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🏆 Week 1 is here. Get ready with rankings and early waiver wire targets.

Plus: Injury updates, QBs with soft schedules, personnel groupings to monitor early, and more.

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Week 1 Is Here: Get Ready With Rankings & Waiver Wire Targets

We are just one day away from the start of the regular season. Most fantasy drafts have wrapped up by now, which means attention is shifting to Week 1. Our draft content is still up to date for anyone with a last-minute draft, but our focus is moving to Week 1 as well.

Ideally, you don't need to make any waiver claims before the season starts, though maybe you waited to pick up a kicker or team defense. Injury reports will also be released over the next few days. There will be some surprise names, and you might need a backup plan. You also may have drafted a few weeks ago and need a replacement for Jayden Higgins or Josh Jacobs.

Regardless of why you might need to add someone, we've got you covered with our waiver wire article and tool. The article will be similar to the last few seasons and digs into players from various league sizes who could make sense to pick up.

Our tool is new and works specifically with your league. If you haven't synced your league yet, it makes sense to do it now before the season starts. The waiver wire tool includes even more players from a wider range of league sizes and filters out everyone who isn't available in your league. You can also compare your team to the players available using our Week 1 rankings or rest-of-season rankings to make sure you have the best players possible on your roster throughout the season.

Even if you don't think you need to make a move right now, play around with the tool this week. When the picture changes over the next few days, you'll be ready to dominate the waiver wire heading into Week 1.

WAIVER TOOL

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Nathan Jahnke

Lead Fantasy Football Analyst

Get Your Rosters Set: Week 1 Rankings Are Live

Nathan spent the offseason fading Lamar Jackson, pointing to a Ravens offense that shed key pieces and a rushing decline that started years before the injuries. Now that Week 1 is here, see exactly where Lamar lands on his board and whether the calculus changes when games actually count. Nathan's fantasy rankings have been the most accurate in-season per FantasyPros‘ rankings accuracy competition in each of the last six seasons among those who rank quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, kickers, team defense and IDP.

VIEW WEEK 1 RANKINGS

Pre-Week 1 Injury Updates

Emeka Egbuka was set up for a bounce-back season after wearing down late in his rookie campaign, but a toe injury in August has left his Week 1 status against the Bengals genuinely uncertain. The Buccaneers won't confirm the severity, and whether it's turf toe or something less serious changes the projection considerably. Get the full breakdown on Egbuka, plus eight other injury situations you need to know before locking in your Week 1 lineup.

GET THE LATEST INJURY INFO

The PFF Waiver Wire Tool — Built for Your Specific League

The problem with most waiver wire advice is that it's written for everyone, which means it's optimized for no one. A 10-team league with standard rosters has a completely different pool of available players than a 14-team league with deep benches — and sifting through a generic list to find what you can actually add wastes time you don't have on a Monday morning.

The new PFF Waiver Wire Tool fixes that. Sync your league and it narrows the entire list to players you can actually add, stacking them directly against your roster and your upcoming opponent's. Every recommendation is backed by PFF grades, projected snaps against the specific defenders covering each player, and recent-form trends, so you can check the reasoning instead of just taking it on faith.

Each week, Nathan will select and analyze roughly 30 waiver targets, published early Monday morning to give you the full waiver window to act. That's three to six times more players than most outlets cover, so whether you're in a shallow 10-team league or a 14-team deep-bench format, there are real options waiting for you.

EXPLORE THE NEW WAIVER WIRE TOOL

🏆 Week 1 is here. Get ready with rankings and early waiver wire targets.

Plus: Injury updates, QBs with soft schedules, personnel groupings to monitor early, and more.

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