Dynasty Waivers Of The Future: Week 14

The lowlights of Week 13 were Christian McCaffrey's injury and Kirk Cousins's performance. Those developments are the primary drivers as we examine available waiver options. 

This article will discuss deep league waiver additions, focusing on Dynasty league formats. 

Players will fall into four primary categories: 

• Short-term Starters - Players capable of providing immediate production in deep leagues. 
• Proactive Pickups - Players who need the depth chart to be clear before them but are more available than other players in a similar role. 
• Deep Darts - Speculative players who have a chance at value.
• Dynasty Buys - Players whose values have changed, and the market may not have caught up.

Quarterback

Proactive Pickups

Michael Penix Jr., Atlanta (90% Sleeper rostered)

A month ago, the Falcons sat at 6-3 with a three-game lead on the Buccaneers in the loss column and two head-to-head wins. 

Now?

Current Vegas lines have the Falcons in second place after Week 14, with Atlanta traveling to 10-2 Minnesota and the Bucs hosting the 2-10 Raiders. 

Cousins is coming off the worst game of his career, a four-interception 17-13 loss to the Chargers that the Falcons would likely win if they had simply run the ball every play. Cousins has yet to throw a touchdown pass since Week 9. Given his contract and profile, the idea of benching him would be crazy. Plenty of ink has been spilled to show the Falcons selecting Penix in the Top 10 of last April's draft to show this situation is anything but ordinary. 

There has been no indication this move could happen, and Penix is likely rostered in Dynasty leagues with any level of depth. Still, his value could be dramatically different next week. 

Joshua Dobbs, San Francisco (90% Sleeper rostered)

We have no idea how much of the 49ers' lack of a passing game in Week 13 was due to the weather in Buffalo and how much was due to the shoulder injury that cost Purdy in Week 12. We do know the production was poor. We also know Brandon Allen was inactive, with Dobbs as the backup quarterback. 

Allen struggled against Green Bay in his Week 12 spot start. A hand injury that had avoided the injury report was revealed during that broadcast. 

The 49ers lost Christian McCaffrey and his backup, Jordan Mason, for the season in Week 13. They sit two games back of Seattle in the NFC West. The 49ers' schedule breaks well relative to Seattle, with a Lions team that could have little motivation, the only current playoff team in their final five games. Seattle still plays Green Bay and Minnesota. It is too early for anything too drastic. But if the playoffs are off the table, it would be unlikely to expect the team to continue to play their franchise quarterback through an injury to his throwing shoulder.