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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. 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 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–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.
Quarterbacks
top 5| Tier 1 | |
| 1 | Josh AllenBUF · bye 7 · adp 32.8538 (38.6/gm) BUFadp 32.8bye 710-39 fcvor +164Steady |
| Tier 2QB2–QB3 · 2 players within 0.7/gm | |
| 2 | Joe BurrowCIN · bye 6 · adp 56.5451 (32.4/gm) CINadp 56.5bye 610-32 fcvor +77Very Steady |
| 3 | Lamar JacksonBAL · bye 13 · adp 55.8442 (31.7/gm) BALadp 55.8bye 1310-32 fcvor +69Very Steady |
| Tier 3QB4–QB8 · 5 players within 1/gm | |
| 4 | Brock PurdySF · bye 8 · adp 85.1412 (29.6/gm) SFadp 85.1bye 88-30 fcvor +38Average |
| 5 | Dak PrescottDAL · bye 14 · adp 64.6405 (29.1/gm) DALadp 64.6bye 148-29 fcvor +31Steady |
Running Backs
top 5| Tier 1 | |
| 1 | Jahmyr GibbsDET · bye 6 · adp 1.5481 (32.9/gm) DETadp 1.5bye 65-33 fcvor +242Very Steady |
| Tier 2 | |
| 2 | Jonathan TaylorIND · bye 13 · adp 5.8419 (28.7/gm) INDadp 5.8bye 134-29 fcvor +179Steady |
| Tier 3RB3–RB4 · 2 players within 1.1/gm | |
| 3 | James CookBUF · bye 7 · adp 9.1376 (25.7/gm) BUFadp 9.1bye 74-26 fcvor +136Very Steady |
| 4 | Bhayshul TutenQJAX · bye 7 · adp 53.7359 (24.6/gm) JAXadp 53.7bye 70-25 fcvor +120Average |
| Tier 4RB5–RB7 · 3 players within 1.2/gm | |
| 5 | Bijan RobinsonATL · bye 11 · adp 2.4346 (23.6/gm) ATLadp 2.4bye 115-24 fcvor +106Very Steady |
Wide Receivers
top 5| Tier 1 | |
| 1 | Puka NacuaQLAR · bye 11 · adp 2.9384 (26.2/gm) LARadp 2.9bye 115-26 fcvor +189Very Steady |
| Tier 2WR2–WR4 · 3 players within 0.9/gm | |
| 2 | Amon-Ra St. BrownDET · bye 6 · adp 7.7317 (21.7/gm) DETadp 7.7bye 64-22 fcvor +123Very Steady |
| 3 | Ja'Marr ChaseQCIN · bye 6 · adp 4314 (21.4/gm) CINadp 4bye 63-21 fcvor +119Very Steady |
| 4 | Drake LondonATL · bye 11 · adp 12.9303 (20.8/gm) ATLadp 12.9bye 112-21 fcvor +109Steady |
| Tier 3WR5–WR7 · 3 players within 0.4/gm | |
| 5 | George PickensDAL · bye 14 · adp 19297 (20.3/gm) DALadp 19bye 142-20 fcvor +102Very Steady |
Tight Ends
top 5| Tier 1 | |
| 1 | Trey McBrideARI · bye 14 · adp 38.3277 (18.7/gm) ARIadp 38.3bye 143-19 fcvor +103Very Steady |
| Tier 2TE2–TE3 · 2 players within 0.8/gm | |
| 2 | Brock BowersLV · bye 13 · adp 41.7248 (16.8/gm) LVadp 41.7bye 133-17 fcvor +75Very Steady |
| 3 | Colston LovelandCHI · bye 10 · adp 59.8237 (16/gm) CHIadp 59.8bye 101-16 fcvor +63Average |
| Tier 3TE4–TE5 · 2 players within 0.9/gm | |
| 4 | Tucker KraftQGB · bye 11 · adp 91.3221 (14.9/gm) GBadp 91.3bye 111-15 fcvor +47Steady |
| 5 | Harold FanninCLE · bye 11 · adp 82.2207 (14/gm) CLEadp 82.2bye 112-16 fc ±vor +36Very Steady |
Kickers
top 5| Tier 1K1–K2 · 2 players within 0.7/gm | |
| 1 | Brandon AubreyDAL · bye 14 · adp 133283 (17.9/gm) DALadp 133bye 143-18 fcvor +51Very Swingy |
| 2 | Jason MyersSEA · bye 11 · adp 128.4272 (17.2/gm) SEAadp 128.4bye 114-17 fcvor +40Swingy |
| Tier 2K3–K5 · 3 players within 0.8/gm | |
| 3 | Ka'imi FairbairnHOU · bye 8 · adp 136.9267 (16.9/gm) HOUadp 136.9bye 85-17 fcvor +34Swingy |
| 4 | Spencer ShraderIND · bye 13 · adp 169.91259 (16.4/gm) INDadp 169.91bye 131-16 fcvor +27n/a |
| 5 | Charlie SmythNO · bye 8255 (16.1/gm) NObye 81-16 fcvor +22Very Swingy |
Defense / ST
top 5| Tier 1DEF1–DEF3 · 3 players within 1/gm | |
| 1 | Seahawks DSTSEA · bye 11 · adp 80.1325 (19.1/gm) SEAadp 80.1bye 111-19 fcvor +67Very Steady |
| 2 | Vikings DSTMIN · bye 6 · adp 106.2312 (18.4/gm) MINadp 106.2bye 61-18 fcvor +55Steady |
| 3 | Broncos DSTDEN · bye 10 · adp 93.7308 (18.1/gm) DENadp 93.7bye 103-18 fcvor +50Very Steady |
| Tier 2DEF4–DEF7 · 4 players within 0.6/gm | |
| 4 | Cowboys DSTDAL · bye 14 · adp 140.6286 (16.8/gm) DALadp 140.6bye 140-17 fcvor +28Very Swingy |
| 5 | Texans DSTHOU · bye 8 · adp 97.6286 (16.8/gm) HOUadp 97.6bye 82-17 fcvor +28Very Steady |
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Start freeProjections, 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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