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Written by Derek Brown
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: $5
- Desperate Need: $8
- Budget-Minded: $3
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 20.8% target share, 46 receiving yards and two touchdowns. 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.
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.
Darnell Mooney (WR – ATL): 31% Rostered
- Next Opponents: @NO, @NYJ, SEA
- True Value: $0
- Desperate Need: $1
- Budget-Minded: $0
Analysis: Drake London left the Falcons’ Week 11 loss to the Panthers with a knee injury. Darnell Mooney enters the Flex/WR3 area code if London misses any time. Mooney has been a ghost for most of the season, but over the last two games, he has averaged 7.5 targets but only 25.5 receiving yards per game. Over the next two weeks, if London is out, Mooney should find success against the Saints’ and Jets’ struggling secondaries. If we get news that London is fine and won’t miss any games, feel free to cut Mooney from your Week 11 waiver plans.
Wide Receiver Stash Candidates
Luther Burden finally passed Olamide Zaccheaus on the Bears’ depth chart in Week 11. He had a 61.1% route share with a 17.8% target share, per Pro Football Focus (PFF). He turned that into only three receptions and 28 receiving yards, but the bigger takeaway from Sunday is that Burden is finally emerging. Ben Johnson has been stubborn and holding back the talented rookie. As long as DJ Moore remains healthy and Chicago continues to feature a lot of 12/21 personnel, Burden is likely capped at a 60-65% route share, but that’s plenty of usage to produce Flex-worthy stat lines if the target share continues to tilt in his direction. Stash him now.
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