With the injury to Tee Higgins, fantasy football managers are left with a potential void on their roster. Let’s check out the extent of the injury and players you can target on your waiver wire this week. And here is all of our fantasy football waiver wire advice for Week 5.

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Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Injury Replacement Pickups

Injury Outlook

Tee Higgins diagnosed with a rib fracture

Bengals WR Tee Higgins was diagnosed with a rib fracture and could miss some time.

Fantasy Impact

Higgins was ruled out after suffering a rib injury in the Bengals’ loss to the Titans. This is bad news for an offense that is struggling to get it going through the first four weeks of the season. Fantasy managers should expect the team to release a timeline next week.

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Waiver Wire Replacements to Target

Written by Derek Brown

Jameson Williams (DET): 32% rostered

• Next Opponents: CAR, @TB, @BAL
• True value: $ 8
• Desperate need: $ 12
• Budget-minded: $ 6

Analysis: Assuming Williams is 100% healthy, he should be a starter in three-receiver sets in short order. Because of suspension and injury, we have not seen the talented former first-round pick on the field very often in his first two NFL seasons. His star might have dimmed for some because of the layoff, but the absence has made my heart grow fonder. Williams enters a thriving offensive ecosystem. Detroit is eighth in yards per game, seventh in explosive passing rate, and 12th in points per game. Williams should be the field stretcher tied to a quarterback who’s currently fifth in deep passing grade and second in deep adjusted completion rate (per PFF). Williams could be a difference-making addition.

Quentin Johnston (LAC): 47% rostered

• Next Opponents: BYE, DAL, @KC
• True value: $6
• Desperate need: $10
• Budget-minded: $4

Analysis: In Johnston’s first game without Mike Williams in the lineup, he played 50% of the snaps with a 12.5% target share, and he ran a route on 22 of Justin Herbert‘s 24 pass attempts. While Johnston’s overall snap share might concern some, he was a full-time player when the team was passing, which is all we should care about. The Chargers have a bye week coming up to further integrate Johnston into this offense. While the early returns have not been promising, we also have to remember that he is a rookie, and we are only four games into the season. While Johnston has not blown up like Puka Nacua or Tank Dell yet, that doesn’t mean he can’t. The offensive environment is amazing, with Johnston catching passes from Herbert and only Josh Palmer to hop in the pecking order. I’m willing to bid aggressively to get exposure to Johnston’s upside. If he hits this season, it will be magical.

Rashid Shaheed (NO): 42% rostered

• Next Opponents: @NE, @HOU, JAX
• True value: $3
• Desperate need: $5
• Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: Shaheed will have plenty of ceiling performances upcoming. He has been the Saints’ field stretcher and zone coverage destroyer. Shaheed entered Week 4 with a 13% target share, a 27.4% air yard share and 2.51 yards per route run against zone coverage. If you secure him off waivers, do not play him against the Patriots, who play heavy man coverage, but consider flexing him against Houston and Jacksonville, who deploy their corners in zone on at least 68% of their snaps.

Michael Wilson (ARI): 2% rostered

• Next Opponents: CIN, @LAR, @SEA
• True value: $2
• Desperate need: $4
• Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: Wilson exploded in Week 4, securing all seven of his targets for 76 yards and two scores. He played 70% of the snaps with 85% route participation and a 17.0% target share (per PFF). Wilson entered Week 4 with a 68% route run rate, a 12.2% target share and 2.68 yards per route run (per Fantasy Points Data). The talent could be real with Wilson, but we also have to understand the sobering reality that he is probably the third option in the target pecking order on a Josh Dobbs-led offense. Wilson’s next two matchups are brutal, with the outside corners for the Bengals and Rams playing exceptional football, so he is likely riding the bench in those weeks. Grabbing Wilson off the waiver wire now requires an eye toward the future, with the possible return of Kyler Murray looming, not to mention an appealing Week 7 matchup with the Seattle Seahawks.

D.J. Chark (CAR): 17% rostered

• Next Opponents: @DET, @MIA, BYE
• True value: $2
• Desperate need: $4
• Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: While many will run to the waiver wire to grab Terrace Marshall Jr., don’t do it. Marshall is fool’s gold. Once Jonathan Mingo is back, Marshall will head back to the bench. Chark is the pickup here. Chark led the Jaguars in snaps and routes on Sunday. Adam Thielen and Marshall overshadowed him, as Chark drew only a 9.3% target share. Chark will have big days moving forward against teams that struggle to defend the deep ball. He’s a WR4/5 on your bench who could provide WR3 production in any week that the matchup is right.

Jayden Reed (GB): 24% rostered

• Next Opponents: @LV, BYE, @DEN
• True value: $2
• Desperate need: $4
• Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: Before I discuss Jayden Reed, I need to toss a glass of cold water on this pickup. Remember, this is a Jordan Love-fronted offense, so the peaks and valleys will be real for the rest of the season. OK, now to the good stuff. Reed has a 69% route run rate, a 17.4% target share and 1.97 yards per route run. He has played quite well this season, but we need to understand the context of his role and the Packers’ offense. Green Bay ranks 14th in the usage of multiple-TE sets. With Reed lining up in the slot 73% of the time, he’ll never be an 80%-90% route per dropback player unless the team changes course. Also, he is no better than the third or maybe fourth option in this offense now that Christian Watson has returned. Reed has favorable slot matchups in his next two games that could give him flex viability.

Treylon Burks (TEN): 43% rostered

• Next Opponents: @IND, BAL, BYE
• True value: $1
• Desperate need: $2
• Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: Burks missed Week 4 with a knee injury. He opened the week with a limited practice, but he was unable to practice on Thursday and Friday before being ruled out. It’s no sure thing that he returns for Week 5, but that’s the hope, and it’s why he makes the list this week. Nothing about his profile is sexy this season, but if he can go in Week 5, the matchup with the Colts puts him in the flex conversation. Entering Week 4, the Colts had allowed the eighth-most fantasy points per game to wide receivers. After Puka Nacua destroyed them in Week 4, that ranking won’t be any prettier once updated.

Josh Downs (IND): 11% rostered

• Next Opponents: TEN, @JAX, CLE
• True value: $1
• Desperate need: $2
• Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: Downs could be a decent flex play to consider over the next two weeks. Matchups with Roger McCreary (who has allowed a 68.4% catch rate and 86.5 passer rating on throws into his coverage) and Tre Herndon (76.9% catch rate and 140.9 passer rating, per PFF) should not strike fear in anyone’s heart. Downs is a stronger option in PPR formats with his low average depth of target, but he has been utilized in the red zone, so it’s not like he doesn’t have any touchdown equity in this offense.