2025-2026 NFL Week 17: Data Summary

Hello everyone!

Week 17 of the 2025 NFL season is over and most of the playoff positions are set! However, we have a few HUGE games next week - with Tampa Bay vs Carolina (and randomly the Falcons/Saints can play spoiler as well - the NFC South is a strange place). The Niners play the Seahawks for the NFC #1 Seed and the Steelers and Ravens have a win and you’re in battle. A few other games also have playoff positioning implications - here’s to an exciting Week 18!

Before that though, here is the utilization data for Week 17 including the most picked players by position, the most played cards, and the most popular combos. These are not in terms of points but in terms of popularity of picks. Without further ado, here are the stats for the players by position.

Players by Position

QB	RB	WR	TE	K	DEF
Joe Burrow	Christian McCaffrey	Puka Nacua	Trey McBride	Brandon Aubrey	NE D/ST
Drake Maye	Ashton Jeanty	Ja’Marr Chase	Hunter Henry	Cam Little	DEN D/ST
Matthew Stafford	Chase Brown	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	Kyle Pitts Sr.	Evan McPherson	PIT D/ST
Trevor Lawrence	James Cook	Jauan Jennings	Harold Fannin Jr.	Eddy Pineiro	LAR D/ST
Dak Prescott	De’Von Achane	Tee Higgins	Juwan Johnson	Jason Myers	NYG D/ST

Looking at SmashCards, here are the top 10 played cards last week.

Top 10 SmashCards

SmashCard
Golden Arm
12th Man
A Seabird’s Confidence
Catching Fire
Unstoppable Freight Train
Extra Credit
Anti-Hero
Roll of the Dice
Run CMC
Special Teams Ace

Let’s take a look at the top played combos.

Top Played Combos

Player	Card	Points
Chimere Dike	Special Teams Ace	8 pts
Puka Nacua	Catching Fire	15 pts
Christian McCaffrey	Run CMC	30 pts
Trey McBride	Anti-Hero	12 pts
Puka Nacua	Starting WR	5.3 pts
Joe Burrow	Golden Arm	8 pts
DEN D/ST	Necessary Roughness	0 pts
Christian McCaffrey	Starting RB	12.1 pts
NE D/ST	Necessary Roughness	0 pts
Christian McCaffrey	12th Man	3 pts

And now, we’re on to Week 18! Set your lineups before games start and good luck!