NFL Fantasy Football Week 12: Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em And FanDuel Picks

For standard leagues, I’ll pick so.

Last week, I went 9-5 in my over and under achievers and 11-6 in FanDuel, let’s get to this week’s picks;

Underachievers

  • New England Patriots QB Tom Brady:  Another lost weapon and on the road in Denver does not look good this week.
  • New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees:  He is coming off a bye but the Texans have been a top 3 defense the past 4 weeks.
  • Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo:  He looked OK last week but the Carolina defense is a different animal.
  • New Orleans Saints RB Mark Ingram:  He is a must start but I would keep expectations low this week against the Texans.
  • Dallas Cowboys RB Darren McFadden:  While he had a huge workload last week, he looks to be banged up and the Panthers are a tough match-up.
  • New York Jets Rb Chris Ivory:  He is a shell of himself and got out snapped by Bilal Powell last week.
  • Chicago Bears Wr Alshon Jeffrey:  He is supposed to play but is 1 lay away from sitting the whole game versus the Packers.
  • Cincinnati Bengals Wr A.J Green:  This is not a great match up versus the Rams and he continues to underachieve all season with 2 quality games.
  • Green Bay Packers Wr Randall Cobb:  Another underachieving receiver that is too dependent on touchdowns.
  • Kansas City Chiefs TE Travis Kelce: The Bills took away Gronk last week and I expect the same this week.

Overachievers

  • Houston Texans QB Brian Hoyer:  When any QB plays the Saints they are a top 3 option.
  • Washington Redskins QB Kirk Cousins:  He has a 111 QB rating at home and the Giants are not a great pass defense.
  • Tennessee Titans QB Marcus Mariota:  He gets Wright back and the Raiders have been a bottom 10 pass defense all year.
  • Green Bay Packers RB Eddie Lacy:  He is back to being the bell cow and the Bears gave up almost 200 rushing yards last week.
  • Cincinnati Bengals Rb Gio Bernard:  This is more of him as a pass catcher but still should get 100 total yards.
  • Denver Broncos Rb Ronnie Hillman:  He looks to be the Rb1 and they should be going  ball control against the Patriots.
  • Oakland Raiders Wr Michael Crabtree:  He continues to get more targets than Amari Cooper and should continue to put up Wr2 numbers.
  • New York Jets Wr Eric Decker:  A little known fact is he has been close to a WR1 this season, roll him out every week.
  • San Diego Charger Wr Steve Johnson:  A perfect Wr3 who is Philip Rivers #1 target.
  • Baltimore Ravens TE Crockett Gillmore:  I would expect the noodle armed Matt Schaub to use this big target at least 10 times.

Here are my FanDuel picks for the week where I will give some higher and lower salaries I like at each position. As you will see, I will be focusing on the defenses to pick on:

QB

  • Cleveland Browns QB Josh McCown $6,200
  • Washington Redskins QB Kirk Cousins $6,700
  • Houston Texans QB Brian Hoyer $7,100
  • Arizona Cardinals QB Carson Palmer $8,100

RB

  • Denver Broncos RB Ronnie Hillman $6,300
  • Seattle Seahawks RB Thomas Rawls $6,300
  • Baltimore Ravens RB Buck Allen $6,300
  • Jacksonville Jaguars RB T.J Yeldon 6,500
  • Arizona Cardinals RB Chris Johnson $6,800

WR

  • Tennessee Titans WR Kendall Wright $5,300
  • San Diego Chargers WR Steve Johnson $5,500
  • Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR Vincent Jackson $6,400
  • Oakland Raiders WR Michael Crabtree $6,500
  • Jacksonville Jaguars WR Allen Robinson $7,900
  • Tampa Buccaneers WR Mike Evans $8,100
  • New York Giants WR Odell Beckham $9,100
  • Houston Texans WR DeAndre Hopkins $9,400

TE

  • Baltimore Ravens TE Crockett Gilmore $5,600
  • Tennessee Titans TE Delanie Walker $6,100
Thank you for reading and have a great week. Feel free to ask any questions here or Twitter!
Mike Dietrich
Mike Dietrich is the fantasy football columnist for JetNation.
Mike Dietrich

Mike Dietrich is the fantasy football columnist for JetNation.

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