Week 15 Waiver Targets

Fantasy Football Waiver Adds To Consider

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One Week Season
December 09, 2025

By: Tony Kneepkens (@tonytk44)

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

Luther Burden III, CHI, Week 15 vs CLE

  • Burden led the Bears in targets (six) and receiving yards (67) last week, playing an expanded role on offense with second-year WR Rome Odunze sitting the game out with a foot injury. Veteran WR DJ Moore had minus-4 yards on his three targets.

  • This week’s matchup against one of the top pass (and overall) defenses in the league in the Browns isn’t ideal, but Burden has a chance to be his team’s top target again next week if Odunze misses more time, a rare waiver find so late in the year.

  • Medium-to-high priority add. Even if Odunze returns, Burden is the type of ascending rookie WR worthy of a fantasy bench spot heading into the playoffs.

Jayden Higgins, HOU, Week 15 vs AZ

  • Higgins maintained his secondary pass-catcher role behind his star teammate Nico Collins last week, finishing second on the team with five targets and 34 receiving yards.

  • Like his QB Stroud that kicked off this week’s QB streamers, I like Higgins’ matchup this week against a Cardinals pass defense that’s been allowing big plays and TDs in bunches lately.

  • Medium-priority add. Another talented second-round rookie WR ascending into a valuable late-season role. 

Kayshon Boutte, NE, Week 15 vs BUF

  • Boutte snagged his team-leading sixth TD catch of the year in Week 13 on MNF and saw five targets total, second on the team. It was a nice game heading into the Pats’ bye last week after Boutte missed nearly all of November due to injury.

  • KB and the Patriots host the Bills as one-point underdogs this week in a high-total (49.5) game with massive divisional and playoff-seeding implications.

  • Medium-priority add. While the volume has been tough to trust, the fantasy playoff schedule (vs BUF, at BAL, at NYJ) looks pretty solid for Drake Maye’s favorite TD target.

TE Pickups

Isiah Likely, BAL, Week 15 at CIN

  • Likely has an impressive 9-120-1 receiving line over his last two games but could (should?) have an extra catch and two extra TDs added to that tally. The talented TD lost a fumble into the end zone on Thanksgiving night and had a controversial call to overturn what looked like another score in last week’s loss to the Steelers.

  • This week’s matchup with his division-rival Bengals is the best there is for a fantasy TE. There should be plenty of work to go around for Likely and his veteran TE teammate Mark Andrews in this one.

  • Medium-to-high priority add. Likely is a strong TE spot starter in the best possible matchup. If you’re strong at TE already, it’s a spot to consider blocking a TE-streaming opponent from adding him, too.

Darren Waller, MIA, Week 15 at PIT

  • Waller has seen three targets in consecutive games after returning from his most recent stint on IR. He had just one catch last week in a game that the Dolphins coasted to an easy win with their running game.

  • Miami has their toughest test in several weeks heading on the road to Pittsburgh, which could necessitate some more passing and more than three targets for Waller.

  • Medium-priority add. If Waller is still a little risky for you in a must-win matchup, add him now to see it another week before he gets his own crack at the TE-friendly Bengals in Week 16.

Some additional lower-priority TE adds to consider ::

  • Harold Fannin Jr. (CLE) - Fannin had career bests with 11 targets, eight catches, and 114 receiving yards last week. He also added his fourth TD catch and continues to lead the Browns in catches and yards on the season.

  • Colston Lovelend (CHI) - Tied for the team lead with four catches last week and found the end zone. Has drawn 4+ targets in eight straight games.

DEFENSE (Top pickups for Week 15)

  1. Jaguars (home vs Jets)

  2. 49ers (home vs Titans)

  3. Bears (home vs Browns)

  4. Cowboys (home vs Vikings)