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Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets: Luke Musgrave, Logan Thomas, Cade Otton (Week 5)

Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets: Luke Musgrave, Logan Thomas, Cade Otton (Week 5)

Tight end continues to be a frustating position to manage this season. From George Kittle to Dallas Goedert and all the way to Kyle Pitts, highly-drafted tight ends frustrate managers on a weekly basis. No worries, as we will guide you through the muck that has been the tight end position in 2023. We will have you covered throughout the 2023 fantasy football season with our bevy of tools, including our Waiver Wire Assistant. Find the top available players and get detailed analysis on how potential waiver wire adds will impact your team. Of course, our team of analysts will also have written advice each week. Check out some of our top waiver wire targets for the week below. And here is all of our fantasy football waiver wire advice for Week 5.

Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets

Written by Derek Brown

Luke Musgrave (GB): 36% rostered

  • Next Opponents: @LV, BYE, @DEN
  • True value: $3
  • Desperate need: $6
  • Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: Musgrave left Week 4 with a concussion, so toss that game’s stats in the trash. Entering Week 4, among 45 qualifying tight ends, Musgrave ranked 17th in yards per route run and 10th in yards after the catch per reception (per PFF). He has a 15.8% target share and 91% route participation. His three red zone targets rank eighth at the position. Everything about his usage screams top-12 upside tight end for the rest of the season. The only reason Musgrave remains available is because he has yet to have a blowup game. It’s coming. Grab him now.

Logan Thomas (WAS): 6% rostered

  • Next Opponents: CHI, @ATL, @NYG
  • True value: $1
  • Desperate need: $2
  • Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: Thomas returned from a concussion to play 79% of Washington’s offensive snaps while running a route on every Sam Howell pass attempt except one. Thomas only had a 7.3% target share, but he drew a 22.6% target share and a 24.5% air yard share in Week 1. There’s more target volume to be had for Thomas than what he showed in Week 4. Thomas is firmly on the matchup streaming radar, with Week 5-6 matchups against two teams that have given up the 10th-most and fourth-most fantasy points per game to tight ends.

Cade Otton (TB): 2% rostered

  • Next Opponents: BYE, DET, ATL
  • True value: $1
  • Desperate need: $2
  • Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: Otton entered Week 4 with a 12.4% target share and 97% route participation. He is worthy of a pickup now to get ahead of the TE-streaming curve. In Weeks 6 and 7, he faces two defenses that have allowed the fifth- and fourth-most fantasy points per game to opposing tight ends. Otton could put up back-to-back TE1-worthy stat lines.

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