Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 18. First and foremost: We’re all hoping for the best for Damar Hamlin and wishing him a speedy recovery. Congratulations to those of you who finished up your fantasy seasons this weekend, I hope you all crushed championship week. For those of you who are in championship week in Week 18…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 17. Happy semifinals/finals week in fantasy football playoffs. I hope everyone has gotten the lucky breaks they needed to advance. On my end, I needed to survive a good game from the Buccaneers (Tom Brady, Mike Evans, and Chris Godwin were all on the other team). Luckily, Brady and the crew…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 16 and highlights others to stash preemptively. Welcome to the fantasy playoffs! I am wishing everyone the best of luck in their matchups, whether it’s to move on to the next round or avoid the last-place punishment. In terms of the waiver wire, I am going to be more selective and…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 15 and highlights others to stash preemptively. The regular season is finally over and now the money-making portion of the fantasy football season finally begins. Each waiver wire decision becomes more and more important because one bad pickup to put in the starting lineup could mean the end of the season…....

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 14 and highlights others to stash preemptively. As Scott Hanson says on NFL RedZone, it’s the “witching hour.” Fantasy playoffs are just around the corner — next week for leagues that utilize two-week playoff rounds and Week 15 for leagues that use one week. The season is on the line for…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 13 and highlights others to stash preemptively. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Similar to most people on this site, this holiday week was extremely busy with family, friends, and football. I’ll keep this introduction very short. Thankful for the opportunity to write this article and grateful for the audience who read this column…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 12 and highlights others to stash preemptively. Week 11 was very weird. Through the morning games, it felt like real-life scoring was way down and any fantasy-relevant production that did occur happened through random players. However, the afternoon and night games restored my faith in the NFL with Davante Adams, Tee…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 11 and highlights others to stash preemptively. Week 10 was all about the rookie breakouts. Christian Watson exploded for a monster game, Rachaad White started the game ahead of Leonard Fournette, and Isiah Pacheco took over Clyde Edwards-Helaire’s role. While Watson was a bit of a surprise, the White and Pacheco…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 10 and highlights others to stash preemptively. One of the more satisfying events for me as a writer is when a player I write about in this article ends up performing well the next week — helping readers who use this article to make waiver wire decisions win their week. In…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 9 and highlights others to stash preemptively. Week 8 was really satisfying from a fantasy perspective. Many of the big-name fantasy players were the ones to put up huge scores on the day. Here are just the players to put up more than 30 PPR fantasy points on the day: Alvin…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 8 and highlights others to stash preemptively. Fantasy football can feel like a game of attrition sometimes. I never head into a season thinking that injuries happen as frequently as they do, but each week someone important goes down. In Week 7, several fantasy-relevant players left their respective games early, including:…...

Bjorn Yang Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 7 and highlights others to preemptively stash. Week 6 was a great reminder of why the waiver wire is so important. Here’s a list of the top RBs that were missing from each team heading into this week (and this is only Week 6): Arizona – James Conner, Darrell Williams…...

Bjorn Yang Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 6 and highlights others to preemptively stash. One aspect I like about this part of the football season is that with five Sundays completed, I can start to feel more confident about the usage and plans of attack that each team is going to use on game day. This can…...

Bjorn Yang Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 5 and highlights others to preemptively stash. Week 5 showed fantasy players how keeping up with the waiver wire can pay dividends down the line. Jamaal Williams and Khalil Herbert, players that could have been had on the waiver wire since Week 1, were the starters for their respective teams…....

Bjorn Yang Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 4 and highlights others to preemptively stash. What a strange, strange Week 3 Sunday. I can’t remember the last time a Sunday had so many secondary fantasy options producing relevant scores. However, it does present an opportunity for savvy owners to determine which players are worth the waiver wire pickup…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines which players on the waiver wire are worth prioritizing for Week 3 and highlights others to preemptively stash. With the season in its early stages, it is still hard to deduce what is a trend and what is just noise. However, armed with another weekly data point, it becomes that much easier to understand what to trust.  With respect to the waiver…...