Remember that list from a few days ago about hail mary free agents to pick up if you’re desperate, at least until Week 1 rolls around and someone breaks out?

Week 1 has rolled around.  Players have broken out.

Here’s five players you probably should have submitted a waiver claim for by now.

RB Cadillac Williams, Tampa

Nobody really expected this.  I’m not sure Williams himself expected this.  But just a couple years after a knee injury so severe most thought he would never play again, despite sharing the roster with some very solid backs such as Earnest Graham, the Cadillac has proven that he still deserves the nickname.

Sure, with 97 yards and a touchdown he’s no Adrian Peterson, but how many other 15-point running backs went undrafted?  Exactly.  Pick him up now and hope nobody else saw the Bucs-Cowboys game yesterday.

QB Joe Flacco, Baltimore

These ain’t your daddy’s Ravens.  (Ok, so unless you’re six years old, your Ravens are the same as your daddy’s.  It’s just an expression.)

Gone are the days a Ravens RB breaks the 2,000 yard mark while Trent Dilfer tries desperately not to lose.  Flacco, in his debut, was the third-highest scoring QB with 307 yards, three TDs and a pick.  And he probably doesn’t even have a team.

Granted he may not be able to keep this pace but, now that you know he has it in him, isn’t he worth a roster spot just in case?

WR Mark Clayton, Baltimore

And here’s part of the reason Flacco is a good play.  It seems he’s not locking in on Derrick Mason every snap does wonders for your stats.  And it does wonders for Mark Clayton’s stats to as he opened the season with 77 yards and a TD.  13 points will earn you a bench spot every time.

WR Devery Henderson, New Orleans

He’s not going to play the Lions every week.  When a QB throws for six touchdowns they have to go somewhere.  But 103 yards and a TD is a good sign regardless of how inept the opposing defense is, and it shows that Drew Brees is anything but locked in on Colston.  Not a guy to rely on as a starter but you can never have too much receiver depth.

QB Mark Sanchez, New York Jets

For a rookie the kid’s pretty good.

Most of the traps rookies fall into didn’t apply to Sanchez in Week 1.  He was patient, he went through his progressions, he found the open man and he gave it just enough to put it where it had to go.  That may not sound like a lot but, I mean, he’s a rookie.

Of course he’s bound to become a rookie eventually, even if it’s just for a game or two.  So don’t pin all your hopes on the guy.  But if you, say, have Jake Delhomme, you might as well roll the dice on the kid.