Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 17. Merry Christmas! I hope everyone was able to eat some good meals and spend some quality time with friends and family — between all the football games, of course. Beyond the holidays, we are also heading into the final week of playoffs for the majority of leagues. Congrats to those…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 16 and highlights others to preemptively stash. I want to share a quick story. In my oldest home league, I was down about 40 fantasy points heading into the Week 15 weekend — we have two playoff rounds of two weeks. I had also just lost Justin Herbert for the season…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 15 and highlights others to preemptively stash. Welcome to the part of the season where all the money is made. By this point, nearly all season-long fantasy leagues should be in the playoff weeks. Since there are so few weeks left, I am going to tighten up the number of players…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 14 and highlights others to preemptively stash. Week 13 was brutal for injuries. The following list captures just a few of the starters who went down with injuries and did not return: Trevor Lawrence (ankle) Kenny Pickett (ankle) Derek Carr (concussion/shoulder) Rhamondre Stevenson (ankle) Brian Robinson (hamstring) Derrick Henry (concussion) Tank…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 13 and highlights others to preemptively stash. Week 13 is the final “mega” bye week with six teams on break. Coincidentally, most leagues are coming down to the final or second-to-last game before the start of fantasy football playoffs. In this article, I have highlighted both players who can make an…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 12 and highlights others to preemptively stash. The injuries in Week 11 did not make fantasy football better. Several star players left early and did not return, including: Joe Burrow Mark Andrews Devon Achane Aaron Jones Cooper Kupp Ken Walker Injuries are part of the game of football, but this is…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 11 and highlights others to preemptively stash. Week 10 of the NFL is in the books and the waiver wire has never felt thinner. While there are a few players that should definitely be rostered heading into next week, many of the players in this article are valuable stashes. As I…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 10 and highlights others to preemptively stash. This was a really strange week of football. One of the premier games of the week was played in Germany — which was showing really early for people on the west coast of the country like myself. The main Sunday slate was filled with…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 9 and highlights others to preemptively stash. This week’s waiver wire is very different from prior weeks where injuries opened up a lot of value. The waiver wire for Week 9 is more about picking up high-quality stashes and finding bye-week fill-ins.  I think these types of weeks are great for…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 8 and highlights others to preemptively stash. As cliché as it sounds, every NFL weekend is exciting in its own way. This week was unique because of how the RB rooms with injured starters shook out. In the article, I touch on what I learned about the backfield situations for the:…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 7 and highlights others to preemptively stash. Sometimes the waiver wire article is filled with guys who should be targeted because their usage has changed based on performance. In other weeks, the waiver wire article is a column spelling out who benefits from injuries. This week’s waiver wire article is (unfortunately)…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 6 and highlights others to preemptively stash. I must have jinxed the lack of injuries in last week’s waiver wire article because several impact players suffered injuries in Week 5 including: Anthony Richardson (shoulder) De’Von Achane (knee) Khalil Herbert (ankle) Justin Jefferson (hamstring) Tank Dell (head) As always, many of these…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 5 and highlights others to preemptively stash. In the first three weeks of the season, quality players could have been picked up on the waiver wire each week, including Kyren Williams (Week 1), Zack Moss (Week 2), and De’Von Achane (Week 3). Week 4 is completely different as there is no…...

Bjorn Yang Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 4 and highlights others to preemptively stash. Week 3 marks the point in the waiver wire article series where the article starts to tighten up a bit. At this point in the season, the players that have surprised in terms of early-season roles have been picked up — e.g. Puka…...

Bjorn Yang Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 3 and highlights others to preemptively stash. It feels like every single lead RB is going down with an injury of late. Week 1 featured Austin Ekeler, Aaron Jones, and Kenneth Gainwell. The biggest name out of Week 2 is of course Nick Chubb, who suffered a nasty knee injury…...

Bjorn Yang Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 2 and highlights others to preemptively stash. Week 1 of the NFL season evoked a range of emotions ranging from sadness about J.K. Dobbins going through another major injury (torn Achilles) to joy watching the back-and-forth scoring affair between the Miami Dolphins and the Los Angeles Chargers. However, the main…...