FAAB Waiver Wire Bidding - Fantasy Football Pickups to Target for Week 11 (2025)

Nick Mariano's fantasy football waiver wire FAAB bidding guide for Week 11 (2025) -- how many FAAB dollars (free agent acquisition budget) to spend on waivers.

With Week 11 on the horizon, many of you have roughly four weeks left in the regular fantasy football season. Even if you're down to those final dollars, it remains critical to get your priorities aligned with team needs and long-term goals. Set yourself up for success with our famous waiver wire pickups list and our fantasy football waiver wire columns by position -- specially tailored for leagues using FAAB.

Remember that these FAAB prices do not indicate how much these free-agent players will go for, and you need to adjust for how much FAAB is left for the others in your league. This week brings a bye for the Colts and Saints, with Week 12 yielding rest for the Broncos, Chargers, Commanders, and Dolphins.

As always, I cannot know your specific league outlook, so please try to leverage historical data and personal knowledge whenever possible. We will cap the rostered rate at 40% on Yahoo!, but you can adjust if someone is dropped or remains on the wire above that threshold. Look around at specific team needs and behavior of the contenders and make the necessary tweaks en route to that championship!

FAAB Waiver Wire Pickups - Quarterbacks

**Joe Burrow sits at 61% rostered, which was 55% when news broke that his 21-day practice window opened on Monday. He's a must-add IR stash where available.

Aaron Rodgers (QB, PIT) - 37% rostered

FAAB Bid: 1%
Aggressive Bid: 2%

I realize that completing a season-low 52% of passes in a primetime stinker is no way to entice you to open up the wallet, but we know better than to make one week into an entire season. Rodgers hasn’t thrown for over 250 yards in a game yet, but has tossed multiple touchdowns in five of eight games thus far.

One of his best games of the year came in Week 7 at Cincinnati, with 249 yards and four TDs (with two interceptions), but they lost that one.

Now, he gets the home rematch and becomes the best widely available streamer. Can the offense get back to featuring the tight ends to free up DK Metcalf?

Marcus Mariota (QB, WAS) - 13% rostered

FAAB Bid: 1%
Aggressive Bid: 2%

Mariota’s rushing threat puts him on fantasy radars, though he’s typically faced stellar defenses thus far. This has created an underwhelming aura around Mariota, who has made starts against the Falcons, Chiefs, and Lions.

His best game came in a Week 3 start at Las Vegas, when the Commanders won 41-24. Streamers should circle a road date with the Dolphins' generous defense on their free agent sheets. I know anyone throwing to Treylon Burks in 2025 is a hard sell (and he suffered a finger injury that'll take him out of Week 11), but at least 20 rushing yards in all five games he's appeared in so far helps balance the scales.

Tua Tagovailoa (QB, MIA) - 19% rostered

FAAB Bid: 1%
Aggressive Bid: 2%

Tagovailoa rebounded from the ugly Week 9 effort against Baltimore by tossing two TDs in an upset win over Buffalo. Dealing with him is a low-floor affair, but a home date with Washington’s defense looms.

This offense simply cannot generate a winning effort on the ground alone, but it can also disappear entirely. Good luck.

FAAB Waiver Wire Pickups - Running Backs

Sean Tucker (RB, TB) - % rostered 

FAAB Bid: 4-6%
Aggressive Bid: 6-8%
Desperation Bid: 8-12%

Continuing a trend from before their bye, Tampa Bay had Tucker split rushing work with Rachaad White. Bucky Irving is still not taking contact at practice due to his foot and shoulder injuries, and White’s rushing form has regressed to the poor form seen early in his career.

Against a stout New England front seven, White had 10 carries for 38 yards while Tucker turned nine totes into 53 yards. Would you believe that 53 makes him the leading rusher against the Pats in 2025?

This follows Tucker’s posting 12-42-1 against New Orleans in Week 8, which isn’t good, but better than White’s 13-35-0 line. White is averaging 3.73 yards per carry, which is down to 3.36 over his last three games. Don’t be surprised to see Tucker get more rushing work at Buffalo next week if Irving remains out.

It's time for the Bucs to feature Sean Tucker on early downs, using Rachaad White only as the pass-catching specialist.

White may be the most inefficient runner in football.

At least Tucker gives you more burst.

— Frank Ammirante (@FAmmiranteTFJ) November 10, 2025

Blake Corum (RB, LAR) - 11% rostered 

FAAB Bid: 4-6%
Aggressive Bid: 6-8%
Desperation Bid: 8-12%

The touchdown variance was not in his favor, but Corum pulled nearly even with Kyren Williams for rushing work in Week 10’s win over the Niners. Though Williams dominated passing situations, he only had 14 carries to Corum’s 13 as the Rams grow more comfortable giving Corum additional drives.

The team will face a tougher test against Seattle’s run defense next week, but this offense has scored 34 or more points in three consecutive games. While Corum hasn’t scored since Week 2, he’s registered 13 touches in three straight contests and is worth a long look.

Tyler Allgeier (RB, ATL) - 33% rostered 

FAAB Bid: 4-6%
Aggressive Bid: 6-8%
Desperation Bid: 8-12%

Allgeier rode momentum to two TDs on 11 rushes for 57 yards in the 31-25 loss to Indianapolis in Berlin. Those were his fifth and sixth scores of the year, comprising his first multi-score game of the year.

PFF’s Nathan Jahnke pointed out that Atlanta played both RBs often in Week 10, with 13 plays where each of them was on the field (Robinson typically split wide).

Allgeier’s a non-factor in the passing game and had been nearly invisible over their previous three games, all losses. He’d combined for just 12 touches in those defeats, but the Falcons may enjoy several positive gamescripts for the rushers over the next few weeks.

Games against the Panthers, Saints, and Jets loom, and with a willingness to utilize 21 personnel, this makes Allgeier a viable flex option, not simply a handcuff for Bijan Robinson.

Chris Rodriguez Jr. (RB, WAS) - 6% rostered 

FAAB Bid: 3-5%
Aggressive Bid: 5-7%
Desperation Bid: 7-10%

One week after Rodriguez surprised with a season-high 65 yards and a TD on 12 carries against a stellar Seattle defense, C-Rod was named offensive captain and found more paydirt against Detroit. That's three TDs in his last four games!

We need to hope that his shoulder injury is minimal and can be shrugged off, so be sure to monitor those practice reports. Jacory Croskey-Merritt has been ineffective, and Rodriguez appears to be in the driver’s seat going into a plus matchup at Miami in Week 11.

FAAB Waiver Wire Pickups - Wide Receivers

Tez Johnson (WR, TB) - 32% rostered 

FAAB Bid: 5-7%
Aggressive Bid: 7-10%
Desperation Bid: 10-15%

Johnson made much of his five targets on Sunday, bringing in four of them for 42 yards and a pair of TDs in the loss to New England. Emeka Egbuka was the clear alpha (13 targets, 6-115-1), but Johnson is the No. 2 playmaker among receivers without a healthy Chris Godwin or Mike Evans.

He ran four fewer routes than Egbuka and three more than Sterling Shepard, though Cade Otton did rack up 9-82-0 on 12 targets. The TE takes what is given over the middle, but Johnson’s outlook lies with Tampa’s lack of an effective ground game. We discussed White’s poor form, which has left red-zone chances in the hands of Baker Mayfield and the receivers.

Perhaps that changes if Tucker is given true 1A RB reps against a softer Buffalo run defense in Week 11, but the Bucs appear their best when going through Mayfield’s arm. As it stands, Johnson is a fantasy-relevant piece of that and has Baker’s trust in the end zone.

Jayden Higgins (WR, HOU) - 14% rostered 

FAAB Bid: 2-3%
Aggressive Bid: 3-4%
Desperation Bid: 4-6%

Higgins was dropped in several leagues after a paltry one-catch showing in Week 9 against Denver, which sandbagged any momentum from the 4-34-1 buzz in Week 8. But the youngster bounced back with a career-high five catches and 42 yards with a score that helped Houston score 26 in the fourth quarter.

The Texans kept Higgins out there for more snaps than Xavier Hutchinson, Christian Kirk, or Jaylin Noel, though the actual routes run between him, Hutch, and Kirk were nearly identical. But he got seven targets, Hutch had zero, and Kirk saw three. It's worth highlighting how highly head coach DeMeco Ryans spoke of Higgins' role in the win.

At what point in yesterday's game vs the Jaguars did #Texans HC DeMeco Ryans 'feel the momentum shift' in Houston's direction? The Head Coach answered that earlier today:

“The game started to change for me, I would say, with the [Jayden] Higgins touchdown.. We were driving down… pic.twitter.com/KcCB2aCmh9

— Tyler Milner (@tmilrealdeal) November 11, 2025

Your FAAB action will hinge on how you attribute the results to skill, luck, or chemistry with backup Davis Mills. The Texans' defense should carry Week 11 at Tennessee, but don’t forget that the Titans surrendered Higgins’ first career TD back in Week 4!

Mack Hollins (WR, NE) - 0% rostered
Kyle Williams (WR, NE) - 2% rostered 

FAAB Bid: 1-2%
Aggressive Bid: 2-3%
Desperation Bid: 3-5%

The Pats had Stefon Diggs, Hollins, and Williams all score between 13-14 half-PPR points in the win over Tampa Bay. While excitement over Williams’ speed on the 72-yard TD scamper is warranted, it was his only catch on the day. Maybe he grows into a true boom-bust deep threat, but it’ll take more than one game to solidify that.

Meanwhile, Hollins caught six balls for 106 yards on 10 targets while DeMario Douglas was held to two catches as Kayshon Boutte sat with a hamstring injury. It sounds like Boutte may return for Week 11, but the Patriots could dump 50 points on a depleted Jets team.

If Boutte remains out, then Hollins is in play, with Williams an intriguing stash. Drake Maye’s MVP-caliber play and a lineup of the Jets, Bengals, and Giants defenses before the bye could make for plenty of fireworks.

Jalen Nailor (WR, MIN) - 1% rostered 

FAAB Bid: 1-2%
Aggressive Bid: 2-3%
Desperation Bid: 3-5%

Nailor exploding for 124 yards and a score on five catches is incredible even in isolation. What’s wild is that his early 62-yard catch could’ve been another TD, but he got caught at the four-yard line after leaving two defenders in his dust.

61 yards with some stiff arms for Jalen Nailor!

BALvsMIN on FOX/FOX Onehttps://t.co/HkKw7uXVnt pic.twitter.com/9zSE12OqME

— NFL (@NFL) November 9, 2025

It’s even crazier when you see that Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison, and T.J. Hockenson combined for 80 yards on nine catches (25 targets). It is unlikely that Nailor can outshine the regular playmakers with any consistency moving forward.

That said, five of Minnesota’s next seven opponents (through Week 17) are top-10 for opposing WRs, with a run of four straight in Weeks 14-17. Is Nailor a deep-league waiver playoff hero?

Tyler Lockett (WR, LV) - 1% rostered 

FAAB Bid: 1-2%
Aggressive Bid: 2-3%
Desperation Bid: 3-5%

Hate it or love it, Lockett emerged from an embarrassing Raiders game on Thursday against the Broncos as the top receiver. On a day when Brock Bowers was held to one catch for 31 yards, Lockett paced the team with six targets, five catches, and 44 yards.

Not Tre Tucker (2-28-0), Jack Bech (goose egg), or Dont’e Thornton Jr. (1-4-0). And while Bowers remains beyond long-term reproach, perhaps they like Lockett more than we’d imagined. If your league is deep enough to consider Lockett, then you’ll be pleased to see the Cowboys' secondary up next. It’s as good as it’ll get!

Adonai Mitchell (WR, NYJ) - % rostered 

FAAB Bid: 1-2%
Aggressive Bid: 2-3%
Desperation Bid: 3-5%

I know, I know. Mitchell was a healthy scratch for his first Jets game following the big Sauce Gardner trade, and Justin Fields completed only six passes in the win. Garrett Wilson reinjured his knee, and his absence collapses the WR room.

Arian Smith, Tyler Johnson, and Isaiah Williams each ran 10 routes and saw one carry and one target combined. Allen Lazard was also a healthy inactive, but doesn’t have the “just got here” excuse of Mitchell.

Perhaps they’ll weave John Metchie III in more and try to feature Mason Taylor, but Mitchell’s opportunity is as prominent as any Jet pass-catcher could hope for. Whether that’s good enough for you is a personal decision!

FAAB Waiver Wire Pickups - Tight Ends

Dalton Schultz (TE, HOU) - 34% rostered 

FAAB Bid: 1-2%
Aggressive Bid: 2-3%
Desperation Bid: 3-4%

Schultz benefitted from Houston’s fourth-quarter assault, catching 7-of-11 targets for 53 yards and his first TD of the season. He’s seen eight or more targets with six or more catches in three of Houston’s four games since the bye.

Heck, he had five catches in three straight games before that, too. It’s difficult to trust secondary targets behind Nico Collins on such a volatile offense, but Schultz’s recent target share paints him as an automatic waiver priority.

Dawson Knox (TE, BUF) - 1% rostered 

FAAB Bid: 1%
Aggressive Bid: 2%
Desperation Bid: 3%

Knox would catch three of his four targets for 37 yards in Buffalo’s surprising loss to Miami on Sunday. Bad weather may have contributed to Dalton Kincaid’s hamstring injury, who did not return after a third-quarter exit.

Knox could’ve scored, but took a poor position in the end zone on a Josh Allen INT, and Jackson Hawes did score a 26-yard TD, so a “platoon” of sorts would not be surprising. They’ll host the Bucs next, who tend to be shootout magnets against good teams, so don’t shy away from Knox.

Please note: Colston Loveland, Juwan Johnson (bye), Cade Otton, and Theo Johnson are all in the 40-50% rostered band and remain the priorities. Other than that, you shouldn't worry about going above $0 adds, if possible.

FAAB Waiver Wire Pickups - Defense/Special Teams

Atlanta Falcons Defense (vs. CAR) - 11% rostered

FAAB Bid: 2-3%
Aggressive Bid: 4%
Desperation Bid: 5%

While the Falcons fell short for a fourth consecutive loss, the defense did what it could in the face of unrelenting Jonathan Taylor pressure. A season-high seven sacks, which gives them six or more in two straight games, and multiple turnovers for the third time in their last five games, is strong momentum.

They’ll now host the Panthers, so they’ll need to figure out how to stop Rico Dowdle, but Bryce Young is not yet intimidating. And then they face the Saints and Jets in Weeks 12 and 13, which is prime real estate for DST matchups.

Dallas Cowboys Defense (at LV) - 7% rostered

FAAB Bid: 1-2%
Aggressive Bid: 3%
Desperation Bid: 4%

We understand that trusting Dallas’ volatile defense is a frightful exercise, but they’ve stood tall more often than fallen short of late. In three of their last five games, Dallas has posted four or more sacks, with DST TDs in two of the previous three contests.

You can hound the Cowboys for their pitfalls, but the Raiders look absolutely lost on offense. Geno Smith has been ineffective, and now he may not be 100% due to the thigh bruise that had him limping to end Thursday’s game against Denver. Buckle up.

Washington Commanders Defense (at MIA) - 8% rostered

FAAB Bid: 1%
Aggressive Bid: 2%
Desperation Bid: 3%

This is where true desperation lives, as targeting Miami is reasonable (despite their good showing against Buffalo), but Washington has been crushed by a run of horrid matchups lately. And hey, Dan Quinn taking the defensive reins back is almost surely an improvement over the status quo.

The offenses of Dallas, Kansas City, Seattle, and Detroit have averaged over 30 points per game over the last month on their heads. But they did manage five sacks against lesser O-lines (LV, LAC), so is that the output that comes to play at Miami in Week 11?

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