by Nate Polvogt
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If you like winning, come back every week for under-the-radar fantasy waiver wire pickups to keep you in contention until the final contest. We leave no stone unturned to ensure we give you the BEST chance to win week in and week out. Let’s get to it with our Week 7 waiver wire TEs.
~ Check out our Week 7 Fantasy Football Rankings ~
It’s time to lock in those Week 7 waiver wire pickups, folks. We’re almost halfway through the fantasy football regular season, and it’s time to buckle down and get ready for a playoff push.
Streaming TEs is a way of life in fantasy football these days. With only a handful of reliable options at the position, most fantasy managers must move and shake on the waiver wire to find that needle in a haystack. Here are my four favorite readily available and streamable TEs for Week 7.
Week 7 Waiver Wire Pickups | TEs
*Rostership percentages courtesy of FantasyPros waiver wire rankings
Cade Otton (TB) | 30%
Yeah, the TE landscape sucks this season. You know who hasn’t sucked, though? Cade Otton in Tampa Bay.
Of course, elite veteran WRs Chris Godwin and Mike Evans are the top targets in Tampa Bay. The pair accounts for 50.6 percent of QB Baker Mayfield’s 178 targets this season. However, despite an RB room with receiving acumen, Otton is third on the team with 29 targets. The third-year bookend has seen consistent volume, with six or more targets in three of six games.
Otton is a viable weekly TE streamer with TE1 tier upside every week, though he may need to find the endzone for that to become a reality.
Zach Ertz (WAS) | 39.3%
Veteran TE Zach Ertz wasn’t supposed to be fantasy-relevant this season. Heading into his 12th NFL season, with a rookie QB (Jayden Daniels) at the helm and a rookie TE (Ben Sinnott) in waiting, most assumed Etz had reached the afterthought portion of his career.
However, Ertz has managed to find himself back in the fantasy football conversation. Through six games in Washington, Ertz has finished as a top 10 point per reception (PPR) TE three times. The lows have been low – Ettz managed only 5.8 points in Week 1 and 3 in Week 5. However, Daniels trusts the veteran TE and has been looking to him and WR Terry McLaurin for high-value targets. While it seems to defy reason, Ertz is a solid option as a weekly streamer, especially this week against Carolina.
Noah Fant (SEA) | 16.6%
Veteran TE Noah Fant is quietly having a solid season in Seattle. While the fantasy numbers haven’t been there every week, Fant has been more involved in the Seahawks offseason than his previous two with the team.
Despite somewhat inconsistent production over the first six games, Fant is currently the overall PPR TE14. He is fourth on the team in targets (24) and receiving yards (198). Those stats might not elicit excitement, but beggars can’t be choosers now. Yes, Fant presents risks as a streaming TE most weeks. His floor is low, but he has a few big catches, and he could land as a top-10 player at the position any given week.
Taysom Hill (NO) | 28%
Saints QB Derek Carr will be on the sideline for a few games with an oblique injury suffered back in Week 5. Rookie QB Spencer Rattler stepped up in the absence of Carr this past week against Tampa Bay, getting throttled 51-27 in New Orleans.
While all signs point to Rattler getting the nod again, TE Taysom Hill is primed to suit up this week and should have an expanded role with the rookie behind center. Hill, the polarizing QB/RB/FB/TE hybrid, should provide a safety valve for Rattler and the Saints, hopefully preventing a similar fate in Week 7 against Denver.
This is more of an “I’ve seen it before” call than anything else. Somehow, Hill will find a way to be a top-tier TE this week as long as Rattler is in the lineup.
Nate Polvogt is a Co-Founder and the lead senior analyst for Optimus Fantasy Football. Find more from Nate on X (formerly Twitter) @NatePolvogt and on Optimus Fantasy.
by Nate Polvogt
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If you like winning, come back every week for under-the-radar fantasy waiver wire pickups to keep you in contention until the final contest. We leave no stone unturned to ensure we give you the BEST chance to win week in and week out. Let’s get to it with our Week 7 waiver wire TEs.
~ Check out our Week 7 Fantasy Football Rankings ~
It’s time to lock in those Week 7 waiver wire pickups, folks. We’re almost halfway through the fantasy football regular season, and it’s time to buckle down and get ready for a playoff push.
Streaming TEs is a way of life in fantasy football these days. With only a handful of reliable options at the position, most fantasy managers must move and shake on the waiver wire to find that needle in a haystack. Here are my four favorite readily available and streamable TEs for Week 7.
Week 7 Waiver Wire Pickups | TEs
*Rostership percentages courtesy of FantasyPros waiver wire rankings
Cade Otton (TB) | 30%
Yeah, the TE landscape sucks this season. You know who hasn’t sucked, though? Cade Otton in Tampa Bay.
Of course, elite veteran WRs Chris Godwin and Mike Evans are the top targets in Tampa Bay. The pair accounts for 50.6 percent of QB Baker Mayfield’s 178 targets this season. However, despite an RB room with receiving acumen, Otton is third on the team with 29 targets. The third-year bookend has seen consistent volume, with six or more targets in three of six games.
Otton is a viable weekly TE streamer with TE1 tier upside every week, though he may need to find the endzone for that to become a reality.
Zach Ertz (WAS) | 39.3%
Veteran TE Zach Ertz wasn’t supposed to be fantasy-relevant this season. Heading into his 12th NFL season, with a rookie QB (Jayden Daniels) at the helm and a rookie TE (Ben Sinnott) in waiting, most assumed Etz had reached the afterthought portion of his career.
However, Ertz has managed to find himself back in the fantasy football conversation. Through six games in Washington, Ertz has finished as a top 10 point per reception (PPR) TE three times. The lows have been low – Ettz managed only 5.8 points in Week 1 and 3 in Week 5. However, Daniels trusts the veteran TE and has been looking to him and WR Terry McLaurin for high-value targets. While it seems to defy reason, Ertz is a solid option as a weekly streamer, especially this week against Carolina.
Noah Fant (SEA) | 16.6%
Veteran TE Noah Fant is quietly having a solid season in Seattle. While the fantasy numbers haven’t been there every week, Fant has been more involved in the Seahawks offseason than his previous two with the team.
Despite somewhat inconsistent production over the first six games, Fant is currently the overall PPR TE14. He is fourth on the team in targets (24) and receiving yards (198). Those stats might not elicit excitement, but beggars can’t be choosers now. Yes, Fant presents risks as a streaming TE most weeks. His floor is low, but he has a few big catches, and he could land as a top-10 player at the position any given week.
Taysom Hill (NO) | 28%
Saints QB Derek Carr will be on the sideline for a few games with an oblique injury suffered back in Week 5. Rookie QB Spencer Rattler stepped up in the absence of Carr this past week against Tampa Bay, getting throttled 51-27 in New Orleans.
While all signs point to Rattler getting the nod again, TE Taysom Hill is primed to suit up this week and should have an expanded role with the rookie behind center. Hill, the polarizing QB/RB/FB/TE hybrid, should provide a safety valve for Rattler and the Saints, hopefully preventing a similar fate in Week 7 against Denver.
This is more of an “I’ve seen it before” call than anything else. Somehow, Hill will find a way to be a top-tier TE this week as long as Rattler is in the lineup.
Nate Polvogt is a Co-Founder and the lead senior analyst for Optimus Fantasy Football. Find more from Nate on X (formerly Twitter) @NatePolvogt and on Optimus Fantasy.
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