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| Sunday, October 25, 2020 |
| Another week, another major injury. This time, it was Odell Beckham leaving Sunday's game in the first quarter with what the Browns reportedly fears a serious knee injury. He'll have an MRI taken Monday to determine the extent of the damage, but right now, it looks like we've lost another star for a significant amount of time. |
| And he wasn't alone. Phillip Lindsay was forced out of Sunday's game with a concussion — after looking like by far the better back in Melvin Gordon's return from a one-game absence. Jeff Wilson also left in the midst of an absolute monster performance in place of Raheem Mostert, and reportedly suffered the same injury — high-ankle sprain — as Mostert. |
| Those are the main injury concerns coming out of Week 7, though as we saw last week, we'll find out about more injuries as the week goes on. But one thing is clear: Everyone needs help at this point in the season. And a friendly reminder, the Cardinals, Jaguars, Texans, and Washington are on bye in Week 8, too. |
| We'll have our recap of Week 7's action for you Monday morning, but tonight, get a sneak peak at the top options on the waiver wire ahead of Week 8, along with Heath Cummings' breakdown of what Beckham's absence might mean for Cleveland's offense. And, if you have any waiver-wire centric questions for me, send them to Chris.Towers@CBSInteractive.com with the subject line #AskFFT and I'll try to answer as many as I can in Tuesday's newsletter. |
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| Week 8 Early Waiver Wire Targets |
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| Here are my top five waiver wire targets if you need a replacement for Beckham in Week 8 and beyond: |
| Brandon Aiyuk (44%) Sterling Shepard (27%) Denzel Mims (6%) Rashard Higgins (1%) Marquez Callaway (1%) |
| Find the rest of my early waiver-wire targets for Week 8 here. |
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| Beckham injury fallout |
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| Here's what Heath Cummings thinks the Browns wide receiving corps will look like with Beckham out: |
| "Wide receiver is a little bit more complicated. Long term I would expect Jarvis Landry to be the No. 1 receiver on the Browns and a borderline No. 2 for Fantasy purposes. But you may need to wait until after the team's Week 9 bye before you get to see him at 100%. Higgins may in fact be the best option for Week 8 against the Raiders. He had scored touchdowns in each of the previous two games, but this was his first game since 2018 with more than three targets. When the Browns are more healthy, he likely won't be Fantasy relevant, but Higgins could be a nice starter in a pinch until then. |
| The problem for all of these guys is, despite the Week 7 fireworks, the Browns offensive philosophy does not lend itself to big numbers in the passing game. Mayfield has only topped 30 pass attempts twice in seven games. This was the first time all year he topped 250 passing yards. That keeps him from being a consistent starter regardless of Beckham's health. If they get Nick Chubb, Landry, and Hooper to full strength after their bye, it will be a low-volume passing attack concentrated around their two running backs and top two pass catchers. In other words, view any potential waiver wire moves as one-week band aids." |
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