Here are your high-stakes Waiver Wire sleeper additions for Week 1! These players are available in many preseason waiver wire runs and can help improve your roster as the NFL season approaches. Some players are obvious additions, while others are more valuable in deeper formats or high-stakes leagues like the FFPC and NFFC.
Running Backs
Jacory Croskey-Merritt (RB, Was) — We have fully reached Jacory Croskey-Merritt mania. Brian Robinson’s trade to the San Francisco 49ers was the final push managers needed to embrace JCM. Call him Bill, call him Jacory—whatever you want—but if you want his name on your fantasy roster in late drafts, be prepared to spend a 7th-round pick (or higher). In one FFPC Main Event recently, he went in the 4th round—an unheard-of and incorrect price, but still indicative of fantasy managers dreaming of him becoming the next James Robinson, Phillip Lindsay, or Alfred Morris UDFA success story. If he’s unselected in your league, be ready to spend 70%+ of your FAAB. He’s worth at least a price-enforcement bid, even if you don’t fully buy into his profile or 2025 production.
