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Should this week's top waiver pickups go straight into your lineup? Nine starts, seven desperate starts and three sits, including a rookie running back I'm sitting this week, then streaming quarterbacks and tight ends for a pinch. Every call comes with the usage, the coverage split and the Vegas total behind it.

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One of my sells this week is a quarterback coming off his best game of the year. Five weeks in, the usage tells you more than the box score, so here are nine buys and four sells with the reason behind every call: route participation, target share, expected fantasy points, and how to frame the trade.

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It is a rough waiver week, but a few adds really matter. The number one pickup in Week 6 is a rookie receiver who might have just broken out, and you could be using him all season long.

Every pickup in order, with how much FAAB to spend: a running back who took over his backfield, tight ends who keep getting targets, running back depth in case the injuries hit, streaming quarterbacks with two big names on bye, and the names on the wire to pass on.

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Four weeks in, injuries are piling up and plenty of lineups have two or three spots nobody is sure about. This one covers starts, desperate starts for thin benches, sits, and quarterback and tight end streamers.

Every call is built on usage, the coverage each defense runs, and how each player produces against it.

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One month in, this is about the time people start figuring out what they actually have. One of this week's sells is a guy a lot of fantasy managers are doing victory laps around after the single biggest performance of the fantasy season so far.

Six buys, six holds and six sells for Week 5, each built on route participation, target share and expected fantasy points per route run rather than last week's box score.

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The injury report this week is kind of a mess. The number one waiver add in Week 5 is a running back who is all of a sudden the healthiest guy left in his backfield, and if he gets the work, he has RB1 upside.

Ten pickups in order, with how much FAAB to spend on each: receivers stepping into bigger roles with injuries piling up, a value running back, a one week flyer, a safe PPR floor, an upside stash, a big name free agent we are not going crazy over, plus the tight end streamers at the end.

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The number one waiver add in Week 4 is a running back about to take over his backfield, just probably not the one you are thinking of. Breece Hall and Travis Etienne both went down, and a first round tight end finally broke out.

Thirteen pickups in order: who to prioritize, who not to overspend on, two stashes worth a roster spot, PPR flex plays for this week, plus a streaming tight end and two streaming quarterbacks at the end.

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Week 3 is the week the injury report starts making lineup decisions for you. Starters are out, a running back just went on IR, and a handful of stars have not practiced all week, so half your roster might be a game-time call.

Seventeen starts and sits across running back and receiver, a couple of desperate starts for thin benches, and one receiver going to the bench because of a single shadow matchup. Plus a tight end streamers segment at the end, with a deep flyer who could be startable for the rest of the year.

Every call is argued deeper than fantasy points allowed: safety coverage, where each receiver lines up, route participation, target share and the injury news behind each opportunity.

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Two weeks into the season is the best window to trade all year, because this is when managers panic off two box scores. Eight buys, six holds and four sells, including guys your league is actively trying to move and one seller coming off a two touchdown game.

Every call is argued on usage rather than points: target share, route participation, yards per route run and expected fantasy points per route run, plus the injury news behind each opportunity.

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Week 3 waivers are a lot better than last week. The Denver backfield is in flux with J.K. Dobbins and RJ Harvey both dealing with hamstrings, a rookie receiver in Cleveland is putting up WR1 numbers, and two tight ends just walked into bigger roles because of injuries.

14 pickups, from the priority adds down to the stashes, with a bid for each. Every call is built on target share, route participation, first-read share and the injury news behind the opportunity.

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