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Bye-mageddon I am here! Bye-mageddon I am here. While a six-team bye week is enough to terrify the most seasoned of season-long fantasy managers, the sky is not falling in DFS. With all the international games being unavailable, we’re used to having to navigate around short slates. Besides, who are we worried about losing from the pool this week anyway? I’m much more bummed about losing the Ravens and Chargers to the Monday Night game than I am about losing the Jags and Jets to the bye. Yes, yes, losing the Bengals and Falcons is a drag. Just pretend they’re playing Thursday Night and the Steelers and Browns are on bye and it’s all good! When Bye-mageddon II happens in a couple of weeks, we’ll have legitimate challenges. This week, we’ll be just fine.7 DFS I’m much more bummed about losing the Fantasy Football.
Top Week 12 DFS Fantasy Football Picks
Quarterback
The price on Bo Nix keeps rising ($8000, 13.3% of available salary on FanDuel; $6300, 12.6% of available salary on DraftKings), but he’s still going to be a smash start this week. Coming off a career-high 4 touchdown effort against Atlanta last week, Nix gets a date with the Raiders. Las Vegas is struggling to stop opposing passing games as it is and now faces having most of their starting secondary on the injury report. A smash-ier spot for Nix is tough to imagine.
If you want a pay-down option for QB this week, Caleb Williams offers a nice price point ($7000, 11.7% on FD; $5100, 10.2% on DK). Dumping Shane Waldron was the addition by subtraction for the Bears offense literally everyone paying attention expected it to be. Thomas Brown even focused on using Williams’ legs to escape pocket danger and minimize sacks. Wait, you can do that? Crazy, crazy times. <end sarcasm mode> The Vikings are a tough matchup, but they’re playing their third straight road game and are vulnerable in the secondary.
Running Back
Allow me to introduce you to your Super Chalk Play of the Week at Running Back, Brian Robinson, Jr. of the Washington Commanders ($7900, 13.2% on FD; $5600, 11.2% on DK). If you fell asleep during the Monday Night game (can’t say I blame you), Joe Mixon destroyed the Cowboys to the tune of 153 yards from scrimmage and three touchdowns. Dallas now goes on the road for a short-week game against Washington, coming off a mini-bye after playing last Thursday Night. Even Jim Cramer could see this as a screaming buy opportunity.
If you need a lower priced, tournament option, you can look at Trey Benson of Arizona ($5200, 8.7% on FD; $4500, 9% on DK). The rookie received a combined 21 opportunities in the two games before the bye. It seems like he’s finally earned the trust of the coaching staff and Seattle is a matchup you want to attack on the ground. If he keeps up that touch rate, it won’t be hard for him to pay off that salary.
Roschon Johnson ($6100, 10.2% on FD; $4600, 9.2% on DK) will also be a popular salary-saver and tournament option this week if D’Andre Swift is unable to play.
Wide Receiver
I’m back to drinking the Courtland Sutton ($7100, 11.8% on FD; $5800, 11.6% on DK) Kool-Aid this week. Yes, I’m absolutely bitter that Bo Nix threw TD passes to literally everyone on the team not named Courtland Sutton last week. He’s still averaging 9.5 targets per game over the last four weeks and this feels like a spot (see above: Nix, Bo) to reward him with a TD, …or three.
Speaking of continuing to drink the Kool-Aid, I’m still on Rome Odunze ($5400, 9% on FD; $4800, 9.6% on DK) as a pay-down option. He saw 10 targets last week under the new OC last week, the most of any of the Bears’ receivers, and he’s still the cheapest of them.
Tight End
Brock Bowers ($7500, 12.5% on FD; $6300, 12.6% on DK) has legitimately entered peak Travis Kelce territory. He’s so good relative to the position that you need a good reason to not play him. Denver’s defense, as good as it may be, is not that reason.
If you think you need to pay down at TE, you’re probably wrong, but Jonnu Smith ($5600, 9.3% on FD; $4100, 8.2% on DK) provides a fair option to do so. He’s seen 39 targets in the Dolphins’ last six games. Make sure not to let Jaylen Waddle‘s season-long managers see that number, they may become violent.
Defense
For every reason that Brian Robinson is the RB Play of the Week, we love the Commanders Defense ($5000, 8.3% on FD; $3500, 7% on DK) for the same reasons. Cooper Rush was absolutely atrocious on Monday Night and for some reason, the Cowboys still care that he theoretically gives them the best chance to win. Pricing on the two sites isn’t tight enough that you can’t pay up for a Defense, so don’t feel like you need to bottom feed this week.
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