Top fantasy football waiver wire pickups for Week 13

Yahoo: 50% owned | ESPN: 34% owned

Here's a player whom I'm surprised isn't owned in more leagues — but hey, if people don't believe in the power of the handcuff, it's their loss. Mattison has started four games in his career, and he's had monstrous fantasy days in three of them. Two starts came this season — in Week 3 and Week 5 — and he ranked as the day's RB7 and RB11 in those two outings, respectively.

He's a legitimate RB1 while Cook is out, with a mouth-watering matchup against the Lions coming in Week 14.

Yahoo: 39% owned | ESPN: 46% owned

D'Andre Swift isn't expected to play here in Week 13, though his shoulder injury doesn't seem as serious as it looked. That catapults Williams up the rankings, and he can come in handy for someone fighting for that final playoff spot or first-round bye as we near the conclusion of fantasy football's regular season.

Without Swift, Williams should have a hefty workload against Minnesota in both the run game and the passing game, with 20 total touches in a Thanksgiving snooze-fest against the Bears serving as a good indication of that.

Yahoo: 29% owned | ESPN: 24% owned

First it was Adrian Peterson and Jeremy McNichols. Then it was D'Onta Foreman. And though it's still largely Foreman's backfield while Henry is out — Foreman had 19 carries for 109 yards Sunday — Hilliard was awesome in his own right. With 131 yards on just 12 carries, Hilliard was the explosive counterpart to the rumbling nature of Foreman's game.

We probably shouldn't expect this performance every time out, which is why Hilliard is ranked lower than some of the other names on this list, but that head-turning performance puts him firmly on the waiver wire radar.

Yahoo: 19% owned | ESPN: 17% owned

Eagles coach Nick Sirianni somehow forgot that his team had been absolutely dominating with the run game, and it was mystifying to see Philadelphia struggle to generate any sort of offense in a loss against a vulnerable New York Giants defense. I don't think he's going to make that mistake again, and though Miles Sanders is still the player you want to start here, Scott is certainly worth a look while Jordan Howard is sidelined.

Scott had 17 touches — 15 of which came on the ground to lead the team — and could build off that with a good matchup against the Jets coming in Week 13.

Oh, and no more fumbles this time, please?

Hubbard: Yahoo: 37% owned | ESPN: 34% owned
Abdullah: 0% owned on both

Which one of these players will surge ahead as McCaffrey's primary replacement? It's kind of hard to say, and we probably won't have a clear answer until we get to watch some game action.

With that said, Hubbard was a top-15 running back in fantasy football from Week 5 to Week 8, when he was starting for Carolina, so we know that value is there even as the offense seems to get worse by the week. Abdullah might be the one to target though, as he has out-snapped Hubbard, 73-38, in the past four weeks.

As we mentioned before, though, it's not an easy offense to watch right now, and it certainly might be one that is truly unplayable in fantasy football. The schedule ahead is also tough. But to completely pass over them if you're a McCaffrey owner in need? I don't think that's the smartest move.