Waiver Wire Express - Week 17 Lightning Round Including Kendre Miller, Tyjae Spears, Trey Benson, Olamide Zaccheaus, Dalton Schultz, Bryce Young

The Week 17 waiver wire adds lightning round for 2024 fantasy football. Our free agent list includes Kendre Miller, Tyjae Spears, Trey Benson, Olamide Zaccheaus, Dalton Schultz, Bryce Young, & more.

Allow us to extend a congratulatory handshake for making it through Week 16 as we press onto the championship week(s) to come. Most of you have no more bye weeks to hide behind as it's all hands on deck in pursuit of a title. Let's start our push to the podium with our fantasy football waiver wire pickups lightning round heading into Week 17 of the 2024 NFL season.

This provides a quick reaction regarding fantasy-relevant players for Week 17 after the past week's festivities and key injuries to Jalen Hurts (concussion), James Conner (knee), Tank Dell (knee), and Kenneth Walker III (ankle). Drake London (hamstring) and Aaron Rodgers (ankle) seemingly suffered more minor injuries. This column is published early in the week and updated daily as the site brings more in-depth waiver wire analysis for all positions. 

Waiver pickups are listed in priority order and broken down by position. Players will be rostered in roughly less than 60% of Yahoo! leagues and range from shallow options in standard leagues to deep options in PPR formats, with options for longer stashes beyond the following week for those with playoff byes.

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Week 17 Running Backs To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Kareem Hunt
Kendre Miller
Tyjae Spears
Gus Edwards
Tank Bigsby
Trey Benson (monitor his return to practice, plus Conner's status)
Ameer Abdullah
Alexander Mattison
Patrick Taylor Jr.
Audric Estime
Michael Carter (contingent add if Conner + Benson are out)
Tyler Allgeier
Craig Reynolds
Ray Davis
Antonio Gibson
DeeJay Dallas
Jamaal Williams
Kenneth Gainwell
Blake Corum
Raheem Mostert
D'Onta Foreman

Week 17 Wide Receivers To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Adam Thielen
Romeo Doubs
Jalen McMillan
Rashod Bateman
Quentin Johnston
Christian Watson
Marquise Brown
Nick Westbrook-Ikhine
Keon Coleman
John Metchie III
Calvin Austin III
Olamide Zaccheaus
Jalen Coker
David Moore
Michael Wilson
Malik Washington
Kayshon Boutte
Robert Woods
Ricky Pearsall
Elijah Moore
Ray-Ray McCloud III
Tim Patrick
DeMario Douglas
Demarcus Robinson
Wan'Dale Robinson
Devaughn Vele
Jamison Crowder
Joshua Palmer
Tre Tucker
KaVontae Turpin
Marvin Mims Jr.

Week 17 Tight Ends To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Dalton Schultz
Hunter Henry
Chig Okonkwo
Brenton Strange
Zach Ertz
Stone Smartt
Noah Gray
Mike Gesicki
Isaiah Likely
Tyler Higbee

Week 17 Quarterbacks To Add

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

Bryce Young
Anthony Richardson
Drake Maye
Russell Wilson
Michael Penix Jr.
Cooper Rush
Kenny Pickett
Mason Rudolph
Dorian Thompson-Robinson

Week 17 Defenses To Add

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

Indianapolis Colts DST
Los Angeles Chargers DST
Miami Dolphins DST
Tampa Bay Buccaneers DST
New Orleans Saints DST
Tennessee Titans DST

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