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Top 10 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups: Wide Receiver (Week 11)

We will have you covered throughout the fantasy football season with our bevy of tools, including our Waiver Wire Assistant. Find the top available players and get detailed analysis on how potential fantasy football waiver wire adds will impact your team. Of course, our team of analysts will also have written advice each week. Check out some of our top Wide Receiver fantasy football waiver wire targets for the week below. And also be sure to check out all of our full fantasy football waiver wire advice for the week.

Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets: Wide Receiver

WIDE RECEIVERS

Written by Derek Brown

Ricky Pearsall (SF): 37% rostered

  • Next Opponents: SEA, @GB, @BUF
  • True value: $3
  • Desperate Need: $5
  • Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: Brock Purdy was dealing in Week 10, and Pearsall had a surprisingly nice game. Pearsall played 64% of the 49ers’ offensive snaps while drawing a 16.6% target share and finishing with 73 receiving yards and a score. The majority of his yardage came on an impressive 46-yard reception for a touchdown. Pearsall not only has contingent upside if any of the 49ers’ skill players miss time, but he has a wonderful matchup this week that could propel him to WR3/flex consideration. Seattle has allowed the 10th-most fantasy points per game to wide receivers.

Elijah Moore (CLE): 8% rostered

  • Next Opponents: @NO, PIT, @DEN
  • True value: $3
  • Desperate Need: $5
  • Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: If you had asked me at the beginning of the season if there were any way I would be typing up reasons to pick up Moore in Week 11 as a nice flex play, I would have told you, “Hell no.” But here we are. Since Jameis Winston assumed the starting QB role for the Browns, Moore has had a 23% target share, 1.49 yards per route run, and a 23.9% first-read share, with one top-24 wide receiver finish (WR22). Moore should help Winston have a nice revenge game against a Saints secondary that has allowed the 10th-most fantasy points per game and sixth-most receiving yards per game to opposing slot receivers (per Fantasy Points Data). Moore should also have flex viability in Week 12 against the Steelers, who since Week 5 have quietly allowed the 11th-most fantasy points per game to slot receivers.

Jalen Coker (CAR): 8% rostered

  • Next Opponents: BYE, KC, TB
  • True value: $3
  • Desperate Need: $5
  • Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: Coker didn’t finish with a monster box score in Week 10, but there’s a ton to love here. He led the team with 41 receiving yards and a massive 32% target share. Yes, I know this is a Bryce Young-led passing offense, but Andy Dalton could return as the starter any week, which would raise the weekly floor and ceiling for Coker. If the talented rookie receiver continues to earn volume at this type of clip, the fantasy points will follow after the bye. Coker has two beautiful matchups coming out of the bye against the Chiefs and Bucs, who have allowed the second-most and third-most fantasy points per game to slot receivers, respectively (per Fantasy Points Data).

Mike Williams (PIT): 18% rostered

  • Next Opponents: BAL, @CLE, @CIN
  • True value: $3
  • Desperate Need: $5
  • Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: Mike Wiliams only played nine snaps and ran seven routes in Week 10. He only drew one target but made it count with a 32-yard touchdown reception. Williams is a priority pickup this week, as his role will surely expand moving forward, and the incoming matchups are glorious. Over the next three weeks, he faces Baltimore (second-most), Cleveland (seventh-most), and Cincy (eighth-most), who all find themselves inside the top eight in fantasy points per game allowed to perimeter wide receivers (per Fantasy Points Data).

Quentin Johnston (LAC): 41% rostered

  • Next Opponents: CIN, BAL, @ATL
  • True value: $3
  • Desperate Need: $5
  • Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: Johnston can’t keep doing this, can he? While he only drew an 11.1% target share in Week 10, and Justin Herbert only threw the ball 18 times (thanks to Jim Harbaugh), Johnston still scored a touchdown and finished with 24 receiving yards. That was Johnston’s fourth game this season, in which he finished with at least 24 receiving yards and a score. He has five receiving touchdowns in seven games. Johnston could keep the train rolling in the next three games. Cincy (eighth-most), Baltimore (second-most), and Atlanta (11th-most) all sit inside the top 12 in fantasy points per game allowed to perimeter wide receivers (per Fantasy Points Data).

Jerry Jeudy (CLE): 45% rostered

  • Next Opponents: @NO, PIT, @DEN
  • True value: $2
  • Desperate Need: $4
  • Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: In Jameis Winston‘s two starts for the Browns, Jeudy has finished WR37 and WR25 in weekly fantasy scoring. In those games, he drew a 21.8% target share, 27.4% air-yard share and 23.9% first-read share, producing 76 receiving yards per game and 1.67 yards per route run (per Fantasy Points Data). If you lick up Jeudy, do it with the mindset of starting him this week. His schedule the rest of the way sn’t pretty, but in Week 11, Jeudy has a wonderful matchup against a Saints secondary that has allowed the sixth-most receiving yards per game to perimeter wide receivers.

Adonai Mitchell (IND): 6% rostered

  • Next Opponents: @NYJ, DET, @NE
  • True value: $1
  • Desperate Need: $2
  • Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: Mitchell played well in his first game as a full-time receiver in the Colts’ offense. With Michael Pittman Jr. sidelined, Mitchell played 94% of the offensive snaps, finishing with a 17.1% target share and 71 scoreless receiving yards. He’s worth a pickup this week with an eye toward flexing him against the Lions or Patriots. Detroit has allowed the ninth-most receiving yards per game to perimeter wide receivers (per Fantasy Points Data). New England checks in with the 13th-most receiving yards per game allowed to boundary receivers.

Alec Pierce (IND): 15% rostered

  • Next Opponents: @NYJ, DET, @NE
  • True value: $1
  • Desperate Need: $2
  • Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: Pierce has been a diamond in the rough this season. He’s had a strong third year, holding off Adonai Mitchell all year. On Sunday, Pierce had his fourth game of the season with at least 56 receiving yards and a score. The difficult part with Pierce is that he has done this so randomly outside of his matchup with Jacksonville that it’s unlikely many fantasy GMs in managed leagues have benefited from his ceiling outings. While no one should be looking to play Pierce in Week 11 against the Jets, he then has two nice matchups against the Lions and Patriots. Detroit has allowed the ninth-most receiving yards per game to perimeter wide receivers (per Fantasy Points Data). New England checks in with the 13th-most receiving yards per game allowed to boundary receivers.

Marquez Valdes-Scantling (NO): 1% rostered

  • Next Opponents: CLE, BYE, LAR
  • True value: $1
  • Desperate Need: $2
  • Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: Valdes-Scantling made the most of his 12% target share and 57% snap rate in Week 10. He popped off with a vintage Valdes-Scantling boxscore, with three receptions for 109 receiving yards and two scores. He should be a starter in New Orleans moving forward with the Saints’ depleted WR depth chart. I wouldn’t go overboard with bids this week for Valdes-Scantling, but he does have nice matchups in his next two games, considering his skill set. The Browns and Rams have respectively allowed the fourth-most and sixth-most deep receiving yards this season (per Fantasy Points Data).

Demarcus Robinson (LAR): 38% rostered

  • Next Opponents: @NE, PHI, @NO
  • True value: $1
  • Desperate Need: $2
  • Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: Robinson has been giving off 2023 vibes lately, as he has reverted to being a touchdown-scoring machine. Over the last two games, he has finished as the WR18 and WR5 in weekly fantasy scoring, with four receiving touchdowns. Since Week 8, Robinson has had a 15.4% target share, 26.8% air-yard share, 18.5% first-read share and 2.22 yards per route run (per Fantasy Points Data). He has juicy matchups in two of his next three games against the Patriots and Saints, giving him flex viability.

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