Tue Nov 25th 2025

Week Twelve Dynasty Takes

Week Twelve Dynasty Takes

Bet On It

• My favorite part of this week was the game that was the easiest to bet on. Everyone knows that Lions do not lose back-to-back games since early in the 2022 season. Everyone knows Goff plays better inside a dome than outdoors, like he did last week. Last week, the Lions had their least productive fantasy week of the season, and this week was poised to be one of their best as they returned home to play the Giants' predictably bad defense. The only question was if Jameis Winston could help the Giants keep up, and he did. The Lions vs. Giants game produced the highest scoring running back (Jahmyr Gibbs), quarterback (Jameis Winston), and second and third highest scoring receivers (Amon-Ra St. Brown and Wan'Dale Robinson). Gibbs scored the most fantasy points by a running back (55) in more than three years, and singlehandedly won dynasty managers' games.  I have Gibbs on three of my nine dynasty rosters and luckily did not play against him in the other six leagues. He had touchdown runs of 49 and 69 yards, ran for 219 yards, and had eleven catches for 45 yards. He made St. Brown's 30-point day look unimpressive.  Gibbs and St. Brown had monster games because the Lions had to mount a comeback, because Winston and Robinson were on fire, too.  Robinson had 100 yards receiving in the first quarter and 156 yards receiving and a touchdown on the day. He was targeted 14 times by Winston, who only completed 50% of his passes, but still threw for 366 yards and two touchdowns. Plus, he had an incredible touchdown catch and run on a trick play. In the end, he threw an interception to end the game in overtime, which is another predictable bet. All dynasty managers expected in this game came to pass, and it was a game full of fantasy goodness.

Week One Right and Wrong

• Right on Emanuel Wilson
  • Wilson finally got his first chance to start with Josh Jacobs injured, and as I expected, he delivered for dynasty managers who finally had an opportunity to start him. I picked him up in many leagues last year, and at the start of this year, as it became clear that he won the RB-2 job.  He was in my starting lineup in four of my leagues, and I won every game since he scored the second most fantasy points by a running back this week with 26.  Green Bay has the 5th most rushing touchdowns this season because they find a way to score via the run when they are on the goalline.  Wilson benefited this week with two one-yard touchdowns. He didn't do anything spectacular, but he was very consistent and productive, and the Packers gave him 28 carries. One-week starters are an important asset on dynasty rosters, and I'll ride Wilson as long as I can while Jacobs is injured.

Week One Injury Report

• Baker Mayfield
  • Mayfield sustained a shoulder injury that may sideline him for a few weeks. His absence will dramatically reduce Buccaneer players' offensive output when dynasty managers need them most. Teddy Bridgewater isn't the worst backup quarterback, but he's far from his prime.  
• Alvin Kamara
  • Kamara is having an MRI after hurting his knee on Sunday. I doubt that he will return this season, as the Saints' season is already lost, and they'd do well to see what they have in Devin Neal, who was one of my favorite mid-round draft picks in this year's rookie class.  He'll have every opportunity to lead his team in touches the rest of the season since Kedre Miller is on IR and lost for the season.
• Tee Higgins
  • Higgins was concussed after taking a big fall on Sunday. He's definitely missing the game on Thursday of this week and may miss more than that. Joe Burrow is set to return this week, but he will be without Higgins.  Andrei Iosivas should see more action with Higgins out, as he has in the past.  

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Stock Up

Colston Loveland

• It has taken far longer than dynasty manager hoped, but Loveland has finally moved into the startable tight-end zone. He was used in the red zone again this week and came down with a beautiful touchdown catch on a slant, where he used his big body to box out the defender. His touchdown helped him finish as the third-highest-scoring tight end this week. Even with Cole Kmet healthy, Loveland's snap count has been 65% or higher in six out of the last seven weeks since the Bears' bye week. The tight end position has been terribly inconsistent this season, but Loveland has made his way into the startable zone just in time to help me in three of my leagues, especially in the Scott Fish Bowl.

Wan'Dale Robinson

• I already commented on Robinson above, but he's worth mentioning again as his stock is steadily rising this season, making him a reliable starter in most leagues the rest of this season. He was the 24th-highest-scoring receiver before his season-best game this week.  He's averaging 8.5 targets per game and is the Giants' WR-1 without Malik Nabers this year. His consistent play has caused me to believe he will be a big part of the Giants' passing game in the years to come and an excellent WR-2 alongside Nabers. A few weeks ago, I traded Matthew Golden and Isaiah Likely to a rebuilding team for Robinson and Jakobi Meyers, and Robinson has helped my team keep winning. This week, I won $5 for being the highest-scoring team.  

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Stock Down

Rome Odunze

• Odunze started the season as one of the hottest receivers in the league, causing his dynasty stock to rise significantly. I had him ranked in the top ten early in the season after he scored a total of 66 points in the first four games. Ever since then, however, he's steadily fallen down my rankings because the Bears haven't made him the focal point of the offense. He's scored just 56 points in the seven games since the Bears' bye week. Colston Loeveland and Luther Burden have gotten more involved since then, and their roles will continue to grow. I love Odunze as a player and person, but his stock has fallen a lot in recent weeks, and he's now my 18th-ranked receiver.

Trevor Lawrence

• Lawrence is a below-average NFL quarterback and dynasty quarterback.  His statistics prove it, and his play on the field looks even worse than his stats. He's completed less than 60% of his passes this season, and he's thrown nearly as many interceptions (11) as touchdowns (14). He threw three touchdowns and three interceptions on Sunday. I hoped that Laim Cohen would revive his career and make the Jaguars' offense thrive under Lawrence and the players they add in the draft, free agency, and trades this season, but it's not happening. He's had enough time to learn the offense and improve, but he has not. Lawrence is stuck in the lower half of the NFL and dynasty starters. I now have him ranked 21st in my quarterback rankings.

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Young Guns

Jaxson Smith-Njigba

• What else can be said about JSN? He's having a historic season and could break some all-time records for yards receiving. He's now my third-ranked wide receiver behind only Ja'Maar Chase and Puka Nacua. He had his most productive fantasy game of the season this week, scoring 37 points to lead receivers in scoring this week. What's most amazing about JSN this season is his consistency. He's not had a single game with fewer than 13 points. He's scored more than 20 points in seven of eleven games. I wish I had more shares of JSN, because one isn't enough, and now he'll cost a fortune in a trade. In a salary-cap league where trades are too complicated to explain in these articles, JSN was acquired by a team last week before the trade deadline. The manager had to give up Matthew Golden, Mason Taylor, two first-round picks, and one second-round pick to get JSN and Tony Pollard. That's about his worth now. What a stud!

Chimere Dike

• Dike had his second punt return for a touchdown this week, and he also had a touchdown catch. It's only the second time this season that he has more than five targets in a game, so he's not yet reliable in dynasty lineups. Still, he's making his case to be a future starter for the Titans and the preferred target for fellow rookie Cam Ward ahead of his rookie teammate Elic Ayomanor, who has cooled down significantly after his decent start to the season. Dike was drafted ahead of Ayomanor, so the Titans like him and have reason to develop him. Managers who drafted him late or even picked him up off the waiver wire are excited to see him produce and develop at the end of his rookie season. I paid just $18 for him in my deepest league, which does an auction for the rookie draft. I am trying to tank in that league, but I always start my best lineup. Dike has helped me win a few games because of it, as he did this week, darn it!

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Old-Man Strength

Kareem Hunt

• In that same league where I am rebuilding, I continue to offer Hunt on the trading block, but I cannot find any takers. He, too, helped me with a game I did not want to win this week. I post in our group chat, "All he does is score touchdowns every week." It's true. He's the Chief's short-yardage back, and he's excellent at it. He had his highest-scoring game of the year this week with 29 points, and he's averaging 20 points per game since Isiah Pacheco was injured. He's tied for 7th in the league in rushing touchdowns by a running back with seven. Even when Pacheco comes back, he will be their goalline back and continue to score touchdowns. What a crazy career he's had! It's wild that he's still relevant, back on the team that drafted him, and helping dynasty managers like me, even if in that league I don't want him to.

Hunter Henry

• Death, taxes, and starting tight ends against Cincinnati. The Bengals are on pace to give up the most fantasy points to tight ends in the history of the NFL. Henry was a no-doubt starter this week as he faced the Bengals, and he did as I expected, scoring the most fantasy points by a tight end this week with 26. He was the Patriots' leading pass catcher with 115 yards receiving and a touchdown, and another that got called back. Shoot!  The Bengals are so bad against tight end that Austin Hooper had a great game too!  He was the Patriots' second-leading pass catcher with three receptions for 39 yards. Apart from the Bengals making Henry a no-doubt starter, Henry has had a fantastic season. He was the 13th highest scoring tight end going into this week.  He will be a top ten tight end after this productive week. He and Drake Maye have a lot of chemistry together. I heard his week that Maye said Henry was on his first-ever fantasy team. That's hilarious. He's showing his old man strength and producing for Maye's reality team now.

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Waiver Watch

Teddy Bridgewater

• Bridgewater is likely the next quarterback to take over as a starter this season due to injury. He's the top player to add in superflex leagues this week. With all the quarterback injuries, he's a player dynasty managers may have to start in superflex leagues.

Isaiah Hodgins

• I mentioned Hodgins last week as my top non-quarterback player to add.  I added him to several leagues and looked smart for doing so since he scored a touchdown this week. I only wish I had added him to more leagues. He's still available in some of my leagues, and I plan to add him to those leagues this week, even if I have to pay up for him a bit. He got six targets this week, as he did last week. We'll see if Jaxson Dart will target him to the same degree as Winston, but I'm eager to see if he does. He played 66% of the snaps this week, which was a drop off from the 79% last week. Still, I want to see how he plays for the rest of the season.

John Metchie

• Metchie has scored touchdowns in consecutive weeks. I should have had him on my radar last week. Now he will be on everyone's radar. He's capitalizing on the loss of Garrett Wilson for a few weeks, but he's finally getting playing time. He was a second-round draft pick by the Texans but lost his opportunities after battling cancer early in his career. Since then, he's bounced around to different teams. He's now with the Jets, who have as open a wide receiver depth chart as any team in the league. I want to add him in a few leagues this week.

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Dynasty Trades

Romeo Doubs <=======> Luke Musgrave and a 2026 3rd round pick

• A rebuilding manager posted in our group chat that he was willing to trade Doubs for any 3rd-round pick. I immediately made the offer. Since the trade would put me over the roster limit, I indicated in my offer that I would drop Musgrave.  He quickly countered, asking that I add Musgrave, and I was happy to do so. It's not that I am super high on Doubs, but I was happy to add a depth piece who could make spot starts for me as a third-round pick. Obviously, it's a modest trade, but I wanted a little wide receiver depth over a later third-round pick. I'm tied for first place in this league and hope to make a deep playoff run.

Chase Brown <=======> 2026 1st round pick

• In the same league, another team tied for first place, making his team stronger at the trade deadline by adding Brown to his roster. Brown is dominating the backfield and finishing the season on a hot streak, and will get Burrow back in the fantasy playoffs. The rebuilding team added another first to its rebuilding efforts. He now has four first-round picks in 2026 and three in 2027. That's how I rebuilt my team in this league, and now I'm a top-tier team.  I didn't have a first-round pick to give, or I would have made this trade too. I already traded my 2026 and 2027 first-round picks for Drake London (get well soon!). The top teams have all made trades to improve their rosters for the playoffs. It will be a very competitive battle in the playoffs.  

Jacoby Brissett and a 2027 3rd round pick <=======> 2027 2nd round pick

• The third team that is tied for first in this one-quarterback league made a modest move to acquire Brissett. His other quarterbacks are Aaron Rodgers, Trevor Lawrence, and Cam Ward, so he's banking on Brissett's hot streak to continue. The rebuilding team is the same one that made the previous trade, so in addition to his three first-round picks in 2027, he now has another second-round pick to add to his arsenal. As I said, it will be a battle down the stretch among these top three teams that made trades at the deadline.

Joe Burrow and Quinshon Judkins <=======> Lamar Jackson and Kyren Williams

• A rebuilding team got Burrow and Judkins for Jackson and Williams, the two pieces that a competitive team could carry him in the playoffs. This trade is fair for both teams in this superflex league. I have Judkins ranked three spots ahead of Williams in my running back rankings, while Jackson is ranked three spots ahead of Burrow in my quarterback rankings. The trade was made before Burrow was announced as the starter this week, and Jackson had another down week on Sunday. Plus, Judkins had a two-touchdown week this week. It could be, speaking just for the remainder of this season, that Burrow and Judkins are the better players to have. These teams played each other head-to-head this week, and the rebuilding team with Burrow and Judkins won the game.

Luther Burden <=======> 2026 2nd round pick

• Burden was a borderline first-round draft pick last year in this ten-team league and was selected as the first pick in the second round. Giving him away for a second-round pick seems premature. Burden is slowly getting more involved in the offense, so I would rather the manager had been patient with the player he drafted with pick eleven a year ago, rather than get a later pick next year. Everyone has their price for rookies that have yet to break out, though. This is how each manager valued Burden at the trade deadline.

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