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The Player Rankings (PPR) referenced in this article are current as of November 24. For updated rankings, see the ‘Fantasy Football Player Rankings’ section.

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Injury news

Updated as of 6:50 PM ET, November 25

Monday evening

Ladd McConkey, WR, Chargers (shoulder) — Active
McConkey had a limited presence at practice on Friday, but is active for Monday Night Football. In weeks 10 and 11 combined, Will Dissly led the Chargers with 12 targets; McConkey had 11, Quentin Johnston saw 10 and Joshua Palmer was targeted six times. Jake Ciely has McConkey as WR18 and Johnston as WR23 this week.

Rashod Bateman, WR, Ravens (knee) — Active
Bateman did not practice Friday due to a knee injury but will be active for Week 12. While many thought Diontae Johnson’s arrival in Baltimore could impact Bateman’s goals, that is not the case. Since being traded to the Ravens in Week 9, Johnson has totaled just four targets and one reception, and his highest PPR total in Baltimore is 1.6. In that time, Bateman has had 11 receptions on 17 targets. In Week 10 he scored 17.4 PPR points, but in Weeks 9 and 11 he only scored 5 PPR points.

Jake Ciely’s Week 12 fantasy football player rankings

Discover Jake’s best QB, RB, WR and TE of the week!

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• ECR = “Expert” Consensus Ranking (which is not consistently updated by everyone, so take it with a grain of salt).
• Updated regularly, so check to see if the lineups are locking.

Get Ciely’s full analysis of Week 12. Plus sleepers and projections.

Featured games

Game-specific previews and live updates will be available on the day of the game.

Monday evening

Baltimore Ravens (7-4) vs. Los Angeles Chargers (7-3)

• Location: SoFi Stadium – Inglewood, California.
• Time: 8:15 PM ET
• TV: ESPN, ABC
• Streaming: Fubo (free trial)

After a tough Week 11 loss to the Steelers, the Ravens are favored by less than a field goal on the road against the Chargers in this AFC matchup as head coaches Jim and John Harbaugh meet for the first time since Super Bowl XLVII. The Jim Harbaugh-led Chargers have been rolling lately. Justin Herbert throws more and ranks sixth in passer rating (102.1), JK Dobbins and Gus Edwards handle the backfield work, and Ladd McConkey and Quentin Johnston lead the Chargers’ wide receivers in targets and receiving yards and yards after the catch.

Lamar Jackson is having an MVP season for Baltimore (not counting last week’s poor performance), but Derrick Henry has taken a step back lately with fewer than 80 net yards in three of his last four games. Zay Flowers continues to impress (although somewhat inconsistently), while Diontae Johnson has become a fantasy drop, averaging two targets and 0.5 receptions per game. The Chargers’ defense is strong and Tuli Tuipulotu led the NFL with six sacks over the last three weeks, but Jackson has the third-most throwing time in the league. This match of the Harbaugh brothers is full of talent and intrigue.

Read the full preview.

The statistics in this section come from TruMedia.

Fantasy Football Week 12 Takeaways

Michael Salfino recaps Week 12’s action through a fantasy lens.

Jayden Daniels had another good game, good for three TDs, mainly fueled by one late miracle play. But I don’t understand why he’s such a big favorite for Offensive Rookie of the Year Bo Nix. Nix has the same record as Daniels and has 16 TD passes and just two picks in his past nine games, plus two games with at least 61 rushing yards.

Jaylen Waddle punished us for benching him, even though the byes hopefully forced your hand. But now we have one Tyreek Hill problem. His pace through 17 games in 2024: 76-882-5. Yes.

De’Von Achane is averaging 4.3 yards per carry, which his faithful would have found unfathomable in August. However, the catches and five receiving TDs have made him worthy of his ADP anyway. I will be fading this receiving production in 2025, you can be sure.

— Salfino

Read all Salfino’s tips for week 12

Fantasy Football Week 12 Recap

KC Joyner answers lingering Week 12 fantasy football questions.

Can Saquon Barkley break the all-time record for RB points in a season? He could get close.

Barkley scored an incredible 46.2 points against the Rams on Sunday night. It was only the ninth time since the 2020 season that a running back scored 46 or more points in a game. He now leads the league in games with more than 32 points, which he has achieved in two consecutive weeks. He and Derrick Henry are the only running backs to post back-to-back performances of 30+ PPR points this season.

This incredible generosity makes you wonder if Barkley can break LaDainian Tomlinson’s all-time record for RB fantasy points in a season. Tomlinson scored 481.1 with the San Diego Chargers in a 16-game season in 2006.

Barkley currently has 265.9 points, meaning he needs to score at least 215.3 points in the Eagles’ remaining six games to break Tomlinson’s record. A few quick calculations show that’s a pace of 35.9 points per game, a mark Barkley has surpassed just once this year (Sunday night against the Rams).

There are indications that Barkley can’t break that record, but the Eagles still have four green rush defenses left in those six games. If Barkley can score a few 40+ point games (a tough but not impossible proposition), he still has a great chance to overtake LT for the best RB season in fantasy football history.

– Joyner

See all of Joyner’s notes from week 12.

(Photo by Ladd McConkey: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)