Welcome to Week 12 of our fantasy football waiver wire watchlist for the 2025 NFL season. Week 11 featured some surprising performances from players who were available on the waiver wire, including RB Sean Tucker (140 total yards and three touchdowns) and WR Christian Watson (four catches for 46 yards and two touchdowns). You know […]

Welcome to Week 11 of our fantasy football waiver wire watchlist for the 2025 NFL season. Week 10 featured some surprising performances from players who were available on the waiver wire, including WR Alec Pierce (four catches for 84 yards and a touchdown) and RB Devin Singletary (11 total touches for 73 yards). You know […]

Welcome to Week 10 of our fantasy football waiver wire watchlist for the 2025 NFL season. Week 9 featured some surprising performances from players who were available on the waiver wire, including WR Parker Washington (eight catches for 90 yards) and RB Emari Demercado (14 carries for 79 yards). You know the drill by now: […]

Welcome to Week 9 of our fantasy football waiver wire watchlist for the 2025 NFL season. Week 8 featured some surprising performances from players who were available on the waiver wire, including WRs Troy Franklin (six catches for 89 yards and two touchdowns) and Chimere Dike (seven catches for 93 yards). You know the drill […]

Welcome to Week 8 of our fantasy football waiver wire watchlist for the 2025 NFL season. Week 6 featured some surprising performances from players who were available on the waiver wire, including TE Oronde Gadsden (seven catches for 164 yards and a touchdown) and WR Chimere Dike (four catches for 70 yards and a touchdown). […]

Through seven weeks of the 2025 NFL season, a clear trend has been established in fantasy football: wide receivers on good offenses will produce, and can do so even with stiff competition for targets. While WR2s and WR3s in these offenses may not be consistent performers in fantasy football, their week-to-week upside makes them hard […]

Welcome to Week 7 of our fantasy football waiver wire watchlist for the 2025 NFL season. Week 6 featured some surprising performances from players who were available on the waiver wire, including RB Kimani Vidal (138 total yards and one touchdown) and WR Kayshon Boutte (five catches for 93 yards and two TDs). You know […]

In Week 6 of the NFL season, fantasy managers saw many reserve wide receivers emerge as potential starting options in fantasy football. We're here today to take a look at three of them and to see if these WRs are viable waiver wire pickups for Week 7. Our focus will be on Christian Kirk, Michael […]

Welcome to Week 6 of our fantasy football waiver wire watchlist for the 2025 NFL season. Week 5 featured some surprising performances from players available on the waiver wire, including RB Rico Dowdle (234 total yards and one touchdown) and TE Mason Taylor (nine catches for 67 yards). You know the drill by now: All […]

In November 2024, Carolina rewarded running back Chuba Hubbard with a four-year, $33.2 million contract extension, and he proved he was worth the money with an outstanding year. Running behind an improved Panthers offensive line, Hubbard ran for 1,195 yards and 10 touchdowns on 4.8 yards per carry. After his breakout season, Hubbard was regarded […]

Welcome to Week 5 of our fantasy football waiver wire watchlist for the 2025 NFL season. Week 4 featured some surprising performances from players available on the waiver wire, including RBs Woody Marks (119 total yards and two touchdowns) and Kenneth Gainwell (134 total yards and two TDs). You know the drill by now: All […]

Welcome to Week 4 of our fantasy football waiver wire watchlist for the 2025 NFL season. Week 3 featured some surprising performances from players available on the waiver wire, including WRs Tre Tucker (eight catches for 145 yards and three touchdowns) and Tory Horton (95-yard punt return TD and a receiving TD). You know the […]

This early in the fantasy football season, you can find plenty of good wide receivers on the waiver wire. But will the WRs who start the year hot and get snatched off waivers early continue to perform all season? And will any early disappointments turn it up later in the season? Correctly identifying the right […]

With the injury bug already hitting several star NFL quarterbacks, fantasy football managers have been racing to the waiver wire in hopes of finding a new starter. Luckily, there are plenty of good quarterbacks available on the waiver wire, as there's typically no need to roster a backup quarterback in fantasy football. In this piece, […]

After two weeks of the 2025 NFL season, the fantasy football landscape is in a state of uncertainty. Some players like Quentin Johnston and Travis Etienne Jr. have emerged as great draft values, but can they keep it up all season long? What about slow starters like A.J. Brown and TreVeyon Henderson? Can they bounce […]

Welcome to Week 3 of our fantasy football waiver wire watchlist for the 2025 NFL season. Week 2 featured increased roles for some players who were previously listed in this article, including WR Elic Ayomanor (four catches, 56 yards, one touchdown) and RB Kyle Monangai (seven carries for 28 yards after receiving zero carries in […]

We're only two games into the NFL season, and much uncertainty remains for many players in fantasy football. For the running back position, nothing is more important than opportunity, as even poor performances can lead to fantasy success if the opportunity is good enough. Just look at Rachaad White's 2023 season. In this article, we'll […]

Following the offseason trade of starting running back Brian Robinson Jr., veteran Austin Ekeler was listed as the Commanders starter going into Week 1. Unfortunately, that only lasted for two weeks, as Ekeler suffered a season-ending Achilles injury in Week 2 against the Packers. With Ekeler out for the season, it will be up to […]

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow had an incredible 2024 season, throwing for 4,918 yards and 43 touchdowns. But in 2025, it didn't take long for the injury bug to bite. Burrow suffered a case of turf toe in Week 2 of the NFL season against the Jacksonville Jaguars, and he is expected to miss at […]

Texans running back Joe Mixon had a solid first season in Houston, totaling over 1,300 total yards and 12 total TDs. However, an offseason foot/ankle injury followed up by a setback during recovery caused Mixon to be placed on the PUP list prior to the season. At best, this means Mixon will return after missing […]

Welcome to Week 2 of our fantasy football waiver wire watchlist. It was a wild opening week, in which waiver wire players such as Dylan Sampson and Quentin Johnston emerged as key figures in their respective offenses. However, both Sampson and Johnston are rostered too much and no longer qualify for this article (all players […]

Welcome to Week 1 and our fantasy football waiver wire watchlist article for the 2025 season! While a good draft is key to winning your fantasy league, making smart moves on the waiver wire can be a sneaky-good way to make up for a bad draft or strengthen a good one. Young and/or unproven players […]

Three intriguing rookie running backs, Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Bhayshul Tuten, and Cam Skattebo, are generating significant buzz in fantasy football drafts, and for different reasons. Of the three, Croskey-Merritt is the only clear starter following the trade of Brian Robinson Jr. to San Francisco. Tuten and Skattebo are talented players with no true RB1 ahead of […]

Christian Kirk, Brandon Aiyuk, and Marvin Mims Jr. are three receivers in very different situations. However, what they have in common is this: For one reason or another, their fantasy football values have slipped to the very end of the draft, to the point where it wouldn't be unreasonable for any of them to go […]

Drafting the right rookie can win you your fantasy football league. However, taking a rookie receiver is a significant risk, as they often experience growing pains during their transition from college to the pros. While receivers like Malik Nabers, Brian Thomas Jr., and Ladd McConkey were immediate difference-makers, other top rookies like Marvin Harrison Jr., […]

Nailing your late-round picks is a surefire way to compete for a fantasy football championship. Snagging overperformers at the running back and receiver positions late in the draft can be the difference between winning a league and not even making the playoffs. Three of these late-round options at the receiver position this year are Keenan […]

In every NFL game, one team goes in front and the other goes behind. The events following that initial lead change determine which team wins and which team loses. However, it also determines the methods by which each team will attempt to win the game. The team that takes the lead will often try to […]

Each NFL draft provides all 32 teams with an equal opportunity to improve their roster. Drafting great players consistently can help teams reach Super Bowl contention in a remarkably short time. Just look at Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels, the former No. 2 overall pick, who helped Washington, previously one of the league's worst teams, make […]

The offseason is a time of change for fantasy football, as injuries, suspensions, and new players and coaches can all impact the fantasy landscape. A result of this uncertainty is rising and falling draft values for different players. For example, take Rashee Rice last season. The Chiefs wide receiver, who was expected to be suspended […]

A 17-game season has made it easier to achieve, but rushing for 1,000 yards is still an important goal for running backs. With many NFL teams opting to go running back by committee, three-down backs are few and far between in today's NFL. But not all hope is lost: 16 running backs ran for over […]