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🏈 20 Players To Start/Sit for Week 17

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A LIL NOTE

Hey Movers,

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Happy Holidays to you and yours, and I’ll catch you in the offseason!

-Stephen

MOVES GLOSSARY

Implied Team Total - projected point totals for each team based on NFL odds, per Eat, Drink, and Sleep Football

Opponent FP/G Allowed - opponent fantasy points per game allowed to the position, per FantasyPoints

% Started - Percentage of starting lineups player is in, according to Yahoo

Smash Spots - favorable matchups

Landmines - unfavorable matchups

Boost Expectations - player is in most starting lineups and has a good matchup

Temper Expectations - player is in most starting lineups but has a bad matchup

Start - player is in some starting lineups and has a good matchup

Sit - player is in some starting lineups and has a bad matchup

QUARTERBACKS

QUARTERBACKS
🔥 Smash Spots

Start Dak Prescott (77% started) vs. Commanders: 6th-best matchup for QBs, 3rd-highest implied team total

Start Matthew Stafford (68% started) vs. Falcons: 17th-best matchup for QBs, 2nd-highest implied team total

Start Brock Purdy (57% started) vs. Bears: 10th-best matchup for QBs, 5th-highest implied team total

Start Jacoby Brissett (44% started) vs. Bengals: 3rd-best matchup for QBs, 13th-highest implied team total

Start Trevor Lawrence (37% started) vs. Colts: 15th-best matchup for QBs, 6th-highest implied team total

QUARTERBACKS
💣 Landmines

Sit Justin Herbert (41% started) vs. Texans: 2nd-worst matchup for QBs, t-12th-lowest implied team total

Sit CJ Stroud (23% started) vs. Chargers: 3rd-worst matchup for QBs, t-7th-lowest implied team total

Sit Aaron Rodgers (10% started) vs. Browns: 4th-worst matchup for QBs, 6th-lowest implied team total

RUNNING BACKS

RUNNING BACKS
🔥 Smash Spots

Boost Expectations for Saquon Barkley (98% started) vs. Bills: 3rd-best matchup for RBs, 16th-lowest implied team total

Boost Expectations for Chase Brown (94% started) vs. Cardinals: 4th-best matchup for RBs, highest implied team total

Boost Expectations for Ashton Jeanty (90% started) vs. Giants: 2nd-best matchup for RBs, t-15th-highest implied team total

Start Javonte Williams (77% started) vs. Commanders: 6th-best matchup for RBs, 3rd-highest implied team total

Sleeper: Start Michael Carter (18% started) vs. Bengals: best matchup for RBs, 13th-highest implied team total

RUNNING BACKS
💣 Landmines

Temper Expectations for Jonathan Taylor (98% started) vs. Jaguars: 2nd-worst matchup for RBs, t-12th-lowest implied team total

Temper Expectations for Breece Hall (79% started) vs. Patriots: 5th-worst matchup for RBs, t-2nd-lowest implied team total

Sit Rico Dowdle (40% started) vs. Seahawks: 7th-worst matchup for RBs, 4th-lowest implied team total

Sit Isiah Pacheco (19% started) vs. Broncos: worst matchup for RBs, lowest implied team total

WIDE RECEIVERS

WIDE RECEIVERS
🔥 Smash Spots

Start Jauan Jennings (56% started) vs. Bears: 8th-best matchup for WRs, 5th-highest implied team total

Sleeper: Start Parker Washington (7% started) vs. Colts: 3rd-best matchup for WRs, 6th-highest implied team total

WIDE RECEIVERS
💣 Landmines

Temper Expectations for Ladd McConkey (77% started) vs. Texans: 2nd-worst matchup for WRs, t-12th-lowest implied team total

TIGHT ENDS

TIGHT ENDS
🔥 Smash Spots

Boost Expectations for Trey McBride (98% started) vs. Bengals: best matchup for TEs, 13th-highest implied team total

Start Harold Fannin Jr. (52% started) vs. Steelers: 3rd-best matchup for TEs, t-2nd-lowest implied team total

Start Brenton Strange (35% started) vs. Colts: 5th-best matchup for TEs, 6th-highest implied team total

TIGHT ENDS
💣 Landmines

Sit Dalton Kincaid (25% started) vs. Eagles: 2nd-worst matchup for TEs, 12th-highest implied team total

DEFENSE/SPECIAL TEAMS

DEFENSE/SPECIAL TEAMS
🔥 Smash Spots

Boost Expectations for Broncos DST (83% started) vs. Chiefs: 15th-worst matchup for DSTs, lowest opponent implied team total

Start Steelers DST (56% started) vs. Browns: 3rd-best matchup for DSTs, t-2nd-lowest opponent implied team total

Start Saints DST (51% started) vs. Titans: 4th-best matchup for DSTs, 5th-lowest opponent implied team total

Sleeper: Start Patriots DST (35% started) vs. Jets: 5th-best matchup for DSTs, t-2nd-lowest opponent implied team total

Thanks for reading! Happy Holidays, and good luck this week!

-Stephen

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