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Wild Card Weekend PPR Rankings for Fantasy Football: Joe Mixon, Leonard Fournette, Darrel Williams, Sony Michel, Ezekiel Elliott

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Our updated Wild Card Weekend fantasy football rankings for PPR scoring. Set your winning lineups with our Wild Card Weekend rankings for fantasy football.

Welcome RotoBallers to Wild Card Weekend -- the NFL playoffs have arrived! Below are our Wild Card Weekend fantasy football rankings for PPR leagues. Playoff leagues are going to kick off this week, and DFS contests are another great option, so we'll be guiding you with our rankings as always. Where do Joe Mixon, Leonard Fournette, Darrel Williams, Sony Michel and Ezekiel Elliott rank, among others?

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. These Wild Card Weekend fantasy football rankings are brought to you by three of our NFL team leads - Nick MarianoPierre Camus and Brandon Murchison. Good luck RotoBallers!

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!

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Wild Card Weekend Fantasy Football Rankings (PPR)

Be sure to also check out our Half-PPR rankings and Standard rankings.

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 Cooper Kupp WR
1 2 Joe Mixon RB
1 3 Deebo Samuel WR
1 4 Leonard Fournette RB
1 5 Ja'Marr Chase WR
1 6 Najee Harris RB
1 7 Mike Evans WR
1 8 Josh Jacobs RB
1 9 Diontae Johnson WR
2 10 Elijah Mitchell RB
2 11 Stefon Diggs WR
2 12 James Conner RB
2 13 Tyreek Hill WR
2 14 Devin Singletary RB
2 15 Rob Gronkowski TE
2 16 Travis Kelce TE
2 17 Hunter Renfrow WR
3 18 Tee Higgins WR
3 19 Ezekiel Elliott RB
3 20 Sony Michel RB
3 21 Damien Harris RB
3 22 CeeDee Lamb WR
3 23 Amari Cooper WR
3 24 Darrel Williams RB
3 25 Odell Beckham Jr. WR
3 26 George Kittle TE
3 27 DeVonta Smith WR
3 28 Miles Sanders RB
3 29 Christian Kirk WR
3 30 Chase Edmonds RB
3 31 Rhamondre Stevenson RB
3 32 Zach Ertz TE
3 33 Brandon Aiyuk WR
3 34 Dalton Schultz TE
3 35 Van Jefferson WR
3 36 Tony Pollard RB
3 37 Chase Claypool WR
4 38 Cam Akers RB
4 39 A.J. Green WR
4 40 Dallas Goedert TE
4 41 Gabriel Davis WR
4 42 Jakobi Meyers WR
4 43 Zay Jones WR
4 44 Tyler Boyd WR
4 45 Cedrick Wilson Jr. WR
4 46 Kendrick Bourne WR
4 47 Dawson Knox TE
4 48 Darren Waller TE
4 49 Cole Beasley WR
4 50 Byron Pringle WR
4 51 Boston Scott RB
5 52 Mecole Hardman WR
5 53 Jordan Howard RB
5 54 Breshad Perriman WR
5 55 Zack Moss RB
5 56 Antoine Wesley WR
5 57 Kenneth Gainwell RB
5 58 Tyler Johnson WR
5 59 Pat Freiermuth TE
5 60 Samaje Perine RB
5 61 Ke'Shawn Vaughn RB
5 62 Derrick Gore RB
5 63 Jauan Jennings WR
5 64 Quez Watkins WR
5 65 Ray-Ray McCloud WR
5 66 Jeff Wilson Jr. RB
5 67 Rondale Moore WR
5 68 Brandon Bolden RB
5 69 Isaiah McKenzie WR
5 70 Peyton Barber RB
5 71 Tyler Higbee TE
5 72 Bryan Edwards WR
5 73 Demarcus Robinson WR
5 74 Kyle Juszczyk RB
6 75 Hunter Henry TE
6 76 Corey Clement RB
6 77 Le'Veon Bell RB
6 78 C.J. Uzomah TE
6 79 Eno Benjamin RB
6 80 Nelson Agholor WR
6 81 DeSean Jackson WR
6 82 Jalen Reagor WR
6 83 Cameron Brate TE
6 84 Emmanuel Sanders WR
6 85 Chris Evans RB
6 86 Kristian Wilkerson WR
6 87 Jerick McKinnon RB
6 88 JaMycal Hasty RB
7 89 Scotty Miller WR
7 90 Jonnu Smith TE
7 91 Noah Brown WR
7 92 Foster Moreau TE
7 93 Mike Thomas WR
7 94 Benny Snell Jr. RB
7 95 Stanley Morgan Jr. WR
7 96 Jalen Richard RB
7 97 Michael Burton RB
7 98 Blake Jarwin TE
7 99 Jason Huntley RB
7 100 Kenjon Barner RB
7 101 Zach Gentry TE
7 102 Jake Funk RB
7 103 Jakob Johnson RB
7 104 Jonathan Ward RB
7 105 Tom Brady QB
7 106 Patrick Mahomes II QB
7 107 Josh Allen QB
7 108 O.J. Howard TE
7 109 Joe Burrow QB
7 110 Dak Prescott QB
7 111 Matthew Stafford QB
8 112 Kyler Murray QB
8 113 Jalen Hurts QB
8 114 Derek Carr QB
8 115 Jimmy Garoppolo QB
8 116 Mac Jones QB
8 117 Ben Roethlisberger QB
8 118 Trey Lance QB
8 119 Gardner Minshew II QB
8 120 Harrison Butker K
8 121 Kansas City Chiefs DST
8 122 Nick Folk K
8 123 Tampa Bay Buccaneers DST
8 124 Dallas Cowboys DST
8 125 Matt Gay K
8 126 Matt Prater K
8 127 Buffalo Bills DST
8 128 Cincinnati Bengals DST
8 129 New England Patriots DST
8 130 Ryan Succop K
8 131 Greg Zuerlein K
8 132 Evan McPherson K
9 133 Tyler Bass K
9 134 Arizona Cardinals DST
9 135 Los Angeles Rams DST
9 136 San Francisco 49ers DST
9 137 Daniel Carlson K
9 138 Las Vegas Raiders DST
9 139 Jake Elliott K
9 140 Robbie Gould K
9 141 Pittsburgh Steelers DST
9 142 Philadelphia Eagles DST
9 143 Chris Boswell K



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