The Houston Texans suffered an enormous blow to their 2024 playoff probabilities in Week 8 as Stefon Diggs tore his ACL within the workforce’s 23-20 win over the Indianapolis Colts. The workforce didn’t instantly announce the information, however head coach DeMeco Ryans spoke to the loss on Tuesday.
In his first season with the Texans, Diggs was off to a stable begin via eight video games. He had caught 47 passes for 496 yards and three touchdowns. It was good for fifteenth in common factors per week and he was a key contributor to fantasy soccer rosters.
For dynasty leagues, he’s somebody you’ll grasp on to and place in your injured reserve when you have area. For re-draft leagues, you’ll be able to instantly launch him or in any other case use him as a drop for an upcoming waiver wire pickup.
Who ought to I change Stefon Diggs with via the waiver wire?
Tank Dell takes over because the Texans No. 1 receiver in the interim. He’s rostered in 91% of Yahoo! leagues so he can be a commerce goal quite than a waivers goal. Nico Collins is predicted again within the subsequent couple weeks, however he’s rostered in 99% of leagues, so he too won’t be accessible.
It’s a large drop from there as their remaining notable receivers are Xavier Hutchinson, Robert Woods, and John Metchie III. These three have a mixed 14 receptions for 146 yards and no touchdowns. None is value a waiver addition at this level.
Outdoors the Texans, there are some notable fantasy choices. Indianapolis Colts huge receiver Josh Downs ranks eleventh amongst fantasy huge receivers over his previous 4 weeks. He’s rostered in solely 47% of leagues. Darius Slayton is having a surprisingly stable run over the previous 4 weeks, rating 14th and solely rostered in 13% of leagues. Radhod Bateman and Keon Coleman rank sixteenth and seventeenth, respectively. Bateman is rostered in 445 of leagues whereas Coleman is rostered in 42% of leagues.
