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After an exciting end to the regular season, the 2023 NFL playoffs are starting this week. With that comes different types of fantasy football contests geared towards the playoffs. Below are our 2023 fantasy football playoff league rankings to help you make the best decision for your playoff league rosters. Let's take a look at where key players like Mike Evans, Deebo Samuel, Stefon Diggs, Saquon Barkley and Miles Sanders appear in the rankings.
Playoff leagues are a fun way to kick off a fresh new fantasy football contest for the 2023 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 their awesome 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 always key injury 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
- Mike Williams Has Been Ruled Out
- Raheem Mostert Has Broken Thumb
- Tua Tagovailoa Will Not Play
- Gus Edwards Leaves With Injury
- No Surgery Needed For Pat Freiermuth
- Russell Gage Suffers Back Injury In Week 18
- Russell Gage Suffers Back Injury In Week 18
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 1/13 at 7:30 pm ET:
| Tier | Rank | Player Name | Pos |
| 1 | 1 | Christian McCaffrey | RB |
| 1 | 2 | Joe Mixon | RB |
| 1 | 3 | Austin Ekeler | RB |
| 1 | 4 | Miles Sanders | RB |
| 1 | 5 | Jerick McKinnon | RB |
| 1 | 6 | Stefon Diggs | WR |
| 1 | 7 | Isiah Pacheco | RB |
| 1 | 8 | Ja'Marr Chase | WR |
| 1 | 9 | James Cook | RB |
| 2 | 10 | Devin Singletary | RB |
| 2 | 11 | A.J. Brown | WR |
| 2 | 12 | Justin Jefferson | WR |
| 2 | 13 | Travis Kelce | TE |
| 2 | 14 | Leonard Fournette | RB |
| 2 | 15 | DeVonta Smith | WR |
| 2 | 16 | Deebo Samuel | WR |
| 2 | 17 | Saquon Barkley | RB |
| 3 | 18 | George Kittle | TE |
| 3 | 19 | Tony Pollard | RB |
| 3 | 20 | JuJu Smith-Schuster | WR |
| 3 | 21 | Dawson Knox | TE |
| 3 | 22 | Travis Etienne Jr. | RB |
| 3 | 23 | Mike Evans | WR |
| 3 | 24 | Tee Higgins | WR |
| 3 | 25 | Brandon Aiyuk | WR |
| 3 | 26 | Elijah Mitchell | RB |
| 3 | 27 | Dalvin Cook | RB |
| 3 | 28 | Gabe Davis | WR |
| 3 | 29 | Chris Godwin | WR |
| 3 | 30 | Ezekiel Elliott | RB |
| 3 | 31 | Kadarius Toney | WR |
| 3 | 32 | Keenan Allen | WR |
| 3 | 33 | Tyreek Hill | WR |
| 3 | 34 | DK Metcalf | WR |
| 3 | 35 | CeeDee Lamb | WR |
| 3 | 36 | Tyler Lockett | WR |
| 3 | 37 | Jaylen Waddle | WR |
| 4 | 38 | Tyler Boyd | WR |
| 4 | 39 | K.J. Osborn | WR |
| 4 | 40 | Rachaad White | RB |
| 4 | 41 | Kenneth Walker III | RB |
| 4 | 42 | Marquez Valdes-Scantling | WR |
| 4 | 43 | Nyheim Hines | RB |
| 4 | 44 | Christian Kirk | WR |
| 4 | 45 | Kenneth Gainwell | RB |
| 4 | 46 | Jeff Wilson Jr. | RB |
| 4 | 47 | Dallas Goedert | TE |
| 4 | 48 | Khalil Shakir | WR |
| 4 | 49 | Alexander Mattison | RB |
| 4 | 50 | Quez Watkins | WR |
| 4 | 51 | Gus Edwards | RB |
| 5 | 52 | Samaje Perine | RB |
| 5 | 53 | Isaiah McKenzie | WR |
| 5 | 54 | Hayden Hurst | TE |
| 5 | 55 | Demarcus Robinson | WR |
| 5 | 56 | Richie James Jr. | WR |
| 5 | 57 | DeeJay Dallas | RB |
| 5 | 58 | Isaiah Hodgins | WR |
| 5 | 59 | T.J. Hockenson | TE |
| 5 | 60 | Chris Evans | RB |
| 5 | 61 | Mark Andrews | TE |
| 5 | 62 | Adam Thielen | WR |
| 5 | 63 | Zay Jones | WR |
| 5 | 64 | Russell Gage | WR |
| 5 | 65 | Joshua Kelley | RB |
| 5 | 66 | Evan Engram | TE |
| 5 | 67 | Jauan Jennings | WR |
| 5 | 68 | JaMycal Hasty | RB |
| 5 | 69 | Justin Watson | WR |
| 5 | 70 | Darius Slayton | WR |
| 5 | 71 | Boston Scott | RB |
| 5 | 72 | Giovani Bernard | RB |
| 5 | 73 | Justice Hill | RB |
| 5 | 74 | Julio Jones | WR |
| 6 | 75 | Sammy Watkins | WR |
| 6 | 76 | Travis Homer | RB |
| 6 | 77 | Marvin Jones Jr. | WR |
| 6 | 78 | Cade Otton | TE |
| 6 | 79 | Malik Davis | RB |
| 6 | 80 | Dalton Schultz | TE |
| 6 | 81 | T.Y. Hilton | WR |
| 6 | 82 | Joshua Palmer | WR |
| 6 | 83 | Michael Gallup | WR |
| 6 | 84 | Noah Brown | WR |
| 6 | 85 | Ray-Ray McCloud III | WR |
| 6 | 86 | Gerald Everett | TE |
| 6 | 87 | DeAndre Carter | WR |
| 6 | 88 | Isaiah Likely | TE |
| 7 | 89 | Jamal Agnew | WR |
| 7 | 90 | James Proche II | WR |
| 7 | 91 | Danny Gray | WR |
| 7 | 92 | Noah Fant | TE |
| 7 | 93 | Marcus Johnson | WR |
| 7 | 94 | Trent Sherfield | WR |
| 7 | 95 | Daniel Bellinger | TE |
| 7 | 96 | Kenny Golladay | WR |
| 7 | 97 | Noah Gray | TE |
| 7 | 98 | Cameron Brate | TE |
| 7 | 99 | Donald Parham Jr. | TE |
| 7 | 100 | Mike Gesicki | TE |
| 7 | 101 | Blake Bell | TE |
| 7 | 102 | Colby Parkinson | TE |
| 7 | 103 | Dan Arnold | TE |
| 7 | 104 | Durham Smythe | TE |
| 7 | 105 | Irv Smith Jr. | TE |
| 7 | 106 | Peyton Hendershot | TE |
| 7 | 107 | Josh Allen | QB |
| 7 | 108 | Joe Burrow | QB |
| 7 | 109 | Jalen Hurts | QB |
| 7 | 110 | Patrick Mahomes II | QB |
| 7 | 111 | Brock Purdy | QB |
| 8 | 112 | Justin Herbert | QB |
| 8 | 113 | Trevor Lawrence | QB |
| 8 | 114 | Kirk Cousins | QB |
| 8 | 115 | Tom Brady | QB |
| 8 | 116 | Dak Prescott | QB |
| 8 | 117 | Daniel Jones | QB |
| 8 | 118 | Geno Smith | QB |
| 8 | 119 | Skylar Thompson | QB |
| 8 | 120 | Teddy Bridgewater | QB |
| 8 | 121 | Buffalo Bills | DST |
| 8 | 122 | San Francisco 49ers | DST |
| 8 | 123 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | DST |
| 8 | 124 | Philadelphia Eagles | DST |
| 8 | 125 | Kansas City Chiefs | DST |
| 8 | 126 | Cincinnati Bengals | DST |
| 8 | 127 | Dallas Cowboys | DST |
| 8 | 128 | Los Angeles Chargers | DST |
| 8 | 129 | Miami Dolphins | DST |
| 8 | 130 | Minnesota Vikings | DST |
| 8 | 131 | Baltimore Ravens | DST |
| 8 | 132 | New York Giants | DST |
| 9 | 133 | Seattle Seahawks | DST |
| 9 | 134 | Jacksonville Jaguars | DST |
| 9 | 135 | Tyler Bass | K |
| 9 | 136 | Evan McPherson | K |
| 9 | 137 | Harrison Butker | K |
| 9 | 138 | Robbie Gould | K |
| 9 | 139 | Ryan Succop | K |
| 9 | 140 | Justin Tucker | K |
| 9 | 141 | Jake Elliott | K |
| 9 | 142 | Greg Joseph | K |
| 9 | 143 | Cameron Dicker | K |
| 9 | 144 | Graham Gano | K |
| 9 | 145 | Brett Maher | K |
| 9 | 146 | Jason Myers | K |
| 9 | 147 | Riley Patterson | K |
| 9 | 148 | Jason Sanders | K |
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