William Fuller V Week 12 Outlook -

Despite the Patriots getting Stephon Gilmore back in the lineup, Fuller was able to rack up six catches for 80 yards while seeing a team-high eight targets. He's now had 80-plus yards and/or a touchdown in 8-of-10 games this season, making him one of the safest plays week-in and week-out. Now onto a matchup with the Lions who've allowed 11 wide receivers to finish top-24 against them this year. The secondary has been getting better as the season goes on, and they rank as the No. 14 defense against opposing No. 1 wide receivers, according to Football Outsiders' DVOA metric. They've had Desmond Trufant do some shadowing in coverage, though it's tough to say they do that with Fuller/Cooks, as they're near equal in the offense. Fuller should hope that they do if we're being honest, as he's been much worse than Amani Oruwariye in coverage. If they play sides, Fuller would actually see more of Oruwariye, who's allowed just 1.17 PPR points per target in his coverage, which ranks as the fifth-lowest mark among the 107 cornerbacks who've played 150-plus snaps in coverage. You're starting Fuller regardless of matchup by this point, though he hangs out in the WR2 range this week.