Succeeding in fantasy football is all about stats, trends and knowing how to analyze that information and using it to your advantage. While the NFL is a week-to-week league, which makes it difficult to predict anything with certainty (hello, Aidan O’Connell’s 26 fantasy points against the Chargers), here’s five things I learned from Week 15 that I’ll be using when I set my fantasy lineups for fantasy’s Week 16.
Injuries are going to determine fantasy champions
I know we say this all the time, but this season it seems more prominent … injuries are really having a negative effect on fantasy leagues. In recent weeks, managers have been forced to sit stars such as Justin Herbert, Josh Jacobs, Jonathan Taylor, Rhamondre Stevenson, Tyreek Hill, Keenan Allen, Tank Dell and Nico Collins (and I probably missed a few). Plus, other studs like Ja’Marr Chase and Michael Pittman Jr. were injured this week. It sucks, it’s unfair and it’s frustrating, but injuries are part of the NFL and fantasy football. That won’t ease the pain of managers who built title contenders who are likely going home for the season due to lost superstars.
