Fantasy Football Week 12 Thanksgiving games lineup decisions: Starts, Sits, Sleepers, Busts, More

Thanksgiving day football is almost here. We'll go through each matchup and look for the best players to start and sit. For all three of the games, we'll highlight the players who aren't obvious starts and sits. It's too early to be sure on which matchups will be easy and which ones will hard. The information we have is based on healthy personnel, defensive schemes, track records and key details of offenses.

Josh Allen had a 28% target share last week. Knox has at least six targets in each of his past two games. The Lions have allowed at at most nine points to tight ends in 8 of 10 games this season.

SLAYTON has led all healthy Giants players in targets in each of their past four games. He has seen a rise in slot snaps over his past two games, bumping to over 45% of his overall snaps in consecutive weeks. The Cowboys allow the second-most YAC/reception to receivers who line up in the slot (6.44). Slot guys have accounted for 5 of the 11 total receiving touchdowns Dallas has allowed this year.

Last week, Ezekiel Elliott had 16 touches on 21 snaps. He averaged 2.8 yards per rush and scored two one-yard touchdown plunges. The Giants allowed eight rushing touchdowns to running backs this season. The Lions allowed five rushing scores from five yards or closer.

Cousins has been miserable when under pressure this season. The Vikings have allowed pressure on 37.7% of their dropbacks this year. Cousins has seen Belichick's defense twice before in his career. He threw at least 40 passes both times and failed to get even 225 yards.