Drake London Injury: Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups

With the injury to Drake London, fantasy football managers are left with a void on their roster. Let’s check out the extent of the injury and players you can target on your fantasy football waiver wire this week. And here are all of our fantasy football waiver wire pickups for Week 12.

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Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Injury Replacements

Injury Outlook

Drake London diagnosed with PCL sprain, to miss Week 12
Drake London has been diagnosed with a PCL sprain and will miss Week 12 and potentially more time.

Fantasy Impact

It is another brutal break for the Falcons offense with Michael Penix potentially out for the season. Darnell Mooney and Kyle Pitts should see more involvement as a result with Kirk Cousins.

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Waiver Wire Replacements to Target

Wide Receivers

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Alec Pierce (WR – IND): 48% Rostered

• Next Opponents: @KC, HOU, @JAX
• True Value: $8
• Desperate Need: $12
• Budget-Minded: $6

Analysis: Alec Pierce has been on a tear, with top-24 scoring finishes in three of his last four games (WR22, WR15, WR14). A big reason for the hot streak is his dominance against single-high coverage this season. Against single-high, Pierce has produced elite per-route numbers with a 28.1% target share, 3.44 yards per route run and a 32.7% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. The good news is that six of Pierce’s last seven games are against teams that have utilized single-high as their primary coverage, or they struggle to defend perimeter wide receivers. The only exception is the Seattle Seahawks. Pierce should continue dominating with weekly WR2 upside. He is a safe Flex floor play.

Christian Watson (WR – GB): 34% Rostered

• Next Opponents: MIN, @DET, CHI
• True Value: $6
• Desperate Need: $9
• Budget-Minded: $4

Analysis: In Weeks 8-10, Christian Watson operated as the Packers’ field-stretcher, with six of his 12 targets coming downfield, and logged a 25.8-yard average depth of target (aDOT). I was extremely bullish about his outlook for Week 11, and Watson delivered with a 19.2% target share, a 33.3% first-read share, 46 receiving yards, and two touchdowns. His target share and first-read share against the Giants were season-highs. The 33.3% first-read share led the team. He’s primed to continue helping fantasy teams down the stretch with five matchups against pass defenses that struggle to defend downfield. In his final seven games, Watson faces the Bears twice, the Vikings twice, and the Ravens. All of those defenses sit inside the top seven in deep passing completion rate allowed, per Fantasy Points Data. Watson should finish the 2025 season with a flurry of fantasy points.

Michael Wilson (WR – ARI): 47% Rostered

• Next Opponents: JAX, @TB, LAR
• True Value: $2
• Desperate Need: $4
• Budget-Minded:$1

Analysis: Michael Wilson had the best game of his career last week against the 49ers. He had a 31.5% target share with 15 receptions and a staggering 185 receiving yards. I don’t think Wilson will continue to do that weekly, even if Marvin Harrison Jr. remains out following an appendectomy, but Wilson should continue to operate as the team’s No. 2 pass-catcher with some nice matchups incoming. His value will crater when Harrison returns, but you can ride the lightning until then with Wilson against the Jaguars and Buccaneers. Since Week 6, the Jaguars have allowed the most fantasy points per game to perimeter wide receivers, while the Bucs have given up the sixth-most fantasy points per game to that position during that stretch.

Mack Hollins (WR – NE): 5% Rostered

• Next Opponents: @CIN, NYG, BYE
• True Value: $2
• Desperate Need: $4
• Budget-Minded: $1

Analysis: Mack Hollins has been serving as a capable Kayshon Boutte replacement in the Patriots’ passing attack over the last two games. Since Week 10, he has had a 23.1% target share, 85 receiving yards per game (with a 16.7-yard aDOT), 2.83 yards per route run and a 27% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. In those two games, Hollins had one red-zone target and four deep targets. He should continue to operate as a strong Flex option until Boutte returns. His next two matchups are amazing. Cincinnati has been unable to stop any wide receivers not shadowed by DJ Turner. Since Week 6, the Giants have allowed the seventh-most PPR points per target to perimeter wide receivers.

Darnell Mooney (WR – ATL): 31% Rostered

• Next Opponents: @NO, @NYJ, SEA
• True Value: $2
• Desperate Need: $4
• Budget-Minded: $1

Analysis: Drake London left the Falcons’ Week 11 loss to the Panthers with a knee injury that turned out to be a PCL sprain. London is likely to miss multiple games. Darnell Mooney enters the Flex/WR3 area code with London expected to miss time. Mooney has been a ghost for most of the season, but across the last two games, he has had a 25.9% target share, a 37% air-yard share, and a 28.9% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. Now, he hasn’t done much with the volume, averaging only 25.5 receiving yards with 0.91 yards per route run, but with this type of volume and some nice matchups incoming, Mooney could surprise across the next two weeks. Since Week 7, the Jets and Saints, respectively, have ranked 15th and 18th in fantasy points per game allowed to perimeter wide receivers.

Jayden Higgins (WR – HOU): 16% Rostered

• Next Opponents: BUF, @IND, @KC
• True Value: $2
• Desperate Need: $4
• Budget-Minded: $1

Analysis: Houston remains obsessed with its wide-receiver-by-committee approach, but rookie Jayden Higgins is making a case for increased playing time. In Week 10, Higgins had a 49% route share, which isn’t great, but he had a 15.6% target share, a 22% air-yard share, a 29% target per route run rate, 42 receiving yards, 1.75 yards per route run, and a 16.7% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. In Week 11, he had a 57.4% route share, a 17% target share, and 55 receiving yards. Higgins will be on the weekly Flex radar if he continues to earn this type of volume, but he has the upside to become a weekly WR3 candidate if he can secure a full-time role down the home stretch.

Parker Washington (WR – JAX): 47% Rostered

• Next Opponents: @ARI, @TEN, IND
• True Value: $1
• Desperate Need: $2
• Budget-Minded: $0

Analysis: In Weeks 7-10, Parker Washington was WR18 in fantasy points per game with a 21.9% target share, a 34.2% air-yard share, 58.3 receiving yards per game, 1.68 yards per route run and a 25% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. In Week 11, Washington cratered with a 9% target share and 20 receiving yards. Washington will be a middling volume-based Flex play moving forward. His value will continue to plummet as Brian Thomas Jr. gets healthier and Jakobi Meyers becomes more ingrained in the Jacksonville offense.

Tyler Lockett (WR – LV): 4% Rostered

• Next Opponents: CLE, @LAC, DEN
• True Value: $1
• Desperate Need: $2
• Budget-Minded: $0

Analysis: In Week 10, Tyler Lockett ranked third on the team with a 65.7% route share, but he led the way with a 22.2% target share while recording 44 receiving yards, 1.91 yards per route run and a 21.1% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. He immediately stepped up as the No. 2 option in the passing attack behind Brock Bowers, which is quite telling about Tre Tucker. I don’t love Lockett’s next three matchups, but he should remain a low-end PPR Flex option moving forward just based on his weekly volume outlook.