Welcome to our twelfth IDP Waiver Wire article at Fantasy In Frames for the 2023 fantasy football season!
As I did for Week 11, I will use FantasyPros Expert Consensus Rankings to base my weekly recommendations for players to roster. I believe using this method of identifying waiver recommendations will benefit people in newbie leagues all the way through to the more advanced IDP-playing fantasy managers. Here are my IDP Fantasy Football Waiver Wire for Week 12 (2023) recommendations.
*Advanced metrics courtesy of PFF.com and Player Profiler*
KJ Henry
Week 12 ECR Rankings: Not Ranked (11/21/2023)
Week 11’s Fantasy Point Finish: DL6 (15.5 Points in FantasyPros Scoring)
- KJ Henry tallied four tackles and one and a half sacks versus the New York Giants on Sunday, a game where starter Efe Obada suffered a season-ending injury.
- This Thursday on Thanksgiving (in The United States), Henry has a very tasty matchup against Terrence Steele of The Dallas Cowboys who has allowed 19 pressures and four sacks over the past three weeks.
Tuli Tuipulotu
Week 12 ECR Rankings: DL39
Week 11’s Fantasy Point Finish: DL38 (8.5 Points in FantasyPros Scoring)
- With Joey Bosa suffering an ankle injury during Sunday’s game versus Green Bay, it was Tuipulotu who stepped in and played 91.7% of defensive snaps with a team-leading 16.7% win rate versus offensive linemen.
- With Bosa potentially missing time and Khalil Mack drawing attention from multiple offensive linemen in Bosa’s absence, Tuli is in a great position to get more one-on-one attention, which could lead to serious upside for your defensive lineman spot on your roster.
Josh Woods
Week 12 ECR Rankings: Not Ranked (11/21/2023)
Week 11’s Fantasy Point Finish: LB51 (9.8 Points in FantasyPros Scoring)
- With Kyzir White going on IR after Sunday’s game versus the Texans, Josh Woods will step in as the every-down linebacker for The Cardinals.
- Woods posted a 14.5% tackle efficiency rate on Sunday, and if that can be maintained in an every-down role, then Woods could be considered a solid LB2/3 going forward.
SirVocea Dennis
Week 12 ECR Rankings: Not Ranked (11/21/2023)
Week 11’s Fantasy Point Finish: LB84 (2.3 Points in FantasyPros Scoring)
- I’ll spare you the “The Ladies Man” reference from SNL back in the ’90s and just talk about the fact that with Lavonte David expected to miss time, SirVocea Davis and his team-leading 17.6% tackle efficiency from this past Sunday should see a major uptick in volume for this Bucs team going forward.
Jordan Battle
Week 12 ECR Ranking: Not Ranked (11/21/2023)
Week 11’s Fantasy Point Finish: DB14 (15.8 Points in FantasyPros Scoring)
- With the loss of Joe Burrow on the offensive side of the ball, it is fair to say that the defensive side of the ball for The Bengals is going to be on the field a lot. All of which is great for a box safety who seems to have taken over the starting strong safety role on the team.
- Battle just went from a streaming option to a starting one weekly.
Ji-Ayir Brown
Week 12 ECR Rankings: Not Ranked (11/21/2023)
Week 11’s Fantasy Point Finish: DB20 (14.0 Points in FantasyPros Scoring)
- Talanoa Hufanga going on IR due to a torn ACL led to an immediate increase in snaps for Brown on Sunday’s game for the Bucs.
- Barring anyone being brought in to compete for snaps, the starting box safety role should be his for the remainder of the season.