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Week 7 Waiver Wire: Early Pickups and Breakout Fantasy Football Candidates

At this point in the NFL season, between bye weeks and injuries, the waiver wire becomes even more crucial to winning games in your league.

Sometimes, a player has such a breakout week that the waiver claim makes itself. And sometimes you need to know some context—for instance, a running back who only had a handful of carries and a couple dozen yards this week is still worth picking up if he's going to become the primary or even No. 2 back on a team that's dealing with injuries in the backfield.

Let's take a closer look at three skill position players who are smart adds ahead of Week 7.