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Welcome to the Fantasy Football Waiver Wire for Week 12. After a few weeks with slim pickings, we’ve got more to choose from this week, partly due to a bunch of fresh injuries. Just when you thought it was safe to go outside…
With the fantasy playoffs just three weeks away and the final two Bye weeks looming, working the wire to your advantage this week could be crucial. Make sure you check for the latest injury updates before you put in your claims, as some situations are fluid.
The Process***:*** Each week, I try to identify the top Waiver Wire targets and evaluate the short- and long-term prospects of those players. I also do my best to reveal which players who are coming off a big week are fool’s gold. Finally, I look at streamers who might help you in a pinch.
Note that I’m writing this column BEFORE the Week 11 Monday night game (DAL@LV).
Some players discussed won’t be available in your league. I try to list players who are available in more than 50% of leagues. But what does that even mean? A 10-team league with six bench spots will have a much larger Free Agent pool than a 14-team league with eight. Most leagues fall somewhere in between. This isn’t “one size fits all.” By way of example, I won’t list Jaxson Dart, R.J. Harvey, Kyle Monangai, Alec Pierce, Christian Watson, Jakobi Meyers, or Colston Loveland, among others who probably aren’t available in any of your leagues.
WEEK 12 BYES: DEN, LAC, MIA, WAS
Week 12 Waiver Wire
Quarterback:
Quarterback availability varies widely between 1-QB and Superflex/2-QB leagues.
Let’s get this out of the way: If either Joe Burrow or Brock Purdy is available in your league, put in a claim, even if you don’t need them. Somebody else does.
I’m not convinced Burrow will be back in two weeks, given the sorry state of the Bengals. Why rush him back to a 4-7 or 3-8 team with a bad O-line? But if he does return, the combination of his weapons and that atrocious defense should be the same recipe for fantasy gold that we got last season.
Purdy returned on Sunday to an offense that’s finally getting everyone healthy, and he looked great. His 19.3 fantasy points make him the QB4 for the week, heading into Monday night. The 49ers’ defense is decimated, and not very good, and shootouts are likely. I think he’s a Top-10 QB the rest of the way.
Tua Tagovailoa, Jacoby Brissett, Sam Darnold, and Trevor Lawrence won’t be available in most Superflex leagues, but they’re the obvious places to start if you need long-term help, a streamer, or an injury replacement in a 1-QB league. Tua is on a Bye in Week 12, Darnold is coming off a 4-INT game to forget, and Brissett just set the record for completions in a game, with 47. Do what you want with that information.
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