Fantasy Football Week 10 Wide Receiver Preview: Waiver adds, DFS plays, and more

It’s time to check in on the receivers who have been traded this year. No, I’m not talking about Jonathan Mingo. You can continue to ignore him in redraft. The same probably goes for Mike Williams, though he is slightly more appealing with Russell Wilson’s moonball proclivity. We need to talk about Davante Adams, DeAndre Hopkins, Amari Cooper, and Diontae Johnson. 

It’s been a while, but Adams caught seven passes for 91 yards and a score on Thursday Night Football almost a week ago. That performance validates him as low-end WR2 this week and rest of season. I still prefer Garrett Wilson rest of season, but I would not be surprised if there are weeks when Adams is the better play. Maybe even this week.

In his second game with Patrick Mahomes, Hopkins caught eight of nine targets for 86 yards and two touchdowns. The lone incompletion was a miscommunication that likely gets fixed over time. Hopkins looked like a must-start top-12 wide receiver. I’m not going that far yet, but if he does similar against Pat Surtain and the Broncos, there will be no more holding back.

Cooper missed last week with an injury, but still got another week in the building. I think that matters. I expect him to be close to a full-go once he’s healthy, which means he’ll be a boom/bust WR3 with the potential to elevate to the top-15 discussion. He’s a good buy low right now.

Johnson did nothing in his Baltimore debut. Unlike Hopkins, I don’t expect a big leap in his second week. I am viewing Johnson as a must-hold receiver right now, but I’m not considering starting him in Week 10.

As always, you can find my projections for every position over at Sportsline.

Here is the rest of the Week 10 WR Preview:

Week 10 WR Preview

The following players are not being projected to play in Week 10 at this time. Here’s what it means:

• 21.3 — Nico Collins leads all wide receivers averaging 21.3 FPPG. If he’s active you’re starting him.
• 16.5 — CeeDee Lamb averaged 16.5 PPR FPPG in Cooper Rush’s five starts in 2022. If he’s active you’re starting him. 
• 6.4 — Michael Pittman is averaging a career-low 6.4 yards per target. He’s not healthy and he shouldn’t be a starter for you.
• 2.79 — Jauan Jennings is averaging 2.79 yards per route run. If he’s healthy coming out of the bye he’s a WR3 at worst.
• 9 — Jaxon Smith-Njigba has nine end zone targets this season, fourth amongst wide receivers this season.
• 51 — DeAndre Hopkins played 51 snaps in Week 9, a season-high. 

My full set of Week 9 Fantasy football projections for every position are now available on SportsLine. Find out which of my favorite plays are projected to score higher than consensus rankings and which don’t live up to their draft hype, at least in Week 9. Projected stats for all starting wide receivers are available, so be sure to find my projections for every position over at Sportsline.