DeAndre Hopkins

Brown practiced in full throughout the week and will now make his Chiefs debut on Saturday versus the Texans. The Chiefs will ease Brown back into the lineup, keeping him off the fantasy radar for Week 16. However, his return makes already thin bets in Xavier Worthy and DeAndre Hopkins that much worse for fantasy purposes. Hopkins has been a part-time player since joining the Chiefs and now there's even more of a threat to his routes. Xavier Worthy, on the other hand, runs all of the routes but rarely sees WR1 usage. His 11-target outing in Week 15 will keep him in the WR3 ranks for Saturday's matchup with Houston.

Though Mahomes won't be nearly 100 percent recovered from his Week 15 high ankle sprain, the "expectation," per Palmer, is that he'll be under center for the Chiefs on Saturday against Houston. Mahomes logged a full practice on Tuesday. Barring a setback in the next couple days, he should be able to start for KC against a tough Texans defense. If not, Carson Wentz would get the nod. Mahomes under center would be something of a boon for Travis Kelce and DeAndre Hopkins.

Though Mahomes is "built differently," per Rapoport, and won't miss the usual 4-6 weeks it takes to recover from a high ankle sprain, his Week 16 status is in doubt. That would mean Carson Wentz would get the nod for KC against the Texans. It would be a marked downgrade for Travis Kelce, DeAndre Hopkins, and the rest of the Chiefs pass catchers. The team will do everything in its power to have Mahomes ready to go for the postseason.

Hopkins' 36 yards were actually his second most of the past five weeks, which tells you where he's been at in fantasy of late. Hopkins has had the decency to furnish a 4-5 catch floor, but it's coming with zero ceiling. That briefly appeared to change Sunday when Hopkins seemed to have a 40-plus yard grab to get the Chiefs inside the Browns' five-yard line early in the third quarter, but replay review quickly revealed the ball hitting the ground. Now the question becomes Patrick Mahomes' (ankle) status for Week 16. Mahomes seems like he could play if it were a must-win game, but the Chiefs seem unlikely to view it that way. Either way, Hopkins will be struggling to crack the top 36 for the fantasy semifinals.

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