DraftKings Week 12 Dream Lineup: DeAndre Hopkins Among Safest Picks
The final stretch of the regular season in most fantasy football leagues has arrived.
If you’ve already been eliminated from your league’s playoff race, consider testing your skills on daily fantasy sites such as DraftKings.
Here’s our Week 12 DraftKings dream lineup.
Quarterback: Jameis Winston, Tampa Bay Buccaneers ($5,500)
Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees don’t have easy matchups this week, and Winston is coming off the best game of his career, throwing for 246 yards and five touchdowns. He has another good matchup Sunday against an Indianapolis Colts defense giving up the fourth-most passing yards per game. Winston also has plenty of quality receivers to target, most notably Mike Evans and Vincent Jackson.
Running Backs: Doug Martin, Tampa Bay Buccaneers ($5,800); Chris Ivory, New York Jets ($5,800)
Martin ran for a career-high 258 yards on 27 carries (8.7 yards per attempt) last week. It was his fourth 100-yard game of the season, and he has a good chance for a fifth when the Bucs face a Colts defense allowing 113.4 rushing yards per game.
Ivory didn’t live up to expectations from fantasy owners in Week 11, but he should bounce back against a Miami Dolphins defense giving up the second-most rushing yards per game in the NFL.
Wide Receivers: DeAndre Hopkins, Houston Texans ($9,100); James Jones, Green Bay Packers ($4,600); Allen Robinson, Jacksonville Jaguars ($7,300)
Hopkins was bothered by a knee injuring entering Week 11 and had a tough matchup against elite cornerback Darrelle Revis, yet he still caught five passes for 118 yards and two touchdowns on 12 targets. Hopkins has received 11 or more targets in every game this season.
Jones is another smart value pick. Packers receivers Randall Cobb and Davante Adams have been inconsistent this season, so quarterback Aaron Rodgers often has targeted the veteran Jones. He had six receptions for 109 yards and one touchdown on 12 targets last week.
Robinson has at least four catches and 70-plus receiving yards in five of his last six games while also scoring five touchdowns in that span.
Tight End: Delanie Walker, Tennessee Titans ($5,400)
The Oakland Raiders give up the most fantasy points to tight ends in standard scoring leagues, and Walker is coming off his best game of the season with eight catches for 109 yards on 10 targets against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 11.
Flex: Ahmad Bradshaw, Indianapolis Colts ($3,600)
Bradshaw gave his best performance of the season Sunday with 52 total yards and two receiving touchdowns. He has a pretty good matchup in Week 12 against a Bucs defense allowing 104.5 rushing yards per game. There aren’t many players under $4,000 with this much upside.
Defense: Kansas City Chiefs ($2,800)
The Chiefs have 12 takeaways (10 interceptions, two fumbles) in their four-game winning streak and are allowing under 10 points per game in that span. They have a good matchup against a Buffalo Bills offense having trouble scoring 20 points on a weekly basis.
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