Week 11 Waiver Wire
Note: Every suggestion will be pulled from either the Yahoo or ESPN rostership, and everyone in these articles will be less than 50% rostered on at least one of those sites. Only some leagues are cut and dry the same so this is just a template for a 12 team full PPR league. There may be players that would have made this article but are rostered in over 50% of the leagues on both sites so they were not included because you’re either in a smaller league or bigger league. If you have questions, please get in chat and ask. Going forward, I will list the bye week schedule below as it is going to become more important as we plan for that moving forward.
Week 5: DET, LAC, PHI, TEN
Week 6: KC, LAR, MIA, MIN
Week 7: CHI, DAL
Week 8: NONE
Week 9: PIT, SF
Week 10: CLE, GB, LV, SEA
Week 11: ARI, CAR, NYG, TB
Week 12: ATL, BUF, CIN, JAX, NO, NYJ
Week 13: NONE
Week 14: BAL, DEN, HOU, IND, NE, WAS
QB
Russell Wilson (Pittsburgh Steelers) – 3%
If you need a QB this week to stream, bank on Russ performing. The Steelers are on a roll and they host the Ravens in Week 11. The Ravens continue to have the worst pass defense in the NFL and just allowed Joe Burrow to throw for 430 yards against them and now have allowed all but one QB to throw for at least 223 against them and eight of the 10 opposing QBs have thrown for 276 or more yards against them. Russ is averaging 18.9 PPG so far this year.
Drake Maye (New England Patriots) – 1%
Playing well in a tough road test Drake Maye still displays a decent floor with his legs making him an attractive fantasy option. He has now scored at least 11.5 points in all of his starts and that includes Week 8 in which he left early. Drake Maye and the New England Patriots host the beatable LA Rams in Week 11.
Trey Lance (Dallas Cowboys) – 0%
As I mentioned in chat on Sunday, snag Trey Lance if you need a QB and stash him. He is still a raw player but offers immense rushing upside, which was always the appeal to him as a player. He has a big arm and can sling it down field and isn’t afraid to take shots and has a decent grasp of knowing when to run vs. slinging it. He’ll get better with the more reps he has but for fantasy running out the year, we want the rushing QB with the big arm on a team that is going to be losing a lot.
Drew Lock (New York Giants) – 0%
I’m adding a 4th QB here because he is free and the Giants are on a Bye this week. I fully expect the Giants to move to Drew Lock after their Bye Week. The Giants play the Bucs, Cowboys, Saints, Ravens, Falcons, and Colts after their Bye which are all plus matchups for Lock and most have good enough offenses to push the Giants to go to pass mode.
RB
Audric Estime (Denver Broncos) – 30%
This one comes down to the possibility that Estime is legit the RB1 now in Denver. He took 45% of the snaps in Week 10 with 64% of the rush attempts and had a 21% route participation although no targets. It seems he made it out of the game unscathed as well in his new role as Sean Payton pumped him up post game but you can never believe anything SP says. The Broncos host a beatable Atlanta team in Week 11 which makes Estime an immediate plug and play option which is rare this late in the season.
Trey Benson (Arizona Cardinals) – 0%
Others will probably be higher on Benson than me but since this is a Bye week for Arizona, you may be able to sneak him in. He is starting to get his feet under him as a rookie with a 25% snap share the last two weeks and 27% of the rush attempt share and surprisingly a 21% route participation and 3 targets between the two games. Once the Cardinals return from their Bye they visit the Seahawks who have shown no ability up until this point of the season at being able to stop the run. Not only is Benson showing some stand alone value but he is propelling himself into being one of the most valuable handcuffs in the NFL.
Khalil Herbert (Cincinnati Bengals) – 0%
As we know, RB is bleak. Herbert is a very good runner of the football but also equally as bad in most other areas of being a RB such as pass protection. In Week 10 Chase Brown took 88% of the team’s snaps and 87% of the rush shares with a 19% target share. They do not want Brown to continue to take that workload which is why they traded for Herbert in the first place. Once Herbert gets acclimated he should have no issue carving out a role in this offense, including being the goal line back.
Cam Akers (Minnesota Vikings) – 0%
Akers is a solid dart throw but he was more or less benched towards the end of the Vikings Week 10 win over the Jaguars and Aaron Jones came back into the game late after he was carted off earlier in the game. Ty Chandler also looked better than Akers at spots but Akers also has more trust from KOC and this coaching staff. Akers ended up with 29% of the snaps with 33% of the team’s rush attempts. Minnesota travels to Tennessee in Week 11 which should be another game the Vikings are heavy favorites in. Akers is a high value handcuff with very, very small FLEX appeal if desperate.
Top RB Handcuffs
- Braelon Allen (New York Jets)
- Zach Charbonnet (Seattle Seahawks)
- Tyler Allgeier (Atlanta Falcons)
- Blake Corum (LA Rams)
- Ray Davis (Buffalo Bills)
- Cam Akers (Minnesota Vikings)
- Emanuel Wilson (Green Bay Packers)
- Sean Tucker (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
- Roschon Johnson (Chicago Bears)
- Dameon Pierce (Houston Texans)
- Kimani Vidal (LA Chargers)
- Jalen Wright (Miami Dolphins)
- Antonio Gibson (New England Patriots)
- Dalvin Cook (Dallas Cowboys)
- Tyler Goodson (Indianapolis Colts)
- Trey Benson (Arizona Cardinals)
WR
Ricky Pearsall (San Francisco 49ers) – 10%
I’m not running to the Wire this week for any WR help and I am assuming Pearsall’s teammate, Jauan Jennings, is already scooped up in your league so I’m landing on Pearsall as the top option. In the 49ers first game out of the Bye week which was their first real game of a fully healthy offense this year, Pearsall saw a 71% route participation and a 20% TPRR while showing out, grabbing four of his six targets for 73 yards and a score including a 46 yard acrobatic TD. Earning a 20% TPRR in this offense at this age is insanely impressive for a rookie and should be considered FLEX worthy every week, offering a high ceiling but unfortunately a low floor. The 49ers host the Seahawks in Week 11.
Xavier Legette (Carolina Panthers) – 5%
It gets lost that Legette is a raw rookie himself due to the QB attention in Carolina this year. Over Legette’s last four games, he has a 83% route participation, as he has emerged as the team’s number 1 WR. He has a 20% TPRR and a respectable 10.4 ADOT to go with it. The Panthers are likely going to be down a lot as the season runs out so they will be throwing at a higher clip, giving Legette the volume we need mixed with his big play ability after the catch. The Panthers have a Bye in Week 11 so you should be able to get him cheap if he is available in your league.
Adonai Mitchell (Indianapolis Colts) – 3%
While Mitchell’s production is indicative of Michael Pittman’s health, he is worth stashing regardless as he is a true WR handcuff to all three WRs on this team. He is coming off of his best game as a pro in Week 10, catching six balls for 70 receiving yards with a 95% route participation and a 16% TPRR. The Colts visit the Jets in Week 11, a defense that has taken multiple steps back since they fired Robert Saleh.
Luke McCaffrey (Washington Commanders) – 0%
LMC should be available in almost all leagues but the rookie bump could be en route for McCaffrey. He is coming off of his best game as a pro usage wise in Week 10, a game in which he had a 49% route participation with a 17% TPRR and a 21 ADOT, accounting for 26% of the Commanders air yards. Reports are that LMC is wowing in practice and it is only a matter of time before he emerges and takes on a larger role in this offense, a role that is fully up for grabs. He is more of a high upside stash than a weekly flier at this point.
TE
Will Dissly (LA Chargers) – 3%
Dissly continues to be a main part of the Chargers offense and just posted a season high with a 35% target share. He now has a 27% TPRR on the season and has averaged 9.03 PPR points since Week 7 with at least 8 PPR points in three of those four games. The Chargers host the Bengals on SNF in Week 11.
Taysom Hill (New Orleans Saints) – 0%
He is annoying as I say every week but he exists. He now has 6.2 PPR points in each of his last four games, averaging 10.9 over that span. He is matchup proof and also TD dependent but offers a solid floor and high chance of vulturing every TD chance the Saints get.
Dawson Know (Buffalo Bills) – 0%
The Bills host the Chiefs in Week 11, a defense in which has been a siiv against TEs this year. Dalton Kincaid got banged up in Week 10 and his status is up in the air for Week 11 but even if he does miss, Knox is a solid streamer against the Chiefs in Week 11.
DST
Houston Texans – 0%
The Texans should be atop everyone’s DST board this week as they visit the Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys are in limbo, unable to have the guts to flip to Trey Lance and are stuck trotting out Cooper Rush who had an embarrassing 2.0 YPA in Week 10 against the Eagles on 23 attempts. The Cowboys will be hurting to score points regardless of who they trot out there and this Texans defense is playing sharp, coming off of a five interception game against the Detroit Lions.
Cleveland Browns – 0%
I’m not buying some miracle turn around from the Saints offense that relied heavily on deep shots in order to take down the Falcons in Week 10. Teams always play a bit motivated once a coaching change is made and the Saints fit the mold of that in Week 10. Hosting the Cleveland Browns with the Browns coming off of a Bye is a different story. The Browns hold the 5th best sack rate (8.8%) and 3rd best QB Pressure Rate (40.7%) this season so I expect them to make Derek Carr’s life a living hell.
Miami Dolphins – 0%
The Dolphins defense is playing sound ball and are being well coached by Anthony Weaver. In Week 11 they will host the Las Vegas Raiders, who are coming off of a Bye. I don’t typically like attacking teams coming off of a Bye, especially ones who just changed offensive coordinators because there is a high degree of unpredictability for the defensive coordinator to plan for but from what I’ve gathered the Raiders plan to give Desmond Ridder a shot at QB. Goodluck, Vegas.
