Week 5 Waiver Wire: Issac Redman and 3 Players Poised to Get More Touches

The byes have arrived in the NFL, which means the season of scouring the waiver wire for replacements has begun.

At the quarter point in the season, there are a ton of players already beat up. This is great news for backups just looking to get on the field.

Here are three players that don’t have a ton of fantasy points right now but will be producing big points in the very near future.

Week 5 byes: Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins, St. Louis Rams, Baltimore Ravens, Washington Redskins

Isaac Redman, RB- Pittsburgh Steelers

The Steelers take pride in their ability to run the ball and will continue to pound the rock despite a horrific offensive line and a banged-up Rashard Mendenhall.

Mendenhall is questionable for Week 5 and will likely receive no more than 10 carries.

That means there’s another 10-15 for Redman, who produced 40 yards on only six carries Sunday while also catching the one pass thrown his way for 12 yards.

Mendenhall potentially can do some major damage to his hamstring by playing this week. Even if he doesn’t tweak it, the opportunities are going to be there for the rest of the season for Redman.

Steve Breaston, WR- Kansas City Chiefs

After a horrible start, QB Matt Cassel is finally getting comfortable throwing the ball to Breaston. On Sunday he caught four passes (on five targets) for 91 yards and looked very sharp running his routes.

Expect his targets to only rise as the offense opens up now that the running game is a shell of the No. 1 ranked unit of a year ago.

Jacoby Jones, WR- Houston Texans

With All Pro receiver Andre Johnson expected to miss the next three games, it’s time to pounce on other members of the Houston offense.

Fellow receiver Kevin Walter was only targeted once on Sunday, and it’s unclear how comfortable Matt Schaub is throwing the ball to the smaller target at this point.

Jones is taller and will likely fill in as the deep threat in Johnson’s absence. Jones isn’t a great long-term solution—but he’s a viable option for the next month.