Here are my fantasy football rankings, tiers and outlook for notable players Week 11.
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Fantasy Football Rankings, Tiers & Start/Sit Lineup Advice: Week 11
Quarterbacks Rankings & Tiers
Fantasy Football Start/Sit Lineup Advice: Quarterbacks
Start Joe Flacco this week. Flacco has averaged 43.3 pass attempts and 313.5 passing yards in his four starts for the Bengals, and he’s thrown two or more touchdown passes in all of them. The 40-year-old Flacco is QB1 in fantasy points per game during his time with the Bengals, averaging 25.4 fantasy points per game. One of those starts was against the Steelers, whom the Bengals face again this Sunday. Flacco had 342 passing yards and three touchdowns in his first meeting with Pittsburgh. The Steelers are giving up the seventh-most fantasy points per game to QBs.
Matthew Stafford has been terrific this season. He currently has the second-shortest odds to win the NFL’s MVP award. Stafford has thrown 25 TD passes and only two interceptions. He’s completing 67.1% of his throws, averaging 7.8 yards per pass attempt, and averaging a league-high 269.7 passing yards per game. But Stafford has a difficult Week 11 matchup against the Seahawks in the NFL’s game of the week. Seattle’s pass defense ranks No. 5 in DVOA and No. 5 in opponent passer rating, and No. 5 in pressure rate. The Seahawks are tied with the Broncos for second in sacks with 32. I’m ranking Stafford as a low-end QB1.
I’m worried about the Green Bay passing game. TE Tucker Kraft is out for the year. WRs Romeo Doubs and Matthew Golden are banged up. The Packers have also lost center Elgton Jenkins to a lower-leg fracture, and Jenkins was one of their best offensive linemen. On top of all the injuries, the Packers’ offense skews slightly run-heavy, and Packers head coach is incentivized to go with a run-heavy gameplan this week against a bad Giants run defense. I’m well below consensus on Love this week, ranking him as a midrange QB2. I’d rather start Jameis Winston or Marcus Mariota.
I think Tua Tagovailoa is a sneaky-good QB option this week in a great matchup against the Commanders early Sunday in Spain. The Commanders rank 30th in defensive EPA per play and have the highest opponent passer rating in the league. The Commanders are giving up 8.9 yards per pass attempt. No other team is giving up more than 8.2 yards per attempt. And Tua has been pretty good over his last three games, completing 69% of his passes and averaging 7.3 yards per attempt. I’m ranking him as a high-end QB2.
Running Backs Rankings & Tiers
Fantasy Football Start/Sit Lineup Advice: Running Backs
Chase Brown has gone over 100 scrimmage yards in three straight games. Samaje Perine is on the shelf with a high-ankle sprain, and with Perine out in the Bengals’ last game (a Week 9 loss to the Bears), Brown played 95.7% of Cincinnati’s offensive snaps. Brown plays the Steelers this week. When Brown faced the Steelers a few weeks ago, he had a season-high 108 rushing yards on only 11 carries. And it’s worth noting that the Bengals are averaging 32.8 points over Joe Flacco‘s four starts. The offensive environment has been a good one. Regard Brown as a high-end RB2.
With J.K. Dobbins expected to miss time with a foot injury, rookie RJ Harvey becomes a compelling fantasy option. But it might be unrealistic to expect big numbers from Harvey against the Chiefs this week. Broncos head coach Sean Payton is never going to give one running back a massive share of the snaps and touches. That’s just not how Sean Payton rolls. Ask Saints fans. Sean Payton has been doing the backfield-by-committee thing for years. And it’s not as if Payton has been eager to give Harvey a lot of responsibility. There’s only been one game this season in which Harvey has played more than one-third of the Broncos’ offensive snaps. Tyler Badie is going to get snaps this week, and Jaleel McLaughlin might, too. Anyone expecting Harvey to get 15-20 carries against Kansas City might be disappointed. And while the Chiefs’ run defense hasn’t been as impregnable as it’s been in recent years, this still isn’t an easy matchup for Harvey. Regard him as a low-end RB2.
Woody Marks had a season-high 78% snap share last week against the Jaguars. One reason Marks played so much more than Nick Chubb was because the Texans fell into a big hole and were in catch-up mode against the Jaguars. The game script favored the better pass catcher. But maybe the Texans continue to give their rookie running back more work as the season wears on. It stands to reason that if the Texans like what they see from Marks, they’re going to start ramping up his usage and start dialing back the usage of Chubb, a low-upside veteran who’s had a major leg injury. Marks has an appealing Week 11 matchup against a Titans defense that has allowed the second-most fantasy points to RBs. I’m ranking Marks on the low-end RB2/high-end RB3 border.
Aaron Jones out-snapped Jordan Mason 46-16 last week. Jones hadn’t been above a 53% snap share in any other game this season. I’m not sure if the big usage gap is going to stick, but Jones is a solid fantasy play against a Chicago run defense that ranks 25th in DVOA and is giving up 4.9 yards per carry to running back.
Tyler Allgeier scored two touchdowns last week, giving him six touchdowns on the year. On one hand, chasing touchdowns is a classic fantasy football blunder. On the other hand, Allgeier might have a sturdier floor than we typically see from a backup running back. Allgeier’s TD total isn’t that fluky when you consider that he’s gotten 13 carries from within 10 yards of the opponent’s goal line, while Bijan Robinson has gotten five. And in the Falcons’ four home games this season, Allgeier has had 10 or more carries in three of them. Allgeier is at least flex-worthy this week in a home game against the Panthers.
Wide Receivers Rankings & Tiers
Fantasy Football Start/Sit Lineup Advice: Wide Receivers
Tee Higgins is a must-start against the Steelers in Week 11. In four games with Joe Flacco, Higgins has scored four touchdowns and averaged 80.8 receiving yards. He’s had five or more catches in all but one of those games. When Flacco and Higgins faced the Steelers a few weeks ago, Higgins had six catches for 96 yards and a touchdown The Steelers have been getting smoked by outside receivers. The Colts’ Alec Pierce and Michael Pittman combined for 230 yards against them in Week 9. Christian Watson had 85 yards against the Steelers on 36 snaps in Week 8. Higgins and Ja’Marr Chase combined for 257 yards and two touchdowns against Pittsburgh in Week 7. I think Tee Higgins will go off this week.
Lions head coach Dan Campbell took over the offensive playcalling duties last week, ripping the play sheet away from offensive coordinator John Morton, and Jameson Williams erupted for six catches, a season-high 119 yards and a touchdown. Granted, it happened against the Commanders, whose pass defense is a sieve. But in the two games since Detroit’s bye week, Williams has 10 catches, 185 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Morton was using Williams as a field stretcher early in the season, and it was killing Jamo’s numbers. Campbell seems to recognize how dangerous Williams is on crossing routes and other quick-hitting plays that allow Williams to use his blazing speed after the catch. Williams has a tricky matchup against the Eagles this week, but he’s still a WR2 this week and a worthwhile fantasy start.
D.K. Metcalf has produced 55 or fewer receiving yards in four straight games, with only one touchdown during that time. He’s WR55 in half-point PPR fantasy points per game over that stretch. And while Metcalf’s Week 11 matchup against the Bengals looks good on paper, Metcalf is probably going to get shadow coverage from D.J. Turner, one of the few bright spots on the Cincinnati defense. Turner has allowed a sub-50% catch rate and a passer rating of 78.4 on throws into his coverage this season. When Metcalf faced the Bengals a few weeks ago, Turner covered Metcalf on 78% of his routes and held him to three catches for 50 yards on five targets. Metcalf profiles as a boom/bust WR2 this week.
Wan’Dale Robinson is on pace for 90 catches this season. He’s become the Giants’ No. 1 receiver by default, and the No. 1 receiver in an offense being quarterbacked by Jameis Winston is an attractive fantasy option. Winston aggressively pushes the ball downfield even when his targets are well-covered. He’s an interception machine, but he also piles up yardage. The Packers aren’t an easy matchup, but the setup for Wan’Dale still looks pretty good this week, especially with Darius Slayton out, depriving Jameis of a key target. I’m ranking him as a low-end WR2.
With four touchdowns over his last four games, Tez Johnson is WR18 in half-point PPR fantasy points per game over that stretch. It’s good to be wary of touchdown-driven production, but Tez has averaged a respectable 47 receiving yards per game over that stretch. Tez is tied to a good quarterback, Baker Mayfield, and Sunday’s Buccaneers-Bills game has some shootout potential. I’m ranking Tez as a low-end WR3.
Targeting the flammable Washington pass defense makes a lot of sense. But I’m not sure the Dolphins’ Malik Washington, with his unconventional usage, can take advantage of this juicy matchup. I thought Washington would gain a lot of fantasy value after the season-ending Tyreek Hill injury. Since Hill went down, Washington is averaging 3.7 catches and 24.2 receiving yards per game. He’s had a touchdown in two of his last three games, but those are his only touchdowns of the season. Washington adds a little bit of rushing value, with 13 carries for 78 yards on the season, but that’s a cherry, not a sundae. With Washington averaging 6.4 yards, I’m not sure he’s a guy who can capitalize on a bad secondary. I’m ranking him as a low-end WR4.
Tight Ends Rankings & Tiers
Fantasy Football Start/Sit Lineup Advice: Tight Ends
Since Week 5, Travis Kelce is TE5 in fantasy points per game, averaging 5.2 catches and 71.6 yards a game over that stretch. The Broncos are tough against wide receivers but a little less stingy against tight ends. Denver has given up the 13th-most receiving yards to TEs. Maybe Patrick Mahomes chooses the path of least resistance and heavily targets his tight end when the Chiefs visit Denver on Sunday. I’m regarding Kelce as a midrange TE1.
Kyle Pitts is averaging 7.8 targets over his last four games, and the Falcons have one of the skinniest target trees in the league, with Drake London, Pitts, Bijan Robinson and Darnell Mooney soaking up a huge percentage of team targets (and Mooney has been unworthy of his targets thus far). Pitts is a solid play this week against the Panthers, who have allowed the fourth-most receiving yards and seventh-most fantasy points per game to tight ends.
Cade Otton has an ECR in TE1 range this week against the Bills. I’m considering him more of a high-end TE2. Otton is still looking for his first touchdown of 2025, but he’s been more heavily involved in the Buccaneers’ passing game lately, averaging 7.4 targets, 5.8 catches and 63.8 receiving yards since Week 5. But the Bills have been tough on tight ends, allowing the fewest receptions, fewest receiving yards and fewest fantasy points to the position.
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