With six groups on a bye, some fantasy managers must get artistic to be able to make the playoffs. These gamers stay obtainable in most leagues and must be thought-about high targets.
1. Brandin Cooks, WR, Dallas Cowboys (rostered in 10% of Yahoo leagues)
After lacking the final seven video games with a knee harm, Cooks returned to the lineup with three catches for 16 yards and a landing on a team-high seven targets on Thanksgiving Day. Modest numbers to make certain however not solely surprising given his lengthy absence.
Prime receiver CeeDee Lamb wasn’t significantly better with two catches for 39 yards in opposition to the Giants, however he re-aggravated a shoulder harm within the third quarter that stored him out for the remainder of the sport. He’s anticipated to be fantastic for Monday evening’s sport in opposition to the Bengals, however Cooks must also enhance.
Cooks might not be the identical participant that recorded six 1,000 yard seasons from 2015-21, however his eight touchdowns have been second-most on the workforce in 2023. He completed final season with a landing in every of the Cowboys’ final three video games and will do the identical with 5 video games to play in 2024.
2. Pat Freiermuth, TE, Pittsburgh Steelers (rostered in 50% of Yahoo leagues)
Like Cooks, Freiermuth led his workforce with seven targets in Week 13, ending with a season-high 68 yards and a landing in opposition to Cincinnati. It’s the second time in as many weeks Freiermuth has set a season mark in yardage after going for 58 yards in opposition to Cleveland in Week 12.
Freiermuth seems to be getting sizzling at simply the precise time. This week he’ll get one other shot at a Browns workforce that allows the eighth-most fantasy factors per sport to tight ends.
3. Isaac Guerendo, RB, San Francisco 49ers (rostered in 5% of Yahoo leagues)
Not solely did the 49ers lose Christian McCaffrey to a knee harm, however the workforce positioned working again Jordan Mason on the IR with a high-ankle sprain on Monday. That leaves Guerendo because the workforce’s subsequent best choice in opposition to the Bears in Week 14.
Guerendo had 4 carries for 19 yards in opposition to the Payments on Sunday evening. He had his greatest sport in opposition to the Cowboys in Week 8 with 14 carries for 85 yards and a landing (19.2 fantasy factors).
At six-feet-tall and 221 kilos, Guerendo is larger than each Mason and McCaffrey and with 4.33 pace, he’s additionally sooner. He leads the workforce with 5.9 yards per keep on 42 makes an attempt and his 76-yard run in opposition to the Seahawks in Week 6 is the yr’s longest amongst San Francisco working backs.
