RADIO
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.
Welcome, RotoBallers, to my official tiered rankings for week 17 of this NFL season! You can find my core plays at RB and WR each week in my Anchors column as well as the rest of my favorites plays in our premium cheat sheet.
The concept behind these rankings is to give you an idea of how to approach lineup building for this week's slate. I will rank all relevant players based on their point-per-dollar value in one of five tiers and then provide notes on each tier explaining how I plan to utilize each tier this week.
Tier 1 is going to have most of my favorite plays and likely a good bit of chalk, but you're not likely going to be able to build too many lineups ONLY using players from Tier 1.
Tiers 2 and 3 are going to have some players you will want to mix and match in lineups, likely at lower ownership than Tier 1.
Tiers 4 and 5 are players that I likely won't have much exposure to that week and are players that you should only consider in large field GPPs if you are going to be mass multi-entering a large number of lineups.
NFL Week 17 - Premium DFS Rankings
- Rankings are based primarily on DK pricing and are based on points-per-dollar value, not raw points.
- Core plays are highlighted in green boxes.
- Bold black font indicates the player is useable in all formats - tournaments and cash games.
- Bold blue font indicates the player is preferred for tournaments. These are usually lower-owned pivot plays.
- Red font indicates that I am fading that player, and wouldn't suggest any exposure to them even if you are making multiple builds.
- If a player is not on the chart, it's likely because they are only a part-time player on offense. I will attempt to update the rankings and notes each week on Saturday or Sunday morning once injury news becomes more concrete.
NOTES UPDATED SUNDAY 9:00 AM
Tier 1 Notes:
As usual, here's where all the goodness is! If you can make a lineup using only these players, that's an optimal build for cash games or small field single-entry.
It's a very chalky cash core, but Kupp, Brown, Jones, and Montgomery should absolutely be in your cash build this week. You have to make a decision about how much of them you want in GPPs as it's a massive slate and there are many other good plays on the slate. Trey Lance is your cash game QB with Hurts, Stafford, and Prescott as the other elite options at the position.
There are a lot of stud tight ends, but Travis Kelce is my favorite. You probably can't fit him in cash games, so you may want to pay down to Ertz or even a value option like Cole Kmet.
Tier 2 Notes:
I have highlighted more guys in this tier for cash and GPP than I usually do and I just want to remind everyone that there are multiple pathways to cash. It's a 14-game slate and therefore if you are playing GPPs, you're going to want to go off the beaten path quite a bit and mix in some a lot of these pivots, and there are some good ones!
Tier 3 Notes:
Wesley and Berrios are competing for the value receiver spot in my cash lineup, I don't feel great about either of them but it has to be done. A lot more to like here, but fewer guys that I highlighted since we are now down into the tier where there is potentially more risk than reward.
Tier 4 Notes:
I would never tell you not to play anyone if you have a really strong conviction about them or a specific angle you are targeting. But for me, I am likely keeping my builds to players from the top three tiers this week and focusing on cash games and single-entry or 3-max tournaments.
Tier 5 Notes:
Most of my fades are down here and guys that I don't see having much upside. I rarely dip into Tier 5 even in my GPP builds and you really shouldn't either, unless you are max-entering and want to grab a small percentage of a player there.
Download Our Free News & Alerts Mobile App
Like what you see? Download our updated fantasy football app for iPhone and Android with 24x7 player news, injury alerts, rankings, starts/sits & more. All free!
