Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Rankings & Pickups (Week 12)

Our analysts combine to provide rankings for weekly fantasy football waiver wire targets. We’ll help you prioritize your bids for the week ahead. Check out our full expert consensus fantasy football waiver wire rankings and all of our fantasy football waiver wire advice for the week.

Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Rankings

Note: Players chosen based upon having early-week consensus roster percent below 50%.

Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups to Target

Emanuel Wilson (RB – GB): 7% Rostered

Next Opponents: MIN, @DET, CHI
True Value: $17
Desperate Need: $25
Budget-Minded: $9

Analysis: Josh Jacobs, who has been one of the NFL’s most consistent running backs over the last two seasons, left the Packers’ Week 11 game against the Giants in the second quarter with a knee injury and didn’t return. Replacing Jacobs was Emanuel Wilson, who played 70.9% of the snaps in this game. Wilson carried 11 times for 40 yards and a touchdown, adding a nine-yard reception. The Packers’ other running back, Chris Brooks, played only 9.1% of the snaps. Wilson has flashed in the past, with big preseason performances and some explosive plays in relief duties. Early reports suggest Jacobs’ knee injury is not season-ending. However, it sounds as if he will miss some time. As a result, Wilson is our top waiver wire recommendation this week. If you are making a playoff push, go big for Wilson as the lead back on a team that has had its running backs score at least one touchdown in all but one of its games this season.

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.

Jacoby Brissett (QB – ARI): 33% Rostered

Next Opponents: JAX, @TB, LAR
True Value: $5
Desperate Need: $8
Budget-Minded: $3

Analysis: Jacoby Brissett has given the Cardinals’ offense new life over the second half of the season. Setting an NFL record for completions in a game (47) in Week 11, the journeyman quarterback has been slinging the rock lately. Brissett put together his fifth consecutive top-12 fantasy performance at quarterback, throwing for 452 yards and two touchdowns against the 49ers. At this point, Brissett is an every-week starter and should be rostered in all leagues. It always helps when you can lean on tight end Trey McBride, but in Week 11, without Marvin Harrison Jr., Brissett squeezed 185 yards out of Michael Wilson. Grab Brissett as an every-week play for the rest of the season.