Justin Fields (QB, CHI) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 9

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+Team Leagues

ROSTERED IN: 41% of Leagues

ANALYSIS:  There is only one more game in Chicago's schedule before the Bears get to enjoy their bye week. Can Justin Fields improve his prior fantasy score one more time, as it's been the case for the last five weeks in a row? You read that right: starting in Week 4, Fields has been able to steadily improve his FP tally for five consecutive games ending with a season-high 26 FP score this past Sunday at Dallas.

Fields started the year nicely putting up 14.6 FP on his resume but then tanked his way to QB28 and QB31 finishes in the next two games. That Week 3 outing (4.9 FP) served as a near-ground-level baseline for him to improve upon, and that's what he's been doing for more than a month. Fields has gone from 4.9 to 10.2, 15.0, 18.4, 20.4, and lastly 26.0 FP in the past bunch of weeks.

This past Sunday, even though Fields only completed 17 passes for 151 yards, the sophomore QB went to sleep as the QB4 of the slate pending MNF. He did so after throwing a couple of touchdowns, scoring another one on the ground, and rushing the rock 8 times for 60 yards. It's the second week in a row for Fields scoring a rushing touchdown (three total over the full season) and the fourth in which he's passed for at least one touchdown.

Keep waiting if you wish, but it's now been three weeks into the top-16 for Fields and three consecutive games with the second-year QB closing weekends into the top-10 at the position.

The passing numbers/volume might not be the most appealing out there, but the rushing upside is incredible  (six weeks straight with 47+ rushing yards: last three at 60+) and Fields is most definitely a 12-teamer starter at the very least.

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