Waiver Targets 15.25

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 listed are meant to differentiate between some of the options available and are assuming 12-team, single-QB, fantasy formats.

The fantasy regular season is now over in most head-to-head fantasy leagues. Hopefully, you’re now able to focus your attention on making a deep title run or are even on a Week 15 bye. Even managers who are no longer in title contention should be sure to know if there is a reward for winning the consolation bracket or a punishment for finishing in last place, too.

I will continue to identify potential streaming options and possible bench stashes at each position, but will no longer use a FAAB or waiver priority recommendations as part of my analysis. If you have a roster need, there’s no time like the present: unload your FAAB, use your high waiver priority, etc. Good luck the rest of the way in your leagues everyone!

QB Streaming Options

C.J. Stroud, HOU, Week 15 vs AZ

• Stroud hasn’t done much, fantasy-wise, in two games since returning from a serious concussion suffered last month, passing for a 479-1-1 combined line in road victories over the Colts and Chiefs.
• Stroud and the Texans are big home favorites against a middling Cardinals defense that has allowed 10 passing TDs over their last four games, all losses. The game before that, they gave up nearly 15 yards per attempt to the Seahawks (and another passing TD) in a game they fell behind 35-0.
• Low-priority add. Stroud is my favorite widely available pocket passer to stream this week in what looks to be an exploitable matchup.

J.J. McCarthy, MIN, Week 15 at DAL

• McCarthy found some success in last week’s lopsided win over the Commanders. JJM had his first game with multiple passing TDs in a month, and had his first game averaging over 7.0 yards per pass attempt since September.
• Minnesota heads to Dallas this week to face the Cowboys, who are coming off of extended rest after losing to the Lions last week on TNF, in a game with a solid 48.0 implied point total.
• Low-priority add. Playing JJM with your fantasy season on the line wouldn’t be for the risk-averse, but he’s my favorite QB streaming option this week who has some theoretical rushing upside.

RB Pickups

Blake Corum, LAR, Week 15 vs DET

• Corum had a breakout performance in last week’s comfortable victory, turning a dozen carries into 128-2 rushing. He’s up to a massive 19-209-3 rushing line over the last two games after scoring just one TD in the Rams’ first 11 games this year.
• Corum has had a decent rushing role all year, but he really seems to be coming on of late for a surging Rams offense. This week’s game, against the Lions, opened with a silly 55.5-point implied total.
• High-priority add. Corum, for me, is this year’s premium handcuff/bench stash. His play of late, and this week’s high-scoring game environment, could have him in Flex consideration for some managers, too.

Devin Singletary, NYG, Week 15 vs WAS

• The last time we saw him, Singletary quietly amassed 100 scrimmage yards and a TD on MNF before the Giants Week 14 bye. While a regular contributor to the NYG offense, he saw some added opportunities (15 total touches) in Week 13 after Tyrone Tracy suffered a hip injury.
• With more than a week to recover, Tracy is reportedly now “fine” heading into a Week 15 game against the reeling Commanders. 
• Medium-to-high priority add. A bit of a hedge here, if we get new info that Tracy is set to miss a game, Singletary would be the week’s top priority. Assuming both backs play, there could still be enough to go around against a Commanders defense allowing the fourth-most rushing yards per game.

Jaylen Wright, MIA, Week 15 at PIT

• Wright filled in admirably for starter De’Von Achane after Achane left with a rib injury in Week 14, turning his 24 carries into a useful 107-1 rushing line. Like Tracy, Achane is also reportedly “fine” after imaging on Monday showed no long-term injury.
• While it really does sound like Achane could have even gone back into last week’s game if he had to, there’s still a risk that he has a setback, etc. and the Dolphins play in Pittsburgh on Monday Night Football in Week 15.
• Medium-to-high priority add. I think Wright needs to be a priority addition for Achane teams to cover their bases. If you’re going against Achane, blocking his manager from adding Wright could be a sneaky move, too.

Some additional lower-priority RB options to stash on fantasy benches ::

• Chris Rodriguez (WAS) – C-Rod has seen double-digit carries in three straight games and five of his last six overall, but he has one catch on two targets all season.
• Emanuel Wilson (GB) – Wilson has shown he’s a legitimate fantasy starter in a scenario where Jacobs misses a game. My type of bench stash.
• Bhayshul Tuten (JAX) – My hopes for a reliable standalone role are fading after a season-low two touches last week, but he’s still a strong asset as an explosive injury-away RB on a solid offense.
• Brian Robinson Jr. (SF) – Capable backup to CMC, B-Rob would be another no-brainer RB starter if CMC happened to miss a game down the stretch.
• Tyler Allgeier (ATL) – A similar asset to B-Rob who actually has a stronger standalone role, but I prefer Robinson on the superior SF offense.
• Tank Bigsby (PHI) – If I was positive it would be Bigsby, and not Will Shipley, as the next man up for the Eagles, he’d be higher on this list.

WR Pickups