Fantasy Football: Week 17 red-zone report

Jonathan Taylor has delivered the most rushing fantasy points in the red zone this season: Taylor will look to keep that production going this week to finish the year strong for his fantasy managers.

Trey McBride leads all receiving options in fantasy receiving production in the red zone: McBride gets an ideal matchup to bounce back after a quieter showing in Week 16.

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The high-scoring areas of the field are the most valuable areas of opportunity for our fantasy football assets. This report will keep track of each team’s top performers in that area of the field, as well as the players getting the most opportunities in the redzone. Adding even more fantasy value to this report, we’ll also include each team’s opponent and their effectiveness when defending in the red zone to identify our best matchups.

Note: Plays called back due to penalties or plays with pre-snap penalties will not be included within the player data.

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Arizona Cardinals

• Week 17 opponent: Cincinnati Bengals
• Total red-zone plays faced: 180 (4th)
• Red zone successful pass plays allowed: 44.6% (31st)
• Red zone successful run plays allowed: 27.3% (5th)

Arizona WR/TEs: 

PositionWR/TERZ Route RateRZ Target rateRZ CarriesRZ TDsRZ FF PTsTETrey McBride95.4%29.1%01093.5TEElijah Higgins35.2%7.9%00-0.3TEJosiah Deguara4.6%0.0%000.0TETip Reiman4.6%0.0%000.0TEPharaoh Brown3.7%25.0%001.0TETravis Vokolek2.8%0.0%000.0WRMichael Wilson86.1%14.0%0438.0WRMarvin Harrison Jr.53.7%17.2%0434.9WRGreg Dortch39.8%16.3%3331.7WRZay Jones27.8%6.7%000.0WRXavier Weaver13.9%13.3%001.9WRAndre Baccellia10.2%18.2%001.5WRTrent Sherfield8.3%22.2%001.3WRSimi Fehoko6.5%0.0%000WRJalen Brooks4.6%0.0%000WRSteven Sims0.0%0.0%000

Arizona RBs: 

RBRZ CarriesRZ Carry RateRZ TDsRZ RoutesRZ TGTsRZ FF PTsBam Knight1633.3%526639.4Michael Carter816.7%139612.9James Conner510.4%26114.9Emari Demercado510.4%115411.4Trey Benson36.3%0722.4Corey Kiner24.2%0000.6Jermar Jefferson00.0%0000.0

Atlanta Falcons