Waiver Favors™: 2026 Week 2 Fantasy Football Pickups

Jonah Coleman

RB – Denver Broncos – 26% Owned

The injury bug is hitting everyone around the league, and the Denver Broncos aren’t immune.  RJ Harvey was already ruled out because of a hamstring injury and JK Dobbins was ruled out of the game after just 10 carries with, shockingly, a hamstring injury of his own.  Jonah Coleman was essentially last man standing, but the rookie managed to carry the ball 10 times for 39 rush yards and a touchdown along with catching all 3 targets for 19 receiving yards.  It might not be super-efficient, but if Harvey and Dobbins can’t get back from their injuries, Coleman should get a pretty big opportunity going forward.  Go get him in all leagues, and definitely if you have Harvey or Dobbins.

Denzel Boston

WR – Cleveland Browns – 31% Owned

Denzel Boston was drafted in the 2nd round of the NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns and he’s showing a nice connection with Dashaun Watson catching 2 of 4 targets for 59 yards and TD in Week 1 and 5 of 7 targets for 95 yards and TD in Week 2.  It’s not like the Browns have a ton of playmakers on their roster, so if you need an upside play at wide receiver, you could do worse in all 12-team leagues or deeper.

Adonai Mitchell

WR – New York Jets – 16% Owned

The Jets somehow managed to lose in Week 2 against the Packers after leading by 10 into the 4th quarter, but at least Adonai Mitchell had a nice day catching 6 of 12 passes for 63 yards.  Mitchell led the Jets in targets while playing 61 of the team’s 74 snaps and running a route on 41 of their 50 drop backs. Mitchell was also targeted on a deep ball that led to a defensive pass interference call and would have had another 40+ yard completion.  The Jets look likely to keep having to air out the ball to stay in games, which is probably a good thing for Mitchell, particularly in Week 3 against a Lions defense that has given up multiple receiving TDs in back-to-back weeks.  Feel free to pick him up in all 12-team PPR leagues or deeper.

Tre Tucker

WR – Las Vegas Raiders – 28% Owned

Looks like Kirk Cousins was the right decision for the Las Vegas Raiders, and we can epect that going forward, the Raiders will help to pull their version of Alex Smith/Patrick Mahomes by continuing to find success this year with Cousins and not having to through first overall pick Fernando Mendoza into the fire right away.  That means Tre Tucker will probably remain useful as he caught 2 of 4 targets for 27 yards from Cousins in Week 1 but managed to catch 5 of 7 targets for 119 yards and a touchdown in Week 2.  The connection appears to be growing with Tucker catching two passes of 40+ yards and tying for a team-high 7 targets.  Maybe the return of Brock Bowers changes some of that target share, but he’s worth a pickup in 14-team leagues and deeper.

Dalton Schultz

TE – Houston Texans – 56% Owned

Dalton Schultz has been on an upward swing, catching 4 of 8 targets for 35 yards in week 1 and following that up catching a whopping 12 of 14 targets for 140 yards in week 2.  Part of that might have been due to Nico Collins being out in week 2, and part of that might be due to a negative game script where the Texans were constantly in catch-up mode, but it all counts.  Week 2 was a career high for Schultz, so proceed with caution, but he’s worth picking up in all 14-team leagues or deeper, and perhaps shallower PPR leagues.