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RosterWatch Week 11 Waiver Wire Cheat Sheet and Podcast Now Available

Building a championship-caliber fantasy roster requires basic weekly waiver-wire management. We’ve created the Waiver Wire Cheat Sheet so that in a just a few minutes a week, our users can make the same expert waiver maneuvers we personally make in our own leagues, throughout the season.

Whether you play in a standard waiver-claim format, or in a free-agent bidding system – we’ve got you covered. Read the chart top to bottom, and use it like the Draft Cheat Sheet. It’s not mandatory to go after the very top pick up every single week – use some basic discretion. Insane value can be cultivated through the bottom of the Waiver Wire Cheat Sheet over the course of the season.

All players listed on the WWCS are currently on the waiver wire in at least 50% of fantasy leagues across all major formats.

*Our advice is to recycle an average of 1-2 players per week from the bottom of your roster into hot waiver-wire pickups for the current week. This can be accomplished via waivers, or on the cheap as free-agent pickups post-waiver period .

PRO members, click here to download the cheat sheet.

18 Comments

  1. ↓ Post By WayneO Bueno

    Would you go with Stroud over anyone on this week’s cheat sheet ROS? I have Dart so I need to be ready. Thanks!

    1. ↓ Post By WayneO Bueno

      Rather, that should say Stroud over everyone on the cheat sheet for ROS.

      1. ↓ Post By Alex Dunlap

        I don’t think I’d pick him up over Flacco, etc.

  2. ↓ Post By [email protected]

    Pick up Freiermuth, Knox, Strange or Mason Taylor? For this week ppr

    1. ↓ Post By Alex Dunlap

      If we knew strange was going to play I’d choose him, otherwise I think I’d pick up Taylor

  3. ↓ Post By Tslate

    Brissett Rodgers Mariota and Geno on waivers. I have Nix. Do I dump him and grab one of the others?

    1. ↓ Post By Alex Dunlap

      I would stick with Nix although I do like Rodgers this week.

      1. ↓ Post By Tslate

        Pick up Rodgers and drop Nix? Try and pull back Nix in his bye week? Or just stick with Nix and pray?

  4. ↓ Post By renourka

    10-team Dynasty, 1QB, PPR

    Start: 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 2 FLEX, 1 TE

    Record: 3-7 (9th place), 4 weeks remaining, 6 teams make playoffs

    Roster:
    QB: J. Love, D. Jones, A. Richardson
    RB: B. Robinson, B. Hall, Z. Knight, B. Smith, E. Wilson, S. Tucker
    WR: E. Egbuka, N. Collins, A. Brown, J. Waddle, D. Moore, K. Shakir, R. Shaheed, T. Horton, D. Mooney, M. Washington, C. Tillman, J. Palmer, R. Flournoy
    TE: T. Hockenson, C. Otton, Z. Ertz, T. Johnson, M. Mayer
    IR: T. Dell, O. Hampton, K. Miller, J. McMillan, B. Allen

    I’ve been tanking previous years to build this team and thought I could compete this year, but I’m 3-7 despite having strong young pieces. Part of it is brutal schedule luck, part of it is making wrong start/sit decisions (especially at TE):

    My Points For: 1,210.65 – 5th best in league
    My Points Against: 1,307.85 – HIGHEST in league by far

    Current playoff picture: Top 4 locked (8-2, three 7-3s). Four teams (including me) battling for spots 5 and 6: one at 5-5, three at 4-6, me at 3-7.

    Remaining Schedule: vs 8-2 team, vs 1-9 team, @ two 7-3 teams

    My Question:
    What specific moves should I make right now? Do I have any realistic shot at playoffs, or should I be making trades to build for 2026?

    1. ↓ Post By Alex Dunlap

      I would start making moves for 2026 unforunately. You have a really good core here I have a hard time believing your record is so bad. I would be looking to sell relatively high on Shakir, I think the Bills are finally going to truly address WR this offseason.

      1. ↓ Post By renourka

        Appreciate it! Hoping you see this reply.

        Who should I specifically target for Shakir? Earlier suggestions didn’t work out.

        There’s a 5-5 team with McBride and Warren*… TE has killed me all year and literally has costed me wins… Should I do Shakir in a package for one of them or target RBs instead?

        Any other pieces to sell?*AJ Brown’s been a disappointment. DJM too.

        What’s the specific move(s)?

  5. ↓ Post By sdboor

    10 Team PPR. 5-5. 4th Place
    Play 1 QB. 3 WR 2 RB. 1 Flex. 1TE
    Me
    QB. Prescott (have DDarnold from last week bye trade)
    WR. Lamb. JSN. Egbuka. Brian Thomas, Jr JJennings
    RB: James Cook. Rico Dowdle. Tyrone Tracy David Montgomery. TreVeyon Henderson
    TE Harold Fannin.

    8 of 10 teams make play offs , so very highly likely I will make playoffs starting in week 15

    Also this league’s managers don’t historically do trades, however I will try a consolidation trade of 2 of my RB 2s for an RB 1
    However:
    Available as FA on Waiver:
    RB. T Benson. And O Hampton
    Should I pick up both, dropping Darnold and which RB? TTracy?
    Or just one of TBenson or O Hampton?

    1. ↓ Post By Alex Dunlap

      Absolutely pick up both.

  6. ↓ Post By sdboor

    Would IO rather have Fannin or Njoku as my TE ROW? PPR

  7. ↓ Post By Bigmanmike

    RW I need you guys help. Im trying to figure if I need to drop a player and pick up KC’s Defense or just play Seattle. I have no intentions of droppng so I choose from the following players Maye, Gibbs,T Henderson, London, Egbuka, Pickens, Gadsden, Swift, Charbs, Pittman, R White, Tracy, Allgeir, Bucky, Chelce via trade because I thought Garden would be out. Who if any would you drop or just play Seattle.
    Thanks RW ohh and I’m 7 and 3..But the guy in 1st has a killer team..
    Give me some trade advice or just hold..

  8. ↓ Post By Alex Dunlap

    Just play SEA they are an awesome defense, you don’t always have to play them in the best matchups.

    1. ↓ Post By Bigmanmike

      Thabk you

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