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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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