NFL Fantasy Football Week 11 Lineup Decisions: Starts, Sits ...

LAST WEEK: Had his eighth-ever game with 12 or more targets and turned in an 8-117-0 stat line, but also dropped what would have been the game-winning touchdown on a wide-open route in the end zone. It was the seventh time in eight games Edwards led all Ravens running backs in rush attempts, but his second-fewest in those eight.FILM: Edwards had 11 yards on his first two carries as his O-line created space for him to power forward but lost six yards on a botched handoff with Lamar Jackson. The Browns deserve credit for focusing on the run game -- they stacked the box on seven of his rushes.WEEK 2: The Ravens' running backs averaged 4.9 yards per carry on 21 rushes against a Bengals run defense that had both Sam Hubbard and Trey Hendrickson on the field (Hendrickson is expected to play but Hubbard will not). Edwards compiled a 10-62-1 rushing stat line.BENGALS: Not only have they given up a touchdown to a running back in all but three games this year, they've also yielded 4.6 yards per carry on the season and got blasted by Devin Singletary and the Texans last week at 5.0 yards per rush. Then again, Cincinnati had the lowest defensive success rate on runs in Weeks 6 through 9, so perhaps we should have seen this coming.LAST WEEK: The Cowboys didn't take long to get Rico Dowdle involved with the starters, giving him touches on the team's first possession against the Giants (as soon as their fifth play), but even after a 21-yard run gave the Cowboys first-and-goal from the 4, Pollard came in and failed to score on two short-yardage carries. PANTHERS: Have given up the second-most Fantasy points to running backs this season, complete with 12 rushing touchdowns and three receiving scores to the position. Not that he's had the chance -- in his lone start this year against the Ravens, Thompson-Robinson completed 52.8% of his 36 passes for a putrid 3.36 yards per attempt, no touchdowns and three interceptions for a QB rating of 25.3 and a Fantasy point total of 1.2 thanks to 24 rushing yards. PRESSURE: Thompson-Robinson was pressured on about 40% of his throws in Week 4 and completed 28.6% of them for 1.0 yard per attempt and a 35.7% off-target rate. STEELERS: Outside receivers have caught just 56% of their targets over the Steelers past four games (fifth-lowest in football) for a league-average 13.3 yards per catch. He totaled four touchdowns (two rushing) in his first meeting with 167 yards passing (42 Fantasy points), but was pretty ineffective as a passer in the second meeting completing 7 of 21 throws for 75 yards and a score (18 Fantasy points). LAST WEEK: Didn't have a great game at Pittsburgh but did do enough to throw for nearly 300 yards with a couple of touchdowns, 11 rush yards and two turnovers. LAST WEEK: Had his first game with more than 60 rush yards this season -- and his fourth-career game with over 100 yards (his first since late 2022). He played 81% of the snaps last week including all seven inside the 10-yard line. CARDINALS: Have allowed at least one rushing touchdown to a running back in each of their past three games, giving up 4.1 yards per rush on the season (3.5 in the past three, weighted down by the Browns' sloppy rush effort in Week 9). In the two weeks since Levis' breakout game, Hopkins has had 20 targets go his way, but result in just seven catches for 87 yards and no touchdowns. The four receiving scores allowed to perimeter receivers in those four games is sixth-most, though, boosted by three red-zone touchdowns -- one on a lucky catch by Brandon Aiyuk last week and two more in coverage by Montaric Brown, who isn't expected to play much with cornerback Tyson Campbell back on the field for Jacksonville. A drop by Chig Okonkwo last week would have resulted in a second score, but otherwise it's been a bloodbath for Levis on the 12 (only 12) red-zone plays he's had in the past three games. TARGET SHARE: On pass plays with Aidan O'Connell this season, Meyers has a 13% target share with only one game with more than a 20% share (Week 9, when he had five targets). LAST WEEK: The Seahawks unleashed pass rush pressure on 46.8% of Howell's dropbacks and the quarterback still came up with 312 yards passing and three touchdowns. 49ERS: Allowed a 100% catch rate to outside receivers last week, 79% in their past three games and 73% over the course of the season. And after keeping outside receivers under wraps for the first five weeks of the season, the Niners have given up 14.8 yards per catch to them in their past four. In three games since the bye against the Giants, Chargers and Jets (some real good running backs in there), the Jets have allowed 3.8 yards per rush. HENDERSON: Since re-signing with the Rams has played around 55% of the team's snaps over three games, averaging 13.3 carries, 2.0 receptions and 62.0 total yards. Seattle ranked top-10 in catch rate and top-5 in YAC/reception allowed to running backs with a better-than-league average 6.8 yards per catch given up going into Week 10. but the 5.5 yards per carry they've given up to running backs with four touchdowns (three to Baltimore) in their past four games is pretty telling, especially since they made a trade meant to bolster their run defense two weeks ago. In those three games, against those three aggressive quarterbacks, Denver has allowed just 6.5 yards per attempt and three passing touchdowns with five interceptions. Be it by design or by happenstance, Dobbs has averaged 7.5 rush attempts per game and has 7.3 yards per carry to go with it.