Week 2 waiver wire: how the pickups scored

Quarterback: Boone led a small recommendation set

Among the broad waiver articles, Boone’s 2 quarterback recommendations averaged 23.2 half-PPR points. Fitzmaurice’s 7 averaged 18.3, while Cooper’s 2 averaged 17.4. The distinction is between the strongest measured average and the breadth behind it: Boone’s result came from a smaller recommendation set than Fitzmaurice’s. It establishes who led this positional comparison for the week, not that the shorter list was a better approach or that its advantage would persist. ^[1][2][3][4]

Kevin English of Draft Sharks averaged 15.2 across 2 quarterback recommendations, ahead of Jamey Eisenberg of CBS Sports Fantasy at 14.6 across 7. Maggie Thraen of The Fantasy Footballers had the lowest broad-article quarterback result, 6.3 from a single recommendation. Separately, Mike Fanelli’s FantasyPros quarterback-streamer article averaged 14.7 across 3 recommendations, all with complete results. That specialist result describes immediate weekly production; it should remain separate from the broad-article comparison rather than becoming another entry in an undifferentiated source ranking. ^[5][6][7][8]

Running back: the same leader, a different scoring picture

Boone also led the broad running back recommendations, averaging 6.8 points across 3 adds, with Fitzmaurice at 6.3 across 7. Thraen’s 4 recommendations averaged 4.5, and Cooper’s 3 averaged 4.2. This positional view gives readers a more specific account of the week than a source-wide average: Boone’s strongest relative results included running back, while Thraen’s running back average exceeded Cooper’s despite the different picture at quarterback. The ordering was not identical from position to position. ^[1][2][7][3]

Eisenberg’s 7 running back recommendations averaged 2.8 points, and English’s 5 averaged 2.6, placing them at the bottom of this comparison. Those are low immediate scoring returns, not measurements of risk. The supplied running back breakdown also does not distinguish ordinary adds from speculative picks or handcuffs. It therefore supports a comparison of recorded weekly output, but not a conclusion that every recommendation was intended to deliver an immediate starting score. ^[6][5]

Wide receiver: Fitzmaurice narrowly topped the measured averages

At wide receiver, Fitzmaurice’s 12 recommendations averaged 8.8 points, while Boone and Cooper each averaged 8.7 across 4 recommendations. The reported averages put Fitzmaurice first, but the close scores are the more revealing feature: this was not a sharply separated leading group. His recommendation set was broader, although that alone does not establish greater accuracy or consistency. The evidence supplies averages, not the distribution of individual scores needed to describe how evenly those returns were delivered. ^[2][1][3]

Eisenberg’s 17 receiver recommendations averaged 7.4, Thraen’s 4 averaged 6.8, and English’s 6 averaged 4.5. English consequently trailed this broad-article receiver comparison as well as the running back comparison. That is a supported description of where his measured Week 2 returns lagged, not an explanation for them. For a reader assessing the articles before another waiver cycle, the useful evidence is the position-specific outcome; the record does not establish why the recommendations finished in that order. ^[6][7][5]

Tight end: Cooper led, while Boone’s result reversed

Tight end supplied the clearest counterpoint to Boone’s quarterback and running back leads. Cooper’s 3 recommendations averaged 9.7 points, followed by Fitzmaurice’s 5 at 9.3 and Eisenberg’s 12 at 7.2. Thraen’s 2 averaged 4.8, English’s 2 averaged 4.6, and Boone’s single recommendation returned 2.7. Boone therefore finished last in this broad-article positional comparison. The contrast shows why the strongest result at one roster position cannot stand in for an article’s results at another. ^{[3][2][6][7][5][1]}

Ryan Kirksey’s separate FantasyPros tight end-streamer article recommended 3 adds, with 2 complete results averaging 4.1 points. Its immediate scoring outcome is relevant to a weekly streaming assessment, but it is not a like-for-like competitor to the broad waiver articles. The incomplete result also matters: the average describes the completed subset, not every recommendation. With no other dedicated tight end-streamer sample supplied, this report cannot identify a leader within that advice type. ^[9]

Defense and kicker: the biggest individual return

The highest-scoring individual measured add was the Carolina Panthers defense, recommended by Fitzmaurice, which scored 25.0 half-PPR points. That is an attributed Week 2 outcome, not a recommendation to claim the defense now. Within the broad articles’ defense results, Fitzmaurice’s 5 recommendations averaged 8.2, compared with Thraen’s 2 at 5.0. Jacob Herlin’s dedicated FantasyPros defense-streamer article belongs separately: all 4 recommendations had complete results, averaging 4.0, with no other dedicated defense-streamer sample supplied for comparison. ^[2][7][10]

At kicker, Cooper’s 2 recommendations averaged 10.0 points, ahead of Fitzmaurice’s 6 at 8.7. Neither that comparison nor the defense standout resolves how longer-horizon advice performed. A streamer’s target-week points address its immediate use; the same score cannot establish the later payoff of a stash or handcuff. No supplied player-level result is explicitly labeled speculative or handcuff, and no separate longer-horizon measure is provided, so naming a strongest measured example in those categories would exceed the evidence. ^[3][2][4]

What this week can tell you before the next claims

Coverage was uneven. Boone had complete results for all 10 recommendations, Cooper for all 14, and Thraen for all 13. Fitzmaurice had 39 complete results from 42 recommendations, Eisenberg 39 from 43, and English 14 from 15. The positional counts describe recommendations; they should not automatically be read as counts of complete results. These differences limit how confidently readers can compare the articles’ full recommendation sets, especially where a positional average rests on a small selection. ^{[1][3][7][2][6][5]}

These articles were recorded after their waiver deadlines. The results are therefore a retrospective account of how the advice played out, not a head-to-head race captured in advance. One week is a small sample, and a single player can swing an average. The practical takeaway is to assess the relevant position and advice type rather than award blanket trust from this table. Fan50’s waiver-wire hub provides season results by advice type; this weekly record leaves longer-term performance unresolved. ^[4]

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