Jameis Winston Week 15 Outlook - Browns at Cardinals

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Thu, Dec 12th 2019, 10:45am EST

After getting multiple opinions on the fracture he suffered on his throwing hand in Week 14, Winston has been cleared to play this week. The question now becomes: Do you want to trust a quarterback playing through a fractured hand while missing his top receiver? There'll be many fantasy owners debating it when they see the Lions on the schedule, a team that's allowed multiple passing touchdowns to 9-of-13 quarterbacks. It's not just the touchdowns, either. They've allowed at least 7.2 yards per attempt to every quarterback not named Kyler Murray or Dwayne Haskins. That's allowed six different quarterbacks to throw for 300-plus yards against them. All-in-all, there have been just three quarterbacks who've failed to post at least 18 fantasy points against the Lions. Kirk Cousins, who threw the ball just 30 times last week while letting their rushing attack take care of business. Philip Rivers, who threw for 293 yards but had no touchdowns. And lastly, Haskins, who doesn't put up points against anyone. If you remove all the rushing totals for quarterbacks, the Lions have allowed the sixth-most fantasy points to quarterbacks. They've also only intercepted five passes all season, which bodes well for Winston's odds of staying on the field. There's certainly a lot more risk in this matchup than we'd hoped, as he would've been a top-five play if we knew he and Evans were healthy. Instead, he's teetering on the low-end QB1/high-end QB2 radar. If completely torn between him and someone else, Winston would be the one I'd play for upside.