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Waiver Wire Express - Week 17 Lightning Round Including Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Khalil Herbert, Jerry Jeudy, Zamir White

The Week 17 waiver wire pickups & adds lightning round for 2023 fantasy football. Our free agent list includes Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Khalil Herbert, Jerry Jeudy, Zamir White & more.

We hope everyone had a jolly holiday weekend and got to celebrate some fantasy playoff victories! We've worked all year to set ourselves up for the ultimate success, so why stop now? Let's roll into the championship rounds with the waiver wire lightning round heading into Week 17.

As always, we're here as a rapid reaction to put names on your radar with the week's performances and injuries to Isiah Pacheco, Courtland Sutton, Jaylen Waddle, Jordan Addison, and more. This column is published early every week and then updated daily. Each day of the week will also yield more in-depth waiver wire analysis for all positions. 

Waiver pickups are listed in priority order (in a vacuum) and broken down by position. Players must be rostered in roughly less than 60% of Yahoo leagues and will range from shallow options in standard leagues to deep options in PPR formats.

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Week 17 Running Backs To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Clyde Edwards-Helaire
Khalil Herbert
Zamir White
Tyler Allgeier
Kareem Hunt
Chris Rodriguez Jr.
Kenneth Gainwell
Roschon Johnson
Tyjae Spears
Chase Brown
Leonard Fournette
Justice Hill
Rico Dowdle
Jaleel McLaughlin
Emari Demercado
Jordan Mason
Ameer Abdullah

 

Week 17 Wide Receivers To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Jerry Jeudy
Noah Brown
Romeo Doubs
Joshua Palmer
Curtis Samuel
Rashid Shaheed
K.J. Osborn
Demarcus Robinson
Josh Downs
Tyler Boyd
Demario Douglas
Dontayvion Wicks
Quentin Johnston
Greg Dortch
Jameson Williams
Braxton Berrios
Treylon Burks
Justin Watson
Marvin Mims Jr.
Cedrick Wilson Jr.
Darius Slayton
Brandon Powell
Bo Melton
Parker Washington
Brandon Johnson
Jamal Agnew
Tre Tucker
Andrei Iosivas

 

Week 17 Tight Ends To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Tucker Kraft
Juwan Johnson
Gerald Everett
Chigoziem Okonkwo
Mike Gesicki
Kylen Granson
Lucas Krull

 

Week 17 Quarterbacks To Add

Pickups are in priority order, with emphasis on Week 17:

Derek Carr
Jake Browning
Joe Flacco
Taylor Heinicke
Tyrod Taylor
Bryce Young
Bailey Zappe

 

Week 17 Defenses To Add

Pickups are in priority order, with emphasis on Week 17:

Houston Texans DST
Seattle Seahawks DST
Jacksonville Jaguars DST
Las Vegas Raiders DST
Los Angeles Rams DST



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Connelly Early

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