Waiver Targets 4.25

Your weekly roadmap to the wire. Each Tuesday, Tony Kneepkens highlights the top adds across positions — complete with FAAB recommendations and context to help you prioritize based on your league size and format.

These are the top players to consider adding from waivers this week. Unless otherwise noted, all players below are available in greater than 50% of Yahoo leagues (as of Sunday evening). Priorities and FAAB recommendations are meant to differentiate between some of the options available and are assuming 12-team, single-QB, fantasy formats.

It’s a strong week for waivers with what looks like a potential league-winning RB pickup available in nearly half of leagues and several medium-priority targets at the other skill-positions. Remember that bye weeks start with four teams off in Week 5, so it might be wise to start to look ahead at where and when you will need coverage and at what positions.

QB Streamer of the Week

Geno Smith, LV, Week 4 vs CHI

• Geno had an efficient passing game throwing for 289 yards and tossing three TDs to WR Tre Tucker in last week’s loss to the Commanders. Things seem to be looking up for the Raiders’ offense with Tucker’s career day, rookie RB Ashton Jeanty rushing for a career-best 63 yards, and superstar TE Brock Bowers coming off of the injury report ahead of last week’s game after being questionable for the better part of two weeks. 
• Low-priority add. Geno has had two good games in the first three weeks and he’s is my favorite widely available streamer this week, home against the Bears, in a game with a solid (46.5) implied point total.
• 3% or less of FAAB.

Longer-term QB stash ::

• Jaxson Dart (NYG) – Giants’ starting QB Russell Wilson had his worst game of the young season in a primetime loss to the Chiefs on SNF. Wilson passed for 160 scoreless yards and threw two interceptions and HC Brian Daboll claims the team is “looking at everything” this week, stopping short of naming a starting QB for their next game against the Chargers. Dart might be a tough add with bye weeks starting to kick in next week, but if your bench is deep enough, Dart might be worth an early stash.

RB Pickups

Trey Benson, AZ, Week 4 vs SEA (52% rostered)

• Benson is set to take over a featured RB role for a solid Cardinals offense in the wake of veteran James Conner’s serious foot/ankle injury suffered last week. Benson was already being featured in the passing game and as a complementary runner this year. Now the former top-70 draft pick should have the opportunity for as much work as he can handle.
• High-priority add. Adding a talented RB on a good offense with limited competition this early in the season is about as impactful as a waiver addition can be.
• 100% of FAAB, top waiver priority, etc.

Blake Corum, LAR, Week 4 vs IND

• Corum had season bests with eight carries and 53 rushing yards in the Rams’ loss to the Eagles last week and now has 97 yards and a TD over the last two weeks. He remains the only Rams’ RB with a touch this season other than starting RB Kyren Williams.
• Medium-priority add. Corum is the right kind of bench stash as a primary backup RB on a solid offense. It’s a bonus that his team has shown it is willing to play him in various downs and distances. He’s my favorite of this next group of contingent-upside RBs based on the best overall offense of the three.
• 10 – 20% of FAAB.

Ollie Gordon II, MIA, Week 4 vs NYJ

• Ollie G handled nine of 21 Dolphins’ RB carries in their TNF loss to the Bills last week and scored his first career TD from two yards out. Gordon handled his largest role of the year despite second-year RB Jaylen Wright being active for the first time this season.
• Medium-priority add. Miami has been pretty intentional about featuring another RB alongside their star man De’Von Achane in his young career and Ollie looks like a natural complement. Gordon is a great bench stash for his combination of short-yardage role and contingent upside as a primary backup RB.
• 5 – 15% of FAAB.

Woody Marks, HOU, Week 4 vs TEN

• Houston removed veteran RB Dare Ogunbawale from their three-man RB rotation last week, which meant career bests in carries, yards, and targets for Marks as he operated as the primary backup to Nick Chubb. Marks handled 40% of the teams’ RB carries and 33% of their RB targets last week.
• Medium-priority add. The Texans appear to be intent on featuring Chubb as their primary RB. but they did make an aggressive move up in April’s draft for Woody and there’s no reason his role shouldn’t continue to expand as the season progresses. Another RB with some standalone value and massive contingent upside.
• 5 -15% of FAAB.

Priority RB stash ::