We are officially deep enough into the season where we have seen players emerge, fall back and re-emerge. Although consistency has been lacking all season long, there have been plenty of exciting ups and downs, especially if any of you are still playing with kickers. Thankfully, I’m not tracking the dynasty value of kickers, but we’ve got everything else for you.
Let’s get to Week 11’s dynasty fantasy football risers and fallers.
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Dynasty Fantasy Football Risers & Fallers
Dynasty Fantasy Football Risers
Warning. This is a high-speed ride that includes sudden and dramatic acceleration, climbing, dropping, and backward movement. Yes, this is a roller coaster warning, but it should be an Anthony Richardson fantasy football warning. We’re through 11 weeks but it feels like a career’s worth of ups and downs for a player who has started just 11 total games and only seven this season.
Upon his return to the starting lineup on Sunday, Richardson cooked the Jets’ defense, completing 20-of-30 passes for 272 yards and a touchdown while scampering his way to 32 yards and two rushing scores. This is the ride fantasy managers envisioned when they drafted him, but his 28.08 fantasy points are the most he’s tallied since Week 1.
There’s no telling where this ride will take its next turn or drop, but the best-case scenario for all parties is that Richardson continues to develop and entrench himself as the Colts’ franchise quarterback. You can bet he will have every opportunity to do so from here on out. With a healthy receiver room and a few friendly matchups down the stretch, it would be wise to hop on this ride and hope for the best.
Shockingly, Brock Bowers hasn’t made the risers list all season, but that’s mostly because his value was already elevated entering the NFL. Even so, he’s been steadily climbing dynasty rankings all season as the TE2 in points per game (PPG) but he hadn’t posted a truly dominant outing.
That changed in Week 11 when Bowers accounted for over 38% of the Raiders’ total yards with 126 receiving yards and a touchdown, snagging 13 of a monstrous 16 targets. His 31.3 fantasy points are the best of his young career. This time last year, we were falling over ourselves to name Sam LaPorta dynasty’s TE1, but Bowers seems to be claiming that spot.
I’m not ready to crown Jerry Jeudy just yet, but he has strung a few strong games together, including a six-catch, 142-yard, and one-touchdown performance on Sunday. Jeudy drew 11 targets for the second game in a row and has cleared 70 yards in each of his last three outings. Jeudy, along with Cedric Tillman and Elijah Moore, have received similar target shares since Jameis Winston took over and Amari Cooper departed to Buffalo.
Each has produced. Much of Jeudy’s production came in the way of an 89-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter, so proceed with caution. Still, Winston has the passing offense on the right track and Jeudy should continue to benefit as he works to solidify his future as a consistent option.
Generally, players at the level of Puka Nacua don’t make the risers list as there’s not much room for growth. This is an exception, as many seem to have forgotten how good Nacua is or were leery of trusting his rookie season. After a knee injury in Week 1, Nacua was sidelined until Week 8 and was ejected early in Week 9’s contest.
In his three complete games, Nacua has compiled 327 yards and a touchdown. With a tad more touchdown equity, his box scores and fantasy output would be turning heads. Still, his line of seven grabs for 123 yards and a touchdown with 25.3 fantasy points this week is sure to be valued.
Just after Brandon Aiyuk lost his season with a torn ACL, Jauan Jennings made a timely return to the lineup following a hip injury of his own. In two games without Aiyuk, Jennings has tallied 17 catches for 184 yards and a touchdown for 41.4 fantasy points.
Aiyuk’s injury has opened up more snaps for Jennings, but also the role of winning downfield. That element is crucial to the 49ers’ offense with George Kittle, Deebo Samuel and Christian McCaffrey winning underneath. It’s difficult to predict where things will stand next season and beyond as Aiyuk gets healthy, but Jennings is making a case to be a big part of the team’s future.
Roschon Johnson carried the ball 10 times for 33 yards and a touchdown on Sunday, good for 11.1 fantasy points and his second-best game of the season. On the surface, it doesn’t seem too noteworthy, especially as Johnson has taken on much of the short-yardage work this season. His usage, however, has been sporadic and stalled at one carry for -4 yards in Week 10.
With Shane Waldron out and Thomas Brown taking over play-calling duties, this may be a sign of things to come. D’Andre Swift saw 14 carries in this one, operating as the clear lead back, but he’s limited in short-yardage and between-the-tackles runs, leaving room for Johnson. There’s a good chance we see more of Johnson in this role, making it a good time to buy stock in the second year back.
Bo Nix made the risers list in Week 8 and continues to progress every week. Nix set many career-highs on Sunday against the Falcons — 84.8% completion percentage, 307 passing yards and four touchdown passes. His 28 completions tied his total in Week 8 while his 28.78 fantasy points slightly trail his 29.76 from Week 8.
The main difference in Nix’s performance this week compared to others was that he did his damage all through the air. In past weeks, Nix showed off his legs and even caught a touchdown pass but he carved the dirty birds from the pocket all day long in Week 11. It was his most complete game yet and it’s time we finally value Nix as a fringe QB1.
Dynasty Fantasy Football Fallers
Travis Etienne hit the fallers list back in Week 5 and continues to tumble his way down the rankings. Etienne’s stock has taken a big hit this season with the breakout of Tank Bigsby. Even without Bigsby, however, Etienne doesn’t look like the same player. With Bigsby out of the lineup this week, Etienne recorded 12 carries and generated just 27 rushing yards, while his three receptions produced six receiving yards.
Etienne has failed to reach double-digit fantasy points in each of his last four games, while his 29 carries have yielded 94 yards during that period. It feels like major changes are headed for Jacksonville, but it’s tough to find hope for Etienne regardless.
There was plenty of optimism that Pat Freiermuth was in for a bounce-back season after struggling last year, particularly with an upgraded quarterback situation. Unfortunately for Freiermuth, Russell Wilson is still unaware that the middle of the field exists.
Freiermuth caught two passes for 14 yards on Sunday after tallying 19 yards and 17 yards in his previous two contests. He has yet to hit eight PPR fantasy points in a game in which he does not score a touchdown. Like many others at his position, he has become completely reliant upon finding the end zone.
It shouldn’t come as a huge surprise, but many fantasy managers held optimism that Jordan Mason would continue to see enough work to be fantasy-relevant, despite the return of Christian McCaffrey.
Through two games, Mason has recorded just three carries. McCaffrey recently signed an extension while Mason will become a restricted free agent, so there is a chance he wiggles his way out of San Francisco next season, but how good of a situation can we hope for? It’s the unfortunate reality of being the No. 2 RB behind a player like Christian McCaffrey.
After an electric rookie season, many pegged Jaleel McLaughlin as the Broncos’ running back to roster this season. Instead, it’s been tough sledding for the playmaker. Although Sean Payton has rotated between Javonte Williams, Audric Estime and Tyler Badie, McLaughlin doesn’t seem to be trusted with more than a few opportunities per game.
He carried the ball four times for 19 yards on Sunday after going two for 12 in Week 10 and five for 10 in Week 9. He’s now up to 239 rushing yards through 11 games to go with 47 receiving yards. That’s good for 26 yards per game and significantly short of being fantasy-relevant.
Not only has De’Von Achane taken over the bulk of the backfield work in Miami, but Raheem Mostert has also fumbled the No. 2 RB job away to Jaylen Wright. For the second week in a row, Mostert has been primarily relegated to third-down duties while Wright has out-snapped and out-touched him.
Even with the third-down role, Mostert has recorded just two receptions in the past two games for 34 yards. He’s going to need a much larger target share to be fantasy-relevant, especially if he’s rushing for -2 yards as he did this week.
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