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3 Daily Fantasy Football Players to Avoid in Week 17

Donte Moncrief, WR, Indianapolis Colts

FanDuel Salary: $6,000

Donte Moncrief made an appearance on this list a week ago because of his over-reliance on touchdowns. Of course, he found the end zone again, but that doesn't mean our process was incorrect.

Moncrief totaled 15.4 FanDuel points in Week 16, turning 3 targets into 2 grabs for 30 yards and 1 score. Amazingly, he has seven touchdowns in nine games, but even with the insane touchdown luck, the 15.4 points he posted last week was a season high.

The matchup this week -- at home against the Jacksonville Jaguars -- sounds better than it is as the Jags have a pretty nasty pass defense. Jacksonville has allowed the seventh-fewest FanDuel points to opposing wideouts, giving up just 144.73 yards per game to receivers.

On top of all that, Moncrief didn't practice Wednesday and may not be at 100% for the finale.

Moncrief -- averaging a touchdown every 43.8 receiving yards when the 2015 average for wideouts was a score every 157.24 yards -- is going to stop scoring touchdowns at some point. He's not nearly safe enough for cash games, and with a season-high of 15.4 FanDuel points, the ceiling doesn't warrant use in tourneys.

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