The fantasy football landscape shifts each week, bringing fresh opportunities and unexpected challenges that separate the prepared from the pretenders. Savvy managers know that last week’s performance tells only part of the story, and diving deeper into the underlying metrics reveals the accurate picture.
This week presents some intriguing decisions. Here’s insight about key Tennessee Titans players heading into their matchup with the Jacksonville Jaguars to help you craft a winning lineup.
Cam Ward, QB
Cam Ward showed some nice wiggle on his first rushing touchdown as a pro last week against the Seahawks, and by completing two-thirds of his passes against one of the better defenses in the league, I think dynasty managers can be encouraged by the tape he put forth a week ago.
For redraft purposes, we aren’t there yet and might be more than a year away. Ward has just seven touchdowns on his 374 attempts this season and has averaged under seven yards per pass in all but one of his starts this season.
Development isn’t linear: don’t dismiss Ward long-term because of an underwhelming season.
Tony Pollard, RB
Split backfields are hard enough to navigate in the best of circumstances. The Seahawks are the third-highest scoring offense in the NFL (29.5 PPG), and we are fit-to-be-tied when it comes to the weekly either, neither, or both evaluation of Kenneth Walker and Zach Charbonnet.
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Now imagine those same concerns, but attached to an offense that averages 15.2 PPG, the third-fewest.
Week 12 RB Usage
- Tony Pollard: 47.1% snaps, 15 touches, 8.1 points (4-1 in RZ snaps)
- Tyjae Spears: 35.3% snaps, 7 touches, 6.5 points
I’ve had Spears over Pollard for a few weeks now, and that’s the case for this week as well. In an average system, these profiles would project in a very similar fashion, and I’d lean toward the Pollard side, but with scoring opportunities limited at best, give me the versatility of the secondary back.
That’s not to say that Pollard can’t catch the ball, but his strength compared to Spears is the rushing volume, and I just don’t find those attempts to be all that impactful. Over the past two weeks, Pollard has picked up 42 yards on 21 carries with a long of seven yards.
The Jags haven’t allowed a running back to reach 14 PPR points in four of their past six games, and I’m expecting them to extend that to five of seven.
Chimere Dike, WR
In the first half of a near-impossible matchup last week with the Seahawks, Chimere Dike led the Titans in catches, targets, and receiving yards.
Gunner Helm caught him in those categories by the end of the game, but a 90-yard punt return for a score complemented his TD reception and made him the only Titan to hit our radar.
The gains Ward is making aren’t huge, and they aren’t happening fast, but they are happening, and that makes this offense an interesting evaluation for 2026.
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As for this week and the remainder of this season, there’s nothing that interests me.
Chig Okonkwo, TE
Chig Okonkwo’s athletic profile comes out to play once a game (20+ yard reception in three of his past four games), but this Titans offense is largely a lost cause for 2025, and that means you can do better when streaming the position.
The fourth-year TE hasn’t scored in a game this season and has earned just 16 targets over his past five games. I’m holding my Ward stock and think he will be able to elevate the weapons around him with time, but that time isn’t now, and that means you can safely move on from just about everyone attached to this offense.