Fantasy football waiver wire, Week 3 picks: Top players to add include Jakobi Meyers, Darrel Williams
Fantasy football waiver wire, Week 3 picks: Top players to add include Jakobi Meyers, Darrel Williams: Setting your Fantasy football lineups can get increasingly difficult as the season progresses due to the high volume of NFL injuries that must be dealt with weekly.
Those who know how to strategically use the Fantasy Football waiver wire to improve your squad have a distinct advantage over those who stick with the roster they picked.
After scoring two touchdowns in Week 1 for the Commanders, wide receiver, Jahan Dotson was a hot commodity on Fantasy football waiver wires. He rewarded those who rostered him in Week 2 with 59 yards, a touchdown, and a 2-point conversion.
Who, though, should you be pursuing on Week 3 Fantasy football waivers if you didn’t get Dotson or if a new need has developed since last week?
You can ensure you have the depth you need to win this week by understanding who is next man up and how much they are worth in a FAAB league or a waiver wire priority league. Check out SportsLine’s Fantasy Football Analyst Jacob Gibbs’ thoughts on the Week 3 waiver wire before making any decisions.
Gibbs’s method is data-driven, which has resulted in reliable rankings across the board. Over the previous three seasons, he has ranked in the top eight in accuracy among Fantasy Pros’ national panel of experts.
Now he’s spilled the beans on his Week 3 top Fantasy football waiver wire pick from among the players still available. On SportsLine, you can read his complete analysis and top Fantasy NFL waiver wire choices.
Top Fantasy football waiver wire picks for Week 3
For Week 3, Gibbs recommends snagging Patriots wide receiver Jakobi Meyers off the waiver wire because he is on rosters in less than half of the teams.
Meyers’ contribution to the Patriots’ passing game over the past two seasons has been crucial to the team’s success in fantasy football.
It was especially disheartening that he finished with only 867 receiving yards and two touchdowns after ranking 20th in the NFL in targets (126) and target share (24.4%) last season.
The average distance of his targets has increased from 9.6 yards in 2021 to 10.9 yards in 2022, placing him 10th among NFL WRs.
Having just come off a week in which he was targeted 13 times and caught nine catches for 95 yards, he is a worthwhile addition to your roster moving forward.
Running back for the Cardinals, Darrel Williams has also earned Gibbs’s enthusiastic recommendation.
James Conner, who had an unexpectedly incredible season in 2018 with 1,127 scrimmage yards and 18 touchdowns, was in the first five rounds of 2022 Fantasy Football draughts.
Now that he’s nursing an ankle ailment, his Week 3 status is in doubt, increasing the worth of players like Williams and Eno Benjamin.
On Sunday, with Conner out of the game, both running backs had eight carries, but Williams seemed like the more successful rusher with 59 yards and a touchdown to Benjamin’s 31.
While Gibbs expects Benjamin to get the nod on passing downs, he anticipates Williams to be the primary short-yardage ball carrier and the one to rely on in the early downs. Because of this, Williams is the back he’s leaning toward using if he needs a running back in Week 3.