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While some fantasy seasons are over, we here recognize many are still battling in Week 17. Let's take a moment to applaud that we have had a full NFL season thus far, with some admitted turbulence along the way. Week 17 is always messy with backups getting additional play so keep your eyes on the news. For now, here is the waiver wire lightning round heading into Week 17.
This column is published early every week and then updated on a daily basis. 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 the 2025 playoffs:- Quarterback fantasy football rankings
- Running back fantasy football rankings
- Wide receiver fantasy football rankings
- Tight end fantasy football rankings
- Kicker fantasy football rankings
- FLEX fantasy football rankings
- Defense (D/ST) fantasy football rankings
- Superflex fantasy football rankings
- IDP fantasy football rankings
- Dynasty fantasy football rankings
Running Backs (Priority Order):
Jeff Wilson Jr.
Malcolm Brown
La'Mical Perine
Gus Edwards
Darrel Williams
AJ Dillon
Dare Ogunbowale
Samaje Perine
Ito Smith
Ke'Shawn Vaughn
Wide Receivers (Priority Order):
Nelson Agholor
Mecole Hardman
Sterling Shepard
Curtis Samuel
Russell Gage
Jakobi Meyers
Jerry Jeudy
Michael Gallup
A.J. Green
Christian Kirk
John Brown
Allen Lazard
Zach Pascal
Keke Coutee
Laviska Shenault Jr.
Jalen Reagor
Cam Sims
Josh Reynolds
Tyron Johnson
DeSean Jackson
Demarcus Robinson
Dez Bryant
DaeSean Hamilton
Alex Erickson
Braxton Berrios
Tight Ends (Priority Order):
Irv Smith Jr.
Zach Ertz
Tyler Higbee
Dawson Knox
Jimmy Graham
Jordan Akins
Jacob Hollister
Chris Herndon
Donald Parham Jr.
Quarterbacks (Priority Order):
Kirk Cousins
Cam Newton
Derek Carr
Philip Rivers
Mitch Trubisky
Andy Dalton
C.J. Beathard
Drew Lock
Teddy Bridgewater
Daniel Jones
Alex Smith
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