It’s week 11 and Thanksgiving is next week. Also, most trade deadlines coincide with Thanksgiving, so we’ll focus on the playoff calendars for buying and selling. Don’t forget, the 101 piece that helps you with weather, trade decisions and lineups, plus this week’s fun rankings (and reader suggestion): Best TV and Movie Bullies.
*** Oh! And, we may have found a solution to the leaderboard widget problem using Fantasy Nation (via Football Diehards). All three scores work and are editable by me (unlike before), and the widget will let you scroll in Android (browser) without using two fingers! YAY! ***
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2022 Week 11 Fantasy Football Sleepers
🚨 ALTANT 🚨 These are the bedrooms. They won’t mimic my ranking 100%. This is chasing upside and often carries more risk.
MARSH
POSSIBLE START: Daniel Jones, NYG: Jones returns after his QB13 finish as an even better matchup this week. Jones didn’t run as much as he did in Weeks 3, 4 and 7, but he threw two touchdowns for just the third time. The Lions are one of the best matchups you can find, with five quarterbacks scoring 24.7 or more and five quarterbacks throwing two or more touchdowns. The Lions have also allowed four games of 40+ yards rushing to QBs, including Justin Fields’ bananas in Week 10.
RUN AGAIN
POSSIBLE START: Brian Robinson, WSH – While Antonio Gibson seems to be reborn in this part-time role, don’t forget Robinson for a possible Week 10 repeat. The Eagles’ game was not favorable, but Robinson battled his way to the end zone. He won’t have to struggle much this week as the Texans are allowing the most FPPG to running backs with a league-high 1,407 rushing yards (next closest is 1,228) and 13 rushing touchdowns.
HAIL MARY START: Cordarrelle Patterson and Tyler Allgeier, ATL – With 38 total rushing yards in Week 10 – 23 total yards considering Allgeier’s -17 receiving yards – it may be tough to start either or both. Fortunately, the Bears have struggled to keep running backs out of the end zone with 12 touchdowns allowed, including three games with multiple rushing scores.
WIDE RECEIVER
POSSIBLE START: Courtland Sutton, DEN — Even if Jerry Jeudy can play this week, Sutton is worth starting given the thinness of receivers due to injuries and injuries. This Russell Wilson-led offense has been mostly difficult to watch, but the Raiders may be a cure for what ails them. Sutton and Jeudy both scored in Week 4 against them, and the Raiders have allowed 10 wideout double-digit scores and eight touchdowns this year, including letting Matt Ryan have a nice performance in his return.
POSSIBLE START: Josh Palmer, LAC – The Chiefs have allowed double-digit scoring to wide receiver Malik Willis in every game outside of the Titans game, with four games of teammates surpassing 10 fantasy points. Palmer is back in the game as DeAndre Carter was here last week, but Carter’s upside depends on Keenan Allen coming back. Palmer can be started in any way.
HAIL MARY START: DJ Moore, CAR – As mentioned in this week’s Waiver Worries, Moore may be toast with Baker Mayfield back, but that’s why it’s a Hail Mary play now. The Ravens have played better of late, but every receiver with more than 9 targets against the Ravens has scored at least 8.5 fantasy points, averaging 11.8 targets, 114 yards and four total touchdowns (and 18.0 FPPG ). Of course, that depends on Mayfield not looking like a fool.
STRAT EXTREME
AVE MARY STARTS: Greg Dulcich, DEN — Back to the Broncos, and I know, trusting more than one/the team is a lot to ask. The Raiders haven’t given up much at tight ends, but Gerald Everett, Zach Ertz and Travis Kelce have all had good games … especially Kelce (30.0 ppg). The rest of the opposing tight ends are mediocre, but Geoff Swaim, Jordan Akins, Taysom Hill and Kylen Granson all had over 7.7 points. Dulcich was disappointing last week, but has 21 targets in his four games, 17 of those targets for 12-182-1 and 30.2 points in his first three games.
Have fun with the rankings! The best bullies in movies and TV
Thanks to @_jds_jds for this idea. I joked that Rachaad White took Qandree Diggs’ lunch money in Germany, and he responded by asking for the best TV and movie thugs of all time. Sure, seeing the bullies succeed is extremely rewarding, but let’s kick them out (pun intended).
- Biff Tannen, Back to the Future: When you think “stalker,” chances are no character comes to mind faster than Biff.
- Vegeta, Dragon Ball Z: Before redeeming himself by sacrificing his life (spoilers) against Majin Buu, Vegeta was the original bully to the characters in Dragon Ball Z, still bullying them even while partnering with them from time to time and seemed to turn the corner in the Cell saga before letting his jealousy get the best of him again. Arguably the best character in DBZ (and Super).
- Johnny Lawrence, Karate Kid – You can honestly argue that John Kreese is the true mastermind behind the thugs, especially if you’ve seen Cobra Kai, but Lawrence was the classic 80s movie thug, with a posse and all.
- Deebo, Friday: The most imposing bully of all time? Starting chains and bikes.
- Nelson Muntz, Simpsons – Likeable and hateful at the same time.
- Joffrey Baratheon, Game of Thrones: Is there another thug with more impact on a shorter reign and, of course, a more celebrated death?
- Eric Cartman, South Park – Few balance bully, friend, funny and hateful better than Cartman.
- Shooter McGavin, Happy Gilmore – I mean, the man eats pieces of $#@% for breakfast!
- Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter – Even his face screams bully.
- Roger Klotz, Doug – Roger is 45 by the way. Retained at school several times, he is older than Doug and his friends and takes joy in being the town bully. The guy just got on Doug to tell him to suck or torture him.
- Flash Thompson, Spider-Man stuff: Hated and bullied Peter Parker incessantly, but like some on the list, later redeemed himself by befriending Peter after finding out he’s Spider-Man and then Agent Venom .
- Fred O’Bannion, Dazed and Confused – That palette. That’s all.
- Regina George, Mean Girls: A character so terrible that you don’t even feel bad for her after the revenge.
- White Goodman, DodgeBall: Many GIFs Still Used (Tap, Forward, Make Your Jokes, Mr. Jokey, and more, including…)
- Ace Merrill, Stand by Me: Tried to kill a kid. I mean…
- Angélica Pickles, Rugrats: She had the most adventures, but Angelica was also a nasty bully to the other Rugrats, partly the biggest, partly worse because of her voice.
- Mr. Burns, Simpsons: Rich tormentor of power plant employees and sometimes the entire city of Springfield.
- Pete, Goofy things – He later became Goofy’s friend in A Goofy Movie, but was Goofy’s terrorizer and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come in Disney’s A Christmas Carol.
- Candace Flynn, Phineas and Ferb – I never watched the show, but Fiance wanted it to make the Top 20.
- O’Doyles, Billy Madison: Generations of bullies ended in a random car accident.
BUY AND SELL
With the trade deadline closed, I’ll list the best and worst SOS for the playoffs (only)
purchases
- Jimmy Garoppolo, QB, SF — 4th: SEA, WSH, LV
- Lamar Jackson, QB, BAL — 6th: CLE, ATL, PIT
- Derrick Henry, RB, TEN — 1st: LAC, HOU, DAL
- Alvin Kamara, RB, NO — 2nd: ATL, CLE, PHI
- Leonard Fournette, RB, TB — 3rd: CIN, ARI, CAR
- George Pickens and Diontae Johnson, WR, PIT — 2nd: CAR, LV, BAL
- Chris Olave (and maybe others), WR, NO — 5th
- Greg Dulcich, TE, DEN — 3rd: YES, LAR, KC
- Pat Freiermuth, TE, CHEST — 4th
Ven
- Tua Tagovailoa, QB, MIA — 30th: BUF, GB, NE
- Joe Burrow, QB, CIN — 27th: TB, NE, BUF
- Josh Jacobs, RB, LV — 32nd: NE, PIT, SF
- Joe Mixon, RB, CIN — 30th
- Allen Robinson, WR, LAR — 32nd: GB, DEN, LAC
- Christian Kirk, WR, JAX — 28th: DAL, NYJ, HOU
- David Njoku, TE, CLE — 30th: BAL, NO, WSH
- Dallas Goedert, TE, PHI — 28th: CHI, DAL, NO
Fantasy Football Week 11 Projections
🚨 WARNING 🚨 These may differ from my rankings, and my rankings are the order in which I would start players outside of added context, such as “I need the best edge, even if it’s risky.” Also, based on 4-point TD for QB, 6-point break and Half-PPR
Download link added on Thursday
*** These are NOT updated on Sunday morning, for you ***
Fantasy Football Week 11 Rankings
🚨 ATTENTION 🚨
- We found a solution to the leaderboard widget problem using Fantasy Nation (via Football Diehards). All three scores work and are editable by me (unlike before), and the widget will let you scroll in Android (browser) without using two fingers! YAY!
- It’s updated regularly, so check back until lineups lock.
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