If you’re reading this then congrats on making it to the fantasy championship. If your championship week is in Week 17, I’d suggest looking for a new league. With it being the final week of fantasy football, you need quality flex advice because the flex position could be the difference between bragging rights for an entire year or a championship hangover.

The idea of this article is to make those tricky flex debates a little easier. A flex player is a player not in the top 60 players according to FantasyPros Flex Week 16 Rankings in half-point PPR leagues as of Wednesday.

I decided to go with no players in the top 60 to target 12-team leagues that start two running backs and three wide receivers (five players x 12 teams = 60 players). The players below will only be running backs or wide receivers since these are the two most common positions that fill the flex spot. If you don’t have any of the players below or are facing your own flex lineup decisions and need some help, then ask me on Twitter @mitchellrenz365.

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Nelson Agholor (WR – PHI): vs. OAK
In his first full game without quarterback Carson Wentz, Agholor looked perfectly fine catching seven balls for 59 yards and one touchdown. He now has three touchdowns in this last four games and has seen a team-high 32 targets the last two weeks. It seemed like Nick Foles trusted Agholor, and if he continues to get nine-plus targets a game, I will continue to recommend him as a flex play. The Raiders secondary has been better since switching defensive coordinators, but they have struggled on the road against good teams.

Keelan Cole (WR – JAC): @SF
Seven catches for 186 yards and one touchdown was the stat line for Cole last week. In his last three games, he has seen 15 targets and caught 13 of them, which is a ridiculously good catch rate. Quarterback Blake Bortles is showing that he trusts Cole on the field since Cole has scored a touchdown in three straight games. Cole will make it four weeks in a row because there have been only two games this entire season where the 49ers haven’t allowed a touchdown to a wide receiver.

Jonathan Stewart (RB – CAR): vs. TB
For the first time in four weeks Jonathan Stewart didn’t score a touchdown, but I am confident he finds the end zone this week against the Buccaneers who have allowed the second-most rushing touchdowns to the running back position this season with 14. At the flex position, I want consistency which is exactly what you’re getting from Stewart who has over 10 rushing attempts in every game but one this season. Over the last four weeks, the Buccaneers have allowed seven rushing touchdowns to running backs, and Stewart will increase that number this week.

Marquise Goodwin (WR – SF): vs. JAC
The Jaguars are the No. 1 defense against wide receivers this season, so why on Earth would I recommend Goodwin as a flex play? Well, I am a believer in “start your studs” in the fantasy playoffs, and he has been a stud since quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo has taken over. In the last three games with Garoppolo, he has 33 targets, 24 receptions, and 319 yards. With numbers like that, you can’t bench him even if he is going against the Jaguars.

Paul Richardson (WR – SEA): @DAL
The Seahawks were just embarrassed at home last week against the Rams and will redeem themselves this week. In four of his last five games, Richardson has been targeted seven or more times. The Cowboys have allowed the most receiving touchdowns in the league to wide receivers this season with 19. If Richardson continues to see a high volume of targets against a team who surrenders touchdowns, it makes me confident in starting him this week.

Hopefully, these players allow you to flex your fantasy flex muscles like Giovani Bernard did last week in my Week 15 Flex Favorites.

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