Hello again! Here are my Week 16 fantasy football notes.

 

Denver at Los Angeles Chargers

Jaleel McLaughlin will not play this week. That turns the Broncos backfield from a running back by committee to a platoon with Javonte Williams and Audric Estime. That’s not enough to vault either Williams or Estime into percentage start status, but it is enough to make Williams a viable flex in most leagues and Estime a viable flex in deep leagues.

 

Houston at Kansas City

Fantasy managers keep waiting for Isiah Pacheco to have a breakout game. He’s not done so of yet with 19.7 PPR points over the past three weeks combined. The Texans defense has been playing very well of late and that makes this one of the toughest rush defense matchups on the board. Add it up and Pacheco belongs on benches in most leagues.

 

Pittsburgh at Baltimore

The Baltimore defense was struggling for a while there but that is not the case today. The Ravens now rate as one of the toughest matchups both from a rush defense and pass coverage perspective. That’s not a good thing for Russell Wilson’s fantasy managers. It trends him for sit status and that’s before noting that Wilson scored only 6.3 points against Baltimore the last time these two teams played.

 

New York Giants at Atlanta

Don’t worry for a moment about Michael Penix Jr.’s ascension to the starting QB role impacting Bijan Robinson’s fantasy value. The Giants provide Robinson with one of the most favorable rush defense matchups on the board (just one point short of a perfect 100 matchup score). Robinson has been racking up points with Cousins under center and he’ll do the same with Penix as quarterback.

 

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