The Ringer Fantasy Football Show
The Ringer Fantasy Football Show

Sep 22, 2026 · 1h 13m

Injuries Reshape Week 3 Fantasy Waiver Priorities

Week 3 Waiver Wire: Must-Add Players

The episode maps the week’s injury news onto actionable waiver decisions across running back, receiver, quarterback, tight end, and defense.

3 key takeaways
  1. 1Jonah Coleman and Tank Bigsby emerge as running back priorities whose value depends heavily on injury-related opportunity.
  2. 2Denzel Boston leads the receiver targets, while Dallas Goedert’s absence elevates Dontavion Wicks and reshapes Philadelphia’s options.
  3. 3Dalton Schultz tops the tight end adds as the hosts weigh short-term quarterback and defensive streamers.

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The hosts react to a listener’s account of a competitor continuing an intense event after an extreme bathroom accident.

The brief

Caleb Williams’ injury opens the episode, with the hosts separating Chicago’s encouraging outlook from the memes surrounding his dramatic exit.

At running back, Jonah Coleman and Tank Bigsby headline a crowded field, but both recommendations hinge on injuries and changing workloads.

Denzel Boston becomes the leading wide receiver add through his snaps, routes, production, and talent; Dallas Goedert’s absence then boosts Dontavion Wicks.

The quarterback and tight end sections favor short-term streamers, with Dalton Schultz leading the tight end discussion after Nico Collins’ injury.

The most memorable detour is a listener’s extreme bathroom-accident story, followed by Giants-Rams predictions and increasingly strange 80s-music banter.

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