Fantasy Overview - Week 13

Most leagues begin their playoffs in Week 15, however, some will begin as early as Week 14. We have reached the point in the season where you have at least one more week, and maybe two, to jockey for positioning in your league's playoff bracket. Fantasy Football post-Thanksgiving is when you want to have your roster primed for postseason play. Next week, I'll share my thoughts on how to win in the playoffs. What strategies can you use? What matchups should you target? What resources can help you put your team over the top, plus much more. This week, let's dig into some helpful, revealing, interesting stats and tidbits that you can file away as nuggets of information for future weeks or a strategy that may be to your advantage next season. Plus for those who play player props, I have some interesting stats broken down by half.

Did You Know?

• 40% of quarterbacks in the top 12 in rushing yards are also in the top 12 in fantasy points.
• Mac Jones and Joe Burrow are the only quarterbacks in the top 12 in passing yards who aren't in the top 12 in fantasy points.
• Tom Brady has nine career seasons with 30 touchdown passes or more. Eight of them came after his 10th year in the league.
• Jaylen Waddle has the most receptions in the first half with 47.
• Keenan Allen leads the league with five straight games with 10+ targets.
• Derek Carr is 1st in the NFL in passing yards with 3,414. He is 12th in fantasy points.
• Cordarrelle Patterson is the only running back in the top 30 who is 30-plus years old.
• The most receptions without a touchdown this season is Laviska Shenault with 45, followed by Amon-Ra St.Brown (39), Cole Kmet (37), Dan Arnold (35), and Kadarius Toney (35).
• Derrick Henry's 219 carries still leads the NFL in rush attempts despite him not playing snap since Week 8.
• If Travis Kelce were a wide receiver he'd be the WR10 in PPR scoring.
• Cordarrelle Patterson is the 9th ranked running back and 9th ranked wide receiver.
• In 26 career starts, Justin Herbert has reached 300 yards passing or 3 touchdowns in 20 of those games. Two of those six games where he failed to reach 300 yards or 3 touchdowns came against New England.
• Jonathan Taylor scored zero touchdowns in the first three games this year. He has scored 16 in the last nine games.
• Deebo Samuel has 25 carries for 203 yards and 5 rushing touchdowns. If he were scored as a running back, he'd be the RB3 including his receiving stats.
• Patriots kicker Nick Folk has seven more field goals (31) than the next closest kicker (24). He has more PPR fantasy points (122) than Kyle Pitts (117)
• Hunter Henry, Dawson Knox, and Pat Freiermuth have more touchdowns (20) than Travis Kelce, Mark Andrews, Darren Waller, T.J. Hockenson, Mike Gesicki, and Dallas Goedert combined (19).
• Kirk Cousins has 84 touchdown passes and 22 interceptions in the last three years. His record during that time is a mere 22-20.

Splits by half

Top 10 First half passing leaders

1. 1,891 Tom Brady, TB
2. 1,636 Josh Allen, BUF
3. 1,634 Matthew Stafford, LAR
4. 1,624 Mac Jones, NE
5. 1,534 Patrick Mahomes II, KC
6. 1,527 Aaron Rodgers, GB
7. 1,510 Ryan Tannehill, TEN
8. 1,509 Justin Herbert, LAC
9. 1,508 Dak Prescott, DAL
10. 1,497 Carson Wentz, IND

Top 10 Second half (and OT) passing leaders

1. 2,020 Derek Carr, LSV
2. 1,722 Justin Herbert, LAC
3. 1,682 Matthew Stafford, LAR
4. 1,666 Patrick Mahomes II, KC
5. 1,522 Ben Roethlisberger, PIT
6. 1,519 Kirk Cousins, MIN
7. 1,512 Tom Brady, TB
8. 1,507 Lamar Jackson, BAL
9. 1,483 Joe Burrow, CIN
10. 1,435 Josh Allen, BUF

Top 10 First half rushing leaders

1. 535 Jonathan Taylor, IND
2. 422 Najee Harris, PIT
3. 403 Dalvin Cook, MIN
4. 390 Ezekiel Elliott, DAL
5. 383 Lamar Jackson, BAL
6. 376 Elijah Mitchell, SF
7. 373 Derrick Henry, TEN
8. 370 Joe Mixon, CIN
9. 360 Damien Harris, NE
10. 353 Darrell Henderson, LAR

Top 10 Second half rushing leaders

1. 671 Jonathan Taylor, IND
2. 564 Derrick Henry, TEN
3. 554 Joe Mixon, CIN
4. 546 Nick Chubb, CLE
5. 418 Antonio Gibson, WAS
6. 385 Jalen Hurts, PHI
7. 370 Dalvin Cook, MIN
8. 335 James Robinson, JAC
9. 331 Austin Ekeler, LAC
10. 330 Ezekiel Elliott, DAL

Top 10 First half receiving leaders

1. 587 Davante Adams, GB
2. 585 Cooper Kupp, LAR
3. 552 Justin Jefferson, MIN
4. 551 D.J. Moore, CAR
5. 528 Tyler Lockett, SEA
6. 507 Jaylen Waddle, MIA
7. 456 Chris Godwin, TB
8. 419 Stefon Diggs, BUF
9. 413 Michael Pittman, IND
10. 412 CeeDee Lamb, DAL

Top 10 Second half receiving leaders

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