Fantasy Football Week 16 Cut List: Here's who you can drop for those waiver-wire adds

Get the go-ahead to make those drops ahead of waivers.

What is the Cut List? The Cut List is our baseline guide for who you can drop off your Fantasy rosters to make room for those big waiver-wire adds this week. We've arranged the cut candidates by position, then by the depth of the league. This will help you in small leagues (10 teams or less), large leagues (14-plus teams) and the more commonly known 12-team formats. 

Please note: It's never a good idea to cut a player for no reason. Fantasy owners should only cut players they don't envision themselves using in exchange for players they think they will eventually start. Just because a player you have is on this list does not mean he should immediately be cut. 

Finally, always assume that any player you cut will be considered by everyone else in your league. If you think the player you're cutting is for sure going to get picked up, maybe you shouldn't cut that player.       

More Week 16 help: RB Preview | WR Preview | QB Preview | TE Preview | Waiver Wire | Cut List | Believe It or Not  

Running backs

Player	10	12	14
Cam Akers, LAR	X	X	X
Kalen Ballage, LAC	X	X	X
Devontae Booker, LV	X	X	X
Clyde Edwards-Helaire, KC	X	X	X
Devonta Freeman, NYG	X	X	X
Todd Gurley, ATL	X	X	X
Brian Hill, ATL	X	X	X
Mark Ingram, BAL	X	X	X
Kerryon Johnson, DET	X	X	X
Duke Johnson, HOU	X	X	X
Phillip Lindsay, DEN	X	X	X
LeSean McCoy, TB	X	X	X
Jerick McKinnon, SF	X	X	X
Adrian Peterson, DET	X	X	X
Carlos Hyde, SEA	X	X
Ty Johnson, NYJ	X	X
Boston Scott, PHI	X	X
Malcolm Brown, LAR	X
Frank Gore, NYJ	X
James White, NE	X

Wide receivers

Player	10	12	14
Tyler Boyd, CIN	X	X	X
Keelan Cole, JAC	X	X	X
Julian Edelman, NE	X	X	X
Travis Fulgham, PHI	X	X	X
Will Fuller, HOU	X	X	X
Michael Gallup, DAL	X	X	X
A.J. Green, CIN	X	X	X
Mecole Hardman, KC	X	X	X
DeSean Jackson, PHI	X	X	X
Jerry Jeudy, DEN	X	X	X
Christian Kirk, ARI	X	X	X
Denzel Mims, NYJ	X	X	X
Breshad Perriman, NYJ	X	X	X
Michael Pittman, IND	X	X	X
Jalen Reagor, PHI	X	X	X
Hunter Renfrow, LV	X	X	X
Deebo Samuel, SF	X	X	X
Darius Slayton, NYG	X	X	X
Tre'Quan Smith, NO	X	X	X
Golden Tate, NYG	X	X	X
Marquez Valdes-Scantling, GB	X	X	X
James Washington, PIT	X	X	X
Sammy Watkins, KC	X	X	X
Mike Williams, LAC	X	X	X
Jamison Crowder, NYJ	X	X
Jakobi Meyers, NE	X	X
Henry Ruggs, LV	X	X
Sterling Shepard, NYG	X	X
Preston Williams, MIA	X	X
Tyler Boyd, CIN	X
D.J. Chark, JAC	X
Tim Patrick, DEN	X
Curtis Samuel, CAR	X
Laviska Shenault, JAC	X

Tight ends

Player	10	12	14
Trey Burton, IND	X	X	X
Jimmy Graham, CHI	X	X	X
Evan Engram, NYG	X	X
Zach Ertz, PHI	X	X
Cole Kmet, CHI	X	X
Kyle Rudolph, MIN	X	X
Austin Hooper, CLE	X
Hayden Hurst, ATL	X

Quarterbacks

Player	10	12	14
Joe Burrow, CIN	X	X	X
Derek Carr, LV	X	X	X
Daniel Jones, NYG	X	X	X
Drew Lock, DEN	X	X	X
Cam Newton, NE	X	X	X
Carson Wentz, PHI	X	X	X
Jared Goff, LAR	X	X
Matthew Stafford, DET	X	X
Tua Tagovailoa, MIA	X	X
Kirk Cousins, MIN	X