The Worksheet, a comprehensive fantasy football preview by Rich Hribar, breaks down everything you need to know about the Week 15 matchup between the Texans and Cardinals.
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| Arizona | Rank | @ | Houston | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.5 | Spread | -9.5 | ||
| 16.5 | Implied Total | 26.0 | ||
| 21.7 | 21 | Points/Gm | 21.8 | 20 |
| 26.8 | 0 | Points All./Gm | 16.0 | 0 |
| 65.2 | 4 | Plays/Gm | 64.5 | 7 |
| 62.2 | 19 | Opp. Plays/Gm | 57.4 | 5 |
| 5.1 | 22 | Off. Yards/Play | 5.0 | 26 |
| 5.6 | 24 | Def. Yards/Play | 4.6 | 4 |
| 34.67% | 31 | Rush% | 41.77% | 22 |
| 65.33% | 2 | Pass% | 58.23% | 11 |
| 43.63% | 18 | Opp. Rush % | 40.48% | 7 |
| 56.37% | 15 | Opp. Pass % | 59.52% | 26 |
- Houston has a league-best +8 turnover differential over their past six games.
- The Texans have the best point differential (+68) in the fourth quarter this season.
- Arizona has the worst point differential (-75) in the league over their past five games.
- 80.2% of Arizona's yardage over that span has come via passing, the highest share in the league.
- Houston has a league-best 64.6% success rate against passing plays.
- Arizona has a 51.5% success rate defending passing plays, 30th.
- The Texans are allowing a league-low 1.37 points per drive.
- Arizona has allowed 2.60 points per drive over their past seven games, 29th in the league.
- The Texans have allowed a league-best 59.75 fewer points this season than their opponents' implied totals.
- The next closest team (Seattle) has allowed 34.5 fewer points than their opponents' implied totals.
- Arizona is 5-1 against the spread on the road (2nd) compared to a league-worst 1-6 ATS at home.
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Quarterback
Jacoby Brissett: It was business as usual for Brissett on Sunday.
He completed only 56.8% of his passes for 6.2 yards per attempt against the Rams, but he threw the ball 44 times, added 2 more passing touchdowns, and finished as the QB12 (19.0 points).
Brissett did at least throw a first half passing touchdown this week (his first since Week 9) instead of relying strictly on the garbage time.
It was the eighth straight game in which Brissett was able to log a QB1 scoring week.
Brissett has thrown the ball at least 40 times in five straight games.
You can bet on a high passing rate here again, but as sturdy as Brissett has been at reaching that back-end QB1 area of weekly scoring, this is a matchup where I am docking him to a volume-based QB2.
The Texans are second in passing points per attempt (0.306) and second in passing points per game (9.6).
Houston has allowed multiple passing touchdowns just four times this season, and no passer has thrown more than 2 touchdowns against them.
Brissett has not thrown more than 2 touchdowns in a game yet.
They have not allowed a QB1-scoring week this season or a quarterback to reach 20 fantasy points in a game.
The Texans have faced Josh Allen (8.1 points) and Patrick Mahomes (6.3 points) over the past three weeks, to go along with matchups against Matthew Stafford (13.6 points) and Sam Darnold (8.6 points).
To compound matters for Brissett, left tackle Paris Johnson is expected to miss this week’s game with a knee injury.
Johnson has been their best lineman this year.
Arizona already lost right tackle Jonah Williams weeks ago.
If Brissett does have an added out here, Houston has allowed a handful of rushing yards to quarterbacks.
They are 25th in rushing yards allowed to quarterbacks (20.8 per game), allowing at least 20 yards rushing to eight different quarterbacks.
C.J. Stroud (TRUST): Stroud came out of a tough matchup in Kansas City on Sunday night completing 15 of 31 passes (48.4%) for 203 yards (6.5 Y/A) with a touchdown.
Stroud only has two QB1 scoring weeks this season, but he is in a great spot to flirt with a third one this week.
His three best games have come against a depleted Baltimore defense (28.8 points), the 49ers (21.7 points), and the Titans (18.4 points).
Stroud is a home favorite with Houston having their highest implied total of the year.
This Arizona defense has been banged up and is limping to the finish line this season.
Over the past five weeks, Arizona has allowed a 68.5% completion rate (30th), a league-high 8.7 yards per pass attempt, and a league-high 8.7% touchdown rate.
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More Week 15 Fantasy Breakdowns From The Worksheet:
| Matchup | Time |
|---|---|
| Falcons @ Bucs | Thursday Night Football |
| Browns @ Bears | Sunday -- 1 p.m. ET |
| Ravens @ Bengals | Sunday -- 1 p.m. ET |
| Chargers @ Chiefs | Sunday -- 1 p.m. ET |
| Bills @ Patriots | Sunday -- 1 p.m. ET |
| Commanders @ Giants | Sunday -- 1 p.m. ET |
| Raiders @ Eagles | Sunday -- 1 p.m. ET |
| Jets @ Jaguars | Sunday -- 1 p.m. ET |
| Cardinals @ Texans | Sunday -- 1 p.m. ET |
| Packers @ Broncos | Sunday -- 4:25 p.m. ET |
| Lions @ Rams | Sunday -- 4:25 p.m. ET |
| Panthers @ Saints | Sunday -- 4:25 p.m. ET |
| Titans @ 49ers | Sunday -- 4:25 p.m. ET |
| Colts @ Seahawks | Sunday -- 4:25 p.m. ET |
| Vikings @ Cowboys | Sunday Night Football |
| Dolphins @ Steelers | Monday Night Football |
