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Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Football Week 3

Michael Carter - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, NFL Injury News

Each week at RotoBaller we provide you with various fantasy football waiver wire articles to help you decide which free agent players to pickup off waivers. Our amazing team of analysts here whip them up as early in the week as possible, and update them as more news is announced.

To kick things off each week, we have our overall waiver wire article and waiver wire express lightning round, both dropping very early in the week -- usually by the time the Sunday Night Football game ends. We have our FAB waiver wire article from Nick Mariano, for those of you with salary cap waivers, which discusses how much of your free agent budget to spend on players when trying to add them off the waiver wire. And then we also have articles for each position, to take a deeper dive on each: running backswide receiverstight endsquarterbacksdefenseskickers and players to consider dropping.

This article is final piece of the weekly series, and its goal is to show you our weekly ranking for the relevant waiver wire pickup options including how to prioritize them for your league (depending on the league size). So below you will find the overall rankings list, and below that each individual position in priority order. Hopefully this helps you win your waiver wire this week and bolster your roster for Week 3! Let's get to it.

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Week 3 Waiver Wire Rankings

Rank Player Name Position % Owned Baller Move
1 Sterling Shepard WR 57 Add in 10+ Team Leagues
2 Rondale Moore WR 33 Add in 10+ Team PPR Leagues
3 Tony Pollard RB 53 Add in 10+ Team Leagues
4 Kenneth Gainwell RB 36 Add in 10+ Team Leagues
5 Mecole Hardman WR 53 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
6 Henry Ruggs III WR 34 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
7 Bryan Edwards WR 20 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
8 Jalen Reagor WR 26 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
9 Christian Kirk WR 58 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
10 Darnell Mooney WR 45 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
11 Tim Patrick WR 22 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
12 Zach Pascal WR 15 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
13 Cole Beasley WR 53 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
14 Zack Moss RB 49 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
15 Cordarrelle Patterson WR, RB 13 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
16 DeVante Parker WR 40 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
17 K.J. Osborn WR 2 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
18 Nelson Agholor WR 54 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
19 Marquez Valdes-Scantling WR 15 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
20 James White RB 42 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
21 Juwan Johnson WR, TE 37 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
22 David Johnson RB 49 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
23 J.D. McKissic RB 29 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
24 Jared Cook TE 43 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
25 Austin Hooper TE 48 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
26 Tony Jones Jr. RB 24 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
27 Emmanuel Sanders WR 22 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
28 Donovan Peoples-Jones WR 2 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
29 Hunter Renfrow WR 7 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
30 Darius Slayton WR 4 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
31 Elijah Moore WR 34 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
32 A.J. Green WR 13 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
33 Quintez Cephus WR 1 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
34 Olamide Zaccheaus WR 0 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
35 Jack Doyle TE 1 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
36 Quez Watkins WR 1 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
37 Maxx Williams TE 0 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
38 K.J. Hamler WR 7 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
39 Cedrick Wilson WR 1 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
40 Rashard Higgins WR 0 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
41 Chris Conley WR 1 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
42 Freddie Swain WR 0 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
43 Trenton Cannon RB 0 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
44 Justin Fields QB 51 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
45 Daniel Jones QB 19 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
46 Derek Carr QB 26 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
47 Teddy Bridgewater QB 17 Add in 2QB Leagues
48 Taylor Heinicke QB 4 Add in 2QB Leagues
49 Sam Darnold QB 15 Add in 2QB Leagues
50 Jared Goff QB 14 Add in 2QB Leagues


Running Backs (Priority Order):

Tony Pollard
Kenneth Gainwell
Zack Moss
Cordarrelle Patterson
James White
David Johnson
J.D. McKissic
Tony Jones Jr.
Ty Johnson
Darrel Williams
Trenton Cannon

 

Wide Receivers (Priority Order):

Sterling Shepard
Rondale Moore
Mecole Hardman
Henry Ruggs III
Bryan Edwards
Jalen Reagor
Christian Kirk
Darnell Mooney
Tim Patrick
Zach Pascal
Cole Beasley
DeVante Parker
K.J. Osborn
Donovan Peoples-Jones
Nelson Agholor
Marquez Valdes-Scantling
Emmanuel Sanders
Gabriel Davis
Hunter Renfrow
Darius Slayton
Elijah Moore
A.J. Green
Quintez Cephus
Olamide Zaccheaus
Quez Watkins
K.J. Hamler
Cedrick Wilson
Rashard Higgins
Chris Conley
Freddie Swain

 

Tight Ends (Priority Order):

Juwan Johnson
Jared Cook
Austin Hooper
Jack Doyle
Maxx Williams
Blake Jarwin
Dawson Knox
Pat Freiermuth

 

Quarterbacks (Priority Order):

Daniel Jones
Justin Fields
Derek Carr
Teddy Bridgewater
Taylor Heinicke
Sam Darnold
Jared Goff



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