Early Waiver Adds 8.24

The theme of this article is, “Work smarter, not harder.” Every week we will give you the top Waiver Adds in our Tuesday article. However, you can make things a lot easier and less stressful by getting ahead of things with some players and situations. Doing so in a smart way can help you save FAAB or preserve high waiver priority in your league. 

Every Sunday I will give you a few players who stand out to me as great potential additions that can give you a leg up on your league mates. Look to add these players if you have players you are willing to drop, who get late-week injuries, or who are ruled out of their games and allow you to move them to an IR spot once they are officially inactive on Sunday morning.

Derek Carr, QB, NO

• Why would you pick up a QB who is about to miss his third straight game? Because he plays the Panthers next week and his coach expects him to return. Carr may not be the highest-ceiling QB around, but among the QBs that are rostered in under 50% of leagues currently, he has by far the best matchup. If for some reason he isn’t able to play in Week 9, you can just pick up a different QB that you would have been stuck with anyways. This is an especially good pickup if your league has an IR spot, as you can add Carr now, put him on IR, and still pick another player up to fill that roster spot. Carr is available in about 90% of leagues.

Braelon Allen, RB, NYJ