Detroit Lions. Jones’ floor is always low due to his own limitations and the dearth of receiving talent on this roster, but he’s logged six or more rushing attempts in every game and broken 100 rushing yards once. With a pretty safe rushing floor, and three rushing touchdowns on the year, there’s some upside here and he also could see an uptick in the passing stats based on the matchups alone.

Jimmy Garoppolo, 49ers (39% Rostered): Garoppolo has been pretty good of late, throwing two touchdown passes in fourt straight games and averaging 271.8 yards per game. With George Kittle healthy, Christian McCaffery adding a significant receiving threat out of the backfield and Brandon Aiyuk resembling the potential WR1 he looked like as a rookie, Jimmy G has become a reliable option to not lose you your matchup. We haven’t seen the eruption potential he had once upon a time in a long while, but he offers the most safety of any widely available QB.

Marcus Mariota, Falcons (33% Rostered): Mariota is very similar to Daniel Jones in that he has a reliable rushing floor, but really lacks the passing volume to raise your weekly ceiling. His upcoming matchups aren’t as juicy as the Giants’ are, and his rushing numbers have actually been a little worse than Jones’ of late.

Running Backs

Latavius Murray, Broncos (31% Rostered): Murray is the headliner for a bad week to need to pick up a RB. Largely dropped because he was on bye in Week 9, and because he has to share the rock with Melvin Gordon and Chase Edmonds, Murray is a TD-or-bust play. But he scored in back-to-back games before the bye, and Edmonds is not a significant threat to him in that capacity.

Chuba Hubbard, Panthers (33% Rostered): Hubbard is going to come in handy when he’s back on the field, because he will be the Panthers’ preferred option when they need to throw. D’Onta Foreman is the goal line guy and will most likely have more carries than Hubbard, but this offense doesn’t have many weapons. Hubbard will be involved and touch the ball.

Rachaad White, Buccaneers (34% Rostered): White is slowly seeing his snap percentage rise, and his carries increase as the Bucs’ ineffective offense flounders with Leonard Fournette completely unable to get anything going on the ground behind a decimated offensive line. White is no great shakes, but he brings some juice to a backfield that currently has zero. He’s not really playable yet, but if you have room he’s an interesting stash.

Alexander Mattison, Vikings (45% Rostered): Mattison should be snapped up by Dalvin Cook managers. He’s valueless at the moment, but when Cook inevitably gets banged up, Mattison will cost buku FAAB bucks. Why not grab the insurance now while it’s free?

Wide Receivers

Mecole Hardman, Chiefs (48% Rostered): Hardman’s role as the gadget player who sees several manufactured touches per game could go away as Kadarius Toney is worked in, but for now, Hardman has scored in three straight games. He’s not a traditional receiver, but the list of players faster than Hardman might only consist of Tyreek Hill. He’s become a featured part of this offense, and while the touches aren’t plentiful, they’ve become consistent, and he’s efficient with them.

DeAndre Carter, Chargers (34% Rostered): Carter makes sense for fantasy managers for as long as Keenan Allen is out, since he will be the route-runner/slot specialist for Justin Herbert. The Chargers are throwing the ball as much as any team in the league, and with Allen and Mike Williams on the shelf, targets will be there.

Terrace Marshall, Panthers (6% Rostered): Speaking of targets, Marshall has seen 15 in the last two games, and logged snap counts of 86% or higher for three straight games. He is the clear No. 2 behind D.J. Moore; that may not be worth much with Carolina riding the NFL’s worst QB carousel, but Marhsall has provided 50+ yards in back-to-back games and scored vs. the Bengals. With bye weeks ravaging teams, at least Marshall can be counted on to see the field.

Tight Ends

Cade Otton, Buccaneers (11% Rostered): The Seattle Seahawks are among the NFL’s worst defenses against TEs, posting the 29th DVOA vs. the position, and allowing the second-most yards per game (70.9) per Football Outsiders. Otton is a fourth option at best in what’s been a low-scoring offense, but he’s seen five or more targets in three straight games, and was a penalty away from back-to-back games with a touchdown. Otton is likely to score in this one vs. such a poor defense against the position, and makes for a fine streaming option.