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The Audible

Which Players Can You Trust in Week 16? | Fantasy Football Starts & Sits | On The Couch

The Audible

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Sports, Football, Fantasy Sports

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In This Episode: Sigmund Bloom and Paul Charchian talk fantasy football. 

 

watch on YouTube -> https://youtu.be/z7FiAeEiwys 

00:00 Can you play Justin Jefferson in Week 16?
04:34 Is Jacoby Brissett a top 5 play in Week 16?
05:40 Are you going to play Matthew Stafford at Seattle in Week 16?
08:45 Is it easy or difficult to bench Lamar Jackson in Week 16?
12:15 Do we go back Joe Burrow?
13:47 Is Trevor Lawrence a must play in Week 16?
15:48 Is Drake Maye an automatic play in Week 16?
16:58 Can we trust Dak Prescott in Week 16?
20:30 Why does CJ Stroud make us feel safe?
22:00 Is it time to trust Justin Herbert again?
27:55 Is it time to trust Tyler Shough in lineups because the matchup with the Jets?
29:55 Are we putting our eggs in the Brock Purdy basket?
32:00 Are you overthinking it if you play JJ McCarthy or Kirk Cousins this week?
39:25 Does Tony Pollard stay in Week 16 lineups as a hot hand?
40:00 Do you take a chance on Omarion Hampton in Week 16?
42:20 Is Derrick Henry in or out of Week 16 lineups?
45:50 Are we putting George Pickens in Week 16 lineups?
49:08 Can Philip Rivers make Tyler Warren a good Week 16 play?

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Are you putting your first round pick on the bench in the fantasy playoffs?

0:04.6

That more than week on the couch.

0:06.4

Bringing the heavy hitters charge.

0:08.9

You know who I'm talking about when I say your first round pick might be, should be, should be.

0:14.8

I mean, is it harder to make a case for Justin Jefferson than it is to make a case against Justin Jefferson in week 16 lineups against the Giants.

0:24.9

It's almost impossible to make a case for him at this point. By the way, I think if you take injury off the table,

0:31.5

a pretty good first round by ADP for almost everybody, by know for that first round ADP especially compared to

0:39.2

past years where typically three four guys in the first round just utterly flop it you know,

0:44.9

Malik neighbors at the end of the first round got hurt. Ashton Genty end of the first round,

0:49.9

major disappointment. But Justin Jefferson going as early as pick two in many leagues

0:55.6

sitting on two touchdowns as we roll into week number 16.

0:59.6

It has been a brutal season because of the onboarding of J.J. McCarthy, the rather

1:06.1

ragged onboarding of J.J. McCarthy.

1:09.1

And SIG, I don't have to tell you that it's not entirely on

1:13.1

J.J. McCarthy. And in fact, J.J. has actually sprayed a lot of balls in the direction of

1:19.9

Justin Jefferson. Now, they're not high quality targets. But Jefferson averaging eight

1:24.4

targets per game from J.J. McCarthy, you would think on eight targets from any

1:28.6

NFL quarterback, Justin Jefferson would be a sure thing. But when he dropped that pass in the

1:35.1

back of the end zone and it wasn't a perfect pass, but it was the kind of pass that Justin

1:38.2

Jefferson makes 98 times out of 100, you can't, you find yourself in a spot now where Justin Jefferson has lost the benefit of the doubt

1:47.4

and even though the Giants are not an oppressively good past defense they're still much easier

1:53.1

to run on than pass upon and I think the Vikings will have a run first approach this weekend

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