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Fantasy Football Round-Up: Five lists to help you feast on NFL Week 13

Fantasy Football Round-Up: Five lists to help you feast on NFL Week 13

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By: Dan Johnson

Leftovers and liabilities—this is where Week 13 lives. We’ve got decisions to make that feel heavier than the feedbags that freighted us here. The league sees holiday recaps and gaudy point totals; we see belts on the last notch, credit limits nudged, units either doubled or torched before Sunday even wakes up. Thanksgiving plus bonus island games have already carved their initials into your standings, leaving some lineups strutting and others already chewing antacids. The actual slate is smaller now, tighter, like the plate you swear is your last trip to the kitchen. This is the receipts phase of the season, where every story you’ve told yourself about roles and upside has to survive the cold light of late November. By this point, distribution charts have settled. Passing games revolve around a defined few; everyone else is cardio and decoy motion. Backfields have chosen sides, even if the depth charts pretend they haven’t. Casual players will chase whatever flashed on Thursday; we’re here in the overstuffed quiet, leaning on snap rates, first-read usage, red-zone design, and coverages that have stopped being surprises. So this is the Sunday after the feast, during which we must feast all the same: less menu, more consequence.

Consider this your trimmed-down but high-protein Week 13 round-up—the plays you still start without flinching, the swings worth stomaching, the traps you sidestep, the WR/DB collisions that actually move weeks, and the backs who can still repair whatever the holiday did to your record and your bankroll. Once more, I’m here with the full gamut of my Five Lists of Five: Week 13 Edition (2025) to get you set with sleepers, stash players, matchups to exploit, must-starts, and playoff aces. All to combat the inevitable sugar-crash to which we’re all doomed—inglorious Monday.

You know how it goes. We’re in the business of domination, here. You only dominate a meal by feasting on it, no matter how full you already are. Tuck the checkered napkin into your collar, and hold your silverware like you’re ready to go to war.

And so, below, I’ve got a mix of analysis that should help you maximize your Week 11 fantasy football lineups, but also shore up your bench with potential cosmic storms waiting to happen. Find links to all below, and enjoy laying waste to the most beloved of your leaguemates.

Follow my handle @dansby_edits for all of my fantasy football content—as well as plenty of NFL and College Football betting goodies—all season long.

Dan Johnson’s Fantasy Football Five Lists of Five: Week 13 edition (2025)

I’ve gone ahead and added the names of the players included on each list, so as to make this document more useful going forward.

Having said that, if you want any of the analysis as to why I consider these players worthy of a particular list, head to the article itself.

Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson has been an editor, writer, and analyst for DraftKings and DraftKings Network since 2024. He’s previously held editorial posts at The Paris Review, Macmillan Publishers, Bedford/St. Martin’s Press, ASSIGNMENT Magazine, and FantasySixPack. You can find his various editorial work & writing (sports-related and non-) at all of the above.
Disclaimer

I am a promoter at DraftKings and am also an avid fan and user (my username is thegreatdansby9) and may sometimes play on my personal account in the games that I offer advice on. Although I have expressed my personal view on the games and strategies above, they do not necessarily reflect the view(s) of DraftKings and do not constitute a representation that any particular strategy will guarantee success. All customers should use their own skills and judgment in building lineups. I may also deploy different players and strategies than what I recommend above. I am not an employee of DraftKings and do not have access to any non-public information.