Fantasy Football Week 12 Wide Receiver Preview: Waiver adds, numbers to know, DFS plays, and more

In Week 11 Jauan Jennings saw double-digit targets for the third time this season. For the third time this season, he produced like a must-start wide receiver. Over the last two weeks, he's now caught 17 of 22 targets for 184 yards and a touchdown. That sounds completely insane until you remember that earlier this year he caught 11 of 12 targets for 175 yards and three touchdowns.

It's undeniable, Jennings looks like a league winner. He also projects as a top-12 wide receiver for me in all formats in Week 12. But that doesn't mean I'm worried about Deebo Samuel.

Samuel is having a very bad year. No one would deny that. His rushing efficiency is in the tank and he's only scored one receiving touchdown all season. I still view him as a must-start wide receiver, especially with six teams on a bye. 

To start with, Samuel has at least 12.6 PPR Fantasy points in three of his last four healthy games, without scoring a touchdown in any of them. A 12-point floor without a touchdown is a starter. More importantly, he still has upside. Samuel scored 18.7 PPR Fantasy points in Week 1, 18 more in Week 2, and 20.7 as recently as Week 6. 

Yes, Samuel is WR41 on the season with an average of 11.3 PPR FPPG. That's heavily influenced by the fact that he played four snaps and scored zero points against the Chiefs in Week 7. In the other eight games, he's averaged a more respectable 12.7. That's still only WR34...but 11 of the receivers with a better average this season aren't playing in Week 12. Like Jennings, you should view Samuel as a must-start this week.

Here is the rest of the Week 12 WR Preview:

Week 12 WR Preview

The following players are not being projected to play in Week 12 at this time. Here's what it means:

• 33.6% -- Amongst receivers who have run at least 100 routes, Puka Nacua's 33.6% target per route run rate ranks number one. 
• 32.5% -- Amongst receivers who have run at least 100 routes, Cooper Kupp's 32.5% target per route run rate ranks number two. 
• 2.86 -- Marquez Valdes-Scantling is averaging 2.86 Fantasy points per target. That is number one amongst wide receivers who have run at least 100 routes.
• 11 -- Mike Evans still leads all receivers with 11 end zone targets. We're expecting him back in Week 12 and we're starting him.
• 34.7% -- Courtland Sutton has 18 receptions of at least 16 yards. That's fifth-most amongst wide receivers.
• 47% -- In his first game with JuJu Smith-Schuster, DeAndre Hopkins' snap share fell to 47%.
• 17.8 -- Jerry Jeudy is averaging 17.8 PPR FPPG since Week 8. That makes him a top 12 wide receiver.

My full set of Week 12 Fantasy football projections for every position are now available on SportsLine. Find out which of my favorite plays are projected to score higher than consensus rankings and which don't live up to their draft hype, at least in Week 12. Projected stats for all starting wide receivers are available, so be sure to find my projections for every position over at Sportsline.