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 7 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Adds
* Current roster % in home leagues is noted in parentheses (from FantasyPros)
Jaxson Dart, QB (New York Giants) (37%)
What a win for rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart last week over the Super Bowl champions. Even if the Giants fail to make the playoffs this season, there is more excitement in that stadium than any other time in recent franchise history for New York.
The quarterback waiver wire is a bit lackluster this week, so why not take a shot on the exciting young signal-caller? In his three starts, Dart has finished in the top half of fantasy quarterbacks each week. He has bolstered his floor with consistent rushing production of 50+ yards each game and two rushing scores thus far.
Without Malik Nabers, the passing weapons leave a lot to be desired for the Giants. Wan’Dale Robinson stepped up last week with six catches for 84 yards, but Brian Daboll will likely continue to lean on Cam Skattebo in the run game with a heavy dose of Dart scrambling for daylight.
Dart has a difficult matchup with Denver this week and then takes on the Eagles again in Philadelphia. He is an interesting stash but could also be started with some level of confidence due to his rushing consistency.
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Kimani Vidal, RB (Los Angeles Chargers) (33%)
The Chargers tailback is this week’s opportunity add after injuries to both Najee Harris and Omarion Hampton. Kimani Vidal never really got things going in his rookie year, earning just 43 rushing attempts last season.
After starting the game in a timeshare with Hassan Haskins, Vidal continued to earn more attempts with the hot hand. He finished with 18 rushes for 124 yards and added three catches for 14 yards and a score. He is breaking off 6.9 yards per attempt this season and should continue to see a heavy workload in the near future with Hampton out at least through Week 10.
The Dolphins have struggled to stop the run this season. Vidal may not have the same production against a better Colts defense this week, but he is a clear add and potential plug-and-play starter with the expected carry opportunity. Jim Harbaugh has leaned more on Justin Herbert’s arm this season, but his heart is in the run game, and he could become enamored with handing the ball to Vidal.
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Kendrick Bourne, WR (San Francisco 49ers) (24%)
Kendrick Bourne may be the only healthy wide receiver in the vicinity of the Bay Area. The 49ers are piecing a starting lineup together with duct tape and popsicle sticks on both sides of the ball after a litany of serious injuries to key players.
Ricky Pearsall, Jauan Jennings, Brandon Aiyuk, and George Kittle have all missed time in the early season, and Bourne has been the recipient of a big target share in their absence. He has made the most of his opportunity with 142 receiving yards in each of the last two games. He finished ninth and 11th in fantasy scoring those weeks without a score.
It’s a possibility Kittle and Pearsall could be ready for Week 7 against the Falcons, but this 49ers team continues to have terrible injury luck. Bourne should still be added in case one or both miss this (or future) week. He has proven to be a reliable receiving safety blanket for Mac Jones.
Mason Taylor, TE (New York Jets) (38%)
Without a must-add tight end waiver option this week, Mason Taylor is a speculative add for deep benches that could pan out later in the season. The rookie seemed to be trending upward with 25 total targets in Weeks 3-5, but London (and the Broncos) got the better of the entire Jets offense overseas last week.
After some early life, Justin Fields has struggled to find any consistent production. Incredibly, he threw for just 45 yards on 17 attempts against the Broncos in his worst game of the season. Taylor caught just one ball for two yards.
If we can erase the London game from our memory (which admittedly is a bit difficult), the Jets do have more enticing matchups with Carolina and Cincinnati over the next two weeks. Both are toward the bottom of the league in tight end fantasy points allowed this season. Fields may already be fighting to keep his starting job, and Taylor has proven to have a connection in games played in the states.
Seattle Seahawks, D/ST (58%)
Seattle’s defense has been a nice surprise this season, both in real life and in fantasy scoring. They have four top-5 fantasy finishes in the first six weeks of the season and take on a Houston offense that has struggled at times in the early going.
Even without a turnover, the Seahawks still managed to put up double-digit fantasy points last week in Jacksonville on the back of seven Trevor Lawrence sacks. Byron Murphy II and Demarcus Lawrence each notched a pair of sacks, and the front seven held Travis Etienne Jr. and the Jaguars rushing attack to just 59 yards on 19 attempts.
With a bye week in Week 8, the Seahawks are a solid one-week streaming option.
Pictured: Jaxson Dart
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