Zamir White and Noah Brown Emerge

NFL: Los Angeles Chargers at Las Vegas Raiders

I have only included players who are rostered in less than 50 percent of Yahoo fantasy football leagues. A player’s roster percentage will appear in parentheses next to their name. Denny Carter is mercifully handling the kicker section of this article which will be added Tuesday mornings. Updates from Monday Night Football will be added on Tuesday mornings as well. Be sure to check out the Waiver Wire Q&A Monday at 6PM ET.

Quarterback

Jake Browning, Bengals (47%)

Browning got home again in Week 15, tossing two scores with 324 yards. He has finished as a top-10 fantasy quarterback in three consecutive games. Since his first start, Browning ranks third in EPA per dropback and completion percent over expected. Browning has played like a legitimate NFL starter, and his surrounding talent has elevated him near QB1 status for Week 16.

Derek Carr, Saints (39%)

Carr isn’t the streaming quarterback we deserve, but he is the one we need. His Week 16 opponent is the Rams. They have given up the seventh-most fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks this year and have been increasingly targeted through the air. Over the past five weeks, they have faced a top-five pass rate over expected. LA’s secondary has allowed eight passing touchdowns over their past three games. Coming off his first three-score performance of the year, Carr should be able to stay hot in Week 16.

Running Back

Zamir White, Raiders (15%)

White turned 17 carries and three targets into 85 yards and a touchdown. He played on 70 percent of his team’s snaps and ran a route on 59 percent of Aidan O’Connell’s dropbacks. If Jacobs doesn’t play in Week 16, White will rank as an RB2. Jacob was listed as questionable last week but did not practice at all, so he appears to be a true coin-flip for the Raiders’ upcoming game.

Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Chiefs (40%)

Edwards-Helaire saw the bulk of the carries and ran more routes than Jerick McKinnon in Week 15. He finished the…


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Publish date : 2023-12-18 16:20:35

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