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Football > 2012 > Week 12 > Rankings

Week #12 Who to Start Rankings / Projections

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Fantasy football projections are based on the following scoring system:
  • Pass Yards: 25/1pt
  • Pass TD: 4pts
  • Pass INT: -1pt
  • Rush/Rec Yards: 10/1pt
  • Rush/Rec TD: 6pts
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The following teams are on a bye this week:
Buffalo, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Seattle
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Rank Player NFL
Team
Opp. Injury
Status
Average Points
& Fantasy
Consistency
Head to
Head
Stats?
Fantasy
Pts
1Aaron Rodgers GB@NYG Prob - Lower Body 22.4 / B Yes 23.9
2Matt Ryan ATL@TB Prob - Shoulder 20.2 / B Yes 20.0
3Tom Brady News NE@NYJ Prob - Undisclosed 21.8 / A Yes 19.6
4Robert Griffin III News WAS@DAL Out - Knee 21.9 / B Yes 19.6
5Drew Brees NOSF   22.9 / A Yes 19.5
6Peyton Manning DEN@KC   20.3 / A Yes 19.4
7Andrew Luck INDBUF   19.0 / A Yes 19.1
8Tony Romo DALWAS Prob - Ribs 18.7 / B Yes 19.0
9Andy Dalton CINOAK   17.2 / B Yes 18.6
10Matthew Stafford DETHOU   18.7 / A Yes 18.4
11Colin Kaepernick Profiled this Week SF@NO   15.1 / C Yes 18.2
12Cam Newton CAR@PHI Prob - Ankle 21.3 / B Yes 17.3
13Matt Schaub HOU@DET   14.7 / C Yes 16.3
14Josh Freeman News TBATL   16.7 / B Yes 16.1
15Eli Manning NYGGB   15.6 / C Yes 15.9
16Chad Henne Profiled this Week JAXTEN   12.9 / D Yes 15.3
17Carson Palmer News ARI@CIN Prob - Ribs 16.3 / C Yes 15.2
18Philip Rivers SDBAL   14.8 / B Yes 15.0
19Jay Cutler Profiled this Week CHIMIN   13.8 / C Yes 15.0
20Joe Flacco Profiled this Week BAL@SD   15.7 / C Yes 15.0
21Ryan Fitzpatrick TEN@IND   15.1 / C Yes 14.9
22Russell Wilson Profiled this Week SEA@MIA   18.2 / C Yes 14.6
23Jake Locker Profiled this Week TEN@JAX Que - Shoulder 13.7 / C Yes 14.1
24Sam Bradford STL@ARI   14.9 / B Yes 13.9
25Mark Sanchez Profiled this Week NYJNE   10.1 / C Yes 12.9
26Christian Ponder MIN@CHI Que - Elbow 13.3 / C Yes 12.2
27Ryan Tannehill MIASEA   12.4 / C Yes 11.6
28Brandon Weeden CLEPIT   12.3 / C Yes 11.3
29Nick Foles PHICAR IR 13.9 / C Yes 10.9
30Brady Quinn SEADEN   5.2 / F Yes 10.5
31Ryan Lindley ARISTL   4.0 / C Yes 9.4
32Charlie Batch PIT@CLE   9.5 / C Yes 7.4
33Brian Hoyer CLE@CLE   7.9 / C Yes 4.9
34Jason Campbell CLEMIN   4.9 / C Yes 4.5
35John Skelton CINSTL   6.4 / F Yes 3.0
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