All of this FAAB data comes from our state-of-the-art Waiver Wire Tool<\/a>, available to all premium subscribers\u2014check it out if you want full customization over the settings. You can even sync your league directly across multiple platforms!<\/p>\n Without further ado, let\u2019s get right into it.<\/p>\n Early Week 7 Fantasy Football Waiver WireQuarterbacks<\/p>\n J.J. McCarthy<\/a> | NYG<\/p>\n Roster: 13%<\/p>\n McCarthy came into the game in the 4th quarter with 11 minutes left, and lit the world on fire.<\/p>\n 243 passing yards<\/p>\n 26 rushing yards<\/p>\n 1 TD (and 1 INT)<\/p>\n Believe it or not, this 243 passing yards from McCarthy over an 11-minute span was the most from any QB in NFL history. He ended with 0.22 EPA per dropback, putting him at QB5 on the week. Will JJ take the starting job going forward after this performance? It remains to be seen, but I am genuinely intrigued.<\/p>\n I\u2019m not going to tell you to go pick up McCarthy just yet in your 1QB leagues \u2026 but if you\u2019re in superflex, he\u2019s absolutely worth a flier.<\/p>\n FAAB Advice:<\/p>\n Base League (10-12 team):<\/p>\n Large League (14-16 team):<\/p>\n 1QB: 7.5%Superflex: 52.5% Premium<\/p>\n Unlock Our Tools!<\/p>\n Stop hitting the paywall. FL+ gives you access to our premium in-depth content, expert rankings & projections, mock draft simulator, and all the tools you need \u2013 all personalized to your league.<\/p>\n Learn More<\/p>\n <\/a>Running Backs<\/p>\n Roschon Johnson<\/a> | CHI<\/p>\n Roster: 23%<\/p>\n Johnson served as the RB2 in the Chicago backfield this week behind D’Andre Swift<\/a> with Kyle Monangai<\/a> sidelined. He took 45% of the total running back carries out of the Bears backfield (13 carries to Swift\u2019s 15) for 51 yards and a touchdown. He also added 2 receptions for 34 yards, finishing with 16.5 PPR points (RB8 on the week).<\/p>\n This waiver pickup comes with a major caveat: there is no long-term value when it comes to picking up Johnson.\u00a0 If Monangai returns in Week 7, I have no interest in rostering him. That being said, he looked pretty great this week. If Monangai remains out next week, I think Johnson will be serviceable as a fill-in back in fantasy lineups.<\/p>\n FAAB Advice:<\/p>\n Base League (10-12 team):<\/p>\n Standard: 1.1%Half: 1.1%Full: 1.1%<\/p>\n Large League (14-16 team):<\/p>\n Standard: 2.5%Half: 2.5%Full: 2.5%<\/p>\n Guillotine: 2.5%<\/p>\n Seth McGowan<\/a> | IND<\/p>\n Roster: 19%<\/p>\n McGowan is my weekly staple in this waiver article when there are no other major running back targets. It\u2019s simple: he remains the primary handcuff and only other back to receive any touches behind Jonathan Taylor<\/a> on a weekly basis.\u00a0<\/p>\n While he offers zero startability as long as Taylor is healthy, he needs to be rostered as one of the top-tier handcuffs in fantasy. He\u2019s on way too many waiver wires right now. Burn a roster spot and roster McGowan\u2014if JT goes down, you\u2019ll have a locked-in RB2 every week.<\/p>\n FAAB Advice:<\/p>\n Base League (10-12 team):<\/p>\n Standard: 1.1%Half: 1.1%Full: 1.1%<\/p>\n Large League (14-16 team):<\/p>\n Standard: 17.5%Half: 15%Full: 15%<\/p>\n Guillotine: 2.5%<\/p>\n Wide Receivers<\/p>\n Omar Cooper<\/a> | NYJ<\/p>\n Roster: 27%<\/p>\n In his first game back off of injured reserve, Cooper showed us why he\u2019s worthy of\u00a0 the top waiver wire pickup after Week 6:<\/p>\n 85% route participation (2nd only behind Garrett Wilson<\/a>)<\/p>\n 7 targets \/ 24% target share (1st on NYJ)<\/p>\n 6 receptions, 103 yards (1st on NYJ)<\/p>\n 22.3 fantasy points (6th among all WRs in Week 6<\/a>)<\/p>\n The first-round rookie receiver hasn\u2019t seen game action since Week 1, when he left with injury after his first NFL reception. He came roaring back in Week 6, with a performance that has me believing he should be the No. 1 priority this week.<\/p>\n FAAB Advice:<\/p>\n Base League (10-12 team):<\/p>\n Standard: 22.5%Half: 22.5%Full: 22.5%<\/p>\n Large League (14-16 team):<\/p>\n Standard: 40%Half: 45%Full: 47.5%<\/p>\n Guillotine: 7.5%<\/p>\n Ja’Kobi Lane<\/a> | BAL<\/p>\n Roster: 44%<\/p>\n Lane was one of the hottest names after his Week 1 performance, where the rookie came onto the scene hot as the WR2 in route participation behind Zay Flowers<\/a>\u2014only to be sent to injured reserve for four weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n In his return to game action in Week 6, he picked up right where he left off\u2014serving as a top option in the Ravens passing attack. He didn\u2019t do much in the boxscore, finishing with only 4 receptions for 40 yards, but he was second on the team in target rate (16.1%).<\/p>\n I\u2019m not taking a whole lot away from the Ravens offensive performance this week in their loss to the Browns with Tyler Huntley<\/a> at the helm, but it was great to see Lane return to action and immediately be prioritized. If he was dropped in your league, I\u2019d absolutely be looking to snag the rookie as a high-upside swing at the receiver position.<\/p>\n FAAB Advice:<\/p>\n Base League (10-12 team):<\/p>\n Standard: 15%Half: 12.5%Full: 7.5%<\/p>\n Large League (14-16 team):<\/p>\n Standard: 32.5%Half: 32.5%Full: 30%<\/p>\n Guillotine: 7.5%<\/p>\n Jaylin Noel<\/a> | HOU<\/p>\n Roster: 24%<\/p>\n Let\u2019s start with the good news here:<\/p>\n Noel was the No. 2 wide receiver in route participation behind Nico Collins<\/a> this week. He finished with 4 receptions for 107 yards and a touchdown\u201420.7 PPR points (WR7 on the week).<\/p>\n Now for the (not so good) news:<\/p>\n He only ran 61% of the routes<\/a>.<\/p>\n He had only 7.2 expected fantasy points (WR48 on the week).<\/p>\n I think Noel will be a popular waiver add after this explosive performance, but honestly I\u2019d rather let someone else spend up for him. Especially with Marvin Harrison<\/a> Jr. getting added to the fold, I only see this wide receiver room getting more murky beyond Nico Collins going forward.<\/p>\n FAAB Advice:<\/p>\n Base League (10-12 team):<\/p>\n Standard: 5%Half: 5%Full: 5%<\/p>\n Large League (14-16 team):<\/p>\n Standard: 20%Half: 27.5%Full: 25%<\/p>\n Guillotine: 5%<\/p>\n Malachi Fields<\/a> | NYG<\/p>\n Roster: 28%<\/p>\n Looking at the boxscore, you would never guess that the third-round rookie receiver from the 2026 class had his best utilization of the year in Week 6. He finished with 2 receptions for 19 yards and no touchdown (3.9 PPR points).<\/p>\n The underlying usage suggests there are brighter days ahead for Fields in fantasy:<\/p>\n 90.6% route participation (only behind Malik Nabers<\/a> and Isaiah Likely<\/a>)<\/p>\n 8 targets (again, behind only Nabers and Likely)<\/p>\n Fields\u2019 13.1 expected fantasy points give him an underperformance delta of -9.2 (13.1 – 3.9), which ranks him 91st of 95 receivers in Week 6. Even though he didn\u2019t provide any value from a real-life fantasy perspective this week, I love to see a rookie getting this involved in their offense\u2019s game plan.<\/p>\n FAAB Advice:<\/p>\n Base League (10-12 team):<\/p>\n Standard: 1.1%Half: 1.1%Full: 1.1%<\/p>\n Large League (14-16 team):<\/p>\n Standard: 7.5%Half: 10%Full: 10%<\/p>\n Guillotine: 2.5%<\/p>\n Christian Kirk<\/a> | SF<\/p>\n Roster: 19%<\/p>\n With Mike Evans<\/a> leaving Week 6\u2019s matchup against the Commanders early, the 49ers wide receiver corps is about as depleted as it could possibly get.<\/p>\n Enter Kirk\u2014rostered in only 19% of leagues right now, and set to return off injured reserve next week. Given the current state of the receiver room, Kirk feels like he could sleepwalk into serious volume immediately in San Francisco. Go pick him up before he plays a snap in 2026, because he\u2019ll likely be a popular waiver add once people see how much he plays the minute he\u2019s back on the field.<\/p>\n FAAB Advice:<\/p>\n Base League (10-12 team):<\/p>\n Standard: 1.1%Half: 1.1%Full: 1.1%<\/p>\n Large League (14-16 team):<\/p>\n Standard: 2.5%Half: 2.5%Full: 2.5%<\/p>\n Guillotine: 2.5%<\/p>\n Antonio Williams<\/a> | WAS<\/p>\n Roster: 37%<\/p>\n While Antonio Williams may not have had the most eye-popping performance in the boxscore this past week, he\u2019s set up to see his utilization absolutely skyrocket over the coming weeks. Terry McLaurin<\/a> left this game with a knee injury that is feared to be significant<\/a>, leaving Williams as the only WR worth noting past Stefon Diggs<\/a> in Washington.<\/p>\n The rookie out of Clemson had an extremely interesting prospect profile in my opinion (you can check out my full breakdown of his profile over on my YouTube<\/a>), and he\u2019s continued to flash on limited opportunities early in his rookie season. The Commanders have a bye in Week 7 so you\u2019ll have to wait to start him, but there\u2019s no doubt that Williams has as much upside over the back half of the season as any receiver.<\/p>\n FAAB Advice:<\/p>\n Base League (10-12 team):<\/p>\n Standard: 2.5%Half: 2.5%Full: 2.5%<\/p>\n Large League (14-16 team):<\/p>\n Standard: 12.5%Half: 20%Full: 17.5%<\/p>\n Guillotine: 2.5%<\/p>\n Tight Ends<\/p>\n Michael Mayer<\/a> | LV<\/p>\n Roster: 30%<\/p>\n I\u2019ve come to the conclusion that we need to start giving Michael Mayer his flowers as a legit target earner in this Raiders offense – even with Brock Bowers<\/a> on the field.<\/p>\n Since wers returned in Week 3, the Raiders have run 12 personnel on 57.9% of their offensive plays. That’s the highest rate in the league and about 2.4 times the rest of the league’s 23.7%. The median team is at 22.5%.<\/p>\n In Week 6, specifically, Mayer continued to prove his importance as a receiver here:<\/p>\n 69% route participation (3rd)<\/p>\n 9 targets, 23.7% target rate (1st)<\/p>\n 7 receptions, 95 yards<\/p>\n 14.5 expected fantasy points (TE6)<\/p>\n 16.5 actual fantasy points (TE5)<\/p>\n Mayer is now TE12 on the season with 10.1 fantasy points per game<\/a>. Even as the firm TE2 on his own team, I\u2019m starting to think he needs to be in the back-end TE1 conversation on a weekly basis.<\/p>\n FAAB Advice:<\/p>\n Base League (10-12 team):<\/p>\n Standard: 7.5%Half: 7.5%Full: 7.5%<\/p>\n Large League (14-16 team):<\/p>\n Standard: 10%Half: 10%Full: 10%<\/p>\n Guillotine: 2.5%<\/p>\n Chig Okonkwo | WAS Okonkwo had his highest route participation of the season in Week 6. With McLaurin leaving early with the knee injury, he saw over 85% of the total routes (the most on the team). With McLaurin set to miss the rest of the season, Okonkwo quickly jumps into that back-end TE1\/high-end TE2 range, simply based on the opportunity arising in this offense. If you\u2019re needy at the tight end position, he would be a priority add for me off the waivers this week.<\/p>\n FAAB Advice:<\/p>\n Base League (10-12 team):<\/p>\n Standard: 2.5%Half: 2.5%Full: 2.5%<\/p>\n Large League (14-16 team):<\/p>\n Standard: 10%Half: 10%Full: 10%<\/p>\n Since you made it this far \u2026 here are the guys I would NOT recommend spending on:<\/p>\n Zonovan Knight<\/a>: split carries with Tyler Allgeier<\/a> this week, but I\u2019m expecting Jeremiyah Love<\/a> to return in Week 7.<\/p>\n Tyrone Tracy<\/a>: the Giants backfield was an absolute mess this week. I\u2019m not taking much away from Tracy\u2019s fantasy production here.<\/p>\n Jahan Dotson<\/a>: solid fantasy performance here with 90+% of the routes in Atlanta, but I don\u2019t trust Dotson as a weekly option given his NFL track record.<\/p>\n Tommy Tremble<\/a>: 2 touchdowns, only 50% of the routes. Could just as easily be Darren Waller<\/a> again next week.<\/p>\n![\"Get](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792526169_989_image.jpeg\"\/)
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