{"id":53890,"date":"2018-11-25T23:59:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T04:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=53890"},"modified":"2018-11-26T06:11:52","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T11:11:52","slug":"fantasy-football-baker-mayfield-dak-prescott-top-week-13-quarterback-waiver-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2018\/11\/25\/fantasy-football-baker-mayfield-dak-prescott-top-week-13-quarterback-waiver-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy Football: Baker Mayfield, Dak Prescott Top Week 13 Quarterback Waiver Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s finally here! Bye weeks are officially over and the fantasy football playoffs are about to begin. The weak\u00a0teams are officially out of contention and all that&#8217;s left are the true juggernauts. If you want your roster to match up against the best of the best, you&#8217;ll need to monitor to the waiver wire for the best weekly adds. If you need quarterback help, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MayfBa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baker Mayfield<\/a><\/strong> and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/P\/PresDa01.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dak Prescott<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0are just two of the top quarterback waiver claims heading into Week 13.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/11\/26\/fantasy-football-austin-ekeler-gus-edwards-top-week-13-running-back-waiver-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Fantasy Football: Top Week 13 Running Back Waiver Claims<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/11\/25\/fantasy-football-dj-moore-courtland-sutton-top-week-13-wide-receiver-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Fantasy Football: Top Week 13 Wide Receiver Waiver Claims<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/11\/25\/fantasy-football-seattle-seahawks-green-bay-packers-top-fantasy-football-week-13-defenses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Top Fantasy Football Week 13 Defenses<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Fantasy Football: Baker Mayfield, Dak Prescott Highlight Week 13 Quarterback Waiver Claims<\/h1>\n<h2>Baker Mayfield<\/h2>\n<p>Baker Mayfield is the franchise savior that <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/browns\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cleveland Browns<\/a> fans have been praying for. The first-overall pick has been <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/11\/12\/baker-mayfield-thriving-without-hue-jackson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one of the best quarterbacks in the league<\/a> ever since <strong>Hue Jackson<\/strong> left town. Over his past three games, the quarterback has thrown for 771 yards, nine touchdowns, and just one interception. He\u2019s improved in each and every week and should continue to grow for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his high profile, Mayfield is owned in just 25.2% of NFLcom fantasy leagues. While he\u2019s not a better option than a guy like <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BreeDr00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drew Brees<\/a><\/strong>, he\u2019s more than serviceable as a week-by-week starter. Mayfield doesn\u2019t have the best matchup in Week 13, as the <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/texans\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Houston Texans<\/a> are one of the best defenses against the quarterback position. However, he\u2019ll still put up solid numbers. He&#8217;s too good not to.<\/p>\n<h2>Dak Prescott<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/11\/23\/fantasy-football-amari-cooper-is-here-to-stay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What a difference<\/a> having <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/C\/CoopAm00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amari Cooper<\/a><\/strong> makes. Dak Prescott was one of the worst fantasy football quarterbacks throughout the early part of the season but has emerged into a legit starter over the past month. Since the Cooper trade, Prescott has thrown for 1,010 yards, five touchdowns,\u00a0and just one interception. He\u2019s also shown a willingness to run, recording 43 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns over the past month.<\/p>\n<p>Prescott faces an interesting matchup in Week 13 against the <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/saints\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Orleans Saints<\/a>. The Saints defense has played better of late, but still entered Week 12 allowing the fourth-most fantasy points per game to the quarterback position. The Saints offense is unstoppable, and Prescott will have to throw to keep up. Whether it\u2019s an old-fashioned shootout or just garbage time yardage, Prescott should have a good fantasy outing against the Saints.<\/p>\n<h2>Case Keenum<\/h2>\n<p>Mayfield and Prescott are mostly unowned, but players in deeper leagues might find both guys already rostered. If that\u2019s the case, take a flier on <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/broncos\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Denver Broncos<\/a> quarterback <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/K\/KeenCa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Case Keenum<\/a>.<\/strong> Keenum had a rough start to the season, making most believe that the journeyman quarterback has little to no fantasy value. While he hasn\u2019t lit the world on fire by any means, Keenum has thrown for 692 yards and three touchdowns over his past three games. This is decent production considering he\u2019s faced some solid defenses, and he should eclipse these performances in Week 13.<\/p>\n<p>Keenum and the Broncos face off against an abhorrent\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/bengals\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> defense in Week 13. The Bengals currently allow 23.0 fantasy points per game to the quarterback position, second-worst in the league. While Keenum isn\u2019t a worldbeater by any means, he\u2019s more than good enough to take advantage of this defense. Owned in just 3.7% of fantasy leagues, Keenum can be a startable asset in deeper, two-quarterback leagues.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/11\/26\/fantasy-football-austin-ekeler-gus-edwards-top-week-13-running-back-waiver-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Fantasy Football: Top Week 13 Running Back Waiver Claims<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/11\/25\/fantasy-football-dj-moore-courtland-sutton-top-week-13-wide-receiver-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Fantasy Football: Top Week 13 Wide Receiver Waiver Claims<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/11\/25\/fantasy-football-seattle-seahawks-green-bay-packers-top-fantasy-football-week-13-defenses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Top Fantasy Football Week 13 Defenses<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"jqWivrrLR6lAJ7OHouFyJg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1065203726\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'jqWivrrLR6lAJ7OHouFyJg',sig:'KGPZY_O4dfbL5zalQpUAXRjk2w3jvUHbmTMAmbsfgDE=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1065203726',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fantasy Football: The Browns Baker Mayfield and the Cowboys Dak Prescott are just two of several smart Week 13 quarterback waiver wire pickups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":53896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,19,15,54,59],"tags":[3418,377,302,294,61,40],"class_list":["post-53890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-browns","category-cowboys","category-broncos","category-editorials","category-fantasy","tag-baker-mayfield","tag-case-keenum","tag-dak-prescott","tag-fantasy-football","tag-football","tag-nfl"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}