Chris Dell is the former sports editor and fantasy football/sportsbetting columnist at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, as well as the lead fantasy and betting analyst for ESPN 97.5's Late Hits. He's worked as a sports writer and editor for The New York Times, New York Daily News, and Yahoo Sports, among other publications, before moving into the fantasy/betting industry. In 2023, Chris won first place out of 235 analysts in the FantasyPros NFL Draft Accuracy rankings. He has since registered multiple top-5 finishes in their 2024 and 2025 in-season contests.
Below are my 2026 fantasy football waiver wire rankings for Week 2, which you can sort by overall top 50 or position. If you want specific advice on FAB strategy, trades, and more, you can subscribe to our Fantasy 1-on-1 Premium Consulting Package, which costs less than $1 per day and runs through the end of Week 17. As a premium subscriber, you'll receive exclusive access to our Fantasy Edge Discord community and have all your questions answered guaranteed 24/7 for all of your fantasy teams, all season long, by me, no matter your league settings or scoring format. You'll also receive exclusive access to my weekly Rest of Season Rankings/Trade Tiers, which will only be available to premium subscribers in 2026. Skip the Q&A and AMA lines on FantasyPros and Reddit and become a premium member today.
P.S. Each week during the 2026 season, I will also be publishing each of the following:
- Mondays: Waiver wire rankings + Deep dive fantasy usage thread
- Tuesdays: Early week rankings (premium) + Rest of season rankings/trade tier chart (premium)
- Wednesdays: Reddit AMA with r/FantasyFootball (every other week)
- Thursdays: FantasyPros Discord AMA (6:15 p.m. EST)
- Fridays: NFL player prop podcast
- Saturdays: NFL best bet player props (premium)
- Sundays: FantasyPros Discord AMA (11 a.m. EST)
Please note: "ECR" stands for Expert Consensus Rankings, which is the average of all analyst rankings throughout the fantasy football industry, according to FantasyPros. The "VS. ECR" category on the right will show you how Chris' rankings differ from the industry consensus, depending on the scoring format.
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