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Welcome to the Fantasy Football Waiver Wire for Week 13, and an early Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Thanksgiving week is tricky for fantasy, with three games on Thanksgiving Day, one on Black Friday, eleven on Sunday, and one on Monday. That also makes it a tricky week for marriages/relationships. I don’t pretend to offer relationship advice. But for fantasy, it can be hard to navigate that kind of staggered schedule with players who are uncertain to play due to injuries — and there are plenty of those.
The good news is that for the first time since Week 4, no teams are on Bye in Week 13. But four teams are on Bye in Week 14, and with the fantasy playoffs starting the week after that, this is a good week to look ahead at the schedule and grab what you need for Week 14, and that’s especially true with weaker-than-normal Waiver Wire offerings this week.
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 12 Monday night game (CAR@SF).
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 Joe Burrow, Kareem Hunt, R.J. Harvey, Kyle Monangai, Emmanuel Wilson, Kenneth Gainwell, Michael Wilson, Ricky Pearsall, or Colston Loveland, among others who probably aren’t available in any of your leagues.
WEEK 13 BYES: NONE
Week 13 Waiver Wire
Quarterback:
Quarterback availability varies widely between 1-QB and Superflex/2-QB leagues.
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.
Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud, Tyrod Taylor, and Marcus Mariota (for however long he starts) are a step below the group above. Mariota and Taylor have rushing upside. Young is coming off his best game of the season, but was mostly dreadful before that, so keep an eye on his Monday night performance. Stroud has missed the last three games, and the resurgent Texans won them all behind Davis Mills, but I don’t expect a quarterback controversy when Stroud is ready, which I assume will be this week.
If you’re truly stuck in a 2QB/Superflex format, keep reading.
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