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The Dolphins signed Tyler Huntley off the Ravens’ practice squad to play over Boyle a few weeks ago. He is slated to make his second start of the year this week and Skylar Thompson will back him up. That left Boyle in no man’s land. He will likely land on a practice squad in the coming weeks.

Henry did lead the Patriots in targets, but he wasn’t able to get much going with Drake Maye seeing pressure in his face all game long. The role is here for Henry to put up solid floor production in most weeks, but the ceiling is tougher to see, which makes him more of a mid-range TE2.

Fantasy managers will take the touchdown, but the story was D-Mont departing around the 4:30 mark of the third quarter and not handling another touch the rest of the afternoon. Announced as questionable after heading to the locker room, D-Mont turn return to the sideline wearing his helmet. But with the Lions already then up multiple scores, they opted to ride Jahmyr Gibbs in close-out mode. The fact that Montgomery resurfaced at all suggests a minor injury, but this is the Lions’ annual short-week Thanksgiving game. He should probably be considered genuinely questionable for the 12:30 PM ET kickoff. His status will be updated no later than Monday afternoon.

Kelce had a decent day despite two drops, though it was again TE Noah Gray who had a big statistical outing. Gray for the second straight week caught two touchdowns from Patrick Mahomes — one on a wide open pass against busted coverage in the Carolina secondary.

He also lost a fumble. Staked to the main backfield role to the point where the Titans had just one Julius Chestnut carry without Tyjae Spears, Pollard actually looked relatively efficient against a good Texans run defense. He had 15 carries for 76 yards on runs outside the tackle box. If Spears is back in Week 13, it’ll be a slight downgrade for Pollard, but either way his workload is good enough to be a capable RB2 against the Commanders.

Hooper now has at least 35 receiving yards in three straight games and has posted at least 59 yards in two of those. However, he has also not seen more than four targets in any of those games, so this is more of a case of a player making the most of his opportunities. Today, Hooper was left wide open in the end zone as Drake Maye was flushed from the pocket and had to roll right. Hooper had to come back to the ball and still had time to work back into the end zone. This doesn’t feel like anything worth chasing while Hunter Henry is healthy.

Filling in for Jake Ferguson (concussion), Schoonmaker turned in another solid outing despite seeing six fewer targets. On his first target, Schoonmaker took a short pass from Cooper Rush upfield for a 24-yard gain and then found himself on the receiving end of a 22-yard strike in the end zone late in the fourth quarter. In his last two games, Schoonmaker has caught nine passes for 111 yards and a touchdown on 14 targets. The Cowboys now find themselves on a short week to prepare for Thursday night’s game against the Giants. If Ferguson can’t go, Schoonmaker will make for a solid streaming option against the Giants.

First they came for Jefferson’s ceiling. Then they took his floor. At the end of four quarters, this was the worst box score of his career with just one catch for seven yards. He did break loose for a long touchdown on the Vikings’ final drive of regulation, but the play was called back on a penalty. Brandon Powell set an illegal pick that sprung Jefferson loose for the score, negating the play. A 20-yard grab in overtime saved Jefferson from a career-worst day but did little to cushion the blow for fantasy managers. While not useful for fantasy purposes, the Bears’ fixation on Jefferson allowed Jordan Addison to break out for 162 yards and a touchdown on eight receptions. Better days are ahead for Jefferson with the Cardinals on tap for Week 13, but he has just three 100-yard games this year and no multi-score performances to his name. His WR1 status is based primarily on a floor that looks a little more shaking coming out of Week 12.

Douglas is the most explosive playmaker on the Patriots’ offense. Most of his catches on Sunday were slant routes where he was able to show more acceleration and athleticism than most other players on the field. However, he also lost a costly fumble as the Patriots were trying to mount a comeback. The team seems uninterested in using Douglas as a full-time receiver, keeping him on the field when they go into three-receiver sets, so that limits his upside. He’s a WR5 bench stash until they start to get him on the field more.

He took eight sacks, seven in the first half, and threw a pick-six. And he won. The Texans coverage busted on a 70-yard touchdown to Chig Okonkwo where he went untouched for 70 yards over the middle, and a safety bit down early on an over-the-top throw to Nick Westbrook-Ikhine for another score. The Titans offense looked more conservative after the pick-six, but Levis managed a game where both his critics and his boosters will have things to crow about on Monday morning. They draw the Commanders in Week 13, Levis will remain on the QB2 line.

Legette’s day was highlighted by a 34-yard gain on a well-thrown timing route from Bryce Young, who had one of his best outings as a pro. Legette later dropped a 25-yard reception on Carolina’s final drive of the game. Only David Moore had more targets (10) than Legette on the day with Jalen Coker sidelined with a quad injury. Legette, with at least four receptions in three of his past four games, should be flex-viable in Week 13 against a poor Bucs secondary.