NFL Waiver Wire Workout: Week 2

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Because league formats vary, one size doesn't fit all when it comes to your waiver wire. That's why I break possible free agent adds into three categories. Follow me on Twitter for the latest on possible additions to your fantasy roster.

Tyrell Williams, WR, SD (owned in 2% of Yahoo leagues). There doesn't appear to be a clear-cut stud for Week 2 for whom you should burn the top waiver priority in your league, but if I'm choosing one dude to take a flyer on, it's Williams. In the wake of Keenan Allen's injury, the Chargers will cobble together receiver production from multiple guys, perhaps first and foremost Travis Benjamin. But Williams wrestled his way into three-receiver sets during training camp and could be a flanker to Benjy's split end. Young, 6'4" guy, no deep speed but a good athlete—he probably won't be an every-week fantasy starter, but of all the jokers I list here, he's got the highest upside.

Eli Rogers, WR, PIT (8% owned). Rogers graduates from deep- to standard-league status after Week 1, a big win in D.C. in which he produced six grabs for 59 yards and a touchdown that ricocheted off Sammie Coates's chest in the end zone. Rogers is a pure slot receiver and as such figures to be more of a PPR threat, but with Coates struggling hands-wise and Markus Wheaton's shoulder an issue, Rogers may be Ben Roethlisberger's No. 2 receiver. That may not make him startable in all leagues, but he's definitely ownable.

Chris Hogan, WR, NE (31% owned). On the one hand, we shouldn't lose our minds over the long touchdown Sunday night: it was a blown coverage by a rookie corner. On the other hand, good for Hogan for making a play. Jimmy Garoppolo was conservative most of the night but also more competent than Pats fans could've hoped. I think Hogan, Malcolm Mitchell, and Danny Amendola probably cancel each other out, but wouldn't hate a Hogan add with an eye toward Tom Brady's return.

Terrance West, RB, BAL (29% owned). I didn't love West's Week 1 game film, but he was active and Buck Allen was a healthy scratch, so it's time to start taking West seriously as a possible goal-line back. The Ravens had zero snaps inside the Buffalo 10 Sunday, so we didn't get that info for sure, but West weighs 225 pounds so he's a more natural candidate than Justin Forsett. However, I also don't rule out the possibility that the Ravens come to their senses and realize West is pretty far from an actual playmaker. That Kenneth Dixon speculative add for a month from now sounds kind of smart.

Brock Osweiler, QB, HOU (28% owned). Joe Flacco might make a better Week 2 streamer, because he gets the Browns and Ice-Water gets the Chiefs. But in spurts the Texans got pretty aggressive in the passing game Sunday; I counted five deep shots to Will Fuller in addition to DeAndre Hopkins's long-ish TD. Yes, true, Lamar Miller also got 28 carries, so it's fair to say Bill O'Brien's full intentions have yet to be revealed. But I thought Osweiler got a bad rap for being gun-shy during his Denver audition last year.

Ravens Defense (7% owned). The Ravens were all over Tyrod Taylor Sunday; they may not have sacked him much or created any turnovers, but they held the Bills to seven points, and that's pretty good. More importantly, they get to face the Browns Sunday. Josh McCown will take over under center for Bobby Three Sticks and perhaps that'll mean more competent QB play, but I don't think Cleveland has a NFL-quality roster.

Victor Cruz, WR, NYG (19% owned). I live in Amherst, Massachusetts, and remember when Cruz was a star at UMass. It's always been a local point of pride that he made good in the NFL. But that torn patellar tendon is a bear, and Cruz missed a season and a half as a result. Whether he'll ever gain back his burst is an open question, but against the Cowboys Sunday he made plays as an ancillary weapon, including the game-winning TD. I think his production will be too sporadic to rely on, but maybe not!

Davante Adams, WR, GB (9% owned). This joker again? Adams was the bane of fantasy owners' existence in Jordy Nelson's absence last year, and he had a couple horrendous drops Sunday. But he also had six targets from Aaron Rodgers and made a frankly brilliant TD catch on an even more brilliant throw. Rodgers has been known to make usable fantasy commodities out of three receivers when he's on.

Alfred Morris, RB, DAL (23% owned). There shouldn't be a league in the universe where the Zeke Elliott owner doesn't also own Alf if he's available. In Week 1, Morris played a couple series in the rookie's stead and looked powerful and cut well, probably running better than Elliott himself. There's no way Morris will supplant the rookie without an injury, but if Elliott goes down, Morris is a pure fantasy starter.

Shane Vereen, RB, NYG (13% owned). Vereen is a fantasy tease, so forgive me for invoking his name here. But he played in basically the same capacity Morris did: he was the first man off the bench in the Giants backfield and spelled starter Rashad Jennings throughout. Vereen isn't the pure handcuff Morris is, but in PPR leagues I don't hate the idea of rostering him for a couple weeks.

Robert Woods, WR, BUF (2% owned). It sounds like Sammy Watkins will play through his painful surgically repaired foot, so for the moment Woods remains in the land of the speculative. But given how quickly trial balloons were being sent from someone either in the Bills' or Watkins's camp Sunday morning—before the games even started!—it sounds like Sammy has an exit strategy if things get bad these next couple games. If Watkins is out, Woods would be the most experienced receiver left behind, but he's mostly been a milquetoast disappointment in his three-year NFL career.

Players listed in previous weeks who are still speculative adds: Kenneth Dixon, RB, BAL (8%); Devontae Booker, RB, DEN (15%); Pierre Garcon, WR, WAS (25%); Anquan Boldin, WR, DET (21%); Jesse James, TE, PIT (21%); Clive Walford, TE, OAK (19%).

Jimmy Garoppolo, QB, NE (7% owned). Jimmy G. pulled off a great win nobody expected, extremely short handed in Arizona. The passing game plan was conservative, but there were moments where Garoppolo had to come out of his handsome, handsome shell and stick throws, and he did. The Patriots would prefer to get ahead against lesser foes and stay mellow on offense, but if they can't get away with it in any of their next three contests (Dolphins, Texans, Bills), Garoppolo may be able to handle it.

Brandon LaFell, WR, CIN (5% owned). On my podcast, we call LaFell "Uncle Duck," for reasons too complicated to mention here, but those reasons are related to how bad his hands are. With the exception of one glorious season two years ago, LaFell's six-year career has been highlighted almost exclusively by soul-crushing drops. But he's got a chance in a Bengals offense desperate for pass catchers.

Cole Beasley, WR, DAL (3% owned). Speaking of drops, Beasley had a few in Sunday's game. But his possession-receiver profile seems to fit the plan with Dak Prescott under center: don't take too many chances and try to march the ball down the field by nibbling. Beasley is King Nibble.

Dontrelle Inman, WR, SD (0% owned). The only reason I give Tyrell Williams the waiver nod over Inman is because it became obvious in training camp that Williams had passed Inman on the depth chart and looked ready to be San Diego's No. 3 receiver. Now that the No. 2 and the No. 3 are open, both guys may be on the field a lot.

Austin Seferian-Jenkins, TE, TB (9% owned). ASJ lost too many looks to Cameron Brate and even Brandon Myers Sunday to be anything but a deeper-league guy, but we've been waiting for a breakout for two straight years and that TD catch against the Falcons Sunday was a beaut. His problems have mostly been about injury and knuckleheadedness.

Quincy Enunwa, WR, NYJ (1% owned). Healthy again, Enunwa is locked into a third-receiver role with the Jets. That means he's basically on the field the entire game, so spread out is New York's offense. Sunday, Enunwa got the season's first red-zone TD, plus a jet screen behind the line on the season's very first play.

Jeremy Kerley, WR, SF (1% owned). I guess maybe there's profit in having Blaine Gabbert's check-down guy, because Gabbert sure does like to check down. Kerley produced seven receptions Monday night and could give a safe weekly baseline in a PPR league.

Travaris Cadet, RB, NO (0% owned). History tells us not to chase Saints players who surprise us with touchdowns (Cadet actually had end-zone targets on two separate drives Sunday). But it's worth noting that C.J. Spiller was a healthy scratch Sunday in favor of Cadet. Whatever deep-sleeper appeal you believed Spiller had gets assigned, by the fantasy transitive property, to Cadet.

Players listed in previous weeks who are still addable in deep leagues: Shaun Draughn, RB, SF (3%); Kenny Stills, WR, MIA (12%); Tyler Boyd, WR, CIN (17%).

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