Early Waiver Adds 4.24
The theme of this article is, “Work smarter, not harder.” Every week we will give you the top Waiver Adds in our Tuesday article. However, you can make things a lot easier and less stressful by getting ahead of things with some players and situations. Doing so in a smart way can help you save FAAB or preserve high waiver priority in your league.
Every Sunday I will give you a few players who stand out to me as great potential additions that can give you a leg up on your league mates. Look to add these players if you have players you are willing to drop, who get late-week injuries, or who are ruled out of their games and allow you to move them to an IR spot once they are officially inactive on Sunday morning.
Justin Fields, QB, PIT
- Fields is only 29% owned in Yahoo leagues and the Steelers face Dallas in Week 5. The Steelers have played in low-scoring affairs the first three weeks and this week face a Colts offense that has struggled but a defense that Fields may finally put up an above-average stat line against. Dallas presents the first opportunity for Fields to have one of his “ceiling” games, as the Steelers may finally be pushed. Available in over 70% of leagues, you should especially be looking to pick up Fields now if you have Jalen Hurts, who is on bye next week.
Blake Corum, RB, LAR
- The whole point of this exercise is to get ahead of the market. Corum has disappointed this year by barely touching the field behind Kyren Williams. However, the main concern for Williams entering the season was his durability, and the Rams are running him into the ground without Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua. Williams had 26 touches in Week 3 and has a long injury history. Corum, available in 73% of Yahoo leagues, would be the #1 Waiver Add for Week 5 if Williams goes down.
Tre Tucker, WR, LVR
- Davante Adams will miss Week 4 with a hamstring injury and there are rumors swirling a trade may be in the works. Tucker is far more talented than most people realize and is coming off a very good Week 3 performance. He could follow that up with another strong Week 4 game and lock himself into a bigger role going forward, with a possible Adams move also looming.
Mike Williams, WR, NYJ
- Williams continues his return from last year’s torn ACL, as his role continues to grow. This week he faces the Broncos, who are likely to shadow Garrett Wilson with Patrick Surtain II, leaving Williams with the better matchup. After this week, Williams faces the blitz-happy Vikings, followed by the Bengals and Commanders secondaries – both of which we saw get torched in Week 3 on Monday Night Football. There are a lot of high-profile WRs on bye in Weeks 5, 6, and 7 – so Williams could be the perfect fill in as he peaks at the right time.
Seahawks Defense
- The Seahawks face a very good Lions team on Monday night but get to host the Giants next week. Daniel Jones is always a good target for streaming defenses and Malik Nabers suffered a concussion on Thursday night, so if he were to miss Week 5, the Seattle defense would be one of the top available options against a struggling offense without their best player.
