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Who should I start for Week 15? Fantasy football outlooks for Sincere McCormick, Alexander Mattison, Ameer Abdullah. Our expert fantasy football start 'em, sit 'em picks.
Playoffs? Playoffs?! Are you kidding me? Well, we blinked, and here we are. Do you want to rewind the clock, go back 13-14 weeks, and start over? Or has your team locked in the top seed, and you are happy to be here? Either way, here we are, and I look forward to discussing some running backs for Week 15.
The Las Vegas Raiders take on the Atlanta Falcons in Week 15 with Desmond Ridder under center on Monday Night Football. It is safe to say that they will likely try to run the ball, so let's talk through the Raiders running back room.
I’ll highlight recent statistics for these players, share my recommendations for Week 15, and evaluate whether they should be in your starting lineups.
Should I Start Sincere McCormick for Fantasy Football?
The Las Vegas Raiders' running back, Sincere McCormick, rushed for 78 yards on 15 carries during Sunday's Week 14 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He also caught two of his three targets for an additional 11 receiving yards. McCormick gave fantasy managers an admirable performance while filling in for Alexander Mattison (ankle) and Zamir White (quad).
Head coach Antonio Pierce was asked by reporters on Wednesday whether or not Sincere McCormick will be RB1 when Alexander Mattison returns. He responded with, “Yep. He’s deserved it. Last week, he was running his tail off. So, keep running it, keep pushing those numbers up, see if we can get him to 100.”
“You only get a shot, do not miss your chance to play,” Sincere McCormick in his head probably as he spun out of two tackles.
pic.twitter.com/YdPw629gUe— Levi Edwards (@theleviedwards) December 8, 2024
McCormick is the running back to have for the Raiders. This week, he takes on the Atlanta Falcons, who have given up the seventh-fewest fantasy points to opposing running backs. This makes McCormick a decent RB3 for this week or a potential flex option, depending on your other options. RotoBallers ranks McCormick as RB28 in Week 15.
Should I Start Alexander Mattison for Fantasy Football?
Las Vegas Raiders running back Alexander Mattison (ankle) was a full participant during Thursday's practice session. This is good news for him, and it appears Mattison is ready to return to the field for the first time since Week 11. However, as mentioned above, Mattison is expected to be demoted to the backup role, according to head coach Antonio Pierce.
Alexander Mattison goes 31 yards for the @Raiders first TD of 2024!
📺: #LVvsLAC on CBS/Paramount+
📱: https://t.co/waVpO8ZBqG pic.twitter.com/TZJ9X8R9Cm— NFL (@NFL) September 8, 2024
This makes Mattison a touchdown-dependent running back in Week 15. Fantasy managers should look elsewhere for production at the running back position. RotoBallers ranks Mattison as RB56 in Week 15.
Should I Start Ameer Abdullah for Fantasy Football?
Las Vegas Raiders running back Ameer Abdullah was a non-factor in Sunday's 28-13 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He touched the ball twice for negative two yards. After handling lead back duties in the Raiders' offense over the last few weeks, the veteran bottomed out in Week 14 -- playing clear second-fiddle to Sincere McCormick, who we discussed above.
Ameer Abdullah breaks a tackle for the @Raiders TD!
📺: #LVvsMIA on CBS/Paramount+
📱: https://t.co/waVpO909ge pic.twitter.com/vVUPpDgtz1— NFL (@NFL) November 17, 2024
Abdullah can be dropped in 10-12-person leagues and should not be viewed as more than a third-down running back moving forward. In addition, with Mattison tracking to play in Week 15, there's a chance he does not see the field at all.
Popular Week 15 Searches - Start/Sit Comparisons
Below are some popular Week 15 searches and comparisons from our Who To Start tool for Sincere McCormick, Alexander Mattison, Ameer Abdullah 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:
Isaac Guerendo or Sincere Mccormick
Tank Bigsby or Sincere Mccormick
Braelon Allen or Sincere Mccormick
Travis Etiennejr or Sincere Mccormick
Patrick Taylorjr or Sincere Mccormick
Gus Edwards or Sincere Mccormick
Dandre Swift or Sincere Mccormick
Rhamondre Stevenson or Sincere Mccormick
Najee Harris or Sincere Mccormick
Jayden Reed or Sincere Mccormick
Javonte Williams or Sincere Mccormick
Tyrone Tracyjr or Sincere Mccormick
Zach Charbonnet or Sincere Mccormick
Bucky Irving or Sincere Mccormick
Adam Thielen or Sincere Mccormick
Deebo Samuelsr or Sincere Mccormick
James Cook or Sincere Mccormick
Patrick Taylorjr or Sincere Mccormick
Calvin Ridley or Sincere Mccormick
Isiah Pacheco or Sincere Mccormick
Breece Hall or Sincere Mccormick
Jonnu Smith or Sincere Mccormick
Patrick Taylorjr or Sincere Mccormick
Rome Odunze or Sincere Mccormick
Jordan Addison or Sincere Mccormick
Quentin Johnston or Sincere Mccormick
Rachaad White or Sincere Mccormick
Jerry Jeudy or Sincere Mccormick
Kareem Hunt or Alexander Mattison
Keon Coleman or Sincere Mccormick
Nick Chubb or Sincere Mccormick
Sincere Mccormick or Ameer Abdullah
Amari Cooper or Sincere Mccormick
Darnell Mooney or Sincere Mccormick
Dk Metcalf or Sincere Mccormick
Jameson Williams or Sincere Mccormick
Jaylen Warren or Sincere Mccormick
Kareem Hunt or Sincere Mccormick
Khalil Shakir or Sincere Mccormick
Malik Nabers or Sincere Mccormick
Patrick Taylorjr or Sincere Mccormick
Patrick Taylorjr or Sincere Mccormick
Rayray Mccloudiii or Sincere Mccormick
Sean Tucker or Sincere Mccormick
Tyjae Spears or Sincere Mccormick
Tyjae Spears or Sincere Mccormick
Tyrone Tracyjr or Sincere Mccormick
Devonta Smith or Sincere Mccormick
Isaiah Davis or Sincere Mccormick
Jahmyr Gibbs or Sincere Mccormick
James Conner or Sincere Mccormick
James Cook or Sincere Mccormick
Jerome Ford or Alexander Mattison
Nick Chubb or Ameer Abdullah
Patrick Taylorjr or Sincere Mccormick
Patrick Taylorjr or Sincere Mccormick
Patrick Taylorjr or Sincere Mccormick
Tank Bigsby or Sincere Mccormick
Tucker Kraft or Sincere Mccormick
Aaron Jones or Sincere Mccormick
Adam Thielen or Sincere Mccormick
Alvin Kamara or Sincere Mccormick
Braelon Allen or Alexander Mattison
Breece Hall or Sincere Mccormick
Cade Otton or Sincere Mccormick
Cedric Tillman or Sincere Mccormick
Dandre Swift or Alexander Mattison
Dandre Swift or Sincere Mccormick
Deandre Hopkins or Alexander Mattison
Deebo Samuelsr or Sincere Mccormick
Demario Douglas or Sincere Mccormick
Devaughn Vele or Sincere Mccormick
Devin Singletary or Alexander Mattison
Dj Moore or Alexander Mattison
Drake London or Sincere Mccormick
Elijah Moore or Sincere Mccormick
Gus Edwards or Ameer Abdullah
Gus Edwards or Sincere Mccormick
Isaac Guerendo or Sincere Mccormick
Isaac Guerendo or Sincere Mccormick
Jahmyr Gibbs or Sincere Mccormick
Jaleel Mclaughlin or Sincere Mccormick
James Conner or Sincere Mccormick
Jauan Jennings or Sincere Mccormick
Javonte Williams or Sincere Mccormick
Javonte Williams or Sincere Mccormick
Jaylen Waddle or Sincere Mccormick
Jaylen Wright or Sincere Mccormick
Jeremy Mcnichols or Sincere Mccormick
Jonathan Taylor or Sincere Mccormick
Keenan Allen or Sincere Mccormick
Kenneth Walkeriii or Sincere Mccormick
Kenneth Walkeriii or Sincere Mccormick
Kimani Vidal or Sincere Mccormick
Ladd Mcconkey or Sincere Mccormick
Marvin Harrisonjr or Sincere Mccormick
Michael Pittmanjr or Sincere Mccormick
Nick Westbrookikhine or Sincere Mccormick
Patrick Taylorjr or Sincere Mccormick
Patrick Taylorjr or Sincere Mccormick
Patrick Taylorjr or Sincere Mccormick
Patrick Taylorjr or Sincere Mccormick
Rachaad White or Sincere Mccormick
Ray Davis or Sincere Mccormick
Sincere Mccormick or Ameer Abdullah
Sincere Mccormick or Sincere Mccormick
Tank Bigsby or Alexander Mattison
Tank Bigsby or Sincere Mccormick
Tank Bigsby or Sincere Mccormick
Tank Bigsby or Sincere Mccormick
Tank Bigsby or Sincere Mccormick
Tank Bigsby or Sincere Mccormick
Tee Higgins or Sincere Mccormick
Tee Higgins or Sincere Mccormick
Tj Hockenson or Sincere Mccormick
Tony Pollard or Sincere Mccormick
Tre Tucker or Sincere Mccormick
Tyler Allgeier or Sincere Mccormick
Tyrone Tracyjr or Sincere Mccormick
Xavier Worthy or Sincere Mccormick
Aaron Jones or Alexander Mattison
Aaron Jones or Sincere Mccormick
Aaron Jones or Sincere Mccormick
Adam Thielen or Sincere Mccormick
Adam Thielen or Sincere Mccormick
Aj Brown or Sincere Mccormick
Alvin Kamara or Sincere Mccormick
Alvin Kamara or Sincere Mccormick
Amari Cooper or Sincere Mccormick
Amari Cooper or Sincere Mccormick
Amari Cooper or Sincere Mccormick
Amari Cooper or Sincere Mccormick
Ameer Abdullah or Alexander Mattison
Ameer Abdullah or Alexander Mattison
Ameer Abdullah or Sincere Mccormick
Audric Estime or Sincere Mccormick
Braelon Allen or Sincere Mccormick
Braelon Allen or Sincere Mccormick
Braelon Allen or Sincere Mccormick
Braelon Allen or Sincere Mccormick
Brandin Cooks or Sincere Mccormick
Breece Hall or Sincere Mccormick
Bucky Irving or Sincere Mccormick
Cade Otton or Sincere Mccormick
Cam Akers or Alexander Mattison
Chase Brown or Sincere Mccormick
Christian Watson or Sincere Mccormick
Chuba Hubbard or Sincere Mccormick
Chuba Hubbard or Sincere Mccormick
Cooper Kupp or Sincere Mccormick
Courtland Sutton or Sincere Mccormick
David Montgomery or Sincere Mccormick
Deandre Hopkins or Sincere Mccormick
Deebo Samuelsr or Sincere Mccormick
Deebo Samuelsr or Sincere Mccormick
Deebo Samuelsr or Sincere Mccormick
Devin Singletary or Alexander Mattison
Devin Singletary or Ameer Abdullah
Devin Singletary or Sincere Mccormick
Devin Singletary or Sincere Mccormick
Devin Singletary or Sincere Mccormick
Devonta Smith or Sincere Mccormick
Dj Moore or Sincere Mccormick
Dk Metcalf or Sincere Mccormick
Dk Metcalf or Sincere Mccormick
Elijah Moore or Sincere Mccormick
Garrett Wilson or Sincere Mccormick
Grant Calcaterra or Alexander Mattison
Hunter Henry or Sincere Mccormick
Isaac Guerendo or Sincere Mccormick
Isaac Guerendo or Sincere Mccormick
Isaac Guerendo or Sincere Mccormick
Isaac Guerendo or Sincere Mccormick
Isaac Guerendo or Sincere Mccormick
Isaiah Davis or Alexander Mattison
Isaiah Davis or Sincere Mccormick
Isaiah Davis or Sincere Mccormick
Isaiah Davis or Sincere Mccormick
Isiah Pacheco or Sincere Mccormick
Isiah Pacheco or Sincere Mccormick
Jake Ferguson or Sincere Mccormick
Jakobi Meyers or Ameer Abdullah
Jakobi Meyers or Sincere Mccormick
Jaleel Mclaughlin or Ameer Abdullah
Jaleel Mclaughlin or Sincere Mccormick
Jaleel Mclaughlin or Sincere Mccormick
Jalen Mcmillan or Sincere Mccormick
James Conner or Sincere Mccormick
James Conner or Sincere Mccormick
Jameson Williams or Sincere Mccormick
Javonte Williams or Sincere Mccormick
Javonte Williams or Sincere Mccormick
Javonte Williams or Sincere Mccormick
Jaxon Smithnjigba or Sincere Mccormick
Jaylen Warren or Sincere Mccormick
Jaylen Warren or Sincere Mccormick
Jaylen Warren or Sincere Mccormick
Jerome Ford or Sincere Mccormick
Jerry Jeudy or Sincere Mccormick
Jonathan Taylor or Sincere Mccormick
Jonathan Taylor or Sincere Mccormick
Jordan Addison or Sincere Mccormick
Josh Downs or Sincere Mccormick
Josh Downs or Sincere Mccormick
Josh Downs or Sincere Mccormick
Justice Hill or Alexander Mattison
Justice Hill or Ameer Abdullah
Juwan Johnson or Alexander Mattison
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Keenan Allen or Sincere Mccormick
Kendre Miller or Alexander Mattison
Kenneth Walkeriii or Sincere Mccormick
Keon Coleman or Sincere Mccormick
Khalil Shakir or Sincere Mccormick
Kyle Pitts or Sincere Mccormick
Marquez Valdesscantling or Sincere Mccormick
Marvin Harrisonjr or Sincere Mccormick
Marvin Harrisonjr or Sincere Mccormick
Najee Harris or Sincere Mccormick
Najee Harris or Sincere Mccormick
Najee Harris or Sincere Mccormick
Najee Harris or Sincere Mccormick
Nick Chubb or Sincere Mccormick
Nick Chubb or Sincere Mccormick
Pat Freiermuth or Sincere Mccormick
Patrick Taylorjr or Sincere Mccormick
Patrick Taylorjr or Sincere Mccormick
Patrick Taylorjr or Sincere Mccormick
Patrick Taylorjr or Sincere Mccormick
Patrick Taylorjr or Sincere Mccormick
Patrick Taylorjr or Sincere Mccormick
Patrick Taylorjr or Sincere Mccormick
Patrick Taylorjr or Sincere Mccormick
Patrick Taylorjr or Sincere Mccormick
Patrick Taylorjr or Sincere Mccormick
Patrick Taylorjr or Sincere Mccormick
Patrick Taylorjr or Sincere Mccormick
Patrick Taylorjr or Sincere Mccormick
Patrick Taylorjr or Sincere Mccormick
Patrick Taylorjr or Sincere Mccormick
Patrick Taylorjr or Sincere Mccormick
Quentin Johnston or Sincere Mccormick
Rachaad White or Sincere Mccormick
Rachaad White or Sincere Mccormick
Rachaad White or Sincere Mccormick
Rhamondre Stevenson or Sincere Mccormick
Rhamondre Stevenson or Sincere Mccormick
Sam Laporta or Sincere Mccormick
Sincere Mccormick or Ameer Abdullah
Sincere Mccormick or Ameer Abdullah
Tank Bigsby or Sincere Mccormick
Tank Bigsby or Sincere Mccormick
Tank Bigsby or Sincere Mccormick
Tank Bigsby or Sincere Mccormick
Tank Dell or Ameer Abdullah
Tank Dell or Sincere Mccormick
Tank Dell or Sincere Mccormick
Terry Mclaurin or Sincere Mccormick
Tim Patrick or Sincere Mccormick
Tony Pollard or Sincere Mccormick
Travis Etiennejr or Sincere Mccormick
Tyjae Spears or Ameer Abdullah
Tyjae Spears or Sincere Mccormick
Tyrone Tracyjr or Sincere Mccormick
Tyrone Tracyjr or Sincere Mccormick
Tyrone Tracyjr or Sincere Mccormick
Will Dissly or Sincere Mccormick
Xavier Worthy or Sincere Mccormick
Xavier Worthy or Sincere Mccormick
Zach Charbonnet or Ameer Abdullah
Zach Charbonnet or Sincere Mccormick
Ray Davis or Sincere Mccormick
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