With three games on Thursday
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than previous weeks for scoring, with the Falcons-Saints game on Thursday night
shaping up to have the most fantasy upside.Playoff time in most fantasy leagues
is looming, which makes this a make-or-break week for many teams.START: T.Y.
Hilton, WR, Colts: Questions about his hamstrings were emphatically put to rest
when he torched the Titans with nine receptions for 138 yards and two scores
last week. After recording just 15 targets in a three-game span, Hilton has 16
in his last two games and faces a Dolphins pass defense that is 29th in the
league in average yards allowed per reception. A dialed-in Andrew Luck (seven
straight games with at least three touchdown passes) will have no problem
finding his featured pass catcher.SIT: Deshaun Watson, QB, Texans: Take away his
five-TD performance against the Dolphins in Week 8, and Watson has just six
touchdown passes in his past five games. That doesn’t bode well against a Titans
defense that still ranks fourth in fewest fantasy points allowed per game
despite being lit up by the Colts last week. Watson no longer offers the bonus
of running the ball, which makes him sideline material for fantasy players this
week.START: Duke Johnson Jr., RB, Browns: He’s once again RB2/flex viable in PPR
formats after catching all 13 of his targets for 109 yards and three touchdowns
in his last two games. Expect the good times to continue for Johnson and his
fantasy owners
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backs. Cincinnati is also 31st in receiving yards allowed and rookie quarterback
Baker Mayfield is improving.SIT: Alex Collins, RB, Ravens: Collins is too
touchdown-dependent to garner much value and has seen his touches decline since
getting 19 carries in Week 6, falling to just seven last week against the
Bengals. The unexpected rise of Gus Edwards makes an already-crowded Baltimore
backfield more cramped, which means Collins will see limited touches against a
Raiders defense that is 31st in rushing yards allowed.START: Carson Wentz, QB,
Eagles: Don’t be discouraged by Wentz’s poor effort in the loss at the Saints.
With the Eagles ranked 25th in rushing and their chances of defending their
Super Bowl crown beginning to slip away, expect Wentz to throw at will against a
Giants defense that he lit up for three touchdowns in Week 6. There’s little
chance of Zach Ertz catching just two passes or Golden Tate being a nonfactor in
consecutive weeks, so bank on Wentz rebounding.SIT: Emmanuel Sanders, WR,
Broncos: After consecutive 100-yard games in Weeks 6 and 7
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taking coverage away. And with rookie Courtland Sutton starting to see more
targets in his direction, Sanders has fallen from a solid WR2 to a borderline
flex. Although the Steelers are 28th in receiving yards allowed, Sanders’ recent
struggles aren’t encouraging enough to take the gamble.START: Tre’Quan Smith,
WR, Saints: The 13 targets he had in the win over the Eagles was the same number
he had in his previous three games combined. Smith won’t have to wait long to
exploit a vulnerable secondary, as the Falcons defense he’ll see Thanksgiving
night is 29th in fantasy points allowed per game to opposing receivers while
giving up 21 touchdown passes. He’s a strong flex option who is another good
game or two away from being a legit WR2.SIT: Aaron Jones, RB, Packers: There’s
little debate that Jones is now Green Bay’s lead back. However, he has yet to
record more than 15 carries in a game this season and his matchup against the
Vikings appears to be the splash of cold water that stalls him after scoring
four times in the last two games. Minnesota is fourth overall against the run
and has allowed only five touchdowns on the ground, meaning Jones will need to
deliver as a pass catcher to justify having him in the lineup.START: Jordan
Reed, TE, Redskins: His production perked up once Colt McCoy replaced the
injured Alex Smith at quarterback
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stopping tight ends, although the memory of Ertz pulling in 15 catches for
Philadelphia against Dallas two weeks ago should be a good reason why Reed’s
fantasy numbers will continue to swing upward.SIT: Anthony Miller, WR, Bears:
With Mitchell Trubisky (shoulder) unlikely to play against the Lions on
Thanksgiving, Miller’s run of two straight games with a touchdown catch has a
strong chance to end, especially if Chicago focuses its attention toward
Detroit’s 22nd-ranked run defense.START: Eli Manning, QB, Giants: The Eagles
secondary is in worse shape than when Manning passed for 281 yards against them
in the first meeting this season. With Saquon Barkley and Odell Beckham Jr
putting up solid numbers of late, Manning should have a field day on a Philly
defense that is 27th in fantasy points allowed per game.SIT: LeSean McCoy, RB,
Bills: Don’t count on McCoy putting up 110 yards and two scores against the
Jaguars, whose run defense is stouter than the Jets run D that McCoy ripped up
in Week 10. Even with a big workload
Trayveon Williams Jersey 2019 , that’s a matchup fantasy owners should avoid. Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green practiced on Wednesday and said that he
will play against the Broncos this weekend after missing the last three games
with a toe injury.The Bengals lost all three of those games and they’ve lost
five of their last six games overall to fall to 5-6 on the season. That leaves
them on the fringes of the playoff race and quarterback Andy Dalton‘s
season-ending thumb injury may have some thinking about next season.Green does
not count himself in that camp. He was shut down before the end of the season in
2016 because of an injury, but said that is “not happening this year” and
affirmed his commitment to the only team he has played for in the NFL.“My goal
when I got drafted was to always stay in one place the whole time,” Green said,
via the
Cincinnati Enquirer. “No matter what the situation was. I want to win, I want to bring something to this city. I don?? want to be like, ??h,
A.J. left because he wasn?? winning.??It?? not about football, that?? just who I
am to stay loyal to whoever gave me an opportunity. It?? been fun. I wouldn??
rather be nowhere else. In tough times that?? why I?? here, try to lead these
guys and get this thing back on the road and for the future. I have one more
year on my contract and then we??l see what happens.”There were signs that the
Bengals were ready to make a coaching change as the 2017 season came to an end,
but Marvin Lewis wound up remaining in place. Should that change come this
season, it will be interesting to see what else will change in Cincinnati and
that includes the possibility that Green and others would move on in a reset of
the Bengals franchise.
