Fantasy Football Week 17 Wide Receiver Preview: Amon-Ra St. Brown should stay red hot

You can count on Detroit's rookie wide receiver

By Heath Cummings

Dec 30, 2021 at 4:12 pm ET • 1 min read

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One of the biggest questions in the Fantasy Football playoffs is whether you play the players that got you there or try to catch lightning in a bottle with guys who emerge late in the season. In Week 17, that question becomes even more relevant with a few players who have been spectacular lately, and now you have to decide whether they'll keep it up.

Amon-ra St. Brown is the first guy who comes to mind. The rookie scored zero touchdowns the first 12 weeks of the season and didn't top 70 yards even once either. In his four games since, he has at least 11 targets, 15 PPR Fantasy points, and 73 yards in every game. He's also scored three times in those four games. Some of us got a little scared of him last week because Jared Goff was out and St. Brown set a career-high with 91 receiving yards on his way to 24.1 PPR Fantasy points.

In Week 17, Goff is back, but St. Brown faces a Seahawks defense that allows the sixth-fewest Fantasy points to receivers and not allowed a touchdown to a receiver in six of their last seven games. I am willing to overlook the matchup because the volume has been so consistent and because it coincided with T.J. Hockenson going out, which makes sense.

St. Brown is still available in 23% of leagues but he's a top-20 receiver for me in all formats this week.

Here is the rest of the Week 17 WR Preview:

Week 17 WR Preview

Who's Out

Numbers to Know

Matchups That Matter

Waiver Wire Targets

DFS Plays

Projections

WR Preview

Who's Out

The following players are not being projected to play Week 17 at this time. Here's what it means:

Adam Thielen WR

CAR Carolina • #19
Age: 34 • Experience: 11 year

K.J. Osborn is one of the top waiver wire adds.

Bryan Edwards WR

NO New Orleans • #11
Age: 25 • Experience: 4 yrs.

DeSean Jackson could play a bigger role.

Julio Jones WR

PHI Philadelphia • #80
Age: 35 • Experience: 14 yrs.

A.J. Brown should see all the targets he can handle.

WR Preview

Numbers to Know

89.6 -- PPR Fantasy points for St. Brown since Week 13, fourth-most amongst wide receivers.
15 -- Targets for Antonio Brown in his first game back with Tampa Bay.
24 -- Zay Jones has seen 24 targets over his past three games.
6 -- K.J. Osborn has scored at least 14 PPR Fantasy points in six of seven games this season in which he has received at least six targets.
309 -- DK Metcalf has 309 receiving yards in his last eight games. He's a touchdown-or-bust flex.