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Who Should I Start for Fantasy Football Week 17? Joe Flacco, Sam Darnold, Bryce Young, Jordan Love, Jared Goff, Aaron Rodgers, Brock Purdy, Baker Mayfield, Michael Penix Jr., Kenny Pickett, Mac Jones

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Who Should I Start for Week 17? Fantasy Football outlooks for Joe Flacco, Sam Darnold, Bryce Young, Jordan Love, Jared Goff, Aaron Rodgers, Brock Purdy, Baker Mayfield, Michael Penix Jr.

Who Should I Start? Who Should I Sit? Some of the most common Week 17 fantasy football lineup decisions are regarding players like Joe Flacco, Sam Darnold, Bryce Young, Jordan Love, Jared Goff, Aaron Rodgers, Brock Purdy, Baker Mayfield, Michael Penix Jr., Kenny Pickett, Mac Jones. But not to worry, we are here to help make these decisions and build winning lineups in Week 17. Set your optimal fantasy football lineups for Week 17 of the 2024 NFL season. Our free Who Should I Start? tool will help make your fantasy football lineup decisions. Compare up to four NFL players, and we tell you who to start... all free! Get your winning lineups set, and make the right decisions.

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Week 17 Player Decisions. Today's focus in on specific players - Joe Flacco, Sam Darnold, Bryce Young, Jordan Love, Jared Goff, Aaron Rodgers, Brock Purdy, Baker Mayfield, Michael Penix Jr., Kenny Pickett, Mac Jones. These are some of the most common searches for fantasy football lineups in Week 17.

Using The Tool. This is a simple tool but very powerful. The first step is to enter the player names that you want to compare. In the first box, search for the first player name. In the second box, search for the second player name. Compare up to four NFL players at once, and then click the Who To Start? button to see who the recommended starts are based on weekly fantasy football matchups.

Recent Improvements For Who Should I Start? You may have noticed, our Who Should I Start? tool has gotten an overhaul. We've added lots of great features for you to give you as much information as possible to win your fantasy football matchups each week. You'll see NFL player tiles with headshots and bye weeks, enhanced search results with data to compare, and a slick new interface. We hope you enjoy!

How It Works. Each week our RotoBaller staff puts together their weekly fantasy football rankings and projections based on their research. That information is the core data that is powering the decision-making in this tool. When you search for player names, you will only see those players that are ranked. If someone is out for the week, they will not appear in the search results.

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Popular Week 17 Searches. Curious to see some tough lineup decisions for Week 17 (2024)? Below you will find a list of some popular Who Should I Start? searches that RotoBaller readers are looking at this week. Click any of the links to see the result and recommendation.

 

Popular Week 17 Searches - Start/Sit Player Comparisons

Below are some popular searches and comparisons from our Who To Start tool for Week 17 for Joe Flacco, Sam Darnold, Bryce Young, Jordan Love, Jared Goff, Aaron Rodgers, Brock Purdy, Baker Mayfield, Michael Penix Jr., Kenny Pickett, Mac Jones:

Jared Goff or Brock Purdy
Jared Goff or Sam Darnold
Brock Purdy or Sam Darnold
Jared Goff or Baker Mayfield
Mason Rudolph or Bryce Young
Bryce Young or Aaron Rodgers
Anthony Richardson or Brock Purdy
Jared Goff or Sam Darnold
Justin Herbert or Brock Purdy
Bo Nix or Sam Darnold
Jordan Love or Jared Goff
Justin Herbert or Sam Darnold
Kyler Murray or Sam Darnold
Matthew Stafford or Bryce Young
Anthony Richardson or Jordan Love
Bo Nix or Baker Mayfield
Joe Burrow or Jared Goff
Aaron Rodgers or Jordan Love
Justin Herbert or Aaron Rodgers
Matthew Stafford or Aaron Rodgers
Sam Darnold or Jared Goff
Anthony Richardson or Jared Goff
Anthony Richardson or Sam Darnold
Baker Mayfield or Sam Darnold
Drake Maye or Aaron Rodgers
Jayden Daniels or Baker Mayfield
Kenny Pickett or Bryce Young
Jordan Love or Sam Darnold
Aaron Rodgers or Bryce Young
Anthony Richardson or Aaron Rodgers
Jared Goff or Jordan Love
Jordan Love or Baker Mayfield
Kyler Murray or Kenny Pickett
Matthew Stafford or Jordan Love
Sam Darnold or Brock Purdy
Baker Mayfield or Jared Goff
Baker Mayfield or Sam Darnold
Brock Purdy or Baker Mayfield
Bryce Young or Kenny Pickett
Joe Burrow or Jordan Love
Jordan Love or Brock Purdy
Kenny Pickett or Joe Flacco
Sam Darnold or Jordan Love
Joe Burrow or Sam Darnold
Jordan Love or Aaron Rodgers
Jordan Love or Bryce Young
Justin Herbert or Bryce Young
Justin Herbert or Jordan Love
Mason Rudolph or Kenny Pickett
Matthew Stafford or Jared Goff
Sam Darnold or Bryce Young
Sam Darnold or Jordan Love
Baker Mayfield or Brock Purdy
Baker Mayfield or Jordan Love
Cooper Rush or Kenny Pickett
Jared Goff or Baker Mayfield
Jayden Daniels or Sam Darnold
Josh Allen or Jared Goff
Josh Allen or Sam Darnold
Kenny Pickett or Mac Jones
Kyler Murray or Bryce Young
Matthew Stafford or Bryce Young
Tua Tagovailoa or Kenny Pickett
Aaron Rodgers or Sam Darnold
Aidan Oconnell or Michael Penix Jr.
Anthony Richardson or Brock Purdy
Anthony Richardson or Bryce Young
Anthony Richardson or Sam Darnold
Bo Nix or Aaron Rodgers
Bo Nix or Jared Goff
Bo Nix or Jordan Love
Courtland Sutton or Brock Purdy
Drake Maye or Bryce Young
Drake Maye or Jordan Love
Jared Goff or Sam Darnold
Jayden Daniels or Jared Goff
Jayden Daniels or Jordan Love
Josh Allen or Brock Purdy
Kyler Murray or Bryce Young
Kyler Murray or Bryce Young
Kyler Murray or Jordan Love
Mason Rudolph or Mac Jones
Mason Rudolph or Michael Penix Jr.
Mason Rudolph or Michael Penix Jr.
Matthew Stafford or Aaron Rodgers
Matthew Stafford or Bryce Young
Matthew Stafford or Sam Darnold
Sam Darnold or Brock Purdy
Aaron Rodgers or Michael Penix Jr.
Anthony Richardson or Aaron Rodgers
Anthony Richardson or Bryce Young
Baker Mayfield or Jared Goff
Bo Nix or Brock Purdy
Bo Nix or Jordan Love
Bo Nix or Mac Jones
Brock Purdy or Jordan Love
Brock Purdy or Sam Darnold
Bryce Young or Aaron Rodgers
Bryce Young or Mac Jones
Bryce Young or Sam Darnold
Drake Maye or Joe Flacco
Drake Maye or Michael Penix Jr.
Geno Smith or Jared Goff
Jalen Hurts or Aaron Rodgers
Jordan Love or Aaron Rodgers
Jordan Love or Brock Purdy
Josh Allen or Baker Mayfield
Josh Allen or Jordan Love
Kenny Pickett or Brock Purdy
Mac Jones or Kenny Pickett
Matthew Stafford or Aaron Rodgers
Matthew Stafford or Brock Purdy
Russell Wilson or Bryce Young
Sam Darnold or Jared Goff
Tua Tagovailoa or Brock Purdy
Tua Tagovailoa or Bryce Young
Tua Tagovailoa or Jared Goff
Tua Tagovailoa or Jordan Love
Aaron Rodgers or Bryce Young
Aaron Rodgers or Jared Goff
Aaron Rodgers or Jordan Love
Aaron Rodgers or Jordan Love
Adam Thielen or Mac Jones
Aidan Oconnell or Aaron Rodgers
Aidan Oconnell or Bryce Young
Aidan Oconnell or Joe Flacco
Aidan Oconnell or Kenny Pickett
Aidan Oconnell or Mac Jones
Aidan Oconnell or Michael Penix Jr.
Anthony Richardson or Baker Mayfield
Anthony Richardson or Bryce Young
Anthony Richardson or Bryce Young
Anthony Richardson or Bryce Young
Anthony Richardson or Jordan Love
Anthony Richardson or Mac Jones
Anthony Richardson or Sam Darnold
Baker Mayfield or Jared Goff
Baker Mayfield or Jared Goff
Baker Mayfield or Jordan Love
Bo Nix or Aaron Rodgers
Bo Nix or Baker Mayfield
Bo Nix or Bryce Young
Bo Nix or Bryce Young
Bo Nix or Bryce Young
Bo Nix or Jared Goff
Bo Nix or Jared Goff
Bo Nix or Jared Goff
Bo Nix or Sam Darnold
Bo Nix or Sam Darnold
Bo Nix or Sam Darnold
Brock Purdy or Bryce Young
Brock Purdy or Jared Goff
Brock Purdy or Jordan Love
Brock Purdy or Sam Darnold
Bryce Young or Aaron Rodgers
Bryce Young or Aaron Rodgers
Bryce Young or Aaron Rodgers
Bryce Young or Aaron Rodgers
Bryce Young or Aaron Rodgers
Bryce Young or Baker Mayfield
Bryce Young or Baker Mayfield
Bryce Young or Brock Purdy
Bryce Young or Bryce Young
Bryce Young or Jared Goff
Bryce Young or Joe Flacco
Bryce Young or Joe Flacco
Bryce Young or Michael Penix Jr.
Bryce Young or Michael Penix Jr.
Caleb Williams or Bryce Young
Caleb Williams or Jordan Love
Caleb Williams or Sam Darnold
Chuba Hubbard or Brock Purdy
Cj Stroud or Aaron Rodgers
Cj Stroud or Jordan Love
Cj Stroud or Sam Darnold
Cooper Rush or Brock Purdy
Cooper Rush or Mac Jones
Drake Maye or Aaron Rodgers
Drake Maye or Bryce Young
Drake Maye or Bryce Young
Drake Maye or Bryce Young
Drake Maye or Bryce Young
Drake Maye or Bryce Young
Drake Maye or Mac Jones
Drake Maye or Michael Penix Jr.
Drake Maye or Michael Penix Jr.
Drake Maye or Michael Penix Jr.
Geno Smith or Aaron Rodgers
Hunter Henry or Michael Penix Jr.
Jalen Hurts or Bryce Young
Jalen Hurts or Jared Goff
Jalen Hurts or Jordan Love
Jalen Hurts or Jordan Love
James Cook or Sam Darnold
Jared Goff or Aaron Rodgers
Jared Goff or Brock Purdy
Jared Goff or Brock Purdy
Jared Goff or Michael Penix Jr.
Jayden Daniels or Baker Mayfield
Jayden Daniels or Jared Goff
Joe Burrow or Baker Mayfield
Joe Burrow or Baker Mayfield
Joe Burrow or Brock Purdy
Joe Burrow or Jared Goff
Joe Burrow or Jared Goff
Joe Burrow or Sam Darnold
Joe Burrow or Sam Darnold
Joe Flacco or Bryce Young
Jordan Love or Aaron Rodgers
Jordan Love or Bryce Young
Jordan Love or Jared Goff
Jordan Love or Jared Goff
Jordan Love or Jared Goff
Jordan Love or Mac Jones
Justin Herbert or Baker Mayfield
Justin Herbert or Bryce Young
Justin Herbert or Jared Goff
Justin Herbert or Jordan Love
Justin Herbert or Sam Darnold
Kenny Pickett or Jordan Love
Kenny Pickett or Mac Jones
Kenny Pickett or Mac Jones
Kyler Murray or Aaron Rodgers
Kyler Murray or Bryce Young
Kyler Murray or Sam Darnold
Kyler Murray or Sam Darnold
Mac Jones or Joe Flacco
Mac Jones or Michael Penix Jr.
Mason Rudolph or Bryce Young
Mason Rudolph or Bryce Young
Mason Rudolph or Joe Flacco
Mason Rudolph or Kenny Pickett
Mason Rudolph or Kenny Pickett
Mason Rudolph or Kenny Pickett
Mason Rudolph or Mac Jones
Mason Rudolph or Mac Jones
Mason Rudolph or Michael Penix Jr.
Matthew Stafford or Aaron Rodgers
Matthew Stafford or Aaron Rodgers
Matthew Stafford or Aaron Rodgers
Matthew Stafford or Aaron Rodgers
Matthew Stafford or Bryce Young
Matthew Stafford or Bryce Young
Matthew Stafford or Bryce Young
Matthew Stafford or Bryce Young
Matthew Stafford or Bryce Young
Matthew Stafford or Bryce Young
Matthew Stafford or Bryce Young
Matthew Stafford or Bryce Young
Matthew Stafford or Bryce Young
Matthew Stafford or Jordan Love
Matthew Stafford or Michael Penix Jr.
Michael Penix Jr. or Bryce Young
Michael Penix Jr. or Bryce Young
Michael Penix Jr. or Kenny Pickett
Michael Penix Jr. or Mac Jones
Patrick Mahomes or Baker Mayfield
Patrick Mahomes or Baker Mayfield
Patrick Mahomes or Sam Darnold
Sam Darnold or Jared Goff
Sam Darnold or Jared Goff
Sam Darnold or Jared Goff
Sam Darnold or Jordan Love
Terry Mclaurin or Aaron Rodgers
Tua Tagovailoa or Aaron Rodgers
Tua Tagovailoa or Baker Mayfield
Tua Tagovailoa or Bryce Young
Tua Tagovailoa or Bryce Young
Tua Tagovailoa or Michael Penix Jr.
Tua Tagovailoa or Sam Darnold
Aaron Rodgers or Bryce Young
Aidan Oconnell or Mac Jones
Brock Purdy or Jared Goff
Cj Stroud or Baker Mayfield
Drake Maye or Aaron Rodgers
Jayden Daniels or Sam Darnold
Jordan Love or Bryce Young
Justin Herbert or Sam Darnold
Matthew Stafford or Bryce Young
Matthew Stafford or Bryce Young



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