Week 15 Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em: Projecting Stats for Top 10 Players at Each Position

Week 15 got underway on Thursday night with a 24-3 rout of the Los Angeles Rams by the Seattle Seahawks. The week’s action will continue on Saturday when the Miami Dolphins take on the New York Jets.

If you’re still playing meaningful fantasy football this weekend, then there’s a good chance you’re deep in your postseason—and the choices made from here on out are going to be critical. Making those choices more difficult is the fact that several standout fantasy players like Julio Jones and Matt Forte are dealing with injuries. The pool of talent available—all 32 teams are in action this week—further complicates matters.

Well, we’re here to help you sort things out with our top 10 positional picks for Week 15. We’ll be running down the top players and providing statistical projections for each. We’ll also examine some players you might want to avoid.

All choices are based on PPR scoring and on factors like past performances, player health, projected roles and matchups.

Quarterbacks

Start ‘Em: Matt Ryan, Atlanta Falcons

With Julio Jones’ status up in the air, you might be considering an alternative to Matt Ryan this week. Don’t. Ryan and the Falcons proved last week their offense can be plenty productive with Jones on the sideline.

Against a Los Angeles Rams defense that is rated seventh in overall defense by Pro Football Focus, Ryan ripped off 237 yards passing and three touchdowns.

This week, the Falcons host the San Francisco 49ers, who are rated just 29th in overall defense by Pro Football Focus. Expect Ryan to again thrive, with or without his top target.

Sit ‘Em: Anyone in the Cleveland-Buffalo Game

Don’t expect much of an aerial display in Sunday’s game between the Buffalo Bills and the Cleveland Browns. While Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor can produce some points on the ground, he isn’t likely to even light up the lowly Browns through the air.

Taylor has only gone over the 250-yard mark twice this season.

At least Taylor will probably find the end zone, though. We can’t guarantee the same for Cleveland quarterback Robert Griffin III. The former Baylor standout returned to start last week against the Cincinnati Bengals and the results were, let’s say, Manziel-esque.

In the first half, Robert Griffin III was 2/10 for 20 yards and 1 interception. His quarterback rating is 0.0.

— Cincy Jungle (@CincyJungle) December 11, 2016

Griffin finished the game completing just 12 of 28 passes for a measly 104 yards with two …

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