Fantasy football start or sit Week 15: RJ Harvey, Michael Wilson, Bam Knight

Mike Moraitis

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The fantasy football playoffs are here and owners have start or sit decisions to make with Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Michael Wilson and running back Bam Knight, and Denver Broncos running back RJ Harvey.

Wilson has been thrust into a bigger role in the absence of Marvin Harrison Jr., who is missing yet another game in Week 15.

Knight became the Cardinals' starter several weeks back after injuries to James Conner and Trey Benson, neither of whom will be back this season.

As for Harvey, he is also the beneficiary of an injury, with the rookie becoming the Broncos' lead back after JK Dobbins went down.

Here's our start or sit advice for Week 15 for Wilson, Knight and Harvey.

RJ Harvey start or sit advice

Harvey has become the lead back in Denver in the wake of JK Dobbins' injury, and that will continue in Week 15.

Since taking over as the starter in Week 11, Harvey ranks as RB10 overall in fantasy points per game in that span, making him a solid RB2 play.

This isn't a great matchup, though, as the Green Bay Packers are surrendering the sixth-fewest fantasy points per game to running backs this season.

However, volume alone is a reason to start Harvey, as the rookie has seen a total of 17.6 touches per contest during his time as the starter. He has also found the end zone three times over the last two weeks.

Because of the matchup, we'd downgrade Harvey to more of a high-end flex option, but he should be in lineups regardless.

Verdict: Start

Michael Wilson start or sit advice

Wilson has a very tough matchup against a Houston Texans defense giving up the fourth-fewest fantasy points per game to wide receivers this season.

However, Wilson has just been too good when Marvin Harrison Jr. Hasn't been in the lineup, which is again the case this week. In three games without Harrison, Wilson has tallied a ridiculous 36/445/2 stat line.

He should be in lineups this week.

Verdict: Start

Bam Knight start or sit advice

Despite being the clear lead back since Week 6, Knight is only averaging 12.3 touches per contest, which isn't great. The expectation is Emari Demercado will return from injury this week, so Knight will have more competition for touches.

Now consider the fact that Knight draws a matchup against a Texans defense ceding the 10th-fewest fantasy points per game to backs this season and that only adds to the concern about starting him this week.

We'd consider Knight a touchdown-dependent flex option and that's just not enough to put him in lineups.

Verdict: Sit

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