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Don't scoff - Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill is a worthy Fantasy play this week. Yeah, two of his starting offensive linemen are gone. But he has only been sacked five times in the last two games combined, which is a vast improvement from most of the season. He has done a nice job getting rid of the ball and he did complete 67 percent of his passes the last two weeks.

Tannehill is having a productive season and has been able to get a wide variety of targets involved in the offense. He has completed 202 of 331 passes for 2,206 yards and 13 touchdowns, which already exceeds his total from the entire 2012 season.

Making his Fantasy status this week more promising is that the San Diego pass defense has been downright terrible. The Chargers rank 28th in passing yards allowed with 2,516 despite sitting middle of the pack in passes attempted. The result is that they're second-last in the NFL in net yards given up per pass attempt (7.5). Their own prolific pass offense has also led to big numbers for opposing quarterbacks.

Two of the three CBSSports.com senior Fantasy writers rank Tannehill in their top 20 among NFL quarterbacks this week. If you have a better option, go for it. But Tannehill is more of a viable play against San Diego than perhaps he has been all year.

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said he's making progress in his recovery from a broken collarbone but would not say when he expects to return.

"We have our treatment routines," Rodgers said on his weekly radio show, per the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. "Again, it's giving the bone time to heal. I'm not trying to do anything too stupid to aggravate it. (The) collarbone obviously has an important role in your shoulder movement. Small victories to me have been able to sleep through an entire night, which I finally can. Being able to put a shirt over my head, which I can now. Putting socks on. Yes. I can put them on without being in an extreme amount of pain."

Rodgers said he can sleep on his side again instead of being forced to sleep on his back.

"For the first time, I slept on my side two nights ago," he said. "Today is the best I have felt since the injury."

Rodgers suffered the injury Week 9 vs. Chicago.

Jets rookie quarterback Geno Smith is set to face the Bills for the second time this season Week 11. Smith led New York to a 27-20 win vs. Buffalo in Week 3, completing 16 of 29 passes for 331 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions.

Smith's only career 300-yard passing game came against the Bills and will be looking to repeat the feat Sunday. The good news for Smith is that help appears to be on the way. Wide receiver Santonio Holmes appears set to return after missing five games with a hamstring injury.

Quarterbacks are averaging 20.2 Fantasy points per week against the Bills. However, quarterbacks have surpassed 20 points just twice in the last seven games against Buffalo. Quarterbacks have particularly struggled the last two weeks, totaling one passing touchdown and 16 Fantasy points.

Smith has just one passing touchdown in his last four games and has been unreliable for Fantasy owners in his rookie season. While he did perform well against the Bills in Week 3, Buffalo has been playing a lot better against the pass lately, so Smith is at best a No. 2 Fantasy quarterback Week 11.

Playing behind a makeshift offensive line, Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill was under duress throughout the Week 10 loss at Tampa Bay. He still hit 27 of 42 throws for 229 yards and two touchdowns, with one interception.

Tannehill completed 12 straight throws to end the first half, the seventh-longest streak in team history. 

Tannehill stayed away from cornerback Darrelle Revis and targeted slot receiver Rishard Matthews 14 times. They hooked up 11 times for 120 yards and both touchdowns. Tannehill found Matthews for a 6-yard score in the second quarter, a 19-yarder in the third.

Up to 13 touchdowns and 10 interceptions this season, Tannehill plays San Diego in Week 11.

Texans quarterback Case Keenum tossed three touchdowns against the Cardinals Week 10.

Keenum received a huge volume of work, throwing the ball 43 times. He completed 22 passes for 201 yards and three touchdowns. Andre Johnson continued to be a huge target for Keenum. He looked for Johnson 12 times, which led the team. Johnson only had 37 yards, but was Keenum's main threat in the red zone, catching two touchdowns. Keenum's inexperience has shown in a few spots, particularly when he took a -23 yard sack while trying to mount a comeback.

Keenum should have an opportunity to continue his strong play Week 11 against the Raiders.

Ravens backup quarterback Tyrod Taylor carried the ball once for 18 yards in Sunday's 20-17 win over the Bengals. Taylor came in on a designed play, which was an end-around/option hybrid. 

The Ravens travel to Chicago to face the Bears in Week 11. 

Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton finished his Week 10 game against the Ravens with 274 passing yards and two touchdowns. Dalton was intercepted three times -- his second straight three-interception game. 

Dalton completed 24-of-51 pass attempts in the 20-17 overtime loss. But his numbers were padded by a 41-yard sideline-toeing catch and run from Tyler Eifert, and a 51-yard touchdown pass as regulation expired to A.J. Green. While this was the third time this season Dalton has thrown for multiple interceptions, one of the picks was ripped from Marvin Jones' arms by Lardarius Webb as hte two tumbled to the ground. So it wasn't entirely Dalton's fault. 

Dalton and the Bengals face the Browns in Week 11. 

Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson wasn't quite as productive Week 10 at the Falcons as he was when he threw for a career-high 385 yards in a divisional round playoff game against them last year, but he still had one of his best games of the season, completing 19 of 26 passes for 287 yards and two touchdowns. He also ran three times for 20 yards.

The 287 yards were the second-most he's had in a game this season. The two touchdown passes gave him multiple scores for the fourth straight game.

And he made it look easy, for the most part. His longest pass of the day was a short toss that Golden Tate took 46 yards in the fourth quarter, but he wasn't at all hesitant to stretch the field, completing four passes of 20-plus yards through the air.

Connecting for 75-plus yards with three different receivers, Wilson again showed he has plenty of quality targets beyond wide receiver Sidney Rice, who tore his ACL in Week 8. He'll look to keep it going Week 11 against the Vikings.

Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford turned in an impressive performance as he fired for three touchdowns during Sunday's contest against the Bears in Week 10.

On the second series of the day, Stafford found Kris Durham on a slant for a 5-yard touchdown. He then hooked up with Calvin Johnson for a 4-yard score during the opening drive of the second half and a 14-yard strike in the fourth quarter. Stafford was also picked off by Chris Conte in the third quarter.

Stafford completed 18 of 35 passes for 219 yards with three touchdowns and one interception in a 21-19 victory. He finished the game with a 87.7 quarterback rating.

Stafford has scored three-plus touchdowns in three of his last four games played. He has 16 touchdowns and six interceptions on the year. Stafford will look to keep his recent success in Week 11 in Pittsburgh. The Steelers held EJ Manuel to 155 passing yards with one touchdown and one interception.

The Chargers have made QB Brad Sorensen, WR Lavelle Hawkins, S Brandon Taylor, T Mike Remmers, T Nick Becton, G Stephen Schilling and OLB Jarret Johnson inactive Week 10 against the Broncos.

Only Johnson was listed on the team's injury report coming into the game. He's been dealing with a hamstring injury.