NFL Advanced Matchups: Week 13
No other week in recent memory compares to what we dealt with in Week 12. Between the Thanksgiving schedule impact, the extensive list of COVID positives, and the Ravens at Steelers game being played on Wednesday afternoon after three schedule changes, fantasy aficionados were forced to remain glued to news reports all week. If you include the preposterous weekly Saturday morning inactive search involved with CFB DFS, your head was likely left spinning. Don’t get too comfortable. The late Baltimore-Pittsburgh game forced the NFL to move Washington-Pittsburgh to Monday & Dallas-Baltimore to Tuesday. And then the NFL handed down six-game bans to Bradley Roby and Will Fuller V. Madness.
Before I jump into the analysis, I want to point out a few relevant components of this research. First of all, this is a guide centered around playing the percentages. No matter how much data we have in our laps, nobody can predict when Tyreek Hill will decide to go nuclear for 60.9 FPs against one of the better secondaries in the NFL (Tampa Bay). However, he did receive an up arrow upon Jamel Dean being ruled inactive. Since this article is written earlier in the week, it is very important to take note of all defensive back inactives if you plan to use my recommendations or when tailing my ATS and/or over/under picks. QBs and receivers can have their fortunes flip on their heads as a result of these absences, shifting target/sit to sit/target situations.