Waiver Wire Express - Week 8 Lightning Round Including Alexander Mattison, Jonnu Smith, Jameis Winston, Ray Davis, Ladd McConkey, Ricky Pearsall

We hope you all had a wonderful, successful weekend in the fantasy football trenches! Halloween is approaching so let us help you find more treats than tricks in the upcoming waiver run. There's plenty to cover so let's rev up our fantasy football waiver wire pickups lightning round heading into Week 8 of the 2024 NFL season.

This article provides rapid reactions to put fantasy-relevant players on your radar for this next week after Week 7's action and injuries to Brandon Aiyuk (knee), Deebo Samuel Sr. (illness), DK Metcalf (knee), JuJu Smith-Schuster (hamstring), Jayden Daniels (rib), Deshaun Watson (Achilles), Aidan O'Connell (thumb), Tyler Huntley (shoulder), and more. This column is published early every week and then updated daily. Each day 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 8 Running Backs To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Alexander Mattison
Tyler Allgeier
Ray Davis
Jaylen Warren
Tyrone Tracy Jr.
Tyler Goodson
Braelon Allen
Ty Chandler
Trey Sermon
Isaac Guerendo
Sean Tucker
Kimani Vidal
Roschon Johnson
Antonio Gibson
Jaylen Wright
Justice Hill
D'Ernest Johnson
Blake Corum
Dameon Pierce
Jeremy McNichols
Kendre Miller

Week 8 Wide Receivers To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Jauan Jennings
Tyler Lockett
Romeo Doubs
Jalen McMillan
Jalen Tolbert
Keon Coleman
Ricky Pearsall
Ladd McConkey
Jakobi Meyers
Josh Downs
Cedric Tillman
Demario Douglas
Michael Wilson
Christian Watson
Tutu Atwell
Dontayvion Wicks
Gabe Davis
Elijah Moore
Mecole Hardman
Trey Palmer
Xavier Legette
Joshua Palmer
Rashod Bateman
Jordan Whittington
Sterling Shepard
Kayshon Boutte
Jacob Cowing
Allen Lazard
Alec Pierce
Cedrick Wilson Jr.
Noah Brown
Jake Bobo
Troy Franklin
KaVontae Turpin

Week 8 Tight Ends To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Zach Ertz
Hunter Henry
Noah Fant
Cade Otton
Colby Parkinson
Jonnu Smith
Ja'Tavion Sanders
Grant Calcaterra
Ben Sinnott
Noah Gray
Erick All Jr.
Charlie Kolar

Week 8 Quarterbacks To Add

Pickups are in priority order, with emphasis on Week 8:

Tua Tagovailoa
Bo Nix
Aaron Rodgers
Matthew Stafford
Drake Maye
Jameis Winston
Marcus Mariota
Russell Wilson
Dorian Thompson-Robinson
Spencer Rattler

Week 8 Defenses To Add

Pickups are in priority order, with emphasis on Week 8:

Los Angeles Chargers DST
Detroit Lions DST
Houston Texans DST
Green Bay Packers DST
New York Giants DST

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