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NFL Playoff League Rankings for Fantasy Football: Mike Evans, Deebo Samuel, Stefon Diggs, Saquon Barkley, Miles Sanders

Stefon Diggs - Fantasy Football Rankings, NFL Injury News, DFS Lineup Picks

Our updated 2023 NFL Playoff League fantasy football rankings. Set winning lineups with our fantasy football rankings geared towards NFL postseason contests.

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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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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