Fantasy Football Week 15 Rankings: Updated Positional Breakdown for Flex and PPR

Week 15 of the 2016 NFL season is already underway. If you’re still alive in your fantasy postseason, congratulations. However, this good news also brings the reality that every choice is magnified.

Start the wrong player, and your season could be over just like that. The wrong waiver-wire add? Consolation bracket, here you come. Well, we’re here to help sort things out for the remainder of the week with some good old fashioned positional rankings.

We’ll be examining the top skill-position players and ranking them based on our Week 15 projections. We’ll have separate lists for standard and PPR scoring, where applicable, and take an in-depth look at some players to watch.

All of our choices are based on factors such as past performances, projected role, health and matchup.

       

Quarterbacks

Watch: Matt Ryan, Atlanta Falcons

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan is having arguably the best season of his career in 2016.  The Boston College product has already thrown for 4,050 yards with 30 touchdowns and seven interceptions.

Unfortunately, Ryan and the Falcons will be without star receiver Julio Jones for the second consecutive week with a foot injury.

The good news is that Ryan didn’t really miss a beat with Jones out of the lineup last week against the Los Angeles Rams. He racked up 237 yards and three touchdowns with zero turnovers. This week, he and the Falcons host the San Francisco 49ers, who are rated 29th in overall defense by Pro Football Focus.

Start Ryan with confidence and enjoy what should be a high-floor play.

      

Sleeper: Sam Bradford, Minnesota Vikings

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Bradford rarely lights up fantasy scoreboards, but he could be a quality deep sleeper in Week 15. He’s coming off a 292-yard, one touchdowns performance against the Jacksonville Jaguars. His matchup this week is even more favorable.

Bradford and the Vikings will host the Indianapolis Colts, who are rated dead-last in pass coverage by Pro Football Focus for the season so far. Expect Bradford to surpass the 250-yard mark in Week 15.

Hopefully, he’ll also be able to find the end zone more than once for the fourth time this season.

       

Running Backs

Watch: Le’Veon Bell, Pittsburgh Steelers

Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell is pretty much a must-start in any format, but he could be especially motivated to run wild this week—you know, a week after he produced nearly 300 combined rushing and receiving yards to go with three touchdowns.

Bell and the Steelers play the Cincinnati …

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