NFL Week 13 fantasy football start ’em, sit ’em | Fantasy Football News, Rankings and Projections

• Start Russell Wilson: of denver broncos are one of the hottest teams in the league, and Wilson is uniquely suited to conquer the league. houston texans‘ defense.

• sit james conner: This is a revenge game for the former. pittsburgh steelers But we don’t see as many opportunities this year as we did last year — especially when the Cardinals are playing in reverse.

• 6 teams are on bye week: There will probably be more surprising names lined up as starters than usual. The players who should sit are the ones who might be considered as starters because of the bye week, but who probably should still sit.

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Deciding who starts and who sits in fantasy football is as easy as watching PFF. Ranking And go with the top players. In this “Start ‘Em Sit ‘Em” column, we dig deeper into why someone you would normally start with might not have a good week, or why someone who is overlooked might have a good week. Masu. While the main players are often regular starters, we like to explore borderline players as well.

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Sam Howell, commander of washington

Howell ranks fourth in fantasy points this season, with most of his bad games coming early in the season. Since Week 5, he is averaging 21.2 fantasy points per game.
Since Week 5, he has only finished outside of the top 12 fantasy quarterbacks once.
it was week 7 against new york giantswhen he was sacked six times and completed only 52% of his passes..
Since that game, he has started to do a better job of avoiding sacks. He was sacked five or more times in six of his first seven games. He has been fired four or fewer times in each of his past five tenures.
Howell generally has success as a fantasy quarterback as he consistently throws over 40 passes every game.
The commander plays miami dolphins In week 13, severely vulnerable. The managers are expected to play from the back, so it’s very possible that Howell will reach 40 passes again.
This volume alone is enough to make him an introduction to fantasy. The Dolphins are top-six in coverage and top-six in pass rush, but they are allowing quarterbacks above-average fantasy points this season, in part due to volume.

Russell Wilson, denver broncos

Wilson has finished as a top-12 fantasy quarterback in three of the last four games and five of the last eight.
He hasn’t played as well as he did in his peak season with the team. seattle seahawksHowever, his performance has improved markedly over the past two seasons.
Wilson has fared much better than Mann against zone defenses this season, posting a 76.0 PFF passing grade against zone and 61.3 against Mann.
Week 13 Broncos houston texans, They play zone defense at the sixth-highest rate in the NFL.
The Broncos are one of the most-watched teams in the NFL. houston texans It’s my favorite by a few points. Houston has won or lost each of its past nine games by three points or less.
The Texans are among the top 10 teams in fantasy points allowed to quarterbacks this season.
Wilson should see his usual amount of volume and be slightly more efficient than usual toward a top-12 finish among quarterbacks.
He’s also in the top 12 quarterbacks this week. Josh Allen, lamar jackson and Justin Fields It’s a walkover.

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baker mayfield, tampa bay buccaneers

Mayfield has the 16th-most fantasy points this season, and three quarterbacks had more than him in the bye week.
One of the reasons he’s ranked so high is because he’s been able to stay healthy, which has led to a lot of pass attempts. He is throwing the eighth-most passes this season.
This season, he only ranks 20th among quarterbacks in fantasy points per game.
Mayfield in Week 13. carolina panthers, They have allowed the fourth-fewest fantasy points to quarterbacks this season.
The buccaneers are big favorite against carolina panthers, They just fired their head coach.
Tampa Bay throws the ball 52.6% of the time when leading, the sixth-highest rate in the NFL, and seventh-best when trailing at 70%. This means the fantasy value for Buccaneers players depends more on the script of the game than other teams.
The Panthers have played average coverage defense this season, but the game’s script means opposing quarterbacks are underperforming due to a lack of passing volume.

Geno Smith, seattle seahawks

Smith is one of 12 quarterbacks to finish in the top five over the past three weeks. The remaining 11 quarterbacks are either fantasy starters this week or byes.
The Seahawks were the third-worst opponent for a quarterback. dallas cowboys This week according to PFF Strengths of scheduling tools.
The Cowboys have allowed the seventh-fewest fantasy points to quarterbacks this season.
Smith has played better against zone defenses than Mann this season, posting a PFF passing grade of 76.6 against zone versus 68.2 against Mann.
His 5.7% turnover-to-man turnover rate is the fifth-highest among quarterbacks.
The Cowboys run man coverage at the second-highest rate in the NFL.
There probably weren’t many fantasy coaches considering starting Smith, but he was the only quarterback not on the team. baker mayfield He started in at least 10% of ESPN league games last week but is not ranked in the top 13 or has a bye week.