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TL;DR Fantasy Football Week 13
- Bye Week Teams: None
- Thanksgiving Day Teams: Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions, Kansas City Chiefs, Dallas Cowboys, Cincinnati Bengals, Baltimore Ravens
- Black Friday Teams: Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles
Must-Know Quarterback Fantasy Football Stats
Cam Ward (QB – TEN)
After a rough start to his NFL career, Cam Ward has come out of his bye week with a pair of strong starts. Considering that his strong starts came against the Texans and Seahawks, who have two of the league’s best defenses, Titans fans should be optimistic. Ward has committed only one turnover over his last two games.
Ward has also started racking up yards with his legs. Ward had 33 rushing yards against the Texans in Week 11 and 37 rushing yards and a touchdown run against the Seahawks in Week 12. This week, he faces the Jaguars, who have allowed the third-most passing touchdowns on the season. Of all the waiver wire QBs, Ward is the most intriguing. Maybe the rookie has turned a corner.
Daniel Jones (QB – IND)
Daniel Jones was in rough form entering the Colts’ Week 11 bye. According to PFF, Danny Dimes had nine turnover-worthy plays and a wretched 8.7% turnover-worthy play rate in Weeks 9-10. He also took 12 sacks in those games.
Week 12 wasn’t a totally lost cause for the Colts in their loss. Jones didn’t take a sack or have a turnover against the Chiefs. Sadly, his ball protection and sack aversion were accompanied by only 181 passing yards at 5.8 yards per pass attempt. Jones threw two touchdowns, and he also added 16 scoreless rushing yards. Still, he’ll need to find a happy medium between creating big plays and taking care of the football he couldn’t find recently. The Texans are a nightmare matchup for striking that balance.
Must-Know Running Back Fantasy Football Stats
TreVeyon Henderson (RB – NE)
Although it was a quieter fantasy output than we’ve seen from TreVeyon Henderson in recent weeks, he officially took control of the Patriots’ backfield on Sunday. He rushed 18 times for 66 yards and caught three passes for 15 yards, tallying 11.1 fantasy points.
Henderson out-snapped Rhamondre Stevenson in his return, 46 to 22, and out-carried him 18 to six. Stevenson will continue to be involved going forward, but it’s impossible to put the genie back in the bottle after Henderson’s production in the last few weeks.
Omarion Hampton (RB – LAC)
Hopefully, Omarion Hampton returns to the lineup following the Chargers’ Week 12 bye after missing the past seven weeks with an ankle injury. While Kimani Vidal has had some productive performances as the starter, the rookie will be the featured running back once healthy.
Hampton averaged 14.3 rushing attempts for 80.7 yards (5.6 per attempt), 0.7 touchdowns and 22.8 PPR fantasy points in the three contests as the featured running back. Furthermore, he was a massive factor in the air, averaging 5.7 receptions for 40.7 receiving yards in those three contests.
Kenneth Walker III (RB – SEA)
Kenneth Walker topped 100 scrimmage yards for the second straight game in Week 12, piling up 71 yards on the ground and 30 through the air against a porous Titans defense. He maximized every touch, currently checking in as RB16 on the week.
The bigger takeaway is Walker’s rising usage. His snap share has climbed from 41% in Week 10 to 64% in Week 12, a clear sign that a lead-back role could be within reach.
Must-Know Wide Receiver Fantasy Football Stats
Christian Watson (WR – GB)
For the second straight week, Christian Watson operated as the Packers’ No. 1 WR. In Week 11, he led the team with a 79% route participation rate. This week, he once again led with 22 routes on 24 Jordan Love dropbacks (an elite 92% participation rate).
In both weeks, Watson turned his increased usage into respectable fantasy outings. Last week, he scored two touchdowns en route to an excellent 18.6-point finish. This week, he caught five of his seven targets for 49 yards and 7.4 points. We know that things can change in Green Bay’s receiver room at any time (especially when Jayden Reed and/or Matthew Golden return). But right now, Watson is the Packers’ No. 1 WR, and he is producing. He should be added in the vast majority of leagues.
Jameson Williams (WR – DET)
I’ll admit I didn’t see a zero coming for Jameson Williams last week. He drew only three targets and converted them into a goose egg box score. Since Dan Campbell took over play-calling duties, Williams has a 14% target share, a 26.8% air-yard share, 69 receiving yards per game, 2.01 yards per route run and a 15.9% first-read share.
The offense has condensed around Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jahmyr Gibbs in recent weeks, and I don’t see that changing this week. In his last three games, Williams has two red-zone targets and one deep target. Williams is a viable but worrisome Flex play in Week 13. Since Week 7, Green Bay has ranked 17th in receiving yards per game while allowing the 14th-fewest fantasy points per game to perimeter wide receivers.
Must-Know Tight End Fantasy Football Stats
Brenton Strange (TE – JAX)
Brenton Strange returned to the lineup on Sunday after missing the past five games because of a hip injury. The veteran caught all five of his targets for 93 receiving yards and 14.3 PPR fantasy points, leading the Jaguars in receptions and receiving yards while finishing third in targets behind Parker Washington (seven) and Jakobi Meyers (six).
More importantly, Strange has averaged 55 receiving yards and 10.3 fantasy points per game in the five contests with four or more targets, totaling 9.9+ points in all but the Week 2 matchup.
Dalton Schultz (TE – HOU)
Since Week 3, Dalton Schultz has had an 18.2% target share with 48.9 receiving yards per game, 1.60 yards per route run and a 20.4% first-read share, per Fantasy Points Data. In those nine games, he has seen six red-zone targets, five deep targets and averaged 10.7 PPR points per game. Schultz should be a strong TE1 in two of the next three weeks. The Colts and Cardinals have bled out production to tight ends all season. Indianapolis has allowed the second-most receiving yards and fantasy points per game to the position. Arizona has given up the ninth-most receiving yards and the eighth-most fantasy points per game to tight ends.
Hunter Henry (TE – NE)
How awful has the tight end position been in 2025? Consider this. Before Sunday, Hunter Henry had scored nine points or fewer in seven consecutive weeks, with just one touchdown reception during that span. After Week 12’s effort, he is still the TE5 overall on the season. Yeesh. As mentioned in the Diggs blurb above, Henry broke out for a 7/115/1 afternoon on 10 targets, the most looks he has seen since Week 3.
How much are we buying into this breakout? Only a little. Cincinnati has been historically awful in guarding tight ends this year, and quarterback Drake Maye seems more comfortable pushing the ball downfield on the perimeter instead, when possible. Henry has the opportunity for another strong game against New York in Week 13, before the Patriots go on hiatus with their bye the following Sunday.
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