Mychal Rivera (TE, OAK) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Most Leagues for Week 10

OWNED IN: 26% of Fleaflicker Leagues

ANALYSIS: Mychal Rivera is perhaps the hottest tight end in football over the past two weeks, and is one of our favorite sleepers and waiver wire streamers for Week 10. Derek Carr is coming into his own and is beginning to trust the second-year player, targeting him 20 times over that span. Two of those targets in Week 9 at Seattle were turned into the first and second touchdowns of the season for Rivera. He is an intriguing play in Week 10 against a Denver defense that just allowed 105 yards and a touchdown to Rob Gronkowski. With guys like Gronk, Antonio Gates, Dwyane Allen and Jordan Reed on bye, Rivera becomes a low end TE1 streamer for this week. For the rest of the season, he is a legitimate backup to stash in case of injury. However, as is the case in Week 10, there will also be times going forward where he will slide back into the TE1 mix with favorable matchups. Therefore, he deserves to be owned in more than 26% of Fleaflicker leagues, especially in PPR formats.