Week 12 Stream Team - Shallow and Deep-League Pickups

Kipp Heisterman picks his Streamer Teams for Week 12 of the 2020 NFL season. These fantasy football free agents could be valuable streamers and waiver wire pickups or adds for both deep and shallow leagues.

Welcome to Week 12 of the NFL season. Each week we will be providing streamer advice for all of those who need it, which is pretty much anyone and everyone. Streaming players with the best matchups each week as well as during your stud's bye weeks is an integral part of winning a fantasy championship and we are here to provide the best choices week in and week out.

Each week in this article, we will break down streamers for both shallower leagues of 8-10 teams (around 50% rostered or less) and deeper leagues of 14 or more teams (around 30% rostered or less). We will provide a specific roster in each type of league, which will include a QB, RB, WR, TE, and Flex. It should also be noted that if you play in a deep league, but a shallow-league player mentioned here is available in your league, feel free to stream them as

Everything seemed to go off pretty well last week and we did not have any games recommended here canceled. Let's hope Week 12 goes off without a hitch as well aside from the recently moved Ravens and Steelers game. Without further adieu, here are this week's top streaming candidates.

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Stream Team for Shallow Leagues (<50% Rostered)

• QB: Derek Carr, Las Vegas Raiders
• RB: Gus Edwards, Baltimore Ravens
• WR: Sterling Shepard, New York Giants
• TE: Jimmy Graham, Chicago Bears
• Flex: Emmanuel Sanders, New Orleans Saints

Derek Carr, Las Vegas Raiders

49% Rostered

Carr and the Raiders get a great matchup vs. the Falcons this week. Atlanta is giving up the eighth-most fantasy points to quarterbacks over the previous four weeks by allowing over 21 points per game. The total on the game is also set at 54, which is the second-highest total on the board and should mean plenty of scoring on both sides as the Raiders are just three-point favorites.

Gus Edwards, Baltimore Ravens

51% Rostered

I will keep this short and sweet: monitor J.K. Dobbins and Mark Ingram II leading up to this game and if they are still unable to suit up, lock Edwards into your lineup. The volume in this Ravens' rushing attack would be too much to pass up regardless of the matchup. This is assuming you do not have three locked in backs or flex positions in your lineup, and if you did, you probably would not be reading this article.

Sterling Shepard, New York Giants

48% Rostered

Shepard has seen 14 targets over the previous two games and is in a solid spot this week against the Bengals. The Bengals are allowing wide receivers to score an average of over 40 fantasy points per game over the previous four weeks, which ranks fourth-worst in the league. They are also allowing nearly 16 receptions per game, which has them ranked eighth-worst in the league over that same span.

Jimmy Graham, Chicago Bears

37% Rostered

Tight end is sort of a wasteland this week, but Graham may do alright vs. Green Bay. The Packers are allowing nearly eight fantasy points per game to tight ends, which is ranked in the middle of the pack. Graham has also seen an average of nearly six targets per game over the previous five weeks, so the volume should certainly be there in this one as well.

Emmanuel Sanders, New Orleans Saints

51% Rostered

Sanders worked well in this spot last week and I am going to go right back to him against the Broncos. He has a matchup against Essang Bassey who has allowed an average of 12 fantasy points per game to wide receivers. Sanders was also targeted five times by Taysom Hill last week, so that number could feasibly increase as they grow more comfortable together in this offense.

Stream Team for Deep Leagues (<30% Rostered)

• QB: Tua Tagovailoa, Miami Dolphins
• RB: Cam Akers, Los Angeles Rams
• WR: Jakeem Grant, Miami Dolphins
• TE: Kyle Rudolph, Minnesota Vikings
• Flex: Hunter Renfrow, Las Vegas Raiders

Tua Tagovailoa, Miami Dolphins

31% Rostered

Tua let us down last week but gets a great matchup vs. the Jets this week. The Jets are allowing nearly 30 fantasy points per game to the quarterback position over the previous four weeks and are also allowing over 350(!) passing yards per game. Fire him up again.

Cam Akers, Los Angeles Rams

30% Rostered

I am not going to lie; I do not like any backs at this rostership level this week. There is just too much uncertainty. I will put Akers on here in hopes that he sees more action in this Rams' offense, but I certainly have my doubts. He has seen 15 carries the previous two weeks, so there is some hope. The 49ers present a positive matchup as well as they have allowed the fourth-most fantasy points per game to running backs over the previous four weeks.

Jakeem Grant, Miami Dolphins

9% Rostered

Grant could pair well with Tua this week as the Jets are also allowing over 47 fantasy points per game to wide receivers over the previous two weeks, which ranks last in the league. Grant has seen a target increase since Preston Williams went down and this is noted by his 16 targets in the previous three games.

Kyle Rudolph, Minnesota Vikings

6% Rostered

Kyle Rudolph isn't a great play, but he could work out this week vs. the Panthers. Carolina is currently allowing the second-most fantasy points to tight ends over the previous four weeks by allowing just over 15 points per game. They are also giving up the second-most receptions per game by allowing just over six per game, so he could work out especially well in PPR formats.

Hunter Renfrow, Las Vegas Raiders

18% Rostered

Renfrow could be a benefactor of a weak Falcons' secondary this weekend in Atlanta. The Falcons have been awful vs. wide receivers over the previous four weeks as they have given up an average of over 35 fantasy points per game, which ranks ninth-worst in the league. The high total in this game should also help the passing volume and we should hopefully see Renfrow's target share increase with this.

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