Staying active on the waiver wire is an important way for season-long fantasy owners to improve their teams and get an edge on the competition. Shifts in opportunities for players due to injuries or performance cause value spikes that owners can take advantage of to fill in roster holes to build a championship lineup.
Each week, we will discuss waiver wire targets at each position to consider for both the week ahead and the rest of the fantasy season.
Week 4 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Adds
* Current roster % in home leagues is noted in parentheses (from FantasyPros)
Matthew Stafford, QB (Los Angeles Rams) (31%)
The quarterback waiver wire is not exactly chalk full of exciting options this week. The old veteran Matthew Stafford nearly pulled off an upset road win over the Eagles on Sunday but fell just short on a game-winning blocked field goal by Jordan Davis.
Stafford currently sits 15th in quarterback fantasy points on the year with 739 passing yards and five touchdowns through the first three weeks. Those numbers are not earth-shattering, but he continues to find ways to get Puka Nucua the ball and gets a high over/under game against the surprising Indianapolis Colts in Week 4.
With consistent passing attempts between 29-33 in every game this season, Stafford posted a solid 8.4 and 9.0 yards/attempt in the first two weeks. That dropped to 5.9 yards/attempt against a good Eagles defense last week. He should be a good streaming option against the Colts this week in what could turn into a shootout. Daniel Jones is playing at an MVP level thus far and Indianapolis has punted just once in three games.
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Trey Benson, RB (Arizona Cardinals) (55%)
Second-year tailback Trey Benson has looked good in his limited touches as a primary backup this season. He is averaging 6.0 yards/attempt and caught eight of 11 targets through the first three games. Now, he gets the opportunity to take a gigantic workload for Arizona with the season-ending injury to veteran James Conner.
In his rookie year, Benson failed to earn a meaningful role in the backfield. He amassed 63 total attempts for 291 yards and a lone touchdown. He does have decent draft capital as a third-round pick in 2024 and showed juice in college with two 900+ yard seasons for Florida State. He averaged 5.8 and 6.1 yards/attempt for the Seminoles in those seasons.
With a lead-back workload almost guaranteed, the excitement is high for Benson, and he is a must-add in all formats. The flip-side argument is the Cardinals have struggled to run the ball no matter who is getting the carries. Conner had yet to break 40 yards in a game through the first three weeks before his injury.
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Tre Tucker, WR (Las Vegas Raiders) (4%)
Here’s the secret to fantasy football. Guys that can catch three touchdowns in a game tend to score a lot of fantasy points for your squad. Tre Tucker did just that on Sunday to go with eight catches on nine targets for 145 yards.
The Raiders have largely been a disappointment in the young season, but Tucker has been an obvious bright spot as the deep threat for Geno Smith. The production is certainly surprising, as his game totals from Week 3 matched the number of touchdowns he caught all of last season and included more receiving yards than he caught in the last five weeks of 2024 combined.
Tucker is the quintessential boom-or-bust proposition for fantasy owners. He has now proven he can be a week-winning bet for your lineup but certainly has the downside of catching three balls for 12 total yards, like he did in Week 2. He is worth picking up in most league formats and could be an interesting “YOLO” play for fantasy owners needing a big spark to stay in a matchup.
Hunter Henry, TE (New England Patriots) (49%)
A consistent, professional tight end, fantasy owners still likely cringe at the idea of trusting Hunter Henry in their lineups. Thus far in 2025, he has weeks of eight, three, and 11 targets. He finished atop the tight end performers last week with eight catches for 90 yards and two scores.
The Patriots have asked Drake Maye to shoulder the load on offense early in the season. He is averaging 35.33 pass attempts per game with five touchdown passes thus far. With Stefon Diggs largely missing from the offensive game plan and lackluster secondary receiver options, Henry has earned the confidence of his young quarterback as a reliable target.
Henry finished in the top 5 of tight end scoring in five weeks last season. He also has seven weeks outside the top-25 scorers at the position. With the state of the tight end fantasy landscape, you can do worse than giving Henry a shot on a weekly basis. He gets a strong matchup against Carolina in Week 4.
Los Angeles Chargers, D/ST (37%)
The Chargers defense has had one solid fantasy week so far this season and two stinkers. That solid week came against the Raiders in Week 2 as the Los Angeles defense intercepted Geno Smith on three different attempts. This week, the Chargers’ secondary must be licking their lips with Russell Wilson and/or Jaxson Dart starting against them this week for the Giants.
Wilson finished 18-32 for just 160 yards and two interceptions on Sunday night against a good Chiefs defense. The performance has sparked more controversy in New York on when the rookie Dart should get thrown into the starting lineup. If that happens to be this week, the Chargers will aim to confuse the Ole Miss product in his first NFL start. The Chargers are a great one-week streaming option before they take on a Commanders squad the next week that should have Jayden Daniels back at the helm.
Pictured: Trey Benson
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