Fantasy Football Week 16 Start ‘Em Sit ‘Em

Week 16 Fantasy start ’em sit ’em. (Photo by Henry Russell/Yahoo Sports)

Fantasy football sit-and-start advice should always be relative and league-dependent. Note that some players are targeted for DFS. Good luck with your Week 16 lineups!

Start: Tee Higgins, Jaylen Warren

Higgins won’t have it easy, likely being shadowed by Joey Porter Jr., but he gets a big boost with Ja’Marr Chase out. Higgins averaged 92.8 receiving yards and finished as a top-24 fantasy WR during four games without Chase last year. The Steelers are down multiple safeties, and Higgins has seen his target rate jump from 17.3% against zone up to 25.0% versus man — a coverage Pittsburgh uses at the league’s sixth-highest rate.

Warren posted career highs in snap rate and route participation last week, when he also had multiple runs for 10+ yards called back by penalty. Cincinnati’s middling run defense took a big hit with the loss of D.J. Reader last week, and Warren will benefit Saturday.

Start: Bills D/ST

Sit: Austin Ekeler

Buffalo’s defense is playing extremely well over the last month, as the addition of Rasul Douglas has been huge. Easton Stick produced in garbage time last week, but he’s committed four fumbles (with a pick) over six quarters since replacing Justin Herbert. The Bills are 12.5-point favorites, so game script should be favorable for Buffalo’s fantasy defense (and James Cook is a top-three RB this week).

Ekeler played 63% of the snaps in the first half of last week’s game and just 19% afterward in the blowout. Los Angeles could be on the wrong side of a lopsided score again Saturday night, and an injured Ekeler is getting just 3.6 YPC during a lost season. Ekeler saw six targets last week and still has goal-line equity, but he’s not a top-25 RB on a Chargers offense with one of the lowest implied team totals.

Start: Jonathan Taylor

Sit: Drake London

Taylor is set to return this week; he practiced in full Thursday without much protection on his thumb. He was acting as…

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Publish date : 2023-12-22 21:05:38

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