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How much does fantasy football Week 17 mean when it comes to statistics? If you are in a full-season fantasy football league, Week 17 fantasy football may matter nothing for your league, because your season could be over. That is because traditionally, a lot of real-life football teams who were headed to the real-life playoffs have been known to bench their star players, including quarterbacks, for Week 17. That means that lots of fantasy football leagues end their playoff seasons in Week 16, to get around that problem. Fantasy football Week 17 could be meaningful in your league, though, if you do have a championship game for Week 17.

Fantasy football Week 17 could also be meaningful if you signed up for one of the fantasy leagues, like here at DraftStreet that starts and ends in the same week. So what happened this week could matter, whether you are in a free or a pay league. You could be either smiling after the week’s football is over, or grimacing about the state of your team.

So let’s take a look at what happened in fantasy football Week 17. In the year of the quarterback, three QBs closed out the year with at least five touchdown passes – Detroit Lions’ star Matthew Stafford (520 yards, five TDs, two interceptions in a loss to the Green Bay Packers), New Orleans Saints’ phenomenon Drew Brees (389 yards, five TDs, one INT in a win over the Carolina Panthers) and the Green Bay Packers’ QB (480 yards, six TDs, one INT). Only the Green Bay QB was not MVP favorite Aaron Rodgers, but backup Matt Flynn, with Rodgers getting the day off.

In addition, the New England Patriots’ Tom Brady, the Philadelphia Eagles’ Michael Vick and the San Diego Chargers’ Philip Rivers all threw for over 300 yards with three TDs in Week 17 fantasy football.

The two top runners were not rested in Week 17 fantasy football despite being playoff-bound. The Baltimore Ravens’ Ray Rice rushed for 191 yards and two TDs in a win over the Cincinnati Bengals. The Atlanta Falcons’ Michael Turner rushed for 172 yards and two TDs in a win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

In fantasy football Week 17 ,the Detroit Lions’ Calvin Johnson had a monster day with 11 catches for 244 yards and one TD. Other playoff-bound wide receivers who excelled were the Green Bay Packers’ Jordy Nelson (9 catches, 162 yards, three TDs) and the New Orleans Saints’ Marques Colston (7 catches, 145 yards, two TDs).

So, fantasy football Week 17 could mark the end of some of the full-season football leagues out there, while other fantasy football leagues may have ended last week. However, if you were to sign up with one of the postseason fantasy football leagues at DraftStreet, you could still play in a fantasy league that covers any weekend of the real-life playoff games. Some of the games are for free at DraftStreet, and some are for pay, but all can be a lot of fun to play. Good luck!