2025 Fantasy Football Rankings: Justin Boone’s top defenses for Week 17

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Justin Boone won the FantasyPros Most Accurate Expert Award in 2019 and has eight top-10 finishes in the competition. He now brings his rankings acumen to the Yahoo Fantasy audience after joining the team as an analyst.

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Be sure to follow the links below to see his latest rankings at every position. Updated rankings, including PPR, are released Wednesday, with the final version coming down Sunday morning.

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Boone’s Half-PPR Rankings

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Consensus Half-PPR Rankings

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