2026 Draft Cheat Sheets

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

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

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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.

Sorted by value over replacement (VOR). Click any column header to re-sort.

#Player
1Jahmyr GibbsRB15672.2
2Puka NacuaWR14873
3Christian WatsonWR245863.99
4Jonathan TaylorRB24456.1
5Amon-Ra St. BrownWR343910.39
6Ja'Marr ChaseWR44033.4
7Kenneth WalkerRB340121.5
8Jaxon Smith-NjigbaWR54025.45
9Bijan RobinsonRB43913
10James CookRB53888.4
11Josh AllenQB150829
12Bhayshul TutenRB637871.06
13Brock BowersTE136736.8
14CeeDee LambWR637412.5
15Isaiah LikelyTE236479.71
16Christian McCaffreyRB73705.6
17Chris OlaveWR736728.1
18DeVonta SmithWR836627.8
19Ashton JeantyRB835821.3
20Nico CollinsWR935620.6
21Trey McBrideTE334347.9
22Drake LondonWR1033524.41
23D'Andre SwiftRB933240.8
24Michael WilsonWR1132878
25Javonte WilliamsRB1232624

Kickers and defenses are ranked on their own below rather than blended into the board above. They don't compete for the same roster spots as skill players, and their point scale isn't comparable, so mixing them in would just relocate them to odd-looking spots without adding real signal.

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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