3 Daily Fantasy Football Players to Avoid in Week 12

Andy Dalton, QB, Cincinnati Bengals

FanDuel Price: $7,500

DraftKings Price: $5,300

Andy Dalton has underwhelmed lately, and it's no surprise given that he has been without his alpha number-one receiver A.J. Green for a couple weeks.

The "Red Rocket" has averaged only 14.1 FanDuel points per game over the last two, as the Bengals seem to be hitting their annual late-season swoon. the Browns are surprisingly holding their own in terms of pass defense this year, despite giving up the third-most passing yards per game (288). More important than the yards, they have only surrendered a 16:13 touchdown-to-interception ratio to opposing quarterbacks.

Green is trending out again, and perhaps most telling about the outlook for this game is that Cincinnati is only a three-point favorite at home against the Browns. Vegas doesn't have much confidence in Dalton and the Bengals, and outside of a great spot for Joe Mixon, we shouldn't either.

Given the surprisingly mediocre matchup against a talented Cleveland secondary, coupled with the likelihood that the Bengals rely on Mixon, Dalton is best to be left alone in Week 12.