5 breakout fantasy football stars to pick up for Week 12

1. Top Fantasy Football Pickups For Week 12 – Tennessee Titans WR Treylon Burks

The best pickup in Week 12 comes from the Thursday night game, where Tennessee beat up the Green Bay Packers in a 27-17 win. The contest may well go down in history as the Treylon Burks game since Tennessee finally got the kind of production they were hoping for from their first-round pick.

Injuries have hampered Burks, who missed six weeks with a toe issue, but he has been heavily featured in the Tennessee passing game since he was activated from injured reserve. Ryan Tannehill looked Burks’ way six times in Week 10 and seven more in Week 11, with the latter seeing Burks catch all of them for 111 yards.

The highlight was a 51-yard basket catch in the second half, showcasing the kind of big play ability that convinced the Titans to trade A.J. Brown during the NFL Draft to target Burks as his replacement. Tennessee does need to establish some kind of passing threat in order to keep opponents from focusing too hard on stopping Derrick Henry so Burks’ emergence is well-timed for their offense.

Burks is rostered in just 19 percent of Yahoo! leagues and should be a priority target for any teams in need of help at wide receiver. Tennessee has an intriguing matchup in Week 12 against Cincinnati that should see Burks get plenty of work as a WR3 option with explosive potential.