Four more teams are on bye this week. That will send many fantasy managers scrambling to the waiver wire to look for replacements. Our Fantasy Football Sleepers: Week 10 will help you find high-upside options to start.
Whether it is as a bye-week replacement or longer, here are some Fantasy Football Sleepers Week 10 to consider.
Week 9 Byes: Ravens, Bengals, Patriots, Jets
Quarterbacks
Trevor Lawrence – Jacksonville Jaguars
This might come as a surprise but Lawrence enters Week 10 as an overall QB1. Despite being hurt by a league-worst 19 drops, Lawrence has shown big improvements as a sophomore. There have been no “dud” games by the sophomore this season, but Week 10 offers up the potential for another top-10 outing. Jacksonville travels to Kansas City this week in a game that has the highest over/under for Week 10. Garbage time production counts, so even if the 9.5-point underdog Jaguars are trailing big, Lawrence should get plenty of opportunities to rack up production.
Jacoby Brissett – Cleveland Browns
Brissett’s time as Cleveland’s starter is limited, but he’s played reasonably well. In fact, Brissett enters Week 10 as the QB18 overall. Of course, Brissett has only produced nine total touchdowns in eight starts but he is a candidate to produce multiple scores this week. Cleveland travels to Miami to take on a Dolphins defense that surrenders the most fantasy points to opposing passers. Miami has allowed 300-plus passing yards and/or multiple touchdowns in 6-of-9 games. Plus, at 49 points, this game has the second-highest over/under on the slate.
Running Backs
Antonio Gibson – Washington Commanders
The Commanders are 11-point underdogs on Monday. That’s a game script that favors Gibson and the passing attack. Gibson has comfortably out-snapped Brian Robinson in the past two games. Additionally, Robinson’s 3.3% target share is substantially behind Gibson’s 13.8% mark. With J.D. McKissic expected to miss another week, Gibson looks like a good bet for 40-50% of Washington’s rushes and nearly all of their backfield targets in Philadelphia.
Devin Singletary – Buffalo Bills
We still don’t know the status of QB Josh Allen. It’s entirely possible Allen could sit this week, or, at the very least, be limited. Regardless, it feels like a game where the Bills will try to protect their MVP signal-caller. That should mean a larger dose of hand-offs. Singletary is still dominating snaps out of the backfield, boasting a 71% snap share so far in 2022. Singletary also leads Buffalo’s back in target share (12%) and rush share (41%.) Snow is also a possibility this week which only increases Singletary’s odds of racking up touches against the Vikings.
Jerick McKinnon – Kansas City Chiefs
McKinnon quietly led the Chiefs in snaps again last week. He also enters Week 10 with 25 targets on the season. That is more than Kareem Hunt and Dameon Pierce. This week, the Chiefs are looking at a potential shootout with the Jaguars. Jacksonville has surrendered a league-high 60 receptions to running backs. McKinnons’ 8% target share leads KC’s backfield and indicates he’ll get plenty of opportunities in Week 10.
Wide Receivers
Josh Palmer – Los Angeles Chargers
In his last two games acting as LA’s de facto No. 1 receiver, Palmer has snagged 17-of-22 targets. Although a matchup with San Francisco seems intimidating, the banged-up 49ers’ secondary has allowed the 11th-most fantasy points to enemy wideouts. Palmer looks like a good bet to see double-digit targets in a contest that offers up the fourth-highest over/under for the week.
George Pickens – Pittsburgh Steelers
Pickens has topped 14-plus PPR points in three of the five games since Kenny Pickett took over as the starter. That occurred in Week 4, and in that period Pickens actually leads the Steelers with a 32% target share. Plus, with Chase Claypool now in Chicago, Pickens should continue to be heavily utilized against a depleted Saints secondary that will be missing Marshon Lattimore. New Orleans has allowed a wideout to top 90 yards in five of their last seven games.
Keelan Cole – Las Vegas Raiders
Here is a desperation play. Hunter Renfrow (oblique) is on IR, and Keelan Cole will step in as the club’s slot receiver. Vegas will also be without TE Darren Waller, which puts Cole in a further position to see a respectable amount of targets for the next month. Although facing the Colts’ secondary isn’t ideal, Cole will be covered by the weak link of that unit, slot corner Kenny Moore. Moore has allowed the 11th-most receptions and yards to slot receivers and cedes a 114.6 QB Rating when targeted.
Tight Ends
Tyler Higbee – Los Angeles Rams
Higbee has really struggled over his last three, accumulating all of three grabs and 22 yards. However, Week 10 offers up a scintillating ‘get right’ game. No team has allowed more fantasy points to tight ends than Arizona. Higbee has recorded 3-plus receptions in each of his last four versus the Cardinals. Also, the Rams may be trotting out a backup quarterback, which could see Higbee acting as even more of a safety outlet.