This week, I am a little short on time and have to start writing a lot later (by five hours) than I usually do. Instead of going game by game this week, I am going to go point by point and try to cover as many players as I can. Next week, you can look forward to the regular structure of this post. I hope that everyone had an awesome Thanksgiving free from food poisoning, political arguments, and deep-seated tension that you could cut with the knife that you buttered your Thanksgiving rolls with.
- Going back to 2014, Julio Jones’ lowest yardage total against Tampa Bay without scoring a touchdown is 93 yards. His lowest yardage total against Tampa Bay since 2014 is 66 yards, but he found the end zone in that game. He absolutely has owned this secondary since entering the league and rest assured, he will do it again on Monday night in week 14. He will be my #1 overall wide receiver that week as long as he is healthy.
- Doug Martin actually averaged 4.7 yards per carry on Sunday. Unfortunately, he got banged up early in the game and further proved that he can’t have nice things. I honestly don’t think you can even put him in your lineup in any format even if he’s healthy going forward. He’s an exception to the volume theory.
- Although Tyrod Taylor didn’t get a ton of rushing yards today, I think he’s in the mix as a very decent QB2 for the rest of the season. Buffalo is right in the mix to make the playoffs and if McDermott wants to keep his job he won’t sit Tyrod again this year.
- It’s hard to feel bad for people who traded for Alex Smith after his hot start. We had a very large sample of who Alex Smith was as a fantasy quarterback coming into this season. You played yourself if you acquired him. I don’t trust anyone besides in this offense besides Travis Kelce and Tyreek Hill in ppr. I hope you were able to ship off Kareem Hunt a few weeks back while you still could.
- Joe Mixon finally paid for fantasy players who stuck to the plan. I know that it was hard to do. I’ve watched A LOT of him. I’ll admit that he hasn’t translated quite as quickly into a star back as I thought he would, but he looked damn good against a team who held him to 29 rushing yards in the first meeting of these two teams. Even if he doesn’t pay off in season long, I still feel great about him as one of the two best backs to come out of this class for dynasty.
- Josh Gordon is supposed to come back next week and play opposite of Corey Coleman. DeShone Kizer has good matchups in two out of the three fantasy playoff weeks if you’re desperate at quarterback. Just something to think about, he’s been a lot better in the past two weeks.
- When’s that Corey Davis breakout going to happen?
- Zach Ertz is back! It would have been nice if Alshon Jeffery would have been able to do anything in the 2nd
- Not sure who the bigger disappointment was yesterday, Jay Ajayi or Jordan Howard.
- Rex Burkhead needs to be in your lineup weekly and so does Dion Lewis. The Patriots still have the Bills twice, the Dolphins again, and the Jets.
- Robby Anderson has scored 6 touchdowns in the last 5 games. McCown loves him and he’s one of the sneaky-best deep threats in the league. Play the players that have the juice. Robby Anderson has all of the juice.
- Matt Forte is who we thought he was.
- Crabtree has gotten his chain snatched by Aqib Talib twice in this calendar year. He owns his soul forever now. Even though the Broncos played without their best two corners, Amari Cooper only managed 1 catch for 9 yards and a touchdown.
- Blake Bortles will be starting for the Jacksonville Jaguars in week 1 in 2018 and there isn’t a damn thing that we can do about it.
- Blaine Gabbert likes Ricky Seals-Jones, I still have no clue who he is, maybe I’ll look into it.
- Alvin Kamara can not be stopped. Ever. Ever. Ever. Ever. Ever. Ever. Ever. Ever.
- Neither can Todd Gurley, even when he doesn’t find the end zone, he piles up yards.
- All Sammy Watkins has ever needed is to not play with Robert Woods. 9 targets Sunday.
- Cooper Kupp is also very valuable while Robert Woods is sidelined.
- Big Ben really took advantage of this easy matchup. Ever since the 5 interception game, he’s been a force.
- Keep playing Davante Adams, Brett Hundley loves him.
- Martavis Bryant found the end zone. I’ll still never forgive him.
That wraps up the quick takes from Week 12. Let me know in the comment section what you thought of this format, if you all liked this, we could change it up for the rest of the season.
