Fantasy: Playoff IDP Rankings

Much to my wife's chagrin, the football season is not over, and neither is the fantasy football season. Fantasy playoff leagues offer us owners another chance to compete, while presenting us with a unique set of challenges that we do not face in the regular season. The most significant of which is that we lose our players as their respective teams lose. So the key is to load up with as many guys bound for the Super Bowl as possible. Sounds like an easy task, but it's not.

The key here is to mock out each round of the playoffs and make your draft day selections based on how you see the playing out. For example, D.J. Williams is a much better regular season option than Rob Ninkovich. But if you think that Denver will lose in the Wild Card Round, you may want to go with the Patriots LB who you see going to the Super Bowl. That's three games for Ninkovich and just one for Williams. So ultimately, like anything in fantasy football, it's a numbers game.

Here's my breakdown for the playoffs:

Wild Card: NYG > ATL , NO > DET , PIT > DEN , HOU > CIN

Divisional: GB > NYG , NO > SF , NE > HOU , BLT > PIT

Championship: GB > NO , NE > BLT

Scoring systems vary from league to league, and I use two different systems in my Wild Card Round projections. For the overall playoff rankings, I stuck to a basic system to serve as many leagues as possible:

Solo Tackles (Tks) – 1.5 pt
Assisted Tackles (Asst) – .75 pts
Sacks (Sks) – 2 pts
Tackles for a Loss (TL) – 1 pts
Interceptions (Int) – 3 pts
Pass Defensed (PD) – 1 pt
Forced Fumble (FF) – 2 pts

Linebackers					Defensive Backs
Rk	Player	Team	G	Pts	Rk	Player	Team	G	Pts
1	Desmond Bishop	GB	3	36.2	1	Charles Woodson	GB	3	32.0
2	Jerod Mayo	NE	3	32.8	2	Roman Harper	NO	3	28.8
3	Jonathan Vilma	NO	3	27.9	3	Morgan Burnett	GB	3	26.4
4	Clay Matthews	GB	3	22.2	4	Tramon Williams	GB	3	25.7
5	Ray Lewis	BLT	2	21.6	5	Charlie Peprah	GB	3	25.2
6	A.J. Hawk	GB	3	21.2	6	Jabari Greer	NO	3	24.3
7	James Harrison	PIT	2	20.4	7	Malcolm Jenkins	NO	3	23.0
8	James Farrior	PIT	2	20.4	8	Patrick Robinson	NO	3	21.4
9	Brian Cushing	HOU	2	19.9	9	Bernard Pollard	BLT	2	19.9
10	Lawrence Timmons	PIT	2	19.6	10	Devin McCourty	NE	3	19.2
11	Rob Ninkovich	NE	3	19.3	11	Troy Polamalu	PIT	2	18.6
12	JoLonn Dunbar	NO	3	18.9	12	Patrick Chung	NE	3	17.4
13	LaMarr Woodley	PIT	2	16.0	13	Kenny Phillips	NYG	2	16.7
14	Jameel McClain	BLT	2	15.9	14	Kyle Arrington	NE	3	16.6
15	Mathias Kiwanuka	NYG	2	15.7	15	Antrel Rolle	NYG	2	16.0
16	Erik Walden	GB	3	15.3	16	Johnathan Joseph	HOU	2	15.6
17	Michael Boley	NYG	2	14.1	17	Danieal Manning	HOU	2	15.6
18	DeMeco Ryans	HOU	2	14.1	18	Antwaun Molden	NE	3	15.0
19	Gary Guyton	NE	3	13.9	19	Ed Reed	BLT	2	15.0
20	Scott Shanle	NO	3	13.7	20	Glover Quin	HOU	2	15.0
21	Jarret Johnson	BLT	2	12.3	21	Cary Williams	BLT	2	14.8
22	Navorro Bowman	SF	1	12.0	22	Kareem Jackson	HOU	2	14.2
23	Stephen Tulloch	DET	1	11.0	23	Ryan Clark	PIT	2	13.8
24	Connor Barwin	HOU	2	10.9	24	James Ihedigbo	NE	3	13.8
25	D.J. Williams	DEN	1	10.9	25	Corey Webster	NYG	2	12.6
26	Jacquian Williams	NYG	2	10.5	26	Aaron Ross	NYG	2	12.2
27	Von Miller	DEN	1	10.5	27	Lardarius Webb	BLT	2	11.2
28	Curtis Lofton	ATL	1	10.3	28	Ike Taylor	PIT	2	10.8
29	Sean Weatherspoon	ATL	1	10.2	29	Deon Grant	NYG	2	10.1
30	Thomas Howard	CIN	1	9.2	30	Dashon Goldson	SF	1	10.0
31	Brooks Reed	HOU	2	8.9	31	Donte Whitner	SF	1	10.0
32	Rey Maualuga	CIN	1	8.6	32	Sam Shields	GB	3	9.9
33	DeAndre Levy	DET	1	8.0	33	Carlos Rogers	SF	1	9.5
34	Brad Jones	GB	3	7.7	34	Amari Spievey	DET	1	8.7
35	Justin Durant	DET	1	7.6	35	William Gay	PIT	2	8.5
36	Dane Fletcher	NE	3	6.8	36	Chris Houston	DET	1	7.9
37	Rob Francois	GB	3	6.7	37	Nate Clements	CIN	1	7.5
38	Stevenson Sylvester	PIT	2	6.2	38	Chris Crocker	CIN	1	7.4
39	Joe Mays	DEN	1	6.1	39	Tracy Porter	NO	3	7.4
40	Larry Foote	PIT	2	5.7	40	Reggie Nelson	CIN	1	7.3
41	Ahmad Brooks	SF	1	5.7	41	Quinton Carter	DEN	1	7.3
42	Jonathan Casillas	NO	3	5.4	42	Brian Dawkins	DEN	1	7.2
43	Aldon Smith	SF	1	5.0	43	Shawntae Spencer	SF	1	7.2
44	Jason Worilds	PIT	2	4.6	44	Thomas DeCoud	ATL	1	7.1
45	Mister Alexander	HOU	2	4.0	45	Pacman Jones	CIN	1	6.8
46	Parys Haralson	SF	1	3.7	46	William Moore	ATL	1	6.8

Defensive Linemen
Rk	Player	Team	G	Pts
1	Jason Pierre-Paul	NYG	2	17.3	22	Shaun Cody	HOU	2	6.9
2	Will Smith	NO	3	15.9	23	Terrence Cody	BLT	2	6.8
3	Justin Tuck	NYG	2	14.6	24	Aubrayo Franklin	NO	3	6.8
4	Mark Anderson	NE	3	14.1	25	Cory Redding	BLT	2	6.8
5	Terrell Suggs	BLT	2	13.1	26	Justin Smith	SF	1	6.7
6	Cameron Jordan	NO	3	12.7	27	Casey Hampton	PIT	2	6.6
7	Vince Wilfork	NE	3	12.1	28	Linval Joseph	NYG	2	6.6
8	Haloti Ngata	BLT	2	10.9	29	Shaun Rogers	NO	3	6.5
9	Osi Umenyiora	NYG	2	10.6	30	Carlos Dunlap	CIN	1	6.3
10	B.J. Raji	GB	3	9.9	31	Antonio Smith	HOU	2	6.1
11	Brett Keisel	PIT	2	9.8	32	Elvis Dumervil	DEN	1	6.1
12	Sedrick Ellis	NO	3	9.8	33	Turk McBride	NO	3	6.0
13	Ryan Pickett	GB	3	9.8	34	Earl Mitchell	HOU	2	5.8
14	Ziggy Hood	PIT	2	9.5	35	Michael D. Johnson	CIN	1	5.6
15	Chris Canty	NYG	2	8.6	36	Robert Ayers	DEN	1	5.5
16	Junior Galette	NO	3	8.4	37	Kyle Vanden Bosch	DET	1	5.5
17	Kyle Love	NE	3	8.1	38	Cliff Avril	DET	1	5.2
18	Shaun Ellis	NE	3	8.0	39	John Abraham	ATL	1	5.1
19	C.J. Wilson	GB	3	7.9	40	Arthur Jones	BLT	2	4.9
20	Jarius Wynn	GB	3	7.0	41	Ray Edwards	ATL	1	4.8
21	J.J. Watt	HOU	2	7.0	42	Brodrick Bunkley	DEN	1	4.6

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