Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups: Jacoby Ford and Other Week 9 Studs To Ignore

Stop overacting!

Just because a guy has one good week doesn’t mean he is suddenly the answer to all that ails your fantasy team.

Stay away from the following three players that are more flash in the pan than sure thing:

Jacoby Ford, WR, Oakland Raiders

The Raiders' passing game is in a weird place right now with the on-the-job training Carson Palmer is currently enduring.

Ford has been a forgotten man this season, failing to reach the 44-yard plateau in every game before Sunday’s 105-yard, one-touchdown performance.

The problem is, there are too many other options in front of them. Darrius Heyward-Bey has 50 targets, Denarius Moore has 47 and Darren McFadden and Michael Bush have a combined 37. Don’t forget former Palmer favorite T.J Houshmandzadeh is now in the mix as well.

Considering the Raiders have the third best rushing offense, there just isn’t enough touches to go around for Ford to consider him anything more than a extreme flex play.

Roy Helu, RB, Washington Redskins

I don’t think Helu is a very good player.

He only managed 41 yards on 10 carries in his first career start, but everyone is going crazy over his 105 yards through the air.

Don’t be fooled by that; he had 14 receptions on 17 targets thanks to the weak QB John Beck.

In other words, Helu gained 146 total yards on 27 plays where he was supposed to get the ball. That is not efficient by anybody’s standards. He hesitates too often in the backfield and doesn’t have the sort of body to absorb contact 25-plus times a game.

As Ryan Torain continues to get healthy, expect Helu to be demoted in the near future.

Remember, this is Mike Shanahan we are talking about, the cruelest coach to fantasy owners ever.

Ben Tate, RB, Houston Texans

The Texans backup may have cracked the 100-yard barrio alongside teammate Arian Foster, but that’s because the Texans were thrashing the Browns. Sure, he was playing in the first half, but the majority of his carries came with the game well in balance.

With games against perennial run-stoppers Jacksonville, Cincinnati and Atlanta coming up in the next month, expect Tate to only get a handful of carries.

It’s not worth starting a guy who is projected to collect about five to seven carries against stout defenses.