Fantasy Football 2017: Start or Sit for Week 15
By Dan Thomas
Last Week and Season-Long Record of Start/Sit
Week 14 QB Starts: Marcus Mariota and Jameis Winston – Nope and nope. Result: 0/2
Week 14 QB Sits: Ben Roethlisberger and Kirk Cousins – Aaaaand Big Ben finished last week as the No.1 QB. Wonderful. Result: 1/2
Week 14 RB Starts: Samaje Perine and Alfred Morris – Man, Week 14 was not my week. Result: 0/2
Week 14 RB Sits: DeMarco Murray – Hey, at least I got this one right. Result: 1/1
Week 14 WR Starts: Josh Gordon, Sterling Shepard and Marquise Goodwin – Both Gordon and Goodwin finished with over 15 PPR points while Shepard was nonexistent. Result: 2/3
Week 14 WR Sits: DeSean Jackson and Sammy Watkins – Watkins caught a touchdown but still finished outside the top-40 PPR wide receivers. Result: 2/2
Week 14 TE Starts: Hunter Henry and Austin Seferian-Jenkins – Henry was a top-five PPR tight end but ASJ only caught one pass for one yard. Result: 1/2
Week 14 TE Sits: Jared Cook and Vernon Davis – Both Cook and Davis finished as a top-12 PPR tight end. Result: 0/2
Next: Fantasy Football 2017: Waiver Wire Targets for Week 15
Week 14 D/ST Starts: Tennessee Titans and Green Bay Packers – The Titans were the second-best fantasy football D/ST while the Packers didn’t get the job done. Result: 1/2
Week 14 D/ST Sits: Philadelphia Eagles and New Orleans Saints – Due to a defensive touchdown on the last play of the game, the Eagles finished inside the top-10. The Saints only finished with seven points but that was good enough to tie for the 11th-best D/ST last week. Result: 0/2
Week 14 results: 8 / 20 = 40 percent
Season-long results: 166 / 296 = 56 percent