Fantasy Football Player Notes
Week 15 Half PPR Rankings
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5.
De'Von Achane
RB - (at PIT)
Last week, Achane stretched his RB1 weekly finish streak to six consecutive games. Oh, and he only played 34% of snaps before leaving with a rib injury. That's wild. Thankfully, players are often able to return the following week after rib injuries. As a result, Achane should be back to his RB1 ways this week against the Steelers. That said, it will be worth monitoring his practice reports throughout the week. Two weeks ago, the Steelers allowed the most rushing yards to a road team in their franchise's history. Last week, the Ravens had 217 total rushing yards. With Derrick Henry and Keaton Mitchell combining for 170 of them. As long as Achane is healthy, he has been unstoppable regardless of the matchup.
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28.
Jaylen Waddle
WR - (at PIT)
After two down weeks, Waddle bounced back with a WR10 finish in Week 14. Finishing with 50 receiving yards and a score, his 21-yard rush was icing for fantasy managers. This week, the Dolphins face the Steelers, who are allowing the 11th most fantasy points to the WR position over the last five weeks. This includes last week, when they allowed Zay Flowers to have eight catches for 124 yards. Waddle may not be the WR1 we had hoped for without Tyreek Hill, but his usage as the team's top target makes him a fringe WR1 in a plus matchup this week.
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122.
Darren Waller
TE - (at PIT)
Since his return to the lineup, Darren Waller has had a 60.8% route share, a 13.6% target share, 30 receiving yards per game, 1.94 yards per route run, and an 18.8% first-read share. All of those per-route metrics look solid to really damn good. The problem is that with Miami skewing so run-heavy, the market share of targets for Waller has amounted to only three targets per game. With the limited weekly raw volume now, Waller is a touchdown-or-bust streaming option. In his last two games, he has one red zone target and two deep targets. Waller is best left on the bench this week. Since Week 9, Pittsburgh has allowed the fifth-fewest yards per target, the 11th-fewest receiving yards per game, and the 11th-fewest fantasy points per game to tight ends.
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126.
Malik Washington
WR - (at PIT)
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143.
Jaylen Wright
RB - (at PIT)
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167.
Ollie Gordon II
RB - (at PIT)
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195.
Greg Dulcich
TE - (at PIT)
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253.
Alec Ingold
RB - (at PIT)
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269.
Nick Westbrook-Ikhine
WR - (at PIT)
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280.
Cedrick Wilson Jr.
WR - (at PIT)
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315.
Julian Hill
TE - (at PIT)
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394.
Hayden Rucci
TE - (at PIT)
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395.
Dee Eskridge
WR - (at PIT)
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423.
Tahj Washington
WR - (at PIT)
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465.
Tanner Conner
TE - (at PIT)
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495.
Jeff Wilson Jr.
RB - (at PIT)
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