Fantasy football projections, Week 15: Rams-Seahawks featuring Kenny Britt, Doug Baldwin, Jimmy Graham, more

The Week 15 matchup between the Los Angeles Rams and the Seattle Seahawks features two defensive minded squads looking to rebound from losing efforts. We’ve got the fantasy projections courtesy of numberFire.

The Rams failed to show up against the Atlanta Falcons in Week 14. The team’s defense gave up 42 points in the contest. Fantasy owners of wide receiver Kenny Britt won’t complain. That’s because the team’s best passing game option was targeted a season-high 12 times in the game. He turned those looks into seven catches for 82 yards. In PPR formats that’s enough to beat projected totals. Britt may indeed see a high volume of action in Seattle given the game flow scenario will likely be the same. It’s hard to pinpoint another player on the team that would exceed expectations this week aside from Britt.

Maybe Todd Gurley can make an impact on the ground. He scored his fifth rushing touchdown of the season last week. The effort marked just his second score since early October. Gurley finished the game with 61 rushing yards on 16 carries. Now that Jeff Fisher has been fired, perhaps Gurley runs wild and get some more opportunities while the team implements new strategies. In all likelihood it will be difficult for Gurley to surpass 50 yards in Seattle. That makes him worth stashing on the bench, which has all too often been the case this season.

Despite seeing a season-high 11 targets and a blowout loss at the hands of the Green Bay Packers in Week 14, wide receiver Doug Baldwin finished with just six catches for 46 yards. He’s now been held to less than 70 receiving yards in four of the last five games. Baldwin has also been held out of the end zone in eight of the last nine games. Only two teams give up more fantasy points to the wide receiver position then the Rams, perhaps Baldwin breaks loose and find the end zone in Week 15. If he does he will beat his projected totals.

Baldwin is probably more likely to do just that than tight end Jimmy Graham. Graham was held to just a single catch for 16 yards on four targets against the Packers. It’s the first time since the opening game of the season that Graham has caught fewer than three passes in a game. As bad as the Rams are against opposing wide receivers, they are excellent against tight ends, ranking in the top five at defending the position. Thursday night could be a long one for Graham and it might be best to start somebody else that tight end. Reaching projected totals is probably out of the question in Week 15.