Week 15 NFL games to binge, stream and skip
Yahoo Sports’ Matt Harmon runs through the three games that caught his eye on this weekend’s slate - including Jaguars vs. Ravens, Jets vs. Dolphins and Texans vs. Titans.
Video Transcript
- Here are the games you need to binge, stream, and skip from Week 15 of the NFL season. Let's start with Ravens at Jaguars. The Jags need this game so bad, and I do not feel great about their chances going into this one, really concerned about the Jaguars defense-- a lot of miscommunication a lot of blown coverages on the defensive side of the ball that allowed Joe Flacco to tear them up last week.
And David Bell? I mean, David Bell running wide open against your secondary? You cannot have that happen at this point in the season. And honestly, there was similar miscommunication issues between the wide receiver and quarterback on the other side for Jacksonville. So I feel pretty nervous, especially in the fantasy playoffs, about starting some of these Jaguars receivers, starting Trevor Lawrence in what's also a tough match-up against the Baltimore Ravens.
On the flip side, because of some of those defensive issues, I couldn't possibly feel better about several of your Baltimore Ravens going into this one. Obviously, Lamar Jackson coming off a signature dominant fantasy performance. And really, he's got a chance down the back half of the season to make an MVP case in real-life NFL football. This is a good spot to do it, "Sunday Night Football."
Like I said, it's a favorable match-up. And I think they've got great utilization right now with both of these top receivers, Zay Flowers running the most routes on the team since Week 10 by a country mile, and most importantly, we saw his average depth of target jump above 12 in the first game off the bye, finally getting some of that use in the intermediate area.
And Odell Beckham, man, less is more. In that same span since Week 10, he is fifth on the team in routes run and first on the team in receiving yards. They're getting the best out of the veteran receiver at this stage of the season.
Another critical AFC match-up is Jets at Dolphins. And I'm a little concerned about what I'm seeing out of the Dolphins right now. So many offensive-line injuries. Tyreek Hill's banged up. De'Von Achane is banged up as well. Those are two of their most important match-up-tilting players.
And that offensive line, it cannot be overstated, some of the problems that they're dealing with right now. And Tua, season-high 13% sack rate last week. Without Tyreek and without good pass protection, Tua is just not the same guy, and the Jets can hawk you on the other side of it from a defensive perspective. Are the Dolphins on upset watch in Week 15? I think there's at least some warning bells that can be going off there.
And finally, the game you need to skip. It's Texans at Titans. And look, Texans, come here. It's not your fault, OK? This is just how football is sometimes. The injury gods curse you, you have been cursed. You're not going to have Tank Dell, obviously. You're not going to have Nico Collins. You're probably not going to have CJ Stroud. You're looking at Davis Mills throwing to Robert Woods and Noah Brown. That looks a lot like the Texans of old. You guys aren't that anymore, OK? You're the new-look Texans, probably just not going to look like that here in Week 15.
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