Krumpin: The $57 Gavel and the $37 Echo — Week 7 Waivers
SKIP KRUMPIN — The auctioneer had barely opened his mouth before the room started throwing wallets.
The wire went to work
Haters Gonna Hate paid $57 for J.J. McCarthy. EzMoney pushed to $54 and Ball Don’t Lie to $50: that is a real bidding war, not a lone manager bidding against a bathroom mirror. Ghost of Twomp got Omar Cooper Jr. for $22 over DGAD’s $14; DGAD then dropped $37 on Jaylin Noel while the next offer was $2. Thirty-five bucks of air between the paddle and the room is a spectacular way to announce a crush.
My Team Sucks! paid $10 for Tyrone Tracy Jr.; Ghost of Twomp got Ja’Kobi Lane for $2 and Bam Knight for $0; Kittle Corn spent $2 on Carson Wentz. DGAD spent another $2 on Antonio Williams. King James went $0 for Dalton Schultz and Chris Boswell; EzMoney landed Evan McPherson and Ryan Flournoy for $0 each. The latter had an invalid alternate claim from the same team, not a rival bidder.
Tony’s Terrific Team spent $4 on the Browns defense and $2 on the Titans defense. DGAD paid $5 for Samaje Perine; the other $5 claim from DGAD was invalid because of a previous transaction, so do not confuse that with a tie decided by priority. The actual valid rival bid was EzMoney’s $2.
The competing paddles
Every listed offer for this waiver run, including zero-dollar and invalid claims. “Invalid prior claim” is not a valid rival offer.
Week 7: seven doors, seven arguments
These are upcoming head-to-head matchups, not final scores. Wednesday lineups can still change after the waiver run.
Gold numbers below are the highest projected totals from each team’s current roster in a legal starting lineup, using individual Yahoo Week 7 player projections. They are not Yahoo’s current-lineup team totals; Wednesday waiver adds may still be on the bench. These are previews, not scores, and rosters can change before kickoff.
King James (4-2-0, #4th) vs Tony's Terrific Team (2-4-0, #12th)
Tony’s Terrific Team just bought two defenses. King James brings Puka Nacua and Saquon Barkley; no amount of defensive shopping tackles those two on Wednesday morning.
4th and INCHES (3-3-0, #6th) vs My Team Sucks! (4-2-0, #3rd)
My Team Sucks! bought Tracy while 4th and INCHES brings Jefferson and Lamb. The team name may be a warning or a negotiation tactic.
Ball Don't Lie (3-3-0, #5th) vs EzMoney (3-3-0, #7th)
EzMoney has two empty lineup slots on the current board. Ball Don’t Lie has Derrick Henry and Drake London; fill the kicker and defense before writing the obituary.
BNF (0-6-0, #14th) vs GolfNut (5-1-0, #2nd)
The 0–6 BNF gets 5–1 GolfNut. GolfNut still has an empty kicker slot on the current board, so nobody gets to claim the preview is a settled scoreboard.
Dat's It (3-3-0, #9th) vs Kittle Corn (2-4-0, #10th)
Kittle Corn just added Wentz. Dat’s It counters with Kyren Williams and Jordan Love; a $2 quarterback is not a parade permit.
DGAD (3-3-0, #8th) vs Ghost of Twomp (2-4-0, #13th)
DGAD bought Noel and Perine; Ghost of Twomp bought Cooper and gets Jahmyr Gibbs in the lineup. Both have an empty flex spot at this snapshot. The waiver receipts do not fill a lineup by themselves.
Haters Gonna Hate (6-0-0, #1st) vs Dan's Deepball (2-4-0, #11th)
McCarthy’s new home is 6–0, but Dan’s Deepball brings Mahomes and Bijan. That undefeated record has to play the game, not admire itself.
The wire has receipts. The lineups still have until kickoff.
