Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Advice: Pickups to Avoid (Week 12)

Let’s take a look at players who had strong weekly performances, but our analysts aren’t buying it as they look ahead to this week and beyond. Here are a few players to avoid when making your fantasy football waiver wire pickups. And here’s all of our fantasy football Week 12 waiver wire advice and targets.

Waiver Wire Pickups to Avoid

FOOL’S GOLD

With rookie WR Michael Wilson scratched for Week 11 due to a shoulder injury, Greg Dortch saw an enhanced role for the Cardinals in Week 11, playing 75.4% of the offensive snaps and finishing with 6-76-0 on seven targets. Wilson might not be out for long, and when he comes back, Dortch’s offensive snaps will evaporate. Even if Wilson is out for a while, the fantasy ceiling is low for Dortch, who has two career TD catches in 33 games.

Darius Slayton had a season-high 82 receiving yards and scored his first touchdown of the year against Washington in Week 11. But Slayton also sustained an arm injury, and even if it’s minor, he isn’t a usable fantasy asset with undrafted rookie Tommy DeVito quarterbacking the Giants.