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Welcome to the Fantasy Football Waiver Wire for Week 3. For a lot of fantasy managers, the focus this week is going to be at the QB position. Joe Burrow, Jayden Daniels, Brock Purdy, Justin Fields, and J.J. McCarthy all suffered injuries before or during Week 2 and there’s a pretty good chance that none of them will play in Week 3. Burrow is out until at least Thanksgiving, and that’s the biggest blow for fantasy managers. The good news is that there are some decent options at QB, which I’ll get to.
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 (this is usually more important during Bye weeks). Note that I’m writing this column BEFORE the two Week 2 Monday night games (TB@HOU, LAC@LV)
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, Quinshon Judkins, Rasheed Shahid, or **Cedric Tillman this week, among others who probably aren’t available in any of your leagues. All are priority pickups if available.
Two quick words about Week 3 waivers, and I’m more or less copying and pasting from last week’s column: (1) If you’re in a league that uses FAAB bids to process waivers, remember that your dollars are worth more right now than they will be later, since you could be using them to buy players for almost the entire season, potentially; and (2) People overreact to Weeks 1 and 2, and they do so every year. Keep an eye on who gets dropped this week, and especially rookies who’ve done very little so far. You might be able to scoop up someone else’s discarded treasure. An example from last season: Mark Andrews basically did nothing for the first five or six weeks, was dropped by many, and ended up leading all TEs with 11 touchdowns. You might see frustrated Andrews managers dumping him this week. Ditto Matthew Golden.
WEEK 3 BYES: NONE
Week 3 Waiver Wire
Quarterback:
The availability of QBs is going to vary widely between 1-QB and Superflex leagues. Players like Daniel Jones, Michael, Penix, Jr., Geno Smith, Aaron Rodgers, Bryce Young, and Cam Ward aren’t going to be available in most Superflex leagues, but should be in a lot of 1-QB leagues. They’re the obvious places to start if you’re stuck due to injury (or otherwise) in a 1-QB league. Jones would be my top choice here as he’s...
