{"id":350348,"date":"2025-09-08T01:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T01:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/350348\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T01:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T01:25:10","slug":"waiver-wire-pickups-following-week-1-chargers-wide-receivers-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/350348\/","title":{"rendered":"Waiver Wire Pickups Following Week 1 &#8211; Chargers Wide Receivers and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Week 1 is in the books, and some of our fantasy football teams are crushing it. Others\u2026 not so much. Waiver wire additions can be the difference between making it to fantasy football glory and fizzling out after a lackluster Week 1. Don\u2019t be that guy; let\u2019s find some gems on the waiver wire after Week 1\u2019s action.<\/p>\n<p>Note: Roster percentage is taken from <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/sleeper.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sleeper<\/a> as of the evening games in Week 1.<\/p>\n<p>Waiver Wire Pickups Following Week 1 \u2013 Chargers Wide Receivers and More<br \/>\n\u00a0Quentin Johnston and Keenan Allen \u2013 Los Angeles Chargers Wide Receivers<\/p>\n<p>Wide receivers can sometimes be fool\u2019s gold on the waiver wire. Fantasy points aren\u2019t the best indicator here; a better route to go is actually targets and route percentage. The Chargers let it fly on Friday, and both Keenan Allen and Quentin Johnston were on the receiving end. Ladd McConkey will still get his, but if Justin Herbert throws it over 30 times a game, there\u2019s plenty of room for both of these guys to eat. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/04\/07\/tre-harris-2025-nfl-draft-profile\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tre Harris<\/a> and Keandre Lambert-Smith are going to have to wait their turns.<\/p>\n<p>Quentin Johnston is available in over 90% of leagues, Keenan Allen in 40%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood Brown \u2013 Kansas City Chiefs Wide Receiver<\/p>\n<p>Xavier Worthy is dealing with an injury, Rashee Rice is suspended, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/09\/06\/3-receivers-that-could-replace-xavier-worthy-after-shoulder-injury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">team is looking for solutions<\/a>. Until they bring in another playmaker, it\u2019s Hollywood Brown and Mahomes\u2019 choice of:<\/p>\n<p>Tyquan Thornton<br \/>\nJuju Smith-Schuster<br \/>\nAncient Travis Kelce<br \/>\nNoah Gray<br \/>\nJason Brownlee<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unfortunate, but Hollywood Brown just found himself extremely important at work. Maybe they move <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/03\/10\/2025-nfl-draft-profile-brashard-smith-smu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brashard Smith<\/a> back to wide receiver, his former position.<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood Brown is available in 60% of leagues.<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth Gainwell \u2013 Pittsburgh Steelers Running Back<\/p>\n<p>Gainwell operated as the team\u2019s RB2 for most of the afternoon. Kaleb Johnson looks like he\u2019s going to be brought along slowly, so Gainwell is a stash in case of a Jaylen Warren injury.<\/p>\n<p>Gainwell is available in 95% of leagues.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>D.J. Giddens \u2013 Indianapolis Colts Running Back<\/p>\n<p>Another clear backup, Giddens showcased that he is the number two in Indianapolis. Not every game will result in a blowout, but Jonathan Taylor has been far from the picture of health in his career. If he misses time, Giddens would be nice to have on the bench already instead of scrambling to a future waiver wire.<\/p>\n<p>Giddens is available in 89% of leagues.<\/p>\n<p>Juwan Johnson \u2013 New Orleans Saints Tight End<\/p>\n<p>Johnson had a whopping 11 targets in Week 1. He was clearly one of Rattler\u2019s favorite targets, and 11 targets is hard to find for a tight end. It\u2019s unlikely Rattler throws over 40 times a game moving forward, but a 25% target share is nice to have from a free tight end.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson is available in 95% of leagues.<\/p>\n<p>Harold Fannin Jr. \u2013 Cleveland Browns Tight End<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve got a day three tight end taking wild cat snaps and earning nine targets in Week 1? The NFL is so back. Fannin\u2019s drumbeat all summer has been hard to ignore, but he\u2019s still sitting free on waivers. He outproduced David Njoku, and had usage that is almost perfect for fantasy football.<\/p>\n<p>Fannin Jr. is available in 94% of fantasy football leagues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Superflex Leagues Target \u2013 Jaxson Dart, Giants Quarterback<\/p>\n<p>Russell Wilson\u2019s days are numbered. Dart remains available across a ton of leagues, and check if he is still free in those formats.<\/p>\n<p>Honorable Mentions<\/p>\n<p>Calvin Austin III<br \/>\nCedric Tillman<br \/>\nElic Ayomanor<br \/>\nKendre Miller<br \/>\nBlake Corum<br \/>\nNoah Fant<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Week 1 is in the books, and some of our fantasy football teams are crushing it. Others\u2026 not&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[241,5403,30145,28639,7,1328,1014,262,2444,2443,6,9277,27092],"class_list":{"0":"post-350348","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-chargers","9":"tag-chargers-featured","10":"tag-fantasy-football-2025","11":"tag-fantasy-football-sleepers","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-keenan-allen","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","16":"tag-losangeles","17":"tag-losangeleschargers","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-quentin-johnston","20":"tag-waiver-wire"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115166073768950528","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}