Shopping the waivers this week is crucial for a lot of owners with Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers out for the season with a broken collar, Jameis Winston questionable with a sprained AC joint in his shoulder and Houston and Detriot on bye. Losing Rodgers is going to have major repercussions for most of the Packers skill players including Jordy Nelson and Davante Adams, two of Yahoo! Sports top-five wide receiving fantasy scorers.
Fantasy football, Week 7: Best players available at quarterback in waivers, free agency
Big names went down at the quarterback position in Week 6. This waiver options can help owners fill the voids injuries left behind.
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If your fantasy team took a big loss this weekend, there is no need to throw in the towel on your season just yet. There are some waiver dives out there that can fill that big void for at least this Sunday and possible for the rest of the season. Looking for the best matchups and streaming options, here are the best available players at quarterback on waivers this week.
Tyrod Taylor, Buffalo Bills (53 percent)
Taylor is coming off his bye week to face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28th ranked passing defense at home. The Bucs just gave up 238 yards and three touchdowns to Arizona Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer in their Week 6 loss. Taylor has had an inconsistent start to the season, but he has over 200 yards passing and a pair of touchdowns in both of Buffalo’s only home games. The Bills are home three of the next four games with the Oakland Raiders, New York Jets, New Orleans in their cue. Taylor has streaming potential for the next few weeks and is still readily available in most leagues.
C.J. Beathard, San Francisco 49ers (6 percent)
The 49ers have named third-round draft pick Beathard the new starter under center for Week 7. He took over the role from Brian Hoyer who was benched in the second quarter of the 49ers Week 6 loss to Washington. Beathard entered the game and threw 19 completions for 245 yards, a touchdown and an interception on 36 attempts. Sunday he has a favorable matchup at home against the Dallas Cowboys. Beathard is a good injury or bye week fill in this week.
Teddy Bridgewater, Minnesota Vikings (3 percent)
Bridgewater returned to practice Wednesday after being sidelined for 14 months with a catastrophic knee injury. The starter went down in camp before the start of the 2016 season. The Vikings will have a 21-day period to activate Bridgewater to the roster or return him to the PUP list. Bridgewater may not reclaim the starting role anytime soon this season, however, he is worth stashing especially in deep leagues in the event the Vikings do reinstate Bridgewater as the starter. Bridgewater threw over for 3000 yards and 14 touchdowns in his last season under center.
