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Juwan Johnson is a fantasy football waiver wire pickup option for tight ends. Target him as a free agent add off waivers for Week 13 of the 2023 NFL season.
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ANALYSIS: New Orleans Saints tight end Juwan Johnson is coming off his best game of the season, catching four of his seven targets for 45 yards in the team's 24-15 loss to the Atlanta Falcons on Saturday.
Johnson, who missed four games this year, has seen some decent usage over the past three games, playing 74% or more of the team's snaps in each of those contests with at least three targets in each game.
The fourth-year tight end hasn't necessarily shown that he's productive enough to trust in fantasy yet, but the fact that his best game came with Michael Thomas out is an encouraging sign for future production. His short-term outlook could also see a boost if Chris Olave, who exited Week 12 with a concussion, ends up missing time.
In fact, with Thomas on IR, an Olave absence on Sunday against the Lions would put Juwan Johnson firmly in the TE streaming pile. There's obviously risk here based on his overall lack of production this year, but the Saints have a fairly untested group of wide receivers, so it's conceivable that a handful of targets wind up going Johnson's way.
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