Football Sundays bring excellent food, nonstop RedZone action, loads of smack talk and, of course, the thrilling game itself. The whirlwind of emotions leading to fist-pumping highs, as well as great defeats marked by injuries and others vulturing your points. In the interest of getting you the most timely information for your title matchups, consider this the waiver wire lightning round heading into Week 2.
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 and broken down by position. Players must be owned 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 2024:- 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):
Malcolm Brown
Ronald Jones II
Giovani Bernard
Justin Jackson
Raheem Mostert
Jaylen Samuels
Kalen Ballage
Justice Hill
Alexander Mattison
Mike Davis
Chris Thompson
Gus Edwards
Darren Sproles
Wide Receivers (Priority Order):
Marquise Brown
Jamison Crowder
John Brown
Mecole Hardman
D.K. Metcalf
John Ross
Terry McLaurin
Danny Amendola
D.J. Chark
Courtland Sutton
Keke Coutee
Randall Cobb
James Washington
Mohamed Sanu
Devante Parker
Geronimo Allison
Willie Snead
Albert Wilson
Preston Williams
Chris Conley
Trey Quinn
A.J. Brown
Tight Ends (Priority Order):
T.J. Hockenson
Jimmy Graham
Darren Waller
Jason Witten
Vernon Davis
Noah Fant
Mike Gesicki
Quarterbacks (Priority Order):
Josh Allen
Marcus Mariota
Jacoby Brissett
Matthew Stafford
Case Keenum
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Gardner Minshew