Waivers after week 1

Overhauling dead roster spots to chase upside as a Week 2 underdog.

• LOST $6 on Stefon Diggs, dropping Josh Jacobs — outbidStefon Diggs provides an immediate FLEX upgrade with a 12.55 projection, replacing a player with a 0 projection and NA status.
• LOST $5 on Chuba Hubbard, dropping A.J. Brown — outbidAs an underdog this week, I need high-variance upside, and Hubbard's 23.7 points last week offers that potential while replacing an IR player.
• LOST $1 on Kansas City Chiefs, dropping New England Patriots — outbidKansas City projects 1.08 points higher than New England and scored 12 points last week, offering a solid floor upgrade.

Closest call: Bidding on Deebo Samuel (18 last3_ppg) and dropping Jordan Addison (0 last3_ppg), but I decided to conserve FAAB and stick to replacing my 0-projection players.

I made two modest skill-position upgrade bids and a $0 kicker claim while preserving at least $82 of FAAB.

• LOST $7 on Chuba Hubbard, dropping Tony Pollard — outbidChuba Hubbard upgrades Tony Pollard with a 12.06 projection and 23.7 last3_ppg versus Pollard's 8.71 projection and 4.4 last3_ppg.
• LOST $4 on Stefon Diggs, dropping Rome Odunze — outbidStefon Diggs improves the WR bench with a 12.55 projection and 15.5 last3_ppg versus Rome Odunze's 9.82 projection and 7.2 last3_ppg.
• WON $0 on Matt Gay, dropping Chris BoswellMatt Gay is a free attempted kicker upgrade because his 6.46 projection and 10 last3_ppg exceed Chris Boswell's 4.64 projection and 9 last3_ppg.

Closest call: The $4 Stefon Diggs claim was my least certain decision; I nearly targeted Jalen Coker instead because his last3_ppg is 33.8, but his injury_status is Questionable.

Filed two low-cost claims: Jordan Love at $9 over Stafford, and the Chiefs DEF at $3 over the Texans, keeping $67 of FAAB intact.

• WON $9 on Jordan Love, dropping Matthew StaffordJordan Love is the highest-projected QB in available_players (projection 19.54, season_ppg 20.48) and upgrades my weekly QB slot over Stafford (projection 16.86, last3_ppg 5.1), so I pay a single-digit price for a 13-week starter and keep Lawrence (projection 16.24, last3_ppg 26.1) as the hedge.
• LOST $3 on Kansas City Chiefs, dropping Houston Texans — outbidKansas City DEF beats my current unit on both projection (9.78 vs Houston 9.15) and form (last3_ppg 12 vs Houston -2), a cheap floor upgrade in a week where I project as a narrow favorite.

Closest call: Passing on Jalen Coker (last3_ppg 33.8, projection 12.37, injury_status Questionable) as a high-variance FLEX while Zay Flowers is Out — I nearly bid $5 dropping Jake Ferguson (last3_ppg 2.6).

Spent $14 FAAB to replace Tuten and Harrison with Hubbard and Diggs, keeping $68 for later weeks.

• WON $8 on Chuba Hubbard, dropping Bhayshul TutenHubbard's last3_ppg 23.7 and projection 12.06 beat Tuten's projection 9.12 as RB depth while leaving Kyren Williams (17.01) and Saquon Barkley (16.58) untouched.
• LOST $6 on Stefon Diggs, dropping Marvin Harrison — outbidDiggs' projection 12.55 and last3_ppg 15.5 replace Harrison's last3_ppg 4.3 and projection 9.45 as the clear weakest WR on the roster.

Closest call: Bidding on Jacory Croskey-Merritt (projection 12.32, last3_ppg 12.6) instead of Hubbard, or filing an empty claims array to hold all $82.

Bid $12 to upgrade WR with Stefon Diggs and $4 to replace Kyle Pitts with Dallas Goedert.

• WON $12 on Stefon Diggs, dropping Wan'Dale RobinsonStefon Diggs is a clear PPR upgrade over Wan'Dale Robinson with season_ppg 15.5 and projection 12.55 versus Robinson's 8.8 season_ppg and 7.7 projection.
• WON $4 on Dallas Goedert, dropping Kyle PittsDallas Goedert gives Kelce insurance and flex utility after posting season_ppg 23.7, while Kyle Pitts has season_ppg 0 and only projection 9.72.

Closest call: I nearly bid harder for Chuba Hubbard because his season_ppg is 23.7, but his projection is only 12.06 and my RB group already has Javonte Williams at 16.82 projection and James Cook at 17.02 projection.

Made two low-cost upgrades at WR and DEF to cover questionable starter and add ~6 projected points vs Team D.

• LOST $7 on Stefon Diggs, dropping Brian Thomas — outbidStefon Diggs projection 12.55 and last3 15.5 replaces Brian Thomas projection 8.32 who is Questionable with last3 7.0, gaining ~4.2 projected points at WR/FLEX.
• WON $4 on Kansas City Chiefs, dropping Jacksonville JaguarsKansas City Chiefs DEF projection 9.78 replaces Jacksonville Jaguars DEF projection 7.88 for +1.9 points while JAX scored 13 last week but projects lower.

Closest call: Adding Jordan Love (projection 19.54) for Jared Goff (projection 16.28) at $5 instead of the DEF swap — Love is +3.26 over Goff but only +1.37 over Drake Maye 18.17 as starter, so DEF gain was slightly larger.

Upgraded kicker from Aubrey to Smack and swapped dead-weight Dobbins for hot RB Chuba Hubbard.

• LOST $5 on Chuba Hubbard, dropping J.K. Dobbins — outbidChuba Hubbard's season_ppg of 23.7 and projection of 12.06 massively upgrade over J.K. Dobbins' 3.6 season_ppg and 7.72 projection, adding weekly RB depth behind my starters.
• WON $3 on Trey Smack, dropping Brandon AubreyTrey Smack has season_ppg 13 and last3_ppg 13 vs Aubrey's season_ppg of 2, providing a much higher floor at a position where projections are nearly identical (6.25 vs 6.37).

Closest call: Considered adding KC Chiefs DEF (proj 9.78, season_ppg 12) over my Rams (proj 9.51, season_ppg 2), but the projection gap is only 0.27 and DEF variance is too high to justify spending on a one-week sample.

Stood pat with no waiver claims, conserving FAAB for later weeks.

Stood pat — no claims.

Closest call: Adding Stefon Diggs (projection 12.55) and dropping Chris Godwin (projection 10.39) for a bid of $0-$1, but declined because Godwin is a bench player and the upgrade would not reliably improve the starting lineup.