If you are still reading the Hotpage, you either really enjoy my writing (less than likely) or have a vested interest in the outcome of week seventeen games (more likely). I have never been an advocate of playing championship games in week seventeen and I am glad that both the NFFC and WCOFF award their champions at the end of week sixteen. There is just too much goofy stuff that goes on in week seventeen – you may as well start your fantasy regular season in the final week of the pre-season if you are going to conclude it in week seventeen. I know there are many leagues that play the entire regular season as their fantasy regular season and then the NFL playoffs as their fantasy playoffs. That is fine, but it does not preclude fantasy players from making extreme roster moves if they are still jockeying for a playoff spot. It is safe to assume that the typical key fantasy players on NFL teams already locked in playoff spots will see very limited action this week. The weekly rankings reflect our best guess at incorporating anticipated playing time.

Good luck to all this fantasy football season!

Below are the weekly player rankings. As a reminder, these rankings are specific to the Week Seventeen match-ups.

Quarterbacks 1. Tom Brady, NE 2. Drew Brees, NO 3. Kurt Warner, Ari 4. Carson Palmer, Cin 5. Marc Bulger, Stl 6. Donovan McNabb, Phi 7. Derek Anderson, Cle 8. Shaun Hill, SF 9. Damon Huard, KC 10. Cleo Lemon, Mia 11. John Kitna, Det 12. Jay Cutler, Den 13. Tony Romo, Dal 14. Kyle Orton, Chi 15. Todd Collins, Wash 16. Vince Young, Ten 17. David Garrard, Jax 18. Brett Favre, GB 19. Matt Hasselbeck, Sea 20. Trent Edwards, Buf 21. Chad Pennington, NYJ 22. Troy Smith, Bal 23. Jared Lorenzen, NYG 24. Sage Rosenfels, Hou 25. Tarvaris Jackson, Min 26. JaMarcus Russell, Oak 27. Matt Moore, Car 28. Peyton Manning, Indy 29. Ben Roethlisberger, Pit 30. Philip Rivers, SD 31. Jeff Garcia, TB 32. Eli Manning, NYG 33. Jim Sorgi, Ind 34. Matt Cassell, NE 35. Brad Johnson, Dal 36. Aaron Rogers, GB 37. Billy Volek, SD 38. Quinn Gray, Jax 39. Chris Redman, Atl Running Backs 1. Steven Jackson, Stl 2. Brian Westbrook, Phil 3. Adrian Peterson, Min 4. Clinton Portis, Wash 5. Frank Gore, SF 6. Marshawn Lynch, Buff 7. Edgerrin James, Ari 8. LenDale White, Ten 9. Najeh Davenport, Pitt 10. Kenny Watson, Cin 11. Jamal Lewis, Cle 12. Aaron Stecker, NO 13. Kolby Smith, KC 14. Adrian Peterson, Chi 15. Thomas Jones, NYJ 16. T.J. Duckett, Det 17. Maurice Jones-Drew, Jax 18. Ryan Grant, GB 19. LaDainian Tomlinson, SD 20. Marion Barber, Dal 21. Earnest Graham, TB 22. Joseph Addai, Ind 23. Fred Taylor, Jax 24. Ahmad Bradshaw, NYG 25. DeShaun Foster, Car 26. Selvin Young, Den 27. Jerious Norwood, Atl 28. Musa Smith, Bal 29. Shaun Alexander, Sea 30. Laurence Maroney, NE 31. Chris Brown, Ten 32. Travis Henry, Den 33. Chester Taylor, Min 34. Samkon Gado, Mia 35. Dominic Rhodes, Oak 36. Michael Turner, SD 37. Kenton Keith, Indy 38. Brandon Jacobs, NYG 39. Reuben Droughns, NYG 40. Maurice Morris, Sea 41. Warrick Dunn, Atl 42. Julius Jones, Dal 43. Ladell Betts, Wash 44. Correll Buckhalter, Phil 45. Jesse Chatman, Mia 46. DeAngelo Williams, Car 47. Fred Jackson, Buf 48. Leon Washington, NYJ 49. Leonard Weaver, Sea 50. Kevin Faulk, NE 51. Lamont Jordan, Oak 52. Michael Pittman, TB 53. Brian Leonard, Stl 54. Michael Robinson, SF 55. Vernand Morency, GB 56. Maurice Hicks, SF 57. Jason Wright, Cle 58. Chris Henry, Ten 59. Reggie Bush, NO (inj) 60. Rudi Johnson, Cinn (inj) 61. Willis McGahee, Bal (inj) 62. Ron Dayne, Hou (inj) 63. Kevin Jones, Det (inj) Tight Ends 1. Kellen Winslow, Cle 2. Tony Gonzalez, KC 3. Chris Cooley, Wash 4. Tony Scheffler, Den 5. Donald Lee, GB 6. Owen Daniels, Hou 7. Desmond Clark, Chi 8. Vernon Davis, SF 9. Jason Witten, Dal 10. Antonio Gates, SD 11. Zach Miller, Oak 12. Dallas Clark, Ind 13. Heath Miller, Pitt 14. Alex Smith, TB 15. Eric Johnson, NO 16. Greg Olsen, Chi 17. Alge Crumpler, Atl 18. Chris Baker, NYJ 19. Jeff King, Car 20. L.J. Smith, Phi 21. Randy McMichael, Stl 22. Robert Royal, Buf 23. Daniel Graham, Den 24. Marcedes Lewis, Jax 25. David Martin, Mia 26. Quinn Sypniewski, Bal 27. Anthony Fasano, Dal 28. Visanthe Shiancoe, Min 29. Marcus Pollard, Sea 30. Bo Scaife, Ten 31. Jerramy Stevens, TB

Wide Receivers 1. Randy Moss, NE 2. Braylon Edwards, Cle 3. Larry Fitzgerald, Ari 4. Marques Colston, NO 5. T.J. Houshmandzadah, Cin 6. Brandon Marshall, Den 7. Bernard Berrian, Chi 8. Anquan Boldin, Ari 9. Andre Johnson, Hou 10. Roddy White, Atl 11. Wes Welker, NE 12. Chad Johnson, Cin 13. Bobby Engram, Sea 14. Torry Holt, Stl 15. Laveranues Coles, NYJ 16. Anthony Gonzalez, Indy 17. Santana Moss, Wash 18. Reggie Wayne, Ind 19. Greg Jennings, GB 20. Hines Ward, Pitt 21. Patrick Crayton, Dal 22. Derrick Mason, Bal 23. Chris Henry, Cin 24. Calvin Johnson, Det 25. Jericho Cotchery, NYJ 26. Dwayne Bowe, KC 27. Steve Smith, Car 28. Lee Evans, Buff 29. Arnaz Battle, SF 30. Reggie Brown, Phil 31. Dennis Northcutt, Jax 32. Shaun McDonald, Det 33. Michael Jenkins, Atl 34. Kevin Curtis, Phil 35. Brad Smith, NYJ 36. Jerry Porter, Oak 37. Nate Washington, Pitt 38. Reggie Williams, Jax 39. Kevin Walter, Hou 40. Plaxico Burress, NYG 41. Joey Galloway, TB 42. Justin Gage, Ten 43. Chris Chambers, SD 44. Roydell Williams, Ten 45. Deion Branch, Sea 46. Donte Stallworth, NE 47. Brandon Stokley, Den 48. Joe Jurevicius, Cle 49. Santonio Holmes, Pitt 50. Donald Driver, GB 51. Muhsin Muhammad, Chi 52. Amani Toomer, NYG 53. Ronald Curry, Oak 54. Bryant Johnson, Ari 55. Ernest Wilford, Jax 56. Mark Clayton, Bal 57. James Jones, GB 58. Cedric Wilson, Pitt 59. Sidney Rice, Min 60. Ted Ginn, Jr., Mia 61. Josh Reed, Buff 62. Mike Furrey, Det 63. Matt Jones, Jax 64. Roscoe Parrish, Buff 65. Isaac Bruce, Stl 66. Nate Burleson, Sea 67. Brandon Jones, Ten 68. Derrick Hagan, Mia 69. Bobby Wade, Min 70. Samie Parker, KC 71. Darrell Jackson, SF 72. Lance Moore, NO 73. Ike Hilliard, TB 74. Drew Carter, Car 75. Andre Davis, Hou 76. Devery Henderson, NO 77. Marty Booker, Mia 78. Antwaan Randle El, Wash 79. Vincent Jackson, SD 80. Drew Bennett, Stl 81. Demetrius Williams, Bal 82. Terrance Copper, NO 83. Joe Horn, Atl 84. Seneca Wallace, Sea 85. Troy Williamson, Min 86. Eddie Kennison, KC (inj) 87. Marvin Harrison, Indy (inj) 88. D.J. Hackett, Sea (inj) 89. Roy Williams, Det (inj) 90. Javon Walker, Den (inj) 91. Terrell Owens, Dal (inj) Team Defenses 1. New England Patriots 2. Jacksonville Jaguars 3. Pittsburgh Steelers 4. Seattle Seahawks 5. San Diego Chargers 6. Philadelphia Eagles 7. Tennessee Titans 8. Tampa Bay Bucs 9. Minnesota Vikings 10. Washington Redskins 11. Dallas Cowboys 12. Arizona Cardinals 13. Green Bay Packers 14. Indianapolis Colts 15. San Francisco 49ers 16. Cincinnati Bengals 17. New Orleans Saints 18. Baltimore Ravens 19. New York Jets 20. New York Giants 21. Detroit Lions 22. Kansas City Chiefs 23. Buffalo Bills 24. Cleveland Browns 25. Chicago Bears 26. Carolina Panthers 27. Denver Broncos 28. Oakland Raiders 29. Houston Texans 30. St. Louis Rams 31. Miami Dolphins 32. Atlanta Falcons Kickers 1. Mason Crosby, GB 2. Rob Bironas, Ten 3. Robbie Gould, Chi 4. Neil Rackers, Ari 5. Shaun Suisham, Wash 6. Shayne Graham, Cin 7. Kris Brown, Hou 8. David Akers, Phil 9. Jeff Wilkins, Stl 10. Joe Nedney, SF 11. Phil Dawson, Cle 12. Jason Elam, Den 13. Nick Folk, Dal 14. Jeff Reed, Pitt 15. Steven Gostkowski, NE 16. Josh Scobee, Jax 17. Josh Brown, Sea 18. Ryan Longwell, Min 19. Nate Kaeding, SD 20. Mike Nugent, NYJ 21. Jay Feely, Mia 22. Matt Bryant, TB 23. Jason Hanson, Det 24. Adam Vinatieri, Indy 25. Sebastian Janikowski, Oak 26. John Carney, KC 27. John Kasay, Car 28. Rian Lindall, Buff 29. Martin Gramatica, NO 30. Matt Stover, Bal 31. Lawrence Tynes, NYG 32. Morten Andersen, Atl

I thought Lav. Coles was on IR and I doubt Anthony Gonzalez will play this weekend...