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Waiver Wire Week 1: Examining Top Fantasy Pickups and Drops on Yahoo

For fantasy football managers who did their research, there's a tab for that exercise in Yahoo leagues which allows you to see pickup and drop trends at any given time. You shouldn't blindly follow the masses, but it's important to know why owners have flocked toward or parted ways with certain players.

Following roster cut-down day (August 31) and some transactions over the last 48 hours, managers will have made last-minute alterations to their rosters, picking up assets with late stock surges.

As teams continue to mold depth charts, you should take a second, third and fourth look at your lineups going into Week 1.