Week 13 Fantasy Football Sneaky Starts & Sleepers
All but the luckiest fantasy owners at some point need to find the proverbial diamond in the rough—a waiver wire or bench player capable of putting up some points in a pinch. This weekly feature is dedicated to that part of fantasy football. It's not pretty, but it's part of the game.
Our signature strength-of-schedule metric, adjusted fantasy points allowed (aFPA), is now using only 2023 data. Unlike SOS tools at other sites, we can adjust a defense’s fantasy points allowed by its schedule bias, so it provides a better “apples-to-apples” comparison. I’ll put the defense’s aFPA rank in parentheses below. The higher the number, the better the matchup.
Let’s see who might surprise this week.
Quarterbacks
Sam Howell, Commanders (vs. MIA, 20)
Even in a “bad” week without a touchdown pass, Sam Howell delivered 17.3 fantasy points via 300 yards passing and a rushing touchdown. He now has posted 17+ points in five straight games and eight of his last nine.
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