Each week, we offer up the very best of the NFL on a given Sunday, kind of like the fantasy football team you wished you had.
All year, we’ve picked one quarterback, two running backs, two receivers and a tight end — OK, this sounds a lot like a super-hindsight fantasy football team. We’re also recognizing an entire offensive line, a few select defensive stars and even a special-teams standout of the week. It’s more work, but you’re worth it.
Let’s dive into Week 11.
It’s tempting to give this to Carolina’s Bryce Young, who set a Panthers single-game record with 448 passing yards and threw for three touchdowns in an overtime win over the Falcons. But Allen had six total touchdowns — three passing, three rushing — in a 44-32 win over the Bucs, as Buffalo improved to 5-1 at home this season. It’s only the second occurrence in NFL history that a QB registered three passing touchdowns and three rushing touchdowns in the same game: Allen also did it in a 2024 loss to the Rams.
McCaffrey has been prolific on the receiving end but a bit ordinary in the running game this season, but Sunday’s win over Arizona was more like his vintage self — 13 carries for 81 yards and two touchdowns, with another five catches for 40 yards and a third score. There were a ton of worthy candidates at running back this week, from the Patriots‘ Tre’Veyon Henderson to the Falcons’ Bijan Robinson, but we’ll give it to McCaffrey for another brilliant all-around performance.
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It wound up coming in a losing effort, but Tucker was part of a 201-yard rushing game for the Bucs, rushing 19 times for 106 yards and two touchdowns and adding 34 receiving yards and a score as well. Tucker played his college ball at Syracuse, and a return to northern New York to face a struggling Bills run defense was what he needed for a breakout game, with Bucky Irving still sidelined. Tucker continues to make a case for a bigger share of the workload in Tampa, even as Irving gets closer to a healthy return.
McMillan has been super-productive as Carolina’s first-round draft pick this season — he had 46 catches for 618 yards entering the weekend, but only two touchdowns. Well, he managed to match that in Sunday’s overtime win over the Falcons. His two scores essentially bookended the game, the first one putting Carolina on the board in the first quarter, while the second one gave the Panthers the lead with just over a minute remaining in the fourth quarter. He finished with eight catches for 130 yards — and without him, there’s no way Carolina is 6-5 and still chasing the Bucs.
WR Drake London, Falcons
This came in a close loss, but London was a big part of Michael Penix’s success before exiting with a knee injury, catching seven passes for 119 yards. London’s on quite a tear — five 100-yard games in his last six, and five touchdowns in his last three games. Atlanta exercised the fifth-year option in his rookie deal for 2026, but don’t be surprised if he’s the next young receiver given a massive extension in the offseason as the Falcons work to lock up the former top-10 pick long term.
San Francisco is getting healthy on offense again, and the return of Brock Purdy meant a big day for Kittle, who finished with six catches on six targets for 67 yards and two touchdowns. Following 84 yards and a score last week, Kittle is getting back to his prolific ways — injuries had limited him to five games and 184 yards entering Sunday’s big game. And yes, Trey McBride continues to pile up catches and yards, but in a lopsided loss where Arizona added on in garbage time and finished with 47 completions.
This one was easy: Jacksonville ran the ball 47 times for 192 yards and four scores and didn’t give up a single sack of Trevor Lawrence in a surprisingly dominant 35-6 win over the Chargers. The OL starting five — left tackle Walker Little, left guard Ezra Cleveland, center Robert Hainsey, right guard Patrick Mekari and right tackle Cole Van Lanen — are a big part of why the Jaguars are 6-4 and two games back of the Colts with both games against Indianapolis still ahead on the schedule.
Garrett already had a five-sack game this season before recording four more in a loss to the Ravens. Only three other players had ever registered two games with at least four sacks in the same season: Denver’s Karl Mecklenberg in 1985, Philadelphia’s Reggie White in 1986 and Arizona’s Chandler Jones in 2019 — so, once in the previous 38 seasons. Garrett now leads the NFL with 15 sacks and still has six games left to play, so a 20-sack season (and, really, the official record of 22.5) is well within his reach.
DL Micah Parsons, Packers
Green Bay got tested by the Giants, but prevailed with the help of Parsons, who had 1.5 sacks, three quarterback hits and a forced fumble. The Packers’ defense has been at the center of their 6-3-1 start, and Parsons now moves ahead of Rashan Gary for the team lead with eight sacks.
LB: Jordyn Brooks, Dolphins
Volume stats can be deceiving, but Brooks had a huge game in Miami’s overtime win over Washington in Madrid, Spain, finishing with 20 total tackles. The NFL hasn’t seen a 20-tackle game since Roquan Smith did it in 2023. And as the Dolphins continue to unexpectedly stack wins, Brooks is showing why they were wise not to deal him away at the trade deadline.
DB Kyle Dugger, Steelers
Pittsburgh had two defensive touchdowns in Sunday’s win over the Bengals. Dugger broke the game open in the third quarter, taking a four-point game and running away with a 73-yard interception return for a touchdown. The Patriots effectually gave him away at the trade deadline, and this is what Pittsburgh needed to see from him — his first pick in any game since 2023.
Special Teams: K Wil Lutz, Broncos
His five field goals, including a 54-yarder to send the game to overtime and a game-winner in the extra period to beat the defending AFC champs made this an easy call. Denver is now 9-2 with a two-game lead in the AFC West, and sending the Chiefs to 5-5 feels like a changing of the guard after such a long dominant run in the division. It’s Lutz’s third career five-field-goal game — one in each of the past three seasons for the Broncos.
Greg Auman is an NFL Reporter for FOX Sports. He previously spent a decade covering the Buccaneers for the Tampa Bay Times and The Athletic. You can follow him on Twitter at @gregauman.
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