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10 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets Heading Into Week 6

Jacob Gibbs  —  @jagibbs_23 Oct 10th, 2016
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Matt Asiata, RB, Minnesota Vikings

ESPN Ownership: 15.4%
Yahoo Ownership: 16%

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry that it's 2016 and we still have to talk about Matt Asiata in fantasy football. Yet, here we are, watching helplessly as Asiata vultures touchdowns from a more talented back, ruining our Sundays.

Despite the fact that he runs like a 40-year-old chasing his mischievous kid at a birthday party, head coach Mike Zimmer is forcing our hand and "making Asiata great again," giving him 14 carries this Sunday and force-feeding him on the goal line. He's scored a short-yardage touchdown in back to back games and appears to be the clear favorite for short-yardage work, ahead of Jerick McKinnon.

You're never going to feel good about deploying Asiata in fantasy, but he does have standalone value in deeper leagues as the short-yardage back for a team that should be spending a decent amount of time playing conservatively while protecting a lead. If anything were to happen to McKinnon, Asiata would become a weekly option.

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