Waiver Favors™: 2024 Week 11 Fantasy Football Pickups
By Ha Kung Wong Week 11 Fantasy Football Pickups
Twitter: @FBGarbageTime
As I do every year over the last 12 years, I’m here to help with waiver wire adds via my weekly Waiver Favors™ article!I’ll make a couple suggestions for after Week 11 of the 2024 fantasy football season that hopefully will keep your team running. You’re welcome. Again.
As usual, all pickups are available in at least 50% of Yahoo standard fantasy football leagues (with some minor exceptions) as of Sunday evening.
And don’t forget that I have my previous recommended pickups this season at the end of the article, categorized by which leagues I would still pick them up in.
Last week, I made a number of suggestions for pickups, and many of those still stand if their available in your league, such as Jauan Jennings, Jerry Jeudy, Elijah Moore and Marquez Valdes-Scantling. Here are the new waiver wire suggestions:
Anthony Richardson
QB – Indianapolis Colts – 47% Owned
He’s back! Three weeks after being benched for Joe Flacco, who apparently the Colts thought gave them the best chance to win games (which was questionable even when Richardson was sucking wind) Richardson was re-named the starter and managed to complete 20 of 30 passes for 272 yards and a TD while also rushing 10 times for 32 yards and 2 more TDs. We all know he has a great rushing floor, but he was on target through the air this week so, after being dropped in numerous leagues, he’s back on the starter radar in all 10-team leagues or deeper.
| Season | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | Y/G | Rate | QBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | IND | 4 | 50 | 84 | 59.5 | 577 | 3 | 1 | 144.3 | 87.3 | 45.0 |
| 2024 | IND | 6 | 59 | 133 | 44.4 | 958 | 4 | 7 | 159.7 | 57.2 | 37.6 |
| 2 Yr | 2 Yr | 10 | 109 | 217 | 50.2 | 1535 | 7 | 8 | 153.5 | 68.8 | |
| 17 G | 17 G | 17 | 185 | 369 | 50.2 | 2610 | 12 | 14 | 153.5 | 68.8 |
| Rush | Rush | Rush | Rush | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | G | Att | Yds | TD | Y/G |
| 2023 | IND | 4 | 25 | 136 | 4 | 34.0 |
| 2024 | IND | 6 | 41 | 242 | 1 | 40.3 |
| 2 Yr | 2 Yr | 10 | 66 | 378 | 5 | 37.8 |
| 17 G | 17 G | 17 | 112 | 643 | 9 | 37.8 |
Audric Estime
RB – Denver Broncos – 51% Owned
Audric Estime broke out with 14 carries in Week 10 and got some props from coach Sean Payton but then took a bit of a back seat again in Week 11 with 6 carries and 3 receptions on 3 targets. The good news however is that they’re starting to use Estime in the passing game, something the Broncos haven’t done previously, his first target was in the 1st quarter, so it wasn’t just a product of garbage time (and you know how much we love garbage time). It appears his involvement is starting to grow, which means we like him as an upside stash in 14-team leagues or deeper.
Jonnu Smith
TE – Miami Dolphins – 53% Owned
As we’ve mentioned, the TE position has been a wasteland and totally unpredictable. Jonnu Smith has been regularly involved with the Dolphins offense since Tua’s return, but really went off catching 6 of 8 targets for 101 yards and 2 TDs in Week 11. It’s pretty clear that even with Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle, Tua loves looking for Smith, so he’s worth a pickup in all 12-team leagues or deeper.
UPDATE for Monday Night Football
Check back after Monday Night!
Here are pickups that I’ve discussed in previous “Waiver Favors” and where I think they should be picked up:10-Team Leagues
RB – J.K. Dobbins, Chase Brown, Kareem Hunt
WR – Darnell Mooney
12-Team Leagues
QB – Kirk Cousins, Justin Herbert, Bo Nix
RB – Braelon Allen, Trey Benson, Bucky Irving, Tyrone Tracy Jr.
WR – Jalen Coker, Romeo Doubs, Josh Downs, Jauan Jennings, Jerry Jeudy, Xavier Legette, Darius Slayton, Cedric Tillman, Marquez Valdes-Scantling
TE – Tyler Conklin, Will Dissly, Zach Ertz, Mike Gesicki, Hunter Henry, Tucker Kraft, Cade Otton
14-Team Leagues
QB – Drake Maye
RB – Tank Bigsby, Jeremy McNichols
WR – Calvin Austin III, DeMario Douglas, Mack Hollins, DeAndre Hopkins, Quentin Johnston, Jalen Nailor, Demarcus Robinson, Wan’Dale Robinson, Sterling Shepard, Adam Thielen, Alec Pierce, Mike Williams, Michael Wilson, Elijah Moore, Devaughn Vele, Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, Dontayvion Wicks
TE – Theo Johnson
16-Team Leagues or Deeper
RB – Jordan Mason
WR – Tutu Atwell, Tyler Johnson, John Metchie, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Parker Washington
Check back every week for more Waiver Favors!