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Week 17 Start and Sit

Fantasy Football Start ‘Em Sit ‘Em Week 17

You know the feeling, but now it’s amplified because Week 17 brings with it a fantasy football championship on the line. The safety net is gone. It’s the SHIP, and that glorious, maddening weekly riddle has morphed into a do-or-die ultimatum: WHO DO I START?

The stakes? No longer just a bad week – we’re talking season-ending, delete-the-app despair versus the intoxicating high of championship glory. You’re looking for that edge, that reassurance amidst the chaos.

Friends, I’m here for you. To give you my two cents on who needs to be touching grass to keep your title hopes alive and who needs to be riding pine before they pack your bags for you.

This is it. Your CHAMPIONSHIP nudge. *pats tushie* Now, let’s go get this RING.


After you get done here, get more help with your fantasy football championship matchup with our Week 17 quarterback rankings.


Week 17 Start’Em Sit’Em

QBs I LOVE THIS WEEK

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) scrambles out of the pocket against the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium in Glendale on Nov. 16, 2025. | Source: Lastwordonsports.com - Doug Henderson
  • Joe Burrow (CIN v. ARI)
  • Dak Prescott (DAL @ WAS)
  • Brock Purdy (SF @ CHI)
  • Matthew Stafford (LAR @ ATL)
  • Tyler Shough (NO @ TEN)

About Doug Henderson

Doug Henderson grew up playing every sport imagineable. He quickly hit a ceiling his playing skills didn't let him break and had to turn to writing to get his sports fix.

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