Fantasy Corner: Who To Start and Who to Sit in Browns vs Texans

Week Number 2 of your fantasy football playoffs and for the first time all year, starting the playmakers on the Browns team will make the difference

Cleveland and Houston square off on Christmas Eve in a game that has the potential to have a track meet feel to it. 

Cleveland's offense has been on a tear ever since Joe Flacco took over the keys to the offense. His play has unlocked the big play ability of the Cleveland pass catchers and they now are must starts on your fantasy team.

For Houston, their offense took a lump with the injury to former Rookie of the Year and MVP candidate CJ Stroud. However, the Cleveland defense has been bad in road games. No matter the quarterback, they are liable to give up a few big plays.

Here is who you should start and sit in this huge Week 16 matchup between Cleveland and Houston.

Start 'Em

• Wide Receiver - Amari Cooper
• Wide Receiver - Elijah Moore
• Tight End - David Njoku
• Quarterback - Joe Flacco (If necessary)
• Kicker - Dustin Hopkins
• Wide Receiver - Noah Brown
• Wide Receiver - Nico Collins
• Tight End - Dalton Schultz

Sit 'Em

• Running Back - Jerome Ford
  
• Running Back - Devin Singletary 
• Browns Defense
• Texans Defense

Houston brings a top-five rush defense to the table. They lead the league in running backs yards per carry and overall they hold opponents to 3.1 yards per carry. 

Kevin Stefanski has been known to abandon the run very quickly, look for that to be the case on Sunday. While Houston's run defense is one of the league's best, their pass defense struggles. They are the 25th-ranked group in that category and they surrender 239 yards per game through the air. More recently, they gave up over 300 yards to Zach Wilson and the Jets just three weeks ago.

Cleveland's passing attack has the chance to take this game over. Set your fantasy lineups accordingly.