7 Fantasy Football Splits That Matter for Week 16
Le'Veon Bell Over Ben Roethlisberger On the Road?
By now you've heard the gushing over Ben Roethlisberger's juicy matchup against the Houston Texans and their 25th-overall passing defense (via our numbers). That makes this as good a time as any to remind everyone of Roethlisberger's road splits the past three seasons (as shown below):
| Place | Games | YPG | YPA | Comp % | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 19 | 327.3 | 8.08 | 67.30% | 52 | 20 |
| Road | 21 | 264.9 | 7.5 | 63.20% | 24 | 23 |
Meanwhile, Le'Veon Bell has scored 64.7% (22 of 34) of his career rushing touchdowns on the road. JuJu Smith-Schuster or Eli Rogers could individually produce seeing as how corner Kevin Johnson has allowed a reception on 77% of his targets this season. (With Antonio Bryant inactive, Rogers should see a massive uptick in usage since he played a season-high 74.32% of snaps in Week 12 when Smith-Schuster was out.)
For large entry tournaments in daily fantasy, though, the pivot is to trust historical trends and pay for Bell against a Texans defense that's surrendered 144.2 rushing yards per game in its last four contests.
