We’re halfway through the 2026 NFL regular season. That means we’re nearing the end of the 2026 fantasy football regular season.
Most standard leagues are headed into their final five weeks before playoffs begin. That means fake football managers across the world will be fine tuning their rosters to claim their shot at glory or fight their way out of the embarrassing consequences of last place. Tough decisions are coming. We’re here to try and make them a bit easier for you.
Hold, drop or trade is our weekly breakdown of the underperforming studs and overperforming sleepers who could be in for a sudden momentum change that could sink fantasy rosters or carry them to pretend sports Valhalla. I'm joined by our resident fantasy expert and Rhode Island
Scumbag Mike "Yaj" Boyajian to talk about six players who might have you cursing projected point totals on a weekly basis.
Who should you keep? Who should you bench? And who should you trade or drop, especially with the NFL trade deadline looming hours after we publish, just waiting to make us look like rubes?
Hopefully we can clear things up for you.
RB Alvin Kamara, New Orleans Saints
Christian: Trade. If no takers, bench. Kamara has some name value. Opportunity abounds in New Orleans as Audric Estime has taken over RB1 duties but has generally been an unreliable, small doses player in his budding career thus far. That means he can have some utility as a fill-in for bye weeks, but should in no way be the call over other, healthy backup running backs this year.
Yaj: Drop. He looks completely cashed. I actually utilized him on Sunday (got him as a throw-in in a trade and was a better option than Mike Washington Jr.) and regretted doing so immediately. Audric Estime was the featured back, and Kamara was nothing more than an afterthought. If you can trade him, go for it. If not, do yourself a favor and go pick up Estime in his place.
RB Derrick Henry, Baltimore Ravens
Christian: Bench, possibly for the rest of the season. A lot is riding on Jacoby Brissett right now. Henry has faced stacked boxes onat least 29 percent of his carries in four of his last five games. An ineffective passing game has done nothing to lighten his load. He’s done little to help out there as well; he’s had five targets and 13 total receiving yards the last four weeks.
Henry is still capable of big things, but he’s no longer a given to break through when defenses put eight or more men close to the line of scrimmage. Brissett could make his life easier. Or the Ravens could continue to plummet and Henry could cede playing time in an effort to keep him fresh into his mid-30s.
Yaj: Hold. I’m holding for at least another week to see what the offense looks like with Jacoby Brissett. If it continues to look the way it did leading up to Thursday, we have a bench situation on our hands. His value comes from his yards gained and touchdowns. There’s no saving grace for PPR players out there with his minuscule role in the passing offense.
RB Ashton Jeanty, Las Vegas Raiders
Christian: Trade. Jeanty was not Klint Kubiak’s first round pick. He clearly does not have his head coach’s trust. Even when he gets carries, he’s stuck in a timeshare and playing for a team that has trailed all 30 minutes of the second half of four of its last five games. The upside is his utility as a receiver; he had five catches against the Rams in Week 9. The downside is he turned that into -5 yards.
Fernando Mendoza’s presence could free him up for bigger things. Or it could give Kubiak a chance to test his belief in Mike Washington Jr. I’d prefer not to deal with all that.
Yaj: Trade/Bench. The run game as a whole in Las Vegas summed up in one word… eesh. The line looks like they couldn’t push an elevator button, never mind a defensive line back. He has clearly fallen out of grace with the coaching staff (that did NOT draft him).
I know we have been hearing the name Trent Richardson thrown around a lot lately. It’s totally warranted. We may have a Bust 2.0 on our hands. Someone else in the league may value him. Trade him if you can. If not, he’s heading to the bench.
WR Marvin Harrison Jr., Houston Texans
Christian: Drop. We’re back here, are we? Harrison’s 0.84 yards per route run (YPRR)ranks 97th out of 111 wide receivers to run at least 100 routes. That’s fifth-best among Texans wideouts and we’re not yet counting Tank Dell in that cohort. He’s only run 29 routes his last three games. While Houston’s shift to place him in the slot may be creating these growing pains, it may be fair to conclude that Harrison simply isn’t the guy we thought he’d be.
Yaj: Drop. The WR2 for the Texans seems to be Tank Dell. The WR3 is looking like Kayshon Boutte. See where I’m going with this?
We may have been misguided in our excitement for Marvin Harrison Jr’s career revival in Houston. If he’s not going to play a significant role in the offense, we don’t need to keep him on our rosters.
WR Xavier Worthy, Kansas City Chiefs
Christian: Drop. This is just a drop/stash situation after his hamstring injury, and I would have leaned toward getting rid of him for a waiver wire pickup even when healthy. His performance is inconsistent, his run after catch ability is weirdly limited for one of the fastest players in the league and he’s been put into a short yardage, run after catch situation in an offense that already has a player who does that better in Rashee Rice.
Yaj: Drop. The six-catch, 48-yard performance was nice on Sunday. The injured hamstring was not. He has one touchdown on the season on a receiver needy team. He really doesn’t play anything other than a complementary role, and now he’s hurt.
I have a sneaking suspicion Kansas City is going to make a move for a wideout. With Rashee Rice in the lineup, that would mean even less of a role for Worthy.
TE Juwan Johnson, New Orleans Saints
Christian: Drop. Johnson has 57 total receiving yards his last four games. He has seven targets in his last three. Jordyn Tyson is in the lineup now and Johnson has become a stream-only option.
Yaj: Hold/Drop. It was nice to see Johnson save his day with a touchdown against the Browns. That is the type of stat line to expect from a bye week/low end tight end option. If he is your starter, stick with him. If he’s your second tight end, drop him.
This article originally appeared on For The Win: Fantasy hold, drop or trade: What to do with Derrick Henry, Ashton Jeanty and more
