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Fantasy football waiver wire rankings for Week 3 of the NFL season. These are free agent options to add off waivers, and our rankings will help you prioritize.
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 backs, wide receivers, tight ends, quarterbacks, defenses, kickers 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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