Post-waiver wire fantasy football pickups for Week 12

With the team using more two-tight end sets, Gray has been on the field for 62% of offensive snaps, compared to 10% last season. He still trails Kelce by 141 snaps, but he’s clearly gaining the trust of quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

This week the Chiefs travel to Carolina to face a (3-7) Panthers allowing a league-worst 31 points per game and second-most fantasy points per contest (16.72) to tight ends. That leaves plenty of room for Kansas City’s second-best tight end to put up numbers while serving as an ideal handcuff for Kelce owners.

Gray is available in 97% of Yahoo leagues.

TE: Isaiah Likely (Baltimore Ravens)

Earlier in the year, it seemed like Mark Andrews (a three-time Pro-Bowler) would be a handcuff to Likely. While Andrews took six weeks to post a double-digit score, Likely led all tight ends in Week 1 with 26.1 fantasy points after a nine-catch, 111-yard performance against the Chiefs.

He’d eventually take a backseat to Andrews and missed the Ravens’ Week 10 matchup against the Bengals with a hamstring injury but led Baltimore with four catches for 75 yards in the team’s 18-16 loss to the Steelers last week.

Andrews and Likely have each seen 39 targets this year, but Likely has played one fewer game. As long as quarterback Lamar Jackson continues to look his way, Likely is worth a look with tight ends like Evan Engram, Taysom Hill and Kyle Pitts out on bye weeks. 

Likely is available in 71% of Yahoo leagues.

Tampa Bay (DEF) 

Tampa’s defense hasn’t posted a double-digit fantasy score since putting up 17 fantasy points against the Saints in Week 6, but the Giants quarterback Tommy DeVito hasn’t started a game since last season.

Now that Daniel Jones has played his last game as a Giant, DeVito will look to turn around an offense scoring a league-worst 15.6 points per game against the Buccaneers this week. With eight interceptions in six starts last season, he could single-handedly win matchups for anyone with Tampa's defense in their lineups.

Tampa Bay is available in 50% of Yahoo leagues.