Slate Overview- Week 11 Thoughts-
Week 11 is a difficult week. We have a week when a lot of people are going to be on the same type of lineup. You’re going to see a significant amount of lineups be similar in Week 11 with going to a cheap quarterback, Christian McCaffrey, and one other high-end running back, either De’Von Achane or Alvin Kamara, and then a bunch of mid-tier wide receivers, such as Cedric Tillman, Jakobi Meyers, Khalil Shakir, and Kayshon Boutte. What this does is create a scenario where it is going to create a lot of similar lineups. If McCaffrey, Achane, and Kamara all fail to reach value, it does create an opportunity to create a different lineup that will allow you to benefit from a unique lineup.
Key Injuries for Week 11
- Tee Higgins will play this week for the Bengals. While this helps Joe Burrow, it will decrease the interest in Ja’Marr Chase coming off of his record-setting performance against Baltimore. Chase is an intriguing GPP play as he has consistently had better performances with Higgins in the lineup than with him out, despite his game last week.
- Buffalo’s situation is a bit of a mess. Dalton Kincaid and Keon Coleman have both already been ruled out. Amari Cooper is trending towards playing, but is still questionable for this week. This leaves Dawson Knox and Khalil Shakir as tremendous plays this week despite a difficult matchup against Kansas City.
- Sam LaPorta is out with a shoulder injury. In a game that the Lions should be able to win fairly easily, this is a minor upgrade to the rushing attack as well as Amon-Ra St. Brown.
- Trevor Lawrence will miss once again this week with a shoulder injury. Mac Jones will get the start, which will severely limit the upside of the Jacksonville offense as they were simply unable to move the ball against Minnesota last week.
Stacks
Jameis Winston, Cedric Tillman, Alvin Kamara
Jameis Winston is in a revenge game this week. Going up against his former team, he should be in a tremendous opportunity to have a big game in Week 11. For Winston, we’ve seen that when he had a favorable matchup, he had 334 yards and three touchdowns against Baltimore. Against New Orleans, We’ve seen over the last several weeks that the Saints have issues. Over the last six weeks, New Orleans has allowed four quarterbacks to throw for 275 yards or more in four of the last six games.
For Cedric Tillman, this is all about the upside. Tillman has averaged 11 targets in each of his last three games, with at least 75 receiving yards in all three of those contests. Cleveland is a team that needs to evaluate the talent that they have in Tillman, who is in his second season in the NFL, and he provides the upside of a developmental player who could immediately become an elite receiver that Amari Cooper once filled that role.