2026 Draft Cheat Sheets

How Waiver Wire drafts · process, board-vs-market values, and using Coach on the clock

Standard · ranked by ceiling (upside) · season points (17-game), floor-to-ceiling, value over replacement and week-to-week consistency from WaiverWire's own engine. Tiers mark the value cliffs.

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How to read this sheet
123 (7.2/gm) season points, with per-game ceiling points alongside
Pos (All Players board) position and rank there, e.g. RB12 = 12th-ranked RB
ADP market average draft position (half-PPR consensus)
Bye team bye week
FC floor-to-ceiling per game (~10th to 90th percentile outcomes)
± this player's team lost snaps or targets we can see but can't yet split with confidence, so the ceiling is widened and the projection is lower-confidence than the number alone suggests
VOR value over replacement: season points above a 12-team replacement starter
R rookie
InjuryQquestionable,Oout / IR / PUP (live from Sleeper)
Risk(week-to-week consistency):low = steadymediumhigh = volatile
Tip click any player name to see this season's projected line next to last season's actual stats.
Tiers group players of similar value. A new tier marks a projected-points cliff (a meaningful drop-off). Players inside a tier are roughly interchangeable, so only reach past a tier break when you need that position. Each tier header shows how many players it holds and how few points separate them. Where that span is wide, the rank numbers inside it are dimmed, because the projection genuinely can't tell those players apart and the order is a tiebreak rather than a forecast. Read the tier, not the integer.
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Quarterbacks

top 5
Tier 1
1
Josh Allen506 (36.3/gm)
BUFadp 29bye 711-36 fcvor +149Steady
Tier 2QB2 to QB3 · 2 players within 0.9/gm
2
Brock Purdy426 (30.6/gm)
SFadp 58.65bye 89-31 fcvor +69Steady
3
Joe Burrow415 (29.7/gm)
CINadp 56.89bye 610-30 fcvor +58Very Steady
Tier 3QB4 to QB7 · 4 players within 1/gm
4
Jayden Daniels396 (28.4/gm)
WASadp 53.81bye 710-28 fcvor +39Very Steady
5
Trevor Lawrence387 (27.8/gm)
JAXadp 99.71bye 710-28 fcvor +30Very Steady

Running Backs

top 5
Tier 1
1
Jahmyr Gibbs509 (34.8/gm)
DETadp 2.2bye 66-35 fcvor +291n/a
Tier 2
2
Jonathan Taylor416 (28.4/gm)
INDadp 6.1bye 134-28 fcvor +197Very Steady
Tier 3RB3 to RB6 · 4 players within 1.2/gm
3
Kenneth Walker368 (25.2/gm)
KCadp 21.5bye 53-25 fcvor +150n/a
4
James Cook367 (25.1/gm)
BUFadp 8.4bye 75-25 fcvor +149Very Steady
5
Bhayshul Tuten353 (24.1/gm)
JAXadp 71.06bye 70-24 fcvor +135n/a

Wide Receivers

top 5
Tier 1WR1 to WR2 · 2 players within 0.9/gm
1
Christian Watson393 (26.9/gm)
GBadp 63.99bye 110-31 fc ±vor +205n/a
2
Puka Nacua380 (26/gm)
LARadp 3bye 116-26 fcvor +193Very Steady
Tier 2WR3 to WR4 · 2 players within 1/gm
3
Amon-Ra St. Brown340 (23.2/gm)
DETadp 10.39bye 64-23 fcvor +152Very Steady
4
Jaxon Smith-Njigba325 (22.2/gm)
SEAadp 5.45bye 114-22 fcvor +135n/a
Tier 3
5
Ja'Marr Chase314 (21.5/gm)
CINadp 3.4bye 62-22 fcvor +127Very Steady

Tight Ends

top 5
Tier 1TE1 to TE2 · 2 players within 0.2/gm
1
Brock Bowers283 (19.1/gm)
LVadp 36.8bye 133-19 fcvor +108Very Steady
2
Isaiah Likely280 (18.9/gm)
NYGadp 79.71bye 81-22 fc ±vor +105n/a
Tier 2
3
Trey McBride249 (16.8/gm)
ARIadp 47.9bye 143-17 fcvor +74Very Steady
Tier 3
4
Sam LaPorta230 (15.6/gm)
DETadp 73.79bye 62-16 fcvor +55Very Steady
Tier 4TE5 to TE6 · 2 players within 0.9/gm
5
Colston Loveland213 (14.4/gm)
CHIadp 62.2bye 101-14 fcvor +38Average

Kickers

top 5
Tier 1K1 to K2 · 2 players within 0.8/gm
1
Jason Myers280 (17.7/gm)
SEAadp 119.57bye 113-18 fcvor +45Very Swingy
2
Spencer Shrader268 (16.9/gm)
INDadp 113.9bye 134-17 fcvor +33Swingy
Tier 2K3 to K7 · 5 players within 0.6/gm
3
Brandon Aubrey265 (16.7/gm)
DALadp 134.9bye 142-17 fcvor +30Very Swingy
4
Evan McPherson261 (16.5/gm)
CINadp 164.86bye 62-17 fcvor +26Very Swingy
5
Joey Slye257 (16.3/gm)
TENadp 169.72bye 92-16 fcvor +22Very Swingy

Defense / ST

top 5
Tier 1DEF1 to DEF2 · 2 players within 0.6/gm
1
Vikings DST319 (18.8/gm)
MINbye 61-19 fcvor +71Very Swingy
2
Seahawks DST309 (18.2/gm)
SEAbye 111-18 fcvor +62Very Swingy
Tier 2DEF3 to DEF5 · 3 players within 0.8/gm
3
Steelers DST294 (17.3/gm)
PITbye 91-17 fcvor +46Swingy
4
Browns DST291 (17.1/gm)
CLEbye 111-17 fcvor +41Very Swingy
5
Panthers DST281 (16.5/gm)
CARbye 50-17 fcvor +33Very Swingy

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Projections, floor-to-ceiling and the consistency read (how tightly a player's weekly scores cluster around his own average, graded against his position) are generated by WaiverWire's own engine and blended with market ADP. Bye weeks from the 2026 schedule. Market ADP last refreshed Oct 20, 2026.

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