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- Early Waiver Adds: Week 3
By Mike Johnson (@mjohnson86)
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.
Geno Smith, QB, SEA
In our Tuesday article with Week 3 Waiver Targets, Tony suggested Geno as a QB streamer for this week against the Dolphins. Still available in 60% of Yahoo leagues, if you didn’t need him this week and he still happens to be available in your league, go get him!! In Week 4, Smith faces the Lions on Monday Night Football. Detroit has an elite run defense, which forces its opponents to pass at a very high rate. That game has shootout potential, and if your starter has a tougher matchup or you are the streaming type, get Geno now before you have a bidding war on your hands.
Ty Chandler, RB, MIN
Another player who was suggested in our Tuesday article, but is owned in less than 40% of Yahoo leagues. Chandler has arguably looked better than Aaron Jones already this year and Jones seems to always pick up nagging injuries. Week 4 brings a matchup with a Packers run defense that has given up big games to opposing RBs in both games so far this year. An injury on Sunday to Jones would make Chandler the highest priority waiver add for Week 4. Get him for free now!!
Josh Downs, WR, IND
For those of us who do Best Ball drafts all summer and follow the news out of these teams from May through August, we know that Downs was consistently referred to as the “best receiver” on the Colts throughout the offseason activities, before his injury. Only owned in 25% of leagues at the moment and off the injury report for Week 3, you very rarely get a chance to pick up a team’s WR1 for nothing.
Romeo Doubs, WR, GB
Jordan Love may return in Week 3. Or, he may not. Doubs is the WR who is on the field the most for the Packers and we’ve seen that he is capable of huge games with Love under center. Whatever happens in Week 3, we should expect Love back for Week 4. Similar to Downs, get the potential top WR for a good offense now rather than waiting for the chips to fall.
Bengals and Bears Defenses
The Bengals host the Commanders on Monday night and will play on a short week in Week 4, but they get to face the Panthers, who have shown no signs of life as an offense. Meanwhile, in Week 4 the Bears will get to host the Rams, who are currently down four offensive linemen and their top two wide receivers. Both of these defenses are above-average units who will have terrific Week 5 matchups.