Week 17: The Other Championship Game

For those of you that have your championship games in Week 17, here’s a quick and dirty Start/Sit list for you. Good luck, and we hope to see you with a title in your hands by Monday!

Rank	Quarterbacks	Team	Opponent	Average
1	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	at MIA	87.50
2	Tom Brady	NE	at HOU	87.06
3	Jay Cutler	CHI	at DET	85.00
T-3	Brett Favre	MIN	NYG	85.00
5	Matt Schaub	HOU	NE	84.50
6	Donovan McNabb	PHI	at DAL	84.00
7	Eli Manning	NYG	at MIN	82.50
8	Matt Ryan	ATL	at TB	80.00
9	Tony Romo	DAL	PHI	79.50
T-9	Alex Smith	SF	at STL	79.50
11	Joe Flacco	BAL	at OAK	78.50
T-11	Vince Young	TEN	at SEA	78.50
13	Aaron Rodgers	GB	at ARI	77.00
14	Kyle Orton	DEN	KC	75.50
15	David Garrard	JAC	at CLE	74.50
16	Chad Henne	MIA	PIT	71.50
17	Mark Brunell	NO	at CAR	71.00
18	Matt Hasselbeck	SEA	TEN	70.50
19	Derek Anderson	CLE	JAC	70.00
20	Billy Volek	SD	WAS	69.50
21	Kurt Warner	ARI	GB	68.50
22	Matt Moore	CAR	NO	68.00
23	Jason Campbell	WAS	at SD	67.00
24	Josh Freeman	TB	ATL	66.00
25	Peyton Manning	IND	at BUF	63.50
26	Mark Sanchez	NYJ	CIN	62.00
27	Carson Palmer	CIN	at NYJ	60.00
28	Matt Cassel	KC	at DEN	56.00
29	Brian Brohm	BUF	IND	51.00
30	Keith Null	STL	SF	50.50
31	Curtis Painter	IND	at BUF	47.50
32	Philip Rivers	SD	WAS	45.00
33	Charlie Frye	OAK	BAL	42.00
34	Matt Leinart	ARI	GB	30.50
35	Daunte Culpepper	DET	CHI	25.50
36	Drew Brees	NO	at CAR	24.50
37	Ryan Fitzpatrick	BUF	IND	24.23
38	Matt Flynn	GB	at ARI	21.00
39	Michael Vick	PHI	at DAL	17.75
40	J.T. O’Sullivan	CIN	at NYJ	15.50

Rank	Running Backs	Team	Opponent	Average
1	Chris Johnson	TEN	at SEA	93.00
2	Maurice Jones-Drew	JAC	at CLE	92.00
3	Adrian Peterson	MIN	NYG	91.50
4	Ray Rice	BAL	at OAK	89.50
5	Frank Gore	SF	at STL	88.50
6	Jonathan Stewart	CAR	NO	87.00
7	Thomas Jones	NYJ	CIN	86.00
8	Jamaal Charles	KC	at DEN	85.00
9	Matt Forte	CHI	at DET	83.00
T-9	Knowshon Moreno	DEN	KC	83.00
11	Rashard Mendenhall	PIT	at MIA	82.00
12	Steven Jackson	STL	SF	80.00
13	Jerome Harrison	CLE	JAC	78.00
T-13	Donald Brown	IND	at BUF	78.00
15	Fred Jackson	BUF	IND	75.00
T-15	Quinton Ganther	WAS	at SD	75.00
17	Mike Bell	NO	at CAR	74.50
18	Jason Snelling	ATL	at TB	73.00
19	Gartrell Johnson	NYG	at MIN	72.00
20	Marion Barber	DAL	PHI	71.50
21	Justin Forsett	SEA	TEN	71.00
22	Laurence Maroney	NE	at HOU	70.00
23	Maurice Morris	DET	CHI	69.50
24	Correll Buckhalter	DEN	KC	69.00
T-24	Matt Tolbert	SD	WAS	69.00
26	Reggie Bush	NO	at CAR	68.50
27	LeSean McCoy	PHI	at DAL	68.00
T-27	Cadillac Williams	TB	ATL	68.00
29	Willis McGahee	BAL	at OAK	67.50
30	Sammy Morris	NE	at HOU	67.00
31	Beanie Wells	ARI	GB	66.00
T-31	Marshawn Lynch	BUF	IND	66.00
33	Joseph Addai	IND	at BUF	65.50
T-33	Mike Hart	IND	at BUF	65.50
35	Shonn Greene	NYJ	CIN	64.50
36	Brian Westbrook	PHI	at DAL	64.25
37	Tim Hightower	ARI	GB	64.00
T-37	Jerious Norwood	ATL	at TB	64.00
39	Felix Jones	DAL	PHI	63.50
T-39	Arian Foster	HOU	NE	63.50
41	Chester Taylor	MIN	NYG	63.00
42	Ryan Grant	GB	at ARI	62.50
43	Michael Bush	OAK	BAL	62.00
T-43	LaDanian Tomlinson	SD	WAS	62.00
45	Kevin Faulk	NE	at HOU	61.50
46	Ryan Moats	HOU	NE	58.50
47	Cedric Benson	CIN	at NYJ	58.00
48	Ahmad Bradshaw	NYG	at MIN	55.50
T-48	Darren McFadden	OAK	BAL	55.50
50	Chris Jennings	CLE	JAC	55.00
51	Tashard Choice	DAL	PHI	54.50
T-51	Lex Hilliard	MIA	PIT	54.50
T-51	Derrick Ward	TB	ATL	54.50
54	Ricky Williams	MIA	PIT	53.40
55	Chris Brown	HOU	NE	51.50
56	Julius Jones	SEA	TEN	50.00
57	Larry Johnson	CIN	at NYJ	49.50
58	LenDale White	TEN	at SEA	44.50
59	Pierre Thomas	NO	at CAR	43.00
60	Kahlil Bell	CHI	at DET	40.00

Rank	Wide Receivers	Team	Opponent	Average
1	Andre Johnson	HOU	NE	97.00
2	Roddy White	ATL	at TB	91.00
3	Randy Moss	NE	at HOU	90.00
4	DeSean Jackson	PHI	at DAL	89.50
5	Wes Welker	NE	at HOU	88.00
6	Miles Austin	DAL	PHI	84.00
7	Sidney Rice	MIN	NYG	83.00
T-7	Hines Ward	PIT	at MIA	83.00
9	Calvin Johnson	DET	CHI	81.65
10	Percy Harvin	MIN	NYG	81.00
11	Santonio Holmes	PIT	at MIA	80.50
12	Steve Smith	NYG	at MIN	79.00
13	Larry Fitzgerald	ARI	GB	77.00
T-13	Mohamed Massaquoi	CLE	JAC	77.00
T-13	Antonio Bryant	TB	ATL	77.00
16	Greg Jennings	GB	at ARI	76.50
T-16	Michael Crabtree	SF	at STL	76.50
18	Kenny Britt	TEN	at SEA	76.00
19	Josh Cribbs	CLE	JAC	75.00
20	Derrick Mason	BAL	at OAK	74.50
T-20	Donald Driver	GB	at ARI	74.50
T-20	Mike Wallace	PIT	at MIA	74.50
23	Vincent Jackson	SD	WAS	74.00
24	Anquan Boldin	ARI	GB	73.50
25	Lee Evans	BUF	IND	73.00
T-25	Marques Colston	NO	at CAR	73.00
27	Josh Morgan	SF	at STL	72.50
T-27	Santana Moss	WAS	at SD	72.50
29	Earl Bennett	CHI	at DET	71.00
30	James Jones	GB	at ARI	70.50
31	Muhsin Muhammad	CAR	NO	69.50
32	Devin Aromashodu	CHI	at DET	69.00
T-32	Mario Manningham	NYG	at MIN	69.00
T-32	Justin Gage	TEN	at SEA	69.00
35	Brandon Stokley	DEN	KC	69.75
36	Hakeem Nicks	NYG	at MIN	68.65
37	Austin Collie	IND	at BUF	68.50
T-37	Dwayne Bowe	KC	at DEN	68.50
T-37	T.J. Houshmandzadeh	SEA	TEN	68.50
40	Terrell Owens	BUF	IND	68.10
41	Michael Jenkins	ATL	at TB	68.00
42	Steve Breaston	ARI	GB	67.20
43	Malcom Floyd	SD	WAS	67.00
44	Mike Sims-Walker	JAC	at CLE	66.50
45	Kevin Walter	HOU	NE	65.50
T-45	Davone Bess	MIA	PIT	65.50
T-45	Brian Hartline	MIA	PIT	65.50
48	Robert Meachem	NO	at CAR	65.00
49	Jason Avant	PHI	at DAL	64.50
T-49	Donnie Avery	STL	SF	64.50
51	Roy Williams	DAL	PHI	64.00
T-51	Jerricho Cotchery	NYJ	CIN	64.00
T-51	Braylon Edwards	NYJ	CIN	64.00
T-51	Nate Washington	TEN	SEA	64.00
55	Bernard Berrian	MIN	NYG	62.50
56	Ted Ginn	MIA	PIT	61.50
T-56	Deion Branch	SEA	TEN	61.50
58	Chad Ochocinco	CIN	at NYJ	61.00
T-58	Devery Henderson	NO	at CAR	61.00
60	Kenneth Moore	CAR	NO	60.50
61	Reggie Wayne	IND	at BUF	59.50
62	Danny Amendola	STL	SF	59.00
63	Mark Clayton	BAL	at OAK	58.50
T-63	Laveranues Coles	CIN	at NYJ	58.50
T-63	Torry Holt	JAC	at CLE	58.50
66	Devin Hester	CHI	at DET	58.00
67	Chris Chambers	KC	at DEN	56.00
T-67	Brandon Gibson	STL	SF	56.00
69	Louis Murphy	OAK	BAL	53.00
70	Andre Caldwell	CIN	at NYJ	52.00
T-70	Patrick Crayton	DAL	PHI	52.00
72	Bobby Wade	KC	at DEN	51.50
73	Chaz Schilens	OAK	BAL	49.00
74	Jabar Gaffney	DEN	KC	43.00
75	Isaac Bruce	SF	at STL	41.00

Rank	Tight Ends	Team	Opponent	Average
1	Vernon Davis	SF	at STL	95.00
2	Tony Gonzalez	ATL	at TB	94.50
3	Fred Davis	WAS	at SD	88.50
4	Jason Witten	DAL	PHI	88.00
5	Visanthe Shiancoe	MIN	NYG	86.00
T-5	Kellen Winslow	TB	ATL	86.00
7	Kevin Boss	NYG	at MIN	84.00
8	Brent Celek	PHI	at DAL	83.62
9	Heath Miller	PIT	at MIA	82.00
10	Greg Olsen	CHI	at DET	81.00
11	Dustin Keller	NYJ	CIN	74.00
T-11	Antonio Gates	SD	WAS	74.00
13	Todd Heap	BAL	at OAK	72.50
T-13	John Carlson	SEA	TEN	72.50
15	Jermichael Finley	GB	at ARI	71.50
16	Bo Scaife	TEN	at SEA	70.00
17	Dallas Clark	IND	at BUF	68.50
T-17	Zach Miller	JAC	at CLE	65.50
19	Ben Patrick	ARI	GB	64.00
T-19	Dante Rosario	CAR	NO	64.00
T-19	Anthony Fasano	MIA	PIT	64.00
22	Ben Watson	NE	at HOU	63.00
23	Joel Dreessen	HOU	NE	61.50
24	Will Heller	DET	CHI	57.50
T-24	Randy McMichael	STL	SF	57.50
26	Tony Stewart	OAK	BAL	57.00
27	J.P. Foschi	CIN	at NYJ	56.00
28	Tony Scheffler	DEN	KC	55.50
29	Leonard Pope	KC	at DEN	54.00
30	Robert Royal	CLE	JAC	40.00
31	Jeremy Shockey	NO	at CAR	34.20
32	Zach Miller	OAK	BAL	33.00
33	Donald Lee	GB	at ARI	31.50
34	Martellus Bennett	DAL	PHI	31.00
35	Joey Haynos	MIA	PIT	30.00
36	Shawn Nelson	BUF	IND	26.00
37	Jonathan Stupar	BUF	IND	25.00
38	Alge Crumpler	TEN	at SEA	24.00
39	Evan Moore	CLE	JAC	22.00

Rank	Kickers	Team	Opponent	Average
1	David Akers	PHI	at DAL	93.00
2	Ryan Longwell	MIN	NYG	92.50
3	Rob Bironas	TEN	at SEA	90.50
4	Lawrence Tynes	NYG	at MIN	88.00
T-4	Nate Kaeding	SD	WAS	88.00
6	Mason Crosby	GB	at ARI	87.50
7	Stephen Gostkowski	NE	at HOU	86.50
8	Rian Lindell	BUF	IND	81.50
9	Robbie Gould	CHI	at DET	81.00
10	Neil Rackers	ARI	GB	80.50
11	Matt Prater	DEN	KC	79.50
T-11	Kris Brown	HOU	NE	79.50
13	Matt Bryant	ATL	at TB	77.50
T-13	Garrett Hartley	NO	at CAR	77.50
15	Shane Andrus	SF	at STL	75.50
16	Jay Feely	NYJ	CIN	74.00
17	Dan Carpenter	MIA	PIT	73.00
T-17	Connor Barth	TB	ATL	73.00
19	Jeff Reed	PIT	at MIA	71.00
T-19	Josh Brown	STL	SF	71.00
21	Sebastian Janikowski	OAK	BAL	70.50
T-21	Olindo Mare	SEA	TEN	70.50
23	Graham Gano	WAS	at SD	70.00
24	John Kasay	CAR	NO	69.50
T-24	Ryan Succop	KC	at DEN	69.50
26	Billy Cundiff	BAL	at OAK	68.00
T-26	Shaun Suisham	DAL	PHI	68.00
28	Phil Dawson	CLE	JAC	67.50
T-28	Matt Stover	IND	at BUF	67.50
30	Shayne Graham	CIN	at NYJ	65.50
31	Jason Hanson	DET	CHI	61.00
32	Josh Scobee	JAC	at CLE	59.00

Rank	Defense	Team	Opponent	Average
1	49ers	SF	at STL	89.50
2	Packers	GB	at ARI	87.00
3	Vikings	MIN	NYG	86.00
4	Eagles	PHI	at DAL	83.00
5	Broncos	DEN	KC	82.50
6	Jets	NYJ	CIN	81.00
7	Saints	NO	at CAR	80.50
8	Cardinals	ARI	GB	80.00
9	Giants	NYG	at MIN	76.50
10	Chargers	SD	WAS	76.00
11	Bills	BUF	IND	75.00
T-11	Dolphins	MIA	PIT	75.00
T-11	Steelers	PIT	at MIA	75.00
14	Colts	IND	at BUF	73.50
15	Ravens	BAL	at OAK	73.00
16	Falcons	ATL	at TB	72.50
17	Bengals	CIN	at NYJ	71.50
18	Cowboys	DAL	PHI	70.50
19	Texans	HOU	NE	69.50
20	Seahawks	SEA	TEN	69.00
T-20	Redskins	WAS	at SD	69.00
22	Panthers	CAR	NO	68.50
23	Titans	TEN	at SEA	68.00
24	Bears	CHI	at DET	67.50
25	Patriots	NE	at HOU	67.00
26	Browns	CLE	JAC	62.00
27	Raiders	OAK	BAL	61.00
28	Lions	DET	CHI	58.00
T-28	Jaguars	JAC	at CLE	58.00
30	Buccaneers	TB	ATL	56.50
31	Chiefs	KC	at DEN	52.50
32	Rams	STL	SF	48.00

 
*Removed Brandon Marshall and David Thomas, both of whom have been ruled out.
*Flipped Gartrell Johnson and Ahmad Bradshaw, with Johnson likely to receive more carries at this point.
 

 
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