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The Primer: Week 12 Edition (2021 Fantasy Football)


Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Indianapolis Colts

Date/Time: Sunday November 28, 1:00pm ET
BettingPros Consensus Spread: Buccaneers -3
BettingPros Consensus Over/Under: 52.5 points
Implied Vegas point totals
: Buccaneers 27.75, Colts 24.75

Quarterback

Tom Brady: Brady hasn’t exactly been razor-sharp lately. Oh sure, his surface stats were fine in the Buccaneers’ 30-10 win over the Giants in Week 11. He threw for 307 yards and two touchdowns. But Brady has thrown five interceptions in his last three games, and he’s averaged 6.6 yards per attempt over his last two. It’s possible the absence of WR Antonio Brown (ankle) is contributing to the slight downturn, but it would be hard to argue that Brady is lacking for weapons, with WRs Mike Evans and Chris Godwin enjoying fine seasons and with Rob Gronkowski returning from a back injury in Week 11. Brady has a favorable draw this weekend against a Colts defense that’s better against the run than the pass. The Colts are allowing 20.0 fantasy points per game to quarterbacks and have given up a league-high 25 TD passes. Brady leads the NFL with 29 TD passes. Brady is the QB3 this week, but he’s overpriced at $7,600 on DraftKings.

Carson Wentz: With the Colts breezing to a 41-15 win over the Bills in Week 11, Wentz threw just 20 passes and finished with 106 passing yards and one touchdown. In the five games the Colts have won by double digits this season, Wentz has averaged just 25.6 pass attempts. The Colts aren’t likely to have a cakewalk this weekend when they host the Buccaneers, so passing volume shouldn’t be a concern. The Buccaneers have the biggest pass-funnel defense in the league, with opponents throwing against them 67% of the time. Wentz is the QB17 in fantasy points per game among quarterbacks who have made at least five starts. He’s the QB14 this week.

Running Backs

Leonard Fournette: Fournette’s heavy involvement in the passing game has been propping up his fantasy value in recent weeks. He’s had 29-118-0 rushing and 17-101-0 receiving over his last three games. Fournette hasn’t scored a touchdown since Week 7, and perhaps we should be at least a little concerned that Fournette had only 10 carries in Monday night’s 20-point win over the Giants. Also concerning is a tough Week 12 matchup against the Colts. Indianapolis has yielded only four TD runs in 2021 and is holding opposing RBs to a league-low 14.1 fantasy points per game.

Jonathan Taylor, Nyheim Hines: Taylor put fantasy teams on his back in Week 11, with 32-185-4 rushing and 3-19-1 receiving against the Bills. His 51.9 points in half-point PPR scoring were the most scored by any player in a game this season, including quarterbacks (the next-highest total: Derrick Henry‘s 44.7 points in Week 2). It was the eighth straight game in which Taylor had 100 or more scrimmage yards and a touchdown, tying a record previously shared by LaDainian Tomlinson and Lydell Mitchell. Colts head coach Frank Reich and his offensive staff have really ramped up Taylor’s usage of late. The turning point? In Week 8, the Titans beat the Colts 34-31 in overtime. Carson Wentz threw 51 passes in that game. Taylor had only 16 carries but racked up 122 yards from scrimmage. Up to that point in the season, Taylor hadn’t carried the ball more than 18 times in any game. In the three games since, he’s averaging 24 carries and has had at least 19 carries in every outing. The Buccaneers have a strong run defense and won’t be an easy matchup for Taylor, but JT is close to matchup-proof. He’s the RB2 behind only Christin McCaffrey. The tricky matchup makes it hard to pay $9,100 for Taylor on DraftKings. With Taylor going berserk lately, Hines is barely clinging to fantasy relevant – and some would argue that he’s already lost his grip on it. Hines is a midrange RB4 this week.

Wide Receivers

Chris Godwin: Godwin has had at least five catches in each of his last six games. He’s the WR10 in fantasy points per game this season, and he’s on pace for 107 catches, 1,329 yards and 8.5 TD catches. He doesn’t have an easy individual matchup against Colts slot corner Kenny Moore this weekend, but Godwin is a weekly must-start, and he’s the WR7 in this week’s rankings. At $7,000 on DraftKings, Godwin is one of the best WR values on the board.

Mike Evans: Did Evans tweak his back in the fourth quarter of the Buccaneers’ Week 11 win over the Giants? He made a 21-yard catch and seemed to pull up lame while running out of bounds. Evans took himself out for the next play but then immediately came back for the last two plays of the series. The Bucs kicked a field goal to go up 30-10 with 7:48 left, and we didn’t see Evans, Tom Brady or any of the Bucs’ other key skill-position guys again. Let’s hope Evans is 100% healthy for Week 12, because he’s been on a tear, and it’s been fun to watch. He had 6-73-1 against the Giants, giving him at least one touchdown in four straight games. He’s scored eight touchdowns over his last six games. He’s the WR9 this week. Evans is $7,200 on DraftKings, and I just can’t talk myself into grabbing him when Chris Godwin is $200 cheaper.

Michael Pittman: Muted passing volume led to a disappointing Week 11 output for Pittman. He had 2-23-0  on five targets. It was a season-low in receiving yardage for the emerging star, but Pittman actually had a 25% target share, since Carson Wentz only attempted 20 passes in an easy 41-15 win over the Bills. Bottom line: There’s nothing to worry about. The Colts figure to do more throwing this week against the Buccaneers, whose opponents have thrown passes on 67% of their offensive snaps this season. Pittman lands at WR16 in this week’s rankings and is a screaming value at only $5,600 on DraftKings.

T.Y. Hilton: It’s hard to trust Hilton for fantasy purposes these days. He’s had 5-47-0 on 12 targets in his last three games. Against the Bills in Week 11, Hilton played only 28 snaps. He’s a low-end WR5.

Tight Ends

Rob Gronkowski: Returning from a back injury, Gronk played 46 snaps against the Giants in Week 11 and had 6-71-0 on eight targets. Technically, Gronkowski played in Week 8, but he was only on the field for six snaps, so this was really his first significant action since Week 3. Gronk opened the season with a pair of two-TD games. We know what sort of impact he can have even at age 32 and what sort of chemistry he has with QB Tom Brady. Gronk is the TE10 this week.

Jack Doyle, Mo Alie-Cox: Since Week 8, Doyle has been the TE14 in fantasy scoring, but it’s more smoke than fire. He had short TD catches in Weeks 8 and 9, and he’s had only nine catches for 74 yards over his last four games. He’s the TE28 this week. Alie-Cox scored four touchdowns over a four-game stretch in October, but he has just 2-34-0 over his last four games and has lost any fantasy relevance.

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New York Jets vs Houston Texans

Date/Time: Sunday November 28, 1:00pm ET
BettingPros Consensus Spread: Texans -2.5
BettingPros Consensus Over/Under: 44.5 points
Implied Vegas point totals
: Texans 23.5, Jets 21

Quarterback

Zach Wilson: Wilson’s going to get the nod here as the starting QB for the Jets this week against the Texans after not playing since Week 7. It wasn’t pretty when Wilson was in the lineup before his injury and there’s very little reason to believe that things will suddenly have changed during his time off. The Jets had just started to find something on offense with Joe Flacco, but they’ll now turn back to the future of their franchise and allow him to get the necessary reps he needs to develop. We can’t view Wilson as anything more than a desperation start in Superflex leagues though, despite the plus matchup against Houston.

Tyrod Taylor: Well, Tyrod only threw for 107 passing yards last week in the surprising win of the week for the Texans over the Titans. However, he was still a top-12 QB on the week because he was able to find the end zone twice as a runner. Taylor has always had the rushing ability that could make him a valuable fantasy asset when he’s the starting option and he rewarded fantasy managers that played him out of desperation last week. This matchup against the Jets is enticing to take a shot on him again, but we can’t view him as a trustworthy option due to the team that he plays for in Houston. He can be viewed as a low-end QB2 at best.

Running Backs

Ty Johnson: With Michael Carter set to miss the next couple of weeks, the Jets should turn to Johnson and Tevin Coleman to help keep their offense moving. While Johnson stands to be the biggest beneficiary with Carter out of the lineup, we can’t immediately plug him into Carter’s spot in fantasy lineups and expect the same level of production. This is likely going to be a 50/50 split in this backfield and the offense doesn’t exactly figure to be high-powered with Wilson returning to action. Johnson can be viewed as a mid-range/low-end RB3.

Tevin Coleman: Coleman should see an uptick in work with Michael Carter out now for the next couple of weeks, but we know who the veteran RB is now at this point of his career. Coleman can be plugged into starting lineups as a low-end RB3 and that’s pretty much it, unfortunately.

Rex Burkhead: Burkhead saw an impressive 18 carries last week for Houston in their blowout win over Tennessee, which was good enough for the 9th most at the RB position in Week 11, but it only resulted in 40 total yards. With no involvement in the receiving game, plus the state of the overall offense he plays in, Burkhead holds very little upside week in and week out. The fact that Phillip Lindsay is no longer in town makes Burkhead a bit more intriguing from a redraft perspective, but you should only be considering him if you are in an absolute pinch. He can be viewed as a low-end RB3 this week.

David Johnson: Johnson saw a decent amount of work last week in a positive game script, but he did next to nothing with his opportunity. Johnson is simply not even worth looking at in redraft leagues anymore, despite the plus matchup.

Wide Receivers

Corey Davis: If you’re planning to use Davis in fantasy this week, you’ll have to monitor his status. He reportedly sustained a groin injury in practice this week that could put his Week 12 status in doubt. Davis saw an impressive 20% target share in Week 11, but it only resulted in three receptions for 35 yards. The spinning carousel of QBs for New York certainly hasn’t helped Davis get into a rhythm this year, but he’s going to have back the QB that helped his fantasy value the most at the beginning of the season. From Weeks 1-7, Davis had a 20.2% team target share and he was averaging 11.8 fantasy points per game during that stretch. He’s averaged just 7.4 fantasy points per game in his two games without Wilson and he should be excited to get the rookie QB back behind center. With Moore’s emergence as a viable fantasy asset, we can’t confidently rank Davis as anything more than a mid-range WR3 if he plays, but there is at least some optimism heading into this plus matchup.

Elijah Moore: Did you know that from Weeks 8-11, Moore is the WR2 in fantasy football only behind Deebo Samuel? He’s averaging a shocking 17.9 Half PPR points per game and has a very impressive 85.0 PFF Offensive Grade during that time frame. It hasn’t quite mattered who’s been playing QB for the Jets, Moore has simply produced regardless. There are reasons to be concerned about Moore’s continued ascension now though that Zach Wilson is back at QB. It could have been that Moore was getting acclimated to the NFL game, but Moore was the WR116 through the first five weeks of the season when Wilson was the full-time starter. It seems crazy to say, but if we didn’t have the No. 2 overall pick in at QB for the Jets, we might be ranking Moore as a top-24 WR this week. However, we need to exercise caution and view him as a mid-range WR3 this week that has a wide range of outcomes.

Jamison Crowder: It’s seemingly every week that we talk about Crowder on a podcast or write about him in an article saying that he’s one of the most consistent players in fantasy football. He might not bring tremendous upside, but you know what you’re going to get every single time that you play him. Last week was no exception and he produced for fantasy managers that plugged him into their starting lineups as a FLEX option with a 6-44-1 stat line. While he saw his snap count percentage decrease to just 57% last week – and Moore’s increased to 67% – he still came through with a solid day and finished the week as a top-24 WR. With that being said, Wilson coming back to start at QB for the Jets has to make us at least hesitant in plugging him back into our lineups as a rock-solid option. It’s a plus matchup for the Jets, but Wilson has struggled when he’s been asked to captain the ship for the Jets offensively this season. Crowder needs to be downgraded slightly to a low-end FLEX play that has a wide range of outcomes.

Brandin Cooks: The player who most embodies the definition of consistency in fantasy football at the WR position disappointed this last week, but this was a bizarre game-script for Houston that they’re unlikely to find themselves in most weeks moving forward. Cooks quite frankly wasn’t needed and it resulted in a lower statistical output than what he has been used to getting in previous weeks. This matchup against New York is about as good as they come for opposing wideouts though, so we should be plugging Cooks right back into our lineups as a low-end WR2 with some upside this week.

Nico Collins: Collins took a hit last week with the bizarre game script, but he was inches away from being given credit for a solid touchdown grab. We’re not at the point where we can trust Collins in our redraft lineups just yet, but his involvement and talent make him at least worth monitoring as we move down the stretch.

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Los Angeles Chargers vs Denver Broncos

Date/Time: Sunday November 28, 4:05pm ET
BettingPros Consensus Spread: Chargers -2.5
BettingPros Consensus Over/Under: 47.5 points
Implied Vegas point totals
: Chargers 25, Broncos 22.5

Quarterback

Justin Herbert: Herbert hasn’t been as consistent in Joe Lombardi’s offense this season as he was in 2020 under Anthony Lynn, but there’s no denying the young star’s upside for fantasy football. While Herbert has finished as the QB15 two of the past four weeks, he’s also finished as the QB2 and QB1 on the week in the other two games. Herbert has to belong in starting lineups every single week due to said upside, but it’s at least worth recognizing that he does have a tough matchup in front of him on paper. The Broncos are allowing the 4th-fewest fantasy points to opposing QBs this season up to this point and just a mere 233 passing yards per game on average. Herbert’s still a top-12 option, but we need to be prepared for the fact that he might finish closer to the QB15 range rather than a top-5 option.

Teddy Bridgewater: The Chargers defense has historically been one of the tougher matchups for opposing QBs this season, but they just got torched by Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers passing attack last week on Sunday night. While that would normally entice us to start the next QB up in line, it’s probably best to leave Bridgewater on your waiver wire in 1QB formats. Bridgewater has finished outside the top-15 QBs in three of his last four games and there’s enough evidence to suggest that last week was a fluke performance for the Chargers pass defense. Bridgewater should only be viewed as a low-end QB2 this week.

Running Backs

Austin Ekeler: Ekeler’s quite vocal about his passion for fantasy football on social media and apparently he went up against Jonathan Taylor in a league last week. Ekeler came out on fire and put up a dominant 39 Half PPR fantasy points, which single-handedly brought several teams that were out of their matchups back into it. He’s seeing a workload this season like he’s never had before and he is absolutely thriving with the opportunity. He now ranks top-5 in the NFL through 11 weeks in overall Red Zone Rushing Attempts with 30 and that shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon with his conversion rate. The Broncos defense is only giving up 15.6 fantasy points per game on average to opposing RBs, but that shouldn’t scare us away from Ekeler at all. He’s a rock-solid play each and every week and he’s a top-5 option again in Week 12.

Melvin Gordon: While fantasy managers have been frustrated that Gordon and Javonte Williams remain locked up in a 50/50 split, Gordon still has been a very valuable fantasy asset. He’s finished inside the top-30 RBs on the week in each of his previous five games and he has two top-10 performances during that stretch. Now, the Broncos get to take on the defense that is allowing the most rushing yards per game with 119.9. The Chargers are allowing an average of 21.0 fantasy points per contest and we could see Denver completely commit to the run game in this one, which would mean good things for Gordon. He can be viewed as a low-end RB2 with upside this week.

Javonte Williams: Is there a possibility that the Broncos come out of their bye week and choose to feature Williams in this backfield? While it seems unlikely based on everything we’ve seen from the Broncos this year, fantasy managers can dream, can’t they? Regardless of what the touch split might look like this week between Williams and Gordon, we could be in line for a big performance here from the rookie RB. The Chargers are allowing the most rushing yards per contest to opposing RBs this season and that’s still with taking into account Najee Harris‘ down performance from last week. In addition to a shocking 119.9 rushing yards per game, they’re also allowing 1.3 rushing touchdowns per week as well. We could easily see Williams and Gordon both find the end zone here, which makes Williams a mid-range/low-end RB2 play with upside.

Wide Receivers

Keenan Allen: There was a stretch during the season from Weeks 4-6 where Allen wasn’t doing much and was the WR41 in fantasy football. However, since their bye week in Week 7, Allen is averaging 15.7 Half PPR points per game and is the WR6 during that time frame. He’s seen 48 targets in those four weeks and is averaging 97.75 receiving yards per contest. Fantasy managers had been waiting for the Allen that we had all come to know and love to show back up and he’s done just that in recent weeks. The Chargers have a tough task in front of them with the Broncos secondary, but Allen is about as safe as they come. He can be viewed as a low-end WR1 this week.

Mike Williams: If you were to put Williams’ fantasy finishes from this season on a moving graph, we would all get dizzy very quickly. Williams has finished inside the top-10 WRs on the week four times already this season. However, he has also finished outside the top-40 WRs on the week fives times so far this season. There is very little consistency with Williams from a fantasy perspective and it’s an absolute headache trying to predict what he is going to do any given week. After seeing just 10 receptions for 137 yards and no touchdowns over his previous four games combined, Williams re-emerged in Week 11 and finished the game with 5 receptions for 97 yards and a touchdown. The majority of his production came on the game-winning play though, which was a bit of a breakdown in coverage, so it’s worth noting that it doesn’t appear as though the Chargers made a concerted effort to feed Williams the ball. With Ekeler and Allen being the key focal points of this offense, Williams is always going to be vying for the leftovers and that makes him a very difficult evaluation in fantasy. He can be viewed as a low-end WR2 this week due to his upside, but fantasy managers need to be prepared for the possibility that he ends the week outside the top-40.

Jerry Jeudy: In the previous two games before the Broncos’ bye, Jeudy had seen an impressive 17 targets. While that didn’t amount to a ton of fantasy production, it’s encouraging to see that he has the No. 1 WR job in Denver locked down. Unfortunately, that role isn’t likely to lead to top-tier production with the mixture of QB play, the surplus of receiving options in town, and the team’s commitment to the run game. Jeudy is going to bring a safe floor each and every week that he’s in the lineup, but the upside simply isn’t going to be there. In a game this week where we could see Denver focus solely on taking advantage of the plus matchup on the ground, Jeudy might not even see 6+ targets here. It’s best to view the star receiver as a high-end/mid-range WR3 and that’s about it.

Courtland Sutton: Jerry Jeudy returned to the Broncos lineup in Week 8. Since that point, Sutton has seen just a 10.8% team target share and has put up a total of 12 fantasy points. He’s quickly approaching the territory where we can’t really trust him from a fantasy perspective, which is disappointing due to the talent level he possesses. Even though he just secured a big contract from the Broncos, it’s not worth the risk of starting him in this matchup for him just to continue doing what he’s been doing over the past few games. Sutton is a high-end FLEX option at best.

Tim Patrick: Patrick just got paid by the Broncos and will be in Denver for the foreseeable future, and we could certainly be talking about him as a viable fantasy asset next season if the Broncos upgrade at QB, but it’s important to temper expectations heading into this matchup. The Chargers are allowing the second-fewest fantasy points to opposing WRs this year and it could be tough sledding for the Broncos pass-catchers. Patrick is nothing more than a mid-range FLEX option for Week 12.

Tight Ends

Jared Cook: There was a brief moment where it looked like Cook was heading towards being a viable fantasy asset in the middle of the season, but he’s now gone three of the last four games finishing outside the top-24 TEs on the week. There are better pivot options available to fantasy managers and Cook isn’t worth holding onto in redraft leagues at this point.

Noah Fant: One of the big hangups with Fant coming into draft season was what his consistency was going to be with so many other mouths to feed in this Broncos offense. Now with Jeudy, Patrick, Sutton, Williams, Gordon, and Okwuegbunam all healthy, there are major questions surrounding Fant and what his target share is going to be. While the Chargers matchup is enticing on paper – they’ve given up the second-most fantasy points to opposing TEs this season – it’s important to take notice of who all they’ve played this year. They’ve had a slew of tough matchups at the position with very talented players and it’s quite shocking that they’re only allowing 11.1 fantasy points per game. Fant is a risky play this week due to the possibility that Denver chooses to lean on their run game and we need to downgrade him for it. He can be viewed as a high-end TE2.

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Minnesota Vikings vs San Francisco 49ers

Date/Time: Sunday November 28, 4:25pm ET
BettingPros Consensus Spread: 49ers -3
BettingPros Consensus Over/Under: 49 points
Implied Vegas point totals
: 49ers 26, Vikings 23

Quarterback

Kirk Cousins: Everyone loves to have an opinion about Cousins, but there’s no denying the fact that he has been the QB3 in fantasy football over the past three games. Despite some tougher matchups, Cousins has gotten the job done and he’s been incredibly consistent here as of late. Against the 49ers defense that’s middle of the pack from a fantasy standpoint against opposing QBs, Cousins can be viewed as a solid low-end QB1 play with upside if this game turns into a shootout.

Jimmy Garoppolo: Garoppolo hasn’t done anything spectacular from a passing perspective over the past couple of weeks, but he’s been a viable fantasy option due to his touchdown totals. He’s thrown two touchdowns each of the past two weeks and he’s taking care of the football, which allows him to at least be a serviceable streaming option. In this matchup against the Vikings defense that’s allowing the 5th-most fantasy points to opposing QBs, we could see Garoppolo put up another solid day here for fantasy purposes. He can accordingly be viewed as a mid-range QB2.

Running Backs

Dalvin Cook: There’s no questioning that when Cook is healthy and active in the lineup, he receives one of the largest workloads in the league. Over his last five games, Cook has seen an average of 22 carries for 101.6 rushing yards with an average of 16.6 Half PPR points per contest. There are very few other RBs in the fantasy football landscape that we can feel as comfortable dropping into our starting lineup each week other than Cook and he deserves to be right back in rankings as a top-5 option this week against San Francisco.

Elijah Mitchell: At the time of writing, it’s unclear whether or not Mitchell will be able to return for this matchup against the Vikings. He’s currently listed as day-to-day, which implies optimism that he’ll return, but we’ll need to monitor the practice reports as we get closer to kickoff. If Mitchell is healthy enough to play, we know that he’ll receive the majority of the work in this backfield. At that point, Mitchell becomes a mid-range/low-end RB2 simply based on volume. His health record hasn’t been the greatest so far this season, which we have to take into account when projecting him, but he should see enough volume to be a solid play this week.

Jeff Wilson: Wilson didn’t come through for fantasy managers in the way that many were expecting last week, but he was one errant pass away from reeling in a touchdown that would have changed everyone’s opinion. There is the potential that Elijah Mitchell returns this week for the 49ers, which would send Wilson back to fantasy benches, but we won’t have that clarity until later on in the week. If Mitchell doesn’t play, Wilson would be a solid plug-and-play option against the Vikings defense that’s allowing the 10th-most fantasy points to opposing RBs. He can be viewed as a mid-range/low-end RB2 if Mitchell doesn’t suit up.

Wide Receivers

Justin Jefferson: Jefferson finished as the WR75 in Week 8 against Dallas and he hasn’t finished outside the top-12 WRs since that point. There were previously questions about whether or not we needed to downgrade Jefferson to outside the top-12 WRs in Rest-of-Season rankings, but he’s averaging 127 receiving yards over the past three weeks and has three touchdowns as well to put those questions to rest. The 49ers defense is allowing the 7th-fewest fantasy points to opposing WRs this year, but Jefferson is completely matchup proof with his talent and significant target share. He can be viewed as a top-5 WR this week.

Adam Thielen: In a shootout performance last week with Green Bay, Thielen saw his target share jump up to 29.4% and he was able to turn that into eight receptions for 82 yards and a touchdown. We certainly haven’t seen the same level of touchdown production from Thielen as we did last year, but he’s still worth playing every single week due to his involvement around the red zone. Thielen ranks tied for third with several other players for the most touchdowns on receptions within the opponent’s 20-yard line, which makes him a worthwhile investment every single week as a mid-range/low-end WR2. He might give a lower floor if he doesn’t find the end zone, but his potential to bring one in for six continuously keeps him in the conversation. He can be viewed as a mid-range WR2 for Week 12.

Kj Osborn: Osborn has finished outside the top-70 WRs each of the past four weeks. He can be dropped in redraft leagues.

Deebo Samuel: This has been a wacky fantasy football season and it’s exemplified by the fact that Samuel had just one reception last week, but he finished as the WR16 on the week. Samuel was used as a substitute for the running game this past week and he absolutely delivered. On eight carries, Samuel was able to go for 79 yards and a touchdown and he now has finished as a top-20 RB in six of his last seven games. The usage for Samuel is going to be difficult to project as far as where it comes, but in a matchup against Minnesota that’s allowing the most fantasy points to opposing WRs this season, Samuel belongs in your starting lineup as a top-10 option.

Brandon Aiyuk: Don’t look now, but Aiyuk has posted two top-12 performances over the past three weeks! With Deebo essentially acting as a Running Back here recently, Aiyuk has become the de facto WR1 for the 49ers and he’s delivering. While fantasy managers will argue that he would have been producing the entire season if he had been given the main opportunity, that’s a different conversation for a different day. Looking ahead to Week 12, the Vikings are allowing a staggering 26.1 fantasy points to opposing WRs this season and Aiyuk belongs in starting lineups because of it. He can be viewed as a low-end WR2/high-end WR3 with upside.

Tight Ends

Tyler Conklin: Conklin does just enough each week to warrant consideration for future matchups in redraft leagues, but he’s truly a touchdown-or-bust option. He can be viewed as a mid-range TE2 this week.

George Kittle: Do you remember when Kittle didn’t score touchdowns? Over the last three games, Kittle has scored in each contest and he’s finished the week as a top-5 fantasy option in all of them. There are very few options at the TE position where we can say, “Set them and forget them”, but Kittle is certainly in that conversation. Fire him up with confidence yet again here.

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