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Week 1 waiver wire

Opening weekAlready playedRedraft 1QB PPR
The week 1 wire as it stood, kept so the link still works. For the claims you can still make, open this week's board.
Worth a claim
160

players on this board

Top pickup bid
27-50%

of your season budget

Leagues measured
1307

for availability

Week 1 has been played. Availability and usage below are current, but the projection column describes a week that is already settled. Open week 8 instead.

Top pickup

The best available add in week 1

De'Von Achane

RB40, ranked 40 at running back in this formatMIA

Projected for 16.8 points against LV, 7.2 more than the last startable running back in a standard league; rostered in 61 percent of the leagues we track.

Suggested bid

Priority add

27 to 50% of your season budget. The lower figure wins about 6 times in 10, the higher about 9 in 10, priced from the measured market for players like him.

of your season budget. 4 or more teams bidding.

Rostered
61%793 of 1307 leagues
Projected
16.8 pointsvs LV
Over starter
+7.2 points against the last startable running backvs the last startable RB
Usage
None recorded this seasonNo games played
Claimed
None of the synced leaguesin the latest waiver runs

Week 1 board

Week 1 waiver wire pickups

160 players worth a claim, ranked within each position. Every bid is a share of your season budget.

See bids in your league's dollars

Budgets differ from league to league, so bids are percentages. Enter yours to add dollars to every card.

Running backs31 worth a claim in week 1

Where most claims are won. Almost nothing on a wire beats a startable back outright, so these are the best of what is genuinely free, led by whoever just inherited carries.

  1. Number 1 at running back: Jonathon Brooks

    RB64, ranked 64 at running back in this formatCAR

    4 to 11% of your season budget. The lower figure wins about 6 times in 10, the higher about 9 in 10, priced mostly from what he has cost in real claims.

    Real bid

    of budget, likely just you

    • 0.2 points over a starter
    Rostered
    64% of the 1307 leagues we track
    Projected
    9.8 pointsvs CHI
    Touches
    None recorded this seasonNo games
    Claimed
    4leagues, median 5%
    Why him

    Projected for 9.8 points against CHI, 0.2 more than the last startable running back in a standard league; rostered in 64 percent of the leagues we track.

  2. Number 2 at running back: Tyjae Spears

    RB62, ranked 62 at running back in this formatTEN

    14 to 30% of your season budget. The lower figure wins about 6 times in 10, the higher about 9 in 10, priced from the measured market for players like him.

    Priority add

    of budget, about 3 teams bidding

    • 0.1 points over a starter
    Rostered
    70% of the 1307 leagues we track
    Projected
    9.6 pointsvs NYJ
    Touches
    None recorded this seasonNo games
    Claimed
    Nonein week 1
    Why him

    Projected for 9.6 points against NYJ, 0.1 more than the last startable running back in a standard league; rostered in 70 percent of the leagues we track.

  3. Number 3 at running back: Chris Rodriguez Jr.

    RB55, ranked 55 at running back in this formatJAX

    5 to 32% of your season budget. The lower figure wins about 6 times in 10, the higher about 9 in 10, priced mostly from what he has cost in real claims.

    Priority add

    of budget, about 2 teams bidding

    • Claimed in 18 leagues
    Rostered
    63% of the 1307 leagues we track
    Projected
    7.4 pointsvs CLE
    Touches
    None recorded this seasonNo games
    Claimed
    18leagues, median 1%
    Why him

    Projected for 7.4 points against CLE; rostered in 63 percent of the leagues we track.

  4. Number 4 at running back: Tyrone Tracy Jr.

    RB56, ranked 56 at running back in this formatNYG

    2 to 7% of your season budget. The lower figure wins about 6 times in 10, the higher about 9 in 10, priced mostly from what he has cost in real claims.

    Cheap add

    of budget, likely just you

    Rostered
    56% of the 1307 leagues we track
    Projected
    6.6 pointsvs DAL
    Touches
    None recorded this seasonNo games
    Claimed
    7leagues, median 1%
    Why him

    Projected for 6.6 points against DAL; rostered in 56 percent of the leagues we track.

  5. Number 5 at running back: Dylan Sampson

    RB67, ranked 67 at running back in this formatCLE

    1 to 6% of your season budget. The lower figure wins about 6 times in 10, the higher about 9 in 10, priced mostly from what he has cost in real claims.

    Cheap add

    of budget, likely just you

    • Claimed in 16 leagues
    Rostered
    49% of the 1307 leagues we track
    Projected
    6.0 pointsvs JAX
    Touches
    None recorded this seasonNo games
    Claimed
    16leagues, median 1%
    Why him

    Projected for 6.0 points against JAX; rostered in 49 percent of the leagues we track.

  6. Number 6 at running back: Samaje Perine

    RB68, ranked 68 at running back in this formatCIN

    0 to 2% of your season budget. The lower figure wins about 6 times in 10, the higher about 9 in 10, priced mostly from what he has cost in real claims.

    Free claim

    of budget, likely just you

    • Claimed in 85 leagues
    Rostered
    39% of the 1307 leagues we track
    Projected
    5.5 pointsvs TB
    Touches
    None recorded this seasonNo games
    Claimed
    85leagues, median 0%
    Why him

    Projected for 5.5 points against TB; rostered in 39 percent of the leagues we track.

Real claims, week 1

The most-claimed players on waivers

Counted across the Sleeper leagues synced to FF Beacon. Bars show the middle half of winning bids from 0 to 100% of budget; the tick is the median.

  1. Number 1: Devaughn Vele

    WR, wide receiver NO

    3%median winning bid

    Claimed in 228 leagues, middle half 0 to 11%, 1.8 teams bidding on average. Now rostered in 86% of leagues.

  2. Number 2: Barion Brown

    WR, wide receiver NO

    0%median winning bid

    Claimed in 208 leagues, middle half 0 to 4%, 1.3 teams bidding on average. Still on this week's board.

  3. Number 3: Caleb Douglas

    WR, wide receiver MIA

    10%median winning bid

    Claimed in 203 leagues, middle half 2 to 18%, 2.1 teams bidding on average. Still on this week's board.

  1. 4.

    Carson WentzQB, quarterback

    10% median winning bid

    Claimed in 195 leagues, middle half 3 to 21%, 2.0 teams bidding on average. Now rostered in 17% of leagues.

  2. 5.

    Darren WallerTE, tight end

    1% median winning bid

    Claimed in 180 leagues, middle half 0 to 7%, 1.4 teams bidding on average. Still on this week's board.

  3. 6.

    Devin SingletaryRB, running back

    5% median winning bid

    Claimed in 178 leagues, middle half 0 to 8%, 1.7 teams bidding on average. Still on this week's board.

  4. 7.

    Roschon JohnsonRB, running back

    1% median winning bid

    Claimed in 150 leagues, middle half 0 to 5%, 1.4 teams bidding on average. Still on this week's board.

  5. 8.

    Kendrick BourneWR, wide receiver

    2% median winning bid

    Claimed in 127 leagues, middle half 0 to 5%, 1.5 teams bidding on average. Still on this week's board.

  6. 9.

    Seth McGowanRB, running back

    0% median winning bid

    Claimed in 124 leagues, middle half 0 to 5%, 1.3 teams bidding on average. Still on this week's board.

  7. 10.

    Xavier HutchinsonWR, wide receiver

    0% median winning bid

    Claimed in 118 leagues, middle half 0 to 5%, 1.3 teams bidding on average. Still on this week's board.

How to read the bids

Why we give FAAB bids as a percentage of your budget

A $20 bid is a fifth of the budget in one league and a fiftieth of it in another, so a dollar amount on a page like this is only right for readers whose league happens to match it. A percentage of the season budget is right in every league. That is how the FAAB calculator works internally, and it is how every bid on this page is written.

Season budgets across 1339 synced leagues

  • $100 budget573 leagues, 43% of synced leagues
  • $1,000 budget429 leagues, 32% of synced leagues
  • $200 budget150 leagues, 11% of synced leagues
  • $300 budget76 leagues, 6% of synced leagues
  • Something else budget111 leagues, 8% of synced leagues

The most common budget, $100, covers 43% of these leagues. Any single dollar figure would be wrong for the rest.

One bid, 20% of budget, in 3 common leagues

  • $20in a $100 league
  • $200in a $1,000 league
  • $40in a $200 league

Same decision, same share of what you started with. Two more things to adjust for: if you have already spent some of your budget, a bid is a bigger share of what is left, so treat the range as a share of the full season budget. And bid a number that does not end in 0 or 5, because round numbers are where ties happen.

FAQ

Week 1 waiver questions, answered

Who is the top waiver wire add in week 1?

De'Von Achane, the RB for MIA, leads this board. Projected for 16.8 points against LV, 7.2 more than the last startable running back in a standard league; rostered in 61 percent of the leagues we track. The suggested bid is 27 to 50 percent of your season budget. Within each position the list is ordered by what a player adds over the last startable player there rather than by raw projected points, because ten points from a tight end and ten from a running back are not the same purchase.

How much FAAB should I bid in week 1?

Every player on this board carries a range as a percentage of your season budget, because budgets differ from league to league. The lower figure wins about 6 times in 10 and the higher about 9 in 10, read from what waiver claims have actually cleared at in redraft one-quarterback leagues synced to FF Beacon, and pulled toward each player's own price where he was claimed in week 1. It prices winning him, not what he is worth to your roster, so pay it only if he would start for you. The FAAB calculator works out that second part against your actual roster.

Who was the most-claimed player on waivers in week 1?

Devaughn Vele (WR, NO), claimed in 228 of the synced leagues with 1.8 teams bidding on average. The median winning bid was 3 percent of the season budget, and the middle half of winning bids ran from 0 to 11 percent.

What does rostered percentage mean here?

The share of the real Sleeper leagues synced to FF Beacon that already have that player on a roster, rebuilt nightly. It is measured from 1307 leagues rather than published by a platform about itself. Those leagues are ones readers connected themselves, so they skew toward dynasty and they are not a random sample of Sleeper.

Why is a player I saw recommended elsewhere missing?

Two reasons account for nearly all of them. He is rostered in 70 percent or more of the leagues we track, so he is not really a waiver claim, or he projects below the last startable player at his position this week, which makes him a bench add rather than an upgrade. The board is ranked on what a player changes about a lineup, not on how much he was talked about on Sunday.

When do waivers process?

On Sleeper the default is Wednesday morning, and most leagues leave it there, so a claim entered any time from Tuesday runs overnight. Yahoo and ESPN both default to Wednesday too. Your league can change it, and a few run waivers daily, so check your own settings before you rely on a deadline.

Waivers close Tuesday night

Not sure he is worth the money?

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