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Fantasy Football Week 16 Rankings: Flex and PPR Outlook for Each Position
- Updated: December 24, 2016
It’s time for a holiday edition of NFL football. Our gift is an extra day of action, with games being played on Saturday, Sunday and Monday this week.
This means an extra day of fun for most football fans. It means an extra day of stress for those lucky enough to be participating in their fantasy championships and late playoff matchups. Watching one of your bench players score 30 is going to be excruciating if you have to wait two more days to see if the guy you actually picked can have similar success.
Well, we’re here to help you avoid such scenarios with our Week 16 positional rankings. We’ll be running down the top players at each position in both standard and PPR scoring formats. We’ll be ranking them based on projected production value and examining some players to watch over the next three days.
All of our choices are based on factors like past performances, projected roles, matchups and health.
Good luck and happy holidays!
Quarterbacks
Aside from the usual performers at quarterback—like Drew Brees, Tom Brady and Matt Ryan—keep an eye on some of the signal-callers with quality matchups.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston, for example, is up against the New Orleans Saints defense. That defense is rated last in pass coverage by Pro Football Focus and surrenders an average of 271.2 yards passing per game, second-most in the NFL.
Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton has a similar matchup this week against the Atlanta Falcons. While Atlanta is rated 14th in pass coverage by Pro Football Focus, the Falcons’ high-powered offense often forces opponents to go pass-heavy in order to keep up on the scoreboard.
As a result, the Falcons give up the third-most passing yards in the league, an average of 267.4 yards per game.
One player with a decidedly unfavorable matchup this week is Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton. He and the Bengals are visiting the Houston Texans, who allow the second-fewest passing yards per game with an average of 203.5.
In addition, NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport suggests the Bengals might not have star receiver A.J. Green back on the field, as the team had originally hoped:
#Bengals WR AJ Green (hamstring) was adamant that he’s playing today. Now CIN isn’t so sure they can count on it. They may hold him out.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) December 24, 2016
Don’t view Dalton as a viable starting option.
Running Backs …
