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WaiVER CLaiM
by Rich Wilhelm and Chris Tomlinson
WaiVER CLaiM is a weekly NFL podcast covering the full football calendar — draft season, fantasy football, sports betting, and game analysis. Hosted by Chris Tomlinson and Rich Wilhelm under the Interstate of Green media brand. Sharp takes, real debate, and an AI segment every episode.
Episodes
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The NFC Least Is BACK: Is Anyone Actually Good?
Philadelphia has lost three straight, Dallas fell to the previously winless Buccaneers, and Giants–Commanders ended in a 27–27 tie. The NFC East posted zero wins in Week 5. Rich, Chris, Don, Craig, and MILO unpack whether the Eagles can recover, whether Dallas is slipping, and whether New York…
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Witching Hour Went Completely Off the Rails
Week 4 turned into one long stretch of late-game chaos. Comebacks, blown leads, last-minute drives, questionable decisions — the Witching Hour went completely off the rails.Rich, Chris, Don and Craig break down the wildest fallout from Sunday, including the Eagles' brutal loss to the Rams, New...
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NFL Week 4: Buy, Wait or Panic?
Three weeks in, some records look real and some look like traps. We grade the Week 3 Pick'Em board through Sunday night, then turn five Sunday storylines into Week 4 tests: can the 3-0 Raiders survive Kansas City, are the 3-0 49ers legit against Denver, what do Jaguars-Bengals tell us about...
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NFL Week 2: Things Got Weird
Week 2 was chaos.Three different games had unanimous straight-up picks from the entire WaiVER CLaiM Pick’Em field — and all three lost.We grade the complete Week 2 board, figure out what actually went wrong, and turn toward Week 3 with MILO’s newly updated model opening lines.Then the room digs...
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Stop Overreacting to Week 1
Rich, Craig, Alberto, and Don sort out what was actually real from Week 1 and what was just opening-week nonsense. We look ahead to Raiders-Chargers, Vikings-Bears, Lions-Bills, Browns-Buccaneers, and Steelers-Patriots, while putting the through-Sunday WaiVER CLaiM Pick'Em receipts on the board....
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The NFL Is Back. Put It on the Board.
The NFL is back, and before Week 1 kicks off we're putting the whole season on the board. Rich and MILO lock six season-long calls - including Super Bowl picks, the biggest 2026 riser and faller, and three direct disagreements on Chicago, Jacksonville, and Cincinnati. Then we hit the Week 1 games...
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Live Mock Draft
Two segments, no filler. We put the whole crew in a live redraft mock and made everybody defend every pick out loud, then handed the room three dynasty trades with no consensus answer. This week on WaiVER CLaiM: a live redraft mock draft with the full room — every pick explained, every reach…
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MILO Dissects the Bubble: Camp Hype on Trial, Three Dynasty Trades, and 10 Names That Might Not Have a Job
Every August the same machine runs. A guy makes a play, the clip goes viral, and by Thursday he's a breakout candidate. Cutdown day is August 30. Some of these guys won't have a team. This week on WaiVER CLaiM: MILO puts training camp hype on trial — Aaron Donald's comeback to a Rams defense that...
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MILO Dissects the RB Market Reversal: Three Records in 48 Hours, and the Rushing Champ Nobody Paid
For a decade the rule was simple: never pay running backs. This week three teams broke it in forty-eight hours — and the guy who actually led the NFL in rushing is still on a bargain deal. This week on WaiVER CLaiM: Bijan Robinson reset the running back market on August 4th. Jonathan Taylor got…
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Dynasty Draft Recap - Who Won the Draft?
You told us who won our dynasty draft. MILO disagreed with almost all of you — then picked a winner not one person voted for. This week on WaiVER CLaiM: the full recap of our 12-team, 264-pick keeper-league startup. Every room defends its board — Bijan Robinson at 1.01, Ja'Marr Chase at 1.02,...
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12-Team Dynasty Startup Draft — 11 Humans vs. 1 AI Board (264 Picks) — Part 2
Part 2 of our full dynasty startup draft — rounds [12–22], including the Lamar Jackson steal and the late-round value that broke the board. We ran a complete 12-team dynasty startup draft — 264 picks — and gave the whole room access to a free spreadsheet that ranks every player and flags when the...
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12-Team Dynasty Startup Draft — 11 Humans vs. 1 AI Board (264 Picks) — Part 1
Part 1 of our full dynasty startup draft — rounds 1-10 of 22. We ran a complete 12-team dynasty startup draft — 264 picks — and gave the whole room access to a free spreadsheet that ranks every player and flags when the experts actually agree and when it's a coin flip. One drafter ran his entire...
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MILO Prices McCaffrey Like a Used Peloton: The AARP Yard Sale, Pickens' Deadline, and Contract-Year Verdicts
Christian McCaffrey is a Peloton with 12,000 miles on it, priced like it's still in the box. MILO said it. The crew had to rule on it. This week on WaiVER CLaiM, the crew opens with the contract-year pressure cooker: George Pickens franchise-tagged in Dallas with the July 15 deadline bearing…
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Fantasy Keep/Trade/Cut with MILO: Dynasty TEs, Young QBs, and 16 Wins That Didn’t Exist
The offseason had winners. It had losers. And it had Alberto, whose 32-team standings board contained 16 wins that didn’t exist. This week on WaiVER CLaiM, MILO hands out process grades — not win projections, but verdicts on the decisions. The Jets aced the offseason and MILO’s model still…
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MILO Recaps The Whole League: Final 2026 Standings, Playoff Bracket, and a Super Bowl Champion
Four weeks. Eight divisions. All 32 teams. Now MILO puts it together — a full pick-by-pick 2026 season, a complete playoff bracket, and a champion. This week on WaiVER CLaiM the whole crew locks their playoff fields on the record, then defends them when the model pushes back. MILO's...
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MILO Dissects The East: Win-Loss Predictions, Bold Calls, and Fantasy Targets for 2026
Eight teams. Two divisions. One AI verdict engine. MILO ran the full 2026 data on every AFC East and NFC East team — and the calls hit different when Patrick Mahomes is rehabbing an ACL and Drake Maye just went to the Super Bowl in Year 2. This week on WaiVER CLaiM: We break down the Bills'…
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MILO Dissects The North: Win-Loss Predictions, Bold Calls, and Fantasy Targets for 2026
Eight teams. Two divisions. One AI verdict engine. MILO ran the full 2026 data on every AFC North and NFC North team -- and the calls hit different when Lamar Jackson missed the playoffs last year and Aaron Rodgers is playing his last season at age 42. This week on WaiVER CLaiM: We break down the...
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MILO Dissects The South: Win-Loss Predictions, Bold Calls, and Fantasy Targets for 2026
Eight teams. Two divisions. One AI verdict engine. MILO ran the full 2026 data on every AFC South and NFC South team -- and the calls are colder than the market expects. This week on WaiVER CLaiM: We break down the AFC South coin flip (Jacksonville at 42.8% vs. Houston at 39.1%), a genuinely...
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MILO Dissects The West: AI Win-Loss Predictions, Bold Calls, and Fantasy Targets for 2026
Eight teams. Two divisions. Zero consensus. MILO ran the numbers on the entire West before a single snap -- and theresults are colder than the market expects.This week on WaiVER CLaiM: We break down every AFC and NFC West team with projected win totals, division placement, and the key narrative...
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NFL Schedule Release Special
The 2026 NFL schedule just dropped and the AI has opinions. Baltimore's first six opponents had a combined .369 winning percentage last year. MILO is projecting a franchise-record start for the Ravens — and the crew is pushing back hard. This week on WaiVER CLaiM: We break down who won the…
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We Asked AI to Grade NFL Rookies' Path to Snaps. The Crew Pushes Back.
The draft is done. Now find out who actually fits. We start with the QB situations nobody's pricing in — Pittsburgh's Aaron Rodgers waiting game and what it means for Drew Allar, Carson Beck's case for a Week 1 start in Arizona, and what the Jets are actually building while Cade Klubnik watches...
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The 2026 Draft's Fantasy Victims — Plus AI Issues 5 Rookie Buy/Sells
The draft is over. Now someone has to pay for it. We break down the veterans whose fantasy value just got torched — and the rookies doing the damage. Then MILO returns with five bold buy/sell verdicts on this year's rookie class. Is Jeremiyah Love a top-5 lock or is Arizona's QB disaster the…
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Humans vs. AI: The 2026 Draft Scorecard is Here
The 2026 NFL Draft is done and the receipts are out. The WaiVER CLaiM crew goes pick by pick through Round 1, calling out every hit, every miss, and every "I told you so" moment. Someone finished on top of the mock draft leaderboard — and they will not let you forget it. Plus, the picks nobody...
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2026 NFL Mock Draft: 3 Humans vs AI - Who Wins?
The 2026 NFL Draft is days away, and we're putting AI up against human instinct to see who called it. Meet MILO — Waiver Claim's AI draft analyst — making his debut with a full first-round mock. Rich, Craig, and Alberto have their own mocks too, and we're going pick by pick to see who had the…
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WaiVER CLaiM is a weekly NFL podcast covering the full football calendar — draft season, fantasy football, sports betting, and game analysis. Hosted by Chris Tomlinson and Rich Wilhelm under the Interstate of Green media brand. Sharp takes, real debate, and an AI segment every episode.
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Rich Wilhelm and Chris Tomlinson
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WaiVER CLaiM is a weekly NFL podcast covering the full football calendar — draft season, fantasy football, sports betting, and game analysis. Hosted by Chris Tomlinson and Rich Wilhelm under the Interstate of Green media brand. Sharp takes, real debate, and an AI segment every episode.
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