Colts vs. Jaguars Fantasy Football Worksheet, Week 17

The Worksheet, a comprehensive fantasy football preview by Rich Hribar, breaks down everything you need to know about the Week 17 matchup between the Colts and Jaguars.

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Quarterback

Trevor Lawrence: Sunday was a “prove it” spot for this Jacksonville passing game for me on the road in Denver, and they not only passed but incinerated the test.

Lawrence was the highest-scoring fantasy quarterback for the second week in a row, completing 23 of 36 passes (63.9%) for 279 yards (7.8 Y/A) with 3 touchdowns, adding 20 yards and a rushing touchdown on the ground.

This was only the third time that a quarterback had 3 or more passing touchdowns, a rushing touchdown, and no interceptions in back-to-back games.

The first two were Joe Montana and Joe Burrow.

Lawrence shredded the Denver blitz, going 12 of 14 (85.7%) for 167 yards (11.9 Y/A) with 2 touchdowns.

Lawrence has been a top-10 scorer in six straight games, with multiple passing touchdowns in all of them.

That includes a start in the rain against the Colts in Week 14.

Lawrence was the QB10 (19.4 points) in that game.

Going indoors to Indianapolis, Lawrence is a front-end QB1 option.

Brock Purdy just dissected the Colts on Monday night for 30.9 fantasy points.

Over the past five games, the Colts have allowed 7.9 yards per pass attempt (27th) with at least 7.5 yards per pass attempt to all five passers they faced.

Philip Rivers: Rivers has been named the starter again this week, so we do not have to speculate on Riley Leonard or Anthony Richardson starting just yet.

Rivers improved in his second start, ending the week as the QB16 (17.1 points).

Things got off to an excellent start for Rivers.

In the first half against the 49ers, Rivers completed 14 of 21 passes (66.7%) for 175 yards (8.3 Y/A) with 2 touchdowns.

Things did not go as well in the second half, completing 9 of 14 passes (64.3%) for 102 yards (7.2 Y/A) with an interception (which was returned for a touchdown).

Through two games, Rivers has completed 1 of 7 passes on throws of 20 or more yards downfield.

Rivers is on the shotgun version of the Aaron Rodgers plan, so pressure should not be a major issue here.

He has taken 95.5% of his snaps from shotgun, the highest rate in the league over the past two weeks.

His 2.41 seconds for time to throw is second in the league behind only Rodgers these past two games.

While Rivers did have a better outing on Monday night, he is still only a floor-based QB2 here.

This is a much tougher matchup than last week's.

The Jacksonville defense did surrender 352 passing yards to Bo Nix on Sunday, but he completed 59.6% of his passes with 1 touchdown and an interception.

Over their past six games, the Jaguars have allowed a league-low 5.7 yards per pass attempt and a 1.3% touchdown rate (2nd).

Running Back

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