Week 7 Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Waiver Adds: Should You Add Romeo Doubs, Demario Douglas, Michael Wilson?
Ted breaks down the top fantasy football waiver wire adds at the wide receiver position ahead of Week 7.
We are now a third of the way into the NFL regular season, and fantasy football wavier wires are getting bare. This is especially true at the receiver position, where injuries don’t create instant fantasy starters the way they can for running backs. With that said, there are actually some solid options this week. Let’s dive right into them!
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Week 7 Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Waiver Adds
Josh Downs, Indianapolis Colts (48.6% Rostered)
Downs just keeps racking up targets, so he keeps appearing on this list. I imagine that by this time next week, he will have finally passed the 50% rostership threshold, so this should be his last appearance.
Romeo Doubs, Green Bay Packers (32.3% Rostered)
After a slightly mysterious one-week absence due to a suspension, Doubs returned in Week 6 with his best game of the season. He caught just three of his four targets for 49 yards, but two went for touchdowns, meaning he finished with 18.4 half-PPR points.
When healthy, Doubs has actually consistently led the Packers in routes. His 78.8% participation rate for the season is easily the team’s highest. However, he sees a target on just 18% of his routes, leading to a 15.6% target share for the season. That’s not terrible, but it’s certainly not great. He’s worth adding in deeper leagues, but don’t expect consistent production unless we see more injuries to the Packers’ WR room.
Christian Watson, Green Bay Packers (42.8% Rostered)
Speaking of injuries to the Packers’ WR room, Christian Watson returned this week after missing Week 5 with an ankle injury. This was a surprising result given that the initial reporting indicated that he would face a multi-week absence, but the 25-year-old made a quick recovery. Like Doubs, Watson caught three of four targets in Week 6, although he finished with more yards (68) and “just” one touchdown.
Just returned from an injury himself, Watson is now set to be the beneficiary of yet another injury to this young group of receivers. Dontayvion Wicks, who had been cutting into Watson’s route share, is now considered week to week with a shoulder issue. As long as Wicks is out, Watson should see a fairly large snap share, which may be enough to make him a weekly flex option.
JuJu Smith-Schuster, Kansas City Chiefs (24.9% Rostered)
The Chiefs were on bye this week, but I missed the chance to cover JuJu’s big Week 5 because it happened on Monday night, so he gets his due here. Last week, the Chiefs’ first week without Rashee Rice, Smith-Schuster racked up seven catches on eight targets for a team-leading 130 yards. Despite this, perhaps because of the Chiefs’ bye, he slid under the radar, still available in three-quarters of leagues.
It’s worth noting that JuJu did not play the full “Rahsee Rice role.” In his three healthy weeks, Rice posted a 31.5% target share and a 40.6% first-read target share on 76.9% route participation. Smith-Schuster in Week 5 ran just 59.1% of available routes, posting a 20.5% target share and an 18.2% first-read target share. Still, even 75% of Rice’s full role would be enough to make JuJu a weekly fantasy play. He should be rostered in all formats, with higher priority the more PPR your league plays with.
Demario Douglas, New England Patriots (14.1% Rostered)
Last week, I was predicting that Drake Maye’s arrival would bring a Ja’Lynn Polk breakout. Instead, it was Douglas who benefited most from the third-overall pick’s debut, catching six of a team-high eight targets for 92 yards and a touchdown.
Maye wasn’t perfect, but he clearly brings more upside to this passing offense than Jacoby Brissett did. That is enough to make Douglas, who has always been an above-average target-earner out of the slot, worth adding.
Kayshon Boutte, New England Patriots (0.1% Rostered)
One more pick from the Patriots, Boutte shockingly led New England with a 76.2% route participation rate on Sunday. He turned those routes into three targets, catching all three for 59 yards and a touchdown.
Boutte was once a highly touted prospect before falling all the way to the sixth round in the 2023 draft and contributing very little as a rookie. I’m about to hit you with a lot of Ifs, so this is just a deep-league recommendation. But if Maye can continue improving this offense and if Boutte maintains a lead WR role and if he has taken a step forward since last year, this could be something.
Michael Wilson, Arizona Cardinals (15.1% Rostered)
This is essentially a one-week pick for most leagues. Marvin Harrison Jr. entered the concussion protocol on Sunday, which in most circumstances means a one-week absence. That means Wilson will be the Cardinals’ WR1 for their Week 7 matchup with the Chargers.
Wilson has already seen some moderate production with an average of 6.5 targets and 8.3 half-PPR points over the last four weeks. He will be a solid streaming option if MHJ is out.
Darius Slayton, New York Giants (26.6% Rostered)
Speaking of elite rookie receivers missing time thanks to concussions, Darius Slayton has benefited greatly from Malik Nabers’ absence over the last two weeks. The rookie was absolutely inhaling targets prior to his injury, leaving Slayton with just a 10.3% target share over the first four weeks.
With Nabers out over the last two weeks, Slayton has dominated with a 29.3% target share, racking up exactly 11 targets in each week. In Week 5, he turned those targets into 22.2 fantasy points, and he managed a solid 8.7-point outing on Sunday night. Nabers should in theory be back in Week 7, but concussions are notoriously unpredictable. If the rookie is out again, Slayton will be a great option against a beatable Eagles secondary.
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