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🏈 DJ Moore & Week 15 Starts
Players you NEED to add, stash and sit for before Week 15 kicks off, including DJ Moore, Hunter Henry, Jayden Reed and James Cook.
Good morning. Yesterday was a Saturday with NFL football, which means my girlfriend sacrificed "quality time" because “winning titles always has a cost”, and I had a lot riding on Ty Chandler as a borderline must-start.
“Ty Chandler with 22+, sweetheart!” - Me and the wife // Movie 43, Home School
Today's newsletter highlights
👉️ Start/Sits for Week 15
👀 Sneaky Starts
🤑 Monitor and Stash
Good news to start your day: Minnesota Vikings DL Harrison Phillips was named Week 15 NFLPA Community MVP after handing out gifts to over 450 families across three states.
Harrison Phillips spreading holiday cheer // NFLPA
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TRIVIA
Which WR averages the SECOND-most receiving yards per game?Tyreek Hills leads the NFL with 128.6. Who is second (with 97.4)? Click your guess, then click continue to see the answer. |
RANKINGS
D.J. Moore rises to WR8. He’s been a top-10 WR in each of the last 5 games that Justin Fields has played full time, per Derek Brown of FantasyPros. If you only account for his games with Fields, he’d also be tied for 1st in the NFL in first read target share, per Graham Barfield of Fantasy Points. He’s having a career year in Chicago as Fields’ clear go-to guy.
Josh Downs falls to WR48. After a promising start to the season, Downs has seen his usage plummet as of late. He hasn’t reached double-digit fantasy points since Week 9 and only surpassed 100 yards once this season. Even with Michael Pittman going down yesterday, Downs failed to capitalize. He’s fine as a dynasty asset, but belongs on benches for the fantasy playoffs.
Our rest-of-season 0.5 PPR rankings were updated early this morning 👇️
START EM SIT EM
Quarterback
Ol’ Reliable against Pass-Funnell // Getty Images
Start Matthew Stafford. “The past four QBs against Washington have scored at least 23.3 fantasy points, and 11 QBs have scored at least 20.1 fantasy points against the Commanders this season. Stafford should be fantastic this week,” per Jamey Eisenberg of CBSSports.
Sit Tua Tagovailoa. He struggled in his Week 12 matchup against the Jets, finishing with just 9.8 fantasy points. And in the last five weeks, the Jets are allowing just 12.2 FPPG to QBs (3rd best in the NFL), per Mike Hicks of Dynasty Nerds. With Tyreek Hill also being a game time decision (ankle), it might be a good week to pivot off Tua if you have options.
Start Joe Flacco. “He isn’t a borderline QB1 like Stafford, but he may be the best streaming option available in your league. Flacco has 565 yards and five touchdowns in two starts while the Browns are throwing more, improving their pass rate over expected to 5% in Flacco’s two games, per Kyle Dvorchak of NBC Sports.
Not sure about Kyler Murray. In four starts before the bye, Murray finished as fantasy’s QB13, QB6, QB10, and QB19. Now he faces a 49ers defense leading the league in sacks and forcing the 2nd-highest pressure rate (43%) since acquiring DE Chase Young, per Barfield of Fantasy Points. Still, Murray has 3 rushing TDs in his 4 games played since returning from injury and averages 17+ fantasy points in those games as well. He’ll need one to be startable.
Stream Will Levis. He faces a Texans defense struggling in the secondary. Since Week 5, they’ve allowed 19.2 FPG to opposing QBs, per Graham Barfield of Fantasy Points.
Start Sam Howell, who has finished as a top-12 QB in nine of his last 10.
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