Fantasy Football Rankings & Tiers. Week 17
It is time to make those tough lineup decisions for Week 17, and Dwain has you covered with in-depth player tiers, rankings and analysis.
It is time to make those tough lineup decisions for Week 17 of the fantasy football season.
Below you’ll find positional rankings, player analysis, betting totals, and implied points for every game on the slate.
Find all of our positional rankings here.
Fantasy Football Rankings & Tiers – Week 17
Last updated: 11 pm, Saturday, December 30th. Please refer to our Rankings page for updates!
Quarterback
| Tier 1 – Justin Fields | Ignore the Week 16 results; Fields is a SMASH play as a top-three QB in Week 17. | Additional QB Notes & Movers: | Tier 2 – Dak Prescott | Prescott UPGRADES to mid-range QB1 status. | Tier 2 – Jared Goff | Goff is a low-end QB1. | Tier 3 – Geno Smith | Tyler Lockett | Smith DOWNGRADES to mid-range QB2 status. | Running Back | Tier 1 – Saquon Barkley | Barkley has a great setup and is a SMASH play. | Tier 1 – James Conner | Conner is a top-six RB in Week 17. | Tier 2 – Travis Etienne | Etienne is a SMASH play as a top-eight RB. | Tier 2 – Brian Robinson Jr. | Antonio Gibson | Jonathan Williams | Jaret Patterson | He climbs to high-end RB2 status | Travis Etienne, Nick Chubb, | Joe Mixon | Tier 3 – Miles Sanders | Sanders a mid-range RB2 with a high-end RB1 upside. | Tier 3 – Cam Akers | Akers is a mid-range RB2 that ranks ahead of names like Najee Harris, Leonard Fournette and Devin Singletary on championship weekend. | Tier 3 – Tyler Allgeier | David Blough | Allgeier is a mid-range RB2 with high-end RB1 upside. | Tier 4 – Zack Moss | Deon Jackson | Moss is a high-end RB3 with high-end RB2 upside in Week 17. | Additional RB Notes & Movers: | Tier 2 – Josh Jacobs | Jarrett Stidham | Jacobs DOWNGRADES to a low-end RB1 that could perform more like an RB3. | Tier 2 – Kenneth Walker III | Walker is a high-end RB2. | Tier 3 – David Montgomery | Khalil Herbert | Montgomery is a mid-range RB2 with upside. | Tier 4 – Zonovan Knight | He is a mid-range RB2. | Wide Receiver | Tier 1 – CeeDee Lamb | Look for Lamb to have a highly efficient game on Thursday night as a top-five SMASH play. | Tier 2 – Garrett Wilson | Zach Wilson | Mike White | Wilson UPGRADES to a low-end WR1 and is a SMASH play with White back under center. | Tier 3 – Jerry Jeudy | Russell Wilson | As the reports are positive by Friday, he is a low-end WR2 with upside. | Tier 4 – DeAndre Hopkins | Colt McCoy | David Blough | Hopkins falls to low-end WR2 territory. | Tier 4 – Tyler Lockett | Lockett falls into the WR3 range and carries a lower floor and ceiling than usual. | Additional WR Notes & Movers: | Tier 3 – Christian Watson | Watson is a mid-range WR2 if cleared for action. | Tier 4 – Terry McLaurin | Carson Wentz | McLaurin DOWNGRADES to a low-end WR2 that could perform more like a WR4. | Tier 4 – Drake London | London UPGRADES to low-end WR2 status. | Tight End | Tier 2 – Dalton Schultz |
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| 13 | 91% | 21% | 20% | 13.2 | 35% | 50% | 11% | 50% | 5.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 88% | 27% | 26% | 9.6 | 29% | 50% | 13% | 20% | 14.7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 89% | 13% | 13% | 6.0 | 9% | 0% | 0% | 25% | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 87% | 11% | 11% | 7.0 | 10% | 0% | 0% | 25% | 7.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| YTD | 66% | 20% | 15% | 7.7 | 14% | 21% | 10% | 29% | 8.7 |
Schultz has a 20% TPRR on the season and averaged 26% from Week 7 to Week 14. We haven’t seen a high TPRR and route participation game intersect yet for the veteran TE. However, if it happens, he has No. 1 TE potential.
Schultz is a mid-range TE1 with upside.
TE Notes & Movers:
- Tier 1 – George Kittle is on fire without Deebo Samuel in the lineup, posting 25.3 and 30.0 fantasy points. Those are WR1 numbers. This weekend, the 49ers face a Vegas defense with the fifth-worst PFF coverage grade (55.2). Kittle is the No. 2 TE behind Travis Kelce.