Should You Start James Cook, Leonard Fournette, or Latavius Murray in Fantasy Football Week 17?

Coming off a so-so efficiency for the Buffalo Payments in final week’s win over the Los Angeles Chargers, RB James Prepare dinner is now joined in a crowded Payments’ backfield by RB Leonard Fournette and RB Latavius Murray, when it comes to potential starters for fantasy soccer managers.

So, who ought to get the beginning in lineups this week? We’ll let the appropriate selection of the three.

Ought to You Begin James Prepare dinner, Leonard Fournette, or Latavius Murray This Week?

Within the Professional Soccer Community Begin/Sit Optimizer, our Consensus Rankings say Prepare dinner is the participant to start out. His projected 14.9 factors embody 63 speeding yards and three receptions for 29 receiving yards. That projected stat line simply outperforms Fournette’s 3.2 factors and Murray’s 5.3 factors.

My rating for these three Buffalo operating backs aligns with the consensus. Prepare dinner is the clear selection — even when he’s coming off a little bit of a down week. Fournette and Murray aren’t on the sector sufficient to make as massive of an affect as Prepare dinner.

Fantasy Outlook for Prepare dinner This Week

Prepare dinner, who was spectacular two weeks in the past in a win over the Dallas Cowboys with a career-high 179 speeding yards and a landing, noticed his numbers drop off a bit final week in opposition to the Los Angeles Chargers, as he completed with solely 70 yards and three.5 yards per carry.

Nonetheless, there are a few causes not to surrender on Prepare dinner in case you’re deciding which Payments’ operating again to start out. For one, he’s nonetheless on the sector longer than any of the Buffalo operating backs. Final week, Prepare dinner was on the sector for 75% of the Payments’ offensive snaps.

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For one more, the Payments host the New England Patriots, and Prepare dinner’s numbers have been significantly better at residence than on the street. All three of his 100-yard speeding video games this season have been at residence, and his 80.9 rush yards per sport common is considerably larger than on the street (55.9).

Fantasy Outlook for Fournette This Week

Fournette obtained his first motion of the season final week in opposition to the Chargers and was productive in restricted time. Though he was solely on the sector for 10 snaps, Fournette completed with 37 scrimmage yards on six touches.

It’s not outlandish to count on much more from Fournette — both this week or subsequent — because the Payments attempt to get him prepared for a possible playoff berth. Nonetheless, I’m unsure if he’s able to put up the type of numbers that make him price beginning over Prepare dinner.

The PFN Optimizer tasks Fournette to complete with eight speeding yards, and one reception for eight receiving yards.

Fantasy Outlook for Murray This Week

Murray had 5 carries for 11 speeding yards and a landing two weeks in the past in opposition to the Cowboys, however he was restricted to simply seven offensive snaps final week in opposition to the Chargers.

Is Murray going to develop into the odd man out within the fantasy world — at the very least when in comparison with Prepare dinner and Fournette? It’s a scenario definitely price monitoring. For now, there’s no approach he needs to be beginning over Prepare dinner.

The PFN Optimizer tasks Murray to complete with 24 speeding yards and one reception for six receiving yards.

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