Which tight end will shine in Week 12 for your fantasy football teams? We’ll take a look at all of them in our PPR rankings.
Good day all you fake footballers! We just wrapped up Week 11 and no, if you are 0-11, you will not make the playoffs. I wish I could tell you otherwise. But, if you had Taysom Hill last week, there’s a good chance you have at least one win under your belt. He may not actually be a tight end, but he plays now in your fake football leagues!
Hill went off for eight receptions, 188 total yards and three touchdowns. He also lost a fumble and threw an interception and still put up 42.6 PPR points against the Browns. That has to be a little embarrassing for the Browns. This was Hill’s third game where he hit double-digit fantasy points in PPR. But there is no doubt he’s getting a ton of usage now with so many injuries elsewhere in the offense. He’ll be on a bye this week, but he should remain startable moving forward.
Brock Bowers, a real tight end, also had a big game and is on pace to break the tight end receptions record after catching a whopping 13-of-16 targets for 126 yards and a touchdown against the Dolphins. The Raiders may be awful, but they sure have a stud tight end set up for the next decade or so.
Week 12 tight end bye weeks
Dalton Kincaid/Dawson Knox, Mike Gesicki, Evan Engram, Taysom Hill, Tyler Conklin
Week 12 tight end injuries
George Kittle, 49ers
Kittle missed Week 11 due to a hamstring injury. We’ll see how much he can practice this week to help us know if he’ll play against the Packers or not, but it sounds like he was close to playing last week.
Jake Ferguson, Cowboys
Ferguson was knocked out of their Week 11 contest with a brain injury. He’ll have a shorter time than normal to be cleared to play in Week 12 against the Commanders. If he can’t go, Luke Schoonmaker has some appeal after catching 6-of-10 targets for 56 yards in relief of Ferguson.
Noah Fant, Seahawks
Fant is dealing with a groin injury and missed Week 11. He didn’t practice at all, so there’s a real chance he could miss this week’s matchup with the Cardinals. A.J. Barner would again be considered a middling streamer in 2TE leagues.
Sam LaPorta, Lions
LaPorta didn’t practice at all last week, but the team likely knew they didn’t need him against the Trevor Lawrence-less Jaguars. We’ll see if he can get back to practice for Week 12 when they take on the Colts.
Dalton Kincaid, Bills
Kincaid is dealing with a knee injury that kept him out of their win over the the Chiefs. With a bye this week, we can tentatively expect him back in Week 13. That would of course make Dawson Knox unplayable in fantasy again,
Week 12 tight end sleepers
Ja’Tavion Sanders, Panthers vs. Chiefs
Sanders isn’t a safe play, but he has shown some upside and now gets a good matchup at home coming off a bye. The Chiefs are of course big favorites against the Panthers, which should push them to throw the ball more as they fall behind. The Chiefs pass rush with Chris Jones will likely push Bryce Young to get the ball out quickly and possibly to his tight end Sanders. Kansas City ranks third-worst in fantasy points allowed to tight ends and the Panthers should throw a bunch.
Hunter Henry, Patriots at Dolphins
Henry did return to big volume last week, as he caught 6-of-9 targets, unfortunately that led to just 63 yards and no touchdown. It was a double-digit PPR score and it looks like Henry will continue to be the No. 1 target for Derek Maye. This week he faces a Dolphins team that has been swamped by two of the best tight ends in the league, Brock Bowers and Trey McBride. Together they combined for 22 receptions for 250 yards and a touchdown. Henry isn’t at their level, but he should be a big part of the game plan for the patriots.
