Week 7 Waiver Wire | Top Fantasy Football Pickups (2026)

by Wolf Trelles-Heard · Featured

Each week throughout the 2026 season, Wolf Trelles-Heard brings you the “must-adds” every Tuesday. In this Week 7 waiver wire breakdown, he highlights players who are worth rostering if you’ve got the room.

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Week 7 Shallow League Waiver Wire Targets

Note: This range will primarily apply to most home leagues and those with shorter benches, with players available in at least 25% of leagues. Each player is listed with their current rostered percentage and a recommended FAAB bid range for a $100 budget. All values are in reference to six-point per passing touchdown leagues with PPR scoring unless otherwise noted.

Quarterback

Kyler Murray, Vikings (54% rostered) | $2-4

Kyler Murray doesn’t have a QB1 finish yet as a member of the Minnesota Vikings, but that’s likely to change soon. Fresh off a bye, the diminutive signal-caller has a fantasy-friendly stretch coming up against the Colts, Lions and Bills. Indianapolis is middle of the road when it comes to fantasy points allowed to quarterbacks, but Detroit and Buffalo are the two worst teams in that category.

Prior to the bye, Murray had his best game of the 2026 season, with 229 passing yards and one touchdown. He also added 51 rushing yards on 10 carries. Maybe he’s finally hitting his stride. If receiver Jordan Addison and tight end T.J. Hockenson return this week, Murray will finally have all of his weapons at his disposal going forward.

Fire Murray up in 12-team or deeper leagues. With the rushing potential and upcoming schedule, he has QB1 upside for the next several games.

Running Back

Zach Charbonnet, Seahawks (60% rostered) | $5-7

I’m surprised Zach Charbonnet is available in 40% of leagues this deep into the season. That said, this is the week Seattle has to activate him from his 21-day practice window or else his season is over. Knowing that, it seems likely Charbonnet makes his 2026 debut on Sunday Night Football against the Chiefs.

Don’t expect much early on. Kansas City has one of the tougher run defenses in the league, and Charbonnet is coming off a torn ACL. He’s definitely not a short-term play if you need fantasy points ASAP. But he could eventually emerge as Seattle’s goal-line back, a role he excelled in last year when he scored 12 rushing touchdowns.

Spend a couple bucks and grab him for the schedule after Kansas City: Chicago, Arizona, Las Vegas.

Wide Receiver

Germie Bernard, Steelers (38% rostered) | $8-10

Germie Bernard was listed here last week. I even posted on X after Roman Wilson landed on IR, urging my followers to grab him if he was still available. Well, if you did — and actually played him — you were rewarded with a top-five PPR finish in Week 6. Aaron Rodgers peppered the rookie all game long, sending 12 targets his way. Bernard finished with 11 catches for 87 yards and the game-winning touchdown in overtime against the Buccaneers.


The second-round pick out of Alabama has clearly earned Rodgers’ trust. He now has 21 targets over the past two games, the seventh-most among all receivers in that span. Bernard looks like the new Wan’Dale Robinson, crushing it from the slot, where he’s lined up 61.8% of the time over the past two weeks.

With New Orleans on deck this week, do what you can to grab him and get him in your lineup. If you play in PPR, he needs to be started going forward, at least while Michael Pittman remains sidelined.

Tight End

Hunter Henry, Patriots (54% rostered) | $3-5

Hunter Henry recommendations will continue until his rostership improves. He still hasn’t seen more than five targets in a game yet this season, but the veteran just keeps on producing. Against the Jets, who were only allowing 8.7 fantasy points per game to tight ends entering Week 6, Henry caught four passes for 48 yards and a score. His 14.8 fantasy points were a season high and gave him double-digit fantasy points for the third straight contest.

With Drake Maye playing like an MVP candidate again, Henry has been the TE7 overall over the past three weeks. He has a date this week with the Chicago Bears, a team that just allowed two touchdowns to Kyle Pitts last week. After that, he gets Miami, which ranked eighth-worst in fantasy points allowed to tight ends (16.1) before their Week 6 bye. Stop letting Henry sit on the waiver wire; give him a home on your roster if he’s still out there.

Week 7 Standard Bench Waiver Wire Targets

Note: This range will primarily apply to most leagues with standard benches, with players available in at least 50% of leagues. Each player is listed with their current rostered percentage and a recommended FAAB bid range for a $100 budget. All values are in reference to six-point per passing touchdown leagues with PPR scoring unless otherwise noted.

Quarterback

Aaron Rodgers, Steelers (42% rostered) | $2-4

I had Aaron Rodgers listed here last week, and the old man delivered. It took five quarters and 49 pass attempts, but he gave fantasy managers another decent outing: 253 yards with two touchdowns and one interception against Tampa Bay. That’s now four straight games with at least 17 fantasy points for the future first-ballot hall of famer.

Up next is a date with New Orleans. The Saints just got lit up for nearly 400 yards passing between Jameis Winston and J.J. McCarthy. Heck, McCarthy threw for 243 yards in just 11 minutes of fourth-quarter action last Sunday.

Rodgers should keep the fantasy points flowing this week. He’s a low-end QB1 against the Saints. He’ll remain usable in Week 8, too, against a Cleveland defense he lit up for 299 yards and three touchdowns back in Week 4.

Running Back

Mike Washington Jr., Raiders (36% rostered) | $6-8

Something isn’t right with Ashton Jeanty. He’s struggling out there, with five straight games under 4.0 yards per carry. Last week, he managed just 22 yards on 10 carries in a dream matchup against Buffalo.

Meanwhile, Mike Washington Jr. earned nearly as many carries (nine) and almost double Jeanty’s rushing output with 43 rushing yards. He also added seven yards through the air on one reception. If Jeanty keeps playing poorly, Washington is going to eat into his workload. Heck, it’s already happening — the rookie played a season-high 35% of the snaps in Week 6. He also has the contingent upside of being the next man up should Las Vegas decide to sit Jeanty for a game or two to help with any lingering ankle issues he may be facing.

Make sure you pick up Washington off the waiver wire here in Week 7, as he should be rostered in all formats at this point. If anything happens to Jeanty, the fourth-round pick would be a plug-and-play RB2 immediately.

Wide Receiver

Omar Cooper Jr., Jets (14% rostered) | $8-10

Oh, so that’s why Omar Cooper Jr. was a first-round selection. He returned after missing four games with a high-ankle sprain and immediately put everyone on notice. With Christian Gonzalez locking down Garrett Wilson, Cooper hauled in six of his seven targets for 103 yards and a touchdown against New England. His day could’ve been even bigger, but he had another score nullified because of a penalty.

Omar Cooper Jr.’s Advanced Metrics

Even more encouraging than the counting stats was the role. Cooper was a full-time player, posting an 81.8% route share. He was also extremely efficient, averaging 3.81 yards per route run, second only to Luther Burden’s 5.59 in Week 6.

We’ll share how the targets shake out once Adonai Mitchell returns from his finger injury, but Cooper should be, at worst, the No. 3 option in this passing attack going forward. He needs to be rostered in all leagues and can be started in 3-WR formats for as long as Mitchell remains sidelined.

Tight End

T.J. Hockenson, Vikings (44% rostered) | $2-3

When we last saw T.J. Hockenson, it was Week 5. He was coming off a massive performance in Week 4, catching 13 passes for 119 yards and finishing as the TE2. Unfortunately, his day was cut short because of a concussion after just one reception for seven yards. 

If Hockenson can return this week, he’s staring at an extremely favorable stretch of games against Indianapolis, Detroit, and Buffalo. All of those teams rank in the bottom half of fantasy points allowed to tight ends. With two top-10 finishes already under his belt, Hockenson is a good bet to add another one or two against those opponents. Go get him off the waiver wire if he’s still available heading into Week 7.

Week 7 Deep League Waiver Wire Targets

Note: This range will apply to leagues with deeper benches and more experienced managers, with players available in at least 75% of leagues. Each player is listed with their current rostered percentage and a recommended FAAB bid range for a $100 budget. All values are in reference to six-point per passing touchdown leagues with PPR scoring unless otherwise noted.

Quarterback

Geno Smith, Jets (8% rostered) | $1-2

If you need a sneaky streamer for the next two weeks, may I interest you in Geno Smith? His numbers haven’t been great lately, but he has two salivating matchups against the Dolphins and Raiders coming up. That alone will put him in the high-end QB2 conversation.

Last week against the Patriots, Smith threw for his second-most passing yards of the season (252) along with a touchdown and an interception — his first pick of the year. I expect better days ahead and wouldn’t have a problem starting Smith in Week 7 or 8 in deeper formats if you need some help at quarterback.

Running Back

Kendre Miller, Saints (24% rostered) | $2-3

I was down so bad at running back in two redraft leagues that I had to start Kendre Miller last week. Turns out, that wasn’t the worst decision. He didn’t have a big game, but he did score 9 fantasy points thanks to a whopping 22 touches — twice as many as Alvin Kamara received. With those, Miller finished with 70 total yards in a win against the Giants.

The Saints face the Steelers this week before a Week 8 bye. Travis Etienne Jr. is eligible to return after the bye week, making Miller more of a potential one-week fill-in against a tough Pittsburgh defense that just stymied Bucky Irving to the tune of 19 carries for 46 yards. If you’re desperate, Miller is a volume-based FLEX play. You just hope he can find pay dirt to really pay off.

Wide Receiver

DeMario Douglas, Patriots (8% rostered) | $3-5

Would you believe me if I told you DeMario Douglas was a top-36 receiver through six weeks? That’s a little misleading, because most of his production has come over the last two games. The man who goes by “Pop” has, well… popped off lately. Since Week 5, the only receivers with more fantasy points than Douglas (43.1) are Jaxon Smith-Njigba (48.2), Puka Nacua (51.7), and Malik Nabers (57.6). And he’s done it on just a 54.5% snap share.


You’d expect Douglas to see the field more going forward, especially with Romeo Doubs now on IR. Even if he doesn’t, the upcoming schedule is insanely fantasy-friendly: Chicago, Miami, Green Bay, and Detroit before a Week 11 bye. If you can start three WRs or more, you owe it to yourself to snatch up Douglas off the Week 7 waiver wire and use him while he’s hot.

Tight End

Michael Mayer, Raiders (9% rostered) | $3-5

Make no mistake, Michael Mayer is the Raiders’ TE1. It’s not Brock Bowers, who’s acting as the team’s WR1 with just a 16.4% inline rate. That’s good news for fantasy managers because it makes both players viable options. 

Through six weeks, Mayer is the TE13 in points per game, averaging 10.1 — tied with Dalton Kincaid, who’s 90% rostered. Among qualifying tight ends, Mayer ranks sixth in first downs per route run (0.113) and is averaging 1.67 yards per route run. 

With double-digit fantasy points in three of his last four games, Mayer is a borderline starter in 12-team leagues and a must-start in deeper formats.

Wolf Trelles-Heard is a fantasy football analyst for PlayerProfiler.

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