Patience is important, but clogging your fantasy football roster is a surefire way to miss out on value. You can use your valuable roster space on handcuff RBs, rookies waiting to break out, and high-upside players instead of these guys.
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Week 3 Players You Can Drop
All players are rostered in over 50% of Fantrax leagues
Fernando Mendoza – QB, Las Vegas Raiders
In most 1QB fantasy football leagues, there is absolutely no reason to roster Mendoza. Yet, the 1st overall pick is on a roster in 56% of Fantrax leagues. There’s a very good chance that Mendoza starts this year, but the Raiders are 2-0 under Kirk Cousins. While Cousins is not lighting the world on fire, he is doing enough so far. QB is a deep position, even in 14-team leagues. There are surely better options out there unless you have a ton of bench space. Don’t waste your time rostering Mendoza when his debut could be weeks away and the payoff may not be worth it.
Aaron Rodgers – QB, Pittsburgh Steelers
Rodgers is actually rostered in 48% of Fantrax leagues but there aren’t enough bad fantasy football QBs out there. Last season, Rodgers was able to put up multiple games of 20+ points. However, his lows were just too much to deal with. The future HOFer had eight games of 15 or fewer fantasy points and once again showed how low his floor can get. The Steelers offense may eventually improve under HC Mike McCarthy, but at this point, there isn’t a lot of upside starting Rodgers except for the rare games where he throws for 3+ TDs.
Tyrone Tracy Jr – RB, New York Giants
It’s hard to justify dropping most RBs. If someone is rostering them, they’re either a starter, a handcuff, or a decent player in a committee. Tracy looked like a solid handcuff to Cam Skattebo based on last year. However, the Giants showed something else last week. Skattebo was obviously the lead back, but Devin Singletary was his direct backup. Tracy only played two snaps which were two run plays. After two consecutive seasons of 200+ touches, the Giants gave up on Tracy in Week 1. Things can still change but fantasy managers may be better off grabbing a more concrete handcuff than someone who may have just been replaced.
Calvin Ridley & Travis Hunter – WR, Tennessee Titans & Jacksonville Jaguars
Both of these WRs were on last week’s article, but I wanted to bring them up again as they are still rostered in over 50% of Fantrax leagues. At best, these players project to be the WR3 on their respective offenses.
Even in a game where the Titans looked solid and put up points, Cam Ward only threw 20 times, did not eclipse 200 yards, and did not score a passing TD. Ridley was targeted twice, tied with Gunnar Helm and Tyjae Spears. Travis Hunter did not register a single target in Jacksonville’s loss to Denver. With the way things are going, Hunter looks like a better play in IDP leagues than traditional fantasy football leagues. You can safely cut both of them. I hope I don’t need to include them again next week.
Jalen McMillan – WR, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
This may be a bit pre-emptive. McMillan shined in his rookie year but missed most of his sophomore year due to injury. This year, McMillan also missed Week 1 but finally played against the Browns. While the Buccaneers were in a dogfight that kept them passing, McMillan only played 7 offensive routes. This could all be precautionary, but the WR room is starting to feel very claustrophobic.
Emeka Egbuka and Chris Godwin Jr. will continue to be the top dogs while Tez Johnson and Ted Hurst have emerged as decent weapons. Add in Cade Otton, Bucky Irving, and Kenneth Gainwell, and there are a lot of mouths to feed. If McMillan is legit, his playing time will increase, and he will naturally draw targets. However, he is a watch at best and a drop in smaller leagues for now. If you’re in a deeper league, he’s worth holding in case the team is just taking their time with him. However, he could show up again next week if there’s no significant change.
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