Waiver Wire Express - Week 4 Lightning Round Including Bucky Irving, Jauan Jennings, Cole Kmet, Sam Darnold

Welcome to another quick scan of the waiver landscape after another chaotic week of football. The first three weeks have brought all kinds of upsets, injuries, and heroic performances. We hope you've started hot because it's time to further crank it up with our fantasy football waiver wire pickups lightning round heading into Week 4 of the 2024 NFL season.

We're here to serve with rapid reactions to flag names who will be on your radar for the week to come after key performances and injuries to DeVonta Smith (head), Sam LaPorta (ankle), Trey McBride (head), Justin Herbert (ankle), Tank Dell (hand), Adam Thielen (hamstring), and more. This column is published early every week and then updated daily. Each day of the week will also yield more in-depth waiver wire analysis for all positions. 

Waiver pickups are listed in priority order (in a vacuum) and broken down by position. Players must be rostered in roughly less than 60% of Yahoo leagues and will range from shallow options in standard leagues to deep options in PPR formats.

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Week 4 Running Backs To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Carson Steele
Bucky Irving
Samaje Perine
Chuba Hubbard
Cam Akers
Rico Dowdle
Braelon Allen
Ty Chandler
Alexander Mattison
Emanuel Wilson
Cordarrelle Patterson
Justice Hill
Khalil Herbert
Ray Davis
Roschon Johnson
Kareem Hunt
Isaac Guerendo
Jaylen Wright
Tyler Badie

Week 4 Wide Receivers To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

DeAndre Hopkins
Jauan Jennings
Demarcus Robinson
Quentin Johnston
Gabe Davis
Jerry Jeudy
Mike Williams
Allen Lazard
Jalen Nailor
Jakobi Meyers
Wan'Dale Robinson
Josh Downs
Jahan Dotson
Jalen Tolbert
Darnell Mooney
Rashod Bateman
Xavier Legette
Greg Dortch
Alec Pierce
Johnny Wilson
Jalen McMillan
Andrei Iosivas
Tre Tucker
Tyler Johnson
Calvin Austin III
Demario Douglas
Adonai Mitchell
Tyler Boyd
Ray-Ray McCloud III
Jordan Whittington
Mason Tipton
Parris Campbell
Noah Brown
Ronnie Bell
Jacob Cowing

Week 4 Tight Ends To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Cole Kmet
Hunter Henry
Colby Parkinson
Mike Gesicki
Zach Ertz
Tucker Kraft
Tyler Conklin
Brock Wright
Johnny Mundt
Brenton Strange
Eric Saubert
Jordan Akins
Elijah Higgins
Grant Calcaterra

Week 4 Quarterbacks To Add

Pickups are in priority order, with emphasis on Week 4:

Sam Darnold
Geno Smith
Aaron Rodgers
Justin Fields
Daniel Jones
Andy Dalton
Gardner Minshew II
Will Levis
Bo Nix
Taylor Heinicke
Tim Boyle

Week 4 Defenses To Add

Pickups are in priority order, with emphasis on Week 4:

Minnesota Vikings DST
Chicago Bears DST
Miami Dolphins DST
Cincinnati Bengals DST
Indianapolis Colts DST
Arizona Cardinals DST

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