Fantasy Football Week 12 Rankings: Projections and Matchups to Love

Owners feasted in more ways than one Thursday when Week 12 started with a special three-game holiday slate. 

Outburst after outburst fired opening salvos across the fantasy landscape, which is about to bleed right into a stacked weekend of action featuring other notable matchups and stars in tantalizing positions.

While owners recover from potential food comas, let’s break down each position with projections based on standard league scoring. After each table, we’ll focus on a few stars in epic matchups who are sure to light up scoreboards for owners.

Week 12 Schedule

       Quarterbacks

This is just getting silly.

Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota entered Week 12 ranked fourth in scoring at his position.

He’s owned in just 83.5 percent of leagues.

Look, Mariota had a terrible start to the season from a fantasy standpoint, but he’s on fire, posting 21 or more points in each of his last three games. Owners need to get used to the idea of seeing him near the top of the leaderboard—especially this week, when he gets to torch a struggling Chicago Bears defense that has coughed up two or more passing scores in three of its last four outings.

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It’s a similar tune for Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr. He’s a few spots below Mariota and has six outings of 21 or more points this year.

Carr crushes it in great matchups—look at his 35-point outburst in Week 8 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Week 12 is poised to be another big outing thanks to a game against the Carolina Panthers, who allow the eighth-most points to opposing quarterbacks on average.

Running Backs

Some owners might cringe at the sight of Miami Dolphins running back Jay Ajayi being projected to score among the big boys again.

Fair enough, as Ajayi has posted a pair of seven-point outings in bad matchups over his past two weeks.

However, he is back to seeing quality matchups in Week 12, thanks to the San Francisco 49ers. They just can’t help themselves—they allow the most points to opposing backs on average, with all but …

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