Usage Notes: Week 12 
            Running Back 
			  
               Wide Receiver 
			  
                 The Bills basically used four receivers on Thursday: Gabriel 
                  Davis  (90%), Stefon 
                  Diggs  (78%), Isaiah 
                  McKenzie  (73%) and Khalil 
                  Shakir  (44%). Amon-Ra 
                  St. Brown  (87%), Kalif 
                  Raymond  (76%) and D.J. 
                  Chark  (73%) played the bulk of the snaps at receiver for 
                  the Lions. Josh 
                  Reynolds  (11%) and Tom 
                  Kennedy  (6%) also saw action.Dallas went with a tight rotation at receiver this week and 
                  a lot of two-TE sets: CeeDee 
                  Lamb  (80%), Michael 
                  Gallup  (76%) and Noah 
                  Brown  (45%) saw the most action. The Giants wide receiver rotation included five players with 
                  Wan’Dale 
                  Robinson  out. Darius 
                  Slayton  (84%), Isaiah 
                  Hodgins  (70%), Richie 
                  James  (70%), Kenny 
                  Golladay  (30%) and Marcus 
                  Johnson  (11%). As usual, the Patriots used five wide receivers including 
                  Jakobi Meyers , 
                  DeVante Parker , 
                  Nelson Agholor , 
                  Kendrick 
                  Bourne  and Tyquan 
                  Thornton .  The Vikings used a tight rotation at receiver. Justin 
                  Jefferson  (97%), Adam 
                  Thielen  (93%) and K.J. 
                  Osborn  (57%) were the top three. Jalen 
                  Reagor  (3%) was the only other receiver to play a snap. Brandon 
                  Johnson  stepped into the third receiver role for the Broncos 
                  this week playing on 70% of the snaps behind Courtland 
                  Sutton  (93%) and Kendall 
                  Hinton  (92%).Only three receivers played offense for the Panthers: D.J. 
                  Moore  (97%), Terrace 
                  Marshall Jr.  (62%) and Laviska 
                  Shenault  (42%). Mike Evans  
                  (90%), Chris 
                  Godwin  (96%) and Julio 
                  Jones  (62%) were the clear top three receivers for Tampa 
                  Bay this week. Breshad 
                  Perriman  (12%) and Scotty 
                  Miller  (4%) played in a backup role.The Browns are set at the top three receiver spots with Amari 
                  Cooper  (92%), Donovan 
                  Peoples-Jones  (96%) and David 
                  Bell  (63%). The uninspiring Ravens receiving corps featured Devin 
                  Duvernay  (78%), Demarcus 
                  Robinson  (60%), James 
                  Proche  (19%) and DeSean 
                  Jackson  (14%). The top the Jaguars wire are set in stone. Christian 
                  Kirk  (91%), Zay 
                  Jones  (91%) and Marvin 
                  Jones  (60%). The Texans used four wide receivers this week: Brandin 
                  Cooks  (74%), Nico 
                  Collins  (75%), Chris 
                  Moore  (59%) and Phillip 
                  Dorsett  (43%). Tyreek Hill  
                  (59%) cramped up in this game which led to a reduced role. The 
                  Dolphins also jumped out to a huge lead which led to limited 
                  playing time for Jaylen 
                  Waddle  (62%) and Trent 
                  Sherfield  (61%). Cedrick 
                  Wilson  (43%) and River 
                  Cracraft  (33%) picked up the slack.Darnell 
                  Mooney  (32%) injured his ankle in this game and may miss 
                  the rest of the season. Expect Chase 
                  Claypool  (67%) to move into a more prominent role. Equanimeous 
                  St. Brown  and Dante 
                  Pettis  both played 40% of the snaps.Garrett 
                  Wilson  (83%) played the most snaps of any Jet receiver this 
                  week. Corey 
                  Davis  (68%), Elijah 
                  Moore  (35%), Denzel 
                  Mims  (29%) and Braxton 
                  Berrios  (25%) played complementary roles.Tee Higgins  
                  (83%), Tyler 
                  Boyd  (76%) and Trenton 
                  Irwin  (74%) were the top three receivers for the Bengals 
                  with Ja’Marr 
                  Chase  out.Washington used five receivers this week. Terry 
                  McLaurin  (82%), Curtis 
                  Samuel  (60%), Jahan 
                  Dotson  (61%), Dyami 
                  Brown  (23%) and Cam 
                  Sims  (15%). Drake London  
                  played 86% of the snaps for Atlanta. 2-29-0 on four targets.Marquise 
                  Brown  returned to a full-time role, playing 97% of the snaps. 
                  DeAndre 
                  Hopkins  (74%), A.J. 
                  Green  (53%) and Robbie 
                  Anderson  (42%) rounded out the rotation.The Chargers relied on three receivers this week with Mike 
                  Williams  out. Keenan 
                  Allen  (89%), Josh 
                  Palmer  (96%) and DeAndre 
                  Carter  (80%). Michael 
                  Bandy  played just 2 snaps. As usual, the Raiders relied on three receivers: Davante 
                  Adams  (100%), Mack 
                  Hollins  (96%) and Keelan 
                  Cole  (65%).  Marquise 
                  Goodwin  (45%) filled the third receiver role for the Seahawks 
                  behind DK Metcalf  
                  (91%) and Tyler 
                  Lockett  (88%).With Allen 
                  Robinson  inactive, the Rams used Van 
                  Jefferson  (87%), Ben 
                  Skowronek  (63%), Tutu 
                  Atwell  (52%), Brandon 
                  Powell  (48%) and Lance 
                  McCutcheon  (48%). JuJu 
                  Smith-Schuster  (38%) was eased back into action this week 
                  while Justin 
                  Watson  (84%) played the most snaps of any Chiefs receiver. 
                  Marquez 
                  Valdes-Scantling  (58%) had a reduced role while we saw more 
                  of Skyy Moore  
                  (46%).The Saints used five receivers: Chris 
                  Olave  (67%), Jarvis 
                  Landry  (56%), Rashid 
                  Shaheed  (53%), Kevin 
                  White  (32%) and Tre'Quan 
                  Smith  (26%). Christian 
                  Watson  is locked into a full-time role, playing 92% of the 
                  snaps in Green Bay, right next to Allen 
                  Lazard  (100%). Randall 
                  Cobb  works out of the slot, playing 45% of the snaps.Quez Watkins  
                  played 83% of the snaps for Philadelphia behind A.J. 
                  Brown  (96%) and DeVonta 
                  Smith  (93%). Michael Pittman Jr.  played every snap. Parris Campbell  (88%), 
                  Alec Pierce  (70%) and Ashton Dulin  (34%) made up the three-man 
                  rotation. Diontae Johnson  (96%) and George Pickens  (78%) are the only 
                    viable fantasy receivers for Pittsburgh.
                
               
              Tight Ends 
              
                Dawson Knox  
                  played 78% of the snaps for Buffalo with Quintin 
                  Morris  (23%) playing roughly a quarter of the snaps.The Lions split TE snaps between three players: Brock 
                  Wright  (68%), James 
                  Mitchell  (24%) and Shane 
                  Zylstra  (24%). None of the them are fantasy worthy. Dallas split their tight end work between Dalton 
                  Schultz  (84%), Jake 
                  Ferguson  (48%), Peyton 
                  Hendershot  (27%) and Sean 
                  McKeon  (23%). The Giants used Lawrence 
                  Cager  (44%) and Tanner 
                  Hudson  (22%) at tight end. Neither are playable. Hunter Henry  
                  played 71% of the snaps for New England while Jonnu 
                  Smith  played just 29%.T.J. Hockenson  
                  played 80% of the snaps for Minnesota. His backup Johnny 
                  Mundt  played 54%. Greg Dulcich  
                  played 87% of the snaps for the Broncos. Tampa Bay used three tight ends this week including Cade 
                  Otton  (52%), Cameron 
                  Brate  (51%) and Ko 
                  Kieft  (23%). David Njoku  
                  was back to his normal role, playing 81% against the Bucs. Harrison 
                  Bryant  (27%) and Pharaoh 
                  Brown  (17%) were also in the mix.Josh Oliver  
                  (61%) filled in nicely for Isaiah 
                  Likely  who was out with injury. Mark 
                  Andrews  played 85% and dropped an easy TD in the back of 
                  the endzone.Evan Engram  
                  played 81% of the snaps for the Jaguars.Jordan Akins  
                  (53%) and Teagan 
                  Quitoriano  (59%) played the most snaps for the Texans while 
                  O.J. Howard  
                  (20%) was third in the pecking order.Miami used two tight ends this week: Mike 
                  Gesicki  (54%) and Durham 
                  Smythe  (49%). Cole Kmet  
                  played every snap for the Bears.Tyler Conklin  
                  (79%) and C.J. 
                  Uzomah  (76%) continue to split snaps for the Jets.Hayden Hurst  
                  played 66% of the snaps for the Bengals.The Titans have a three-man committee at tight end including 
                  Austin Hooper  
                  (67%), Geoff 
                  Swaim  (54%) and Chigoziem 
                  Okonkwo  (33%). Similarly, the Commanders used three tight ends: Logan 
                  Thomas  (71%), John 
                  Bates  (58%) and Cole 
                  Turner  (32%). With Kyle Pitts  
                  out, the Falcons used a committee at tight end including McCole 
                  Pruitt (56%), Parker 
                  Hesse  (61%) and Anthony 
                  Firkser  (39%). Trey McBride  
                  played 79% of the snaps. He caught one pass for one yard.Gerald 
                  Everett  only played 58% of the snaps for the Chargers. Too 
                  many others were involved including Tre' McKitty (39%), Richard 
                  Rodgers  (11%) and Stone 
                  Smartt  (11%).Once again, Foster 
                  Moreau  played every snap for the Raiders. Noah Fant  
                  (62%) and Will 
                  Dissly  (74%) continue to cancel each other out.A role reduction for Tyler 
                  Higbee  who played just 59% of the snaps this week. Brycen 
                  Hopkins  played 41%. The Chiefs played three tight ends: Travis 
                  Kelce  (83%), Noah 
                  Gray  (66%) and Jody 
                  Fortson  (22%). Taysom Hill  
                  played 49% of the snaps for New Orleans with Adam 
                  Trautman  (61%) and endzone threat Juwan 
                  Johnson  playing 47%.Robert Tonyan  
                  played just 51% of the snaps for the Packers.Jack Stoll  
                  played 80% of the snaps for the Eagles, but the position doesn’t 
                  seem to be as fantasy relevant with Dallas 
                  Goedert  out. Grant 
                  Calcaterra  played 29% while Tyree 
                  Jackson  played just 6%.Kylen Granson  was inactive for the Colts which allowed Jelani Woods  (64%) to have a breakout game (8-98-0). Mo Alie-Cox  played 
                  34% of the snaps.Pat Freiermuth  played 71% of the snaps while Zach Gentry  played 
                  52%.
               
              
    
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