Week 17 Incentives

Here are 5 players with just a little bit extra to play for in Week 17 … in two minutes or less.

WR: Stefon Diggs (NE)

Diggs needs four catches in Week 17 to trigger a $500,000 bonus.

• He’s already at 76 receptions and just went 9-for-10 for 138 yards in Week 16

• Drake Maye locked onto him as the primary read in a comeback win

• Diggs has already shown 9-catch, 100-yard upside against this exact opponent earlier this season

Four receptions is the floor when New England needs offense… and the money gives them every reason to feed him again.

QB: Sam Darnold (SEA)

 Darnold is chasing $1,000,000 total with 297 passing yards and four touchdowns.

• He’s thrown for 270+ yards in back-to-back games entering Week 17

• He’s already posted multiple four-TD games this season

• Seattle has shown it will stay aggressive in high-leverage game scripts

He doesn’t need a perfect game, just volume, and the incentive lines up perfectly with how Seattle has been playing.

RB: Saquon Barkley (PHI)

Barkley needs 155 scrimmage yards to cash a $250,000 bonus.

• He just went for 132 yards and a TD on 21 carries in Week 16

• Philadelphia enters the championship week with the most favorable RB playoff schedule

• Barkley has shown he can stack yards through both rushing and receiving

This is a classic “force-feed” spot… and when volume meets motivation, the yardage usually follows.

TE: Trey McBride (ARI)

McBride needs eight catches to set the single-season tight end reception record.

• He’s averaged nearly 10 targets per game since Week 6

• Cincinnati allows the most fantasy points to tight ends

• He had two missed touchdown connections last week that easily could’ve pushed him over

This is a volume record, not an efficiency bet, and no tight end is safer to pile up catches right now.

WR: Justin Jefferson (MIN)

Jefferson needs just 26 receiving yards to set the first-six-seasons yardage record.

• He’s coming off a 6-for-85 performance in Week 16

• Detroit allows one of the highest fantasy outputs to wide receivers

• Minnesota continues to lean on Jefferson as the engine of the offense

When history is this close, the ball usually finds the star early, and Jefferson needs one drive to get there.

So that’s the list. If you’re building a championship lineup, these guys have motivation and opportunity aligned… as promised, in 2 minutes or less.

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See you tomorrow,

-Joe

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