The injury list continues to grow, which means the waiver wire will remain active. And now we have two teams on a bye in Week 5 with Kansas City and Carolina. The new ailments to monitor coming out of Week 4 include Lamar Jackson (ankle), Saquon Barkley (hamstring), Kyle Monangai (thumb), Ja'Marr Chase (concussion), Tee Higgins (groin), Rashee Rice (hamstring), Tyquan Thornton (ankle), D.J.
Moore (shoulder) and Ladd McConkey (foot), among others. It's so bad that even backups are getting hurt with Tank Bigsby (abdomen) out in Philadelphia. We have a lot to cover with the injury replacements, and the best player to add this week might not even be on an NFL team yet, in Tyreek Hill.
There are also some players to add who are playing well without an injury, and we'll have our usual streamers at quarterback, tight end, DST and kicker. Editor's note: For this waiver wire column, we are only looking at players rostered in less than 65 percent of CBS Sports leagues. On a bye: Patrick Mahomes and Bryce Young Injuries: Lamar Jackson (ankle), Baker Mayfield (thumb), Caleb Williams (hamstring), Jayden Daniels (elbow) and Marcus Mariota (knee) Check to see if available in shallow leagues: C.J.
Stroud (80 percent rostered) and Sam Darnold (79 percent). Stroud has played two games with Nico Collins this season and is averaging 23.8 Fantasy points in those outings. This week, he faces the Titans, and he scored at least 19.7 Fantasy points in his last two full games against Tennessee going back to 2024. ...
Darnold only scored 17.3 Fantasy points in Week 4 against the Chargers, but he now has 547 passing yards, six touchdowns and three interceptions in his past two games. He doesn't have an easy upcoming schedule against San Francisco, Denver, Kansas City and Chicago in his next four games, but Darnold is still worth using as a low-end starter in all leagues. Drop candidates: Bo Nix (83 percent rostered), Justin Herbert (83 percent) and Kyler Murray (80 percent).
Nix has scored more than 20 Fantasy points just once this season, and his rushing production has disappeared with only 25 yards in four games. It's hard to trust him in one-quarterback leagues heading into Week 5 at the Chargers, and then he faces Seattle in Week 6. ... Herbert's season-high is 15.3 Fantasy points in Week 1.
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