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Start/Sit: Wide Receivers (Week 16)

December 19, 2025

START

Courtland Sutton vs Jaguars

The Jaguars may carry a top 10 defense this year but their weakness has been the passing game. They’ve been giving up big days to receivers in three of the last four weeks (exception Titans) and that includes AD Mitchell in Week 15 with a rookie QB making his debut. For all the negatives said about the Broncos offense, they’re starting to click and Sutton’s production is ramping back up at the perfect time.

DK Metcalf at Lions

DK has been money once again over the last few weeks and he gets a juicy matchup against the Lions at Ford Field. Detroit has been bleeding yards and points to everyone lately and it’s not going to stop now as they continue to rack up injuries on the defensive side of the ball. Metcalf is coming off just a 3 target game against Miami but he remains the main go to target for Rodgers when they look to throw the ball. This game should be back and forth enough with a Lions team fighting for their playoff lives to where there will be plenty of points to go around.

Emeka Egbuka at Panthers

Egbuka started off the season in a hot way and made everyone who drafted him look like a genius. Then he went through a bit of a tough stretch from week 6 onward, but that tough time coincided with Mike Evans going down to injury. Evans returned last week against Atlanta and Egbuka went back to making the most of his targets (though they were the lowest he’s received since week 6). The drop in targets doesn’t concern me as they were higher quality. However, we’ll want to watch Evan’s practice status going into week 16 as he came up with an injury once again.

Bonus (initially a sit): DJ Moore vs Packers

This play will be all about monitoring the injury situation for the Bears. Odunze was ruled out during pregame warm ups last week and Luther Burden was the one to step up in a big way while having a breakout game. However, it was DJ Moore who turned his four receptions into two touchdowns which gave him a massive day. DJM has a history of a big game followed by 5 straight duds. Luther Burden exited the game with an injury as well so if both he and Odunze are ruled out, I may be more inclined to roll the dice.

SIT

George Pickens vs Chargers

No, I get it. You’re probably going to start him, but we now have two straight weeks of Pickens disappearing when you needed him the most. The big games in September were fun, but if you survived round 1, I’m not sure you can just let him ride once again. The Chargers defense is no slouch and come in ranked 3rd in the league, allowing for less than 180 yards per game. If there’s a weakness, it’ll be attacked by the tight end slot as Bowers, Goedert and Kelce (the last three weeks) are the three that have been able to find the most success outside of AJB.

Zay Flowers vs Patriots

Nothing against Lamar, but I’ll always say that Zay Flowers would have been a super star had he been drafted anywhere other than Baltimore. He’s still a very successful and talented player, but you just see the juice he has. The Ravens have been struggling most weeks to get him the ball and it won’t get any easier taking on a Vrabel defense that’s been dominating. New England is coming off a game against the Bills where they blew the lead, I expect them to lockdown a shaky passing attack from Baltimore.

Jaylen Waddle vs Bengals

This feels obvious but he’s still ranked highly on many sites making this post very necessary. I’m not even sure the Tua benching is the most important factor for sending my Dolphins weapons to the bench. The playcalling has been awful, we have Quinn Ewers getting the start, everything around Miami just screams, “I can’t wait to go to Cancun.” He’s probably more of a flex choice for you at this point and I would probably go with the other guy. I’m so desperate, I’m riding nonexistent David Montgomery over him in the semi final.

Keith, Author

Keith runs youth flag football leagues by day, and by night he hosts the podcast and writes articles with the confidence of a man who’s been rushing quarterbacks since dial-up. A longtime flag football DE and lifelong Falcons fan, he’s no stranger to heartbreak and enjoys watching the bears get slaughtered each week. Equal parts coach, critic, and chaos, Keith calls it like he sees it… even if it hurts.