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Best Bets for Week 17

Best Bets for Week 17

Plus a Week 16 review

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Dalton Kates
Dec 29, 2024
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I hope everyone had an awesome holidays and got some much needed time to relax and hang with loved ones.

Also if you’re in some fantasy championships today I wish you all the best of luck in your leagues and/or contests you’re in! It’s a fun week to sweat out all the hard work our fantasy football teams have done for us up to this part of the year.

Week 16 Review

Last week we went 4-2 on straight prop bets in a week where things went seemingly pretty well with a heavy dose of unders on the week with five of them placed going 4-1.

Up 1.6 units on the week to get back on track for now 13 of 16 weeks with a positive week betting wise.

Bad Variance

Drake Maye under 28.5 rushing yards

Maye had 17 yards late into the game until a fourth down play the Patriots called a QB draw that Maye took for 13 yards and losing this bet.

What makes this a “bad beat” is that heading into the week that the Patriots were going to limit Maye on designed rushing attempts for the rest of the year due to injury risk.

Welp we got bamboozled.

This week is extremely chaotic with five different days of the week offering football games so we have a limited number of games on today only three total plays for today with one coming for tomorrow later in our Discord.

Best Bets for Week 17

Tyler Huntley Under 168.5 Passing Yards -110 (Fanduel)

Reasoning:

  1. Weather Conditions:

    • 17-18 MPH sustained winds

    • 35+ MPH gusts throughout game

    • Significant impact on passing game expected

  2. Receiver Availability:

    • Jaylen Waddle out

    • Tyreek Hill banged up

    • Limited receiving weapons

  3. Historical Performance:

    • Only one game over this number in last six starts

    • Consistent pattern of low passing volume

    • No history of big passing numbers

  4. Game Plan Projection:

    • Likely heavy run emphasis

    • Expected passing inefficiencies due to weather

    • Conservative approach likely

Notes:

The combination of strong winds, limited receiving options, and Huntley's historical tendency for low passing volume are all strong reasons to fade him here today

Recommendation:

  • Risk: 1.1 units to win 1 unit

  • Play to 163.5

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