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Mooney was injured in the team’s Week 4 game against the Commanders and did not do enough in practice this week to suit up against the Bills, even following the team’s Week 5 bye. Casey Washington handled 95% of the team’s offensive snaps in Week 1, the last time Mooney was absent, and should step into a featured role alongside Drake London.

Not exactly a ceiling outing, but Johnson has now caught at least five passes in five straight games, and seven of his past eight. He’s furnishing a nice enough floor that fantasy managers can at some point hope for some ceiling. Perhaps that will come in Week 12 against the Lions as long as Jaxson Dart (concussion) returns.

Musgrave’s “missed connection” frankly probably should have been a lost fumble, but the review command center predictably decided he didn’t “complete the process.” Stuck on four catches for 22 yards over the past two weeks, Musgrave so far isn’t stepping up during Tucker Kraft’s absence. With tight end deep if not necessarily productive this year, Musgrave isn’t really forcing his way into the top 24. That includes for Week 12 against the Vikings.

The Cardinals offense had a rough go of it against the 49ers. The team could not survive 11 first-half penalties, including 17 total penalties for the game. Brissett threw an interception downfield in the two minute drill in the first half and threw a sideline interception in the third quarter. He found Michael Wilson often for a whopping 15 completions while he found Trey McBride and Greg Dortch for garbage time scores in the fourth quarter. Between the penalties and interceptions, it was a rough day for Brissett and offensive coordinator Drew Petzing. Fantasy managers still feast from Brissett’s record-setting 47 completions and 452 passing yards, most by a Cardinals quarterback since 2008. Brissett is a fantasy QB2 heading into Week 12 against the Jaguars.

It was the same old Big Game Blues for Darnold, who has been an EPA machine this season coming into a huge Week 11 clash with the division rival Rams. Darnold made a handful of baffling throws in this one, collapsing under pressure as he did in the final two games of the 2024 season in Minnesota. As usual, Darnold peppered Jaxon Smith-Njigba with targets (12) and checked down relentlessly to TE A.J. Barner 911 targets). It was the drive-killing mistakes that cost Seattle the game despite the Seahawks’ defense playing well against Matthew Stafford’s offense. Darnold will look to bounce back in Week 12 against a poor Titans defense.

Back after a one-game absence with a shoulder issue, Golden was held to under two catches for the first time since Week 2. Not that he had been making a major impact before. Really struggling of late even as the Packers’ need for his targets has actually increased, Golden has six catches for 37 yards over his past three appearances. Despite his first-round pedigree and the Packers’ injury issues, it’s difficult to see Golden making a WR4 impact during the fantasy playoffs.

The multi-score game was somehow the fourth of Watson’s career, though his first since 2023. No. 1 was a one-yard blind heave from a pressured Malik Willis. No. 2 was a 17-yarder from Jordan Love into tight end zone coverage where Love simply threw the ball to a spot and trusted his wideout to make a play. Awesome stuff, especially since Romeo Doubs struggled with drops and Matthew Golden again filed to make an impact. Watson has been stuck on 4-5 weekly grabs on 5-6 weekly targets since returning a month ago, but today reminded of his upside for more. Week 12 opponent Minnesota likes to get burned deep.

Drake London missed Week 9 and Pitts popped for 59 yards on nine grabs. London has been active for the past two weeks. Pitts, in turn, has four catches for 52 yards in his previous two outings. He is not on the fantasy radar when London is healthy, but that may not be the case in Week 12. London left today’s game with a knee injury and was ruled out. Pitts would sit on the TE1/2 border if London isn’t able to play against the Saints next week.

With Josh Jacobs lost to a second quarter knee injury, Wilson was thrust into No. 1 duties for the final two-plus quarters. Wilson’s churning 11-yard touchdown run was nice in the second frame, but he was otherwise low on highlights as the Pack just tried to survive and advance in Jersey. They must now await Jacobs’ MRI results. Coach Matt LaFleur was not forthcoming with updates after the game. If Jacobs is sidelined for Week 12 against the Vikings, Wilson will be a workload-based RB2, one likely backed up by Chris Brooks.

Mooney caught three passes in his previous three games combined. Reeling in three balls in this game is an improvement, but it was still a rough day for Mooney. He continued to struggle with drops and averaged an inefficient 4.9 yards per target. Drake London got injured late in this game and could miss Week 12. Mooney will cling to WR4 life if London is out. He will otherwise be off the fantasy radar entirely.