Dennis Pitta (TE, BAL) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

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ANALYSIS: Dennis Pitta had not scored a touchdown since 2013 and had only one multi-touchdown game to his credit during his entering the NFL in 2010, so it made perfect sense for him to catch two touchdown tosses from Joe Flacco against Miami’s ninth-ranked pass defense this past weekend. Fantasy football is predictably unpredictable.

While we should not rush out and proclaim Pitta as the man who will save your season if you are unfortunate enough to have the aforementioned Gronkowski as the cornerstone of your fantasy franchise, Pitta has to be ranked as one of the best options on many waiver wires at this juncture.  His nine-catch, 90-yard, two-TD eruption might be a foreshadowing that he is as healthy as he has been in years and that he and Flacco are finally on the same page in the red zone.

Baltimore’s remaining schedule is daunting with three out of its last four games on the road and with New England and Pittsburgh slated as two of its opponents. The good news, though, is that maybe that means more fourth-quarter passing for Flacco and more garbage-time yards for Pitta.