Keys to a fantasy football victory in Week 16

Dominate in Week 16 with Sal Vetri’s keys to a fantasy football victory.

Pick-up-and-play: Brenton Strange @ LV

Evan Engram was ruled out for the season before Week 15. This opened a starting spot for Strange who has been solid this season when given more opportunities. In four games earlier this season when Engram was out, Strange was a top 10 TE in three of those four starts.

Strange is a big, athletic TE out of Penn State who was drafted in the second round last year by the Jaguars but was buried behind Evan Engram on the depth chart as a rookie. Jacksonville has worked him into the offense more this season, especially since Christian Kirk went down with a season-ending injury in Week 8. In Week 15, in his first start with Mac Jones under center, Strange caught a career-high 11 passes on 12 targets. He totaled 12.8 fantasy points and finished as a top-five TE on the week. He’s now finished as a top 10 weekly TE in four of his five starts without Engram this year.

Plus, Jacksonville starting TEs have averaged 8.4 targets per game with Mac Jones this season. Now Strange will face the Raiders in Week 16 who allow the fourth-most yards and third-most fantasy points to TEs. You can pick up and play the Jaguars second-year TE this week, barring something serious with his shoulder injury, though head coach Doug Pederson said the tight end will be good to go.

Best spot of the week: James Conner @ CAR

Don’t look now, but Conner is on pace to play all 17 games for the first time in his career. He’s continued to be one of the Cardinals’ best players this season and is once again threatening a top 12 finish at the position. Despite being nearly 30 years old, Conner ranks first in broken tackle rate and fifth in breakaway runs according to Player Profiler. You may think as an older back he’d be slowing down to end the season, but the opposite is happening. Conner is coming off his two best fantasy days of the season and in Week 15 he finished as the RB1 overall,…

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Publish date : 2024-12-20 14:55:00

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