Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups: Sleepers Who May Still Be Available

The fantasy football waiver wire doesn’t take any weeks off, having already helped owners in need to start the season.

Maybe a team needed a wide receiver. The wire gifted guys such as Will Fuller of the Houston Texans (16 points) and Mike Wallace of the Baltimore Ravens (16 points). At running back, Jamaal Charles’ stand-in with the Kansas City Chiefs, Spencer Ware (25 points).

More examples exist, though the point merely repeats—owners willing to put the time in can always find close to the necessary production on the wire.

Week 2 isn’t any exception. It’s a hard rule, like the Cleveland Browns struggling to find a quarterback or the New England Patriots leaping any hurdle in style.

Sleepers Who May Be Available Victor Cruz, WR, New York Giants (19.7 percent owned)

New York Giants wideout Victor Cruz returned to fantasy relevance in a big way to start the season, hitting a salsa in the end zone for the first time since 2014. 

This wasn’t a novelty touchdown or anything of the sort. Cruz might find himself in something of a battle with rookie Sterling Shepard for snaps, but Eli Manning still hit him with four targets to start the season, of which he caught four for 34 yards and a score.

Cruz finished with only nine points despite the hype. Yet it seems clear he won’t fall far behind Shepard or Odell Beckham Jr. in the pecking order, not after last week’s warm-up. Heck, he might even benefit from the attention opposing defenses have to throw at the other two …

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