After going for 8-86-2 in his second game with the Chiefs, Hopkins has totaled just seven receptions for 85 scoreless yards in his last two games. Hopkins' four targets tied with Travis Kelce and Samaje Perine for the second-most on the team, while Xavier Worthy and Noah Gray tied for the team lead with five targets. The splash games will be sporadic for Hopkins in this offense, which makes him difficult to profile as anything more than a WR3 in Week 12 against the Panthers.
Fantasy managers who started Travis Kelce were left shouting into the void on Sunday, as Gray caught not one but two short touchdowns in Sunday's loss to the Bills. It was the first time this season that Gray found the end zone and it also marked the first two-touchdown game of his career. Fantasy managers who feel inclined to chase the points will want to remember that in his previous three games, Gray caught five combined passes for 41 scoreless yards. There's no reason to get cute in Week 12 against the Panthers.
The Chiefs had only 50 yards in the third quarter.
The Chiefs, inevitably, weren't going to keep "getting away with it," but the question was who would stop them. The Bills set the tone early, picking off Mahomes on the second play of the game. Mahomes got the Bills on the board in the second quarter when he found Xavier Worthy for a 10-yard touchdown, and added a second touchdown before halftime on a two-yard pass to Noah Gray. Mahomes and Gray would link up again on a short touchdown in the fourth quarter, but the Chiefs were unable to keep pace with Josh Allen and the Bills, who have scored 30-plus points in four-straight games. The Chiefs, on the other hand, have hit that total only once this season. Mahomes and the Chiefs get an easy bounce-back game in Week 12 against the Panthers. A positive game-script could yield underwhelming fantasy results for Mahomes, who could profile as a fringe QB1/QB2 next week.
The Chiefs had only 50 yards in the third quarter.