Yahoo Fantasy contributor Sal Vetri offers his three findings that will lead managers to success in Week 17 including the sketchy spot and the pickup and play of the week.
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Three key findings that will help you in your week 17 fantasy football matchup.
Starting with finding number 1, and it’s the pickup and play of the week.
And this is the Colts defense.
Indianapolis has had a great fantasy postseason schedule against teams like the Titans and the Broncos, and it gets even better this week against the New York Giants.
And the Giants have been rotating quarterbacks due to just injuries and poor play over the past couple of weeks, but no matter who’s been under center for them, it hasn’t been pretty.
The Giants have one of the worst offensive lines in the league, and when you pair.
That with poor quarterback play, it usually leads to some big days for opposing defenses.
According to PFF, the Colts now have a top 10 defense on the season where the Giants’ offense ranks 29th overall.
It’s one of the biggest mismatches on the week, and it makes the Colts defense a must start this week.
If they’re available on your wave wire, go and grab them.
Now finding number 2 is the sketchy spot of the week, and this is for the Cowboys running back, Rico Da.
Donald has been one of the biggest fantasy bright spots the past few months.
Since week 9, when he returned from an illness, he’s earned over 65% of the.
Cowboy snaps and is averaging over 19 opportunities per game.
And during this stretch, he’s produced 6 top 20 finishes at the running back position weekly and he’s produced more fantasy points per game than guys like Kenneth Walker and Aaron Jones.
Not all has benefited from not only strong play, but an even stronger schedule in the past month against beneficial matchups and run defenses like the Bengals, the Giants, and the Panthers.
But this week, he’s gonna face his first difficult spot in nearly 2 months when he takes on the Philadelphia Eagles as an 11-point road underdog.
Philadelphia.
allows the 7th fewest rushing yards per game and the 2nd fewest rushing touchdowns this year.
Donald will probably have to rely more on his passing game usage in this game to get you there in fantasy.
And look, it’s a sketchy spot.
I know he’s been great, but if you have a viable replacement, you should consider starting them over Donald this week.
And now finding number 3 is the best spot of the week, and this is for the Bucks rookie running back, Bucky Irving.
Irving has been a joy to watch all year, especially if you have him on your fantasy teams because all season long, since week one when he averaged over 8 yards per touch, this guy.
has been efficient.
And during week 17, Irving is just one of 5 running backs to be averaging at least 6 yards per touch this season.
But not only that, according to player profiler, Irving also ranks top 10 in broken tackle rate this year and breakaway runs.
He’s not only explosive, but he’s dynamic as well.
And now Irving gets the absolute dream matchup in the fantasy championships in week 17 against the Carolina Panthers who allowed the most rushing yards per game and the 2nd most rushing touchdowns this year, but that’s not all.
Because Irving just faced.
this Carolina team a month ago when he ended up putting up a career high 185 total yards and a touchdown.
It finished as the RB1 overall on the week.
So congratulations if you have Bucky Irving in your fantasy championship matchup because you officially have the best running back matchup on the week in your roster.
Now, these have been the three key findings that will help you win your week 17 fantasy football matchup.
All I have to do now is always just take this information, put it into your brain, take it into your fantasy championship and smack around the competition with it.
