Fantasy Football gets much more simple this time of year. Survive. Advance. That is all there is. Average draft position and rest of season value are irrelevant. You need one win in Week 16 for all of the marbles. With that in mind, here are three quarterbacks I'm sitting and three I'm starting that may just surprise you.
Sit Kyler Murray, Aaron Rodgers and Kirk Cousins. Murray has all the potential in the world and I can't wait to draft him in 2020, but I can't bet on the Cardinals figuring out their red-zone woes with my season on the line. Cousins has been outstanding this season, but he's at home as a 4.5-point favorite. In five home wins this season he's averaged 25.1 pass attempts and 19.5 Fantasy points. His opponent, Rodgers, just hasn't been that good this season. He's only topped 16 Fantasy points once since Week 8 and he's averaging 209 passing yards per game on the road.
Start Ryan Fitzpatrick, Gardner Minshew and Ryan Tannehill. Tannehill shouldn't be much of a surprise. He's the No. 2 quarterback in Fantasy since he became the starter. Fitzpatrick has been top 10 himself since returning as the starter and he gets the Bengals. Minshew just scored 22 Fantasy points and should be chasing the score at Atlanta.
Week 16 QB Preview
- 33.8 -- Aaron Rodgers' pass attempts per game. That would be his lowest average over a full season since 2014, and he hasn't been near as efficient as he was that year.
- 10.3 -- Average intended air yards for Jameis Winston. That leads the NFL.
- 98 -- Rushing yards for Ryan Fitzpatrick the past two weeks. He has let his hair down and it's paying off for Fantasy managers.
- 9.5 -- Yards per attempt for Ryan Tannehill. That's the best mark in the league and also probably unsustainable.
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Rank | QB | FPTs |
1 | Lamar Jackson | 35.01 |
2 | Russell Wilson | 30.60 |
3 | DeShaun Watson | 29.84 |
4 | Matt Ryan | 28.06 |
5 | Dak Prescott | 26.62 |
6 | Patrick Mahomes | 26.40 |
7 | Drew Brees | 26.19 |
8 | Jameis Winston | 25.89 |
9 | Ryan Fitzpatrick | 25.64 |
10 | Gardner Minshew | 25.08 |
11 | Ryan Tannehill | 24.46 |
12 | Philip Rivers | 23.61 |
13 | Mitchell Trubisky | 23.30 |
14 | Carson Wentz | 23.28 |
15 | Kyler Murray | 23.15 |
16 | Aaron Rodgers | 23.03 |
So who should you sit and start this week? And which surprising quarterback could lead you to victory? Visit SportsLine now to get Week 16 rankings for every position, plus see which QB is going to come out of nowhere to crack the top 10, all from the model that out-performed experts big time last season.