I am getting this out a day early with Thanksgiving and three games tomorrow.
This is my guess for the best lineup using players rostered in 5% of leagues or less according to Yahoo. I will do it with 0.5ppr scoring rules.
|POS|PLAYER - TEAM|ROSTERED%|OPPONENT |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:| |QB|Aidan O’Connell - LV|5%|vs KC| |RB|D’Ernest Johnson - JAX|1%|at HOU| |RB|Patrick Taylor - GB|0%|at DET| |WR|A.T. Perry - NO|2%|at ATL| |WR|Jalen Guyton - LAC|5%|vs BAL| |TE|Tucker Kraft - GB|0%|at DET| |FLEX|Nelson Agholor - BAL|1%|at LAC| |D/ST|Arizona Cardinals|1%|vs LAR| |K|Chase McLaughlin - TB|1%|at IND|
This team is available in between 84.96% and 95% of leagues.
At QB, there are a few options: Aidan O’Connel vs the Chiefs, Tim Boyle vs the Dolphins, or Tommy DeVito vs NE. All at home against good defenses. I think the Raiders have the best chance at being in a shootout. I don’t think Boyle can keep up with Miami and I don’t think New England can cause a shootout, that one will be a defensive struggle.
The Jaguars found some offense last week and face Houston this week. D’Ernest Johnson had a decent outing against one of the best run defenses in the league last week and could find more work in this one.
The Packers are likely to be without Aaron Jones and they placed Emanuel Wilson on IR. This left AJ Dillon as the only healthy back to finish the game last week. James Robinson has signed to the practice squad but Patrick Taylor has been used more as a receiver and that should be a necessity against the Lions in Detroit.
With Michael Thomas on IR I expect Shaheed and Juwan Johnson to see more targets, but it was A.T. Perry who slid into the Michael Thomas role.
Jalen Guyton had a nice game two weeks ago before missing the contest against the Packers this week. If he is back he should be in line for a similar game to his last, especially if QJ continues to struggle with drops.
Another Packer player placed on IR was Luke Musgrave. Fellow rookie, Tucker Kraft, saw more involvement and could be utilized in a possible shootout.
Pour one out for Mark Andrews. His targets have to go somewhere I don’t think they will all go to Likely and Kolar. (Kolar is another tight end to keep in mind this week though.) Nelson Agholor has done well in a few games this week and should see more opportunity in Andrews’ absence.
Arizona vs the Rams or Carolina at Tennessee? Give me the better team at home. I expect a bounce back game for Tennessee. I could see playing nobody at D as better than playing Arizona but with Kupp out and Kyren just back from injury, there may be some opportunity for mistakes.
The Colts give up the most points to opposing kickers and play in dome, Chase McLaughlin has had a couple good games and I like him for another one here.
If you’d like to play along you can find the player list I use here: https://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/1028890/players?&sort=AR&sdir=1&status=A&pos=O&stat1=S_PW_4&jsenabled=1