Fantasy Football Week 11 Mailbag: Answering Start/Sit Questions And More

Week 11 of the NFL season begins Thursday with a matchup between two AFC South rivals, the Tennessee Titans and Jacksonville Jaguars.

This is the last bye week of the campaign, and several quality fantasy stars from the New York Giants, New Orleans Saints and Pittsburgh Steelers won’t be available.

Thanks for submitting questions via Facebook and Twitter for this week’s fantasy mailbag. We answered four of them below.

Question from Mike via Twitter: Is Jeremy Langford going to get touches once Matt Forte returns?
The likely answer is yes.

Even when Forte returns, the Bears probably will want to ease him back into the lineup, which should allow Langford to receive enough touches to be fantasy relevant. There’s no question Langford is a tremendous player, and his ability to make a positive impact in the passing game (seven receptions for 109 yards and a touchdown in Week 10) makes him the focal point of the offense when he’s on the field.

The Bears will find ways to get Langford on the field when Forte is back. He’s too talented to play a small role in the offense, especially when Chicago still has a chance to reach the playoffs.

Question from John via Twitter: Start Tannehill or Mariota?
The best bet is Mariota. He played poorly in Week 10, but that happens to a lot of quarterbacks who go up against the stingy Carolina Panthers defense.

Mariota has a better Week 11 matchup than Tannehill. The Titans play the Jacksonville Jaguars, who own the league’s 24th-ranked pass defense in terms of yards allowed per game. The Jaguars also have allowed 17 passing touchdowns with just five interceptions, and they’re also 20th in sacks with 19. Expect the rookie QB to have a bounce-back performance versus a struggling defense that lacks elite playmakers.

Question from Ryan via Facebook: Should I start Danny Amendola or Brandon LaFell in PPR?
Amendola is the clear choice. He’s likely going to take over as Tom Brady’s No. 1 target for the injured Julian Edelman in a Patriots offense leading the league in points scored per game. Even before Edelman’s injury, Amendola was targeted seven or more times with 75-plus receiving yards in three of the last five games.

He was targeted 11 times in Sunday’s win over the New York Giants and became Brady’s go-to receiver in the fourth quarter. This trend should continue for the rest of the season, and it makes him a must-start for fantasy owners every week, especially in PPR leagues.

Question from Paul via Twitter: Do you see an upside in keeping Philip Rivers as a starting QB before Week 15?
There’s plenty of upside. Rivers has been among the fantasy football MVPs this season with six 300-yard games, 19 touchdowns and seven interceptions. The only quarterback with more passing yards is Brady.

Rivers wasn’t phenomenal in Week 9, but he did throw for 280 yards with a touchdown and zero interceptions against an underrated Bears defense. Only two of his remaining seven games are against top 10 pass defenses, so there’s no reason to think Rivers will fail to be a high-end QB1 for the remainder of the season.

San Diego’s 30th-ranked rushing attack and its struggling defense will force Rivers to throw early and often most games.

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