Top 5 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups: Quarterback (Week 4)

We will have you covered throughout the fantasy football season with our bevy of tools, including our Waiver Wire Assistant. Find the top available players and get detailed analysis on how potential fantasy football waiver wire adds will impact your team. Of course, our team of analysts will also have written advice each week. Check out some of our top Quarterback fantasy football waiver wire targets for the week below. And here is all of our Week 4 fantasy football waiver wire advice.

Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets: Quarterback

QUARTERBACKS

Written by Bo McBrayer

Justin Fields (PIT): 16% rostered

Next Opponents: @IND, DAL, @LV
True value: $7
Desperate Need: $13
Budget-minded: $2

Analysis: I hate to break it to the weirdos who don’t think Russell Wilson is cringe: Wilson is not getting the starting job from Justin Fields anytime soon. Fields has led Pittsburgh to a 3-0 start and passed for a season-high 245 yards in Week 3. Fields threw for one touchdown and rushed for another to put up a solid 18.4 fantasy points, even though he only earned six yards on six rushing attempts. That rushing upside puts Fields in potential QB1 territory every single week. He also faces three struggling defenses in a row: Indianapolis, Dallas and Las Vegas. Fields is the best widely available waiver QB on the market.

Geno Smith (SEA): 43% rostered

Next Opponents: @DET, NYG, SF
True value: $6
Desperate Need: $11
Budget-minded: $2

Analysis: I told you Geno Smith was going to be a QB1 this season. His Week 3 production was modest, thanks to a rout of the Dolphins and a pair of interceptions. Smith still passed for 289 yards and one touchdown despite ceding a healthy chunk of the offensive stats to RB Zach Charbonnet. Each of Seattle’s next three opponents has had issues in coverage this season, making Geno a preferred streaming option for the next month.

Deshaun Watson (CLE): 24% rostered

Next Opponents: @LV, @WAS, @PHI
True value: $4
Desperate Need: $8
Budget-minded: $2

Analysis: It takes a really juicy green-light matchup to get me thinking about putting Deshaun Watson on any of my fantasy rosters. While the next three games are on the road for the Browns, Watson should have opportunities to light it up against three very suspect pass defenses. He has yet to look good for more than one possession at a time this season, so it’s put up or shut up time.

Sam Darnold (MIN): 29% rostered

Next Opponents: @GB, NYJ, BYE
True value: $4
Desperate Need: $8
Budget-minded: $2

Analysis: Ironically enough, Darnold scored more fantasy points against the tough 49ers and Texans defenses than he did in the opener against the Giants. I think there’s a bit more meat on this bone in Week 4 against Green Bay before we stream someone else thereafter. Darnold looks incredibly efficient under Kevin O’Connell’s tutelage in Minnesota and is due to have Jordan Addison back in the fold soon.

Andy Dalton (CAR): 4% rostered

Next Opponents: CIN, @CHI, ATL
True value: $3
Desperate Need: $6
Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: The Red Rifle is back. Bryce Young‘s benching was an instant cash-in for Dave Canales’ Panthers. Dalton passed for more than 300 yards and three touchdowns against the Raiders. His next three opponents are much better in the secondary than Las Vegas is, but Dalton might be the cheapest streamer you can find if your FAAB is running dry.