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Waiver Wire Express - Week 16 Lightning Round

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The Week 16 waiver wire pickups & adds lightning round for 2021 fantasy football. Our free agent list includes Ronald Jones II, Duke Johnson, Russell Gage & more.

Welcome to the home stretch, RotoBallers! Congratulations to those of you still in the fight and here reading, as this playoff environment has been chaos personified. Those of you with bills still in the FAAB wallet are in a key spot to add some running back help, even if it's just to block your opponents. There's little else to do, so let's crush our way to the finals with the waiver wire lightning round heading into Week 16.

This column is published early every week and then updated on a daily basis. This particular week with two Tuesday games is difficult, I know. 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 therefore will range from shallow options in standard leagues to deep options in PPR formats.

Be sure to check all of our fantasy football rankings for 2025:

 

Week 16 Running Backs To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Ronald Jones II
Duke Johnson
Jeff Wilson Jr.
Justin Jackson
Craig Reynolds
Jordan Howard
Ameer Abdullah
Dontrell Hilliard
Tevin Coleman
Rex Burkhead
Mark Ingram II
Adrian Peterson
Mike Davis
Kenneth Gainwell
Nyheim Hines
D'Ernest Johnson

 

Week 16 Wide Receivers To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Russell Gage
Amon-Ra St. Brown
Gabriel Davis
Tyler Johnson
Marquez Valdes-Scantling
K.J. Osborn
Josh Reynolds
Kenny Golladay
Jamison Crowder
Robby Anderson
Rashod Bateman
Donovan Peoples-Jones
Nelson Agholor
Nick Westbrook-Ikhine
Allen Lazard
Darius Slayton
Jakeem Grant Sr.
Jalen Guyton
Jalen Reagor
Braxton Berrios
Laquon Treadwell
Jauan Jennings
Nico Collins

 

Week 16 Tight Ends To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Cole Kmet
Gerald Everett
Austin Hooper
James O'Shaughnessy
Foster Moreau
C.J. Uzomah

 

Week 16 Quarterbacks To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Justin Fields
Tua Tagovailoa
Tyler Huntley
Cam Newton
Matt Ryan
Ben Roethlisberger
Jimmy Garoppolo
Davis Mills



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