Welcome to the Week 3 of our look at the best waiver wire wide receivers out there. We got a couple blow up games from low rostered receivers we’ll take a look at below.
We’ll go over some Week 2 wide receiver performers that you should consider scooping off the waiver wire ahead of Week 3. We’ll classify a waiver add as someone who is rostered under roughly 60% of Yahoo leagues.
Troy Franklin, WR, Broncos (3%)
Next three matchups — @LAC, CIN, @PHI
Bo Nix and the Broncos found the end zone three times through the air in the first half against the Colts and looked good doing so. The offense broke down in the second half, but Troy Franklin and company had done quite a bit of fantasy damage already. Franklin was a high upside rookie prospect last season, but he hadn’t been winning enough playing time and targets to be of much use in fantasy. That appears to have changed, as he was at a 60% snap count last week and caught 4-of-6 targets for 44 yards.
Now, in Week 2, he just had the best game of his career, as he caught 8-of-9 targets for 89 yards and a touchdown, adding one rushing attempt for 11 yards to give him 100 total yards on the day. There will be fluctuations in who gets work between the receivers, as their WR1, Courtland Sutton, caught just one pass for six yards on four targets. Sutton will get more work in the future, but there is little doubt that Franklin has proved he is right up there with the veteran and needs as much work as they can give him.
Wan’Dale Robinson, WR, New York Giants (22%)
Next three matchups — KC, LAC, @NO
Wait, is Wan’Dale not just a PPR scammer anymore? His history says no, he is just a PPR scammer, but he sure wasn’t this week, as he caught 8-of-10 passes for 142 yards and a touchdown. This was in a game where Russell Wilson threw for 450 yards and Malik Nabers also went off even more than Robinson, so there was a lot of upside against a bad Cowboys pass defense. But, Robinson does have a good floor in PPR leagues, making him useful even when not going off for huge games like this. Maybe Wilson or Dart can get him going this year.
Dontayvion Wicks, WR, Packers (1%)
Next three matchups — @CLE, @DAL, BYE
The Packers are playing great to start the season, but they did just lose their most productive receiver in Jayden Reed. Reed will be out a a couple months and Wicks is set to take his spot in the slot. It might not come with the snap counts we’d like, but we did see Wicks catch 4-of-6 targets after Reed’s injury. How involved he’ll be moving forward is hard to know, but he has upside and is in a spot he should see some easy catch and run targets on a good team.
Eric Ayomanor, WR, Titans (8%)
Next three matchups — IND, @HOU, @ARI
Ayomanor continues to be the No. 2 wide receiver in Tennessee, and has 13 targets to Calvin Ridley’s 14 through two games. This week he was able to score a touchdown as hie caught 4-of-6 passes for 56 yards and the TD. The rookie should continue to grow with rookie Cam Ward and could start paying dividends as we move through the season. He’s worth a bench spot for sure.
Hunter Renfrow, WR, Panthers (1%)
Next three matchups — ATL, @NE, MIA
Renfrow caught 7-of-9 targets for 49 yards and two touchdowns in a game Bryce Young had to throw the ball 55 times in catch up mode. We can’t expect that kind of high usage every week, but with the Panthers poor defense, Young will probably be trailing more often than not. He makes for a good floor PPR as Youngs primary slot receiver.
