Week 7 IDP Waiver Wire Targets

This list of IDP waiver wire pickups is sorted by position, and then by priorty.

Of course, IDP leagues vary widely by depth, scoring rules, and lineup settings. So to get the best measure of who to pick up in your league, check your Free Agent Finder.

Carl Granderson, Bobby Okereke, and Derek Stingley Jr. rank among the top IDP waiver wire targets for Week 7.

David Bailey, Edge, New York Jets

David Bailey followed up his big 3-sack Week 5 by going sack-less with 1 solo in Sunday’s loss to the Patriots. 

Headshot of David Bailey

If that gets the rookie dumped -- or if he’s just already available -- in your league, then give Bailey a look ahead of his Week 7 date with the Dolphins. Miami entered this week tied for the fifth-highest sack rate allowed in the league. 

The schedule gets more difficult after that, with the Raiders and Chiefs up, but Bailey also gets upside spots in Week 11 (at the Chargers) and Week 12 (at Miami).

Carl Granderson, Edge, New Orleans Saints

Carl Granderson’s made a nice comeback from sitting out Week 4 with an ankle injury, delivering 1.5 sacks in two straight games.

Headshot of Carl Granderson

Now comes an interesting matchup with Aaron Rodgers. Pittsburgh’s QB has faced the 12th-lowest pressure rate among 36 QBs with 20+ dropbacks, according to Pro Football Focus. But the Steelers sit tied for fourth-most sacks allowed, both because they’re passing at a high rate and because Rodgers struggles to escape once pressure arrives (sixth-highest pressure-to-sack rate).

We can overlook the iffy floor to chase the upside at a position that’s often boom/bust.

A Week 8 bye makes Granderson more of a short-term option. But if you can hold him through that, Week 9 holds a Browns offense that leads the league in sacks allowed.

Josiah Trotter, LB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

If you’re rolling your eyes at Josiah Trotter’s inclusion here, then congrats on playing in a serious IDP league. He still sits available in 69% of Sleeper IDP leagues as of this writing, though.

Headshot of Josiah Trotter

That simply shouldn’t be the case now that Trotter’s played three games since losing Week 3 to a knee injury. That span has also seen his playing time increase each week:

  • 83.3%
  • 98.3%
  • 100%

Those games also found Trotter delivering 9, 7, and 12 total tackles, plus his second pass defensed of the year in the OT loss to Pittsburgh.

The second-round rookie has notched 5+ solos in four straight outings and looks like a weekly starting option for most common formats going forward. That’s even true for a Week 7 date with a Panthers squad that’s supplied the fewest solo tackles to LBs this season.

Bobby Okereke, LB, Carolina Panthers

Bobby Okereke delivered a season-best outing in Sunday’s win over the Eagles, racking up:

Headshot of Bobby Okereke
  • 8 tackles
  • 7 solos
  • 3 tackles for loss
  • 1 sack
  • 2 passes defensed

That might be enough to make him worth taking a shot on this week, but Okereke also gets help from a Week 7 matchup with the Buccaneers. Tampa has supplied the league’s sixth-largest scoring boost to LBs.

Carolina follows that with a pair of negative matchups for LB scoring, but the schedule looks sixth-best for the position overall the rest of the way.

Quincy Williams, LB, Cleveland Browns

Quincy Williams posted a modest stat line in Sunday’s loss to the Ravens, but he notched his first sack of the year and tripled his season total in QB hits (to 3). 

Headshot of Quincy Williams

That’s not enough to make him a long-term starter -- even though it followed a big Week 5 against the Jets -- but it’s enough to make him attractive for a Week 7 visit to Tennessee. 

The Titans have done a decent job at limiting sacks overall, allowing just 1.7 per game so far. But Cam Ward has taken 3+ on two occasions. And if Cleveland has trouble getting to him in Week 7, that could generate extra motivation to blitz Williams. 

PFF counted just four total pass rushes for him over the past two weeks, but Williams tallied 25 over the previous three games. Tennessee entered Sunday tied for ninth-most LB points allowed.

Amani Hooker, S, Tennessee Titans

Amani Hooker returned from missing Week 5 with a concussion to tally a season-high 13 tackles in Sunday’s win over the Colts. He’s now working on the third-highest fantasy-scoring average among DBs for the season, depending on your format.

Headshot of Amani Hooker

Tackles have driven that. Despite missing a game, Hooker sits tied for seventh among DBs in solos, leading the group in solos per outing. He has added a pair of INTs and is on pace to challenge or exceed his pass-defense totals from the past three seasons.

Week 7 presents an opportunity to build on that pace against the Browns. Cleveland has supplied 14 passes defensed to DBs over just the past three weeks, sixth-most in the league.

Derek Stingley Jr., CB, Houston Texans

Derek Stingley’s had a quiet start to the year, but that’s not because anything has changed about his role.

Headshot of Derek Stingley

The fifth-year corner remains a full-timer and remains good, limiting receivers to a 59.3% catch rate so far, according to Pro Football Focus. That beats teammate Kamari Lassiter (71.1%) and explains most of why Lassiter has seen 11 more targets in coverage.

Stingley generally stays glued to one side of the field, but the Texans proved willing to move him in certain matchups last year. A Week 7 date with Malik Nabers would seem like just such a matchup, considering Nabers has split his outside snaps near-evenly between right and left.

It doesn’t hurt that Stingley’s coming off a season-high 5 solos and a pass defensed in the Sunday morning win over Jacksonville.

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