Welcome to the Week 8 waiver wire watch!
Another weekend of NFL action is mostly in the books and we’re quickly approaching the midway point of the 2025 regular season. The league is flush with secondary wide receivers that can break out a big fantasy performance on even given week and we once again saw plenty of that over the weekend.
We’ll go over some Week 7 performers that you should consider scooping off the waiver wire ahead of Week 8 and as always, we’ll classify a waiver add as someone who is rostered in 60% of leagues at the max. Something to note is that six teams are on byes this week, so you’ll really have to be attentive to your roster situation.
Week 8 byes: Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks
Wan’Dale Robinson, WR, New York Giants (53.7%)
The Giants suffered a horrific fourth-quarter collapse in Denver on Sunday, but at least Robinson did his part. The fourth-year wideout led the team in receiving in the loss, catching six of 12 targets for 95 yards, narrowly missing his second 100-yard performance of the year.
Robinson has cemented himself as the Giants’ top receiver option since Malik Nabers went down last month and the connection between him and Jaxson Dart grows stronger by the week. He’s also become a YAC king as he exits Week 7 ranked sixth in that category. With a rostership of under 60%, he still qualifies as a waiver candidate in many leagues, but that will not be the case for long at the rate that he’s going.
Week 8 matchup: @ Philadelphia Eagles, 1 p.m. ET
Xavier Legette, WR, Carolina Panthers (14.2%)
Hey, uh, the Panthers have won three straight games? And they’re actually above .500 entering late October? That’s the state of things after they got to cash in their “win over the Jets” coupon this week and Legette turned out to be the star of the offense. The second-year wideout had the best game of his young career so far, hauling in nine of 11 targets for 92 yards and the team’s only touchdown in their 13-6 victory.
The 2024 first-rounder had only seen five combined targets in their previous two games and it marked just the second time in his entire career where drew double-digit targets from a Panthers QB. Was this an anomaly or the beginning of him becoming a lynchpin of the offense? We’ll find out in the coming weeks and if you’re curious, he should be sitting right there on the waiver wire.
Week 8 matchup: vs. Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m. ET
Tez Johnson, WR, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (17.9%)
Tampa Bay had a rough outing on Monday night in a 24-9 road loss at Detroit, but the offense has yet another rookie receiver it can rely on in Johnson. After housing a 45-yard touchdown against the 49ers the week prior, the seventh-rounder out of Oregon stepped up in primetime with four receptions for 58 yards and the team’s only TD of the night.
The revolving door in the Bucs’ wide receiver room continues as in his return, Mike Evans had to be carted off the field after suffering both a broken clavicle and a concussion. With him set to miss most of the rest of the season, look for Johnson to remain a mainstay in the offense moving forward.
Week 8 matchup: @ New Orleans Saints, 1 p.m. ET
Chimere Dike, WR, Tennessee Titans (1.4%)
If you watched the first half of the Titans’ 31-13 loss to the Patriots on Sunday, you could see brief glimpses of what a functioning Cam Ward offense could look like. Case in point, the 38-yard strike he delivered to Dike to put them up a touchdown in the first quarter. The fourth-round rookie out of Florida ended up with four receptions for 70 yards and that score in the loss.
Interim head coach Mike McCoy said before the game that the Titans staff will try to make things easier for Ward by simplifying the offense and that could mean more easy targets for rookie weapons like Dike. With a rostership of less than 2%, the lane is wide open for you to snag him off the wire.
Week 8 matchup: vs. Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m. ET
