Fantasy Football Week 16 Waiver Wire: Must-Have Players to Add to Your Roster (Ep. 1901)

December 15, 2025

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🎙️ The Voices & The Context

The Format: This high-energy trio of hosts delivers a fast-paced breakdown of Week 16 fantasy football waiver wire targets amid a wave of season-altering injuries, blending sharp analysis with irreverent humor to guide listeners toward playoff glory. Energetic and banter-driven.
The Format: A casual chat among three knowledgeable hosts dissecting fantasy implications.
The Key Players:
- Joey P (Joe P. Zapia): The enthusiastic ringleader steering the show with quick transitions and playful jabs.
- D-Bro (Derek Brown): The analytical powerhouse dropping deep-league gems and bold predictions.
- Patty Cakes/Fitzy (Pat Fitz Morris): The birthday boy enduring good-natured roasts, offering balanced counterpoints with Packers heartbreak fueling his edge. Their chemistry crackles with brotherly teasing—Joey ribs Pat relentlessly about his ruined birthday, while D-Bro and Fitzy trade streamer endorsements like competitive siblings hyping their fantasy rosters.

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What you'll learn

1 (01:05) **Episode Introduction and Injury Reactions**
2 (05:32) **Mahomes Replacements and QB Streamers**
3 (09:18) **Running Back Waiver Targets**
4 (17:37) **Wide Receiver Waiver Targets**
5 (28:21) **Tight End Streamers**
6 (30:23) **Defense (DST) Streamers**
7 (31:57) **Kicker Streamers**

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Show Notes

Join Joe Pisapia, Pat Fitzmaurice, and Derek Brown as they highlight the smartest adds you can make off the waiver wire ahead of Week 16 of the NFL season!

Joe, Pat, and D-Bro highlight the top running back and wide receiver adds, make FAAB bid recommendations, debate some potential drops, and highlight the top streaming targets for Week 16!

Timestamps: (May be off due to ads)

Intro - 0:00:00

Trophy Smack Giveaway - 0:03:11

Top QB Adds - 0:05:13

JJ McCarthy - 0:05:25

CJ Stroud - 0:06:34

Top RB Adds - 0:08:14

Blake Corum - 0:08:20

Michael Carter - 0:09:55

Commanders’ Backfield - 0:10:52

Texans’ Backfield - 0:14:10

Hard Rock Bet - 0:16:35

Top WR Adds - 0:17:57

Darius Slayton - 0:18:00

Jayden Reed - 0:18:45

Jayden Higgins - 0:21:17

Devaughn Vele - 0:23:10

Top Streamers - 0:25:02

FantasyPros Waiver Central - 0:29:38

Top Overall Waiver Wire Adds - 0:29:51

Outro - 0:30:22

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