games.The politicians who demolished old Comiskey promised that the bar would be rebuilt, but it never was. (Imagine that: Illinois politicians lying!) Odon, a collector of h

Each week of the NFL campaign, we sift through the deeper options at each position with an eye on identifying streaming fantasy commodities with valuable matchups to consider.Have the rash of recent injuries forced you to seek replacement options for Week 12 in fantasy football competition? We have some choice names to consider for those looking for widely available options at each position.QuarterbackJosh McCown, Cleveland BrownsWhile banking on the Cleveland Browns starting quarterback isnt normally a recipe for success, my recommendations always come from the pool of players owned in fewer than 20 percent of ESPN.com leagues. McCown, who seemingly gets hurt whenever he plays, has actually posted strong stat lines in games where he played significantly. Case in point: In the nine games in which he participated in at least 39 action plays since the start of 2015, McCowns average stat line is 296 passing yards and just shy of two touchdowns per game. During the course of a full season, thats a 4,700-yard/28-touchdown campaign. -- K.D.Colin Kaepernick, San Francisco 49ersSince the start of Week 6, Kaepernick has rushed for 52 yards per game, 28.1 percent of the 49ers rushing total, both best among quarterbacks during this stretch. With 34.4 percent of his fantasy production coming from the ground and a respectable clip of 228.8 passing yards per game since assuming starting duties in Week 6, Kaepernick is 10th among quarterbacks in fantasy points per game as San Franciscos starter. The Dolphins defense has proven resilient and has one of the better pressure rates in the league in the pass-rush phase, but with Kaepernicks ability to escape the pocket and the up-tempo scheme Chip Kelly employs -- the 49ers are eighth in drives per game the past six weeks (11.6) -- we admire his high floor for fantasy purposes, as hes produced at least 17 fantasy points in all but one start this season. --?J.M.Running backWendell Smallwood, Philadelphia EaglesBoth lead backs for the Eagles, Ryan Mathews and Darren Sproles, left this past Sundays game with injuries. For Mathews, an MCL sprain points to him likely missing Monday nights game against the Green Bay Packers. Sproles status is still up in the air, but a fractured rib all but ensures that even if he plays, Smallwood will see significant snaps. The Packers defense is nothing short of injury-ravaged, which was manifest when Robert Kelley ran for 81 of his 137 rushing yards in the fourth quarter of Sunday nights game. Look for the Eagles backs to find similar success Monday night. -- K.D.Matt Asiata, Minnesota VikingsEven as hes owned in 43 percent of ESPN leagues, Asiatas lowly start rate of 12 percent last week suggests he qualifies as a streaming commodity to consider for Week 12. Jerick McKinnon continues to play more snaps and handle more touches than Asiata in most outings, but a valuable blend of receiving and goal-line work supports a steady fantasy pattern for the bruising change-of-pace back. Asiata doesnt claim a high ceiling, but we have found a reasonably high floor at this eroding fantasy position, as he is one of just 11 tailbacks to produce at least seven fantasy points six times since the start of Week 4 (after Adrian Peterson was sidelined). The Lions have yielded the 11th-most rushing yards and the 10th-most receiving yards per game to backs, evidence Asiata can grind out another flex-worthy outing and even RB2 production at this depleted position. -- J.M. Wide receiverBrandon LaFell, Cincinnati Bengals Obviously, Jim and I agree that someone on the Cincinnati Bengals will step up to fill the void created by A.J. Greens torn hamstring. Im betting on LaFell, since hes been the second-best wide receiver on the Bengals this season. Among that group, LaFell ranks second on his team in both targets (55) and yards per catch (12.7), with only Green ahead of him. With Green sidelined, expect LaFells target frequency to increase and a with a game versus the Baltimore Ravens on the horizon, thats great news. The Ravens allow the fourth-most fantasy points per game to opposing wide receivers, so look for LaFell to be a worthy WR2 candidate this week.?-- K.D.Tyler Boyd, Cincinnati Bengals We know the rookie can handle an uptick in targets, as Boyd averaged 8.3 touches per game as a volume-driven receiver for his career at Pitt. Its impressive to consider Boyd has registered a higher rate of targets and catches per route run than LaFell this season, and he produced his six receptions against six different defenders in coverage in Week 11, revealing the teams creative deployment for their young weapon. On those six catches, Andy Dalton enjoyed a passer rating of 132.3 targeting Boyd, his highest rate when throwing to any of the teams pass-catchers. Dalton also produced a QBR of 98.5 targeting Boyd this past Sunday, again highest on the team and a massive chasm from the team-worst rate of 1.1 targeting LaFell. With a high-percentage route tree and versatile ability to line up all over the field, Im intrigued by Boyds potential increase in exposure and usage in the wake of injuries to Green and Giovani Bernard. -- J.M. Tight endLance Kendricks, Los Angeles RamsIf you havent been paying attention, Kendricks has been receiving a steady dose of targets in the Los Angeles Rams offense of late. Specifically, Kendricks has seen six or more targets in four of his past five games, including seven last week when the Rams switched to Jared Goff at quarterback. Playing the New Orleans Saints on Sunday is just the type of matchup that should make Kendricks usable. The Saints have allowed the third-most receiving yardage this season and even if Goff cant be trusted to air it out, there should be enough opportunities for Kendricks to gather in at least five catches for 50 yards. -- K.D.Vance McDonald, San Francisco 49ersIts rare we find a tight end dependent on big-play production, but with McDonald averaging 17.6 yards per catch while working with Kaepernick the past five games, such is the case. We dont find a steady series of opportunities for McDonald -- hes averaging just 5.1 targets per game since Kaepernick took over starting duties -- yet we do admire the fact hes been targeted on 21 percent of his routes, best among the teams receivers and tight ends since the start of Week 6. McDonald faces a Miami defense yielding seven fantasy points and 52 yards per game to tight ends, allowance rates that help support streaming interest in this big-play maven for Week 12. -- J.M.Defense/special teamsTennessee TitansIf the thought of possibly playing a Chicago Bears offense without Alshon Jeffery, Zach Miller and Jay Cutler doesnt scream streaming opportunity, I dont know what will. Jeffery and Miller are certain to miss Sundays game and, while we will get more information as the week progresses, any injury to a quarterbacks throwing shoulder should raise an immediate red flag. In his limited playing time, Matt Barkley completed six of 15 pass attempts for no touchdowns and two interceptions in relief of an injured Brian Hoyer during the Bears Week 7 loss to the Packers. The Packers have one of the worst defensive backfields in the league and the Bears receiving corps is a shell of what it was just two weeks ago. Everyone should put a claim in on the Titans, even if only to block their opponent from grabbing them. -- K.D.New Orleans SaintsWith nine sacks and six takeaways in the past three games, the Saints defense has proven productive from a fantasy perspective recently. The real selling point here is the matchup, as rookie Jared Goff struggled in his debut last week in completing just 54.8 percent of his passes for a lowly 4.35 yards per attempt. Not every league accommodates streaming strong matchups each week at this position, as there are formats where managers often hold onto two defenses and thus the free-agent market is thin this time of year. In those types of scenarios and with the Saints poised as sizable home favorites over a Rams team that rates last in the league with 1.22 points per drive, New Orleans is an interesting streaming commodity. -- J.M.Individual defensive playersLinebackerDanny Trevathan, Chicago Bears With 24 tackles in his past two outings and a penchant for big plays during his career, Trevathan could sustain this awesome tackle rate with Jerrell Freeman sidelined due to a four-game suspension. The Titans run-heavy approach could feed Trevathan, who is available in nearly 80 percent of leagues, with a steady stream of tackle opportunities. -- J.M.Defensive backTavon Wilson, Detroit Lions A snap rate of 77 percent during the past three games with valuable freedom as the teams free safety has led to Wilson averaging a stellar 8.1 fantasy points per game using ESPNs IDP scoring model. Facing the Vikings short-pass-centric offense, Wilson could enjoy another nice day in the tackle department on Thanksgiving afternoon. For those seeking a streamer for Sunday, how about Washingtons Donte Whitner? The strong safety has averaged 8.75 tackles during his past four games and should be busy in the box against Dallas stellar running attack. -- J.M.Defensive lineStephon Tuitt, Pittsburgh SteelersLike a hitter amid a power surge, Tuitt has been pressuring the pocket with regularity of late, as he has 3.5 sacks in the past two games. The Colts have allowed the highest pressure rate of the season to opposing pass rushers, thus Tuitt is well positioned for a strong outing. Tennessees Derrick Morgan is another solid option this week, as he has eight sacks in his past seven games. -- J.M.Air Max 97 Womens Sale . -- Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Farmar will be out for roughly four weeks after tearing his left hamstring. Cheap Air Max 95 Wholesale . 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Rivers threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to rookie Keenan Allen and Nick Novak kicked four field goals to give the Chargers a 19-9 victory against the Colts on Monday night.If you want to come to Wrigley Field, you have to pass through Wrigleyville.Temperance advocates might choose to avert their eyes. Some South Side critics of the Wrigley Field experience call the place the worlds largest beer garden (though folks in Munich might beg to differ). Wrigleyville is one of Chicagos wettest neighborhoods, with dozens of bars clustered around the ballpark.And with attendance up at the park, the local watering holes are busier than ever.Back in the day, when the area was just East Lakeview, the boozing scene around Wrigley focused on the four corners adjacent to the park: Rays Bleachers, now Murphys, at Sheffield and Waveland; Sports Corner at Sheffield and Addison; Cubby Bear (and Sluggers) at Addison and Clark; and Bernies at Clark and Waveland.But as the Cubs became pretty good in the 1980s, and the neighborhood gentrified, more fans meant more bars. Dozens of joints fill the storefronts, and Clark Street is a Chicago Mardi Gras 81 days a year (and once the team opens its new plaza on Clark, only God and the Illinois Liquor Control Commission know how big the party will be).The neighborhood is a first-apartment-out-of-college destination, so the demographics skew young, loud and looking for love.But fragments of the old neighborhood, as historic as the ballpark itself, still survive. So if you want a beverage before or after the game, and want to have your eardrums remain mostly intact, Id recommend Nisei Lounge on North Sheffield, two blocks south of the park. It boasts of being Wrigleyvilles oldest baseball bar and is definitely a historic survivor of Chicagos ethnic bar culture.Back in the proverbial day, Chicagos ethnic immigrants clustered into particular neighborhoods. After World War II, thousands of Japanese-Americans whod been interned during the war moved to Chicago, looking for work and community.And someplace after work to have a drink and socialize with people who shared their worldview, their experience, their background.Many of these nisei -- pronounced knee-say, the Japanese word for the generation of Japanese-American immigrants first born in the States, the children of immigrants from Japan, issei -- settled in Lakeview, and the Nisei Lounge was their hangout starting in 1951.Now its a baseball bar somewhat by accident, because its a five-minute stroll from Wrigley. The Red Line rumbles past just outside its back door, and the current owners have left it pretty much as it always was: an unpretentious and relaxed joint that older generations would recognize. The low brick building was constructed in 1914, the same year as Wrigley.I met up with Pat Odon, whose official title is Director of Beer and Baseball Operations, and Liz Garibay, a historian who gives public tours focusing on Chicagos bar and brewing history.Garibay shares my aversion to the main scene on Clark Street, a strip of straight-from-central-casting meat markets. The only bar on Clarkk Street Ill go to is G-Man, Garibay says.dddddddddddd Avoid the bro-bars and go to Nisei or Sheffields, places she says she values because theyre unpretentious, full of locals and have great beer lists.These bars, perhaps especially Nisei, also exhibit the sense of continuity and history that makes bars valuable aspects of an urban community, not just someplace to celebrate a victory or drown your sorrows after a loss.Odon admits that everything in the bar business is a trade-off. Unlike most neighboring bars, including two next door, Nisei lacks a kitchen. Wed make more money if we had food, but then its not the bar your dad and granddad went to if you can get wings and a chicken sandwich. But its worth it: People dont want white tablecloths, he says, but they want history, and thats what we have.The bar has made other trade-offs, keeping things cheap. We announced that we would only raise prices after a season where the Cubs have a winning record, Odon tells me, and I did some math. His people bought the joint in 2010, and did not raise prices, thanks to Theo Epsteins rebuilding plan, in 2010, 11, 12, 13 or 14.Talk about taking one for the home team.After last season, they finally raised a few prices, but a 16 oz. Old Style tallboy remains $4. Value! Odon says. He also admits to going slightly upscale in terms of beer selection, now serving 71 beers instead of 12. If young people want different beers, we can make that happen.But a classic Chicago Old Style sign still hangs over the door.Nisei connects their promotions to Cubs baseball in a detailed way. A sign by the dart boards congratulates Chicago Tribune baseball writer Paul Sullivan and Cubs radio play-by-play man Pat Hughes on recent awards.We were talking the other night, and as we chatted, the White Sox beat the Twins, and some patrons at the bar cheered.Sox fans? I asked.Oh, we always have Sox fans in here, Odon replied. They spend money on alcohol and work nights. The bar plans to put on a McCuddys promotion for the Cubs-Sox series in late July. McCuddys was the ultimate White Sox bar, located across from the original Comiskey Park on 35th Street. Babe Ruth went there for beers and hot dogs between innings of Yankees games.The politicians who demolished old Comiskey promised that the bar would be rebuilt, but it never was. (Imagine that: Illinois politicians lying!) Odon, a collector of historic bar and baseball stuff, plans to put up a picture of longtime owner Ma McCuddy, as well as old Sox paraphernalia, to welcome fans of the Cubs foes.Nisei has more in common with the much-missed McCuddys than with most of its Wrigleyville neighbors. Says Odon: An old baseball bar is an old baseball bar.So, regarding the cliché that Cubs and Sox fans are mortal enemies?Everyones welcome, Odon says. So come on down. ' ' '