Reid and Mike sit down with fantasy pro and battle bot designer Phil Luetchford to review the biggest fantasy takeaways from Week 26 and preview all of the upcoming action for Week 27's BIG double-game slate. In addition to the review they also go over the teams that have become fantasy duds over the past few weeks and which ones could hold hidden points. They wrap things up the usual way with a DGW Game-by-game team preview, talk about potential SGW options, and reveal their early player targets.

Week 27 features eight teams playing twice, giving fantasy managers an opportunity to double up on points and make some big moves on the leaderboards. Let’s dive right in to this week’s positional rankings, with an emphasis on players who could potentially log 180 minutes.

Goalkeepers

Bill Hamid notched a clean sheet in his last home game and is the only goalkeeper with two home games this week. Matchups vs. Philadelphia (Wednesday; 8 pm ET | TV & streaming info) and Atlanta (Sunday; 7 pm ET | TV & streaming info) won’t be pushovers, but Hamid has yet to allow more than one goal in a game since rejoining D.C. United and it wouldn’t be surprising to see him come away with another shutout in Week 27.

Rank Player Team Opponent Price 1 Bill Hamid DC vs. PHI, vs. ATL $7.0 2 Luis Robles RBNY vs. HOU, at MTL $8.0 3 Jimmy Maurer DAL at SJ, vs. HOU $5.4 4 Alex Bono TOR at POR, vs. LAFC $6.2 5 Jeff Attinella POR vs. TOR, at NE $6.8 6 Andre Blake PHI at DC, at ORL $6.2 7 Andrew Tarbell SJ vs. DAL, at VAN $6.1 8 Joe Willis HOU at NY, at DAL $6.5 9 Stefan Marinovic VAN vs. SJ $5.1 10 Stefan Frei SEA vs. SKC $8.0

Defenders

New York Red Bulls defenders are back in play with another double-game week, but squad rotation is definitely a concern with back-to-back DGWs. Considering Michael Murillo was suspended for the first game of their DGW last week, he looks like the safest play of the group to go in both games. He earned eight points in his last game, and his ability to contribute on both sides of the ball plants Murillo high on the fantasy radar.

Rank Player Team Opponent Price 1 Michael Murillo RBNY vs. HOU, at MTL $7.0 2 Kemar Lawrence RBNY vs. HOU, at MTL $8.3 3 Aaron Long RBNY vs. HOU, at MTL $8.2 4 Tim Parker RBNY vs. HOU, at MTL $7.8 5 Matt Hedges DAL at SJ, vs. HOU $8.2 6 Marquinhos Pedroso DAL at SJ, vs. HOU $6.4 7 Oniel Fisher DC vs. PHI, vs. ATL $5.9 8 Kofi Opare DC vs. PHI, vs. ATL $5.7 9 Justin Morrow TOR at POR, vs. LAFC $6.5 10 Reggie Cannon DAL at SJ, vs. HOU $6.5 11 Alvas Powell POR vs. TOR, at NE $6.9 12 Steve Birnbaum DC vs. PHI, vs. ATL $6.3 13 Drew Moor TOR at POR, vs. LAFC $5.7 14 Eriq Zavaleta TOR at POR, vs. LAFC $7.0 15 Keegan Rosenberry PHI at DC, at ORL $7.1 16 Gregory van der Wiel TOR at POR, vs. LAFC $6.3 17 Maynor Figueroa DAL at SJ, vs. HOU $6.0 18 Joseph Mora DC vs. PHI, vs. ATL $5.8 19 Jack Elliott PHI at DC, at ORL $5.8 20 Alejandro Fuenmayor HOU at RBNY, at DAL $5.4

Midfielders

Diego Valeri's production has fallen off over the last two gameweeks, but he remains the highest scoring midfielder of any DGW players by a wide margin. With Portland suddenly on the wrong side of the playoff line, look for Valeri to show back up with a big week.

Rank Player Team Opponent Price 1 Diego Valeri POR vs. TOR, at NE $13.0 2 Daniel Royer RBNY vs. HOU, at MTL $10.0 3 Luciano Acosta DC vs. PHI, vs. ATL $10.0 4 Kaku RBNY vs. HOU, at MTL $9.3 5 Zoltan Stieber DC vs. PHI, vs. ATL $7.9 6 Michael Barrios DAL at SJ, vs. HOU $9.0 7 Jonathan Osorio TOR at POR, vs. LAFC $11.9 8 Vako SJ vs. DAL, at VAN $10.0 9 Pablo Aranguiz DAL at SJ, vs. HOU $7.0 10 Borek Dockal PHI at DC, at ORL $10.9 11 Marc Rzatkowski RBNY vs. HOU, at MTL $8.2 12 Victor Vazquez TOR at POR, vs. LAFC $9.3 13 Tyler Adams RBNY vs. HOU, at MTL $8.7 14 Sebastian Blanco POR vs. TOR, at NE $8.5 15 Haris Medunjanin PHI at DC, at ORL $8.2 16 Magnus Eriksson SJ vs. DAL, at VAN $8.5 17 Michael Bradley TOR at POR, vs. LAFC $10.0 18 Paul Arriola DC vs. PHI, vs. ATL $7.5 19 Junior Moreno DC vs. PHI, vs. ATL $6.4 20 Alejandro Bedoya PHI at DC, at ORL $6.8 21 Victor Ulloa DAL at SJ, vs. HOU $6.0 22 Russell Canouse DC vs. PHI, vs. ATL $6.3 23 Carlos Gruezo DAL at SJ, vs. HOU $7.1 24 Diego Chara POR vs. TOR, at NE $6.9 25 Fafa Picault PHI at DC, at ORL $8.0 26 Sean Davis RBNY vs. HOU, at MTL $6.3 27 Tomas Martinez HOU at NY, at DAL $7.4 28 Anibal Godoy SJ vs. DAL, at VAN $7.5 29 Andy Polo POR vs. TOR, at NE $6.4 30 Jahmir Hyka SJ vs. DAL, at VAN $6.4

Forwards

Sebastian Giovinco has at least a goal or an assist in nine straight games and he’s averaging 9.25 fantasy points per game over that span. He’s kicked it into top gear and with Toronto FC’s backs against the wall, there’s reason to believe he continues to produce down the stretch.

Rank Player Team Opponent Price 1 Sebastian Giovinco TOR at POR, vs. LAFC $12.5 2 Wayne Rooney DC vs. PHI, vs. ATL $10.8 3 Bradley Wright-Phillips RBNY vs. HOU, at MTL $9.9 4 Jozy Altidore TOR at POR, vs. LAFC $9.9 5 Lucas Janson TOR at POR, vs. LAFC $9.3 6 Maxi Urruti DAL at SJ, vs. HOU $6.8 7 Dominique Badji DAL at SJ, vs. HOU $6.9 8 Cory Burke PHI at DC, at ORL $8.3 9 Samuel Armenteros POR vs. TOR, at NE $7.7 10 Alberth Elis HOU at RBNY, at DAL $7.5 11 Romell Quioto HOU at RBNY, at DAL $8.8 12 Mauro Manotas HOU at RBNY, at DAL $7.4 13 Danny Hoesen SJ vs. DAL, at VAN $7.5 14 Josef Martinez ATL at DC $13.0 15 C.J. Sapong PHI at DC, at ORL $5.7 16 Kei Kamara VAN vs. SJ $9.3 17 Zlatan Ibrahimovic LA at RSL $12.5 18 Carlos Vela LAFC at TOR $10.1 19 Raul Ruidiaz SEA vs. SKC $8.8 20 Cristian Penilla NE vs. POR $9.3

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