Waiver Wire Express - Week 7 Lightning Round Including Isaac Guerendo, Ty Chandler, Kimani Vidal, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Romeo Doubs, Drake Maye

The Week 7 waiver wire adds lightning round for 2024 fantasy football. Our free agent list includes Isaac Guerendo, Ty Chandler, Kimani Vidal, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Romeo Doubs, Drake Maye & more.

Congratulations on (mostly) making it through another injured-filled week as we push onto the heart of October. We saw plenty of standout performances from relatively unknown names, which is what waiver dreams are made of! Let's wade through it with our fantasy football waiver wire pickups lightning round heading into Week 7 of the 2024 NFL season.

As always, this article provides rapid reactions to put key players on your radar for this next week after Week 6's action and injuries to Marvin Harrison Jr. (head), Chris Olave (head), Travis Etienne Jr. (hamstring), Dallas Goedert (hamstring), Jerome Ford (hamstring), Dontayvion Wicks (shoulder), and more. This column is published early every week and then updated daily. Each day will also yield more in-depth waiver wire analysis for all positions. 

Waiver pickups are listed in priority order (in a vacuum) and broken down by position. Players must be rostered in roughly less than 60% of Yahoo leagues and will range from shallow options in standard leagues to deep options in PPR formats.

• 2025 fantasy football rankings
• Running back (RB) rankings
• Wide receiver (WR) rankings
• Quarterback (QB) rankings
• Tight end (TE) rankings
• Defense (D/ST) rankings
• Kicker (K) rankings
• FLEX rankings
• Dynasty rankings

Week 7 Running Backs To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Isaac Guerendo
Alexander Mattison
Ty Chandler
Tyler Allgeier
Jaylen Warren
Trey Sermon
Tyrone Tracy Jr.
Braelon Allen
Kimani Vidal
D'Onta Foreman
Antonio Gibson
Roschon Johnson
Jaylen Wright
Sean Tucker
Tyler Goodson
Jaleel McLaughlin
Justice Hill
Emanuel Wilson
Kendre Miller
Ameer Abdullah
Jeremy McNichols
Clyde Edwards-Helaire
Dameon Pierce

Week 7 Wide Receivers To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

JuJu Smith-Schuster
Ladd McConkey
Tyler Lockett
Romeo Doubs
Josh Downs
DeAndre Hopkins
Christian Watson
Jordan Whittington
Quentin Johnston
Demario Douglas
Michael Wilson
Gabe Davis
Jalen Tolbert
Jakobi Meyers
Alec Pierce
Allen Lazard
Ray-Ray McCloud III
Bub Means
Xavier Legette
Joshua Palmer
Tre Tucker
Tutu Atwell
Darius Slayton
Ja'Lynn Polk
Zay Jones
Sterling Shepard
Kayshon Boutte
Rashod Bateman
KaVontae Turpin
Noah Brown
Bo Melton

Week 7 Tight Ends To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Isaiah Likely
Zach Ertz
Colby Parkinson
Hunter Henry
Tyler Conklin
Grant Calcaterra
Theo Johnson
Jonnu Smith
Ja'Tavion Sanders
Erick All Jr.
Charlie Kolar
Ben Sinnott

Week 7 Quarterbacks To Add

Pickups are in priority order, with emphasis on Week 7:

Sam Darnold
Daniel Jones
Trevor Lawrence
Drake Maye
Andy Dalton
Tua Tagovailoa
Aidan O'Connell
Joe Flacco
Spencer Rattler

Week 7 Defenses To Add

Pickups are in priority order, with emphasis on Week 7:

Los Angeles Chargers DST
New England Patriots DST
Indianapolis Colts DST
Washington Commanders DST
Los Angeles Rams DST

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