In Week 12, there are six teams on bye. We don't have Josh Allen or Joe Burrow. Matthew Stafford has thrown 10 touchdown passes in his last four games combined, including four last week. You might think he's an easy start.

Each week I’ll list the best widely available free agents for fantasy football — I define “widely available” as being owned in around half of all ESPN or Yahoo leagues — and some guys who are probably better off in the free-agent pool than collecting dust on your roster.

With several teams forced to start backup quarterbacks, defenses are more than willing to turn up the heat. See which ones might get your team a win.