Fantasy Football Playoffs Wide Receiver Preview: Sit your Browns with Jameis Winston benched

On Tuesday morning, we learned that the Browns were benching Jameis Winston to Dorian Thompson-Robinson. Fantasy managers everywhere are devastated. Not only do we lose Winston as a starting Fantasy QB, but this is devastating for the Browns' pass catchers as well.

Winston averaged 291 yards per game as a starting QB. He threw 12 touchdown passes in seven starts. In three career starts, Thompson-Robinson has averaged 140 passing yards per game. He's thrown one touchdown and four interceptions in those three games. For his career, Thompson-Robinson is averaging 3.7 yards per pass attempt. Winston is averaging 7.2 yards per attempt this season.

The pie may literally be getting chopped in half in Cleveland. That means Jerry Jeudy is no longer a must-start wide receiver, and Elijah Moore is close to a must-sit. If Cedric Tillman returns, I'll have all three of the Browns wide receivers outside of my top 30, despite a spectacular matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals.

The one distinction I would make is that while I would like to sit Jeudy, there aren't any waiver wire options I would start ahead of him. The same is not true for Moore; I'll give you multiple guys below you can start over Moore.

Here is the rest of the Fantasy Football Playoffs WR Preview:

Fantasy Football Playoffs WR Preview

The following players are not being projected to play in Week 16 at this time. Here's what it means:

• 13 -- Jerry Jeudy has 13 receiving yards on six targets from Thompson-Robinson this season.
• 83.7 -- Mike Evans needs to average 83.7 yards per game in his final three games to reach 1,000 yards for the 11th straight season.
• 19.7 -- Davante Adams is not WR6 at 19.7 FPPG since joining the Jets.
• 1.77 -- Tyreek Hill's 1.77 yards per route run is a career low. He has never finished a season below 2.12.
• 40.5% -- Amari Cooper's 40.5% route participation in Week 15 was tied with Ty Johnson for sixth highest on the team. Cooper did not earn a target during the game.
• 8.9 -- Marvin Harrison Jr. has scored 8.9 PPR Fantasy points in three of his last four games and seven of his last 10.
• 87% -- Jalen Coker played 87% of the offensive snaps in his return. He's a full-time player again.

My full set of Week 16 Fantasy football projections for every position are now available on SportsLine. Find out which of my favorite plays are projected to score higher than consensus rankings and which don't live up to their draft hype, at least in Week 16. Projected stats for all starting wide receivers are available, so be sure to find my projections for every position over at SportsLine.