5 Players You Can Drop After Week 7

​Carlos Hyde, RB, Jacksonville Jaguars

ESPN Ownership: 90%
Yahoo! Ownership: 86%

I’m excited for this one. Not once this year have I gotten the chance to recommend dropping a player rostered in over 85 percent of leagues on two major sites, but that’s the opportunity I’ve been given with running back Carlos Hyde, the newest member of the Jacksonville Jaguars.

This week, Hyde was traded to the Jaguars to help mend their ailing backfield, and while he’ll make a fine addition for the purposes of real-life football, this is a rough move for fantasy players. Hyde goes from the undisputed top running back on the Cleveland Browns to a short-term starter for Jacksonville, who go on bye the week after next. At that point, the Jags expect Leonard Fournette to return from injury and resume his position atop the depth chart.

You might think, though: if Hyde is the starter for now, doesn’t that just mean he’ll be the second-string back when Fournette returns? That role has value, right? Wrong. Hyde will possibly drop to third on the depth chart, because of T.J. Yeldon, who is a much better receiving back than Hyde. In fact, 2018 has seen Hyde’s fewest targets per game since 2015. Even as the lead rushing back for the Browns, Hyde was churning out just 3.4 yards per carry. Much of his fantasy value was coming from his 4.4 percent touchdown rate -- an unsustainable mark and one much higher than his career scoring rate (3.4 percent).

If Hyde is even active this coming week, you have a possible fantasy starter for one game, and maybe only one game alone. Trade him before his value bottoms out, or drop him if you can’t.