Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Rankings & Pickups (Week 3)

Our analysts combine to provide rankings for weekly fantasy football waiver wire targets. We’ll help you prioritize your bids for the week ahead. Check out our full expert consensus fantasy football waiver wire rankings and all of our fantasy football waiver wire advice for the week.

Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Rankings

Note: Players chosen based upon having early-week consensus roster percent below 50%.

Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups to Target

Elic Ayomanor (WR – TEN): 8% Rostered

Next Opponents: IND, @HOU, @ARI
True Value: $9
Desperate Need: $15
Budget-Minded: $5

Analysis: While the counting stats weren’t there in Week 1, Elic Ayomanor still soaked up intriguing volume, and I was quietly interested in his upside moving forward. In Week 1, he had a 25% target share, a 48.5% air-yard share and a 36.8% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. Among 105 qualifying wide receivers, he ranked 45th in separation and 23rd in route win rate. In Week 2, Ayomanor didn’t see nearly the same target volume (18.1% target share), but he turned his volume into production with four grabs, 56 receiving yards and a score. Ayomanor is a talented rookie who could just be starting to hit his stride, and only Calvin Ridley can compete with him weekly for the team lead in targets. Ayomanor could evolve into a strong WR3/Flex if Cam Ward can be as good as we think he can be in his rookie season.

Wan’Dale Robinson (WR – NYG): 22% Rostered

Next Opponents: KC, LAC, @NO
True Value: $7
Desperate Need: $11
Budget-Minded: $4

Analysis: Wan’Dale Robinson exploded in Week 2 with eight receptions and 142 receiving yards. Yes, in case you’re wondering, that was a career high in receiving yardage for Robinson and only the second 100-yard receiving game of his career, so don’t think that many more of those will be coming in 2025. That doesn’t mean he isn’t a strong weekly Flex moving forward in PPR formats. Over the last two games, he has a 23% target share while averaging seven grabs and 98.5 receiving yards. As the clear No. 2 option in the Giants’ passing attack, Robinson will be a nice player to have on your bench when the bye weeks arrive.

Daniel Jones (QB – IND) (17% Rostered)

Next Opponents: @TEN, @LAR, LV
True Value: $5
Desperate Need: $8
Budget-Minded: $3

Analysis: Seeing Daniel Jones become a fantasy QB1 is like looking at a Picasso. You may not know what’s going on, but you don’t want to take your eyes off it. Seriously, this is not your dad’s Daniel Jones. Before Week 2, the last time Jones had passed for 300 yards was Week 2 of 2023. Now with the Colts, Jones has been balling out, rushing for three touchdowns and passing for 588 yards in his first two games. Although his upcoming schedule is not the most appealing, after seeing what he did against an elite Broncos defense in Week 2, he should be played every week. Plug your nose, close your eyes, give him a different name. Do whatever you need to do to stomach seeing him in your lineup. Grab your Pepto-Bismol and get yourself a weekly top-12 quarterback for the 2025 season.

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.