Fantasy Football Week 15 Rankings: Matchups We Love and Player Stat Projections

With everything on the line, fantasy football owners saw Week 15 start as routinely as possible.

On a…colorful edition of Thursday Night Football, the Seattle Seahawks took care of business against the Los Angeles Rams, with Russell Wilson and Doug Baldwin ending up as a couple of the highest scorers thanks to good matchups.

The rest of the week won’t be so easy, but those facing elimination have surely used every moment of free time the past few days to study up.

If not, here is a comprehensive projections guide.

             

Week 15 Schedule

     

Quarterbacks

It looks like Week 15 belongs to Matt Ryan of the Atlanta Falcons.

Ryan has been a stud all year, falling below 15 points just twice. This builds an incredible floor for bettors to lean on, but keep in mind that he also has highs of 27 and 35.

A new high wouldn’t be much of a shock when Ryan squares off with the San Francisco 49ers. The Niners are allowing the fourth-most points to quarterbacks on average and have permitted 20 or more points to six sets of opposing gunslingers.

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On a slightly less popular note, Kirk Cousins of the Washington Redskins is also in for a huge week. Believe it or not, Cousins sits a few spots behind Ryan in scoring and has also fallen below 15 points only twice.

Cousins, at home, gets to light up a Carolina Panthers defense that has allowed multiple passing touchdowns in a game seven times.

Were this a year ago, Cousins would be a sit. Now he’s a stud against a once-proud defense.

       

Running Backs

Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy couldn’t be hot at a better time.

McCoy has scored 16 or more points in three consecutive games and has double digits in five straight. He’s back to his old self after injury issues and has rushed for four scores over the course of his last four outings.

Shady’s on fire just in time for a date with the Cleveland Browns, the team allowing the second-most points to backs on average. Six of the last seven opposing backfields to face the Browns have hit on 109 or more rushing yards, a number McCoy can hit on his own.

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