NFL Supercoach Week 12 | Buy, Hold, Sell

Week 11 is in the books, and the absence of one Jonathon Taylor has brought a lot of teams back down to Earth.

Josh Allen proved why he’s one of the best at the position with an 89-point performance against the Bucs, and helped many coaches to a monster score with him as captain.

For me, I decided to go with Ja’Mar Chase, who chose to spit on his opposition and bench himself for a week rather than put up a captain-worthy score against a division rival. 

Running backs were the big scorers this week, especially Treveyon Henderson, who has shown why he should be the RB1 in New England going forward.

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Bijan seemed to find a rhythm again, and that may continue if the Falcons choose to lean on him while Penix is out. 

I scored 544 and could’ve had over 600 if I had the C on Allen, but overall I’m quite happy with the performance.

This week, JT is back, and the Broncos, Dolphins, Commanders, and Chargers are all on byes, which shouldn’t affect people too much, but we shall see!

This week, I’m starting to think about what my final team will really look like, and if it’s time to get rid of players and bring in bottom-dollar guys who won’t contribute.

Buy

This week I won’t have any specific RB on my buy list as I believe you should be doing whatever you can to get Taylor and even CMC in your team before his bye week.

These guys are putting up monster numbers, and I feel if you can get them and other teams positioned similarly to you can’t, then you will finish above them at the end of the season. 

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George Pickens ($16.67m, Dallas Cowboys WR, 19 BE, 15% ownership)

Happy to admit I was wrong with this one.

Pickens hasn’t dropped in production since Lamb returned to the Cowboys and is a genuine freak.

Off field, he’s a bit of a loose cannon and immature, but it translate to him being an absolute dog on the field.

His open field prowess is amazing, and his TD was beautiful to watch, even if the open field defence was basically non-existent against him.

Pickens has more receiving yards than Lamb since Lamb’s return and is currently the number 2 receiver in SuperCoach this season.

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Stefon Diggs ($12.2m, New England Patriots WR, 9 BE, 3 % ownership)

Diggs has been instrumental in the Patriots’ dominance during their undefeated streak.

If he’s not scoring TD’s, he’s putting up big yardage games and moving the chains with Drake Maye.

For his mid-range price, I’d be happy getting a guy who’s averaging 26 ppg over the last 3 weeks.

Add that to the fact that New England only plays 1 real playoff contender in the run home (sorry Ravens fans), Diggs could be in line for a huge end to the regular season. 

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Nico Collins ($14.59m, Houston Texans WR, 1 BE, 11% ownership) 

Earlier I the year, I said I don’t trust any offensive player from the Texans.

Enter a change at QB and the re-emergence of Collins.

Over the last 2 weeks, he’s put up scores of 39 and 38 and looks to be back without Stroud.

Still a relatively high ownership rate, Collins has a low BE and won’t be at this price again for the rest of the season.

It’ll be interesting to see how he goes this week, and expect him to spearhead the Houston offense once again. 

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Trey McBride ($18.62m, Arizona Cardinals TE, 8 BE, 21% ownership) 

He’s establishing himself as the best TE in the league and is thriving with Brisset under centre.

McBride has done something he didn’t do much last season, score TD’s.

McBride doesn’t drop catches; he’s had 99 targets with no drops this season, which is insane.

To put in perspective how well he’s going, fellow podcast analyst Eden Richards pointed out that he’d be the 8th overall WR if he played at that position.

I feel this is the last week you can get on him, and if you don’t have him next week, get him on your radar for next season.

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Mark Andrews ($10.38m, Baltimore Ravens TE, 10 BE, 4% ownership)

One guy who may not be on your radar is Mark Andrews.

The 30-year-old TE for the Ravens has had a quietly good couple of weeks since Lamar returned under centre, averaging 25 ppg.

Andrews is a red zone threat and now looks to be a rushing threat after his fake tush push went to the house. Lamar hasn’t been playing the best football since returning, and I feel as though he’ll want to get back into a rhythm.

How he does that is through his trusted and proven safe blanket, Andrews.

With a 4% ownership, I’m happy to take a gamble on him as a TE option.

He already has 5 TDs on the year after finishing with 11 last year, and nothing says he won’t be able to do that again. 

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Hold

Patrick Mahomes ($24.24m, Kansas City Chiefs QB, 78 BE, 23% ownership)

Mahomes did what most other QBs have done this year and had an average game against arguably the best defense in the league.

If I’m a Mahomes owner, I want him for the run home.

As discussed on the pod this week, the Chiefs are in a position they haven’t found themselves in for a long time, and that’s outside playoff contention.

They’ll basically have to win out to ensure they make it back to the playoffs.

With games against the Colts, Texans, Chargers and Broncos they aren’t guaranteed to make it and will be relying heavily on the play of Mahomes to get them there.

We might be about to witness one of the best 7-game stretches in NFL history by a QB that screams points, points, points for coaches!

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Jahmyr Gibbs ($21.51m, Detroit Lions RB, 9 BE, 23% ownership)

Gibbs had an average week against a very tough Philly defence, which I actually see as a huge positive.

In recent weeks teams have not scored points and players haven’t scored fantasy and SuperCoach points well against he Eagles.

For the Lions run home, they play against the Rams and Green Bay, who will be tough matchups; however, the rest of the matchups could see him break away for 3 TD’s and 200 all-purpose yards, which excites the hell out of me.

He does have that potential to score nothing with Montgomery in the same running back room, but I’d rather have him than not have him for the run home.

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Ja’Marr Chase ($19.26m, Cincinnati Bengals WR, 66 BE, 46% ownership)

It wouldn’t be a weekly article without a mention of my favourite WR, Chase.

He’s been suspended this week for spitting on Steelers defensive back Jalen Ramsey.

He’s appealing it, but it looks pretty obvious that he spat on him.

Whether he plays this week or not, it’s not the time to trade Chase.

He had one of his worst performances of the year this week, which was frustrating for someone like me who captained him, but at this point in the year, with so few trades left, I can’t justify getting him out of my team and then bringing him back in.

Bench him this week or start him if you don’t know who will score more points on your bench.

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Sell

Justin Herbert ($22.71m, LA Chargers QB, 85 BE, 4% ownership)

If you’re one of the few Herbert owners in the league, this is the week to get rid of him.

Coming into a bye week and coming off a game where he only put up 8 SuperCoach points, Herbert is a prime sell candidate.

The single-digit score isn’t a concern for me, we all have off weeks.

However, the 85 BE does for when he’s back from the bye.

Herbert is currently the 4th overall QB and 6th SuperCoach player by points overall, but only the 10th-ranked QB if we go off average points per game.

At his price point, I’d be looking to free up an extra $2m and upgrading to Mahomes for the run home. 

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Lamar Jackson ($23.48m, Baltimore Ravens QB, 79 BE, 26% ownership)

At the start of the season, I said Allen and Lamar are the set and forget QBs for the season as they are the 2 best SuperCoach and fantasy relevant QBs.

Injuries have a funny way of coming in and ruining your visions which has happened here for me with Lamar.

So far this season, he’s missed time with a hamstring injury and has also had both knee and now ankle issues, with the latter holding him out from Wednesday’s practice, which isn’t a good sign for coaches this week.

After missing last Wednesday’s practice with knee soreness and now having that and an ankle injury, AND coming off a week where he only put up 13 points, alarm bells should be ringing.

Crystal balling this, if Lamar is to miss this week and the Ravens lose and see the Steelers win, what’s to say the Ravens don’t rest him if he’s playing with this injury and possibly aren’t in finals contention?

Mahomes is in a similar price range as are most QBs.

Jump ship and bring him back in next year. 

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Javonte Williams ($14.9m, Dallas Cowboys RB, 47 BE, 24% ownership)

In recent weeks, the Cowboys’ offense hasn’t looked that great.

They came back from the bye this week and looked to be the high-scoring team we were becoming used to at the start of the season.

How they’re doing that is through the passing game, and unfortunately, that means Williams isn’t seeing the same looks he was at the start of the season.

The carries are there, the yardage is about there, but the receptions and TDs are almost non-existent.

His BE rises every week and his price drops every week which makes it increasingly difficult to upgrade him to one of the better RB’s in the comp.

This week, he draws the Eagles, whose defence has kept every team at bay over the last few weeks, and I expect Williams and the Cowboys in general to struggle against them. 

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Josh Jacobs ($18.32m, Green Bay Packers RB, 57 BE, 9% ownership) 

There’s an injury cloud surrounding the bell cow RB of the cheese heads, who missed Wednesday’s practice and is considered day to day.

Knee injuries to RBs are always going to affect their effectiveness in games, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see his production go down over the next few weeks as he recovers from this.

Leaving the game early saw him only put up 8 points and drop him to the 14th overall RB over the last 5 weeks based off of average PPG.

Even if he scored his usual 30ish points, he would be the 17th-ranked RB over the last 3 weeks behind the likes of Travis Etienne, Rico Dowdle, and Chase Brown, players who all cost less than him.

If you’re a Jacobs owner and don’t have Gibbs, I’d be looking at freeing up $3m somewhere else to bring him in.

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Drake London ($21.43m, Atlanta Falcons WR, 42 BE, 23% ownership)

London is expected to miss this week’s matchup against the Saints, and past that, it’s unknown if he’ll miss more time.

Usually, I’d say stash him; however, there are reports that his QB Penix may be out for the rest of the season with a knee injury.

For those who know Penix’s injury history, you know another knee injury isn’t great for him and that the Falcons will take every precaution with their former 1st round pick.

Kirk Cousins gets the keys to this team in his absence, which doesn’t bode well for London.

Fellow podcast panelist Eden Richards found on the SleeperNFL X account Drake London’s last 7 games with Kirk Cousins as a starter.

In those weeks, he finished as WR 27, 33, 25, 45, 15, 32, and 64. That isn’t what you want to see at this point in the season.

Sell him and go to literally any other receiver around the same price that you don’t already own. 

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Jake Ferguson ($13.4m, Dallas Cowboys TE, 41 Be, 9% ownership)

Ferguson has seen his production dip with the emergence of arguably the best WR duo in the league, Lamb and Pickens.

Weeks ago, I didn’t even think about his production waning with the return of Lamb, and I really should’ve.

Ferguson scored 19 on the weekend and had his week saved with a touchdown reception.

That to me is the problem at the moment.

If he’s not getting touchdowns, he’s putting up average scores.

For the price as well, there are other TE’s who are more TD savvy than Ferguson that I’ve got my eye on.

The upside is there; however, this team is ruled by Lamb and Pickens, and there are too many mouths to feed, with Ferguson being the one to usually miss out.

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Colston Loveland ($10.09m, Chicago Bears TE, 28 BE, 19% ownership)

A few weeks ago, we spoke on the podcast about how this was an overreaction buy for a guy who had one big game against the worst defence in the NFL.

Since that 53-point game, he’s put up scores of 15 and 11.

Loveland is going to be a good player in this league; however, he’s a rookie playing with a QB who is more up and down than most in the league.

Loveland would’ve made some great coin for coaches; however, now might be the time to trade him in and invest in a better TE or use the cash to invest in a better player at another position. 

Trades and Captain 

After no trades last week, I’m making a few moves this week.

Not trading turned out alright for me, as I still put up a decent mid-500 point score and had people I was potentially going to bin still score well for me.

This week, though, I’m making moves, and I’m excited for them. 

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TRADE IN: Taylor and Andrews

TRADE OUT: Cook and Ferguson

I’ve finally done it, sound the alarms, Jonathon Taylor is a member of Clutzy’s Patriots!

To make the move, I got rid of James Cook, who I am a bit worried about with Josh Allen taking scoring opportunities from him.

His week was saved with a receiving TD; otherwise, Allen scored 3 rushing TDs over Cook.

I tossed up getting rid of Bijan, but I think with Penix out, the Atlanta offense may become purely about Bijan.

Taylor is the anchor to my team now, and I’m keen to reap the rewards.

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Andrews has been sneakily good the last few weeks and, despite Lamar’s woes, is still seeing good production.

I am slightly concerned with the news of Lamar’s recent injuries; however, the ability to free up cash to bring in Taylor and still have a TE produce almost the same as Ferguson is fine by me.

Since Lamar came back, Andrews is averaging 3 ppg better than Ferguson.

Captain this week is on CMC against his old Carolina team, and the VC is on Allen.

If Allen puts up a nice mid-50 or more score, I’ll be looping him, but I can see CMC putting up a high 60 game as well.

A lesson from last week is to keep the C on QBs or RBs

That’s it for this week, best of luck, and we’ll catch you on the next one.