Fantasy football waiver wire: 5 wide receivers to target for Week 2

Week 1 of the fantasy football season is in the books, and there are already a couple of key injuries owners will have to cover for. T.Y. Hilton and Dez Bryant are expected to be out for multiple weeks, and their backups show enough promise to be worth claiming.

However, the waiver wire isn’t just for injury substitutes. You also want to look for buy-low options and good DFS matchups. We don’t want you to rock the boat with the season so young, but here are some good wide receivers who should be available in your league. All players are owned in less than 50 percent of Yahoo! leagues.

Did you hear that Jones scored 14 touchdowns with the Packers in 2012? That might have been mentioned once or twice in the past 48 hours. Anyway, Jones picked up right where he left off with Aaron Rodgers, grabbing two touchdowns on four catches against the Chicago Bears.

After a lost season with the Oakland Raiders, Jones is back where he belongs as Rodgers’ red zone target with Jordy Nelson out. He should continue to produce WR3 numbers with the occasional touchdown, rendering Ty Montgomery and Jeff Janis afterthoughts in fantasy. He could easily find the end zone against the Seattle Seahawks if Kam Chancellor’s holdout drags out another week.

Lockett’s game-breaking talent was never in doubt. The real question, as it pertains to fantasy, was how big a role the rookie would play in the offense. Thankfully, that question seems to be answered already. Lockett’s Week 1 stats were modest (four catches, 34 yards), but his snap count is the most telling sign -- he played on 58 of 83 offensive snaps, indicating that he won’t just be a special teams wonder. Look for Lockett’s role to expand in the coming weeks, and he has a juicy DFS matchup with the Green Bay Packers’ soft secondary on Sunday night.

Oh, and if your league counts return yards, you’re in luck -- Lockett took a punt return to the house against the St. Louis Rams, and it surely won’t be his only special teams score of the year.

Coleman had some minor hype in the preseason, and after Week 1 it appears to be just that -- minor. However, that’s not to say he won’t produce. Coleman saw seven targets against the Arizona Cardinals, turning them into four catches for 41 yards and a touchdown. He also played 58 offensive snaps, compared to 46 for established veteran Marques Colston. With Colston showing real signs of decline, it seems like only a matter of time before Coleman passes him as the clear No. 2 receiver next to Brandin Cooks. He has WR3 upside against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ miserable defense this week.

Hilton’s knee injury will keep him out for a couple of weeks, opening up target opportunities for Moncrief. He took over as one of the starting receivers next to Andre Johnson, playing 57 of 77 offensive snaps. Moncrief took advantage of garbage time in a blowout loss, grabbing six catches on 11 targets for 46 yards and a touchdown against the Buffalo Bills.

With Hilton out and Johnson looking woefully ineffective, Moncrief is a good bet to lead the Colts in targets while Hilton is out. He should be owned in every league, but there’s one major red flag coming to Indy next week, and its name is Darrelle Revis. Keep your expectations tempered, at least for Week 2.

Bryant suffered a broken bone in his foot and will be out for 4-6 weeks. Fantasy owners might be tripping over themselves to grab Terrance Williams, but I happen to think Beasley will be the safer play. He’s been quietly reliable as a poor man’s Julian Edelman for Tony Romo, operating as a pesky chain-mover out of the slot. If you’re expecting chunks of yards you’ll be disappointed, but Beasley should have WR3/4 consideration in PPR leagues. He has a plus matchup with the Philadelphia Eagles, who have precious little depth in the secondary.