Fantasy Football Week 11 Wide Receiver Preview: Waiver adds, DFS plays, and more

After George Pickens had two almost touchdowns in Week 8 I told you to buy low. After he torched the Washington Commanders for 20.5 PPR Fantasy points, that’s no longer possible. Now you have to buy high, and I am still 100% on board.

In three games with Russell Wilson at quarterback Pickens has caught 14 of 21 targets for 276 yards and two touchdowns. On a per-game basis, he is WR8 over that stretch. I’m still not sure we’ve seen the best of him. That’s because Wilson has still yet to throw 30 passes in a game. Week 11 was the closest the Steelers have come to a pass-heavy game script but the Commanders defense has been much better against the pass than the run so Arthur Smith stuck with the ground game as long as he could. I don’t imagine he’ll have that luxury against the pass-funnel Ravens in Week 12. 

Pass funnel is a good way to describe a large chunk of the Steelers remaining schedule. They have two games against Baltimore and two against the Bengals, who are both good against the run and bad against the pass. They face the Chiefs, who have the second-best run defense in the league. I suspect we’re going to see a few 30-pass games from Wilson down the stretch and a few 10-target games from Pickens. He legitimately might be a top-five wide receiver in the second half. 

So even though the price has gone up, I’m still buying Pickens.

As always, you can find my projections for every position over at Sportsline.

Here is the rest of the Week 11 WR Preview:

Week 11 WR Preview

The following players are not being projected to play in Week 11 at this time. Here’s what it means:

• 21.5 — Since Week 7 Cedric Tillman is WR2 per game, averaging 21.5 PPR FPPG.
• 2.78 — Quentin Johnston’s 2.78 Fantasy points per target ranks first amongst wide receivers with at least 20 targets this season.
• 25.8 — The Broncos have allowed wide receivers to score 25.8 PPR FPPG against them as a unit this season. it could be a tough week for Drake London and Darnell Mooney but it feels impossible to sit them.
• 6.8 — Cooper Kupp is averaging 6.8 yards per target. That is a full yard worse than last year, which was a career low.
• 11 — Mike Evans still leads all receivers with 11 end zone targets. He’s a potential league winner you might be able to buy cheap on his bye.
• 34 — Brian Thomas has 34 receiving yards in his last two games combined. He’s hard to trust with Mac Jones at QB.

My full set of Week 11 Fantasy football projections for every position are now available on SportsLine. Find out which of my favorite plays are projected to score higher than consensus rankings and which don’t live up to their draft hype, at least in Week 11. Projected stats for all starting wide receivers are available, so be sure to find my projections for every position over at Sportsline.