While Week 4 hasn't yielded as many injuries as Weeks 2 and 3, we're still tracking several relevant names potentially going down and who would step up. Key injuries include: Austin Ekeler (hamstring), Nick Chubb (knee), Noah Fant (ankle), O.J. Howard (Achilles), Tyler Eifert (concussion), and Jordan Akins (concussion). And of course, there are the Covid-related ramifications to track. Join us for the waiver wire lightning round heading into Week 5.
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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 therefore will range from shallow options in standard leagues to deep options in PPR formats.
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Running Backs (Priority Order):
Joshua Kelley
Chase Edmonds
Justin Jackson
Latavius Murray
Brian Hill
Malcolm Brown
Rex Burkhead
D'Ernest Johnson
Duke Johnson
Alexander Mattison
Ke'Shawn Vaughn
Anthony McFarland Jr.
Darrynton Evans
Wide Receivers (Priority Order):
Brandon Aiyuk
Corey Davis
Tee Higgins
Scotty Miller
Tre'Quan Smith
N'Keal Harry
Tim Patrick
Cole Beasley
David Moore
Hunter Renfrow
Russell Gage
Laviska Shenault Jr.
Zach Pascal
Darnell Mooney
James Washington
Mecole Hardman
Christian Kirk
Nelson Agholor
Jalen Guyton
Curtis Samuel
Isaiah Ford
Gabriel Davis
Cedrick Wilson
Jeff Smith
Tight Ends (Priority Order):
Dalton Schultz
Austin Hooper
Mo Alie-Cox
Rob Gronkowski
Jimmy Graham
Greg Olsen
Robert Tonyan
Ian Thomas
Eric Ebron
Cameron Brate
Logan Thomas
Quarterbacks (Priority Order):
Ryan Tannehill
Teddy Bridgewater
Gardner Minshew II
Kirk Cousins
Justin Herbert
Derek Carr
Philip Rivers
Ryan Fitzpatrick