Early Fantasy Football Start 'Em Sit 'Em Picks for Week 17 feat. Tua Tagovailoa, Aaron Jones, Mike Evans, Dalton Kincaid
Week 17 of the 2024 fantasy football season will feature the championship round in many league formats as the playoffs are nearing a conclusion. Managers who have been fortunate enough to survive this long will need to make sure their lineups are fully optimized. Here are some of the best targets and fades to help them do so.
Fantasy Football Week 17 Start 'Em picks
Aaron Jones has been consistently solid in the 2024 fantasy football season in his first year with the Minnesota Vikings. He ranks as the overall RB15 and has ranked among the weekly top 20 running backs eight times. One of those performances came against his former team, the Green Bay Packers, who he will face again in Week 17.
He is joined by Mike Evans, who is having another strong fantasy football season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He has finished among the top 10 weekly wide receivers five times this year, including in two of his past four games. He gets an excellent Week 17 matchup versus the Carolina Panthers, who he finished as the weekly WR4 against in their first meeting on Dec. 1.
Must Starts
- Josh Allen
- Jalen Hurts
- Joe Burrow
- Jayden Daniels
- Lamar Jackson
- Baker Mayfield
- Saquon Barkley
- Derrick Henry
- Aaron Jones
- Chase Brown
- James Conner
- Kyren Williams
- Joe Mixon
- James Cook
- Bijan Robinson
- Jahmyr Gibbs
- Amon-Ra St. Brown
- AJ Brown
- Terry McLaurin
- Jonathan Taylor
- Josh Jacobs
- De'Von Achane
- CeeDee Lamb
- Justin Jefferson
- Malik Nabers
- Davante Adams
- Nico Collins
- Mike Evans
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba
- DJ Moore
- Courtland Sutton
- Ja'Marr Chase
- Tee Higgins
- Puka Nacua
- Trey McBride
- Brock Bowers
- George Kittle
- Travis Kelce
- David Njoku
DFS Picks
- Bo Nix
- Anthony Richardson
- Bucky Irving
- Aaron Jones
- Kendre Miller
- Courtland Sutton
- Jordan Addison
- Mike Evans
- Jonnu Smith
- Tucker Kraft
Fantasy Football Week 17 Sit 'Em picks
Tua Tagovailoa has been struggling in recent weeks for the Miami Dolphins, finishing outside of the weekly top 20 fantasy football quarterbacks in each of his past two games. He has also performed worse on the road than he has at home, finishing outside of the top 20 in three of his four road games overall. He will have to go on the road again in Week 17 to face the Cleveland Browns, making him a fade.
Another player to avoid in Week 17 fantasy football is Dalton Kincaid, who has been extremely disappointing for the Buffalo Bills this season. He entered the year with high expectations of emerging as an elite tight end, but he has finished better than the weekly TE14 just once. This makes him a fade against a solid New York Jets passing defense.
Must Sits
- Tua Tagovailoa
- Geno Smith
- Alexander Mattison
- Austin Ekeler
- Rhamondre Stevenson
- Michael Pittman Jr.
- Amari Cooper
- Tyler Lockett
- Kyle Pitts
- Dalton Kincaid
DFS Fades
- Patrick Mahomes
- Russell Wilson
- D'Andre Swift
- Breece Hall
- Jerome Ford
- Deebo Samuel
- DeVonta Smith
- Zay Flowers
- Jake Ferguson
- Sam LaPorta