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The Week 16 waiver wire pickups & adds lightning round for 2018 fantasy football. Our free agent list includes Mike Williams, Jamaal Williams, Robby Anderson & more.
Whether you're approaching your championship game, playing for third place or looking to avoid the sacko, we here at RotoBaller are here to help and get you waiver information as fast (and as accurately) as possible. Consider this the waiver wire lightning round heading into Week 16.
This column is published early every week and then updated after the MNF game. Each day of the week will also yield other more in-depth waiver wire articles for all positions so be sure to check back.
The below waiver pickups are listed in priority order and broken down by position. Players must be owned in less than 60% of Yahoo leagues and therefore will range from shallow options in standard leagues to deep options in PPR formats.
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Week 16 Waiver Wire Priorities
Running Backs (Priority Order):
Jamaal Williams
Elijah McGuire
Wendell Smallwood
Zach Zenner
Alfred Blue
Kalen Ballage
Kenneth Dixon
Latavius Murray
Chris Ivory
Rashaad Penny
Mike Davis
Nyheim Hines
Duke Johnson
Theo Riddick
Rex Burkhead
Darrel Williams
Jalen Richard
Trenton Cannon
John Kelly
Keith Ford
Detrez Newsome
Wide Receivers (Priority Order):
Mike Williams
Curtis Samuel
Dede Westbrook
Robby Anderson
Dante Pettis
Josh Reynolds
Tyrell Williams
Robert Foster
Tre'Quan Smith
Mohamed Sanu
Antonio Callaway
Kenny Stills
John Ross
Isaiah McKenzie
Jordy Nelson
Daesean Hamilton
David Moore
Randall Cobb
Chris Conley
Tim Patrick
Trent Sherfield
Willie Snead
Breshad Perriman
Alex Erickson
James Washington
Tight Ends (Priority Order):
Ian Thomas
C.J. Uzomah
Gerald Everett
Chris Herndon IV
Tyler Higbee
Dan Arnold
Matt LaCosse
Vernon Davis
Anthony Firkser
Blake Jarwin
Dallas Goedert
Mark Andrews
Nick Vannett
Quarterbacks (Priority Order):
Josh Allen
Jameis Winston
Lamar Jackson
Sam Darnold
Nick Foles
Case Keenum
Jeff Driskel
Josh Johnson
More Waiver Wire Analysis
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