Who Should I Start? - Week 17
Ben Roethlisberger or Matthew Stafford
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Experts' Pick | |||
| Matthew Stafford QB - DET  vs. GB, Sun 8pm EST |
Ben Roethlisberger QB - PIT  vs. CLE, Sun 1pm EST |
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Expert |
98% Recommended by 104 of 106 experts |
2% Recommended by 2 of 106 experts |
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| Rankings | |||
| ECR | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Best Rank | # 2 | ‐ | |
| Worst Rank | # 20 | ‐ | |
| Matchup | |||
| Opponent | vs. GB | vs. CLE | |
| Matchup Rank | 7 | 1 | |
| Stats Allowed | |||
| Pass Comp | 20.6 | 19.3 | |
| Pass Yds | 238.8 | 222 | |
| Pass TD | 1.8 | 2 | |
| Fantasy Points | |||
| Season Total | 279.7 | 252.3 | |
| Avg Game | 17.5 | 18.0 | |
| Avg Projection | 257.1 | 277.0 | |
| Week 16 | 12.5 | 19.1 | |
| Misc | |||
| Injury Alert | Questionable | OUT | |
| Weather | ‐ | ‐ | |
| Expert Ranks | |||
| Eric Karabell ESPN | # 7 | ‐ | |
| Staff Composite ESPN | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Brandon Funston Fantasy Analyst | # 3 | ‐ | |
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Brad Evans Yahoo! Sports | # 4 | ‐ | |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 13 | ‐ | |
| Mike Krueger FFToday | # 7 | ‐ | |
| Staff Rankings ScoutFantasy | # 6 | ‐ | |
| Pat Fitzmaurice The Football Girl | # 5 | ‐ | |
| Dave Richard CBS Sports | # 11 | ‐ | |
| Jamey Eisenberg CBS Sports | # 10 | ‐ | |
| Michael Fabiano NFL.com | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Walter Cherepinsky WalterFootball | # 5 | ‐ | |
| Chet Gresham WalterFootball | # 8 | ‐ | |
| John Paulsen 4for4.com | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Kevin Roberts Breaking Football | # 6 | ‐ | |
| Derek Lofland Fantasy Football Maniax | # 11 | ‐ | |
| Ryan Fowler Fox Sports | # 7 | ‐ | |
| John Halpin Fox Sports | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Mike Harmon Swollen Dome | # 10 | ‐ | |
| Kevin Hanson EDSFootball | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Ken Zalis Pressbox | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Matt De Lima ScoutFantasy | # 7 | ‐ | |
| Bill Enright FFChamps | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Mike Clay ESPN | # 7 | ‐ | |
| Sean Koerner STATS | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Jeff Ratcliffe Pro Football Focus | # 9 | ‐ | |
| Sablich Brothers 5th Down Fantasy | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Tristan Cockcroft ESPN | # 7 | ‐ | |
| Staff Composite NFL.com | # 10 | # 14 | |
| Michael Beller Sports Illustrated | # 10 | # 30 | |
| Mike Tagliere FantasyPros | # 6 | ‐ | |
| Staff Rankings Fantasy Knuckleheads | # 9 | ‐ | |
| Greg Smith TwoQBs | # 7 | ‐ | |
| Zach Greubel Gridiron Experts | # 9 | ‐ | |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Heath Cummings CBS Sports | # 11 | ‐ | |
| Jeff Brubach The Fake Football | # 9 | # 19 | |
| Walton Spurlin Pro Football Focus | # 7 | ‐ | |
| Brent Namejko Fantasy Smack Talk | # 9 | ‐ | |
| Dan Yanotchko EDSFootball | # 4 | ‐ | |
| Nick Raducanu ProjectRoto | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Mike Rigz Gridiron Experts | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 9 | ‐ | |
| Staff Composite Fox Sports | # 8 | ‐ | |
| James Hatfield Hatty Waiver Wire Guru | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Scott Cullen TSN | # 8 | ‐ | |
| The FFGhost Dynasty League Football | # 7 | ‐ | |
| Staff Rankings Pyromaniac | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Tony Mauriello ProjectRoto | # 9 | ‐ | |
| R.C. Fischer Fantasy Football Metrics | # 5 | ‐ | |
| Adam Meyer Fox Sports | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Terrance Bridgett Fake Pigskin | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Nick Vertucci Sundays Are For Football | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Dan Clasgens Get Sports Info | # 6 | ‐ | |
| Jason Willan Gridiron Experts | # 7 | ‐ | |
| Tozzi Brothers Legion Report | # 7 | ‐ | |
| Marc Caviglia Bruno Boys | # 9 | ‐ | |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Nathan Miller Revelation Sports | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Jake Ciely RotoExperts | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Steve Wyremski Dynasty League Football | # 4 | ‐ | |
| Allie Fontana The Fantasy Fix | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Scott Whitfield Roto Rankings | # 7 | ‐ | |
| Joseph Dolan Fantasy Guru | # 2 | ‐ | |
| Kevin English Draft Sharks | # 6 | ‐ | |
| Jon Collins Fantasy Sports LR | # 7 | ‐ | |
| Dave Major XN Sports | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 6 | ‐ | |
| Patrick Daugherty Rotoworld | # 12 | ‐ | |
| Chris Meaney FNTSY Sports Network | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Seth Klein The Fantasy Fix | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Kelly Smelser Punch Drunk Wonderland | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Rich Hribar The Fake Football | # 7 | ‐ | |
| Jason Longfellow Razzball | # 7 | ‐ | |
| Patrick Thorman Pro Football Focus | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Addison Witt Fantasy Team Advice | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Gene Wang The Washington Post | # 10 | # 11 | |
| Des Bieler The Washington Post | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Emil Kadlec Football Diehards | # 6 | ‐ | |
| Matthew Freedman FantasyLabs | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 8 | ‐ | |
| David Gonos SoCalledFanEx | # 9 | # 13 | |
| Richard Savill Fantasy Six Pack | # 11 | ‐ | |
| Andy Holloway The Fantasy Footballers | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Jason Moore The Fantasy Footballers | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Donald Gibson Fantasy Fusion | # 5 | ‐ | |
| Jack Delaney Your Fantasy Football Coach | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Adam Sutton DraftStars | # 7 | ‐ | |
| Staff Rankings Fantasy Football Helpers | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Kevin Steele The Fantasy Authority | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Matt Camp Bleacher Report | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Field Yates ESPN | # 9 | ‐ | |
| Alex Gelhar NFL.com | # 8 | # 20 | |
| Tyler Loechner Pro Football Focus | # 8 | ‐ | |
| D.J. Foster Fox Sports | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Bill Dubiel RotoBaller | # 7 | ‐ | |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 9 | ‐ | |
| Bobby Sylvester FantasyPros | # 9 | ‐ | |
| Daniel Marcus Fantasy-Phenoms | # 3 | ‐ | |
| Scott Smith RotoViz | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Anthony Staggs Pyromaniac | # 8 | ‐ | |
| Rich Piazza Fantasy Shed | # 5 | ‐ | |
| Robert Waziak Jr. Pyromaniac | # 6 | ‐ | |
| Marcas Grant NFL.com | # 11 | # 5 | |
| Matt Harmon NFL.com | # 20 | # 7 | |
| Matthew Stafford QB - DET | Ben Roethlisberger QB - PIT | |
| 2016 Schedule | ||
| Week 1 | at IND 31/39, 340 pass yds, 3 td, 0 int 2 rush, 5 yds, 0 td | at WAS 27/37, 300 pass yds, 3 td, 1 int 1 rush, -2 yds, 0 td |
| Week 2 | vs. TEN 22/40, 260 pass yds, 1 td, 1 int 2 rush, 31 yds, 0 td | vs. CIN 19/37, 259 pass yds, 3 td, 2 int 1 rush, 14 yds, 0 td |
| Week 3 | at GB 28/41, 385 pass yds, 3 td, 1 int 2 rush, 11 yds, 0 td | at PHI 24/44, 257 pass yds, 0 td, 1 int 1 rush, 7 yds, 0 td |
| Week 4 | at CHI 23/36, 213 pass yds, 0 td, 2 int 2 rush, 17 yds, 0 td | vs. KC 22/27, 300 pass yds, 5 td, 0 int 1 rush, -1 yds, 0 td |
| Week 5 | vs. PHI 19/25, 180 pass yds, 3 td, 0 int 6 rush, 16 yds, 0 td | vs. NYJ 34/47, 380 pass yds, 4 td, 0 int |
| Week 6 | vs. LAR 23/31, 270 pass yds, 4 td, 0 int 5 rush, 14 yds, 0 td | at MIA 19/34, 189 pass yds, 1 td, 2 int |
| Week 7 | vs. WAS 18/29, 266 pass yds, 1 td, 0 int 2 rush, 32 yds, 0 td | vs. NE |
| Week 8 | at HOU 27/41, 240 pass yds, 1 td, 0 int | BYE WEEK |
| Week 9 | at MIN 23/36, 219 pass yds, 2 td, 1 int | at BAL 23/45, 264 pass yds, 1 td, 1 int 3 rush, 3 yds, 1 td |
| Week 10 | BYE WEEK | vs. DAL 37/46, 408 pass yds, 3 td, 0 int 1 rush, 1 yds, 0 td |
| Week 11 | vs. JAC 24/33, 278 pass yds, 0 td, 0 int 2 rush, 0 yds, 0 td | at CLE 23/36, 167 pass yds, 0 td, 0 int |
| Week 12 | vs. MIN 23/40, 232 pass yds, 1 td, 0 int 4 rush, 30 yds, 0 td | at IND 14/20, 221 pass yds, 3 td, 0 int |
| Week 13 | at NO 30/42, 341 pass yds, 2 td, 0 int 3 rush, 22 yds, 0 td | vs. NYG 24/36, 289 pass yds, 2 td, 1 int |
| Week 14 | vs. CHI 21/35, 223 pass yds, 1 td, 2 int 4 rush, 15 yds, 1 td | at BUF 17/31, 220 pass yds, 0 td, 3 int 3 rush, -2 yds, 0 td |
| Week 15 | at NYG 24/39, 273 pass yds, 0 td, 1 int 2 rush, 13 yds, 0 td | at CIN 21/36, 286 pass yds, 1 td, 0 int 4 rush, -5 yds, 0 td |
| Week 16 | at DAL 26/46, 260 pass yds, 0 td, 1 int 1 rush, 1 yds, 1 td | vs. BAL 24/33, 279 pass yds, 3 td, 2 int 1 rush, -1 yds, 0 td |
| Week 17 | vs. GB | vs. CLE |
| Matthew Stafford QB - DET vs. GB, Sun 8pm EST |
Ben Roethlisberger QB - PIT vs. CLE, Sun 1pm EST |
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| Passing | ||
| Pass Att | 585.6 | 583.1 |
| Pass Cmp | 378.5 | 382.0 |
| Pass Yards | 4,204.9 | 4,597.5 |
| 25.8 | 29.2 | |
| Ints | 14.2 | 14.1 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rush Attempts | 36.4 | 25.0 |
| Rush Yards | 142.3 | 61.9 |
| Rush TDs | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| Misc | ||
| 4.1 | 3.5 | |
| Points | ||
| Fantasy Points | 257.1 | 277.0 |
| Matthew Stafford QB - DET | Ben Roethlisberger QB - PIT | |
| 2016 Points | ||
| Week 1 | 26.1 | 21.8 |
| Week 2 | 15.5 | 19.8 |
| Week 3 | 26.5 | 7.0 |
| Week 4 | 8.2 | 33.9 |
| Week 5 | 18.8 | 29.2 |
| Week 6 | 28.2 | 9.6 |
| Week 7 | 17.8 | ‐ |
| Week 8 | 13.6 | ‐ |
| Week 9 | 14.8 | 18.9 |
| Week 10 | ‐ | 28.4 |
| Week 11 | 11.1 | 8.7 |
| Week 12 | 16.3 | 20.8 |
| Week 13 | 23.8 | 17.6 |
| Week 14 | 16.4 | 2.6 |
| Week 15 | 10.2 | 14.9 |
| Week 16 | 12.5 | 19.1 |
| Week 17 | 19.9 | ‐ |
| Matthew Stafford QB - DET vs. GB, Sun 8pm EST |
Ben Roethlisberger QB - PIT vs. CLE, Sun 1pm EST |
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| Expert | ||
| Bobby Sylvester FantasyPros | Stafford is a must-start this week against Green Bay with the season on the line. He should throw the ball a ton and the Packers have a weak secondary. | |
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