Fantasy Football Start em, Sit em: Sincere McCormick, Rhamondre Stevenson, Jerry Jeudy (Week 15)

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Let’s take a look at a few polarizing players and what fantasy football expert Derek Brown advises. And you can find all of DBro’s fantasy football outlook in this week’s fantasy football primer.

Fantasy Football Start em, Sit em Lineup Advice: Week 15

Sincere McCormick (RB)

Over the last two weeks, McCormick has finished as the RB36 and RB26 in weekly fantasy scoring. Last week, he took over the backfield with a 59% snap rate, a 64% snap rate in the red zone, 17 touches, and 89 total yards. He has posted impressive per-touch numbers with a 9.4% explosive run rate, a 19% missed tackle rate, and 2.84 yards after contact per attempt. McCormick should flirt with RB2 numbers this week. Since Week 9, Atlanta has allowed the 12th-highest explosive run rate, the fifth-highest yards after contact per attempt, and the fourth-highest yards per carry to gap runs (McCormick 53.1% gap).

Rhamondre Stevenson (RB)

In his last game before the bye, Stevenson resumed his workhorse role with 78% of the snaps, 21 touches, and 94 total yards. Overall, he has averaged 17.6 touches and 67.5 total yards per game. Among 61 qualifying backs, he ranks 36th in missed tackles forced per attempt and 38th in yards after contact per attempt. Since Week 9, Arizona has allowed the seventh-highest missed tackle rate, the 12th-most yards before contact per attempt, the second-most yards per carry to gap runs, and the fifth-highest rushing success rate to gap runs (Stevenson 57.2% gap).

Jerry Jeudy (WR)

Since Week 8, Jeudy has been the WR2 in fantasy points per game. Let that soak in for a second. Since Week 8, Jeudy has had a 20.8% target share, 2.64 YPRR (113 receiving yards per game), and a 23.5% first-read share. The only hope in his usage has been his two red zone targets since Week 8. The Chiefs have the second-highest two high rate in the NFL (60.6%). Since Week 8, against two high, Jeudy has seen his target share dip slightly to 19.1% with 2.15 YPRR and a 21.6% first-read share (first on the team). These are still strong numbers despite the dip compared to his overall usage. Jeudy should take advantage of a Chiefs secondary that has faltered recently. Since Week 9, Kansas City has allowed the eighth-most PPR points per target to perimeter wide receivers.

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