Why you shouldn't expect much fantasy help early in Week 12

OK, let's make this as simple as possible. Here is the official list of approved fantasy starters for this week's edition of TNF: Jamaal Charles, Kansas City's defense.

Here is the official list of players to avoid: Everyone else.

Are we done here? No?

Alright, fine. Just please don't expect a shootout from the Chiefs and Raiders this Thursday. KC's defense has held opponents to just 17.1 points per game, the second-lowest total in the league, and the team ranks first against the pass (201.6 YPG). Oakland is a winless team that ranks dead-last in the NFL in scoring (15.2 PPG) and total yards (276.4 YPG). Please, we beg you, do not start any Raiders this week. None. Zero. Please.

Charles should of course feast on Oakland's D, a unit that allows the third-most fantasy points to running backs. Maybe Knile Davis has some flex appeal in deeper leagues. Alex Smith has only tossed 11 TD passes this season — incredibly, none of them to a wide receiver — so no elements of Kansas City's passing game are in the conversation in leagues of standard size.