There are plenty of ways the year 2020 has negatively impacted Fantasy Football, but Week 12 provides a wild twist with a handful of backup quarterbacks on the slate. 

Robert Griffin III will start for Lamar Jackson, assuming the Ravens and Steelers even play. Brandon Allen, not Ryan Finley, draws the start in the Bengals first game since Joe Burrow's gruesome knee injury. And in maybe the oddest decision of all, Mike Glennon will start over Gardner Minshew and Jake Luton for the Jaguars. What does it all mean? It means I'd rather not start the wide receivers on those teams.

D.J. Chark would have the most upside of the group, but he missed practice on Thursday with injured ribs. In full PPR, Tyler Boyd probably has the highest floor, but we really have no idea how Allen will distribute the football. That's why I'm holding (but not starting) Tee Higgins for at least one more week. A.J. Green, Marquise Brown and Willie Snead are not only sits, I wouldn't mind dropping them either. 

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Who would I start over these receivers? In shallow leagues look for Cole Beasley and Corey Davis;  they're rostered in about 70% of leagues. Otherwise, check the waiver wire and projections below.

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Week 12 WR Preview

Who's Out
Numbers to Know
Matchups That Matter
Waiver Wire Targets
DFS Plays
Projections
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Who's Out

The following players are being projected as out for Week 12:

Out Week 12
John Brown WR
BUF Buffalo • #89
Age: 34 • Experience: 8 yrs.
Randall Cobb WR
NYJ N.Y. Jets • #18
Age: 33 • Experience: 13 yrs.
Julio Jones WR
PHI Philadelphia • #80
Age: 35 • Experience: 14 yrs.
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Numbers to Know
  • 10 - Chase Claypool has scored 10 touchdowns on 48 touches.
  • 17.6% -- Chris Godwin's target share since Antonio Brown arrived in Tampa Bay.
  • 14.7% -- Mecole Hardman's drop rate, the worst in the NFL.
  • 42.21% -- Adam Thielen is responsible for 42.21% of the Vikings air yards, the second-highest mark in the league.
  • 84.48% -- Curtis Samuel's catch rate, No. 1 among wide receivers.
  • 11.7 -- Corey Davis has scored at least 11.7 PPR points in every game but one this season.
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Matchups that matter
Matchups that matter
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Travis Fulgham WR
GB Green Bay • #86
Age: 28 • Experience: 3 yrs.
Robbie Chosen WR
MIA Miami • #3
Age: 31 • Experience: 9 yrs.

Weekly Breakdown

@ MIN MIN -4.5 O/U 48.5

OPP VS WR

28th

PROJ PTS

15.7

WR RNK

24th
DeVante Parker WR
PHI Philadelphia • #1
Age: 31 • Experience: 10 yrs.
Jarvis Landry WR
NO New Orleans • #80
Age: 31 • Experience: 10 yrs.
Deebo Samuel WR
SF San Francisco • #19
Age: 28 • Experience: 6 yrs.
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Waiver Wire Targets
Week 12 Waivers
Jakobi Meyers WR
LV Las Vegas • #16
Age: 27 • Experience: 6 yrs.

Weekly Breakdown

vs ARI ARI -1.5 O/U 49.5

OPP VS WR

24th

WR RNK

42nd

ROSTERED

63%
One game was not enough to scare me completely away from Meyers. Both he and Damiere Byrd in a matchup against the Cardinals that should have Cam Newton passing to catch up.
Deebo Samuel WR
SF San Francisco • #19
Age: 28 • Experience: 6 yrs.

Weekly Breakdown

@ LAR LAR -6.5 O/U 45.5

OPP VS WR

1st

WR RNK

40th

ROSTERED

54%
Assuming Brandon Aiyuk is out, Samuel should be line for a big target share in his first game back.
Rashard Higgins WR
CLE Cleveland • #17
Age: 29 • Experience: 8 yrs.

Weekly Breakdown

@ JAC CLE -6.5 O/U 49.5

OPP VS WR

22nd

WR RNK

40th

ROSTERED

32%
Higgins leads the Browns in receiving since Odell Beckham was hurt and now faces arguably the worst defense in the NFL.
Stashes
Denzel Mims WR
PIT Pittsburgh • #15
Age: 26 • Experience: 4 yrs.

Weekly Breakdown

vs MIA MIA -7 O/U 44.5

OPP VS WR

16th

WR RNK

NR

ROSTERED

16%
We have to see it with Sam Darnold first, but there's a chance Mims is the Jets No. 1 receiver down the stretch.
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Stefon Diggs WR
HOU Houston • #14
Age: 30 • Experience: 10 yrs.

Weekly Breakdown

vs LAC BUF -5.5 O/U 54

OPP VS WR

6th

PROJ PTS

17.7

WR RNK

4th

FANDUEL

$7,900

DRAFTKINGS

$7,600
Diggs is second in the NFL in both catches and receiving yards and his team's implied total for this week (29.5) is the highest on the slate. Josh Allen and Justin Herbert are two of the top quarterbacks on the slate, which means a ton of lineups with both Diggs and Keenan Allen.
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Corey Davis WR
NYJ N.Y. Jets • #84
Age: 29 • Experience: 7 yrs.

Weekly Breakdown

@ IND IND -4 O/U 51

OPP VS WR

7th

PROJ PTS

12.4

WR RNK

18th

FANDUEL

$6,000

DRAFTKINGS

$4,900
No one wants to play Corey Davis because A.J. Brown is so much more exciting. Well, Brown is also considerably more expensive and was held to 21 yards in the Titans last game against Indianapolis.
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