It’s the last week of the normal season in the top fantasy football leagues, once the Steelers and Ravens have finished their game, so this week’s waiver collections will have an eye focused on winning week thirteen and taking a look at the upcoming playoffs.
A general tip: be sure to protect the main substitute for your most productive players (some of them are discussed here, in fact). Any playoff injury can be fatal.
If you want to win this week to reach the playoffs, look to raise a player your opponent may want to choose. What can’t hurt you only makes you stronger.
Previously, we advised offers based on a $100 Free Agent Acquisition Budget (FAAB) for the season, but at this expired level of the season, if you have any budget left, use it as much as you can for your list!
WR Keke Coutee, Texans Houston. La unforeseen suspension of catcher Will Fuller for the rest of the season was a blow to the Texans’ offense. Combined with Randall Cobb’s toe injury and Kenny Stills’ release, Coutee has many opportunities such as Deshaun Watson’s No. 2 catcher.
RB Latavius Murray, New Orleans Saints. With Taysom Hill as quarterback, the Saints have switched to a highly race-oriented game plan. This gave Murray enough keys for a fantasy opener to the limit. Murray showered for 124 yards and two touchdowns on Sunday. Until Drew Brees is healthy, expect more of the same from the Saints.
RB Devontae Booker, Las Vegas Raiders. Si Josh Jacobs’ ankle sprain limits him or prevents him from playing on Sunday, Booker will reap the game’s benefits as opposed to the New York Jets without a win. The Raiders’ offense can’t be as bad as in week 12 in Atlanta.
RB Wayne Gallman, New York. Il Giants is conceivable that Gallman was knocked down while the Giants were watching last week, but he’s still a scoring machine. He rushed for 94 yards and landed for the fifth straight game. Seahawks one short week the next.
WR T. Y. Hilton, Indianapolis Colts. Another guy who would possibly have been knocked down, due to lack of production, Hilton hit his first landing pass of the season in Week 12 while completing four passes for 81 yards. The nine-year veteran has had five seasons of 1,000 yards in his career, so he can also stay in the tank while the Colts face a list of secondary candy the rest of the time.
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RB Cam Akers, Los Angeles Rams. Akers was the rams’ impressive three-headed runners’ committee. He had nine runs for 84 yards, adding 67 (and a touchdown) in a second-half practice. games after not locating the finish area in the first 10 weeks of the season.
WR Collin Johnson, rookie of the Jaguars Jacksonville. La scored 8 times on Sunday through new quarterback Mike Glennon. He only put four, but one of them a 46-yard touchdown. If DJ Chark and Chris Conley stay out, Johnson will face a defensive opposite the Vikings pass that ceded the third-largest number of fantasy problems to open receivers.
WR Gabriel Davis, Buffalo Bills. With John Brown placed on the injured reserve, Davis stepped in and put in three passes for 79 yards and his fourth landing of the season. Don’t expect too much from him, even though Stefon Diggs and Cole. Beasley remain the two most productive reception functions for the team.
TE Trey Burton, Colts of Indianapolis. Burton turns out to have established himself as the Colts’ selection option in the closed wing, scored 3 of his six goals and scored for the time being a week in a row.
QB Ryan Fitzpatrick, Miami. Il Dolphins would probably have no other start if Tua Tagovailoa is healthy, but it’s not a fact this week. Fitzmagic was a QB1 opposite the Jets after pitching for 257 yards and a pair of touchdowns on Sunday. It’s quite imaginable that it can reflect that functionality opposite the Bengals in Week 13.
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