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Week 18 Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Football Pickups Include Deshaun Watson, Treylon Burks, Kadarius Toney, KJ Osborn

Deshaun Watson - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, NFL Injury News

Fantasy football waiver wire rankings for Week 18 of the 2022 NFL season. Top free agent options to add off waivers, and our rankings will help you prioritize.

Welcome to Week 18 RotoBallers, and another round of waiver wire pickups! We have seen new injuries emerge for fantasy football, and players who may be breaking out. As you consider who to pickup for your rosters, as always we're here to help you sift through it.

Each week our NFL team puts out a complete array of fantasy football waiver wire articles, to compliment our slick new Who Should I Pickup? waiver wire player comparison tool. Our fantasy football waiver wire articles get published on Mondays and Tuesdays each week. However, we have fewer waiver wire articles than usual, as the majority of fantasy football leagues conclude in Week 18, and many of these types of articles aren't significant this week.

We still have our Waiver Wire Express Lighting Round article by Nick Mariano. In addition to that article, we also dig deeper for each position with individual waiver wire articles: running backswide receiverstight endsquarterbacks, and kickers.

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Who To Pickup for Fantasy Football Week 18?

Are you looking for a more direct and structured list of prioritized players to add off the waiver wire?

This article is final piece of the weekly waiver wire pickups 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 18! Let's get to it.

Rank Player Name Pos % Ros Baller Move
1 Tyler Allgeier RB 65 Add in All Leagues
2 Zack Moss RB 46 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
3 Treylon Burks WR 41 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
4 D.J. Chark WR 57 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
5 Taysom Hill TE 53 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
6 James Cook RB 55 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
7 Brandin Cooks WR 58 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
8 Donovan Peoples-Jones WR 60 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
9 Chase Edmonds RB 21 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
10 Kadarius Toney WR 28 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
11 Royce Freeman RB 1 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
12 Juwan Johnson TE 28 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
13 Jaylen Warren RB 12 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
14 Rashid Shaheed WR 6 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
15 Tyler Conklin TE 29 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
16 Robert Woods WR 39 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
17 Jahan Dotson WR 41 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
18 Tyquan Thornton WR 1 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
19 Hayden Hurst TE 33 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
20 Isaiah Hodgins WR 9 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
21 Richie James WR 18 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
22 K.J. Osborn WR 11 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
23 Matt Breida RB 4 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
24 DeeJay Dallas RB 6 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
25 JaMycal Hasty RB 5 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
26 Van Jefferson WR 21 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
27 Hunter Henry TE 41 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
28 Corey Clement RB 1 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
29 Kendrick Bourne WR 2 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
30 Trey McBride TE 4 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
31 T.Y. Hilton WR 3 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
32 Robert Tonyan TE 24 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
33 Cade Otton TE 9 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
34 Deshaun Watson QB 65 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
35 Brock Purdy QB 45 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
36 Mike White QB 26 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
37 Jarrett Stidham QB 1 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
38 Russell Wilson QB 49 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
39 Mac Jones QB 19 Add in 2QB Leagues
40 Sam Darnold QB 7 Add in 2QB Leagues

 

Week 18 Running Backs To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Tyler Allgeier
Zack Moss
James Cook
Chase Edmonds
Jaylen Warren
Royce Freeman
Matt Breida
Malik Davis
DeeJay Dallas
JaMycal Hasty
Corey Clement

 

Week 18 Wide Receivers To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Treylon Burks
D.J. Chark
Brandin Cooks
Donovan Peoples-Jones
Kadarius Toney
Rashid Shaheed
Isaiah Hodgins
Tyquan Thornton
Richie James
Robert Woods
Jahan Dotson
Demarcus Robinson
DeAndre Carter
Van Jefferson
K.J. Osborn
Kendrick Bourne
T.Y. Hilton

 

Week 18 Tight Ends To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Taysom Hill
Juwan Johnson
Tyler Conklin
Robert Tonyan
Hunter Henry
Hayden Hurst
Cade Otton
Trey McBride
Albert Okwuegbunam
Brock Wright
Colby Parkinson
Tommy Tremble

 

Week 18 Quarterbacks To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Deshaun Watson
Brock Purdy
Russell Wilson
Mike White
Jarrett Stidham
Gardner Minshew
Mac Jones
Baker Mayfield
Sam Darnold
Sam Ehlinger
Skylar Thompson



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