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Week 3 Waivers (opens the original)
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Alright as the seasons are getting underway now with contenders and rebuilds starting to separate, it is time to focus on the best of the best for waivers. Now obviously if you see a high end backup QB with tools like Husan Longstreet or Deuce Knight or a starter like Braden Atkinson, you need to grab them and hold on. Under the assumption that all the obvious names are already considered, I will focus this week on dialing down the percentage to 22% or lower on Fantrax rostership to account for
Week 2 C2C Waiver Runs (opens the original)
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Wow I think week 1 waivers proved very useful as most of the non-bottom of the barrel names ended up being decent bets again in week 2 besides Donovan Murph and KJ Jackson. Now as week 2 has ended, it is time to look back and use the data to project ahead for C2C leagues.Approaching the Pros is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<input class="email-input" name="emai
Week 1 C2C Waiver Ideas! (opens the original)
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Many offseason narratives have started to clear now as week 1 games are wrapping up (Sunday evening games pending and Monday’s FSU SMU too). Now the waivers are full go regardless of league start so it is time to get going on initial claims. The percentages I will work on this week will still be focused on 20% or below but want to spend a moment highlighting a few names additional names worth knowing who fell in an interesting range; I see many high end freshmen of note such as Jamal Rule so I w
C2C Waiver Adds Before Week 1 Slate (opens the original)
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Whistles were blown and the games have begun for the 2026 fall season of football. While there was not a ton to watch for this weekend, I did see a few things that I want to mention as we prep for week 1 of fantasy football to begin. However, let me add a priority to share the names I would want to add before week 1. Names I would want to add or considerThe following names are all below 20% rostership on Fantrax and should be considered if able to do adds prior to week 1 games: Approa
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