Top 10 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 2 | Priority Adds (2024)

Introduction what's going on guys Marco here with my 10 waiver wire pickups for week 2 before we jump in I want to remind you of a giveaway we have going on right now if you want a chance to win a signed devont Smith helmet thanks to our friends over at pristine auction all you have to do is head over to fantasypros.com contest and fill out the form and either download the fantasypros draft Wizard app leave a review on the podcast or follow us on X Instagram Tik Tok at fantasy pros the number of the higher number of actions you get the more entries you are going to get and you are not going to want to miss out on this so if you're watching on YouTube make sure to subscribe to the channel hit the notification Bell so you do not miss out on your chance to claim your prize all right so let's get into my waiver wire pickups now I broke these out into tiers based on you know how much Fab I'm spending on these guys now the first tier is two players and you might already be ready to hear these names but it's my 50% of my fab tier and I know that seems like a lot I like to be aggressive early in the week or early in the season with my waiver wire Fab and J.K. Dobbins so the first guy on my list is JK Dobbins now he blew up in week one for the LA Chargers and I know fans of JK Dobbins fans of football could not be happier for him after a just injury riddled early part of his career he exploded onto the scene in week one averaging 132 yards per carry yeah JK Dobbins is back and if he can stay healthy if he can uh keep this going into the season he is a true League winner candidate at the running back position and that's why he is in the 50% or more of my fab now the concerns with his injury and of course the recovery from his Achilles tear are warranted and that's why he's in that 50% not 65 75% of my fab tier but if he is able to settle into that 12 to 15 touch range and be healthy for majority of the Season he is going to help you win every single week he's on the field he is the most explosive player in this back field and sure I I think it's important to note that he was kind of in a 50-50 time share with Gus Edwards JK Dobbins 13 touches Gus Edwards 12 touches now Edwards produced 29 yards on those 12 touches so that could be reduced we may see more kamani Vidal if he gets onto the field but JK Dobbins is the back you want in this backfield and he could be a League winner 50% of your Fab and if you're waiver priority he is my number one waiver priority uh and feel free to burn that priority in week two okay the Isaiah Likely next guy we have to talk about he you know was the the kickoff to our NFL season Isaiah likeley tight end for the Baltimore Ravens now likely got 12 targets 111 yards he scored a touchdown and then of course the very end of the game his toe stepped on the line but he could have had his second touchdown he is is an absolute freak as an athlete he can play in line he can play out of the slot there is so much to like about Isaiah likeley game and it's not just a flash in the pan we've seen this before when Mark Andrews is off the field Isaiah likely produces Elite tight end numbers in his last five games last year where Mark Andrews wasn't healthy he was the tight end one overall in points per game that is not something to just dismiss as an explosion game you know a Breakout game like it's the real deal sure Mark Andrews is going to come back he was on the field a little bit um you know in week one and we don't know all that's going on with Mark Andrews after the car accident this offseason um he was we were told he was healthy but he is not 100% healthy we can tell by what we saw on the field but even when Mark Andrews is 100% healthy he gets onto the field the Ravens are not going to keep Isaiah likely off the field he's going to be used in the slot like I said he could be used in line as well he is probably going to be the wide receiver too at worst and maybe even the tight end one for this offense 50% of your Fab is not too much he is a League winner at the tight end position at a position that we've been talking about can be deeper or it has been deeper this year in than in years's past we had a dud week for the tight end position Isaiah likely is worth the Bucky Irving Fab all right my next tier of players is that 10 to 12 maybe 15% at the absolute most of my fab on these players I will do them in order of how I would prioritize them and then you can do it that what you will of course now the first one is Bucky Irving running back for the Tampa Bay Bucks he's a rookie but he played in week one and he did exactly what a lot of experts were talking about he might do in the offseason now he led the team in rushing yards Rashad white still played he had a 20% Target share but he had uh Bucky Irving had a 6.9 yard per carry in week one to Rashad White's 2.1 we know that Rashad White's weakness from last season is he is not very good on the ground you could say he is terrible on the ground in between the tackles is not his thing Bucky Irving even with his smaller frame has proved that he can do it both in college and in week one in the NFL now of course he's not going to ever eat totally into Rashad White's workload Rashad white is the receiving back he's Alvin kamares when it comes to receiving out of the backfield but Bucky Irving has that as a part of his skill set and I think that's really important for Fantasy managers who are trying to invest fast and a guy like Bucky Irving because if Rashad white goes down Bucky Irving could step into true Workhorse a Workhorse role now I'm not projecting anything like that but Bucky Irving is the only player in this tier that I could see getting up to that 15% of your Fab for those reasons now he might settle in that 12 touch range maybe 15 on a good week but that is enough to produce fantasy success especially if this offense is clicking like it was in week one he could get some goal line opportunity and again he could take more and more snaps each and every week because he's that talented and at Oregon he showed us he can carry the workload for for an offense and I think that's one of the big things why he is the only one in this 10 to 15% of my fab tier that reaches that true 15% of my fab okay the next guy on my list is of Tank Bigsby course a guy who a lot of people had written off tank bsby now bsby outperformed Travis etn in week one and I know that felt crazy you would think I was crazy if I told you that you know 6 months ago because he was left for dead in Dynasty leagues he did nothing in his first year in the NFL and really there was no hope that he was going to really take a step forward we didn't see a ton of evidence of that there were some talk in Camp and you know some people bought in I was not super bought in but they used him in this offense early they used him often and they both both Travis etn and uh tank BBY had 12 carries in this one and bsby outproduced etn On The Ground by 30 yards now of course that's not always going to be the case I think Travis etn is probably going to see more work and he's going to be more efficient as the season goes on but it's not something to just ignore completely in fantasy football because here's the thing bsby didn't just take over after etn fumbled in the game he was in on the second Drive of the game so they are trying to integrate him into this offense more and more to probably help Travis etn have some long-term success for their season because they're trying to go into the playoffs obviously and so so I think Bigsby is going to be a really nice back who can be in that handcuff plus territory he's one of the very few guys who I think now has that value and if you're thinking what's handcuff plus handcuff plus to me how I Define it is they're guys who are going to get on the field 8 to 10 touches is probably going to be pretty standard for them you know 12 touches like he had in week one I don't know if he's going to see that every week but that 8 to 10 range feels reasonable for a guy like Tink bsby and he's not going to most likely be in your lineup most weeks but five weeks injuries he's going to fill in and if Travis etn were to go down because of how good he actually did look in week one we're seeing actual Improvement I wouldn't be surprised to see tank bsby step into a top 20 running back position if etn were to miss any time so he's right in that 12% Fab tier for me okay the last guy in this tier Greg Dortch and I'm willing to spend 10% of my fab on a guy like Greg dorch Now Greg dorch wide receiver out of the out of Arizona he was the top Target earner for the Cardinals to the dismay of many Marvin Harrison Jr uh managers this week and in week one he was one of the players who saw over 25% Target share in his offense while Marvin Harrison Jr saw four targets and that is just it feels insane it's not going to keep going that way and that's why he's only down at that 10% range for me because Marvin Harrison Jr should take over that top Target earner which means Trey McBride is going to continue to populate that second target earner role but Greg dorch as the third option in this offense still has value especially in PPR leagues he is dynamic with the ball in his hands and not only that but this off or this defense is so atrocious it's in the bottom two or three in the NFL that they're going to have to throw the ball a ton and Greg dor has officially established himself as a staple in this offense even ahead of a guy like Michael Wilson who ended up getting a touchdown in week one I would rather have a Greg dorch in full PPR leagues because he's probably going to earn more targets than a guy like Michael Wilson who's maybe more of a red zone threat so when you look at this offense sure Greg dorch isn't going to have that 26% Target share but he's going to slot in as the number three Target earner for this offense more likely than not and in PPR leagues that is value all right well we're talking waver so I have to remind you of the fantasy pros waiver assistant now you can get instant reactions instant advice from over 100 fantasy football experts and not only that but you can discover both the weekly and the rest of season impact the waiver wire decisions you're trying to make will have on your roster head over to fantasypros.com playay or download the fantasy football myplaybook app today and get yourself some W's all right so Justice Hill the next tier is the 5% of my fab tier now the way I look at this tier is if you need to you know repopulate the end of your bench the last like three or four rounds of your draft those guys didn't work out in week one and not only did the that work out but they basically didn't see the field or they were a healthy scratch or something that can happen so these are the guys I'm throwing to the end of my bench to kind of remove and kind of stay water at the end of my bench so that I'm fluid and my roster is always trying to get better the number one guy on my list here is Justice Hill he had a 54% snap share in week one he actually out snapped Derrick Henry and part of it was gam script derck Henry is notoriously one of the most games script dependent running backs in the NFL even though he has been incredible but Justice Hill saw eight Targets in week one only one carry but he's going to be the sole passing down running back for this team Keat Mitchell of course he'll come back and he'll probably eat into that some but I don't know if we see a healthy Kei Mitchell for the entire 2024 season I just not sure because of that injury was so gruesome I don't know if we're really going to do that I'm not a medical professional so I can't say but my money would be on Justice Hill dominating the passing down work for the Ravens out of the back field now I think really he's kind of stuck in this spot though you know he's not always going to see a targets a game the Ravens were playing catchup in this one and if the game script requires that of the Ravens Justice Hill is going to be involved in the two-minute drill it was mostly Justice Hill so I think that's why he's in that 5% category for me if you need a running back you just need a depth option there someone who could step into a larger role if injury were to happen I think Justice Hill is a nice piece but I'm not at all braking the bank for him because I think his his opportunity is pretty limited as long as Derrick Henry is healthy uh and I don't think the Ravens are going to be playing catchup too often they just happen to be playing the Chiefs in week Wan'Dale Robinson one the next guy I have to talk about on my list is juandale Robinson now you might be thinking the Giants offense I don't want any pieces of that and I get it Daniel Jones is he's not a good quarterback we can say it Giants messed up paying Daniel Jones and that is a bummer for both Malik neighbors wand Del Robinson and the entire Giants skills skill player positions but I think W Robinson does benefit in full PPR from the fact that he is going to be used as a safety net for Daniel Jones the short area you know just off the line of scrimmage just behind the line of scrimmage area that is going to be where Wale Robinson Feast he saw 12 targets 12 Targets in week one he saw more targets than Malik neighbors their first round draft pick their top 10 first round draft pick and part of that is just because Daniel Jones just one doesn't have a ton of time and two is a poor decision maker as a quarterback but that is nothing to to just be ignored he with a almost 29% Target share wandell Robinson in full PPR leagues has a surprising floor in an anemic offense and that's not something you can always say uh if you're not playing in PPR league if you are still playing standard then you can kind of ignore Wale Robinson but in PPR wandale is going to be the number two probably number two Target in this offense you know they Malik neighbors is probably going to end up surpassing him over the next couple weeks but that's not something that's going to make me shy away from wand Robinson as a back of my and wide receiver again with a lot of these guys we've been talking about this Waiver Wires uh injuries hit and Waiver Wires is where you can find those bye Fillin those injury fillings that can help give you floor or maybe those boom weeks when you need them and I think wand Robinson fits that category perfectly and 5% of your fabit should be more than enough to go get a guy like ju Del Robinson because not a lot of people are trying to buy the Giants offense right now and he could bring easy eight targets a game as his average as we get on through the rest of the season and that's enough value for me because of what he can do after the catch he's a pretty good playmaker he's a versatile player not overly exciting but he can bring you a good floor in those bind situations okay the last guy Alexander Mattison in this tier we have to talk about Alexander Madison now people were in love with zir white this past off season I wasn't super there because of his limited role and we saw that kind of come to fruition in week one zamir white was mostly the early down guy Alexander Madison ended up being the pass pass catching running back but he also did get some carries in this one so the cool thing for Madison is that even though he was kind of Left for Dead after the Vikings situation he came to the the Raiders and he saw 11 opportunities six of those being Targets in week one the Raiders offense is going to be continuing to try to figure themselves out they don't know who they are right now whether it be Gardner mchu Aiden oconnell I think that maybe changes in the relatively near future but for Alexander Madison here's what you need to know 5% of your FBS really not that much to spend and we are always always having running backs emerge running backs who have failed in the past running backs who have succeeded in the past but then failed again Alexander Madison is kind of one of the one of the guys who fits into that latter category he had his moment he wasn't able to do it in in Minnesota and now with the Raiders he has an opportunity to see regular touches in an offense that is kind of devoid of purpose right now and so he could find a lot of dump off opportunity he could be using the Red Zone really well and if he's not if they're not right on the goal line which I think would probably go to zamir white Madison has a nice role so the other thing you need to think about with Madison is that if zamir white were to go down Madison would probably split split work with Dylan la la but I think he's going to probably be the favorite because he's the guy who's already on the field so he's not a super high upside guy but he could bring a decent floor five weeks injuries all of the things we've been talking about for the beginning part of this video all right Alec Pierce the last tier I want to talk about is people to pick up after waivers have run don't spend your Fab on them unless you're rolling Fab all the time or don't spend your waver priority on these guys but the first one is Alec Pierce he blew up in week one and if you're surprised by this let me pump the brakes really quick and just say this this is who Alec Pierce is especially in an Anthony Richardson Leed offense he has these boom weeks and he will have a lot of bust weeks think Gabe Davis light because I think Gabe DAV might even be significantly better than Alec Pierce so if you've got some spot on your bench and you you just need wide receivers after waivers run don't spend your Fab don't waste your priority go see if Alec Pierce uh is is around still and throw him at the end of your bench I'm not overly excited because I do think one of the underlying things here for the Colts is that at I Mitchell even though he only had one reception he had five Targets in this one so if Josh DS comes back takes over the slot roll ad Mitchell and Alec Pierce will kind of rotate there on the outside and so Alec Pierce is a really questionable boom bust option but I think the thing for me is if I'm adding Alec Pierce I'm doing it with the hopes that he can ride on my bench for the next couple weeks and if we see this continue which I'm not saying is likely but if we do then you've got a nice option at in the flex or you know a bi-week fill in but throw them on the end of your bench after You' don't have to spend money on it after you don't have to waste a waiver priority and if it doesn't work you can cut them in a couple weeks and you won't have to worry too much about it you would have lost nothing the second thing Chargers D/ST or the second ad I I think is important in this tier after everything's run is defense now if you stream defenses I love streaming defenses I was big on playing the Chicago Bears defense in week one I think the LA Chargers in week two are going to be a great option they play the Carolina Panthers and the Carolina Panthers are one of the most just disaster franchises in the NFL right now Bryce young does not seem to have it he doesn't look like he got much better it's week one so we don't know for sure but the Chargers offense is strong and and they could even get a couple turnovers in this one because there is just not a lot going for the Panthers we could see you know with their pass rush we could see safeties we could see you know strip sacks and things like that so I really like the overall defensive performance of what the Chargers could bring in week two but I like the potential scoring opportunity for the Chargers in week two as well Closing okay guys don't forget to make sure you subscribe to the fantasy pros Channel check out all of my work check out all of the fantasy pros teamwork we are crushing it right now make you get everything you need to get those wins this week and be kind do good we'll see you next time peace [Music] [Music]