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Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Rankings: Week 1

Note: Players chosen based upon having early-week consensus roster percent below 50%.

Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups to Target

Jaleel McLaughlin (RB – DEN): 33% rostered

Four reasons to roster McLaughlin: (1) He was good last year as a rookie, averaging 5.4 yards per carry and catching 31 passes. (2) Denver RBs had a league-high 153 targets last season, and the Broncos’ new quarterback, Bo Nix, is a screen/checkdown machine. (3) Broncos head coach Sean Payton’s offenses have traditionally produced more than one fantasy-relevant RB, largely because RBs always play such a big role in Payton’s passing game. (4) Payton has gone out of his way to praise McLaughlin for his work ethic. Oh, and did you know that McLaughlin is the NCAA’s all-time leading rusher after piling up 8,166 rushing yards in 56 combined games at Notre Dame and Youngstown State? McLaughlin could be on the verge of a breakout season.

Rico Dowdle (RB – DAL): 48% rostered

Some fantasy managers lost interest in Dowdle after the Cowboys signed Dalvin Cook last week. But Cook appeared to be out of gas last year during his 15 games with the Jets, averaging 3.2 yards per carry and 3.9 yards per target. Cook and Ezekiel Elliott are both 29 — nearly geriatric by the standard of NFL running backs. Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy recently said he sees Dowdle as a three-down back and that he’ll be reducing Dowdle’s role on special teams in anticipation of a larger offensive workload.

Brandin Cooks (WR – DAL): 32% rostered

It took a while for Cooks to assert himself in the Dallas offense last year, but once he got a foothold, the results were impressive. From Week 10 on, Cooks had 37-492-6, averaged 9.5 yards per target and was WR14 in half-point PPR fantasy scoring. Cooks plays with one of the better passers in the game in Dak Prescott and could benefit from the heavy defensive attention that star WR CeeDee Lamb figures to draw.

Mike Williams (WR – NYJ): 43% rostered

Williams is expected to play in Week 1 after tearing his ACL last September, although Jets head coach Robert Saleh has suggested that Williams could be used cautiously early on. A former first-round pick, the 29-year-old Williams has had two 1,000-yard seasons and a 10-TD season. He figures to be the Jets’ No. 2 receiver behind Garrett Wilson, and he’ll be catching passes from Aaron Rodgers, one of the most precise throwers in NFL history.