The NFC South has a trio of wide receivers, Tez Johnson and Chris Godwin (fibula) of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Xavier Legette of the Carolina Panthers -- that are interesting considerations for waiver wire pickups in Week 9.

Yahoo Sports’ Fantasy Football Live crew discuss if Tez Johnson is primed to produce for fantasy managers in his matchup against the New Orleans Saints in Week 8.

Some NFL Rookies, such as Tez Johnson and Mason Taylor, see increased workloads while others continue to fail at meeting expectations.

Mike Evans ’ horrific concussion/clavicle injury (both suffered on the same play) all but ended the hopes that the Buccaneers will ever have a fully healthy wideout room until the playoffs. Chris Godwin remains out. Emeka Egbuka probably will gut it out, but he didn’t exactly look 100 percent last week against the Lions.

Johnson is set to work as the Buccaneers ' No. 3 receiver and likely see an increase in snap count and targets during Sunday's Week 8 matchup against the Saints due to the absences of Mike Evans (IR, collarbone/concussion) and Chris Godwin (fibula), Scott Smith of the team's official site reports.

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