Lance Kendricks (TE, LA) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups

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ANALYSIS: I know Lance Kendricks is on bye this week, and I know that his name has been mentioned in this column two times over the past month.  All that aside, Kendricks remains one of the best options at tight end on many league waiver wires because of his production over the past month.  He has been targeted 27 times and has 19 receptions over the Rams’ last four contests and has now become the king of the eight-yard pass.

Los Angeles’ starting signal caller Case Keenum is in jeopardy of losing his job before President Obama does.  While Keenum has done a solid job finding Kendricks over the middle and in the flat, you would think that most quarterbacks could do better.  With Kendricks coming into his own as a big-bodied tight end who can box out defenders, a quarterback switch could bump his fantasy value up a notch.

Kendricks is no help to fantasy owners this week and will never win a gold medal in the 100-yard-dash at the Olympics.  But he has been a decent fantasy performer in recent weeks and could be even better if Keenum is replaced by another quarterback who could get the ball in Kendricks’ hands more often.