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Week 4 Waiver-Wire Pickups: Available Sleepers in Most ESPN, Yahoo Leagues
- Updated: September 28, 2016
While rules and scoring aren’t uniform across all fantasy football leagues, there are critical details no matter if an owner plays at ESPN, Yahoo or anywhere else.
Chief among those details? The fact that the waiver wire is a key component to a championship.
Fantasy owners can be the best drafters and know how to pick the guy or gal most susceptible to making a boneheaded trade. But the season is a lengthy one and even the best teams need reinforcement.
Week 4 offers plenty of breaks for fantasy owners in need, as a look at some of the top adds shows:
Those ownership percentages at ESPN speak for themselves. Over at Yahoo, Cleveland Browns wide receiver Terrelle Pryor and Chicago Bears running back Jordan Howard lead the way with more than 312,000 adds. Minnesota Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph is the next closest with more than 162,000.
Indeed, it is an incredible week to have a need. Here is a closer look at some of the top names to know.
Dwayne Washington, RB, DET (20.3 percent owned)
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With Ameer Abdullah lost to injury, it was only a matter of time before the Detroit Lions gave Dwayne Washington some run.
A seventh-round rookie might not sound like the most appealing add right now, sure. But the Washington product has slowly started to take things over for the ineffective Theo Riddick, who just rushed 10 times for nine yards in a loss to the Green Bay Packers.
Rotoworld’s Evan Silva explained it best:
Dwayne Washington is the sneaky grab in #Lions backfield. Preseason star with 4.44 speed at 6’1/223. Already DET goal-line specialist.
— Evan Silva (@evansilva) September 21, 2016
Washington looks like the latest example of why owners should never fret if they lose a running back. The position is so deep a seventh-round player could now …
