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The NFL playoffs are starting this week, and with that comes different types of fantasy football contests geared towards the playoffs. Below are our fantasy football playoff league rankings to help you make the best decision for your playoff league rosters.
Playoff leagues are a fun way to kick off a fresh new fantasy football contest for the NFL postseason. For most of us, we've been left with a void and that weekly excitement with season-long fantasy football leagues all wrapped up. There will be DFS contests all through the Super Bowl, but playoff league formats are really fun and replicate that season-long feel. Most of these contests will require you to choose only a single player from each NFL team, and to fill out a certain amount of rosters spots at each position. There are many different contests out there, but our friends at FFPC of course hold the biggest and best Playoff Challenge tournament with a $500K grand prize to the first place winner.
Our rankings below are geared towards playoff league formats, and take into account how far we think each team will get in the NFL playoffs. The goal is to choose the best combination of players that will play the most games, and score the most points. In addition to our staff rankings, below you will also find a summary of the important fantasy football injury news for this week. There are many key injuries and COVID-19 situations to keep track of, so be sure to check back until kickoff. Good luck RotoBallers!
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NFL Playoffs Injury Updates for Fantasy Football
- Clyde Edwards-Helaire Ruled Out for Wild Card Round
- Joe Mixon Returns From COVID-19 List
- Leonard Fournette To Be A Game-Time Decision
- DeAndre Hopkins Won't Play On Monday
- Ronald Jones II Out For Wild-Card Weekend
- Chiefs Think Tyreek Hill Will Be OK
- Eagles Expected To Have Miles Sanders, Jordan Howard
- Tony Pollard Will Be Ready Against 49ers
- Darrel Williams Expected To Be Available Against Steelers
- Tee Higgins Good To Go For Saturday
- JuJu Smith-Schuster Trending Towards Playing
- Rhamondre Stevenson Not On Injury Report
- Mike Evans Still Managing Hamstring Injury
- Another Full Practice For Emmanuel Sanders
- James Washington Activated From COVID-19 List Thursday
- Jalen Hurts Practicing In Full
- Dallas Goedert Back From COVID-19 List
- Joe Burrow Practicing In Full
- Josh Jacobs Remains On Injury Report
- Darren Waller Limited In Practice
- Hunter Renfrow Dealing With Hip Injury
- Giovani Bernard Back At Practice
- Boston Scott Activated From COVID-19 List
- Cyril Grayson Ruled Out For Wild-Card Game
- Marquez Valdes-Scantling Injured In Week 18
- C.J. Uzomah, Evan McPherson Practicing In Full
- Limited Practice For Damien Harris
- 49ers Activate Trey Sermon From Injured Reserve
- J.J. Arcega-Whiteside Goes On Injured Reserve
Playoff League Fantasy Football Rankings
A big congrats to our very own Nick Mariano who once again finished as a top-10 ranker in 2021 across the entire fantasy football industry!
Note that quarterbacks, defenses and kickers are all grouped separately towards the bottom. Each of those positions is ranked on their own. This helps to compare running backs, wide receivers and tight ends for FLEX spots (without QB, DEF, K mixed in).
Last updated on Friday 1/14 at 3:30 pm ET:
| Tier | Rank | Player Name | Pos |
| 1 | 1 | Davante Adams | WR |
| 1 | 2 | Leonard Fournette | RB |
| 1 | 3 | Joe Mixon | RB |
| 1 | 4 | Cooper Kupp | WR |
| 1 | 5 | Stefon Diggs | WR |
| 1 | 6 | Travis Kelce | TE |
| 1 | 7 | Mike Evans | WR |
| 1 | 8 | Tyreek Hill | WR |
| 1 | 9 | Rob Gronkowski | TE |
| 2 | 10 | Deebo Samuel | WR |
| 2 | 11 | Devin Singletary | RB |
| 2 | 12 | Aaron Jones | RB |
| 2 | 13 | James Conner | RB |
| 2 | 14 | Ezekiel Elliott | RB |
| 2 | 15 | Ja'Marr Chase | WR |
| 2 | 16 | Josh Jacobs | RB |
| 2 | 17 | A.J. Brown | WR |
| 3 | 18 | Sony Michel | RB |
| 3 | 19 | AJ Dillon | RB |
| 3 | 20 | Tee Higgins | WR |
| 3 | 21 | CeeDee Lamb | WR |
| 3 | 22 | Najee Harris | RB |
| 3 | 23 | Zach Ertz | TE |
| 3 | 24 | Amari Cooper | WR |
| 3 | 25 | Hunter Renfrow | WR |
| 3 | 26 | Damien Harris | RB |
| 3 | 27 | Elijah Mitchell | RB |
| 3 | 28 | Diontae Johnson | WR |
| 3 | 29 | Chase Edmonds | RB |
| 3 | 30 | Odell Beckham Jr. | WR |
| 3 | 31 | Darrel Williams | RB |
| 3 | 32 | Dalton Schultz | TE |
| 3 | 33 | Mecole Hardman | WR |
| 3 | 34 | Allen Lazard | WR |
| 3 | 35 | Brandon Aiyuk | WR |
| 3 | 36 | Tyler Boyd | WR |
| 3 | 37 | Christian Kirk | WR |
| 4 | 38 | DeVonta Smith | WR |
| 4 | 39 | George Kittle | TE |
| 4 | 40 | Dawson Knox | TE |
| 4 | 41 | Miles Sanders | RB |
| 4 | 42 | Cole Beasley | WR |
| 4 | 43 | Tony Pollard | RB |
| 4 | 44 | Van Jefferson | WR |
| 4 | 45 | Chase Claypool | WR |
| 4 | 46 | Dallas Goedert | TE |
| 4 | 47 | Cam Akers | RB |
| 4 | 48 | Cedrick Wilson Jr. | WR |
| 4 | 49 | D'Onta Foreman | RB |
| 4 | 50 | Rhamondre Stevenson | RB |
| 4 | 51 | Ke'Shawn Vaughn | RB |
| 5 | 52 | Darren Waller | TE |
| 5 | 53 | Gabriel Davis | WR |
| 5 | 54 | Jordan Howard | RB |
| 5 | 55 | Jakobi Meyers | WR |
| 5 | 56 | Zack Moss | RB |
| 5 | 57 | Boston Scott | RB |
| 5 | 58 | Zay Jones | WR |
| 5 | 59 | Marquez Valdes-Scantling | WR |
| 5 | 60 | A.J. Green | WR |
| 5 | 61 | Brandon Bolden | RB |
| 5 | 62 | Kendrick Bourne | WR |
| 5 | 63 | Derrick Gore | RB |
| 5 | 64 | Byron Pringle | WR |
| 5 | 65 | Nelson Agholor | WR |
| 5 | 66 | Rondale Moore | WR |
| 5 | 67 | Dontrell Hilliard | RB |
| 5 | 68 | Clyde Edwards-Helaire | RB |
| 5 | 69 | Randall Cobb | WR |
| 5 | 70 | Samaje Perine | RB |
| 5 | 71 | Breshad Perriman | WR |
| 5 | 72 | Emmanuel Sanders | WR |
| 5 | 73 | Kenneth Gainwell | RB |
| 5 | 74 | Le'Veon Bell | RB |
| 6 | 75 | Julio Jones | WR |
| 6 | 76 | Benny Snell Jr. | RB |
| 6 | 77 | Jalen Reagor | WR |
| 6 | 78 | Jauan Jennings | WR |
| 6 | 79 | Jeff Wilson Jr. | RB |
| 6 | 80 | Bryan Edwards | WR |
| 6 | 81 | Pat Freiermuth | TE |
| 6 | 82 | Jalen Richard | RB |
| 6 | 83 | Tyler Higbee | TE |
| 6 | 84 | DeSean Jackson | WR |
| 6 | 85 | Eno Benjamin | RB |
| 6 | 86 | Tyler Johnson | WR |
| 6 | 87 | Trey Sermon | RB |
| 6 | 88 | Cyril Grayson Jr. | WR |
| 7 | 89 | Anthony Miller | WR |
| 7 | 90 | Jerick McKinnon | RB |
| 7 | 91 | Hunter Henry | TE |
| 7 | 92 | James Washington | WR |
| 7 | 93 | Anthony Firkser | TE |
| 7 | 94 | Antoine Wesley | WR |
| 7 | 95 | Anthony McFarland Jr. | RB |
| 7 | 96 | Ray-Ray McCloud | WR |
| 7 | 97 | Kyle Juszczyk | RB |
| 7 | 98 | Demarcus Robinson | WR |
| 7 | 99 | Chris Evans | RB |
| 7 | 100 | Matt Breida | RB |
| 7 | 101 | JaMycal Hasty | RB |
| 7 | 102 | Josiah Deguara | TE |
| 7 | 103 | Nick Westbrook-Ikhine | WR |
| 7 | 104 | Quez Watkins | WR |
| 7 | 105 | Jake Funk | RB |
| 7 | 106 | Cameron Brate | TE |
| 7 | 107 | Scotty Miller | WR |
| 7 | 108 | N'Keal Harry | WR |
| 7 | 109 | Corey Clement | RB |
| 7 | 110 | Peyton Barber | RB |
| 7 | 111 | C.J. Uzomah | TE |
| 8 | 112 | Kalen Ballage | RB |
| 8 | 113 | Blake Jarwin | TE |
| 8 | 114 | Jonnu Smith | TE |
| 8 | 115 | Isaiah McKenzie | WR |
| 8 | 116 | Ben Skowronek | WR |
| 8 | 117 | Foster Moreau | TE |
| 8 | 118 | Noah Brown | WR |
| 8 | 119 | Eric Ebron | TE |
| 8 | 120 | Amari Rodgers | WR |
| 8 | 121 | Chester Rogers | WR |
| 8 | 122 | Greg Ward | WR |
| 8 | 123 | O.J. Howard | TE |
| 8 | 124 | Equanimeous St. Brown | WR |
| 8 | 125 | Geoff Swaim | TE |
| 8 | 126 | Marcedes Lewis | TE |
| 8 | 127 | MyCole Pruitt | TE |
| 8 | 128 | Josh Allen | QB |
| 8 | 129 | Tom Brady | QB |
| 8 | 130 | Patrick Mahomes II | QB |
| 8 | 131 | Aaron Rodgers | QB |
| 8 | 132 | Joe Burrow | QB |
| 9 | 133 | Dak Prescott | QB |
| 9 | 134 | Matthew Stafford | QB |
| 9 | 135 | Kyler Murray | QB |
| 9 | 136 | Ryan Tannehill | QB |
| 9 | 137 | Derek Carr | QB |
| 9 | 138 | Jalen Hurts | QB |
| 9 | 139 | Ben Roethlisberger | QB |
| 9 | 140 | Jimmy Garoppolo | QB |
| 9 | 141 | Mac Jones | QB |
| 9 | 142 | Marcus Mariota | QB |
| 9 | 143 | Trey Lance | QB |
| 9 | 144 | Kansas City Chiefs | DST |
| 9 | 145 | Dallas Cowboys | DST |
| 9 | 146 | Buffalo Bills | DST |
| 9 | 147 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | DST |
| 9 | 148 | Green Bay Packers | DST |
| 9 | 149 | Los Angeles Rams | DST |
| 9 | 150 | New England Patriots | DST |
| 9 | 151 | Tennessee Titans | DST |
| 9 | 152 | Cincinnati Bengals | DST |
| 9 | 153 | San Francisco 49ers | DST |
| 10 | 154 | Arizona Cardinals | DST |
| 10 | 155 | Las Vegas Raiders | DST |
| 10 | 156 | Philadelphia Eagles | DST |
| 10 | 157 | Pittsburgh Steelers | DST |
| 10 | 158 | Harrison Butker | K |
| 10 | 159 | Ryan Succop | K |
| 10 | 160 | Tyler Bass | K |
| 10 | 161 | Greg Zuerlein | K |
| 10 | 162 | Matt Gay | K |
| 10 | 163 | Nick Folk | K |
| 10 | 164 | Evan McPherson | K |
| 10 | 165 | Mason Crosby | K |
| 10 | 166 | Randy Bullock | K |
| 10 | 167 | Matt Prater | K |
| 10 | 168 | Robbie Gould | K |
| 10 | 169 | Daniel Carlson | K |
| 10 | 170 | Jake Elliott | K |
| 10 | 171 | Chris Boswell | K |
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