Fantasy football projections, Week 15: Browns-Bills featuring Terrelle Pryor, Sammy Watkins, LeSean McCoy, more

The Week 15 matchup between the Cleveland Browns and the Buffalo Bills features two teams looking towards next season. We’ve got the fantasy projections courtesy of numberFire.

After posting his third 100-yard game of the season back in Week 12, wide receiver Terrelle Pryor put together an absolute dud against the Cincinnati Bengals last week. He caught just one of three targets for a three-yard gain. It was an unfortunate outcome not just because it’s the fantasy postseason, but also because Robert Griffin was back at quarterback. The two obviously aren’t on the same page and have yet to develop chemistry. It’s nobody’s fault, but heading into a difficult matchup against Buffalo, it’s now going to be harder to trust Pryor. He should still challenge his projected totals, but obviously he’ll need more than one catch to do it in Week 15.

Speaking of Griffin. He completed just 12 passes for 104 yards and an interception against the Bengals. It was his first game back in the lineup since injuring his shoulder in the first week of the season. So far through two contests, Griffin has just 24 completions for 294 yards and two interceptions. It’s hard to trust starting him in the fantasy postseason, and by extension, equally hard to go with Gary Barnidge, Corey Coleman, or anyone not named Pryor in Cleveland’s receiving game. There is no way Griffin reaches his projections in Buffalo.

Pittsburgh’s Le’Veon Bell ran all over the Bills last week. LeSean McCoy did his best to keep pace. He finished with just 27 yards rushing on 12 carries, but did manage to find the end zone. McCoy also added six catches for 81 yards to his box score, which really gave owners in PPR formats a boost. McCoy’s rushing totals should be much better against Cleveland this week. The Browns have given up the second-most rushing yards this season. McCoy is about to crush his projections and it’s happening at exactly the right time.

Fantasy owners of wide receiver Sammy Watkins also have to be excited. With Buffalo forced to play from behind last week, Watkins caught four passes for 54 yards and his first touchdown of the season. The Browns have allowed 30 passing touchdowns this year, good enough for last place in the NFL in that category. It would be hard to imagine a scenario where Watkins doesn’t at least find one score in a game where neither team is playing for anything but pride.