WIDE RECEIVERS
Start: WanDale Robinson (NYG @ NE): WanDale is a certified volume hog with top-10 numbers in catches and receiving yards, and now he gets a Patriots defense that has already been roasted by perimeter guys and slot jitterbugs alike while ranking near the bottom in fantasy points allowed to receivers. In a game with a solid mid-40s total where the Giants are underdogs, you bet on catch-up mode funneling double-digit targets his way, which makes him a set-and-forget PPR play no matter how ugly the Giants brand might feel.
Start: A.J. Brown (PHI v. CHI): Brown’s raw stats are down by his alien standards, but he is still commanding a hefty target share, and Chicago has been a top-10 matchup for wideouts, bleeding chunk plays and fantasy points on the perimeter. With all the noise about him “not being the same player,” this is exactly when the alpha wideout buries a burnable secondary at home, so you swallow the volatility and let the ceiling ride.
Sit: Jerry Jeudy (CLE v. SF): Jeudy has one lonely touchdown and sub-400 yards despite ranking near the league leaders in routes run, which is a brutal efficiency profile to take into a matchup with a 49ers defense that suffocates passing games and sits near the top against wide receivers. Cleveland’s quarterback play has been shaky at best (and Shedeur is starting again – YIKES), and the team total against San Francisco is the fantasy equivalent of a shrug, so stop treating Jeudy like a matchup-start and park him until this offense proves it can actually cash those air-yard checks.
Sit: Tyler Lockett (LVR @ LAC): Lockett has managed barely over 200 yards with zero scores on the season and is now a bit-part player in an anemic Raiders passing attack, which is not the profile you chase on the road against a Chargers front that can actually rush the passer. Even if the box score finally pops, the odds of you picking that one random spike week are slim, so sit the chemistry play and avoid hitching your Week 13 to a declining receiver in a brutal offense that can barely sustain one fantasy-relevant wideout.
