Waiver Wire Week 11: Isiah Pacheco, Juwan Johnson Highlight Pickups to Know

Two of last week's waiver targets, Rachaad White and Cole Kmet, may have ascended. The former received a lion's share of carries (22, which he turned into 105 yards) and the latter scored two touchdowns for a second consecutive week.

While both are now rostered in over one-third of fantasy leagues (per FantasyPros), Week 10 has brought some new fantasy free agents into the mix. If White (34.2 percent rostered) and Kmet (48.8 percent) are unavailable, consider the following three candidates: Isiah Pacheco (23.6 percent), Juwan Johnson (10.1 percent) and Nick Westbrook-Ikhine (0.7 percent).

Each occupying a different position, they all provide varying degrees of floor and ceiling, but stick out as the most intriguing names prior to Monday Night Football.

A few weeks back, the Pacheco moment seemed upon us as managers scrambled to pick him up after Ian Rapoport reported that the rookie back would be taking over as Kansas City's starter.

Two weeks (and a combined five fantasy points in half-point-per-reception leagues) later, Pacheco's rostered percentage has fallen back to earth. And, of course, the rollercoaster continues and he now leads Week 10's waiver targets despite only posting 6.2 fantasy points against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

While the scoring may not have been impressive and the rookie did cough up a fumble in the red zone, Pacheco was finally the clear Chiefs RB1 this week. He received 16 carries on the day (his most all season), no other back rushed more than once and, most importantly, Andy Reid went straight back to him after the fumble.

It's a crowded backfield and there's always potential for Pacheco to cede opportunities (especially pass-catching) to Clyde Edwards-Helaire and Jerick McKinnon, but you can't ignore Week 10's carry splits. If he continues to get this percentage of work (or even close to it) on such a high-powered offense, he'll be an exciting option for fantasy lineups.

With Week 10's final game yet to play, Johnson has quietly delivered yet another week as a top-five tight end in fantasy—his third in the past four weeks. The target volume hasn't been inspiring, but the 6'4" pass-catcher did score his fourth touchdown in that four-game span while pacing the Saints in targets (7), catches (5), yards (44) and touchdowns (1) this week.

Over the past four weeks, Johnson has scored 17.7, 2.4, 11.2 and 12.9 fantasy points. Likely unexciting for most fantasy positions, those are eye-catching numbers for a tight end.

Moving forward, managers who are struggling at his position end could do much worse than taking a shot on Johnson. His floor is no lower than the majority of his peers and there's a chance that he is actually joining Chris Olave and Alvin Kamara among the Saints' top targets.

As speculative an add as they come, Westbrook-Ikhine is rostered in just 0.7 percent of leagues for a reason. Prior to Week 10, the third-year wideout had a grand total of 15 targets this season, which converted into seven catches for 138 yards.

Against the Denver Broncos, though, NWI saw eight targets (double his season-high) for five catches, 119 yards and two touchdowns.

This game could have easily been a matter of spontaneity. In all likelihood, it was. But the Titans have been desperate for receivers all season and, on the off chance that Westbrook-Ikhine is truly taking up that mantle, the opportunity will be there. If you have a spare spot on your roster, there's no harm in putting him on your bench and seeing what the target percentage is like on Thursday against the Green Bay Packers. If this was a blip and he returns to being completely uninvolved, you can just cycle him out for another upside-free agent before Sunday.