Week 2 IDP Waiver Wire: Get Dallas Turner, Plus Other Week 1 Revelations

Players to Target

You probably already know that it's important not to overreact to Week 1 results. That's especially tough on the defensive side.

It's the first week of real, actual-game data we get for the season. So some of that's bound to actually signal the start of what will be a surprising trend. And plenty of it's just noise.

What makes IDPs even more challenging is that it's tougher to get info on this side of the ball. Injuries, playing time, position battles ... none of it gets near the coverage that the offensive guys do.

One thing we do get when the season starts, though, is snap counts. Between this article and my late-week IDP Hits, I'll be sorting through those to let you know who's fluky and who you should believe in.

Here's a set of waiver targets for this week, players who should be available in at least a decent swath of IDP leagues ...

Week 2 IDP Waiver Wire Targets

This list of IDP waiver wire pickups is sorted by position, and then by priorty.

Of course, IDP leagues vary widely by depth, scoring rules, and lineup settings. So to get the best measure of who to pick up in your league, check your Free Agent Finder.

It's the best fantasy football waiver wire assistant you'll find.

Greg Rousseau, Edge, Buffalo Bills

Rousseau hit Week 1 rostered in just 21% of Sleeper leagues. He spent Sunday proving that’s a mistake.

The 26-year-old registered 2 sacks among 5 total QB hits in the win over Houston. He forced a pair of fumbles and defensed a pass.

Rousseau’s responsibilities sound like they might change a little under new DC Jim Leonhard, but the game announcers said Leonhard highlighted the sixth-year player as one of the guys who impressed him most during training camp. And Rousseau dropped into coverage just twice among 41 pass snaps against the Texans.

Buffalo gets home games the next three weeks, which won’t hurt the team’s chances of playing from ahead. Playing with leads will generally mean more passing volume and more playmaking opportunities for Rousseau.

Dallas Turner, Edge, Minnesota Vikings

I’m already thinking I underrated Turner in my preseason projections.

The former first-round pick is still just 23 years old and kicked off his third season with 7 QB hits in a decisive victory over the Packers.

Turner earned the defense’s highest overall PFF grade for the game and racked up a team-high 9 pressures, three ahead of LB Blake Cashman and five more than Edge Andrew Van Ginkel.

Now Turner and the Vikings face a Bears team that allowed the eighth-highest pressure rate of Week 1. Two weeks after that comes a home date with the Dolphins, who ranked sixth in that category while losing to the Raiders.

Grab Turner now in pressure-friendly formats, or the opportunity to do so might disappear.

Dre’Mont Jones, Edge, New England Patriots

The sack was nice in last the opening-night loss to the Seahawks, but Jones earns mention here because he hid another 3 QB hits behind that one. Pro Football Focus credited him with 6 total pressures, a mighty 26.1% pressure rate on his 23 pass rushes.

We certainly can’t count on that high a rate continuing, and it’s worth noting that Seattle lost starting QB Sam Darnold early in that contest. But the good start follows his 2025 career highs in pressures, QB hits, and sacks.

That makes Jones at least worth stashing in sack/pressure-friendly formats.

Payton Wilson, LB, Pittsburgh Steelers

Wilson flashed big production potential last year but saw his playing time waver heavily. That included four games among the final five in which he fell short of 45% snap shares. 

The Steelers signaled that they felt comfier with Wilson ahead of his third pro season when they dumped LB Malik Harrison this summer. But Sunday gave us the confirmation of a 95% snap share in the win over Atlanta.

That marked the largest snap share of Wilson’s career and the first time since Week 9 of last season that he reached 80%. He turned that playing time into a game-high 12 tackles Sunday, including 2 tackles for loss. The matchup helped (Pittsburgh totaled 7 TFLs), but Wilson’s a high-upside option whenever he plays full time.

Josiah Trotter, LB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

It wasn’t clear heading into Week 1 who would join Alex Anzalone atop the LB depth chart. But this rookie made it clear Sunday that he should stay there.

Trotter racked up a game-high 10 tackles in the loss to Cincinnati. That included just 3 solos, but two of those went for losses. Trotter tallied the team’s only sack and its lone INT.

The rookie did trail Anzalone in playing time, but the 91% snap share he played against the Browns would be enough to make him fantasy-viable if he stays in that range.

Week 2 presents a high-upside matchup with the Browns.

Anthony Hill, LB, Tennessee Titans

The second-round rookie racked up a game-high 16 tackles in Sunday’s loss to the Jets. That doesn’t necessarily mean he belongs in your Week 2 lineup. Frankly, he might not even start for Tennessee in Week 2.

Hill benefited from Cedric Gray suffering a freak, off-field concussion the weekend before the opener. But the rookie wore the green dot over veteran teammate Cody Barton (and other starters) in Gray’s absence. That points to the team’s confidence in him, and that could signal Hill staying on the field with Gray -- ahead of Barton -- once the whole group’s healthy. 

The rookie’s at least worth stashing for now while we see how the Titans proceed.

Quentin Lake, S, Los Angeles Rams

A lot of IDP managers apparently forgot about Lake after his 2025 season ended with a Week 11 elbow dislocation. He emerged from Week 1 of this season rostered in just 11% of Sleeper IDP leagues.

That’s unfortunate for the folks who missed out, because Lake delivered 10 tackles (7 solo), 3 passes defensed and an INT in the loss to San Francisco.

He’s not going to keep scoring that high, but the useful stat line was no fluke. Lake finished 2024 as the No. 20 DB in fantasy (depending on your scoring system) and then landed among the top 10 in points per game in 2025.

Grab Lake ahead of a positive Week 2 matchup with the Giants, and you might have a rest-of-season starter.

Marques Sigle, S, San Francisco 49ers

We all expected the Niners to start Malik Mustapha alongside Ji’Ayir Brown at safety. Even the team website listed Mustapha as the starter at that spot.

But Mustapha played just 6 total snaps in the Australian win over the Rams, fewest of any San Francisco defender. Sigle, meanwhile, got the start and never left the field.

He turned his 100% snap share into 9 total tackles, second-most on the team behind only LB Fred Wardner’s 11. That lines up with the 7.8 tackles Sigle averaged as a full-timer across last season’s first five games before disappearing from the lineup.

That descension makes him difficult to trust, but we can go ahead and take a shot on Sigle for an upside Week 2 home date with the Dolphins, followed by another positive home matchup with Arizona.

Want Some Waiver Targets on Offense?

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