O.J. Howard has been one of the biggest busts in Fantasy Football this season. He was drafted as a consensus top-six tight end who currently ranks 29th despite the fact the position has been even worse than we expected. He has one touchdown, and that was the only week he's scored double-digit non-PPR Fantasy points. Now we may have to go back to him in Week 16.
Tampa Bay is likely to be without Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and Scott Miller in Week 16. Jameis Winston is making no secret of what that means.
Bucs QB Jameis Winston, likely without his top receivers this week, said he greeted tight ends O.J. Howard and Cam Brate by saying “Hey, y’all are going to get the rock.”
— Greg Auman (@gregauman) December 17, 2019
Howard led the Buccaneers with eight targets in Week 15 and has at least 11 PPR Fantasy points in two of his past three games. His Week 16 game against the Texans has an over-under of 51, which greatly helps his touchdown odds. This sort of opportunity, plus talent, plus situation is too good for me to pass up. I'd stream Howard over Jared Cook, Jack Doyle and even Jacob Hollister.
Week 16 TE Preview
Who's Out
The following players are not being projected to play Week 16 at this time. Here's what it means:
Ricky Seals-Jones isn't facing the Cardinals so we won't use him.
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Numbers to Know
- 39% - of Jameis Winston's targets went to tight ends in Week 15.
- 334 - Receiving yards for Tyler Higbee over the past three weeks. He's topped 100 yards in all three games.
- 9 - Targets in his past three games combined for Hunter Henry. I wouldn't call him a must-start this week, but the Raiders matchup should help.
Matchups that matter
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Waiver Wire Targets
He still has talent and now the opportunity almost has to be there.
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Hollister gets the free-space game against the Arizona Cardinals.
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DFS Plays
Hooper's price is cratering, but I'm betting on a bounceback against a bad Jaguars defense.
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I'm not ready to give up on Henry yet, and the Raiders' pass defense is terrible.
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Heath's Projections
Non-PPR Rank | PPR Rank | TE | NON-PPR | PPR |
1 | 1 | 11.81 | 18.46 | |
2 | 2 | 10.62 | 16.76 | |
3 | 3 | 10.39 | 16.51 | |
8 | 4 | Tyler Higbee | 8.46 | 15.54 |
4 | 5 | 10.29 | 15.53 | |
7 | 6 | 9.35 | 15.40 | |
5 | 7 | O.J. Howard | 9.91 | 14.93 |
6 | 8 | 9.38 | 13.51 | |
10 | 9 | Hunter Henry | 7.89 | 11.63 |
9 | 10 | Jared Cook | 8.09 | 11.43 |
11 | 11 | 6.29 | 11.17 | |
12 | 12 | 6.14 | 10.09 | |
15 | 13 | 5.80 | 9.74 | |
17 | 14 | Jacob Hollister | 5.67 | 9.42 |
18 | 15 | 5.60 | 9.41 | |
14 | 16 | 5.89 | 9.24 |
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