Top 5 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Priority Pickups (Week 13)

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 pickups for Week 13. Here are our latest fantasy football waiver wire rankings and top fantasy football waiver wire pickups to target for the week.

Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Rankings & Top Targets: Week 13

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

Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups to Target

Devin Neal (RB – NO): 3% Rostered

Next Opponents: @MIA, @TB, CAR
True Value: $12
Desperate Need: $18
Budget-Minded: $7

Analysis: Alvin Kamara left the Saints’ Week 12 game against the Falcons with a knee injury that has been diagnosed as an MCL sprain. Kamara is expected to miss multiple weeks, leaving Devin Neal as the next man up in the New Orleans backfield. The sixth-round rookie was projected to be a steady, well-rounded back entering the NFL. On Sunday, Neal did most of his damage in the receiving game, catching five passes for 43 yards. He had seven carries for 18 yards. Taysom Hill is going to help with the rushing duties, too. Hill had a team-high 10 carries for the Saints on Sunday. Still, with some positive matchups coming up, Neal becomes a flex option with Kamara out.

Christian Watson (WR – GB): 48% Rostered

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

Analysis: In Week 11, Christian Watson was the WR6 in fantasy scoring while seeing a 19.2% target share and a 28.6% air-yard share with 46 receiving yards, 2.00 yards per route run and a team-leading 33.3% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. Watson didn’t have a monster game in Week 12, but he did lead the Packers with a 31.8% target share and 49 receiving yards. Watson has been stepping into the No. 1 WR chair for the Green Bay offense over the last two games. In addition to the volume bump, Watson owns the downfield role for the Packers, which should prove to be fruitful down the stretch. For the remainder of the season, he has two games against the Bears, a meeting with the Ravens and a rematch with the Vikings. All of those defenses sit inside the top eight for deep ball completion rate allowed. Watson could prove to be the weekly WR3 who can put your team over the top.

Jayden Higgins (WR – HOU): 22% Rostered

Next Opponents: @IND, @KC, ARI
True Value: $7
Desperate Need: $10
Budget-Minded: $5

Analysis: Last week, Jayden Higgins took another step toward becoming a wide receiver who can be a difference-maker in the final weeks of the fantasy season. He has slowly seen his route share growing, and last week the Texans doused it with Miracle-Gro. Higgins had a 67.7% route share while gobbling up a 30% target share and 38.9% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. He finished the Texans’ Week 12 win over the Bills with 38 receiving yards, a touchdown, two red-zone targets and two deep targets. Since Week 10, Higgins’ per-route metrics have been filthy, with a 33% target per route run rate, 1.93 yards per route run and a 22.9% first-read share. He’s quickly becoming a weekly WR3 for fantasy, who should enjoy some spike weeks to close the season.

Colston Loveland (TE – CHI): 43% Rostered

Next Opponents: @PHI, @GB, CLE
True Value: $2
Desperate Need: $4
Budget-Minded: $1

Analysis: Colston Loveland finally did it. He overtook Cole Kmet to lead the tight end room in Week 12 with a 65% snap rate and 68.4% route share, per PFF. He had a 14.2% target share that he turned into 49 receiving yards and a touchdown. Loveland’s talent is unquestioned. If he can continue to eat away at Kmet’s playing time, he should flirt with TE1 production moving forward, despite his upcoming matchups not being great.

Dalton Schultz (TE – HOU): 47% Rostered

Next Opponents: @IND, @KC, ARI
True Value: $4
Desperate Need: $6
Budget-Minded: $2

Analysis: Since Week 3, Dalton Schultz has had an 18.2% target share with 48.9 receiving yards per game, 1.60 yards per route run and a 20.4% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. In those nine games, he has seen six red-zone targets, five deep targets and averaged 10.7 PPR points per game. Schultz should be a strong TE1 in two of the next three weeks. The Colts and Cardinals have bled out production to tight ends all season. Indianapolis has allowed the second-most receiving yards and fantasy points per game to the position. Arizona has given up the ninth-most receiving yards and the eighth-most fantasy points per game to tight ends.