The fantasy football schedule is now into week 10 of the season after the Chicago Bears defeated the Green Bay Packers on Monday night football and with a number of injuries going down, some top free agent waiver wire players includes Jarrett Boykin, Chris Ivory, Andre Ellington, Eddie Royal and Jared Cook.
The Packers lost on Monday night football and while James Jones has returned to the lineup, Jarrett Boykin remains a solid free agent pickup in fantasy, especially with Randall Cobb still out and even with Aaron Rodgers getting hurt, the team will keep looking at Boykin. The Bears did a solid job on him on Monday night with just one target and one catch allowed for 15 yards, but the previous two weeks he was very productive and now even with Seneca Wallace, he could put up some big numbers for the team moving forward.
Boykin has been solid since stepping up with the injuries and he came off a game with five catches for 89 yards and the past three weeks he has 17 targets and that could be big for fantasy owners going forward. The team had won four straight and now that streak is snapped and Boykin should be solid going forward after he had that nice game of eight catches for 103 yards and a touchdown a few weeks ago and if Rodgers is out, he will need to step up.
Chris Ivory had a very solid day for the New York Jets against his old team in the New Orleans Saints with over 139 yards on the ground a touchdown and two weeks before he had over 100 yards as well. Ivory has been solid when he has been on the field for the Jets and over the past three games he has been the main back and while Bilal Powell has split carries with him, Ivory looks like the pick moving forward. Ivory had 104 yards against a tough Patriots team and now he has been the primary back, getting 34 carries in that game and 18 on Sunday and with the Jets winning, he will continue to get touches. The Jets will be on a bye week, but he is a good player to stash, as the team plays the Bills next in a good matchup for him.
Andre Ellington and Eddie Royal are solid pickups and the Cardinals running back has been very solid this season and he had a great game on Sunday, going for 154 yards and one touchdown while also getting two receptions. He had over 150 yards in the matchup and scored his second TD in three weeks and he looks like the primary back moving forward. Ellington is an explosive player and he should be getting plenty more carries moving forward and he was on double the amount of snaps as the next back.
Fantasy owners of Aaron Rodgers are likely scrambling for a solid backup option if they don't have one already, as Rodgers injured his shoulder and could miss some time. Even if he doesn't miss time, it's yet another injury on the offensive side if the ball along with Bryan Bulaga and Randall Cobb and the Packers must overcome this as well.