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. 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.
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Quarterbacks

top 5
Tier 1
1
Josh Allen538 (38.6/gm)
BUFadp 32.8bye 710-39 fcvor +164Steady
Tier 2QB2–QB3 · 2 players within 0.7/gm
2
Joe Burrow451 (32.4/gm)
CINadp 56.5bye 610-32 fcvor +77Very Steady
3
Lamar Jackson442 (31.7/gm)
BALadp 55.8bye 1310-32 fcvor +69Very Steady
Tier 3QB4–QB8 · 5 players within 1/gm
4
Brock Purdy412 (29.6/gm)
SFadp 85.1bye 88-30 fcvor +38Average
5
Dak Prescott405 (29.1/gm)
DALadp 64.6bye 148-29 fcvor +31Steady

Running Backs

top 5
Tier 1
1
Jahmyr Gibbs481 (32.9/gm)
DETadp 1.5bye 65-33 fcvor +242Very Steady
Tier 2
2
Jonathan Taylor419 (28.7/gm)
INDadp 5.8bye 134-29 fcvor +179Steady
Tier 3RB3–RB4 · 2 players within 1.1/gm
3
James Cook376 (25.7/gm)
BUFadp 9.1bye 74-26 fcvor +136Very Steady
4
Bhayshul TutenQ359 (24.6/gm)
JAXadp 53.7bye 70-25 fcvor +120Average
Tier 4RB5–RB7 · 3 players within 1.2/gm
5
Bijan Robinson346 (23.6/gm)
ATLadp 2.4bye 115-24 fcvor +106Very Steady

Wide Receivers

top 5
Tier 1
1
Puka NacuaQ384 (26.2/gm)
LARadp 2.9bye 115-26 fcvor +189Very Steady
Tier 2WR2–WR4 · 3 players within 0.9/gm
2
Amon-Ra St. Brown317 (21.7/gm)
DETadp 7.7bye 64-22 fcvor +123Very Steady
3
Ja'Marr ChaseQ314 (21.4/gm)
CINadp 4bye 63-21 fcvor +119Very Steady
4
Drake London303 (20.8/gm)
ATLadp 12.9bye 112-21 fcvor +109Steady
Tier 3WR5–WR7 · 3 players within 0.4/gm
5
George Pickens297 (20.3/gm)
DALadp 19bye 142-20 fcvor +102Very Steady

Tight Ends

top 5
Tier 1
1
Trey McBride277 (18.7/gm)
ARIadp 38.3bye 143-19 fcvor +103Very Steady
Tier 2TE2–TE3 · 2 players within 0.8/gm
2
Brock Bowers248 (16.8/gm)
LVadp 41.7bye 133-17 fcvor +75Very Steady
3
Colston Loveland237 (16/gm)
CHIadp 59.8bye 101-16 fcvor +63Average
Tier 3TE4–TE5 · 2 players within 0.9/gm
4
Tucker KraftQ221 (14.9/gm)
GBadp 91.3bye 111-15 fcvor +47Steady
5
Harold Fannin207 (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 Aubrey283 (17.9/gm)
DALadp 133bye 143-18 fcvor +51Very Swingy
2
Jason Myers272 (17.2/gm)
SEAadp 128.4bye 114-17 fcvor +40Swingy
Tier 2K3–K5 · 3 players within 0.8/gm
3
Ka'imi Fairbairn267 (16.9/gm)
HOUadp 136.9bye 85-17 fcvor +34Swingy
4
Spencer Shrader259 (16.4/gm)
INDadp 169.91bye 131-16 fcvor +27n/a
5
Charlie Smyth255 (16.1/gm)
NObye 81-16 fcvor +22Very Swingy

Defense / ST

top 5
Tier 1DEF1–DEF3 · 3 players within 1/gm
1
Seahawks DST325 (19.1/gm)
SEAadp 80.1bye 111-19 fcvor +67Very Steady
2
Vikings DST312 (18.4/gm)
MINadp 106.2bye 61-18 fcvor +55Steady
3
Broncos DST308 (18.1/gm)
DENadp 93.7bye 103-18 fcvor +50Very Steady
Tier 2DEF4–DEF7 · 4 players within 0.6/gm
4
Cowboys DST286 (16.8/gm)
DALadp 140.6bye 140-17 fcvor +28Very Swingy
5
Texans DST286 (16.8/gm)
HOUadp 97.6bye 82-17 fcvor +28Very 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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