Week 8 Sunday Recap: The Best Players Still on Waivers
Every score from Sunday's 12-game slate, plus the players who produced in them and are still rostered in under 60% of leagues, led by Tyler Allgeier's 36.1 PPR points.
Sunday, November 1: 12 games, 556 combined points. The scoreboard got away from everyone in Titans at Bengals, 36-43, 79 points between them. At the other end of the day, Cardinals at Cowboys came down to 3. Joe Burrow put up the best fantasy line anyone managed, 42.5 PPR points, which is useful to exactly the 99% of leagues that already roster him.
This is that slate read backwards, starting from roster share instead of from points. 46 players scored at least 8 PPR points on Sunday while rostered in under 60% of leagues, and 18 of them were on fewer than one roster in ten. Those are the names your league is deciding on right now; the best 30 are below.
A caveat worth reading before the table, because it is what separates a waiver add that still starts for you in November from one you drop in two weeks: a big line and a real role are not the same thing. Six catches on nine targets is a plan. One catch for a touchdown is a coincidence that happened to be worth six points. Both show up at the top of a Monday waiver list and only one of them repeats, so the board below is split by which kind of day each player actually had.
The scoreboard
Every final from the slate, in kickoff order, with the best fantasy line each game produced and how widely that player is rostered.
The waiver board
The 30 best lines from skill-position players rostered in under 60% of leagues, biggest first. Roster share is the consensus figure as of the final whistle; the tag says whether the day came from work or from the end zone.
Tyler AllgeierRBARI at DALEarned it
11 car, 147 rush yds · 1 TD · 5/5, 44 rec yds · 1 TD
16 touches · projected 8.38, +27.7
27.2PPR11%
Emmett JohnsonRBKC at DENEarned it
1 car, 15 rush yds · 5/5, 128 rec yds · 1 TD
6 touches · projected 4.44, +20.9
Cam WardQBTEN at CINEarned it
26/40, 304 pass yds · 2 TD · 7 car, 41 rush yds
40 att · projected 12.7, +9.6
Jonah ColemanRBDEN vs KCEarned it
11 car, 41 rush yds · 1 TD · 4/5, 63 rec yds
16 touches · projected 11.78, +8.6
Gardner Minshew IIQBARI at DALTouchdown
17/23, 188 pass yds · 3 TD
23 att
Geno SmithQBNYJ vs LVEarned it
20/32, 290 pass yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · 1 car, 4 rush yds
32 att · projected 17.37, +1.6
Bo NixQBDEN vs KCEarned it
20/32, 222 pass yds · 2 TD · 3 car, 4 rush yds
32 att · projected 14.56, +2.7
Malik WillisQBMIA vs NETouchdown
21/32, 211 pass yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · 1 car, 2 rush yds
32 att · projected 13.54, +2.1
Kenny GainwellRBTB vs ATLEarned it
25 car, 140 rush yds · 0/1, 0 rec yds
26 touches · projected 7.22, +6.8
13.6PPR1.1%
Ryan FlournoyWRDAL vs ARIModest
1 car, 3 rush yds · 3/4, 38 rec yds · 1 TD
5 touches · projected 9.2, +3.9
Dylan SampsonRBCLE at PITEarned it
1 car, 7 rush yds · 6/8, 62 rec yds
9 touches · projected 6.51, +6.4
Chris Rodriguez Jr.RBJAX vs INDEarned it
6 car, 41 rush yds · 1 TD · 1/1, 17 rec yds
7 touches · projected 6.16, +6.6
Pat FreiermuthTEPIT vs CLETouchdown
1 car, 1 rush yds · 1 TD · 2/2, 35 rec yds
3 touches · projected 9.23, +2.4
Deshaun WatsonQBCLE at PITEarned it
27/39, 324 pass yds · 3 car, 2 rush yds
39 att · projected 13.86, -2.7
Work, and the other thing
The same names sorted by how much of the line the offense handed them. Touches are targets plus carries; a quarterback is judged on attempts instead, since the two do not compare.
Earned it (19)
Volume carried the day, so a repeat does not need a touchdown. Bid here.
- Tyler AllgeierRB · ARI16 touches53%
- Adonai MitchellWR · NYJ9 touches11%
- Emmett JohnsonRB · KC6 touches19%
- Cam WardQB · TEN40 att8.1%
- Jonah ColemanRB · DEN16 touches57%
- Geno SmithQB · NYJ32 att28%
- Chimere DikeWR · TEN6 touches1.8%
- Mike GesickiTE · CIN6 touches20%
- Bo NixQB · DEN32 att60%
- Malik WashingtonWR · MIA6 touches46%
- Kenny GainwellRB · TB26 touches45%
- Keenan AllenWR · IND7 touches48%
- Dylan SampsonRB · CLE9 touches17%
- Chris Rodriguez Jr.RB · JAX7 touches21%
- Gunnar HelmTE · TEN9 touches2.3%
- Khalil ShakirWR · BUF6 touches60%
- Deshaun WatsonQB · CLE39 att12%
- Antonio WilliamsWR · WAS7 touches19%
- Michael MayerTE · LV6 touches14%
Bought a touchdown (4)
Half the points or more came from the end zone on thin usage. Let someone else spend the budget.
- Gardner Minshew IIQB · ARI23 att19.5
- Malik WillisQB · MIA32 att15.6
- Pat FreiermuthTE · PIT3 touches11.6
- Kyle WilliamsWR · NE1 touch11.3
Injuries that opened a door
Skill-position designations from Sunday’s games, ranked by how much rostered value each one puts in play rather than by severity alone: a universally rostered starter listed questionable leaves more to cover than a fourth-string back ruled out. Each is paired with the teammate at the same position who saw the most work in that game and is still widely available, because a depth chart written in August is a worse guide than the snaps that were just played.
Lamar JacksonQB · BALOThumb99% rostered
Nobody behind him at the position is still widely available, which usually means the handcuff has already been claimed.
Breece HallRB · NYJOQuadriceps97% rostered
Next in line and still available: Isaiah Davis, 5 car, 15 rush yds for 1.5 PPR points, rostered in 1.8% of leagues.
A.J. BrownWR · NEOAnkle97% rostered
Next in line and still available: Efton Chism III, 5/5, 37 rec yds for 6.7 PPR points, rostered in 3.4% of leagues.
DeVonta SmithWR · PHIOHamstring97% rostered
Next in line and still available: Darius Cooper, 2/6, 19 rec yds for 3.9 PPR points, rostered in 6.3% of leagues.
RJ HarveyRB · DENINJKnee72% rostered
Next in line and still available: Jonah Coleman, 11 car, 41 rush yds · 1 TD · 4/5, 63 rec yds for 20.4 PPR points, rostered in 57% of leagues.
Alec PierceWR · INDINJHeel60% rostered
Next in line and still available: Keenan Allen, 7/7, 67 rec yds for 13.7 PPR points, rostered in 48% of leagues.
De'Von AchaneRB · MIAINJKnee - ACL52% rostered
Next in line and still available: Jaylen Wright, 2 car, 5 rush yds · 0/1, 0 rec yds for 0.5 PPR points, rostered in 3.1% of leagues.
Michael Pittman Jr.WR · PITINJFoot50% rostered
Next in line and still available: Germie Bernard, 5/5, 30 rec yds for 8 PPR points, rostered in 54% of leagues.
Deeper stashes
Under 10% rostered, under 8 points, six or more touches: the box score was quiet but the offense kept going back to them. Bench adds, not lineup answers.
| Player | Line | Touches | PPR | Rostered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elijah MitchellRB · PHI | 11 car, 34 rush yds · 4/6, 3 rec yds | 17 | 7.7 | 5.8% |
| Justice HillRB · BAL | 3 car, 15 rush yds · 4/8, 20 rec yds | 11 | 7.5 | 7% |
| Tyler GoodsonRB · DAL | 7 car, 14 rush yds · 2/2, 19 rec yds | 9 | 5.3 | 1.1% |
| Austin EkelerRB · WAS | 8 car, 36 rush yds | 8 | 3.6 | 1.5% |
| Ty JohnsonRB · BUF | 4 car, 4 rush yds · 3/3, 19 rec yds | 7 | 5.3 | 2.3% |
| Corey KinerRB · NE | 7 car, 38 rush yds | 7 | 3.8 | 6.1% |
| Chris BellWR · MIA | 1 car, -2 rush yds · 4/5, 31 rec yds | 6 | 6.9 | 5.2% |
| DJ GiddensRB · IND | 6 car, 43 rush yds | 6 | 4.3 | 0.6% |
If your league runs a single claim, Tyler Allgeier is the one worth spending it on: 11 car, 147 rush yds · 1 TD · 5/5, 44 rec yds · 1 TD for 36.1 PPR points, rostered in 53% of leagues. He is also the thinnest of these to still be sitting there, so check your league before planning around him. If he is gone, Adonai Mitchell is the biggest line on this board that most leagues can still add. The live add and drop board will tell you how fast that number is moving.
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Box scores captured from ESPN once every game on the slate was final, and roster share read from FantasyPros' consensus board at the same moment, then frozen together. The percentages are what they were when this was written, on November 2, 2026 at 2:14 PM EST - they move fastest in the first day after a slate, which is the point. Fantasy points are full PPR on Sleeper's scoring.