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Ben Rolfe analyzes the first 16 weeks of NFL player data, measuring fantasy football performance using consistency data to help make start/sit lineup decisions.
Week 17 is here and it comes with mixed feelings. On one hand this is one of the most thrilling weeks on calendar. All 32 teams are playing in the space of 12 hours and the playoff scenarios could change hundreds or thousands of times on Sunday. However, this is also the end of regular football, pretty much the end of fantasy football, unless you play DFS. Week 17 always brings a time for reflection for fantasy owners, what were my good decisions? Why did I draft that player? How did I get lucky enough to pick him up off the waiver. Hopefully the article below will give you some insight into how players have performed as a whole this season. Starting next week I will be reviewing the year and looking what lessons we can learn. This week is about helping those people with finals this week.
The information I am going to use in this articles comes from FFstatistics.com, founded by the person who used to write this article, Addison Hayes. Here are the links to the main articles last year where Addison introduced his key terms. The three main elements are standard deviation (explained here), calculations of players floors and ceiling (explained here) and then finally the use of the Coefficient of Variation to calculate Consistency Ratings or COR (explained here). This paragraph is going to be present a lot this year for those of you interested in the math behind the numbers below.
Good luck this week for those of you in those championship game and I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays!
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Quarterbacks
| Rank | Player | Games | Total | Avg | Std. Dev | Floor | Ceiling | CV% | COR |
| 1 | Patrick Mahomes | 15 | 401.7 | 26.78 | 7.03 | 19.75 | 33.81 | 0.26 | 128.79 |
| 2 | Matt Ryan | 15 | 331.6 | 22.11 | 7.75 | 14.36 | 29.85 | 0.35 | 85.21 |
| 3 | Ben Roethlisberger | 15 | 323.2 | 21.55 | 7.44 | 14.11 | 28.98 | 0.35 | 83.97 |
| 4 | Russell Wilson | 15 | 293.6 | 19.58 | 5.99 | 13.59 | 25.56 | 0.31 | 83.59 |
| 5 | Andrew Luck | 15 | 301.4 | 20.09 | 6.73 | 13.36 | 26.83 | 0.33 | 80.08 |
| 6 | Philip Rivers | 15 | 270 | 18 | 5.42 | 12.58 | 23.42 | 0.3 | 77.75 |
| 7 | Cam Newton | 14 | 278.6 | 19.9 | 7.01 | 12.89 | 26.91 | 0.35 | 76.43 |
| 8 | Aaron Rodgers | 15 | 311.5 | 20.77 | 7.77 | 13 | 28.54 | 0.37 | 76.32 |
| 9 | Deshaun Watson | 15 | 315.7 | 21.05 | 8.98 | 12.07 | 30.03 | 0.43 | 70.38 |
| 10 | Baker Mayfield | 13 | 221.1 | 17 | 5.46 | 11.55 | 22.46 | 0.32 | 69.99 |
| 11 | Kirk Cousins | 15 | 280.2 | 18.68 | 7.2 | 11.48 | 25.89 | 0.39 | 67.13 |
| 12 | Carson Wentz | 11 | 202.3 | 18.39 | 7.02 | 11.37 | 25.41 | 0.38 | 66.56 |
| 13 | Alex Smith | 10 | 140 | 14 | 4.01 | 9.99 | 18.01 | 0.29 | 62.92 |
| 14 | Tom Brady | 15 | 257.7 | 17.18 | 6.61 | 10.57 | 23.79 | 0.38 | 61.85 |
| 15 | Dak Prescott | 15 | 262.4 | 17.49 | 7.14 | 10.35 | 24.64 | 0.41 | 60.32 |
| 16 | Eli Manning | 15 | 223.7 | 14.91 | 4.92 | 9.99 | 19.84 | 0.33 | 60.11 |
| 17 | Joe Flacco | 9 | 139.2 | 15.47 | 5.51 | 9.96 | 20.98 | 0.36 | 58.91 |
| 18 | Drew Brees | 15 | 303.9 | 20.26 | 10.64 | 9.62 | 30.89 | 0.52 | 58.85 |
| 19 | CJ Beathard | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 6.25 | 9.94 | 22.45 | 0.39 | 58.15 |
| 20 | Jimmy Garoppolo | 3 | 46 | 15.34 | 5.76 | 9.58 | 21.1 | 0.38 | 56.19 |
| 21 | Ryan Fitzpatrick | 8 | 165.8 | 20.73 | 12.47 | 8.26 | 33.2 | 0.6 | 55.2 |
| 22 | Andy Dalton | 11 | 174.5 | 15.87 | 6.66 | 9.21 | 22.52 | 0.42 | 53.7 |
| 23 | Case Keenum | 15 | 204.4 | 13.63 | 4.64 | 8.99 | 18.27 | 0.34 | 53.66 |
| 24 | Jared Goff | 15 | 288.4 | 19.22 | 10.88 | 8.35 | 30.1 | 0.57 | 53.2 |
| 25 | Jameis Winston | 10 | 171.9 | 17.19 | 8.4 | 8.78 | 25.59 | 0.49 | 52.34 |
| 26 | Mitchell Trubisky | 13 | 252.9 | 19.45 | 11.65 | 7.81 | 31.1 | 0.6 | 51.95 |
| 27 | Nick Mullens | 7 | 104.4 | 14.91 | 6.3 | 8.61 | 21.22 | 0.42 | 50.21 |
| 28 | Josh Johnson | 3 | 43.6 | 14.52 | 6 | 8.52 | 20.52 | 0.41 | 49.65 |
| 29 | Derek Carr | 15 | 225.3 | 15.02 | 7.49 | 7.53 | 22.5 | 0.5 | 45.14 |
| 30 | Matthew Stafford | 15 | 201.7 | 13.45 | 6.41 | 7.04 | 19.86 | 0.48 | 41.65 |
The table above (and each table in the article) is sorted by players 2018 COR through 16 weeks from largest to smallest. This week will be about navigating the start and sit decisions and finding not just the best players but also the players most likely to play 60 minutes. You ca get away if a player only plays 45 minutes but you need him to absolutely torch the opposition in those 45 minutes. Anything less and you might be in trouble.
There are a lot of names in the top-10 who I expect to play a reasonable amount on Sunday. Cam Newton is obviously injured but all of the other nine could conceivable be on the field the whole time. I might look to avoid names like Baker Mayfield and Deshaun Watson who have tough matchups, but otherwise most of them are good to go. Lower down, Dak Prescott and Drew Brees are the only quarterbacks with everything already locked up. However, Brees is going for the MVP and is facing the defense of a team which seems to be giving up somewhat.
Running Backs
| Rank | Player | Games | Total | Avg | Std. Dev | Floor | Ceiling | CV% | COR |
| 1 | Keith Ford | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0.28 | 6.22 | 6.78 | 0.04 | 155.88 |
| 2 | Melvin Gordon | 11 | 261.9 | 23.81 | 6.3 | 17.51 | 30.1 | 0.26 | 113.86 |
| 3 | Todd Gurley | 14 | 369.1 | 26.36 | 8.11 | 18.26 | 34.47 | 0.31 | 112.11 |
| 4 | Saquon Barkley | 15 | 360.6 | 24.04 | 7.88 | 16.16 | 31.92 | 0.33 | 97.36 |
| 5 | Christian McCaffrey | 15 | 376.5 | 25.1 | 9.35 | 15.75 | 34.45 | 0.37 | 92.47 |
| 6 | Ezekiel Elliott | 15 | 335.2 | 22.35 | 8.12 | 14.22 | 30.47 | 0.36 | 83.83 |
| 7 | Alvin Kamara | 15 | 348.2 | 23.21 | 10.73 | 12.48 | 33.95 | 0.46 | 73.42 |
| 8 | James Conner | 12 | 267.6 | 22.3 | 10.72 | 11.58 | 33.02 | 0.48 | 68.68 |
| 9 | Kareem Hunt | 11 | 231.2 | 21.02 | 9.85 | 11.17 | 30.87 | 0.47 | 65.87 |
| 10 | Joe Mixon | 13 | 233.7 | 17.98 | 7.33 | 10.65 | 25.31 | 0.41 | 62.08 |
| 11 | James White | 15 | 261.7 | 17.45 | 8.73 | 8.71 | 26.18 | 0.5 | 52.29 |
| 12 | David Johnson | 15 | 238.9 | 15.93 | 7.35 | 8.58 | 23.27 | 0.46 | 50.45 |
| 13 | Alex Collins | 10 | 115.6 | 11.56 | 3.5 | 8.06 | 15.06 | 0.3 | 49.75 |
| 14 | Marshawn Lynch | 6 | 79 | 13.17 | 4.92 | 8.24 | 18.09 | 0.37 | 48.39 |
| 15 | Kerryon Johnson | 10 | 142.4 | 14.24 | 6.2 | 8.04 | 20.44 | 0.44 | 46.94 |
| 16 | Phillip Lindsay | 15 | 222.8 | 14.85 | 7.01 | 7.84 | 21.87 | 0.47 | 46.31 |
| 17 | Devonta Freeman | 2 | 14.1 | 7.05 | 1.34 | 5.71 | 8.39 | 0.19 | 44.04 |
| 18 | Dalvin Cook | 10 | 146 | 14.6 | 7.73 | 6.87 | 22.33 | 0.53 | 42.18 |
| 19 | Chris Carson | 13 | 185.5 | 14.27 | 7.35 | 6.92 | 21.62 | 0.52 | 41.98 |
| 20 | Leonard Fournette | 8 | 120.4 | 15.05 | 9.24 | 5.81 | 24.29 | 0.61 | 39.56 |
| 21 | Tarik Cohen | 15 | 228.4 | 15.23 | 9.71 | 5.52 | 24.94 | 0.64 | 39.11 |
| 22 | Lamar Miller | 13 | 163 | 12.54 | 6.4 | 6.13 | 18.94 | 0.51 | 37.08 |
| 23 | Aaron Jones | 12 | 173.5 | 14.46 | 9.32 | 5.14 | 23.78 | 0.64 | 36.89 |
| 24 | Marlon Mack | 11 | 158.3 | 14.39 | 10 | 4.39 | 24.39 | 0.7 | 35.09 |
| 25 | Kenyan Drake | 15 | 197.7 | 13.18 | 8.02 | 5.16 | 21.2 | 0.61 | 34.84 |
| 26 | Adrian Peterson | 15 | 194 | 12.93 | 7.69 | 5.24 | 20.63 | 0.59 | 34.67 |
| 27 | Theo Riddick | 13 | 114.1 | 8.78 | 2.98 | 5.8 | 11.75 | 0.34 | 34.66 |
| 28 | Mark Ingram | 11 | 138.2 | 12.56 | 7.23 | 5.34 | 19.79 | 0.58 | 34.4 |
| 29 | Austin Ekeler | 13 | 161 | 12.38 | 7.01 | 5.37 | 19.4 | 0.57 | 34.26 |
| 30 | Darren Sproles | 5 | 55.4 | 11.08 | 5.33 | 5.75 | 16.41 | 0.48 | 34.1 |
| 31 | TJ Yeldon | 14 | 177.1 | 12.65 | 7.63 | 5.02 | 20.28 | 0.6 | 33.63 |
| 32 | Jalen Richard | 15 | 156.8 | 10.45 | 4.86 | 5.6 | 15.31 | 0.46 | 32.96 |
| 33 | Jordan Howard | 15 | 157.6 | 10.51 | 4.93 | 5.57 | 15.44 | 0.47 | 32.88 |
| 34 | Jay Ajayi | 4 | 43.4 | 10.85 | 5.69 | 5.16 | 16.54 | 0.52 | 31.55 |
| 35 | Tevin Coleman | 15 | 181.2 | 12.08 | 7.5 | 4.58 | 19.58 | 0.62 | 31.53 |
| 36 | Matt Breida | 14 | 164.5 | 11.75 | 7.84 | 3.91 | 19.59 | 0.67 | 29.36 |
| 37 | Elijah McGuire | 7 | 80.7 | 11.53 | 7.71 | 3.82 | 19.23 | 0.67 | 28.78 |
| 38 | Sony Michel | 12 | 136.1 | 11.34 | 7.54 | 3.8 | 18.88 | 0.66 | 28.41 |
| 39 | Nick Chubb | 15 | 192.5 | 12.83 | 10.66 | 2.17 | 23.5 | 0.83 | 28.28 |
| 40 | Nyheim Hines | 15 | 156 | 10.4 | 6.24 | 4.16 | 16.64 | 0.6 | 27.73 |
| 41 | Kenneth Dixon | 5 | 43.5 | 8.7 | 4.03 | 4.67 | 12.73 | 0.46 | 27.47 |
| 42 | Dion Lewis | 15 | 157.4 | 10.49 | 6.64 | 3.86 | 17.13 | 0.63 | 27.08 |
| 43 | Derrick Henry | 15 | 191.2 | 12.75 | 12.07 | 0.68 | 24.81 | 0.95 | 26.21 |
| 44 | Peyton Barber | 15 | 146.5 | 9.77 | 5.84 | 3.93 | 15.6 | 0.6 | 26.11 |
| 45 | Isaiah Crowell | 13 | 142.7 | 10.98 | 8.46 | 2.52 | 19.44 | 0.77 | 25.22 |
| 46 | Bilal Powell | 7 | 62.3 | 8.9 | 4.93 | 3.97 | 13.83 | 0.55 | 24.97 |
| 47 | Ito Smith | 13 | 97.7 | 7.52 | 3.52 | 3.99 | 11.04 | 0.47 | 23.55 |
| 48 | Jaylen Samuels | 8 | 78.3 | 9.79 | 7.4 | 2.39 | 17.19 | 0.76 | 22.73 |
| 49 | Jeff Wilson | 5 | 47.5 | 9.5 | 7.07 | 2.43 | 16.57 | 0.74 | 22.27 |
| 50 | Javorius Allen | 11 | 95.7 | 8.7 | 6.03 | 2.67 | 14.73 | 0.69 | 21.26 |
This week we are navigating a lot at the running back position. Not only do we have the usual injuries but now we have the added issue of teams maybe wanting to keep guys fresh heading into the playoffs. Take the Steelers for example, James Conner seems healthy and has had three weeks off, but how much use he will get could depend on the situation. The Steelers may decide if things start looking good for them that they need another week of recovery behind him for the playoffs. It is a delicate line to thread.
There are a lot of injuries in this list but those players names being here still tells you something. If you see a name like Aaron Jones then you know the opportunity is there for a Green Bay running back to have a solid week contributing to your fantasy team. The person who stands in may not be as good but he has an opportunity and that is what matters.
Wide Receivers
| Rank | Player | Games | Total | Avg | Std. Dev | Floor | Ceiling | CV% | COR |
| 1 | Davante Adams | 15 | 327.6 | 21.84 | 5.2 | 16.64 | 27.04 | 0.24 | 113.57 |
| 2 | Julian Edelman | 11 | 188.4 | 17.13 | 3.93 | 13.19 | 21.06 | 0.23 | 91.72 |
| 3 | DeAndre Hopkins | 15 | 315.8 | 21.05 | 7.58 | 13.47 | 28.63 | 0.36 | 79.52 |
| 4 | Antonio Brown | 15 | 323.7 | 21.58 | 8.67 | 12.91 | 30.25 | 0.4 | 75.27 |
| 5 | Julio Jones | 15 | 304 | 20.27 | 7.66 | 12.6 | 27.93 | 0.38 | 73.87 |
| 6 | Adam Thielen | 15 | 301.6 | 20.11 | 8.13 | 11.98 | 28.23 | 0.4 | 69.86 |
| 7 | Odell Beckham Jr | 12 | 223.1 | 18.59 | 6.86 | 11.73 | 25.45 | 0.37 | 69 |
| 8 | Robert Woods | 15 | 263.1 | 17.54 | 6.58 | 10.96 | 24.12 | 0.38 | 64.26 |
| 9 | Keenan Allen | 14 | 249.7 | 17.84 | 7.03 | 10.81 | 24.86 | 0.39 | 63.11 |
| 10 | Michael Thomas | 15 | 313.6 | 20.91 | 10.78 | 10.12 | 31.69 | 0.52 | 61.44 |
| 11 | JuJu Smith-Schuster | 15 | 282.2 | 18.81 | 9.15 | 9.66 | 27.97 | 0.49 | 57.48 |
| 12 | TY Hilton | 13 | 230.9 | 17.76 | 8.27 | 9.49 | 26.03 | 0.47 | 55.89 |
| 13 | AJ Green | 9 | 158.4 | 17.6 | 8.17 | 9.43 | 25.77 | 0.46 | 55.5 |
| 14 | Mike Evans | 15 | 261.8 | 17.45 | 8.22 | 9.23 | 25.67 | 0.47 | 54.51 |
| 15 | Stefon Diggs | 14 | 251.6 | 17.97 | 9.08 | 8.89 | 27.05 | 0.51 | 53.53 |
| 16 | Tyler Lockett | 15 | 205.5 | 13.7 | 4.74 | 8.96 | 18.44 | 0.35 | 53.3 |
| 17 | Tyreek Hill | 15 | 302.4 | 20.16 | 12.38 | 7.78 | 32.54 | 0.61 | 53 |
| 18 | Emmanuel Sanders | 12 | 194.1 | 16.18 | 7.27 | 8.9 | 23.45 | 0.45 | 52.15 |
| 19 | Brandin Cooks | 14 | 221 | 15.79 | 7.01 | 8.78 | 22.79 | 0.44 | 51.35 |
| 20 | Trey Quinn | 2 | 22.5 | 11.25 | 3.32 | 7.93 | 14.57 | 0.3 | 49.33 |
| 21 | Tyler Boyd | 14 | 222.1 | 15.86 | 7.86 | 8.01 | 23.72 | 0.5 | 47.89 |
| 22 | Willie Snead | 13 | 134.9 | 10.38 | 3.18 | 7.2 | 13.56 | 0.31 | 44.26 |
| 23 | Cooper Kupp | 8 | 135.1 | 16.89 | 10.49 | 6.4 | 27.38 | 0.62 | 44.07 |
| 24 | Will Fuller | 7 | 108.3 | 15.47 | 8.55 | 6.92 | 24.02 | 0.55 | 43.46 |
| 25 | Kenny Golladay | 15 | 207.1 | 13.81 | 7.32 | 6.49 | 21.12 | 0.53 | 39.86 |
| 26 | Geronimo Allison | 5 | 62.3 | 12.46 | 5.98 | 6.48 | 18.44 | 0.48 | 38.42 |
| 27 | Alshon Jeffery | 12 | 171.4 | 14.28 | 8.61 | 5.68 | 22.89 | 0.6 | 37.99 |
| 28 | Curtis Samuel | 11 | 123.6 | 11.24 | 4.93 | 6.31 | 16.16 | 0.44 | 36.86 |
| 29 | Josh Gordon | 12 | 141.7 | 11.81 | 5.61 | 6.2 | 17.42 | 0.48 | 36.66 |
| 30 | Jarvis Landry | 15 | 198.4 | 13.23 | 7.7 | 5.53 | 20.93 | 0.58 | 35.95 |
| 31 | Marvin Jones | 9 | 116.8 | 12.98 | 7.51 | 5.47 | 20.49 | 0.58 | 35.4 |
| 32 | Brandon LaFell | 4 | 37.5 | 9.38 | 3.38 | 5.99 | 12.76 | 0.36 | 35.35 |
| 33 | Jamison Crowder | 8 | 81.1 | 10.14 | 4.08 | 6.06 | 14.21 | 0.4 | 35.34 |
| 34 | Cameron Meredith | 3 | 26.4 | 8.8 | 3.01 | 5.79 | 11.81 | 0.34 | 34.51 |
| 35 | Dede Westbrook | 15 | 173.6 | 11.57 | 6.05 | 5.52 | 17.63 | 0.52 | 33.7 |
| 36 | Larry Fitzgerald | 15 | 168.8 | 11.25 | 5.64 | 5.61 | 16.9 | 0.5 | 33.69 |
| 37 | Allen Robinson | 13 | 159.3 | 12.25 | 7.1 | 5.15 | 19.36 | 0.58 | 33.39 |
| 38 | Mohamed Sanu | 15 | 162 | 10.8 | 5.21 | 5.59 | 16.01 | 0.48 | 33.21 |
| 39 | Adam Humphries | 15 | 181.1 | 12.07 | 6.9 | 5.17 | 18.97 | 0.57 | 33.2 |
| 40 | DeSean Jackson | 12 | 154.3 | 12.86 | 8.18 | 4.68 | 21.04 | 0.64 | 33.07 |
| 41 | Christian Kirk | 12 | 126.5 | 10.54 | 5.35 | 5.19 | 15.89 | 0.51 | 31.3 |
| 42 | Sterling Shepard | 15 | 171.9 | 11.46 | 6.72 | 4.74 | 18.18 | 0.59 | 31 |
| 43 | Golden Tate | 14 | 175.6 | 12.54 | 8.59 | 3.95 | 21.13 | 0.68 | 30.86 |
| 44 | Amari Cooper | 14 | 211.3 | 15.09 | 14.65 | 0.45 | 29.74 | 0.97 | 30.65 |
| 45 | Albert Wilson | 7 | 90.7 | 12.96 | 9.55 | 3.41 | 22.5 | 0.74 | 30.55 |
| 46 | Paul Richardson | 7 | 59.1 | 8.44 | 3.23 | 5.21 | 11.67 | 0.38 | 30.52 |
| 47 | Keith Kirkwood | 7 | 45.9 | 6.56 | 1.84 | 4.72 | 8.4 | 0.28 | 29.95 |
| 48 | Robby Anderson | 13 | 162 | 12.46 | 8.94 | 3.52 | 21.41 | 0.72 | 29.82 |
| 49 | Calvin Ridley | 15 | 195.6 | 13.04 | 10.43 | 2.61 | 23.47 | 0.8 | 29.35 |
| 50 | Demaryius Thomas | 15 | 157.7 | 10.51 | 5.9 | 4.61 | 16.41 | 0.56 | 29.25 |
A lot pf players in this list are still active heading into this week. Of course there is the question of who might get pulled but generally this is a case of start your guys and live with it. The thing to be careful of it who receivers have as their quarterback. For example the Panthers have Kyle Allen starting in New Orleans. The Saints may end up sitting players but Allen's presence makes it very difficult to trust Curtis Samuel or DJ Moore.
Tight Ends
| Rank | Player | Games | Total | Avg | Std. Dev | Floor | Ceiling | CV% | COR |
| 1 | Travis Kelce | 15 | 285.4 | 19.03 | 9.91 | 9.12 | 28.93 | 0.52 | 55.57 |
| 2 | Zach Ertz | 15 | 277.8 | 18.52 | 10.49 | 8.03 | 29.01 | 0.57 | 51.22 |
| 3 | George Kittle | 15 | 228.8 | 15.25 | 7.76 | 7.49 | 23.02 | 0.51 | 45.22 |
| 4 | Eric Ebron | 15 | 207 | 13.8 | 8.13 | 5.67 | 21.93 | 0.59 | 37.21 |
| 5 | Hakeem Valles | 2 | 3.1 | 1.55 | 0.07 | 1.48 | 1.62 | 0.05 | 35.53 |
| 6 | OJ Howard | 10 | 124.5 | 12.45 | 6.99 | 5.46 | 19.44 | 0.56 | 34.62 |
| 7 | Jordan Reed | 12 | 123.8 | 10.32 | 4.42 | 5.9 | 14.73 | 0.43 | 34.42 |
| 8 | Jack Doyle | 6 | 62.5 | 10.42 | 5.33 | 5.09 | 15.75 | 0.51 | 30.78 |
| 9 | Jared Cook | 15 | 187.8 | 12.52 | 8.92 | 3.6 | 21.44 | 0.71 | 30.1 |
| 10 | Tyler Eifert | 4 | 38.9 | 9.73 | 4.65 | 5.07 | 14.38 | 0.48 | 30.05 |
| 11 | Evan Engram | 10 | 103.6 | 10.36 | 5.48 | 4.88 | 15.84 | 0.53 | 29.96 |
| 12 | Vance McDonald | 14 | 128.1 | 9.15 | 4.96 | 4.19 | 14.11 | 0.54 | 26.02 |
| 13 | Rob Gronkowski | 12 | 128.8 | 10.73 | 7.93 | 2.8 | 18.66 | 0.74 | 25.26 |
| 14 | Lee Smith | 6 | 35.3 | 5.88 | 1.79 | 4.09 | 7.68 | 0.3 | 25.18 |
| 15 | Austin Hooper | 15 | 150.3 | 10.02 | 6.79 | 3.23 | 16.81 | 0.68 | 24.81 |
| 16 | Greg Olsen | 9 | 83.1 | 9.23 | 5.66 | 3.58 | 14.89 | 0.61 | 24.3 |
| 17 | David Njoku | 15 | 136.7 | 9.11 | 5.98 | 3.13 | 15.09 | 0.66 | 23 |
| 18 | Kyle Rudolph | 15 | 148.5 | 9.9 | 7.52 | 2.38 | 17.42 | 0.76 | 22.93 |
| 19 | Geoff Swaim | 8 | 56.2 | 7.03 | 3.11 | 3.92 | 10.13 | 0.44 | 22.92 |
| 20 | Chris Herndon | 13 | 114.4 | 8.8 | 5.77 | 3.03 | 14.57 | 0.66 | 22.22 |
| 21 | Jimmy Graham | 15 | 125.5 | 8.37 | 5.23 | 3.14 | 13.6 | 0.63 | 21.75 |
| 22 | Trey Burton | 15 | 140.6 | 9.37 | 7.3 | 2.07 | 16.67 | 0.78 | 21.41 |
| 23 | Mark Andrews | 14 | 97.8 | 6.99 | 3.61 | 3.38 | 10.59 | 0.52 | 20.52 |
| 24 | CJ Uzomah | 15 | 103.3 | 6.89 | 4.05 | 2.84 | 10.94 | 0.59 | 18.6 |
| 25 | Anthony Firkser | 7 | 45.7 | 6.53 | 3.77 | 2.76 | 10.3 | 0.58 | 17.83 |
| 26 | Will Dissly | 4 | 35.6 | 8.9 | 8.98 | -0.08 | 17.88 | 1.01 | 17.72 |
| 27 | Ian Thomas | 9 | 64.2 | 7.13 | 5.43 | 1.7 | 12.56 | 0.76 | 16.5 |
| 28 | Ben Watson | 12 | 82.1 | 6.84 | 5.15 | 1.69 | 12 | 0.75 | 15.92 |
| 29 | Jake Butt | 3 | 16.5 | 5.5 | 3.04 | 2.46 | 8.54 | 0.55 | 15.44 |
| 30 | Cameron Brate | 14 | 90 | 6.43 | 4.75 | 1.68 | 11.18 | 0.74 | 15.12 |
You may have gathered that this position drives me nuts for fantasy football. It is is almost impossible to trust anyone but the very best, and even then they let you down. Of the players still active the top six (Kelce, Ertz, Kittle, Ebron, Cook and Engram) are now must-starts when on the field. Those are the six, with Gronkowski right there as well, that you just start and deal with the outcome. If you sit any of those guys then you are getting too cute, and if it does not work out for you then I assure that you will kick yourself for it Monday morning.
