Waiver Wire Express - Week 3 Lightning Round Including Rashid Shaheed, Carson Steele, Demarcus Robinson, Quentin Johnston, Mike Gesicki, Derek Carr

Howdy, RotoBallers, and gather around as we dive into the aftermath of another weekend of football. If you thought Week 1 was chaotic. then Week 2 had even more in store for you. Let's keep our hot start to the year rolling along with our fantasy football waiver wire pickups lightning round heading into Week 3 of the 2024 NFL season.

As always, we're here as a rapid reaction to put names on your radar with the week's performances and injuries to  Justin Jefferson (quad), Cooper Kupp (ankle), Deebo Samuel Sr. (calf), Isiah Pacheco (leg), Justin Herbert (foot), Tyjae Spears (ankle), Taysom Hill (chest), and Tank Bigsby (shoulder). 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 3 Running Backs To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Carson Steele
Ty Chandler
Rico Dowdle
Samaje Perine
Bucky Irving
Antonio Gibson
Braelon Allen
Jaleel McLaughlin
Alexander Mattison
D'Onta Foreman
Justice Hill
Ray Davis
Jaylen Wright
Kareem Hunt
MarShawn Lloyd
Isaac Guerendo
Jamaal Williams
Julius Chestnut
D'Ernest Johnson

Week 3 Wide Receivers To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Rashid Shaheed
Demarcus Robinson
Khalil Shakir
Quentin Johnston
Romeo Doubs
Jerry Jeudy
Jauan Jennings
Brandin Cooks
Jalen Nailor
Gabe Davis
Tyler Johnson
Andrei Iosivas
Alec Pierce
Wan'Dale Robinson
Jalen Tolbert
Rashod Bateman
Josh Reynolds
Noah Brown
Jalen McMillan
Jacob Cowing
Jahan Dotson
Jordan Whittington
Dontayvion Wicks
Ja'Lynn Polk
Tutu Atwell
Ronnie Bell

Week 3 Tight Ends To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Hunter Henry
Mike Gesicki
Colby Parkinson
Luke Schoonmaker
Zach Ertz
Chigoziem Okonkwo
Jordan Akins
Juwan Johnson
Tucker Kraft
Jonnu Smith
Brenton Strange

Week 3 Quarterbacks To Add

Pickups are in priority order, with emphasis on Week 3:

Derek Carr
Sam Darnold
Geno Smith
Justin Fields
Gardner Minshew II
Andy Dalton
Skylar Thompson
Malik Willis

Week 3 Defenses To Add

Pickups are in priority order, with emphasis on Week 3:

Las Vegas Raiders DST
Cincinnati Bengals DST
Green Bay Packers DST
Tampa Bay Buccaneers DST
Seattle Seahawks DST
Tennessee Titans DST

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