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Week 12 fantasy football waiver wire pickups for Troy Franklin, Michael Wilson, Andrei Iosivas in 2025. Read their waiver wire outlooks for fantasy football.
We're through 11 weeks of NFL football in 2025, but it's never too late to hunt the waiver wire for pickups that could legitimately save your fantasy teams.
Three wide receivers -- Denver Broncos WR Troy Franklin, Arizona Cardinals wideout Michael Wilson, and Cincinnati Bengals receiver Andrei Iosivas -- are interesting names to look into for Week 12.
So should you grab these guys for your fantasy teams? Let's dive in.
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Troy Franklin Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups
Rostered: 63% of Leagues
Baller Move: Add in All Leagues
Another week has gone by, and Franklin still has a very prominent role in the Broncos passing offense. Both he and WR Courtland Sutton were targeted eight times, and it was Franklin who came out on top, as he hauled in four of those passes for 84 yards. Sutton managed 59 receiving yards.
It appears that, at worst, we have a WR1A/WR1B type of situation in Denver, and Franklin should be rostered in all leagues. There might be leagues in which he's dropped, as the perception hasn't really caught up with reality -- Sutton has 94 percent rostership.
Bo Nix to Troy Franklin gets the @Broncos into FG range 🙌
KCvsDEN on CBS/Paramount+https://t.co/HkKw7uXVnt pic.twitter.com/J9NATywxiZ
— NFL (@NFL) November 17, 2025
Interestingly, rookie WR Pat Bryant caught five of his six targets for 82 yards. He's been the most consistent Broncos wideout, and is a clear dynasty buy. We might see the targets being very spread out like this after the bye, as he's been impressive.
Still, Franklin is a good pickup in redraft leagues. Rookies can be hard to trust in fantasy lineups.
Michael Wilson Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups
Rostered: 39% of Leagues
Baller Move: Add in All Leagues
Wilson hilariously had an enormous day in Week 11. With wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. (appendicitis) out due to an emergency surgery he had to undergo, Wilson stepped into the WR1 job and delivered. He exploded for 33.5 PPR fantasy points by catching 15 of his 18 targets for 185 yards.
He didn't log a touchdown, but he was a sure-fire week-winner for anyone who started him. Cardinals quarterback Jacoby Brissett completed 47 of his 52 passes for 452 passing yards, two touchdowns, and two interceptions, as the Cardinals were blown out by the San Francisco 49ers.
35-yard pickup from Jacoby Brissett to Michael Wilson!
SFvsAZ on FOX/FOX Onehttps://t.co/HkKw7uXnxV pic.twitter.com/eFtO17j8UV
— NFL (@NFL) November 16, 2025
The 49ers weak defense struggled to shut down the Cards in the passing game. But it's obvious that Wilson will have weekly starting value in games Harrison doesn't play in, and Harrison is set to miss at least a week or two more, so Wilson should be added in all leagues.
In games that the Cardinals go down early in, we could see a ton of empty production. At least, production that's empty for the actual team, but all production counts in fantasy football, so that's irrelevant.
Andrei Iosivas Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups
Rostered: 3% of Leagues
Baller Move: Add in 14+ Team Leagues
It's hard to recommend adding a player that's clearly not very good at football. Iosivas has benefited from being on a high-powered offense in the few games that he's actually been productive in during his career, but he's just not a talented wideout.
With WR Ja'Marr Chase officially suspended for one game for spitting on another player, Iosivas will step into the WR2 role for Week 12, though. And Tee Higgins, the team's WR1 for the upcoming game, will have to deal with the coverage of elite New England Patriots cornerback Christian Gonzalez.
With Christian Gonzalez... the zone stuff, whatever (some free catches based on leverage, etc). But when he gets his 3rd Down man-to-man luggage assignment - he's as good as it gets in the NFL.
3 excellent reps here vs TB yesterday... pic.twitter.com/qdzqRAIRNG
— Ben Fennell (@BenFennell_NFL) November 10, 2025
So there's a case to be made that Iosivas could thrive, for a single week, on a purely volume-based role. Then again, Bengals TE Noah Fant has been involved to some degree at times, and he could see additional work. Plus the Bengals have been forced to throw quite a bit due to the weakness of their defense.
The Patriots do not have a weak offense, QB Joe Flacco might throw another 50 passes. Iosivas is worth adding and starting in very deep leagues as a result.
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