Fantasy football managers are always searching for timely moves to keep their rosters competitive. Sometimes, difficult decisions must be made to drop once-promising players as situations change.
The waiver wire offers opportunity, but also forces tough calls when production drops off. Discover which roster decisions you might be overlooking as you navigate your own fantasy football season.
Cut: JK Dobbins, Denver Broncos
Rostered: 65%
It had been such a great season for JK Dobbins serving as the Denver Broncos’ lead back. Now, it’s over.
Dobbins sustained a significant foot injury two weeks ago on an uncalled illegal hip drop tackle. The Broncos placed Dobbins on IR ahead of Week 11 and ruled him out for the remainder of the season.
There is some hope he might be able to play if Denver makes the Super Bowl, but that fact does not matter for fantasy purposes. Dobbins can be safely dropped.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Washington Commanders
Rostered: 76%
Amazingly, a seventh-round rookie who couldn’t earn a combine invite is not actually that good at football. Who could’ve seen that coming?
Jacory Croskey-Merritt had his chance to take hold of the Washington Commanders’ backfield. Instead, he followed up his stellar 27-point outing in Week 5 by failing to reach that number in every game since combined.
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Chris Rodriguez is the new starter and lead back. JCM still mixes in, but he’s merely there to ease the burden on Rodriguez. He has no fantasy value anymore.
Nick Chubb, Houston Texans
Rostered: 53%
Game script continues to play a huge factor in who sees the field in the Houston Texans’ backfield. Even though the Texans were victorious over the Jacksonville Jaguars two weeks ago, they fell behind early and were chasing on the scoreboard the entire game. That led to Woody Marks dominating with 60 snaps to Nick Chubb’s 10.
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Impressively, Chubb still managed 47 yards on just five carries. But the lack of playing time is concerning. And the fact remains that the rookie is a vastly superior player at this point in each of their respective careers.
Last week, the Texans struggled against the Tennessee Titans, but were never behind by more than one score. Even so, Chubb played just 25% of the snaps.
Chubb scored in Week 2 and Week 5. Outside of those two games, he’s failed to reach double-digit fantasy points in any contest. He hasn’t done nearly enough to justify a continued spot on fantasy rosters outside of deep leagues.
