The fantasy football season is approaching the playoffs, and it’s time to set your lineups for Week 12. Six teams have a bye in Week 12, meaning receivers on the Falcons, Bills, Bengals, Jaguars, Saints and Jets are unavailable to fantasy managers. The only main injury of note is Mike Evans. Below are the wide receiver rankings, tiers and analysis for Week 12.
Fantasy Football Week 12 Wide Receivers Rankings
Tier 1: Alpha Wide Receivers
1. Amon-Ra St. Brown
2. Justin Jefferson
3. Nico Collins
4. Cooper Kupp
5. A.J. Brown
6. Puka Nacua
St. Brown was amazing in Week 11, catching all eleven of his targets for 161 yards and two touchdowns on his way to the overall WR1 on the week. He is now the WR2 on the season. Even when the Lions are blowing out opponents, head coach Dan Campbell keeps his foot on the gas pedal and tries to score as much as he can. St. Brown leads the wide receiver rankings in Week 12 as he has a great matchup against the Colts.
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Kupp and Nacua both finished as top six wide receivers on the week. Kupp had 28.6 fantasy points, while Nacua had 25.3. They each had over 100 receiving yards. Kupp caught two touchdowns, and Nacua caught one. Quarterback Matthew Stafford keeps both of them involved in the offense. They both are in the top tier of the wide receiver rankings for Week 12.
Tier 2: Low-End WR1 to High-End WR2
7. Malik Nabers
8. Tyreek Hill
9. CeeDee Lamb
10. Ladd McConkey
11. DK Metcalf
12. Mike Evans**
Hill had his best game of the season since Week 1, scoring 19.1 fantasy points. He caught seven of eight targets for 61 yards and a touchdown. The deep ball connection does not seem to be there between quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and Hill, but he is starting to target Hill more often. Hill isn’t in the top tier anymore, but he still has WR1 potential every week.
McConkey had a great Week 11, catching six passes for 123 yards on nine targets. Herbert was looking for him down the stretch. McConkey has become Herbert’s most trustworthy target. He gets a great matchup against the Ravens, who are in the top five for most fantasy points allowed to opposing wide receivers. McConkey jumps into the top ten of the rankings for this week.
**Evans missed the last three games before the bye week with a hamstring injury. He is expected to play in Week 12 but is questionable for the time being.
Tier 3: Solid WR2 Options
13. Josh Downs
14. George Pickens
15. Terry McLaurin
16. Zay Flowers
17. Marvin Harrison Jr
18. Courtland Sutton
19. Calvin Ridley
20. Khalil Shakir
21. Deebo Samuel
22. Jauan Jennings
23. Jayden Reed
Downs has been one of the more consistent wide receivers this season, scoring at least 12 fantasy points in seven of the last nine weeks. Even with Anthony Richardson back at quarterback last week, he was still able to score 19.4 fantasy points, catching all five passes for 84 yards and one touchdown. Downs has a great matchup in Week 12 against a poor Lions passing defense.
Jennings has been great with the absence of Brandon Aiyuk. He has seen eleven targets in each of the last two games. Jennings had ten receptions for 91 yards and one touchdown. He is performing better than Samuel recently. Both receivers are low-end WR2s for this week.
Tier 4: WR3 Choices
24. Jameson Williams
25. Jaxon Smith-Njigba
26. Cedric Tillman
27. Jerry Jeudy
28. Xavier Legette
29. Jakobi Meyers
30. DeVonta Smith
Jeudy has been great with Jameis Winston at quarterback, scoring 12.9, 14.3 and 26.2 fantasy points in Winston’s three starts. He was a top-five wide receiver in Week 11, having six catches for 142 yards and one touchdown. Even with a tough matchup against the Steelers in two of the next three weeks, Jeudy has become a WR3 option in fantasy.
Smith has had two poor performances in a row, scoring just 3.4 and 6.9 fantasy points in the last two weeks. He has failed to top 30 receiving yards in each of those games. With the Eagles being a run-first team with Barkley and Hurts, it is hard for Smith to get a high target share. He falls to a low-end WR3 for now until his production goes back up.
Tier 5: FLEX Plays
31. D.J. Moore
32. DeAndre Hopkins
33. Xavier Worthy
34. Demario Douglas
35. Christian Watson
36. Romeo Doubs
37. Jaylen Waddle
38. Tank Dell
39. Adonai Mitchell
40. Rome Odunze
Worthy had his best game of the season since Week 1, scoring 16.8 fantasy points. He caught four passes for 61 yards and one touchdown. Worthy is a boom-or-bust player for the rest of season, but with many bye weeks, is a solid FLEX option for Week 12.
Watson only had four targets in Week 11, but he made the most of them by going for 150 yards. Watson does not have the target share to be a consistent fantasy start but provides some FLEX value.
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