Waiver Wire Analysis: Week 3

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For new subscribers: The Drop List consists of players who are no longer must-have assets. Recommended additions are available in over 50% of ESPN, Sleeper, or Yahoo leagues. The Watch List contains in-depth notes on fringe waiver adds, and Deep Leagues includes player notes on potential waiver adds in 14-team and 20-round leagues. We’ll add a Change Log with an updated injury report and a streamers list ahead of any Saturday night waivers.

If your roster is top-heavy and exclusively limited to the best stashes who could become startable in a pinch, we recommend following the updated One Injury Away list ahead of Week 3.

(Note: No, Travis Etienne doesn’t make the list this week because, similar to TreVeyon Henderson’s outlook before Rhamondre Stevenson was injured last year, Etienne would become one of, if not the best stash the moment he’s dropped. You can’t start him at this time, but I’m certainly not trying to drop him this early in the year, either.)

For those looking to roster the best available player(s) regardless of position, the rankings below weigh every position minus the players’ actual positions for all formats. These are listed in the precise order I would prioritize waiver claims in those leagues for Week 3. Adjust for what you need on your roster — immediate touches, high-upside bench stashes, targets, one-week spot starters, etc.

Early Week 3 Injury Report for Waivers

Injured player = beneficiary who is available on waivers

 
Jordyn Tyson = Devaughn Vele
Zay Flowers, Ja’Kobi Lane = Rashod Bateman
A.J. Brown = Romeo Doubs
J.K. Dobbins, RJ Harvey = Jonah Coleman
Saquon Barkley = Tank Bigsby, Will Shipley
Jadarian Price = Emanuel Wilson
Dallas Goedert = Dontayvion Wicks, Makai Lemon
D.J. Moore = Khalil Shakir, Keon Coleman
Charlie Kolar, David Njoku = Oronde Gadsden II
Mason Taylor = Kenyon Sadiq
Mike Evans, Demarcus Robinson, De’Zhaun Stribling = KhaDarel Hodge
Omar Cooper Jr. = Adonai Mitchell
Alec Pierce = Keenan Allen
Caleb Douglas = Chris Bell
Jake Ferguson = Ryan Flournoy
Jaxson Dart = Jameis Winston
Sam Darnold = Drew Lock
Caleb Williams = Tyson Bagent
Jayden Daniels = Marcus Mariota
Jonathon Brooks = A.J. Dillon (stash)
Dylan Sampson = Raheim Sanders (stash)
Malik Davis = Emari Demercado (stash)
Rico Dowdle = Eli Heidenreich (stash)
Jordan Mason = Demond Claiborne (stash)