Fantasy Football Today - FFT Express - EARLY Week 3 Waiver Wire TARGETS! Schultz, Young, Coleman, Tucker, Boston, & Others! (09/21 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: September 21, 2026

Adam asks Jamey for his biggest early waiver wire targets heading into Week 2! We start with running backs Jonah Coleman, Tank Bigsby, Emmett Johnson and Emanuel Wilson before Adam asks Jamey if Dalton Schultz should be the No. 1 waiver wire add. Then we break down quarterback options like Bryce Young, Jacoby Brissett and Kyler Murray before diving into wide receivers including Rashod Bateman, Denzel Boston, Tre Tucker and more. We wrap up with the top tight end to target on waivers and our favorite streaming defenses for Week 2.

An early look at the waiver wire right now on Fantasy Football Today Express. Week 3 is here. A lot of running back injuries, but hopefully none of them are too serious. Jamie, what's the waiver wire looking like right now for week three? So we'll start a running back. We got a little bit of a positive update on J.K. Dobbins, that it sounds like he's going to be able to play in week three. And the same thing, maybe with RJ Harvey.

But I'm still going to go get Jonah Coleman, 49% rostered. You saw the way he looked in week two against Jacksonville. That's a good run defense. I think that we'll see him, even when everybody's healthy in the mix, and you've already dealt with the one J.K. Dobbins injury. Imagine if there's a full season injury like we had last year. I know you've talked about this a lot, that maybe it's still R.J. Harvey's job. I'm going to guess it's a split situation if any of the guys miss. But I do think that if it's a J.K. Dobbins absence, we get Jonah Coleman on rushing downs, and that leads to some quality production.

I don't think you'll get a must start running back unless, of course, both guys are out in week three when the Broncos, they're. take on. Don't tell me, don't tell me, don't tell me. It's a tough matchup for them. The Rams. So I think Jonah Coleman is certainly somebody you want to go add. Barclay's injury is one worth keeping an eye on. I think we'll see Tank Bigsby as the more added player, but don't forget about Will Shipley. Tank Biggsby's rostered in 49% of leagues. I'm still rostering him wherever I can get my hands on him, which would be Emmett Johnson, 57% rostered. I don't really need to roster him because I have him in every league where he's available that I'm playing. But I think you should go get Emmett Johnson because

we see the way this offense operates. They get the dolphins this week. I'm going to guess both guys get an opportunity to run the ball. Emmanuel Wilson, it sounds like Judarian Price is going to be okay, dealing with the chest slash shoulder injury, I guess, is the way Mike McDonald framed it on Monday. But 4% rostered, he just had a lot of work. So make sure you get Emmanuel Wilson if you have an opportunity to stash running back.

Those are really the major injury concerns. There's Alvin Camara. There's Taijay Spears. You know, there's a lot of handcuff options you can pick up. You know, Braylon Allen scored a touchdown. I'll have that list again on Tuesday of the handcuff running backs that I think should be rostered in every league. And Caleb Johnson, maybe is another guy we'll talk about on Tuesday. Quarterback, is Bryce Young the number one player to get on the Waverwire?

He's not the number one player to get. He's definitely number one quarterback to get. You can make a case for Dalton Schultz just based on his roster percentage, the 60% coming off the game he just had. Obviously, if there's a setback during the week between J.K. Dobbins and R.J. Harvey, Jonah Coleman is going to be in that conversation. But Bryce Young has been awesome through the first two games of the season. And now he gets Cleveland, and I know the Browns did a much better job against Baker.

Mayfield's certainly a much better job than I expected them to do. But the way that Bryce Young has played, this is now seven of his last nine games going back to last year with at least 20 or more fantasy points. Coensides with Jaylen Coker becoming more of a factor in the offense. So I think when he has both those receivers on the field, now you throw Darren Waller in the mix. Bryce Young's looking like a great replacement for Caleb Williams, great replacement for Dayton Daniels, and maybe just a great starting quarterback that we can ride for the rest of the season. Because the schedule is not exactly tough. and as I said on Sunday night's recap show,

he's doing this without his tackles. So once the starting offensive tackles get back, it could be even better for Bricham. All right. Any other quarterbacks that you feel like mentioning? Well, Tyler Murray got cleared. He's going to start in week three.

So maybe we get the guy that we were hoping to see 64% rostered. So got back sooner than I expected. So that's someone you definitely want to put on the list of replacement quarterbacks. I'll still go back to Jacoby Preset. I know he didn't have a great game against Seattle. That's Seattle, San Francisco's defense in week three, probably not as tough, so maybe we get a better performance from him.

Once you start to get past those guys, it's a sliding scale of who do you want to trust. Gino Smith gets the lions this week. We've seen what that defenses look like, so Gino's in the conversation for a one-week option. Clearly, Marcus Marioo, depending on how long Jane, Daniel is going to be out. We know that that's been a good fantasy quarterback, a great backup quarterback to target. He could help you. We're expecting Michael Pennix to start on Thursday, so maybe we get a better Falcons quarterback performance moving forward, certainly better than what we've seen in the first two weeks.

we know the weapons they're great. So that's not a bad option to consider. And then Daniel Jones, look, he didn't have a great fantasy game against the Chiefs, but he looked a lot better. Not having Alec Pierce, most likely is going to be tough, but still he's going to do some things with his legs.

And let's give Deshawn Watson's credit. He played really well against Tampa Bay. Maybe he's going to start to be an option that fantasy managers consider in some deeper leagues. Yeah, absolutely. And maybe making things more interesting for Denzel Boston, who I'm sure we're going to talk about after this break. When we look at wide receivers on the waiver wire for Fantasy Week 3,

we'll be right back. Yes, to Sean Watson and the one-in-one Cleveland Brown. You know what? I'm going to do a quick report here. I'm going to see if I can. Who has the best, I don't know if I do this. Who has the best passer rating in the NFL since the beginning of the second quarter of week one? It might be, he might be up there to Sean Watson.

He's been pretty good since that quarter. Anyway, Jamie, what do we got a wide receiver this week? We have a few options. You know, the one-week scenario, if Zay Flowers is out, Rashad Bateman looked awesome against the Saints. and who knows if they let him make the trip to Brazil. But even if he does, he's not going to be at 100%. And you have Jacoby Lane missing.

So Rashad Bateman's in the discussion for just maybe short-term replacement. But long-term, you have two guys that are right around the same roster percentage, and that's Denzel Boston and Trey Tucker. We talked about Tucker going into week one. We talked about a lot of this off season that he could be the number one receiver for the Raiders. Didn't see in week one. We definitely saw it in week two as he beat up the Chargers secondary. And Denzel Boston now two long touchdowns.

one was through the air in week one. Great throw from Deshaun Watson in Garbage Time. The second one, just a great play from Boston bouncing off tacklers and finding the end zone. But we know that their two young receivers are going to make plays. We know that they're going to get better. Concepcion's rostered in too many leagues at this point to discuss as a waiver wire option. Boston is not. So I'm going to put Boston at the top of the list just because I think he'll continue to get better.

And if this version of Deshaun Watson, let's just not even expect him to get better. But if this version of Deshaun Watson shows up week in, week out, pretty good for Denzel Boston right now. really all we worry about. But Boston, Trey Tucker, Rashad Bateman, you still have the guys in Houston because we don't know when Nico Collins is going to come back. I'm going to go to Xavier Hutchinson. I know he didn't have a great game, but he had nine targets, and he just gets a lot of targets in the three games now going back to the last two years when Nico Collins has been out. Keep an eye on the situation in Miami. Caleb Douglas doesn't have a good game, and now he's hurt. So maybe that's Malik Washington has just been six plus targets in each of the first two games.

Maybe it's Chris Bell getting a bigger opportunity. Maybe it's the situation you want to avoid. I totally get that. but that's one to keep an eye on. Antonio Williams up to 60% rostered, almost through a touchdown for Washington to Terry McCorn. Didn't have a great game, but that's hard to judge and just saying that, you know, we're going to see what happens with Marcus Marriott moving forward. And then just a guy that I think will give you some decent low-end production,

maybe two. You got Duntabian Wicks with the Eagles. He's had two positive games. Targets had exactly been off the charts, but, you know, Jalen Hurts trying to find a second or third option, and it could be the second option if Dallas Goddard's out with that injury that he suffered in week two. And then Khalif Raymond, I know we don't want to buy into it,

but it's been now two weeks of consistent targets. We'll see what changes with Tyson, and Beijing as a starting quarterback there. That's just another player to keep an eye on moving forward. Yeah, Raymond actually was out at the one-yard line, but that was a poorly executed play. That should have been a touchdown for Kleefe Raymond. Tight end.

Yeah, what if Dalton Schultz isn't available? What do we do then? So the list for me goes next would be Hunter Henry, 57% rostered. I think they played the Steelers. It wasn't exactly the best game. but targets were there for him. If you're looking at some matchup-based situations,

you got Kenyon Sadie taking on the lions. We've seen now the tight ends the first two weeks. First, it was the Saints tight ends in week one, both Noah Fant and Joanne Johnson. Then week two, it was Dalton Kincade going crazy. Sadiq may be an option, you know, Aaron Glenn knowing that defense a little bit, still from, you know, two years removed from coaching the team,

but we know the safeties are not going to be there. I think Pat Friarremuth has a little bit better performance in week three than he did in week two. Patriots defense just obviously very good. And then the obvious one, just from a touchdown standpoint, would be Darren Waller, 9% rostered. Scored two touchdowns, I think he'll start to get ramped up a little bit. We know he's not going to be a target hog on this team, but he should be the third option. Just looking at the way Bryce Young is playing right now, that's a got to consider.

And then just based on the injuries in Los Angeles with the chargers, I know you don't want to buy into the chargers right now. But Arronda Gadsden scored a touchdown, both David Nijoku and Charlie Kohler are injured. Maybe we get Gadsden being a little bit more of a factor. We did see five plus targets for David Njoku in week one. That was after Ladmokki got injured. But, you know, Gadsden was a big, bigger part of the offense last season than he certainly has been in the first two weeks. All right. Good stuff there with four of those positions.

We also have DSTs. Don't forget about the DSTs. Do we have a great one this week? We do. I don't have the percentages, but I'll tell you who caught my eye was, it's time, I think, to bind into the Bengals. You know, they're playing much better, and we saw what the Steelers' offense look like right now. So the Bengals will be one.

The Chiefs, I don't know what their roster percentage is, but they get the dolphins. I think it's just you chase the dolphins on a week-to-week basis if you can. The Saints defense is playing better. You know, they're taking on Indianapolis, right, this week, with no Alex Pierce. So something... No, they're getting Las Vegas.

I'm sorry, Las Vegas, excuse me. Texans get the Colts. Texans get the Colts. Excuse me. you have that, you know, potential Raiders matchup, which could always be of interest. And then the Panthers,

look, they played really well last week against the Falcons. We'll see what they look like this week against the Browns. So, you know, all the positive things we just said about Deshawn Watson. It'll still be Deshawn Watson and that defense. And don't forget about the Giants against the Titans.

Giants against Titans. And then also the Packers, just in case Pennix doesn't play. Yeah. If you're getting Packers against those backup quarterbacks, they'll be great. That's a Thursday game. I mean, you might want to just make the Packers a top priority and then drop them.

I mean, you don't even have to drop them. It's not like Pennix is all pro. But if it's Jack Strand or Cooper Rush facing the Packers on Thursday, start the Packers DST. Okay, thanks, Jamie Eisenberg. Dave Richard will be with us tomorrow to break it all down, talk about all these players and more. And, yeah, we'll talk to tomorrow with the waiver, our show on Fantasy Football Today.