Fantasy Football Rest of Playoff Rankings - Divisional Round
- 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.
Divisional Round Schedule
Saturday, January 17th
Buffalo Bills at Denver Broncos 4:30pm ET
San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks 8:00pm ET
Sunday, January 18th
Houston Texans at New England Patriots 3:00pm ET
Los Angeles Rams at Chicago Bears 6:30pm 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
Running Back
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
Tight End
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.