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.

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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.

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

#	Player	Team	Bye
1	Puka NacuaQ	LAR	11	WR1	22.4	328	7	40	+170	Very Steady	2.9
2	Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	6	RB1	22.5	328	7	41	+169	Very Steady	1.5
3	Ja'Marr ChaseQ	CIN	6	WR2	19.2	280	4	34	+123	Very Steady	4
4	Trey McBride	ARI	14	TE1	17.9	265	5	32	+117	Very Steady	38.3
5	Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	6	WR3	18.6	272	6	34	+115	Very Steady	7.7
6	Bijan Robinson	ATL	11	RB2	18.2	265	6	29	+106	Very Steady	2.4
7	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	11	WR4	17.9	262	4	31	+103	Very Steady	5.1
8	Jonathan Taylor	IND	13	RB3	17.9	261	5	32	+102	Steady	5.8
9	CeeDee Lamb	DAL	14	WR5	17.5	255	5	34	+98	Very Steady	12.4
10	Rashee Rice	KC	5	WR6	17.4	254	6	30	+96	Very Steady	17.3
11	Josh Allen	BUF	7	QB1	23.8	331	10	39	+92	Steady	32.8
12	James Cook	BUF	7	RB4	16.7	244	5	29	+85	Very Steady	9.1
13	Drake London	ATL	11	WR7	16.3	238	3	32	+81	Steady	12.9
14	Brock Bowers	LV	13	TE2	15.1	223	4	28	+76	Very Steady	41.7
15	Chase Brown	CIN	6	RB5	15.8	231	5	27	+71	Very Steady	14.5
16	Nico Collins	HOU	8	WR8	15.6	228	6	26	+71	Very Steady	21.4
17	De'Von Achane	MIA	6	RB6	15.6	228	5	27	+69	Very Steady	11.4
18	George Pickens	DAL	14	WR9	15.5	227	3	30	+68	Very Steady	19
19	Cam Skattebo	NYG	8	RB7	15.3	224	4	28	+65	Steady	39.6
20	Christian McCaffreyQ	SF	8	RB8	14.9	217	4	26	+58	Very Steady	7
21	Chris Olave	NO	8	WR10	14.5	212	2	27	+55	Steady	22.3
22	Omarion Hampton	LAC	7	RB9	14.6	213	4	30	+54	Steady	23.1
23	Lamar Jackson	BAL	13	QB2	21.1	294	10	32	+54	Very Steady	55.8
24	Kyren Williams	LAR	11	RB10	14.4	211	6	23	+52	Very Steady	27.7
25	Joe Burrow	CIN	6	QB3	20.9	291	10	32	+51	Very Steady	56.5

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–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.

Projections are statistical estimates only. Not financial or gambling advice.