Week 12 Fantasy Football Rankings: Positional Overview, Guide and Advice

It’s almost fantasy-playoff season, folks. If you’re lucky enough to still be in the hunt for your fantasy postseason, these next couple of weeks are going to be critical.

One wrong roster decision or incorrect waiver-wire add could be enough to send your team straight to the consolation bracket. Fortunately, you should have plenty of chances to make the right choices in Week 12, as all 32 teams will be in action.

That action, in case you forgot, begins with three contests on Thanksgiving Thursday, so don’t forget to have your lineups set in time.

We’re here to help you get your lineups set with our Week 12 positional rankings. We’ll be ranking players based on how we believe they will perform in the coming week. We’ll also be examining some rising and falling players at each skill position.

All of our decisions are based on factors like past performances, projected role, player health and matchup.

Good luck!

    

Quarterbacks

Up: Kirk Cousins, Washington Redskins

In case you haven’t noticed, Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins has been playing excellent football in recent weeks. If you haven’t noticed before, though, you might have on Sunday, when he torched the Green Bay Packers for 375 yards and three touchdowns.

Though he has only started 35 regular-season games for Washington, Cousins has already set a record for 300-yard passing games with the franchise.

Kirk Cousins now leads the #Redskins franchise in 300+ yard passing games. pic.twitter.com/k4YXjiukHP

— Washington Redskins (@Redskins) November 21, 2016

Cousins will have a prime opportunity for another 300-yard game this Thursday against the Dallas Cowboys. The task won’t be a cakewalk, of course, as the Cowboys possess a pass-coverage unit that is rated second overall by Pro Football Focus. However, Cousins has the weapons needed to get the job done.

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco, who hasn’t been the gunslinger that Cousins has been, produced 269 yards and a score in Dallas this past week. Don’t be too surprised if Cousins adds 100 yards and a couple of scores to that stat line on Thursday.

    

Down: Andy Dalton, Cincinnati Bengals

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton hasn’t been terrible on the field this season, but he’s been frustrating when it comes to fantasy production.

Despite starting all 10 of Cincinnati’s games this season, Dalton has only managed to produce three 300-yard outings. He has also passed for one or fewer touchdowns eight times. This week, he’ll be going up against a Ravens defense that is rated fourth overall by Pro Football Focus, and he’ll be doing it on the road.

In addition, Dalton will be operating without receiving back Giovani Bernard and star wideout A.J. Green.

Bernard suffered a torn ACL during last week’s loss to the Buffalo Bills. He is out for the year. Green suffered a strained hamstring in the same game, …

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