Traditionally the Week 12 slate has always been one of the most anticipated of the season. In many leagues, Week 12 marks the trade deadline, but normally falling on Thanksgiving, it also means an entire Thursday filled with food, family, […]
Traditionally the Week 12 slate has always been one of the most anticipated of the season. In many leagues, Week 12 marks the trade deadline, but normally falling on Thanksgiving, it also means an entire Thursday filled with food, family, friends, and football.
With three games filling up the entire day, we must take a different approach in our usual Thursday Night Football preview. For this week, I'll take a broad look at all three games and make my favorite picks for each game.
Things haven't been easy this year, so please take the time to be appreciative for what you still have, and the things that truly matter in life besides football. We wish you the happiest of Thanksgivings and hope you're able to enjoy a full day's worth of pigskin with those that mean the most.
Chicago Bears (-3) at Detroit Lions; over/under 41
The opening game of the slate isn't exactly the most desirable, but there's still plenty of fantasy ramifications on the line. Rumors are swirling that this could be Matt Nagy's last game of the helm for Chicago, but it seems odd to let a coach prepare a team to play if his fate's already decided and the team is still technically in the playoff hunt. It would also go against the 100-plus year history of the franchise never dismissing a coach mid-season.
Detroit won't part ways with Dan Campbell this week but the league's only winless team still has plenty of questions- like who will be under center?
With over a decade of winning experience, Jody is a well-known fixture in the fantasy football community. He was named Fantasy Pros’ **Most Accurate Ranker** previously and was the site’s Top NFL over/under totals picker with a record 65% accuracy in 2020, while also ranking 5th in the country with a 55% against-the-spread hit rate. Jody has written for many sites over the years including Pro Football Focus, FantasyPros, CBS Sportsline, FantasyData, and is a regular contributor to the Fantasy Index magazine expert’s poll, draft, and auction.
Jody’s experience ranking and projecting player performance will help prepare the Fulltime Fam for their big draft days as well as answers they can trust on Sunday for those ever crucial Who Do I Start questions.
