The big story at quarterback for Week 10 is the fact that Dak Prescott is going to miss multiple weeks with a hamstring injury. Prescott is 97% rostered as of Tuesday morning and he was started in 60% of leagues in Week 10, so that makes a lot of teams looking for a streamer. To make matters worse, Jordan Love and Geno Smith are both on bye.
That likely means at least three teams are looking for a new starter this week, and in the waivers section below you'll find two quarterbacks that I rank inside the top 10 in my Week 10 projections, and are rostered in less than 60% of leagues. But your best option may be to go buy low on a guy who could be QB1 rest of season.
C.J. Stroud has had a very bad run. He's only thrown one touchdown pass in his last three games and he's only topped 200 yards passing in one of those games. For the season he's averaging 16.9 PPR FPPG, which ranks 21st at the position. But help is on the way. We're projecting a Week 10 return for Nico Collins, which gives Stroud an excellent chance to return to the top 12 in Fantasy.
Stroud was QB10 for the first four weeks of the season with a healthy Collins and led the league in passing yards per game as a rookie with a receiving corps that looked very similar to what he'll have down the stretch. Tank Dell, his number two, has looked healthier over the last couple of weeks and may finally be hitting his stride in his recovery from the broken leg he suffered last year. He also has three of the top five matchups for quarterbacks remaining on his schedule.
Stroud is rostered everywhere, but he was only started in 35% of leagues this past week, so there's a good chance the Fantasy manager who has him has the depth at the position to deal him. Offer a small improvement at another position or better yet some of your bench depth. The best should be yet to come.
Rodgers has a good chance to be a QB1 rest of season. He has one of the best wide receiver duos in the league and a pass-catching back that can take it to the house from anywhere. He's thrown multiple touchdown passes in four of his last five games and his passer rating has been over 110 in both of the games he's played with Davante Adams. I like him as a top-10 QB in Week 10 against the Cardinals.
I know picking on the Panthers didn't work last week, but once Chris Olave went down the Saints offense had to focus around Alvin Kamara. Even after holding Carr to 13 Fantasy points last week, the Panthers have still allowed the fourth-most Fantasy points to opposing QBs. Jones is coming off a 26-point performance and should continue his strong play against a bad defense.
Maye has the most difficult matchup for Qbs this week, but he's at home against the Rams in Week 11. He's rushed for at least 38 yards i three of his four starts and he showed earlier this season that he can take advantage of a good matchup when he faced the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The Saints defense has really struggled lately, giving up at least 23 points to each of their last six opponents and 26 or more to everyone but the Panthers. Cousins has been awesome when he's been protected and I don't see the current Saints defense as a unit that can make him uncomfortable.
I expect Daniels' roster rate will be held down because he's facing a Steelers defense that has held opponents to the second-fewest Fantasy points per game. I think that may have as much to do with their schedule as it does their defense and I want any opportunity I can to play a quarterback with Daniels weekly upside at a lower roster rate.
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Heath's projections
My full set of Week 10 Fantasy football projections for every position are now available on SportsLine. You'll find them here. 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 running backs are available, so be sure to check out the full set of projections at SportsLine.
