Week 16 Matchup Preview | Which Players to Start or Sit? (Pt. 1)
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🗓️ 18 December 2025
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Summary
Cecil Lammey and Sigmund Bloom break down the Week 16 slate of matchups and tell you which players to start in your fantasy lineups.
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00:00 - Rams v Seahawks
03:21 - Eagles v Commanders
05:53 - Packers v Bears
10:25 - Bills v Browns
12:05 - Chargers v Cowboys
15:52 - Chiefs v Titans
17:45 - Bengals v Dolphins
21:25 - Jets v Saints
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| 0:00.0 | The fantasy playoffs keep rolling and you want to keep rolling as well. |
| 0:04.2 | That's why you're here for the week 16 preview part one. |
| 0:07.5 | It's the audible Cisillamy, |
| 0:08.9 | Sigmund Bloom and a scorcher on Thursday, |
| 0:11.4 | a couple Saturday games too, |
| 0:12.6 | but Thursday is LA Rams, |
| 0:15.4 | Seattle Seahawks. |
| 0:17.2 | Rams kind of be down one of their major stars as they travel to face Seattle. |
| 0:23.7 | Yeah, and let's lead off by saying you're alive in the fantasy football playoffs. |
| 0:28.1 | You're making some real decisions. |
| 0:30.0 | Starting at quarterback, I have Matthew Stafford, one of my teams that's still alive. |
| 0:33.8 | I'm not playing him. |
| 0:35.3 | This is, by the way, an NFC West that is an incredible battle Royale. We have a couple of these in the NFC where one team is probably going to be the number one seed, and the other two are going to be the number five and six seats. This is a massive game. If the Rams win this game, they have an inside track to the number one seed. If they lose, now Seattle could get that number one seed. San Francisco, there's even a scenario where Chicago could get it. Do you want to play Matthew Stafford against the only defense to really shut him down this year? And even if Devante Adams plays, it'll be a limited role. I'm going to say no. There's a lot of quarterbacks I'm going to play over Matthew Stafford this week. I think you're going to see more Kyron and more Corum. |
| 1:12.7 | I think if anything gives you a little nudge. If you're on the fence between Blake Corum and another flex play, especially in a 0.5 ppr or non-PPR league, I think the Rams lead with their running game in this one. The Rams passing game, of course, is going to go through Pooka Nakuwa and maybe Colby |
| 1:29.2 | Parkinson, but Tyler Higby is eligible to be activated now. So we're going to have to watch that |
| 1:35.8 | going into this game. It's a very entertaining game cease, but just like the last one, I think it |
| 1:40.0 | might be a bit of a letdown for fantasy, especially if you have to play Sam Donald. |
| 1:44.3 | Yeah, and if you have to play Sam Donald, hoosh. |
| 1:47.4 | Would Seattle ever use their running backs the right way? |
| 1:51.5 | Maybe get a clue from Sean McVeigh how to use your running backs. |
| 1:55.2 | We'll see. |
| 1:56.6 | Yeah, this is the point in the season where Seattle's running game, Clint Kubiak, |
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