Top 5 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups: Quarterbacks (Week 11)

We will have you covered throughout the fantasy football season with our bevy of tools, including our Waiver Wire Assistant. Find the top available players and get detailed analysis on how potential fantasy football waiver wire adds will impact your team. Of course, our team of analysts will also have written advice each week. Check out some of our top fantasy football waiver wire quarterbacks to target for the week below. And also be sure to check out all of our fantasy football waiver wire pickups for Week 11.

Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets: Quarterbacks

Quarterbacks

Written by Ellis Bryn Johnson

Jacoby Brissett (QB – ARI): 20% Rostered

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

Analysis: The year is 2025, and Jacoby Brissett has finished as a top-12 fantasy quarterback in four consecutive games. This is the world we live in. With Kyler Murray on injured reserve (IR) and the new Call of Duty being released on Friday, it’s all systems go for Brissett. Whether he has faced good defenses (like the Packers and Seahawks) or bad defenses (like the Cowboys), Brissett has thrown for more than 250 yards and two scores in each game. He also has 15 rushing attempts in his last three games, further boosting his fantasy floor. If you recently lost Jayden Daniels or have been piecing together the position, you may have found your quarterback to start down the stretch.

Marcus Mariota (QB – WSH): 14% Rostered

Next Opponents: @MIA, BYE, DEN
True Value: $2
Desperate Need: $4
Budget-Minded: $1

Analysis: It has been a lost season for the Commanders, but Marcus Mariota is doing his best to show that he still has what it takes to be an NFL quarterback. Despite the Commanders getting boat-raced by the Lions in Week 10, Mariota completed 16-of-22 passes for 213 yards and two scores. He’s also had 20+ rushing yards in each of his four starts. In Week 11, the Commanders take on the Dolphins, who have allowed the eighth-most fantasy points to the quarterback position and have given up four touchdown runs to quarterbacks. If you need a big week from a waiver wire signal-caller, Mariota’s ability to run and command this offense makes him an intriguing start in a great matchup for Week 11.

Michael Penix Jr. (QB – ATL): 22% Rostered

Next Opponents: CAR, @NO, @NYJ
True Value: $2
Desperate Need: $4
Budget-Minded: $0

Analysis: The Falcons must be a frustrating team to root for this year. Despite having huge wins against the Bills and Commanders (before they fell off), the Falcons have lost two games on missed kicks at the buzzer, and now they’ve lost an overtime game to the Colts. Thankfully, their schedule has a few favorable matchups coming up. This week, the Falcons face the Panthers, who shocked the league by shutting out the Falcons in Week 3. To the surprise of most, the Panthers have had a decent defense this season, allowing the 12th-fewest fantasy points to quarterbacks. That said, they just allowed Tyler Shough to throw for 282 yards, two scores and zero interceptions en route to his first career win. With the abundance of talent on this offense, Penix is one of the safest waiver quarterbacks, but he continues to have a limited ceiling due to his lack of rushing production.

Aaron Rodgers (QB – PIT): 37% Rostered

Next Opponents: CIN, @CHI, BUF
True Value: $2
Desperate Need: $3
Budget-Minded: $0

Analysis: Aaron Rodgers hasn’t been a high-scoring fantasy quarterback this season, but he has consistently produced double-digit fantasy points. With four weeks between 10 and 12 fantasy points and only two weeks over 20 points, he is a high-floor, low-ceiling option this year. In Week 10, he ran into a great game plan by Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter. However, over the next two weeks, he faces the Bengals and the Bears, who both rank in the top four in fantasy points allowed to the quarterback position. The last time he faced the Bengals, he and Joe Flacco combined for 570 yards and seven passing touchdowns. If there was ever a game for Rodgers to crack 25 points for the second time this season, it may be this matchup. Rodgers is a safe fill-in quarterback each week and has serviceable upside in favorable matchups.

Tua Tagovailoa (QB – MIA): 19% Rostered

Next Opponents: WSH, BYE, NOS
True Value: $0
Desperate Need: $1
Budget-Minded: $0

Analysis: Plug your nose, close your eyes, take some Pepto-Bismol, do whatever it takes to stomach the possibility of putting Tua Tagovailoa in your lineup this week. Let’s start with why you might want to play him in Week 11. The Dolphins face the Commanders, who are allowing an average of 8.8 yards per pass attempt (most in the league) and an average of 311.3 passing yards per game over their last three games (second-most in the league). End of list. The bad? Tagovailoa has only finished as a top-15 quarterback twice this season. In 40% of his games, he has finished outside of the top 24 at the position. That includes finishing as the QB34 in Week 7. There are 32 teams in the NFL, and two teams were on bye that week. The Dolphins are also averaging the seventh-fewest passing yards per game. With that all said, they are playing the Commanders. Tagovailoa could have a good week in a favorable matchup, but we have also seen the Dolphins bottom out.