HOT AND NOT WEEK 17
If you are in need of a HOT fantasy football player these Top Hot players for the week should help you out if they’re in your lineup. They may also be free agents on your waiver wire.
If you need to dump a lame duck on your team, these NOTS should be them. Throw em in the trash if you can afford to not have them on your bench. Fantasy Football always favors the prepared mind.
The more research you do, and the more HOT players you have to choose from on your team, the better your odds are of winning your fantasy football league outright this year.
After all of the weekly games are finished be sure to check our waiver wire column, studs and duds, a who’s hot, and who’s not report plus more in our fantasy football guide.
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Interesting week Huh? The rich get richer and the poor get poorer – that’s how we will end this decade of the NFL.
Week 17 will see a lot of starters being rested, making the HOT list a tad difficult. The Colts, Saints and Chargers have nothing to play for – Hey!! It’s not my fault.
As always, the Hot and Not list is a compilation of trends, stats, and upcoming matchups. I hope you enjoy Dave B’s Week 16 edition of the HOT and NOT list.
HOT
Tony Romo – Dallas – The December woes for the Cowboys have turned around – thanks to a Red HOT Tony Romo. In December, Romo has averaged almost 310 yards passing, and has thrown 7 touchdowns. Romo is playing well and has the Cowboys looking like a team that could surprise in the playoffs.
Philip Rivers – San Diego – Rivers finds heat in December like no other player in history. He has an amazing win streak in the month over the past 5 years and has his team on a 10 game winning streak. He’s throwing for yardage, scores and accuracy. The dude is simply on fire.
Donovan McNabb – Philadelphia – McNabb is a guy that can look bad at time, but always ends up producing. He’s been solid all year and he took it up a notch in Week 16 with a 322 yard, 3 td. effort against the Broncos. What is underestimated is McNabb’s ability to run for a key 1st down. Donovan is HOT – Look out NFC!!
Jerome Harrison – Cleveland – I thought Week 15 was a fluke – I was wrong.148 yards and a score to follow up a 286 yard, 3 td. performance – ya he’s HOT.
Jamaal Charles – Kansas City – Charles is playing like a man on a mission and is carrying an otherwise brutal Offense. He’s rushed for over 100 yards in the last 3 and is bailing his team out with key 3rd down catches. Charles is indeed in charge!
Jonathan Stewart – Carolina – To say that he’s filled in admirable for injured DeAngelo Williams would be an understatement. 206 yards last week and now he faces a suddenly vulnerable New Orleans Defense.
Ryan Grant – Green Bay – Grant has one bad game sandwiched between 2 great ones. Grant has scored 5 touchdowns in his last 3 games and is looking more like an integral piece to an amazing Offense. Grant is heating up for what the Packers hop is a long playoff run.
Chris Johnson – Tennessee – Johnson is only 128 yards away from 2000 on the season. He’s been the Man in Tennessee and his Offensive Line will play their asses off to see their Man get to 2000. I feel sorry for Seattle.
Wes Welker – New England – Amazingly, Welker has not scored since Week 7!!! Yet he leads the league in catches by a mile. If he scored the occasional touchdown, he’d be a Fantasy Beast, but for now Welker is simply HOT.
Andre Johnson – Houston – I can’t say enough about this guy. He’s scored 4 touchdown in his last 3 games and has averaged 140 yards Receiving in those games. His HOT play has the Texans in a playoff hunt – somehow!
Steve Smith – Carolina – This is more of a shout out to Steve for almost making it through a season with the worst passing game by any team that I can remember. Nearly 1000 yards Receiving and 7 tds. Bravo Steve!!!
Miles Austin – Dallas – He didn’t score in Week 16 – all he got was 9 catches for 92 yards. Austin did score in the previous 4 games and with a certain shootout against the Eagles looming – Austin is HOT.
NOT
Carson Palmer – Cincinnati – It is just shocking to me that a guy with Palmer’s talent only throws for 139 yards against the Chiefs. I am out of words for this dude.
Matt Cassell – Kansas City – Matt is some kinda bad right now. In his last 4 games, he has 3 touchdown passes and 8 interceptions. Cassell aint HOT. 
David Gerrard – Jacksonville – Looking to build of a 3 td. performance in Week 15, David Gerrard slipped back to his Dud ways. He has thrown zero touchdown in the 2 games sandwiched around that effort. Gerrard is a total Dud.
Matt Hasselbeck – Seattle 2 consecutive 4 interception games is NOT HOT.
Reggie Bush – New Orleans – Oh Reggie, just when I think that you are on the right path, you completely disappear. He’s catching the ball but always for minimal gains. Awful!!
Ricky Williams – Miami – Don’t get me wrong – Ricky’s been OK. Week 16 only produced 35 yards rushing and now he has to face a Pittsburgh Defense the NEEDS to be huge.
Fred Jackson – Buffalo – 39 yards rushing against a terrible Atlanta run Defense? Jackson hasn’t scored in 4 weeks and is finding himself NOT HOT.
Terrell Owens – Buffalo – What’s truly amazing is that TO has kept his mouth shut. He’s averaging less than 3 catches per game and 25 yards over his last 3 games – NOT HOT
Mike Sims-Walker – Jacksonville – Outside of a Week 16 game with 6 catches, 64 yards and a td., Sims-Walker has averaged under 2 catches and about 12 yards in his last 4 games – terrible.
Reggie Wayne – Indianapolis Had a good Week 15, but other than that he’s been eerily quiet. He’ll probably be rested in Week 17, so Wayne really aint HOT.
