Browns place Ben Watson on IR

Dec 16, 2011

The Browns will place TE Ben Watson on injured reserve today after three concussions.

Fantasy Impact:

Fantasy owners who need a TE should give Evan Moore strong consideration. Amongst the top 40 TEs in terms of total targets, Moore is #8 in fantasy points per target. Watson was seeing 5.5 targets per game, so if Moore sees an additional 4.0 targets per game (bringing his total to 6.5 per game), he should produce around 8.6 fantasy points per game, which are TE5 numbers. Keep in mind, Moore's stats may be a bit skewed because of his high TD rate (12.5% of his catches are for TDs), but he's a talented TE and has an opportunity to make some noise over the final two weeks of the fantasy season.

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Buccaneers WR Mike Evans practices for second straight day

Greg Auman

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Cooler weather for Bucs practice today -- Wirfs and Evans practicing again. Still no Zyon McCollum, but Troy Hill and Greg Gaines were practicing today.

Related Players: Sterling Shepard, Jalen McMillan, Trey Palmer

Fantasy Impact:

Fantastic news for fantasy managers hanging on to Mike Evans: he should be considered a WR1 option immediately.

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49ers TE George Kittle "good to go" for Week 12

KNBR

yesterday · 5:34 PM EST

“I will be playing on Sunday. Very excited, can’t pass up playing the Packers. I will be out there for sure.”

George Kittle says he’s good to go for Sunday

Related Players: Eric Saubert

Fantasy Impact:

Kittle returns to a great matchup against a Packers defense that ranks 26th in TE aFPA. He should be fired up as a high-end TE1 once again.

Bears RB D'Andre Swift misses Wednesday practice

Kevin Fishbain

yesterday · 1:29 PM EST

Per Bears head coach Matt Eberflus: Ryan Bates remains in the concussion protocol. Elijah Hicks (ankle) and D'Andre Swift (groin) won't practice.

Teven Jenkins will be limited.

Related Players: Roschon Johnson, Travis Homer

Fantasy Impact:

This is definitely a situation to keep an eye on, as Johnson would have a huge workload if Swift were to miss Week 12. Homer has three rush attempts and zero targets on the year.