Fantasy Fallout 11.25

A quick-hit recap of what really mattered from Thursday through Sunday. We skip the obvious studs and instead focus on usage trends, injuries, and key shifts that actually impact your lineup decisions.

Welcome to the Monday edition of the Daily Dose newsletter, our “Fantasy Fallout” day. In this article, you will get a quick rundown of the relevant things we learned from the week’s games from Thursday through Sunday. 

We won’t talk about every single player and we usually won’t spend time on studs who go nuts (no one needs to be told to start Jonathan Taylor right now!), but rather, the idea is to update you on usage trends, injuries, and other relevant things to help your decisions with your teams for the coming week and beyond.

JETS @ PATRIOTS

• Pats’ rookie RB TreVeyon Henderson had a huge game with three TDs on his 24 touches on TNF. He has the look of a breakout fantasy star for the stretch run of the fantasy season.
• WRs Stefon Diggs (9-105) and Mack Hollins (4-64) and TE Hunter Henry (4-45) were the top receiving options for the Pats in a game where Drake Maye’s only passing TD went to Henderson.
• Justin Fields had a rough passing performance with just 116 yards on his 26 attempts but salvaged his fantasy day with a 67-1 rushing line. Breece Hall (16 touches, 64 yards) is the only other fantasy-relevant Jets player for now.

COMMANDERS @ DOLPHINS

• Not much to report here from the Dolphins side. Continue to start De’Von Achane and Jaylen Waddle after their Week 12 bye. Continue to stash Ollie Gordon II (9-45-1 rushing) through the bye if you can.
• Chris Rodriguez led the Commanders backfield with 15 of their 28 RB carries and one of their four RB targets while accumulating 83 scoreless scrimmage yards. Jacory Croskey-Merritt (10 touches, 33 yards) and Jeremy McNichols (six touches, 29 yards) each mix in enough to make this a backfield to avoid in most formats.
• Deebo Samuel (7-74-1) and Zach Ertz (4-42) drew more than half of the team’s targets from Marcus Mariota. Like Miami, the Commanders have a Week 12 bye while traveling back from Spain.

PACKERS @ GIANTS

• Green Bay RB Josh Jacobs left this game with a knee injury in the first half and did not return. We will need to monitor his status, but the Packers backfield was led by Emanuel Wilson the rest of the way. Wilson should be the top waiver priority pickup for Week 12.
• Packers WR Christian Watson caught two touchdowns and had a 19% target share as he continues to impress in his return from last season’s knee injury. WR Romeo Doubs battled injuries throughout the game and his status should also be monitored.
• Veteran RB Devin Singletary was still involved this week and scored two touchdowns, but Tyrone Tracy Jr. was the primary back and had 23 touches for 139 total yards. Tracy should be a weekly starter. 
• The wind was a problem for the passing game in this one and WR Darius Slayton was inactive for the Giants, so it is hard to take much away from this one in terms of their passing game. They will likely have to throw at a much higher volume in Week 12 against Detroit.

TEXANS @ TITANS

• This was an ugly, low-scoring game. The Titans defense has now played well in consecutive weeks and we can’t just assume opposing offenses will have good games against them anymore – especially when those offenses are marginal at best.
• Texans RB Woody Marks had 19 touches compared to three for Nick Chubb and seems to have taken control of the backfield. Houston faces the Bills’ shaky run defense next week.
• Titans WR Calvin Ridley was injured on the first play of the game and had to be carted off. Rookie WR Chimere Dike later left with an injury as well. There is no one you can trust on the Tennessee offense. They face Seattle next week, whose defense may score 25 fantasy points in that matchup.

PANTHERS @ FALCONS

• Panthers rookie WR Tetairoa McMillan finally had his breakout game with eight receptions for 130 yards and two touchdowns. McMillan is too good to not eventually do something like this and probably has some more big ones in store down the stretch.
• Bryce Young had a huge game with over 400 passing yards and three touchdowns. He also brought second-year WR Xavier Legette along with him for a nice game.
• Falcons QB Michael Penix Jr. was injured in the second half of this game and the offense barely moved with Kirk Cousins under center the rest of the way. Something to monitor for your Falcons players moving forward.
• Bijan Robinson had a massive game and was actually used near the goal line, which resulted in two touchdowns. Novel concept.

BEARS @ VIKINGS