Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups: Tight Ends (Week 3)

We will have you covered throughout the 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 fantasy football 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 fantasy football waiver wire tight ends to target for the week below. And here is all of our fantasy football waiver wire advice for Week 3.

Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets: Tight Ends

Tight Ends

Written by Derek Brown

Juwan Johnson (TE – NO): 44% Rostered

Next Opponents: @SEA, @BUF, NYG
True Value: $8
Desperate Need: $12
Budget-Minded: $5

Analysis: Juwan Johnson is in the running for one of the best waiver wire pickups of the year for teams that have been hurting at tight end. In Week 1, he had a 79.6% route share with a 23.9% target share (second on the team), 1.95 yards per route run, 76 receiving yards, a team-leading two red-zone targets, a 28.1% first-read share (tied for the team lead) and 0.103 first downs per route run, per Fantasy Points Data. Johnson was the TE1 in fantasy last week. This week, he should end up a top-12 option again when it’s all said and done. He had a 26.4% target share against the 49ers, finishing with five receptions, 49 receiving yards and a score. Only Chris Olave had more targets than Johnson in Week 2. Even if you’re in good shape at tight end, Johnson should be picked up. At this point, he has proven he isn’t a one-week wonder. It feels like he’ll have staying power.

Harold Fannin Jr. (TE – CLE): 43% Rostered

Next Opponents: GB, @DET, MIN
True Value: $6
Desperate Need: $10
Budget-Minded: $3

Analysis: In Week 1, Harold Fannin Jr. had a 20% target share, 2.17 yards per route run, 63 receiving yards and a 24% first-read share as the TE6 in fantasy. He had only a 60.2% route share. In Week 2, he saw his playing time increase with a 70% snap share and 73.3% route share. Sadly, his target share dipped to 11.1%, as he had only five receptions and 48 receiving yards. The increase in playing time is really what we wanted to see, though. If Fannin is getting adequate snaps, I believe the target share will increase because the talent is there. He could easily flirt with TE1 value moving forward, and don’t discount the possibility of the Browns eventually trading David Njoku, which gives Fannin a monster ceiling that few tight ends on the waiver wire have.

Chig Okonkwo (TE – TEN): 31% Rostered

Next Opponents: IND, @HOU, @ARI
True Value: $1
Desperate Need: $2
Budget-Minded: $0

Analysis: If you’re in an injury bind at tight end, Chig Okonkwo is a decent “break glass in case of emergency” streaming option. In Week 1, he had a 76.5% route share and 14.3% target share while only seeing a 10.5% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. In Week 2 against the Rams, Okonkwo had an 18.1% target share with four receptions and 35 receiving yards. It doesn’t sound like much, but Okonkwo is capable of putting up a receiving stat line that, if he gets into the end zone, will make him a TE1 for the week.

Ja’Tavion Sanders (TE – CAR): 2% Rostered

Next Opponents: ATL, @NE, MIA
True Value: $1
Desperate Need: $2
Budget-Minded: $0

Analysis: Ja’Tavion Sanders had a strong Week 2 that puts him on the streaming radar. Against the Cardinals, he played 65.8% of the snaps and ran a route on 69% of Bryce Young‘s passing attempts while seeing a 16.3% target share. Sanders finished with seven receptions and 54 receiving yards. With the Panthers’ putrid defense and solid matchups for the tight end position in the next three weeks, Sanders could fall into TE1 production in multiple games.