You’re waking up on Tuesday reading all that you can about the players that you should be picking up off the waiver wire as you prepare for Week 8 of fantasy football in 2019.
But it’s likely there aren’t as many things written about who you should be dropping to grab those players. That’s what this weekly column — keep ’em or dump ’em! — will hopefully answer for you: Some help in the debate over who you should keep or drop in order to improve your team.
This is turning into a HUGE week of waivers with some big name running backs injured, so hopefully we can help with your decisions over who to drop in order to get their backups.
QB Daniel Jones, New York Giants
Well he’s certainly come back to Earth after that incredible four-touchdown game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The rookie is going to turn the ball over a bunch, which negates whatever he brings running. His next few weeks include some plus matchups (the Lions and Jets), but there’s a bye week and some other tough games.
VERDICT: Drop him
RB Miles Sanders, Philadelphia Eagles
He’s carries the ball 18 times … in the past three games combined. WELP. The presence of Jordan Howard is holding him back. That said, he’s involved in the passing game, so sadly, you have to hold on to him for now.
VERDICT: Keep him
RB Kenyan Drake, Miami Dolphins
He’s been in this column before, and while I so badly want to drop him with Mark Walton on the rise and Kalen Ballage finding the end zone recently, you need to keep him this time around if he’s on your roster because … what if the tanking Dolphins trade him to an RB-needy contender?
VERDICT: Keep him
RB Rex Burkhead, New England Patriots
I keep holding out hope he’ll get involved again … but he can’t get healthy and the Pats’ offense is running just fine without him.
VERDICT: Drop him
WR Mohamed Sanu, Atlanta Falcons
There was a nice little stretch there during Weeks 3-5, but the veteran hasn’t seen a lot of volume since then with just six targets in the past two contests.
UPDATE: I literally just published this when I saw the report he had been traded to the Patriots. So we’re changing him to a “keep”:
VERDICT: Keep him
WR Mecole Hardman, Kansas City Chiefs
He’s now part of an offense run by Matt Moore for a few weeks and when Patrick Mahomes does return, he’ll have a bunch of brutal matchups down the stretch.
VERDICT: Drop him
WR Dante Pettis, San Francisco 49ers
Ugh. I picked him up with all those byes this week and hoped he’d build off a decent Week 6 (three catches, 45 yards). Alas.
VERDICT: Drop him
TE T.J. Hockenson, Detroit Lions
He’s a reminder that a star rookie at tight end might be one of the rarest things in all of football.
VERDICT: Drop him
