Week 2 Fantasy Football Drop Candidates: Kirk Cousins, Khalil Herbert, Curtis Samuel, Cole Kmet and More
All of these players should be dropped from your roster this week or at the very least you should consider dropping them.
Players to Drop
Quarterbacks
Deshaun Watson, Cleveland Browns
It's time to give up on Watson and the idea that he will ever be the guy who struck fear in the hearts of defenses when he was in Houston. We don't know what happened to his ability to play football, but it no longer exists. Whether this is a mental issue or a space jam-style heist of his talents doesn't really matter at this point because he's not useful to either the Browns or your fantasy team regardless.
It's time to cast him off to the waiver wire and you should be very worried about any of his weapons as well. All we can hope for now is for Jameis Winston to save the day in Cleveland.
Kirk Cousins, Atlanta Falcons
We are less bullish when it comes to dropping Cousins, but we also aren't against it after watching him play in Week 1. He looked horrendous and we may not be far from a quarterback controversy in Atlanta. However, he was up against a brutal Pittsburgh Steelers defense so it's not unreasonable to give him one more week if you truly believe in him. Moving on is an equally reasonable option as well.
Running Backs
Khalil Herbert, Chicago Bears
For weeks we have heard rumblings that Herbert and Roschon Johnson were going to be a bigger part of the Bears' offense than people are expecting. Turns out that wasn't the case at all. D'Andre Swift played 70% of the snaps while Herbert was only in for 11%. Johnson was a healthy scratch.
To make matters worse, Travis Homer played 20% of the snaps and Khari Blasingame 13%. Herbert is a non-factor who can be safely dropped, as well as Johnson.
Kimani Vidal, Los Angeles Chargers
The rookie running back was always a long shot to carve out a role in this offense and wasn't even a lock to make the team. After being a healthy scratch in Week 1, he watched J.K. Dobbins and Gus Edwards cement their roles as the RB1a and RB1b in their backfield.
Dobbins was by far the best back in Week 1, but the team stated they would use a hot-hand approach and that's exactly what they appeared to do. We can only assume they will do the same moving forward unless Dobbins quite literally runs away with the job. Whether it ends up being Dobbins or Edwards, we know it isn't going to be Vidal anytime soon.
Wide Receivers
Curtis Samuel, Buffalo Bills
Every year we hear Curtis Samuel hype all summer and once again he is an afterthought. Surely, he will have a three-week span at some point where he'll be productive before fading back into obscurity, but you'd be smart not to hold him for that fleeting moment.
It was clear that Keon Coleman and Mack Hollins are the top outside wideouts in Buffalo with Khalil Shakir locking down the slot job. Samuel will be an unpredictable gadget guy who has no business anywhere near your fantasy lineup.
Dontayvion Wicks, Green Bay Packers
Wicks looked bad on Friday Night Football, dropping multiple easy passes as he ran as the clear WR4. Not only that, but the Packers will now likely be starting Malik Willis for at least three weeks. We aren't sure it's a good idea to start any pass-catcher in Green Bay while Jordan Love is sidelined, let alone a shaky WR4.
This was a guy who we all knew could be a non-factor and now he's looking like a non-factor in an offense that will be temporarily led by the worst starting QB in the league.
Darnell Mooney, Atlanta Falcons
Cousins and the Falcons' passing attack looked awful in Week 1 to the point that fantasy owners are panicking about Drake London. If we aren't even sure this offense can sustain one fantasy viable wideout, then there is no reason to hold on to Mooney, who has been an overall fantasy disappointment for years.
The hope was that this offense would be so explosive that multiple wideouts would be piling up numbers and fantasy points. That doesn't look to be the case and it's safe to move on from Mooney.
Jerry Jeudy, Cleveland Browns
Anyone who has ever owned Jeudy in the past surely didn't draft him this season because he's been essentially useless his whole career. However, there were still some owners out there who had to learn their lesson and gave him a shot this season.
They thought the quarterback play has been so bad in Denver so it wasn't his fault. Guess what? The quarterback play may be even worse in Cleveland and now he's already banged up as he is so often. This is a bad player with a bad quarterback who can't stay healthy. You never should have drafted him, but if you did, you need to cut him loose now.
Tight Ends
Cole Kmet, Chicago Bears
What we saw in the preseason came to fruition for Kmet in Week 1. Gerald Everett both out-snapped him and ran more routes. This was a passing attack that already had too many mouths to feed and now he is running as the lesser-volume tight end in a split role.
On top of that, Caleb Williams didn't look great in his NFL debut and is going to take some time to get up to speed as a pro quarterback. This is a bad situation for both Kmet and, if you keep him, your fantasy team.
Luke Musgrave, Green Bay Packers
Musgrave was a distant TE2 to Tucker Kraft in Week 1. Kraft out-snapped him 64-17 and ran 22 more routes. Neither tight end was particularly productive, but Musgrave didn't catch a single pass. He can safely be cast off to the waiver wire. No one needs the TE2 and seventh passing option in a Malik Willis-led offense.
