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Add for a job: Coleman, Tez Johnson and emergency cover

Late additions should solve a specific problem. These players do not offer the same kind of help.

Fantasy Homepage desk · · 2 min read

The call

Coleman for a spare bench place. Johnson for an empty receiver slot. Kiner only when you need deep emergency cover.

Full PPR; passing TD 4

Coleman is the longer look

If your starting lineup is complete, Jonah Coleman is the reserve to consider. Harvey's absence lasts multiple games, giving the opportunity time to become something more useful. Add him before a workload change becomes obvious, but leave an established starter in your lineup.

Cut a redundant fringe player rather than your only backup quarterback in superflex. A stash is useful only if the rest of the roster can afford to wait. If you need a running back today, this claim should not stop you finding someone with an existing job.

Johnson addresses a different problem

Tampa Bay's depth-chart review identifies Tez Johnson as the main beneficiary of Egbuka's missing snaps in the previous game. Egbuka is out again. Johnson therefore has a more specific immediate receiving case than a generic promise of future potential.

Use him as a deeper receiver or flex fallback when the alternative is an empty slot or a player without a credible route to the field. Don't turn the available snaps into an invented target guarantee. A player can have a useful role in an offence that still chooses to run.

Kiner is emergency cover

Corey Kiner is a much deeper option with Henderson unavailable. Stevenson remains the preferred New England back. If you add Kiner, know whether you are covering a late setback, filling an unusually deep lineup or simply using a spare bench place. Those are different reasons to roster him.

In Seattle, roster Zach Charbonnet if he was left available, but don't collect every runner in the room. Jadarian Price still needs activation and Emanuel Wilson faces returning competition. One uncertain backfield should not occupy all the bench places you need for the next round of byes.

Finish the roster before claiming another project

Check the team schedules and your next two lineups before dropping cover. Keep an eligible later player available for any unresolved injury. An upside claim that forces a zero elsewhere has not improved the team.

Availability depends on your league: this list makes no claim about ownership percentages or where these players remain unrostered.

Flip it if

A confirmed starting assignment would move a stash into the lineup discussion. If your roster needs a starter immediately, prioritise an established job over every speculative addition here.

Sources: Broncos: Harvey IR, Buccaneers: Week 8 depth-chart review, Buccaneers: Egbuka out, Patriots: backfield roster update, Seahawks: running backs return.