The injury bug has really hit in Week 3, with players like David Montgomery, Dalvin Cook, and Mac Jones all getting injured.
We also have some wide receivers I would be paying attention to if I were you. It was an exciting football week where many people we thought would produce are turning out to give us average fantasy numbers at best, and other people are coming out of the woodwork.
NOTE: If you are new here, this column refers to players rostered in under 50% of Yahoo, ESPN, and Sleeper Leagues.
Moving into Week 4, the highest priority people I would have on waivers are Khalil Herbert (49% Yahoo) and Alexander Mattison (55% Yahoo). If one of these guys is available in your league, they are the top 2 waiver wire additions. Herbert meets the qualifications for this article, so that I will write about him.
Quarterbacks
Trevor Lawrence
Lawrence was written about in the column last week as someone you may want to consider. In Week 3, Lawrence threw for 262 yards and three touchdowns. We do need to pay attention to him now. I would make the add if you need a quarterback and he is available. He is currently a top 10 QB in fantasy, although next week he will get tested against the Eagles
58% rostered on Yahoo
50% rostered on ESPN
50% rostered on Sleeper
10% Free Agent Budget
Jarod Goff
I may have written about him just about every week in this column. He wasn’t great in Week 3, with only 277 yards and 1 TD. But he will most likely get you 250 and 2 touchdowns weekly—currently the QB11 on the year in fantasy scoring.
45% rostered on Yahoo
29% rostered on ESPN
46% rostered on Sleeper
10% Free Agent Budget
Marcus Mariota
He was quietly providing some middle-of-the-road value at QB. Mariota has two touchdowns in each of the past two weeks. He always brings some value by being a threat to run the ball. If you have a need, he can get you some value at the very least. He is currently the QB13 on the season in standard scoring.
22% rostered on Yahoo
21% rostered on ESPN
33% rostered on Sleeper
10% Free Agent Budget
Other quarterbacks to consider if you are desperate:
- Jacoby Brissett – 220 yards 2 TDs, Falcons up next
- Brian Hoyer – in 2 QB Leagues
Running Backs
Khalil Herbert
With David Montgomery injured, Herbert is the clear top priority for the waiver wire. Twenty-two total touches in Week 3. Those touches netted him 169 total yards and two touchdowns. On Monday morning, Herbert was the highest-scoring running back for Week 3. He looks explosive; the Bears want to run, as evident by the league’s lowest number of passes thrown and completed. Everything says plug me in your lineup.
49% rostered on Yahoo
3% on ESPN
48% on Sleeper
25% Free Agent Budget
J.D. McKissic
McKissic was in this article last week as part of other running back you may want to add. If you are playing PPR, he is a good bye week fill-in. He has, at the least, three carries in each game this season; he had six receptions on nine targets for 32 yards in Week 3. That was a 21% target share, most likely game scripted because the Commanders were down big to the Eagles. The Commanders should be down big often.
26% rostered on Yahoo
4% on ESPN
40% on Sleeper
5% Free Agent Budget
Samaje Perine
It appears Joe Mixon got hurt during the game. Perine posted 61 total yards and a touchdown on 11 touches. He will be a decent addition if Mixon is to miss time. I do not know the extent of Mixon’s injury right now. I will make Perine a speculative addition where I can. You may want to do that as well
6% rostered on Yahoo
3% on ESPN
9% on Sleeper
10% Free Agent Budget
Other running backs to consider if you are desperate:
- Dontrell Hilliard – 14 yards rushing, one reception for 30 yards
- Mark Ingram – 18 yards and TD
- Jamaal Williams – 107 total yards and 2 TDs
Wide Receivers
Mack Hollins
In the past two weeks, Hollins has seen 18 targets. He has turned that into 13 receptions for 224 yards and a touchdown. In Week 3, he tied Devante Adams for the lead in Raiders targets with 10, which is a 23% target share. Hollins is involved and producing.
2% rostered on Yahoo
1% on ESPN
3% on Sleeper
10% Free Agent Budget
Greg Dortch
I wrote about him last in this column. I talked about him on podcasts as someone that would produce in Week 3 big time. He has ten targets for nine receptions and 80 yards in Week 3. He is putting up WR2 numbers week in and week out. Targets have gone up because he catches everything thrown his way. DORTCH will SCORCH.
17% rostered on Yahoo
6% on ESPN
34% on Sleeper
15% Free Agent Budget
Zay Jones
Jones has a 28% target share in Week 3, leading all Jaguars receivers. He had 11 targets, ten receptions for 85 yards, and a TD. He has double-digit scores in two of the season’s first three weeks and is hardly rostered. We need to change that.
10% rostered on Yahoo
8% on ESPN
14% on Sleeper
10% Free Agent Budget
Other wide receivers to consider:
- Isaiah McKenzie – 9 targets, seven receptions, 76 yards, TD
- Tyler Boyd – 5 targets, four receptions, 105 yards, TD
- Romeo Doubs – 8 targets, eight receptions, 73 yards, TD
- Tre’Quan Smith – 5 targets, four receptions, 105 yards
Tight Ends
Tyler Conklin
Here I am writing about him yet again. This is the third time I have mentioned Conklin in this article. Consider him again this week. With a 20% target share in Week 2, nine targets got him six receptions and 40 yards. He followed that up in Week 3 with eight targets for eight receptions and 84 yards. PPR gold at TE right now, and the TE4 on the season.
21% rostered on Yahoo
11% on ESPN
30% rostered on Sleeper
20% Free Agent Budget
David Njoku
He finally had his breakout game. Njoku had ten targets in Week 3, second on the Browns only to Amari Cooper. This was a 30% target share. Njoku turned that into nine receptions for 89 yards and a touchdown. I am not saying you can expect this weekly but with the wasteland that the tight end position, I’ll take what I can get.
51% rostered on Yahoo
32% on ESPN
37% rostered on Sleeper
5% Free Agent Budget
Other tight ends to consider:
- Will Dissly – 3 targets, three receptions, 34 yards, TD
- Jelani Woods – 3 targets, two receptions, 13 yards, 2 TDs
- Robert Tonyan – 7 targets, six receptions, 37 yards
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