Week 8 Waiver Wire: Steve Breaston and WRs to Pick Up as Bye-Week Replacements

Like every week in the middle of the NFL season, fantasy teams will be rotating players with top-tier talent out due to bye weeks.

The Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, Atlanta Falcons, Oakland Raiders, New York Jets and Tampa Bay Buccaneers all have the week off.

That means top-tier wide receivers like Greg Jennings, Roddie White and Santonio Holmes will all need replacements this weekend.

Here are three wide receiver sleepers on the waiver wire who you need to pick up as replacements.

Steve Breaston (Kansas City Chiefs)

After a tough 0-3 start, the Kansas City Chiefs have kicked it into gear in recent weeks pulling to a 3-3 record.

The team has found success on both offense and defense.

One of the biggest improvements on offense has been wide receiver Steve Breaston.

Over the last three games, Breaston has 205 receiving yards and two touchdowns.

This week the Chiefs play a Chargers team that is questionably overrated.

They gave up three touchdowns to the No. 2 wide receiver in New York last week.

Antonio Brown (Pittsburgh Steelers)

Mike Wallace is clearly the No. 1 guy in Pittsburgh. Hines Ward is typically the No. 2 guy.

However, with Ward battling injuries, the Steelers called on Antonio Brown. He responded this week with seven catches for 102 yards.

This weekend the Steelers face off against the New England Patriots.

The Patriots are going to score points. The Steelers will need to play catch-up with the passing game.

New England's biggest weakness is stopping the pass. It's going to be another good day for Brown.

Demaryius Thomas (Denver Broncos)

Thomas' numbers were anything but fantastic.

He had a total of three catches for just 27 yards and a touchdown.

There is one stat that really does stand out. Thomas was targeted by new quarterback Tim Tebow 10 times on Sunday.

It appears that he is Tebow's go-to guy at least for the time being.

That may be something worth taking a chance on.