Curtis Samuel could deliver in a must-win week. (Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images)
It was a middling set of results for the Sleeper Page last week. Isaiah Likely was terrific between the Baltimore raindrops, and Cade Otton and Parker Washington at least offered touchdown deodorant to offset otherwise quiet games. On the flip side, Jonathan Mingo absorbed nine targets but nothing much came of it (Bryce Young missed him on a sure touchdown), Roschon Johnson was ignored in the Chicago backfield, Elijah Moore had a modest 42 yards and the Joshua Dobbs story expired.
And now we’re onto Week 15.
Although it’s the money weeks of fantasy football, the playoffs, I hope this page is less critical for your plans. Here’s hoping you’ve built a Superteam and the starters practically pick themselves. But we know leagues come in all shapes and sizes — with unique challenges — and it’s probably the deep-league managers who need these ideas the most.
WR Curtis Samuel at Rams (35% rostered)
Somehow Sam Howell is having a strong fantasy year (QB6) but there’s not a big winner downfield. The Commanders don’t have a single wideout inside the top 35 for the year, and that’s despite good health and plenty of high-scoring games. Terry McLaurin has been a mild disappointment, Jahan Dotson a major one.
Samuel is no savior, but he’s been busy lately, absorbing a quarter of Washington’s targets and 38.6% of the team’s receiving yards over the last two games. The matchup against the Rams is gettable; Los Angeles ranks 22nd in pass defense DVOA, and the game has a juicy total of 49, the second-highest on the slate. Samuel runs quickly-defined routes that Howell is likely to target, and that should lead to a playable line in Week 15.
RB D’Onta Foreman at Browns (43% rostered)
This might be more of a case of stashing and holding rather than using Foreman this week. Cleveland’s defense is a problematic matchup; it ranks third in run defense DVOA and is the second-stingiest defense when it comes to…
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