Waivers give everyone in the league an equal chance to get that player, rather than just awarding him to the person with the fastest internet speeds. Fantasy football Waiver wire eliminates "First Come, First Serve. All unsigned players are put on waivers quickly following the league's draft. This happens from the beginning of the first game until a few hours past the end of the last and when players are cut from another team. When the waiver period lapses, usually around 3 am ET, all the claims from that time will be processed based on the waiver order. Waiver priority is a number used to decide in what order you, as a fantasy manager, are allowed to pick players from the waiver wire. If three teams try to choose a waived player, the waiver priority will decide which team gets to sign that player. To control the waiver wire's madness, most fantasy leagues decide how the waiver priority will operate. In most cases, the waiver priority is decided by one of two fact...