Fantasy: Playoff Player Rankings

Earlier today, I posted my projections for the Wild Card round of the 2011-12 NFL playoffs. Today, I am posting player rankings for the entire post-season. Although these should be helpful regardless of your fantasy playoff league format, these rankings will be of most help to those of you in leagues that require you to keep the exact same lineup throughout the playoffs–even if your players’ team is eliminated. Obviously, there is a “Pick ‘em” aspect to this type of league, as you will generally want to pick players from teams that will play the most games. Matthew Stafford is a top-notch fantasy quarterback, but if you suspect he will be eliminated in round 1, he is not your answer at quarterback in this format.

That being said, my rankings assume the following:

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

Divisional: GB > ATL , NO > SF , NE > CIN , BLT > PIT

Championship: GB > NO , NE > BLT

Scoring is the same as what was what used for the projections. It's standard (4 pt = Pass TD), but uses 0.5 PPR to serve as many leagues as possible.

Quarterbacks					Wide Receivers
Rk	Player	Tm	G	Pts	Rk	Player	Tm	G	Pts
1	Aaron Rodgers	GB	3	81	1	Wes Welker	NE	3	53
2	Drew Brees	NO	3	77	2	Marques Colston	NO	3	48
3	Tom Brady	NE	3	72	3	Greg Jennings	GB	3	46
4	Matt Ryan	ATL	2	35	4	Jordy Nelson	GB	3	37
5	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	2	33	5	Lance Moore	NO	3	29
6	Andy Dalton	CIN	2	30	6	Roddy White	ATL	2	28
7	Joe Flacco	BLT	2	29	7	A.J. Green	CIN	2	28
8	Matthew Stafford	DET	1	22	8	Mike Wallace	PIT	2	27
9	Eli Manning	NYG	1	19	9	Julio Jones	ATL	2	26
10	Tim Tebow	DEN	1	17	10	James Jones	GB	3	23
11	Alex D. Smith	SF	1	15	11	Antonio Brown	PIT	2	22
12	T.J. Yates	HST	1	12	12	Deion Branch	NE	3	22
					13	Torrey Smith	BLT	2	21
Running Backs					14	Robert Meachem	NO	3	20
Rk	Player	Tm	G	Pts	15	Anquan Boldin	BLT	2	18
1	Ray Rice	BLT	2	39	16	Calvin Johnson	DET	1	18
2	Darren Sproles	NO	3	33	17	Victor Cruz	NYG	1	15
3	Michael Turner	ATL	2	27	18	Jerome Simpson	CIN	2	14
4	Pierre Thomas	NO	3	26	19	Hakeem Nicks	NYG	1	13
5	James Starks	GB	3	25	20	Randall Cobb	GB	3	13
6	Stevan Ridley	NE	3	25	21	Donald Driver	GB	3	13
7	Isaac Redman	PIT	2	24	22	Devery Henderson	NO	3	13
8	Cedric Benson	CIN	2	21	23	Demaryius Thomas	DEN	1	11
9	Arian Foster	HST	1	20	24	Jerricho Cotchery	PIT	2	10
10	Chris Ivory	NO	3	20	25	Michael Crabtree	SF	1	10
11	Ryan Grant	GB	3	18	26	Nate Burleson	DET	1	9
12	BenJarvus Green-Ellis	NE	3	16	27	Andre Johnson	HST	1	9
13	Kevin Smith	DET	1	14	28	Titus Young	DET	1	8
14	Ahmad Bradshaw	NYG	1	14	29	Andrew Hawkins	CIN	2	7
15	Frank Gore	SF	1	12	30	Mario Manningham	NYG	1	7
16	Willis McGahee	DEN	1	12	31	Lee Evans	BLT	2	6
17	Danny Woodhead	NE	3	10	32	Eric Decker	DEN	1	6
18	Mewelde Moore	PIT	2	10	33	Harry Douglas	ATL	2	6
19	Ricky Williams	BLT	2	9	34	Kyle Williams	SF	1	6
20	John Kuhn	GB	3	9	35	Hines Ward	PIT	2	5
21	Bernard Scott	CIN	2	7	36	Emmanuel Sanders	PIT	2	5
22	Jason Snelling	ATL	2	7	37	Chad Ochocinco	NE	3	4
23	Brian Leonard	CIN	2	6	38	Ryan Whalen	CIN	2	4
24	Brandon Jacobs	NYG	1	6	39	Ted Ginn	SF	1	4
25	Jacquizz Rodgers	ATL	2	6	40	Kevin Walter	HST	1	3
26	Ben Tate	HST	1	6	41	Eddie Royal	DEN	1	3
27	Kendall Hunter	SF	1	5	42	Jacoby Jones	HST	1	2
28	Lance Ball	DEN	1	5	43	Tiquan Underwood	NE	3	1
29	Jed Collins	NO	3	4	44	Matt Willis	DEN	1	1
30	John Clay	PIT	2	3	45	Eric Weems	ATL	2	1
31	Maurice Morris	DET	1	3	46	Rashied Davis	DET	1	0
32	Danny Ware	NYG	1	3	47	Bryant Johnson	HST	1	0
33	David Johnson	PIT	2	3	48	Maurice Stovall	DET	1	0
34	Vonta Leach	BLT	2	3	49	Julian Edelman	NE	3	0
35	Jeremiah Johnson	DEN	1	1
36	Bruce Miller	SF	1	1	Tight Ends
37	Anthony Dixon	SF	1	1	Rk	Player	Tm	G	Pts
38	Mike Cox	ATL	2	1	1	Rob Gronkowski	NE	3	53
39	Henry Hynoski	NYG	1	1	2	Jimmy Graham	NO	3	48
40	Chris Pressley	CIN	2	1	3	Aaron Hernandez	NE	3	38
41	James Casey	HST	1	1	4	Jermichael Finley	GB	3	32
42	Lawrence Vickers	HST	1	0	5	Tony Gonzalez	ATL	2	20
43	Stefan Logan	DET	1	0	6	Jermaine Gresham	CIN	2	18
44	Austin Sylvester	DEN	1	0	7	Heath Miller	PIT	2	13
					8	Vernon Davis	SF	1	11
Kickers					9	Brandon Pettigrew	DET	1	10
Rk	Player	Tm	G		10	Ed Dickson	BLT	2	10
1	Mason Crosby	GB	3		11	Dennis Pitta	BLT	2	10
2	John Kasay	NO	3		12	Jake Ballard	NYG	1	8
3	Stephen Gostkowski	NE	3		13	Tony Scheffler	DET	1	7
4	Billy Cundiff	BLT	2		14	Owen Daniels	HST	1	7
5	Matt Bryant	ATL	2		15	Delanie Walker	SF	1	3
6	Shaun Suisham	PIT	2		16	Joel Dreessen	HST	1	3
7	Lawrence Tynes	NYG	1		17	John Gilmore	NO	3	3
8	Mike Nugent	CIN	2		18	Donald Lee	CIN	2	2
9	David Akers	SF	1		19	Michael Palmer	ATL	2	2
10	Neil Rackers	HST	1		20	Travis Beckum	NYG	1	2
11	Jason Hanson	DET	1		21	Tom Crabtree	GB	3	2
12	Matt Prater	DEN	1		22	Daniel Fells	DEN	1	1
					23	Dante Rosario	DEN	1	1
Team Defense					24	Weslye Saunders	PIT	2	1
Rk	Tm	G			25	Will Heller	DET	1	0
1	GB	3			26	Virgil Green	DEN	1	0
2	NO	3
3	BLT	2
4	PIT	2
5	NE	3
6	CIN	2
7	SF	1
8	ATL	2
9	HST	1
10	NYG	1
11	DEN	1
12	DET	1

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