Week 11 is here, and the bye weeks are making managing fantasy rosters even trickier than the usual glut of injuries and under-performers does. Week 12 is just around the corner. These are the players you should be picking up now to get ahead of your league mates.

• Waiver Wire Pickups: Running Backs to Stash Ahead of Week 12
• Waiver Wire Pickups: Wide Receivers to Stash Ahead of Week 12
• Waiver Wire Pickups: Tight Ends to Stash Ahead of Week 12
• Waiver Wire Pickups: Defenses to Stash Ahead of Week 12

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Waiver Wire Pickups: Quarterbacks to Stash Ahead of Week 12

Deshaun Watson (QB – CLE) – 46% Rostered

Watson is eligible to return to the team in Week 13 against his former team, the Texans. However, you’ll likely want to see how rusty Watson looks before plugging him in as a starter, in which case you might not be able to start him till Week 14 on the road against the Bengals before facing the surging Ravens at home. I’m skeptical of how good for fantasy football Watson can be coming off almost two years without a game, but he might be worth stashing just so your opponents don’t have him and giving you added depth for the playoffs.

Marcus Mariota (QB – ATL) – 40% Rostered

Through 10 weeks, Marcus Mariota is the QB12 and has had three 20+ point games in his last five games. The passing offense in Atlanta might not be a desirable one. Still, Mariota averages 6.3 rush attempts per game and, since week 5, has had an average of 42.0 rushing yards per game, which ranks fifth-highest amongst quarterbacks. Mariota has upcoming games against the Bears, Commanders and Steelers, who have all given up big fantasy days to opposing quarterbacks.

Matt Ryan (QB – IND) – 15% Rostered

With the Sam Ehlinger experiment drawn to a close, Matt Ryan is back as the starter in Indianapolis, and in Week 10, he had his second-best fantasy performance of the season. Interim head coach Jeff Saturday is a former offensive lineman himself, and it looked like he’d had an immediate effect on a unit that has played very poorly this season. If that line can keep Matt Ryan upright a little bit more, he’ll still have fantasy-relevant days this season.

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