Dontayvion

Wicks

At this point, fantasy managers should expect Wicks to take the field next in Week 11, following the Eagles’ Week 10 bye. He does not need to be held on 12-team rosters at this time.

Wicks hasn’t played or practiced since Week 6. It doesn’t look like he has much of a shot at suiting up this week. With a Week 10 bye up next, fantasy managers in even the deepest of leagues can cut Wicks loose.

He didn’t practice all week and has not practiced since the build up to Week 6. As with colleague DeVonta Smith, Wicks enters next week questionable to play and with the Eagles having a Week 10 bye, we wouldn’t be surprised if Wicks sat that game out as well.

Wicks has not practiced since before Week 6’s loss to the Panthers and should be seen as doubtful heading into Friday’s practice session. We’d be surprised if he played in Week 8.

Both Smith and Dontayvion Wicks (ankle) were estimated DNPs for the Eagles’ walkthrough. Both players missed Week 7 against the Cowboys and start off on the wrong side of questionable to open Week 8. Smith and Wicks will need to at least get a limited practice session in before they can be considered as potential fantasy options against the Commanders. With Britain Covey (knee) also DNP, the receiving corps is sparse. If neither can go, Darius Cooper and Hollywood Brown get a boost from the WR group while TE Dallas Goedert becomes the No. 1 pass-catcher in the Eagles offense.

With DeVonta Smith (hamstring) also sidelined, life will not be easy for Tanner McKee on Monday evening, even in a plus matchup. Wicks drew some summer hype as a well-paid reclamation project for the Eagles, but he has caught more than three passes only two times all season and has not reached 70 yards since Week 2. He is a poor hold in 12-team leagues with five-man benches.

The Eagles will be without their top two receivers but got good news Saturday with the removal of Dallas Goedert from the injury report. Saquon Barkley is listed as questionable and appears to be a true game-time decision. Considering the low involvement of the backfield in the pass game this season, Goedert stands to benefit the most from the absences at wide receiver. He can be started as an upside TE1 in a solid on-paper matchup against the Cowboys.

Wicks has been banged up for weeks, and the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Jeff McLane said Wicks might miss the Eagles’ Week 7 game against the Cowboys. Hopefully, he resumes practicing tomorrow. Stay tuned.

Wicks swaps out his multi-week hamstring injury for an ankle injury. He managed to play through it in Week 6 against the Panthers after meeting with the training staff. We expect him to face the Cowboys on Monday night, but he is just a boom-bust FLEX.

Wicks wasn’t much of a factor in this one. Tanner McKee seemed far more comfortable throwing to DeVonta Smith and Dallas Goedert, which left few targets for Wicks. Initial reports have Wicks playing on 40 of the team’s 64 snaps and running a route on 32 of their 52 dropbacks, which was actually fewer than Makai Lemon and only five more than Darius Cooper. Some of that could be because Wicks grabbed at his ankle and left the field after a tackle in the second half. He was able to return to the game later in the half, but he missed a few plays while being tended to by trainers. With McKee at quarterback, it’s hard to trust Wicks in fantasy, regardless of matchup.