Early Week 16 Flex Rankings: Fantasy Half-PPR cheat sheet, Top 150 players RB/WR/TE start-sit tips

For many, Week 16 marks the second round of the fantasy football playoffs. By this point, we have a thorough understanding of NFL teams and how they operate their offenses.

We can distinguish high-volume from low-volume players, enabling us to identify advantageous matchups for fantasy football. Of course, injuries occur, so it's important to adapt to them. 

Week 15 also had plenty of impactful injuries that will linger through the remainder of the playoffs. 

Here are our Week 16 Half-PPR Flex fantasy rankings, which should be applied to leagues that award half a point for every catch.

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Week 16 Flex Rankings: Half-PPR fantasy playoff lineup tips for RB/WR/TE

For these fantasy rankings, assume scoring for leagues that award half a point for every reception, plus 1 point for every 10 receiving yards, and 6 points for every touchdown.

Note: Players who play on Thursday will be labeled as such after the game.

↕️ Fantasy Rankings for Week 16: QB | RB | WR | TE | D/ST | PK

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Half-PPR flex rankings tips for Week 16

Half-PPR RB Week 16 lineup advice

• All systems go for Omarion Hampton in Week 16. He worked as the lead back for the Chargers in Week 15 and gets to face the Dallas Cowboys this week.
• Blake Corum is to be started regardless of whether Kyren Williams is healthy. Corum is not the traditional handcuff that loses all value if he is not the starter.
• The Commanders' backfield is a disaster, but with Chris Rodriguez out in Week 15, Jacory "Bill" Croskey-Merritt exploded in the Commanders' win. 

Half-PPR WR Week 16 lineup advice

• There is a legit concern with all the Kansas City pass catchers, including Rashee Rice. With Patrick Mahomes suffering a torn ACL, Rice will have to rely on a ton of yards after the catch, which is his specialty. Don't panic on Rice, he can still be serviceable with Gardner Minshew. 
• You have to bench Justin Jefferson; there's nothing else to say. If he can't get going against the Commanders and Cowboys defensive units, he's not a viable start for the remainder of this season. 
• Mike Evans was sensational in his Week 15 return. There is no reason not to view him as a WR1 the rest of the playoffs. 

Half-PPR TE Week 16 lineup advice

• Buy into the Kyle Pitts hype. Kirk Cousins has zero confidence pushing the ball downfield. This results in him solely throwing to Pitts and Bijan Robinson. 
• Travis Kelce could be a good start if Minshew uses him as a safety valve. Be careful, but it's not a must-bench situation until we see what the offense looks like. 

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