Who Should I Start?
Ben Tate or Pierre Thomas (Week 17)
vs. Titans
vs. PanthersExpert Picks
70%
30%
Expert Consensus Rank (ECR)
22
30
Best Rank
3
15
Worst Rank
45
50
| Site Projections scoutPRO | 3 | 26 |
| Staff Projections FantasySharks | 5 | 21 |
| Staff Rankings Fantasy Knuckleheads | 8 | 33 |
| Alan Harrison The Fantasy Fix | 8 | 28 |
| David Dodds FootballGuys | 9 | 31 |
| Tommy Rowan TO Fantasy Sports | 10 | 25 |
| Staff Rankings FFToolbox | 12 | 23 |
| Site Projections NumberFire | 13 | 28 |
| Brad Evans Yahoo! Sports | 14 | 25 |
| Eric Karabell ESPN | 14 | 32 |
| Site Projections FFToday | 15 | 41 |
| Mike Krueger FFToday | 16 | 47 |
 Gregg RosenthalRotoworld | 16 | 32 |
| Walter Cherepinsky WalterFootball | 16 | 41 |
| Josh Moore 4for4 | 16 | 36 |
| Jamey Eisenberg CBS Sports | 17 | 28 |
| Kevin Roberts NFL Soup | 18 | 48 |
| Keet Bailey NFL Soup | 19 | 40 |
| Alessandro Miglio Pro Football Focus | 21 | 26 |
| Ken Zalis Fans Fantasy Football | 21 | 28 |
| Matthew Berry ESPN | 22 | 27 |
| Dave Richard CBS Sports | 22 | 25 |
| Site Projections ESPN | 24 | 22 |
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | 24 | 15 |
| Staff Composite ESPN | 24 | 29 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Football | 26 | 32 |
| Christopher Harris ESPN | 26 | 37 |
| Staff Composite Yahoo! Sports | 26 | 27 |
| Chet Gresham The Fake Football | 26 | 38 |
| Site Projections Sports Illustrated | 26 | 19 |
| Michael Fabiano NFL.com | 27 | 31 |
| Dave Dameshek NFL.com | 27 | 31 |
| Adam Rank NFL.com | 27 | 30 |
 Scott PianowskiYahoo! Sports | 27 | 32 |
| Mike Clay Pro Football Focus | 28 | 24 |
| Kevin Hanson EDSFootball | 28 | 32 |
| Anthony Perri Insider Football | 29 | 35 |
| Site Rankings Fantasy Football Nerd | 29 | 27 |
| Staff Rankings Fantasy Football Freaks | 29 | 23 |
| Site Projections CBS Sports | 30 | 25 |
| Staff Composite NFL.com | 30 | 32 |
| Staff Rankings KFFL | 30 | 23 |
| Brandon Funston Yahoo! Sports | 31 | 33 |
| Tristan Cockcroft ESPN | 31 | 24 |
| Sablich Brothers The New York Times | 32 | 27 |
| Ryan Lester Lesters Legends | 33 | 31 |
| John Paulsen 4for4 | 34 | 29 |
| Matt Smith NFL.com | 35 | 31 |
| Jason Smith NFL.com | 36 | 31 |
| Site Projections AccuScore | 37 | 33 |
| Pete O'Brien USA Today | 37 | 41 |
| Sigmund Bloom FootballGuys | 37 | 31 |
| Staff Projections WhatIfSports | 39 | 50 |
| Smitty Fantasy Football Xtreme | 45 | N/A |
| Alessandro Miglio Pro Football Focus | “He may get the lion's share of the work this week if the Texans decide to rest Foster.” | |
| Staff Rankings Fantasy Knuckleheads | “With nothing to play for, Tate should either start or get a majority of the carries.” | |
| Kevin Roberts NFL Soup | “Could see a ton of work late with Foster unlikely to play the whole game.” |