Fantasy Football: 5 bold predictions for Week 12

Bold Prediction No. 1: Nyheim Hines keeps pace with Jonathan Taylor

Admittedly, this sounds insane coming off a huge performance from the Indianapolis Colts’ Jonathan Taylor. He solidified himself as the top player in fantasy right now. The owners of Taylor have a feeling they can make the playoffs thanks to him exclusively. He scored 50 points last week and 32 points three games ago. Every other week, he has a monster performance.

This week, Taylor is going to have the hardest possible time making something happen. He’s facing a Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense that leads the league in rushing yards against. So far this season, Ezekiel Elliott had 33 rushing yards against the Bucs, Alvin Kamara was only able to get 61 yards, Antonio Gibson needed 24 carries just to get 64 yards, and Saquon Barkley only had 25 yards last week (although he only got six carries). Running backs aren’t able to do much on the ground against the defending champs.

However, the Bucs have been allowing running backs to get open in the passing game. They’ve allowed 72 receptions, 482 yards, and four touchdowns through the air to running backs. Taylor and Nyheim Hines are both considered good receiving backs. This will be the majority of the production from both of them this week. Whoever ends up getting the touchdown will be the player who gets slightly better in fantasy points. Taylor and Hines are both going to have good games against the Bucs strictly because of the passing game.