Fantasy Football Rest of Playoff Rankings
- Kev Wheeler
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It may seem crazy to publish fantasy football rankings for the Playoffs, but as we are drafting playoff best ball teams we realized that some rankings could be useful. The ADP in these tournaments seem to be way different than consensus rankings. Keep in mind the Playoff Fantasy Football rankings are subject to change after each game is completed.
Wildcard Schedule
Saturday, January 10th
Los Angeles Rams at Carolina Panthers 4:30pm ET
Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears 8:00pm ET
Sunday, January 11th
Buffalo Bills at Jacksonville Jaguars 1:00pm ET
San Francisco 49ers at Philadelphia Eagles 4:30pm ET
Los Angeles Chargers at New England Patriots 8:00pm ET
Monday, January 12th
Houston Texans at Pittsburgh Steelers 8:00pm ET
Fantasy Football Playoff Rankings
When examining these fantasy football weekly rankings, take into consideration that we are really only looking at positional ranks, not flex or overall rankings. When it comes to who you start in the flex a lot will depend on specific rules and roster construction. When you are constructing a line-up for the playoffs it’s most valuable to build a playoff bracket so you know who you believe will make it to the Super Bowl, especially in multiplied scoring formats. Building multiple line-ups is optimal so you can strategize with multiple scenarios. It’s good to try to be a bit contrarian, but we need to be careful not to galaxy-brain our way to making a simple mistake. You are going to have to assume you are right about your playoff and Super Bowl predictions, that you are going to run as pure as the fresh fallen snow. It is actually just as important to pick the teams that will lose in the first round to maximize the number of players you have in subsequent rounds.
Quarterback
Eagles RT Lane Johnson (foot), DT Jalen Carter (hip) officially limited in practice Wednesday.
Trent Williams is at 49ers practice again today. Williams went to work with the performance staff while the other O-linemen are going through individual drills. It’ll probably be a limited practice for him per @mattmaiocco.bsky.social.
Running Back
Omarion Hampton (ankle) seen participating in practice Friday is listed questionable for Wild Card round. Hampton said he plans to play.
Josh Jacobs on his health heading into Wild Card weekend: "This is the best I've felt in 6 weeks."
The Process
My usual process is to only take data from the previous six weeks, I truly believe anything older than that holds little relevance unless there is a player returning from injury or some reason to discount the newer information. In Week 2 we have very little information we can be confident in. The last six weeks of the previous season can give some indication, and the preseason could provide a glimpse of what’s to come or it could be a mirage.
Wide Receiver
Davante Adams (hamstring) not listed on injury report for Saturday.
Rome Odunze (foot) not listed on injury report for Saturday.
Kayshon Boutte (hamstring) listed questionable for Wild Card round.
Dontayvion Wicks (concussion) downgraded to out for Wild Card round.
Josh Palmer (ankle) questionable for Wild Card round.
Tight End
Dalton Kincaid (knee) not expected to be listed on injury report for Wild Card round.
Terrance Ferguson (hamstring) doesn't practice again Wednesday.
Dallas Goedert (knee) limited in practice Wednesday.
News or Hype?
The best way to start our weekly approach is to look at implied team totals based on Vegas odds and adjust from there. We need to pay attention to DFS articles and individual player prop-bets (over/under) to get a good idea of how to project median outcomes. With six weeks of data we can begin to examine the individual matchups some players may have, but we can't overreact to that data. There are so many changes from week-to-week in the NFL the best we can do is project a range of outcomes. Picking the outliers is what wins championships.
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