Terry McLaurin was carted off late in the first quarter on Monday night with a knee injury against the 49ers, and Washington's target tree changed on the spot. Fantasy managers holding any piece of this offense need the new shape right now, not on Sunday morning.
Stefon Diggs is the immediate volume winner. Diggs caught a 1 yard touchdown from Jayden Daniels and finished with 6 catches for 44 yards on the night, and he did that with McLaurin gone for most of the game. If McLaurin misses time, Diggs is the first read on the routes that just opened up. Our fantasy football HQ page tracks the Washington target share fallout and the waiver order for this week.
Treylon Burks is the deep league watch. Daniels threw for 300 yards and 2 touchdowns while spreading the ball, and when the game sat on one snap late, the fourth down target at the 17 went to Burks. That trust snap matters. Burks is not a standard league add yet, but deep league managers should have him queued if the McLaurin news breaks bad.
Daniels himself stays startable. He ran for only 10 yards on Monday, so the rushing floor was quiet, and the value came from the arm instead: 300 yards and 2 scores in a comeback that nearly stole a game in Santa Clara. A quarterback who can pay you without his legs is a quarterback you do not bench over one injury to his top target.
The move order is simple. Diggs managers hold with confidence, Burks goes on deep league benches and McLaurin managers wait for the imaging news before making a panic trade. The fantasy football page has the full Week 7 fallout board and the rest of the Monday night injury notes.
By Kingston O'Neal. The cart is never good news, but the targets go somewhere. Know where.