2026 Draft Cheat Sheets

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

PPR · ranked by projected points minus a volatility penalty (safe) · season points (17-game), floor-to-ceiling, value over replacement and week-to-week consistency from WaiverWire's own engine. Condensed print: rank, points and ADP only. Tiers mark the value cliffs.

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How to read this sheet
123 (7.2/gm) season points, with per-game steady 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–ceiling per game (~10th–90th percentile outcomes)
± this player's team lost snaps or targets we can see but can't yet split with confidence — 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 1QB1–QB2 · 2 players within 1.3/gm
1
Josh Allen255 (18.3/gm)
BUFadp 32.8bye 710-39 fcvor +67Steady
2
Lamar Jackson237 (17/gm)
BALadp 55.8bye 1310-32 fcvor +49Very Steady
Tier 2QB3–QB7 · 5 players within 1.5/gm
3
Joe Burrow231 (16.6/gm)
CINadp 56.5bye 610-32 fcvor +43Very Steady
4
Drake Maye232 (16.6/gm)
NEadp 51.5bye 1112-29 fcvor +43Very Steady
5
Jalen Hurts220 (15.8/gm)
PHIadp 81bye 1010-29 fcvor +32Very Steady

Running Backs

top 5
Tier 1
1
Jahmyr Gibbs229 (15.7/gm)
DETadp 1.5bye 67-41 fcvor +130Very Steady
Tier 2
2
Bijan Robinson197 (13.5/gm)
ATLadp 2.4bye 116-29 fcvor +98Very Steady
Tier 3RB3–RB7 · 5 players within 1.2/gm
3
Jonathan Taylor178 (12.2/gm)
INDadp 5.8bye 135-32 fcvor +78Steady
4
James Cook174 (11.9/gm)
BUFadp 9.1bye 75-29 fcvor +75Very Steady
5
Chase Brown168 (11.5/gm)
CINadp 14.5bye 65-27 fcvor +67Very Steady

Wide Receivers

top 5
Tier 1
1
Puka NacuaQ231 (15.8/gm)
LARadp 2.9bye 117-40 fcvor +128Very Steady
Tier 2WR2–WR6 · 5 players within 0.6/gm
2
Amon-Ra St. Brown192 (13.1/gm)
DETadp 7.7bye 66-34 fcvor +89Very Steady
3
Ja'Marr ChaseQ192 (13.1/gm)
CINadp 4bye 64-34 fcvor +89Very Steady
4
CeeDee Lamb184 (12.6/gm)
DALadp 12.4bye 145-34 fc ±vor +81Very Steady
5
Jaxon Smith-Njigba186 (12.7/gm)
SEAadp 5.1bye 114-31 fcvor +81Very Steady

Tight Ends

top 5
Tier 1
1
Trey McBride189 (12.8/gm)
ARIadp 38.3bye 145-32 fcvor +94Very Steady
Tier 2
2
Brock Bowers149 (10.1/gm)
LVadp 41.7bye 134-28 fcvor +54Very Steady
Tier 3TE3–TE6 · 4 players within 0.4/gm
3
George KittleQ120 (8.1/gm)
SFadp 94.5bye 83-19 fcvor +25Very Steady
4
Harold Fannin118 (8/gm)
CLEadp 82.2bye 113-25 fc ±vor +25Very Steady
5
Sam LaPortaQ115 (7.8/gm)
DETadp 119.1bye 63-20 fcvor +20Very Steady

Kickers

top 5
Tier 1K1–K21 · 21 players within 0.8/gm · order here is a coin flip
1
Tyler Bass110 (6.9/gm)
BUFadp 145.7bye 74-13 fcvor +8n/a
2
Trey SmackR107 (6.8/gm)
GBadp 159.9bye 114-13 fcvor +6n/a
3
Andre Szmyt104 (6.6/gm)
CLEadp 169.88bye 114-11 fcvor +5Very Steady
4
Jake Bates106 (6.7/gm)
DETadp 142.5bye 65-13 fcvor +5Very Steady
5
Will Reichard104 (6.6/gm)
MINadp 156.2bye 64-14 fcvor +3Very Steady

Defense / ST

top 5
Tier 1DEF1–DEF7 · 7 players within 1.1/gm
1
Broncos DST108 (6.3/gm)
DENadp 93.7bye 103-18 fcvor +36Very Steady
2
Texans DST107 (6.3/gm)
HOUadp 97.6bye 82-17 fcvor +36Very Steady
3
Seahawks DST104 (6.1/gm)
SEAadp 80.1bye 111-19 fcvor +33Very Steady
4
Vikings DST93 (5.5/gm)
MINadp 106.2bye 61-18 fcvor +22Steady
5
Steelers DST93 (5.5/gm)
PITadp 136.7bye 92-15 fcvor +22Very Steady

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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 Sep 1, 2026.

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