Jameis Winston

Winston has finished as a QB1 in fantasy in two of his three starts (QB10, QB6). Among 40 qualifying quarterbacks, he ranks 22nd in yards per attempt, 19th in passer rating, 17th in CPOE, and fifth in hero throw rate. He has a tough task this week, facing a nasty pass defense. Since Week 6, Pittsburgh has given up the 12th-fewest yards per attempt, the second-lowest passer rating, the fourth-lowest CPOE, and the fifth-lowest success rate per dropback. Winston is a QB2 this week that might be better off on the bench.

Why wouldn't I bid more on a guy who just put up 28.6 fantasy points in Week 11? First of all, it's the Browns. They have struggled to piece together consecutive good weeks. Most importantly, Cleveland's next three games are a murderer's row of opposing defenses. The Steelers appear twice in the next three weeks, with the nasty Broncos sandwiched in between. It's slim picking for streaming quarterbacks this week. Hopefully you don't have to reach your hand into this cookie jar full of scorpions to grab Winston. It's still baffling that it took an injury for Kevin Stefanski to turn to Jameis over Deshaun Watson, who was having a historically terrible season against a very soft schedule before tearing his Achilles.