Welcome to Week 11 of the NFL season. How are your fantasy teams?

Ahh, that’s a shame.

Well, the Fantasy Playoffs aren’t here yet, so there’s still some time to turn things around, so let’s do it – get your roster moving in the right direction.

Identifying the best players can be a great strategy, especially as bye weeks and injuries decimate your roster. Sometimes you need a guy you can connect with just to see what happens.

To count as sleepers, quarterbacks and tight ends must be ranked outside the top 15 at their position on FantasyPros Weekly Rankingswhile running backs are ranked outside the top 20 and wide receivers are ranked outside the top 25.

Week 11 Rankings: QB20

Aaron Rodgers has been frustrating this season. His best weekly finish was QB10, which he hit twice, and he has only one other game as a top 12 quarterback.

It’s very clear that Rodgers, torn after Achilles, is no longer the same player he was. At all. Not even close.

But he also had to face a fairly busy schedule. Things get easier from there, with FantasyPros listing the Jets as having the seventh-easiest quarterback force on the upcoming schedule.

This week, Rodgers faces the Colts, who allow the ninth-most fantasy points per game at the quarterback position. and the sixth most passing yards per game.

That doesn’t mean Rodgers is guaranteed to have a solid game, but his ranking as QB20 this week just seems a little too low. He’s in the top 15 for me in week 11.

Week 11 Rankings: RB28

Rookie running back Audric Estime continues to improve. Last week against the Chiefs, he played 45% of the team’s snaps, a huge jump from his previous best mark of 10%. He had 14 carries for 53 yards in the loss.

The most important thing here is that Week 10 marked a major change in Denver. Previously starter Javonte Williams played a season-low 29% of snaps and had just one carry and two targets. Entering the week, he had double-digit carries in three straight games and had fewer than 10 opportunities (carries + targets) just once.

This week’s game against the Falcons isn’t great, but Estimé seems like a player on the rise right now and should be a part of your fantasy lineups.

Week 11 Rankings: WR51

When the 2024 season began, Marquez Valdes-Scantling was in Buffalo, where many believed he would play a key role in a rebuilt Bills receiving unit. Instead, MVS had just two catches in six games with the team and was released after Buffalo traded for Amari Cooper.

He didn’t remain a free agent for long, however, as he landed in New Orleans. After catching one pass in his debut with the Saints, Valdes-Scantling had a big Week 10, catching three passes for 109 yards and two touchdowns.

What changed between Buffalo and New Orleans? It could be as simple as the Saints not having any experienced, healthy receivers on the roster. With the Bills, Valdes-Scantling will never be the best player on the field, but in New Orleans, he almost always will be.

This week, the Saints face the Browns. Cleveland allows the second most fantasy points per game to the wide receiver position. There is certainly potential for bankruptcy based on his professional background, but MVS should serving as the team’s No. 1 receiver this week.

Week 11 Rankings: WR54

From a guy facing the team allowing the second most points to receivers to a guy facing the team allowing the most, we have Mike Williams of the Steelers taking on the Ravens.

Like MVS, Williams started the season elsewhere, disappointed, lost his role after a trade and moved on.

Williams opened his tenure with the Steelers with a 32-yard touchdown run against the Commanders, although it’s worth mentioning that was his only target and he only played 12% of the snaps.

The hope here is that with one more week to prepare, Williams will be more involved in this Steelers offense this week. He’s a tall target in the red zone, so he may have value against this defense on limited snaps if it comes down to it, but he could be in contention for that best game of the year if he plays even 40% of the match. .

Week 11 ranking: TE21

Finally. It took until Week 10, but Dalton Schultz finally finished as a top-10 tight end for the week in the team’s loss to Detroit, catching three passes for 66 yards.

After a slow start to the season, Schultz saw his role grow with Nico Collins sidelined, finishing with 50 or more yards in two of the final three games after not hitting that mark at all in the first seven weeks. of 2024.

This week, he’ll have a juicy matchup against a struggling Cowboys defense, ranking 31st in points allowed and 26th in yards allowed.

Of course that’s not the case enough it’s that simple, otherwise Schultz would be ranked higher than TE21. Collins will likely be back this week, which complicates the situation. But with Stefon Diggs done for the year, Schultz should still maintain a pretty solid workload even with Collins back in the fold.