Week 17 is a little wacky, with two Wednesday games, a Thursday game, and three Saturday games. You'll have to make sure your lineup is right, with a lot of moving parts when it comes to injuries. For example,

Your fantasy football championship is likely on the line in Week 17, making your Week 17 waiver wire pickups the most important you have filled out. With the NFL playoff picture rounding into shape, hopefully, your fantasy football teams are comprised of players still fighting for playoff seeding.

Though George Pickens is expected to be back by Week 18, Austin has been a solid receiver averaging 8.7 fantasy points per game over his last five. The matchup against the Bengals should be conducive for fantasy points, so there are worst shots to take. Maybe he catches a touchdown against the Houston Texans as one final hurrah?

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Maye proved once again to be a high-floor fantasy option in Week 16. He rushed for 30 yards and had a ceiling game through the air, throwing for 261 yards and a pair of scores. His big-play hunting style also got the best of him, as it tends to do, with a red zone interception.

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If you have a fantasy football championship game in Week 18, consider these five running backs on the waiver wire.

Bo Nix's 51-yard TD pass to Marvin Mims traveled 67.0 yards in the air, the longest completion by air distance of the season and the second-longest in the NGS era (since 2016), behind only P.J. Walker to D.J. Moore in Week 8, 2022 (67.6 yards). Powered by @awscloud pic.twitter.com/ZT8zABR7ll

Julius Chestnut is a fantasy football waiver wire pickup option for running backs. Target him as a free agent add off waivers for Week 18 of the 2024 NFL season.