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Welcome to the Fantasy Football Waiver Wire for Week 17, and an early Merry Christmas to all. If you’re reading this, you’re probably in a Championship game this coming weekend. Congrats on getting to the precipice, but your work isn’t done. With so many injuries the last two weeks, hitting the waiver wire — either to plug a hole or to block your opponent from doing so — could be the difference between spiking the football and eight months of “what if”. So, let’s open some presents.
This is my final waivers column of the 2025 season. Thanks for taking this ride with me! I hope the advice given here has been useful.
The Process***:*** Each week, I try to identify the top Waiver Wire targets and evaluate the short- and long-term prospects of those players. I also do my best to reveal which players who are coming off a big week are fool’s gold. Finally, I look at streamers who might help you in a pinch.
Needless to say, the sole focus now is players who might be able to help you this week, and this week only.
Note that I’m writing this column BEFORE the Week 16 Monday night game (SF @ IND).
Some players discussed won’t be available in your league. I try to list players who are available in more than 50% of leagues. But what does that even mean? A 10-team league with six bench spots will have a much larger Free Agent pool than a 14-team league with eight. Most leagues fall somewhere in between. This isn’t “one size fits all.” By way of example, I won’t list Trevor Lawrence, Rhamondre Stevenson, Blake Corum, Michael Carter, or Chris Rodriguez, among others who probably aren’t available in any of your leagues.
WEEK 17 BYES: NONE
Week 17 Waiver Wire
Quarterback:
Quarterback availability varies widely between 1-QB and Superflex/2-QB leagues.
Quarterback is getting very dicey in the final weeks of the season, with multiple teams (NYJ, MIA, CLE, MIN, WAS, KC, and BAL) potentially starting second and third-stringers who you absolutely can’t consider for fantasy (Tyler Huntley is the one exception to this – you can consider him (@GB) if you’re stuck, given his experience and rushing upside). Still, there are a few QBs who might be able to help you this week, if you need a streamer or second quarterback in a Superflex. Maybe you lost Jordan Love this week, but somehow still won. Stranger things have happened.
Tyler Shough and the Saints have won three straight contests, with Shough playing well and putting up solid fantasy totals. He has at least 17 fantasy points in four straight contests, and gets the Titans in a road matchup this coming weekend. Tennessee’s defense is coming off a great game against KC’s backups, but on the season they’re a Bottom-10 unit in allowing fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks.
In the same game, I think you can consider Cam Ward if you’re stuck. He’s coming off a nice...
