Fantasy Football: 5 Players You Can Drop After Week 3
Mike Wallace, WR, Baltimore Ravens
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Mike Wallace was a popular offseason pick to blow his average draft position, as an 11th round pick in 12-team PPR leagues, out of the water. Instead, if you're still starting him moving forward, he's going to blow your team out of playoff contention.
On paper, it seemed like the Baltimore Ravens had enough firepower to support at least two viable fantasy receivers headed into 2017, even with the team signing Jeremy Maclin. Joe Flacco threw the ball an incredible 672 times in 2016. Breshad Perriman hadn't accumulated any meaningful production in his first two years in the league and Wallace himself developed a rapport with Flacco last season, garnering a respectable 116 targets.
But things are looking rough so far in 2017, with Wallace only garnering an average of three targets per game while posting a combined 3 catches for 21 yards. Wallace currently sits behind Maclin and running back Javorius Allen in targets thus far on the season.
He also has three fewer targets than 36-year-old tight end Benjamin Watson, who is in the middle of a comeback tour after rupturing his achilles prior to the 2016 season.
At this point, starting Wallace is pure negligence, because he's the fourth option in the passing game on a bad offense. If you can, grab Marqise Lee off waivers and drop Wallace with the quickness.
