Fantasy Football Week 16: Matt Camp’s Week 16 Big Board

December 21, 2016   ·   Matt Camp   ·   Jump to comments

The reason almost all fantasy football championships are played in Week 16 instead of Week 17 is to avoid any playing-time issues related to teams that already clinched the playoffs. When you get this late in the NFL season, those concerns will pop up, but there’s a good chance nothing like that will happen this week. 
By the time the Dallas Cowboys kick off on Monday night, they’ll know if they already clinched home-field advantage or need a win over the Detroit Lions to get it. If the New York Giants tie or lose to the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday night, the Cowboys lock up the No. 1 seed in the NFC. That could raise questions about how many minutes key players would see on the field in a meaningless game. 
If the Cowboys clinch the top seed before they take the field in Week 16, would it make sense to sit starters? Assuming they’d do the same in Week 17, that would mean three weeks off before they host a playoff game in the divisional round. ...

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