Tom Strachan | Sat, Nov 8th 2025, 7:53am EST

9 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Stashes Ahead of Week 11 (2025)

We are on the cusp of the fantasy football playoffs, and whether you’re playing for positioning or just pride, these games still matter a whole lot, and every roster transaction and fantasy football waiver wire move you make is vitally important.

While your leaguemates concentrate on the immediate fixtures, you can gain an edge by looking to next week and seeing which fantasy football players might be worth picking up off the waiver wire ahead of time to gain an advantage. Instead of fighting things out on the waiver wire, these players could join your roster for free, now.

We use rostership data from Yahoo, which provides a large sample size and tends to be fairly reliable. We understand you’ll be dying to say ‘he’s not available in my league’ to every suggestion, even regarding players available in fewer than 10% of leagues. However, by selecting players typically rostered in 50% or fewer of leagues, we should have a good range of players available in many leagues.

We’ve hit a really difficult part of the schedule for waivers and stashes, with the bye weeks coming thick and fast; it’s pretty bleak out there. This week, the column will aim to give you a few streamers for Week 11, but also some valuable stashes going forward.

Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Stashes Ahead of Week 11

Week 11 Bye Weeks

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Aaron Rodgers (QB – PIT) | 37% Rostered

It’s still not the Aaron Rodgers of the glory days, but Rodgers is playing his best football since 2021, posting his best completion rate (68.7%) and yards per attempt (seven) since that year. While he’s still throwing more interceptions than in the glory days and checking down the ball a lot, he’s usable for fantasy football, which is a lot more than can be said for his days with the Jets.

Next week, Rodgers and the Steelers take on the hopeless Bengals defense, who rank 32nd in pass defense and also allows the most fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks. If you’ve got Daniel Jones heading towards a bye week, Rodgers is an ideal Week 11 streamer.

Tua Tagovailoa (QB – MIA) | 19% Rostered

It’s ugly on waivers at this time of year, and if Aaron Rodgers isn’t available, Tua Tagovailoa might be the next best option as he and the Dolphins take on the Washington Commanders. Tagovailoa is in must-win and must-perform territory, or we could be seeing Quinn Ewers or Zach Wilson real soon.

However, this game isn’t one Tagovailoa should be afraid of with Washington 29th in pass defense expected points added (EPA) allowed per dropback, and they just lost Marshon Lattimore for the year. While Tagovailoa is still an incredibly limited and average quarterback, he has passed for over 200 yards in four of his last five games. With the Dolphins’ defense forcing them into pass-heavy scripts, we can use him for fantasy when desperate.

Brian Robinson Jr. (RB – SF) | 24% Rostered

We often talk in this column about the valuable stash players we should roster in case of emergency, and Brian Robinson Jr. could be one of the more valuable ones that your league is overlooking. Christian McCaffrey leads the league with 229 total touches, 45 more than Jonathan Taylor, who has the second-most touches.

For his part, McCaffrey hasn’t been popping up on injury reports or in danger of missing time, but we’ve all done this rodeo before. If something were to happen to McCaffrey, Robinson could see a substantial volume of touches. Robinson, for his part, has 41 attempts and is averaging 4.8 yards per carry. He doesn’t offer as much in the receiving game, but the volume alone is worth considering.

Isaiah Davis (RB – NYJ) | 11% Rostered

While Brian Robinson Jr. might need an injury to be relevant, Isaiah Davis might not. Breece Hall seemed rather perturbed to not be traded at the deadline and is heading towards the end of his contract, seemingly on a team that he doesn’t want to play for, which doesn’t make for strong confidence levels.

Davis has seen an increased role with Braelon Allen on injured reserve (IR), and he peaked with a season-high 28% running back rush share and a season-high 16.7% target share in Week 8. Ideally, we’d see that number continue to climb higher, but at a minimum, Davis is worth rostering in case Hall suddenly decides he has a tight hamstring going forward.

Chris Rodriguez (RB – WSH) | 4% Rostered

The Jacory Croskey-Merritt story has been fun, but the results haven’t been as great of late. Despite ranking 15th in yards per carry (4.68), he hasn’t rushed for more than 38 yards in any of his last three games, hasn’t scored a touchdown since Week 5 and hasn’t been over 3.17 yards per carry in any of his last three games.

Unfortunately for Croskey-Merritt, it seems like some work might be disappearing from his plate and heading towards Chris Rodriguez, who has been named a team captain for this week’s game against the Lions. Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury also praised Rodriguez for his ability to pick up the simple yards and get what’s blocked.

Rodriguez gets a great matchup in Week 11 against the Dolphins, who have struggled against the run all year and have allowed the eighth-most fantasy points to the position.

Alec Pierce (WR – IND) | 41% Rostered

Despite an impending bye week after the Colts’ trip to Germany, Alec Pierce should be rostered everywhere. The Colts felt happy enough to trade away Adonai Mitchell in part because Pierce is playing the field-stretching role they need to pair with Josh Downs and Michael Pittman in such a great way.

Since Week 6, Pierce has averaged 7.8 targets per game with 65+ receiving yards in three out of four games. His 0.23 targets per route run would be respectable for most players, but it’s even more respectable for Pierce when you consider his average depth of target (aDOT) of 19.7 is the highest of any receiver with 30+ targets. Pierce is breaking out and should be rostered everywhere.

Jayden Reed (WR – GB) | 35% Rostered

The Packers are mourning the loss of Tucker Kraft, and Matt LaFleur has talked about how players will have to step up in his absence. One player capable of being a volume option in this offense is Jayden Reed, who is on IR after breaking his collarbone in Week 2.

It’s a little murky as to when Reed might return, but if you’re able to grab him and move him on to an IR spot, that feels like a no-brainer. Reed had 45 yards and a touchdown to open the season before his injury in the second game. In each of the last two seasons, Reed has had at least six touchdowns and averaged over 12 yards per reception. This one might not bring immediate returns, but it’s worth considering all the same.

Colston Loveland (TE – CHI) | 46% Rostered

Regular readers will remember the days when we were talking about 11% rostered Colston Loveland as a stash and how 23% rostered Loveland should be picked up and played everywhere against the woeful Bengals last week. Now, at 46% rostered, Loveland is a tougher stash to acquire but worthwhile all the same.

The Bears were using Cole Kmet specifically in the running game as a run blocker. When Loveland was on the field, they were typically passing. Ideally, we’d see Loveland not come off the field, but things continue to trend in the right direction. Since Week 3, Loveland ranks fourth in yards per route run among tight ends. After the miraculous game-winning touchdown last week, we should expect more volume to come his way.

Theo Johnson (TE) | 42% Rostered

The Giants have been one of the surprisingly fun stories of the NFL this year with Jaxson Dart‘s emergence at quarterback, and it’s helped Theo Johnson become a more consistent fantasy asset. Since Dart entered the lineup in Week 4, Johnson has been a top-15 tight end in four of his six games.

Johnson isn’t creating the kind of yardage we’d prefer with just one game over 35 receiving yards, but he does have a nose for the end zone with five touchdowns since Dart became the starter. Five touchdowns go a long way at the tight end position, with only Tucker Kraft, Jake Ferguson and Dallas Goedert having more. In Week 11, the Giants play the Packers, who have allowed five tight end touchdowns through eight games played.

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