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IDP Waiver Wire Pickups: Week 10

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This list of IDP waiver wire pickups is sorted by position, and then by priorty.

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Dante Fowler, Edge, Washington Commanders

Time to acknowledge Fowler’s recent production.

The 30-year-old delivered Washington’s only 2 sacks in Sunday’s win over the Giants, and half of the team’s 4 total QB hits. That makes 6 sacks for Fowler over the past five games.

He remains a boom-bust prospect for sack/pressure-friendly leagues only. Sunday marked just the second time this year that Fowler has exceeded 2 total tackles in a game.

But a Week 10 matchup with the Steelers finds a QB (Russell Wilson), who took 4 sacks against the Giants his last time out.

It’s also worth noting that Fowler has played 48% of snaps or less in three straight games. That obviously hasn't kept him from being productive, but the fairly low rate adds to his volatility.

Just make sure you don’t overrate this veteran going forward.

Jack Gibbens, LB, Tennessee Titans

LB Jerome Baker was active for his second game with the Titans, but he still didn’t play a single snap. Instead, Gibbens played every snap for the second straight game in Sunday’s win over the Patriots.

Gibbens tallied a game-high 14 total tackles in that game, doubling his nearest teammate. That included just 5 solos, but also a half-sack and 2 tackles for loss.

Unfortunately, that came against the last remaining positive matchup for LB scoring on Tennessee’s schedule, according to our adjusted fantasy points allowed. But Week 11 holds the Chargers, who have supported at least one 8+ tackle LB for every opponent so far.

Trenton Simpson, LB, Baltimore Ravens

The second-year LB has seen his playing time jump way up over the past two weeks.

After five straight games of 67% snaps or less, Simpson played 96% in the Week 8 loss to Cleveland and then 97% in Sunday’s lopsided win over the Broncos.

The Denver matchup produced easily his best fantasy line so far this season:

• 9 tackles
• 7 solo
• 1 sack
• 1 pass breakup
• 2 tackles for loss

But Simpson has 4 tackles for loss over just his past three games after logging only one through the first six weeks. And his Pro Football Focus grades align with improving play that would motivate additional playing time.

He’s not a lock just yet, but there’s cross-category upside for the young guy going forward.

Christian Rozeboom, LB, Los Angeles Rams

Rozeboom delivered 11 tackles in Sunday’s win over the Seahawks, his second straight game of strong playing time since Troy Reeder landed on IR.

Next comes an upside matchup with the Dolphins. Miami heads into Week 10 as the top scoring matchup for LBs by our adjusted fantasy points allowed.

Much of that comes from the four games without Tua Tagovailoa. But Sunday found Bills LBs Dorian Williams and Terrel Bernard combining for 20 tackles against the Dolphins.

Tyrique Stevenson, CB, Chicago Bears

Stevenson began Sunday losing his starting job to Terell Smith. He finished it with a team-high 5 solo tackles (among 7 total). Stevenson also logged 2 of Chicago’s 3 passes defensed for the game.

That gives him 5 passes defensed over the past three games and his two largest tackle totals the past two weeks.

Week 10 holds a Patriots offense that presents the fourth-best DB scoring matchup on the slate.

We'll have to watch for word on Stevenson's role this week. But he's a second-year, second-round pick who has started 21 of 23 pro games and allowed just a 52% completion rate on 50 targets in his coverage this season, according to Pro Football Focus.

I'm guessing Chicago sat him last week to make a statement off his late-game antics at Washington -- rather than ushering in a true lineup shift.

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Matt Schauf, Editor

Matt has earned two Fantasy Pros accuracy awards for IDP rankings and won thousands of dollars as a player across best ball, dynasty, and high-stakes fantasy formats. He has been creating fantasy football content for more than 20 years, with work featured by Sporting News, Rotoworld, Athlon, Sirius XM, and others. He's been with Draft Sharks since 2011.