Fantasy Football Rankings - Week 12, 2025
- Kev Wheeler
- Nov 18, 2025
- 5 min read
Updated: Nov 23, 2025
Your fantasy football season is in make or break territory. Fantasy Football Rankings for Week 12 will guide you to make the correct decisions. We now have enough data points to breakdown every team. We need to stay Bayesian and adjust or prior predictions. There is tremendous variance in football every week, no matter how much data we gather there are too many moving parts to be as confident in our predictions in football as we are when analyzing other sports.
Week 12 Schedule
Bye Week: DEN, MIA, LAC, WAS
Thursday Night Football
Buffalo Bills at Houston Texans 8:15pm ET
Sunday, November 23rd
Indianapolis Colts at Kansas City Chiefs 1:00pm ET
New England Patriots at Cincinnati Bengals 1:00pm ET
New York Jets at Baltimore Ravens 1:00pm ET
Pittsburgh Steelers at Chicago Bears 1:00pm ET
New York Giants at Detroit Lions 1:00pm ET
Seattle Seahawks at Tennessee Titans 1:00pm ET
Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers 1:00pm ET
Cleveland Browns at Las Vegas Raiders 4:05pm ET
Jacksonville Jaguars at Arizona Cardinals 4:05pm ET
Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys 4:25pm ET
Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints 4:25pm ET
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Los Angeles Rams 8:20pm ET
Monday Night Football
Carolina Panthers at San Francisco 49ers 8:15pm ET
Fantasy Football Weekly Rankings
When examining these fantasy football weekly rankings, take into consideration that we are really only looking at positional ranks, not flex or overall rankings. When it comes to who you start in the flex a lot will depend on your specific league rules and roster construction. If players are ranked within 3 spots of each other the difference between them is negligible, they are expected to score the same amount of points, in those cases go with your gut, flip a coin, or join our Discord Channel.
Quarterback
Falcons placed QB Michael Penix (knee) on injured reserve.
According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Penix aggravated a bone bruise and knee sprain he suffered earlier in the season, but also added, “there has been damage to the ACL, which could mean a full reconstruction.”
Falcons coach Raheem Morris said “it’s fair to say [the offense will] look different” with Kirk Cousins as the starter.
Ian Rapoport reports Aaron Rodgers (fractured wrist) is OUT today.
Jets HC Aaron Glenn has informed the team that Tyrod Taylor will start in Week 12 against the Ravens.
Ian Rapoport reports Bengals QB Joe Burrow won’t be activated for Week 12’s matchup with the Patriots.
Running Back
Josh Jacobs is OUT today.
Bucky Irving (shoulder/foot), who has been ruled out for Sunday's game against the Rams, is expected to return to action Week 13 versus Arizona, Adam Schefter reports.
Alvin Kamara (ankle), who is officially questionable for Sunday's game against Atlanta, is expected to play, Adam Schefter reports.
Cardinals ruled out RB Trey Benson (knee) for Week 12 against the Jaguars.
Benson practiced in a limited capacity all week. Although he is not ready to play quite yet, his participation is a good sign for his availability in Week 13 against the Buccaneers.
Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald said Kenneth Walker (glute) “should be fine” for Week 12.
Jaylen Warren said “I could have returned” when asked about the ankle injury he suffered in Week 11 against the Bengals. Warren was walking awfully gingerly on his ankle after going down in the third quarter of Sunday’s contest, so it’s a bit surprising to hear him say he believes he could have returned. Assuming that’s the case, we would expect Warren to have a chance to log some limited practice sessions this week, in hopes of playing in Week 12.
Vikings activated C Ryan Kelly (concussion) from injured reserve.
The veteran center missed the previous six games with a nasty concussion sustained in Week 4. His return bolsters a struggling Minnesota offensive line in time for a divisional matchup with the Packers in Week 12.
The Process
My usual process is to only take data from the previous six weeks, I truly believe anything older than that holds little relevance unless there is a player returning from injury or some reason to discount the newer information. In Week 2 we have very little information we can be confident in. The last six weeks of the previous season can give some indication, and the preseason could provide a glimpse of what’s to come or it could be a mirage.
Wide Receiver
Ja'Marr Chase has received a one-game suspension for unsportsmanlike conduct during Cincinnati's loss to the Steelers in Week 11, ruling him out for Sunday's matchup against the Patriots, Ian Rapoport reports. Chase is appealing the suspension, per Kelsey Conway of The Cincinnati Enquirer.
Ian Rapoport reports Drake London suffered a sprained PCL in Week 11’s loss to the Panthers. There’s a good chance London misses more than just one game, but for now, we know he will be sidelined for Week 12 against the Saints.
Chris Godwin Jr. (fibula), who is officially questionable to play in Sunday's game against the Rams, is expected to suit up but will "likely be on something of a pitch count," per Jeremy Fowler. The 29-year-old wide receiver was mostly limited in practice this week. Godwin is a desperation FLEX play for fantasy managers given the difficult matchup with the Rams on Sunday night.
Xavier Worthy, who is officially listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Colts due to an ankle injury, is expected to play, Ian Rapoport reports.
Xavier Legette managed just 55% of the offensive snaps while dealing with a hip injury in Week 11 but could return to a more robust role against the injury-riddled San Francisco defense.
Titans elevated WR Xavier Restrepo from the practice squad for Week 12 against the Seahawks. Quarterback Cam Ward’s former collegiate teammate was elevated to the active roster for the first time since signing to the team’s practice squad before the start of the season. Injuries to Calvin Ridley and Elic Ayomanor made it necessary for the team to bring up pass-catching depth
The Athletic’s Mike Silver and Dianna Russini report that the 49ers voided WR Brandon Aiyuk’s 2026 contract guarantees and “appear headed toward a stunning divorce.”
Tight End
Bills TE Dalton Kincaid (hamstring) was listed as a DNP on Monday’s estimated practice report. Kincaid missed Week 11’s game due to his hamstring injury and could be at risk of missing Week 12 due to the short turnaround to prepare for Thursday night.
Jaguars activated TE Brenton Strange (hip) from injured reserve.
Strange last played in Week 5 and missed the previous five games for a Jaguars team struggling through a multitude of injuries. His return comes in the wake of the signing of Jakobi Meyers as the trade deadline, meaning he is unlikely to return to the same robust receiving role he left when injured.
Kicker
Defense/Special Teams
News or Hype?
The best way to start our weekly approach is to look at implied team totals based on Vegas odds and adjust from there. We need to pay attention to DFS articles and individual player prop-bets (over/under) to get a good idea of how to project median outcomes. With six weeks of data we can begin to examine the individual matchups some players may have, but we can't overreact to that data. There are so many changes from week-to-week in the NFL the best we can do is project a range of outcomes. Picking the outliers is what wins championships.
Comments