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With most fantasy leagues kicking off the semifinal round of the fantasy playoffs in Week 16, start/sit decisions are even more important than usual. Today we will look at three starting-quality fantasy running backs and break down what can be expected out of them this week.
With all of the injuries to various running backs over the past few weeks, fantasy managers may need to make some tough decisions as they try to lock up a spot in the championship game next week.
Let's take a look at three running backs who fantasy gamers can consider starting heading into Week 16. More below!
Should I Start Chuba Hubbard for Fantasy Football?
Chuba Hubbard has emerged as one of the best value picks from fantasy drafts this past summer. He has handled the majority of the running-back work for the Panthers and has very little competition for touches for the remainder of the season with rookie Jonathon Brooks unfortunately retearing his ACL two weeks ago and being out indefinitely.
Chuba Hubbard (3)
Carolina Panthers
38 yards
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In Week 16, Hubbard will take on the Arizona Cardinals at home. Arizona has been generous to running backs this season, allowing the 10th-most fantasy points per game to the position. With five rushing touchdowns over his past six games, Hubbard sets up as a low-end RB1/high-end RB2 and should find his way into all fantasy lineups this weekend.
Should I Start Jonathan Taylor for Fantasy Football?
Jonathan Taylor has been a reliable, if unspectacular, fantasy producer in 2024, racking up 911 rushing yards and six touchdowns across 11 games. The Colts have struggled on offense this season as they benched Anthony Richardson for Joe Flacco and then went back to Richardson, which hasn't helped any of their skill players and has capped Taylor's ceiling.
Jonathan Taylor (4)
Indianapolis Colts
2 yards
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Taylor will take on the Tennessee Titans at home in Week 16. The Titans have not been very imposing to opposing running backs this season, allowing the 13th-most fantasy points per game to the position.
The unit appears to be getting worse as they allowed Chase Brown to rack up 26.6 PPR points against them last week while Tank Bigsby and Travis Etienne Jr. combined for 24.2 PPR points in Week 14 and Brian Robinson Jr. and Chris Rodriguez Jr. combined for 33.3 fantasy points the game before that.
Fantasy managers should treat Taylor as a high-end RB2 for Week 16 and should only have him on the bench if they have three no-brainer RB1s ahead of him to start. Let's just hope for all our sakes that he doesn't drop the ball before crossing the goal line this week.
Should I Start Rachaad White for Fantasy Football?
Rachaad White has seen the Bucs give a significant portion of his work to upstart rookie Bucky Irving this season. While not ideal for White after he was the team's bell-cow back in 2023, he has stayed fantasy-relevant thanks to his high touchdown rate and abilities as a pass catcher.
Over the last six games, White has scored six all-purpose touchdowns, three on the ground and three through the air. That being said, his production has been too reliant on touchdowns as he only has six catches over his past four games.
Baker Mayfield (26) to Rachaad White (5)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
9 yards
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In Week 16, White and the Buccaneers will head on the road to take on the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium. This game should be a high-scoring one as it currently has the highest over/under on the slate (48.5 points). The main concern is that White could bust if he doesn't find his way into the end zone as Irving should out-touch him against Dallas. For that reason, White settles in as a high-end RB3/flex type for Week 16.
Popular Week 16 Searches - Start/Sit Comparisons
Below are some popular Week 16 searches and comparisons from our Who To Start tool for Chuba Hubbard, Jonathan Taylor, Rachaad White compared to others. You can also use the free Who Should I Start tool to run your own start/sit comparisons, up to four players at once:
Jerome Ford or Rachaad White
Aaron Jones or Chuba Hubbard
Dandre Swift or Rachaad White
Rico Dowdle or Chuba Hubbard
Rhamondre Stevenson or Rachaad White
Bucky Irving or Chuba Hubbard
Rico Dowdle or Jonathan Taylor
Bucky Irving or Jonathan Taylor
Brian Robinsonjr or Rachaad White
Courtland Sutton or Chuba Hubbard
Courtland Sutton or Jonathan Taylor
Kendre Miller or Rachaad White
Ladd Mcconkey or Rachaad White
Joe Mixon or Jonathan Taylor
Dj Moore or Jonathan Taylor
Courtland Sutton or Rachaad White
Kenneth Walkeriii or Rachaad White
Chuba Hubbard or Jonathan Taylor
Isaac Guerendo or Jonathan Taylor
Jayden Reed or Rachaad White
Isiah Pacheco or Rachaad White
Jonathan Taylor or Rachaad White
Malik Nabers or Chuba Hubbard
Brian Robinsonjr or Chuba Hubbard
Bucky Irving or Rachaad White
Jauan Jennings or Chuba Hubbard
Tyrone Tracyjr or Rachaad White
Adam Thielen or Jonathan Taylor
Rachaad White or Chuba Hubbard
Aaron Jones or Jonathan Taylor
Calvin Ridley or Rachaad White
Alvin Kamara or Jonathan Taylor
Dk Metcalf or Rachaad White
Garrett Wilson or Chuba Hubbard
Khalil Shakir or Rachaad White
Tony Pollard or Jonathan Taylor
Isaac Guerendo or Chuba Hubbard
Rico Dowdle or Rachaad White
Tyreek Hill or Rachaad White
Zay Flowers or Rachaad White
Alvin Kamara or Chuba Hubbard
Cooper Kupp or Jonathan Taylor
Derrick Henry or Chuba Hubbard
Joe Mixon or Rachaad White
Ladd Mcconkey or Jonathan Taylor
James Conner or Chuba Hubbard
Aaron Jones or Rachaad White
Devonta Smith or Jonathan Taylor
James Cook or Jonathan Taylor
Jaylen Warren or Rachaad White
Jonathan Taylor or Chuba Hubbard
Kyren Williams or Chuba Hubbard
Mike Evans or Chuba Hubbard
Aj Brown or Jonathan Taylor
Breece Hall or Jonathan Taylor
Breece Hall or Rachaad White
Chuba Hubbard or Rachaad White
Devon Achane or Jonathan Taylor
Jauan Jennings or Rachaad White
Kenneth Walkeriii or Chuba Hubbard
Najee Harris or Rachaad White
Quentin Johnston or Rachaad White
Adam Thielen or Rachaad White
Dandre Swift or Jonathan Taylor
Davante Adams or Chuba Hubbard
Devon Achane or Chuba Hubbard
Isaac Guerendo or Rachaad White
James Cook or Chuba Hubbard
James Cook or Rachaad White
Jameson Williams or Rachaad White
Jauan Jennings or Jonathan Taylor
Jaxon Smithnjigba or Chuba Hubbard
Jaxon Smithnjigba or Rachaad White
Jerome Ford or Jonathan Taylor
Jerry Jeudy or Jonathan Taylor
Joe Mixon or Chuba Hubbard
Jordan Addison or Jonathan Taylor
Khalil Shakir or Chuba Hubbard
Nico Collins or Chuba Hubbard
Alvin Kamara or Rachaad White
Bo Nix or Jonathan Taylor
Breece Hall or Chuba Hubbard
Brian Thomasjr or Chuba Hubbard
Chase Brown or Jonathan Taylor
Davante Adams or Jonathan Taylor
Derrick Henry or Jonathan Taylor
Dj Moore or Chuba Hubbard
Jahmyr Gibbs or Chuba Hubbard
Jaxon Smithnjigba or Jonathan Taylor
Jonnu Smith or Chuba Hubbard
Jordan Addison or Rachaad White
Josh Jacobs or Chuba Hubbard
Malik Nabers or Jonathan Taylor
Marvin Harrisonjr or Rachaad White
Nico Collins or Jonathan Taylor
Quentin Johnston or Chuba Hubbard
Rhamondre Stevenson or Chuba Hubbard
Rhamondre Stevenson or Jonathan Taylor
Tony Pollard or Rachaad White
Travis Etiennejr or Chuba Hubbard
Aj Brown or Chuba Hubbard
Ameer Abdullah or Rachaad White
Bijan Robinson or Chuba Hubbard
Brian Robinsonjr or Jonathan Taylor
Brian Thomasjr or Jonathan Taylor
Ceedee Lamb or Chuba Hubbard
Chase Brown or Chuba Hubbard
Cooper Kupp or Chuba Hubbard
Dandre Swift or Chuba Hubbard
Darnell Mooney or Chuba Hubbard
Darnell Mooney or Rachaad White
Davante Adams or Rachaad White
Devonta Smith or Rachaad White
Dj Moore or Rachaad White
Drake London or Jonathan Taylor
Garrett Wilson or Jonathan Taylor
Isiah Pacheco or Chuba Hubbard
Jahmyr Gibbs or Jonathan Taylor
Jakobi Meyers or Jonathan Taylor
Jalen Mcmillan or Rachaad White
Jamaal Williams or Rachaad White
Jayden Reed or Chuba Hubbard
Jerome Ford or Chuba Hubbard
Jonathan Taylor or Jonathan Taylor
Jonnu Smith or Jonathan Taylor
Kareem Hunt or Chuba Hubbard
Kareem Hunt or Jonathan Taylor
Keenan Allen or Jonathan Taylor
Kenneth Walkeriii or Jonathan Taylor
Ladd Mcconkey or Chuba Hubbard
Rachaad White or Rachaad White
Saquon Barkley or Chuba Hubbard
Tank Bigsby or Rachaad White
Terry Mclaurin or Chuba Hubbard
Travis Etiennejr or Rachaad White
Tyreek Hill or Jonathan Taylor
Tyrone Tracyjr or Chuba Hubbard
Xavier Worthy or Rachaad White
Zach Charbonnet or Chuba Hubbard
Zach Charbonnet or Jonathan Taylor
Alexander Mattison or Rachaad White
Amonra Stbrown or Chuba Hubbard
Amonra Stbrown or Jonathan Taylor
Bijan Robinson or Rachaad White
Brock Bowers or Rachaad White
Calvin Ridley or Chuba Hubbard
Carson Steele or Rachaad White
Ceedee Lamb or Jonathan Taylor
Cooper Kupp or Rachaad White
David Njoku or Rachaad White
Deebo Samuelsr or Rachaad White
Derrick Henry or Rachaad White
Devon Achane or Rachaad White
Ezekiel Elliott or Jonathan Taylor
Garrett Wilson or Rachaad White
George Kittle or Jonathan Taylor
George Pickens or Chuba Hubbard
Gus Edwards or Rachaad White
Isiah Pacheco or Jonathan Taylor
Jahmyr Gibbs or Rachaad White
Jakobi Meyers or Chuba Hubbard
Jakobi Meyers or Rachaad White
Jalen Coker or Rachaad White
Jalen Mcmillan or Chuba Hubbard
Jamarr Chase or Rachaad White
James Conner or Jonathan Taylor
Javonte Williams or Chuba Hubbard
Javonte Williams or Rachaad White
Jerry Jeudy or Chuba Hubbard
Jerry Jeudy or Rachaad White
Jonnu Smith or Rachaad White
Jordan Addison or Chuba Hubbard
Josh Downs or Rachaad White
Josh Jacobs or Jonathan Taylor
Justice Hill or Rachaad White
Keenan Allen or Rachaad White
Kendre Miller or Chuba Hubbard
Kendre Miller or Jonathan Taylor
Khalil Shakir or Jonathan Taylor
Kyren Williams or Jonathan Taylor
Mark Andrews or Jonathan Taylor
Najee Harris or Jonathan Taylor
Nick Chubb or Rachaad White
Patrick Taylorjr or Jonathan Taylor
Patrick Taylorjr or Rachaad White
Rachaad White or Jonathan Taylor
Rome Odunze or Jonathan Taylor
Romeo Doubs or Rachaad White
Tank Bigsby or Jonathan Taylor
Tank Dell or Rachaad White
Tee Higgins or Jonathan Taylor
Terry Mclaurin or Jonathan Taylor
Terry Mclaurin or Rachaad White
Tony Pollard or Chuba Hubbard
Trey Mcbride or Chuba Hubbard
Tyreek Hill or Chuba Hubbard
Tyrone Tracyjr or Jonathan Taylor
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