2026 Draft Cheat Sheets

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

PPR · ranked by projected points (balanced) · 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 proj 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 1
1
Josh Allen331 (23.8/gm)
BUFadp 32.8bye 710-39 fcvor +92Steady
Tier 2QB2–QB4 · 3 players within 1.2/gm
2
Lamar Jackson294 (21.1/gm)
BALadp 55.8bye 1310-32 fcvor +54Very Steady
3
Joe Burrow291 (20.9/gm)
CINadp 56.5bye 610-32 fcvor +51Very Steady
4
Drake Maye277 (19.9/gm)
NEadp 51.5bye 1112-29 fcvor +37Very Steady
Tier 3QB5–QB10 · 6 players within 1.3/gm
5
Jalen Hurts271 (19.5/gm)
PHIadp 81bye 1010-29 fcvor +32Very Steady

Running Backs

top 5
Tier 1
1
Jahmyr Gibbs328 (22.5/gm)
DETadp 1.5bye 67-41 fcvor +169Very Steady
Tier 2RB2–RB3 · 2 players within 0.3/gm
2
Bijan Robinson265 (18.2/gm)
ATLadp 2.4bye 116-29 fcvor +106Very Steady
3
Jonathan Taylor261 (17.9/gm)
INDadp 5.8bye 135-32 fcvor +102Steady
Tier 3RB4–RB6 · 3 players within 1.1/gm
4
James Cook244 (16.7/gm)
BUFadp 9.1bye 75-29 fcvor +85Very Steady
5
Chase Brown231 (15.8/gm)
CINadp 14.5bye 65-27 fcvor +71Very Steady

Wide Receivers

top 5
Tier 1
1
Puka NacuaQ328 (22.4/gm)
LARadp 2.9bye 117-40 fcvor +170Very Steady
Tier 2WR2–WR3 · 2 players within 0.6/gm
2
Ja'Marr ChaseQ280 (19.2/gm)
CINadp 4bye 64-34 fcvor +123Very Steady
3
Amon-Ra St. Brown272 (18.6/gm)
DETadp 7.7bye 66-34 fcvor +115Very Steady
Tier 3WR4–WR6 · 3 players within 0.5/gm
4
Jaxon Smith-Njigba262 (17.9/gm)
SEAadp 5.1bye 114-31 fcvor +103Very Steady
5
CeeDee Lamb255 (17.5/gm)
DALadp 12.4bye 145-34 fc ±vor +98Very Steady

Tight Ends

top 5
Tier 1
1
Trey McBride265 (17.9/gm)
ARIadp 38.3bye 145-32 fcvor +117Very Steady
Tier 2
2
Brock Bowers223 (15.1/gm)
LVadp 41.7bye 134-28 fcvor +76Very Steady
Tier 3TE3–TE8 · 6 players within 0.8/gm
3
Harold Fannin176 (11.9/gm)
CLEadp 82.2bye 113-25 fc ±vor +29Very Steady
4
Colston Loveland176 (11.9/gm)
CHIadp 59.8bye 102-25 fcvor +29Average
5
Kyle Pitts174 (11.8/gm)
ATLadp 89bye 112-23 fcvor +26Swingy

Kickers

top 5
Tier 1K1–K15 · 15 players within 0.8/gm · order here is a coin flip
1
Ka'imi Fairbairn146 (9.3/gm)
HOUadp 136.9bye 85-17 fcvor +13Swingy
2
Jason Myers145 (9.2/gm)
SEAadp 128.4bye 114-17 fcvor +12Swingy
3
Brandon Aubrey141 (9/gm)
DALadp 133bye 143-18 fcvor +8Very Swingy
4
Cam Little137 (8.7/gm)
JAXadp 146.8bye 74-15 fcvor +3Average
5
Spencer Shrader137 (8.7/gm)
INDadp 169.91bye 131-16 fcvor +3n/a

Defense / ST

top 5
Tier 1DEF1–DEF4 · 4 players within 0.7/gm
1
Seahawks DST168 (9.9/gm)
SEAadp 80.1bye 111-19 fcvor +48Very Steady
2
Broncos DST161 (9.5/gm)
DENadp 93.7bye 103-18 fcvor +41Very Steady
3
Texans DST158 (9.3/gm)
HOUadp 97.6bye 82-17 fcvor +38Very Steady
4
Vikings DST156 (9.2/gm)
MINadp 106.2bye 61-18 fcvor +36Steady
Tier 2DEF5–DEF13 · 9 players within 1.2/gm · order here is a coin flip
5
Rams DST139 (8.2/gm)
LARadp 111bye 110-16 fcvor +20Very 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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