Week 17 START/BENCH players GURU Style!

This is the final week of play. If you are still playing this week I can guarantee you are not happy about it because of the sheer number of players who will not be playing. We will definitely tell you who to bench and who to start based on reports on whether they will play.

(Sleepers will not appear in this blog. If you do not see a player, read our sleeper blog for this week.)

QUARTERBACKS
1st Tier Quarterbacks MUST Start:

Peyton Manning

Kurt Warner

Tom Brady

Drew Brees

Matt Hasslebeck
Carson Palmer
Marc Bulger

2nd Tier Quarterbacks You have to Start:

Jon Kitna

Eli Manning

Jay Cutler

David Garrard

Trent Edwards

Ben Roethlisberger

Jeff Garcia

Derek Anderson
Donovan McNabb

3rd Tier Quarterbacks Start At Your Own Risk (Big Payoff or Big Fall):

None

4th Tier Quarterbacks MUST BENCH:

Josh McCown

Brett Farve

Drew Brees

Tavaris Jackson

Troy Smith

Kyle Orton

Jon Kitna

Chris Redman

Kellen Clemens

Vinny Testaverde

Tony Romo
Philip Rivers

RUNNINGBACKS
1st Tier Runningbacks MUST Start: .

Brandon Jacobs - Check Injury Status

Marshawn Lynch

Frank Gore

Najeh Davenport

Ryan Grant

Brian Westbrook

Stephen Jackson

Jamal Lewis

Ernest Graham

Adrian Peterson (Min)

2nd Tier Runningbacks You have to Start:
Lendal White

Clinton Portis

Adrian Peterson (Chicago)
Shaun Alexander
Marion Barber

Kenny Watson

LaDainian Tomlinson

Aaron Stecker

Kolby Smith

Thomas Jones

Laurence Maroney

3rd Tier Runningbacks Start At Your Own Risk(Big Payoff or Big Fall):

None

4th Tier Runningbacks MUST BENCH:

Julius Jones

Edgerrin James
Jerius Norwood
Joseph Addai

Warrick Dunn

DeShaun Foster

WIDE RECEIVERS
1st Tier Wide Receivers MUST Start:
Hines Ward
Deion Branch
Joey Galloway
Andre Johnson
Larry Fitzgerald
Plaxico Burress
Marques Colston Check Injury Status
Reggie Wayne
Braylon Edwards
Chad Johnson
Santonio Holmes
Torry Holt
T.J. Houshmandzadeh
Randy Moss
Lee Evans

2nd Tier Wide Receivers You have to Start:
Bobby Engram

Patrick Crayton
Derrick Mason
Santana Moss
Chris Chambers
Anthony Gonzalez
Anquin Boldin

3rd Tier Wide Receivers Start At Your Own Risk(Big Payoff or Big Fall):

None

4th Tier Wide Receivers MUST BENCH:

Steve Smith
Isaac Bruce
Muhsin Muhammad
Benard Berrian
Greg Jennings

Donald Driver

Shaun McDonald

Ronald Curry
Calvin Johnson
Roddy White
Marty Booker
David Patten
Antwaan Randle El
Jerry Porter
Vincent Jackson

TIGHT ENDS
1st Tier Tight Ends MUST Start:
Chris Cooley
Jason Whitten
Donald Lee
Kevin Winslow
Tony Gonzalez
Heath Miller
Vernon Davis

2nd Tier Tight Ends You have to Start:
Desmond Clark
Bo Scaife
Marcedes Lewis
Dallas Clark

3rd Tier Tight Ends Start At Your Own Risk(Big Payoff or Big Fall):

NONE

4th Tier Tight Ends MUST BENCH:

Alge Crumpler

Antonio Gates

LJ Smith

Chris Baker

Kyle Brady

DEFENSES

1st Tier Defenses MUST Start:
Tampa Bay
Green Bay
Seattle
Jacksonville
Pittsburgh
Washington
San Diego

2nd Tier Defenses You have to Start:

New England

Indianapolis

Tennessee
Dallas
Jacksonville
Chicago
Philadelphia
Minnesota

3rd Tier Defenses Start At Your Own Risk:

None

4th Tier Defenses MUST BENCH:

NY Jets

Cincinnati

Cleveland
New Orleans
Atlanta
St Louis
Kansas City
Oakland
Arizona
Miami
Carolina

We are no longer going to do kickers. They are way to hard to predict. and most teams only have one anyway. If you need to find a kicker cause of a BYE week base your decisions on 3 factors:
1. Is the kicker kicking in a Dome? (that's good)

2. Is the Defense the kicker facing a tough defense?
3. Is the kicker's offense very good?

Watch for our sleepers coming next!

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