NFL Week 12 Fantasy Waiver Wire: Top Targets (Emanuel Wilson, Bryce Young & More)

Peter Klein

Act fast! Your complete waiver wire guide for NFL Week 12 before waivers run Wednesday morning. The best available fantasy football pickups across every position to save your season.  🔥 TOP WAIVER WIRE TARGETS:  MUST-ADD: RB Emanuel Wilson (GB) - 10% owned - NEW RB1 with Jacobs injured, grab him NOW QB Bryce Young (CAR) - 14% owned - Coming off 31.82 fantasy points, faces banged-up 49ers defense RB Kenneth Gainwell (PIT) - 34% owned - 2 TDs last week, 17 opportunities, favorable schedule ahead  HIGH-UPSIDE ADDS: QB Jacoby Brissett (ARI) - 35% owned - Completions record last week, faces Jacksonville QB Tyrod Taylor (NYJ) - 1% owned - New Jets starter against defense giving up big QB games WR Jayden Higgins (HOU) - 17% owned - 7+ targets in 3 of last 4 games WR Xavier Legette (CAR) - 8% owned - Home run swing vs 49ers RB Sean Tucker (TB) - 28% owned - Massive game last week RB Bam Knight (ARI) - 18% owned - 9+ opportunities in 5 of 6 games  SMART STASHES: WR Hollywood Brown (KC) - 23% owned - 4+ targets almost every game RB Tank Bigsby (PHI) & Blake Corum (LAR) - The handcuffs you want TE AJ Barner (SEA) - 9% owned - Great matchups ahead DST Indianapolis vs KC - 34% owned - Yes, against Kansas City  💡 Perfect for fantasy managers who missed out on the top waiver adds or need streaming options for Week 12 and beyond.  ❓ WHO ARE YOU TARGETING? Drop your waiver wire questions in the comments and I'll help you decide!  🔔 SUBSCRIBE for weekly waiver wire advice, start/sit decisions, and fantasy football help all season!  📱 @PrimetimeKlein | 🎙️ Couch Potato Diary Podcast #FantasyFootball #WaiverWire #NFLWeek12  🎧 Listen on: Apple https://apple.co/49NGm2L | Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3QgazeHcSKSteZbBIubcuM?si=icY7NEBvT7yZadv_JFlT6Q  💬 Follow for live breakdowns: https://x.com/primetimeklein | https://www.twitch.tv/primetimepk  | https://kick.com/primetimepk  🔗 Support the Show:   - Tip Jar: https://streamelements.com/couchpotatodiary/tip (fuels more content!)   - Partners: C of Dead http://cofdead403.ca/ | Swift Energy https://www.swiftenergy.gg/?ref=mriusnqm PROMO CODE: PKPrimetime for 25% Off!

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00:00It is another waiver wire and a very important one as for some the trade deadline is done.

00:06This is your only chance to add some key pieces for a potential title run.

00:10So let's help you out and get ready for another big week in the world of fantasy football.

00:21The fantasy football waiver wire always important and especially now that some places won't let

00:26you trade anymore. So we need to get some of those big fantasy football options out there for the

00:32people. So that's what we're going to do here with the waiver wire. Let's begin at quarterback and

00:37there's actually a couple of good quarterback options here this week. Of course for those of

00:41you who are new we only use those who are owned in 35 percent of leagues or fewer. So check your

00:47options. Maybe there are some better ones out there and we'll help you with that with the waiver wire

00:51rebound coming out on Wednesday. But we'll start with Jacoby Brissett. 35 percent owned for Arizona

00:56coming off of setting the completions percent or the completions record. Sorry completions

01:01percentage record was in the Canadian Football League and Grey Cup. But the completions record

01:05last week another pretty good matchup against Jacksonville. Obviously not one that Justin

01:09Herbert and the Chargers were able to exploit last week but still a relatively decent matchup for him.

01:15And so I think he's not going to blow you away or anything like that. But just a pretty steady

01:21solid option for those who are having injury problems or bye week issues. I think he's a pretty

01:27good one. I think there's a little bit more of an upgrade with Bryce Young. 14 percent owned coming

01:34off of a good performance against Atlanta. Now going up against a beat up San Francisco 49ers defense.

01:40Bryce Young is proving that he can be trusted. I know the game against New Orleans goes against that.

01:44But Bryce Young is showing that this is a guy that can be trusted to help you out in fantasy

01:50football. And I think he has another pretty good matchup here this week. And then the if you're

01:54desperate category goes to Terod Taylor, the new quarterback with the New York Jets. 1 percent

02:00owned. He gets a shot against the Baltimore defense that's been giving up some pretty decent

02:06fantasy football numbers. So this again this isn't going to blow you away. I don't I wouldn't pick up

02:12Taylor expecting to win your week. Although maybe like if you are just absolutely desperate and need

02:18a home run swing, maybe because that Ravens team has given up some pretty good numbers to

02:23to quarterbacks. But for Taylor, I think there is that this is again just keep it between the white

02:29lines for us, man. But I think there's a little bit of value. I know the options out there aren't great

02:34and everything like that. But I think there's a touch of value 1 percent owned. I think he's going

02:40to do okay this week against the Baltimore Ravens. So those are the quarterback options that we have

02:46for you this week. At running back, or sorry, a wide receiver, we have a couple as well. I would say

02:53the biggest one for this week is Jaden Higgins. 17 percent owned for the Texans. We gave him out a

02:59couple of times last week. At least seven targets now in three of his last four. He has touchdowns in

03:04two of those games. Feels like a decent option. He didn't give you the biggest game against the

03:09Tennessee Titans, but he has still had a bit of favor with Davis Mills and that Houston Texans offense.

03:16So Buffalo, not a terrible matchup. Quick turnaround. I think Higgins has a decent day. Hollywood Brown

03:22continues to be just again steady if you need it. 23 percent owned. It's a couple of pretty good

03:28matchups in a row now for Kansas City, and the football team needs it. But he has at least four

03:33targets in every game this year, but one. Again, not going to steal you a week, but if you just need

03:39four, five, six points, keep it between the white lines, Hollywood Brown is going to be our steady

03:44force at wide receiver. And also, the exact opposite of it. This is our home run swing, and it's with

03:51Xavier Leggett. Eight percent rostered. It's obviously chasing the points from a big week last week,

03:57but as we talked about with Bryce Young, it's not a bad matchup against the 49ers beat up defense

04:03if you need a big chance. If we're projected to be down by a bunch, or if we have a really bad

04:08Thursday night, I think there's an opportunity to have Xavier Leggett come in and maybe try to save

04:14us a week and pick up a big dub for us there. And so there, we have what I think is a pretty steady

04:20option. We have the safe option, and we have the home run swing at wide receiver. At running back,

04:27got ahead of ourselves there. This is the number one pickup of the week, and maybe of the season.

04:32And I think that there is a real potential here to try to, like, I don't want to go 100% on my fab.

04:40I think Emmanuel Wilson is good. He's the Green Bay Packers running back. Josh Jacobs is hurt.

04:44It doesn't sound like it's a season ender, but if we are right on the cusp of the playoffs,

04:49I'm throwing a lot of my fab out there. I'm using some high waiver priorities on Emmanuel Wilson.

04:54He's going to be the clear-cut, I think, number one running back with Green Bay, with Jacobs down

04:59pretty solid as a runner. A bit of a different style, but has shown to be a pretty good change

05:05of pace kind of guy. They don't have the best schedule for running backs going forward,

05:09but opportunities like this don't come around all that often at running back. The next few here

05:15aren't quite as sexy as that one, but Kenneth Gainwell, 34% owned. Two touchdowns, 17 opportunities

05:21last week. We can't guarantee that going forward, but we can guarantee that he has some good matchups

05:27ahead, and he's at least going to be factored into the offense out in Pittsburgh. Sean Tucker,

05:3228% owned. Obviously, the massive weekend last week. They do have a difficult matchup and feel

05:40pretty good. That 21 opportunities, probably going to be the peak for this running back, but he's pretty

05:45good. Like, I like him more than I like Rashawn White. So, I think there's an opportunity for

05:51Taylor, even when Bucky Irving comes back. I think there's an opportunity for Taylor to still be a

05:55factor in the Tampa Bay run game. And same with Devin Singletary, 21% owned. Double-digit

06:01opportunities in each of the last three weeks. Again, some difficult matchups ahead for the Giants

06:05at running back, but tough to overlook that kind of volume behind Tyrone Tracy and this New York Giants

06:12offense. And then Bam Knight, 18% rostered. The backfield jumbled up in Arizona, but Di Mercado

06:18goes down with an injury. Knight has nine or more opportunities in five of the six games that he has

06:24played this season, and he's getting the rock in close now. I think there is a lot of potential in

06:32Bam Knight to come up with another couple of good weeks here for Arizona. And then, will we include

06:38them every week? I'm not going to go too far into them anymore, but our handcuffs with Blake Cora,

06:42and Tank Bigsby with the Eagles and the Rams. Bigsby, 21% owned. Corum with the Rams, 17% owned.

06:50These are guys, Corum, this, Corum is a bit more than just a handcuff. He has a role in the LA

06:56offense, but if either of their guys go down, then it is just mucho, mucho fantasy points for them. And

07:01now that we are past the point of, of trades in a lot of leagues, I think these are a couple of guys

07:07that you're going to want to really, really lock in, especially if you're the owner of those two

07:13teams. But, not a bad option either way. At tight end, it's AJ Barner, who is rostered in 9% of leagues

07:21with the Seattle Seahawks. It's not the first time we've chased a big week with Barner, but he has some

07:27good matchups. And this is one of the better offenses in the National Football League. So I think

07:31Barner, a little boom or bust, but you can say that about most tight ends. Pretty good, pretty good

07:36filling. If we're missing a Sam Laporta and our last option didn't go well. And then our streaming

07:40defense of the week is a bit of a surprise because it's the Indianapolis Colts who are playing the

07:46Kansas City Chiefs. I never thought I would get to the point where I would be suggesting a team

07:51that's facing KC, but we're here. Kansas City's offense does not look like one that scares you

07:57from a fantasy standpoint. So I like the Colts to go up against this Kansas City defense here this

08:04week. Um, anyone else that I missed that you guys are thinking of or any questions who to drop or

08:10anything like that, throw them into the comments on this video. I get to everything that you guys

08:16ask. So we will get to them there. Uh, any disagreements or anything I said, throw it in

08:19there as well. Uh, love having the debates with everyone in the comments. And if you have any fantasy

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