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Adam Thielen scores in Week 12.

Thielen caught eight passes for 125 yards and a touchdown against the Packers, with the score coming on a 14-yard touchdown where he made himself available for a scrambling Kirk Cousins and then turned up the field for six. It didn’t even feel like Thielen was doing that much damage throughout the game, but you look up and he hits the century-mark—he just goes about his business and puts up numbers. This is Thielen’s ninth 100-yard receiving game of the season after he went two straight games without one. Next week at New England, Thielen is likely to either see near-constant double teams or a lot of great cornerback Stephon Gilmore. He’s obviously too good not to keep locked into fantasy lineups as a great WR1, though.

11/26/18 - 01:03 PM ET

Stefon Diggs scores against the Packers.

Diggs caught eight passes (on a team-high 11 targets) for 77 yards and a touchdown along with one carry for 12 yards in the Vikings’ Sunday night win. The score came on a wheel route after a pick play freed him up for an easy wide-open pitch-and-catch. Next week, Diggs faces the Patriots, and it’ll be interesting to see how Bill Belichick defends Minnesota’s stacked offense. It’s possible New England tries to not allow Diggs to beat them, but there are a lot of guys to account for.

11/26/18 - 01:03 PM ET

Dalvin Cook scores first touchdown of the season in Week 12.

Cook caught an early touchdown on a swing screen pass, be the Packers otherwise did a solid job of containing him. He had ten carries for 29 yards and three receptions for 47 yards and a touchdown. This was Cook’s first touchdown of 2018, and he’ll look to keep it going against the Patriots next week.

11/26/18 - 01:02 PM ET

Latavius Murray gets 11 carries against the Packers.

Murray gained 33 yards on his 11 attempts in the Vikings’ win. He out-carried Dalvin Cook (ten carries, 29 yards), but Green Bay did a good job of stopping the run while they were lit up through the air. The Vikings might go with a pass-happy approach against Tom Brady and the Patriots next week, so Murray is a touchdown-dependent FLEX option.

11/26/18 - 01:02 PM ET

Kirk Cousins throws three touchdowns in win over the Packers.

Cousins was 29/38 for 342 yards and three touchdowns along with six carries for 17 yards in the Sunday night win. The first touchdown was to Dalvin Cook on a swing screen pass. The second was to Stefon Diggs on a wide-open wheel route. And the third was to Adam Thielen on a scramble to the right. Cousins now has 1,142 yards, ten touchdowns, and one interception in three career games against the Packers, so it’s a team he just plays really well against for whatever reason—which is just the case in sports sometimes. His success against the division rival bodes well for the Vikings moving forward. Next week, Cousins faces the Patriots, a team he faces back in 2015 with the Redskins and threw one touchdown and one interception against in a loss. Cousins has a ton of weapons to work with in Minnesota, so he’s a QB1 option for Week 13.

11/26/18 - 01:02 PM ET

Marquez Valdes-Scantling catches one pass in Week 12.

Valdes-Scantling gained three yards one his one reception against the Vikings. The Packers surprisingly haven’t gone his way much after a great four-game stretch earlier this season, so MVS isn’t a highly-recommended FLEX option at the moment. Next week against a bad Cardinals defense isn’t a bad matchup, though.

11/26/18 - 01:01 PM ET

Marcedes Lewis catches one pass against the Vikings.

Lewis gained four yards on his lone Week 12 reception. The veteran tight end might have gotten more time with Jimmy Graham dealing with a broken thumb, but he’s a better real-life contributor for the Packers than he is a fantasy asset right now.

11/26/18 - 01:01 PM ET