Darnold struggled again with pressure and appeared flustered any time Colts pass rushers broke through the offensive line and Jaxon Smith-Njigba wasn’t immediately wide open. Besides a three-touchdown, highly accurate performance against Atlanta in Week 14, Darold’s play has dropped off over the past month. That hasn’t affected JSN’s fantasy production, thankfully. In Week 16 Darnold will go against a Rams defense that has given him fits over his past three matchups against them. Darnold had zero touchdowns and four interceptions in Seattle’s mid-November loss to LA. He should not be started one-QB leagues against the Rams.

Taylor was predictably the centerpiece of the Colts offense with 44-year-old Philip Rivers under center for the first time since 2020. The Colts had 29 rushing attempts and 27 passes in this one. Rivers peppered the team’s short-area pass catchers with targets: Tyler Warren led the way with six target, Taylor had four targets, and veteran RB Ameer Abdullah had five targets, leading the Colts with five grabs for 32 yards. That’s a little deceiving considering Abdullah ran a mere six pass routes on the day. Taylor logged 18 routes. Taylor is the one Colts player who might survive the Rivers experience. He gets the 49ers in Week 16.

Downs, a natural short-area target for the weak-armed Philip Rivers — who made his first start since 2020 in Week 15 — saw a bump in playing time against the Seahawks, running 26 routes on 31 Colts drop backs. He caught Rivers’ lone touchdown on the day, getting open in the back of the end zone. If Downs maintains this route participation he could be an interesting deep league option in Week 16 against the a Niners secondary that has been generous to opposing slot receivers all season.

A week after posting just 29 yards on ten rushing attempts against the Falcons, Walker was ineffective once again against a middling Colts rush defense. Zach Charbonnet, meanwhile, had eight rushes for 31 yards and ran 16 pass routes to 14 routes for Walker. With one rushing touchdown since Week 4 and no path to consistent pass game usage in the balanced Seattle offense, Walker is barely usable in any fantasy format. The Seahawks backfield is perfectly formulated to destroy all potential fantasy value. They play the Rams in Week 16.

Perhaps you’re wondering which part of St. Brown’s game was most impactful for the Lions, and the answer was simply “all of it” because it’s hard to not have all of it when you nearly come up with half (18-of-41) of Jared Goff’s targets. St. Brown delivered two red zone scores, was the key read on most of the game’s third or fourth downs, and most importantly looked healthy the whole way through after Thanksgiving’s ankle scare. St. Brown will be a clear WR1 against the Steelers in Week 16.

One of his touchdown catches was one of the weirdest non-overturns you’ll ever see, where even FOX’s Dean Blandino appeared confused as to why Parkinson was not ruled short of the goal line. Nevertheless! Parkinson has now caught six touchdowns in six games, a stretch that roughly coincides with Tyler Higbee heading to IR and the Rams losing one mouth to feed from what had been a four-headed TE hydra. Nothing about what Parkinson is doing on the field looks Film Room Impressive, but the way Stafford is slinging it in the red zone and the safety of the role brings up hints of early-season Jake Ferguson. Parkinson should remain on the low-end TE1 landscape against the Seahawks on short rest Thursday.

He added a 10-yard catch on his only target. Williams scored on both of Los Angeles’ first two scoring drives on four- and one-yard scampers. They were his only two red zone rushes of the game, but he paid them off. Williams is probably more of a low-end RB2 or RB3 against a good Seahawks defense in Week 16, especially with TNF not giving him much of a breather. He went for 12/91/1 against Seattle in Week 11.

Adams pulled up lame while running a route downfield in Week 15 against the Lions, evidently aggravating the hamstring strain that he played through last week. Adams still leads the NFL with 14 receiving touchdowns despite being held out of the end zone since Week 13. Backup plans should be made at this time.

Parsons’ season would be over if that is indeed the case. He will undergo further testing soon. Per PFF’s initial statistical Week 15, post-game tally, Parsons totaled 19 tackles, 79 quarterback pressures and 14 sacks in his first season as a Packer. He is under contract through 2029, having signed a four-year, $186 million contract extension this offseason.

JSN, as usual, dominated targets in the balanced Seahawks offense, and functioned as Sam Darnold’s go-to guy on every big down in a close game against 44-year-old Philip Rivers and the Colts. Incredibly, this was JSN’s ninth game with more than 100 receiving yards. This was only the sixth game of the season in which Smith-Njigba did not score a touchdown. Smith-Njigba will once again be an elite fantasy play in Week 16 against the Rams. He had nine catches for 105 scoreless yards the last time Seattle played the Rams.