Playoff Rankings - Draft and Hold for Entire Playoffs

as of 1/6/2012


The rankings below address all playoff games including the Super Bowl. The analysis is largely based on:

• Expected number of playoff games (by team)
• Round-by-round matchup review
• Current injury status
• Team offensive system
• Individual player skill
• Individual player estimated workload


Everything else being equal, the more playoff games a player participates in, the better his cumulative stats. As such, one of the keys to winning a playoff draft is finding quality players likely to compete in many playoff games. The below Cheat Sheets have been designed to help you do just that.

NFL Playoffs - Top Quarterbacks

One-Time-Draft Cheat Sheet for Entire NFL Playoffs

Rank	Player	Team	Expected Number of Games	Fantasy Points	Pass Yds	Pass TD	Rush Yds	Rush TD
1	Rodgers, Aaron	GB	2.5	71.1	783	7.9	46	0.6
2	Brees, Drew	NO	2.52	67.5	826	8.0	12	0.2
3	Brady, Tom	NE	2.35	59.1	745	5.4	22	0.9
4	Roethlisberger, Ben	PIT	2.26	42.2	599	4.2	14	0.0
5	Manning, Eli	NYG	1.71	32.3	501	3.0	4	0.0
6	Ryan, Matt	ATL	1.51	31.1	412	3.3	4	0.2
7	Stafford, Matthew	DET	1.2	30.0	416	3.1	9	0.0
8	Flacco, Joe	BAL	1.82	25.3	375	2.2	12	0.1
9	Tebow, Tim	DEN	1.29	23.9	212	1.3	67	0.6
10	Dalton, Andy	CIN	1.53	22.2	311	1.9	21	0.0
11	Smith, Alex	SF	1.56	22.0	308	1.7	17	0.2
12	Yates, T.J.	HOU	1.75	21.5	316	1.4	20	0.2
13	Delhomme, Jake	HOU	1.75	2.4	37	0.2	0	0.0

NFL Playoffs - Top Running Backs

One-Time-Draft Cheat Sheet for Entire NFL Playoffs

Rank	Player	Team	Expected Number of Games	Fantasy Points	Rush Yds	Rush TD	Rec Yds	Rec TD
1	Foster, Arian	HOU	1.75	35.9	187	1.5	72	0.2
2	Rice, Ray	BAL	1.82	35.0	187	1.4	64	0.2
3	Redman, Isaac	PIT	2.26	33.7	202	1.3	42	0.3
4	Sproles, Darren	NO	2.52	30.6	101	0.1	106	1.5
5	Ivory, Chris	NO	2.52	23.8	175	1.1	0	0.0
6	Thomas, Pierre	NO	2.52	23.6	93	1.2	70	0.0
7	Grant, Ryan	GB	2.5	20.7	104	0.4	69	0.2
8	Turner, Michael	ATL	1.51	19.6	124	1.0	11	0.0
9	Bradshaw, Ahmad	NYG	1.71	19.4	83	1.2	25	0.3
10	Gore, Frank	SF	1.56	17.6	116	0.9	6	0.0
11	Green-Ellis, BenJarvus	NE	2.35	17.6	77	1.4	14	0.0
12	Ridley, Stevan	NE	2.35	17.3	146	0.4	0	0.0
13	Starks, James	GB	2.5	16.9	112	0.6	21	0.0
14	Benson, Cedric	CIN	1.53	15.6	106	0.6	12	0.0
15	Smith, Kevin	DET	1.2	15.6	63	0.6	28	0.5
16	Jacobs, Brandon	NYG	1.71	14.9	81	1.0	8	0.0
17	McGahee, Willis	DEN	1.29	12.9	111	0.3	0	0.0
18	Tate, Ben	HOU	1.75	12.3	87	0.4	13	0.0
19	Woodhead, Danny	NE	2.35	9.3	57	0.3	17	0.0
20	Clay, John	PIT	2.26	9.1	80	0.2	0	0.0
21	Kuhn, John	GB	2.5	8.7	21	0.7	12	0.2
22	Hunter, Kendall	SF	1.56	8.1	53	0.1	23	0.0
23	Morris, Maurice	DET	1.2	7.5	33	0.1	28	0.2
24	Williams, Ricky	BAL	1.82	7.1	45	0.3	8	0.0
25	Rodgers, Jacquizz	ATL	1.51	6.0	17	0.2	19	0.2
26	Scott, Bernard	CIN	1.53	5.7	37	0.2	5	0.0
27	Ball, Lance	DEN	1.29	5.2	32	0.1	13	0.0
28	Williams, Keiland	DET	1.2	4.9	22	0.2	13	0.0
29	Vereen, Shane	NE	2.35	4.4	38	0.1	0	0.0
30	Snelling, Jason	ATL	1.51	4.2	22	0.0	16	0.1
31	Collins, Jed	NO	2.52	3.9	3	0.2	5	0.3
32	Ware, Danny	NYG	1.71	3.5	20	0.0	15	0.0
33	Leonard, Brian	CIN	1.53	2.7	3	0.0	24	0.0
34	Johnson, Jeremiah	DEN	1.29	2.7	18	0.0	8	0.0
35	Dixon, Anthony	SF	1.56	2.2	10	0.2	0	0.0
36	Saine, Brandon	GB	2.5	1.9	12	0.0	7	0.0
37	Ward, Derrick	HOU	1.75	1.0	8	0.0	0	0.0

NFL Playoffs - Top Wide Receivers

One-Time-Draft Cheat Sheet for Entire NFL Playoffs

Rank	Player	Team	Expected Number of Games	Fantasy Points	Rec Yds	Rec TD	Rush Yds	Rush TD
1	Nelson, Jordy	GB	2.5	37.1	214	2.6	0	0.0
2	Colston, Marques	NO	2.52	36.2	244	2.0	0	0.0
3	Welker, Wes	NE	2.35	25.6	194	1.0	1	0.0
4	Jennings, Greg	GB	2.5	25.3	172	1.4	0	0.0
5	Cruz, Victor	NYG	1.71	23.9	177	1.0	0	0.0
6	Brown, Antonio	PIT	2.26	23.6	179	0.8	6	0.0
7	Wallace, Mike	PIT	2.26	23.5	159	1.1	8	0.0
8	White, Roddy	ATL	1.51	21.8	146	1.2	0	0.0
9	Jones, Julio	ATL	1.51	21.4	131	1.3	7	0.0
10	Johnson, Calvin	DET	1.2	21.4	138	1.2	2	0.0
11	Nicks, Hakeem	NYG	1.71	19.5	139	0.9	0	0.0
12	Johnson, Andre	HOU	1.75	19.0	134	0.9	0	0.0
13	Branch, Deion	NE	2.35	18.7	137	0.8	0	0.0
14	Meachem, Robert	NO	2.52	18.2	123	0.9	5	0.0
15	Crabtree, Michael	SF	1.56	16.3	122	0.7	0	0.0
16	Green, A.J.	CIN	1.53	16.1	112	0.7	9	0.0
17	Jones, James	GB	2.5	15.3	96	0.9	0	0.0
18	Driver, Donald	GB	2.5	14.5	86	1.0	0	0.0
19	Smith, Torrey	BAL	1.82	14.4	103	0.6	4	0.0
20	Henderson, Devery	NO	2.52	13.9	104	0.5	4	0.0
21	Thomas, Demaryius	DEN	1.29	13.8	97	0.7	0	0.0
22	Manningham, Mario	NYG	1.71	12.1	77	0.7	0	0.0
23	Boldin, Anquan	BAL	1.82	11.8	96	0.4	0	0.0
24	Simpson, Jerome	CIN	1.53	10.4	65	0.6	0	0.0
25	Burleson, Nate	DET	1.2	9.0	68	0.3	7	0.0
26	Young, Titus	DET	1.2	8.9	54	0.5	2	0.0
27	Cotchery, Jerricho	PIT	2.26	8.8	56	0.5	0	0.0
28	Williams, Kyle	SF	1.56	8.8	53	0.4	10	0.0
29	Walter, Kevin	HOU	1.75	8.0	64	0.3	0	0.0
30	Moore, Lance	NO	2.52	7.7	47	0.5	0	0.0
31	Sanders, Emmanuel	PIT	2.26	7.3	53	0.3	0	0.0
32	Jones, Jacoby	HOU	1.75	7.0	60	0.2	0	0.0
33	Ward, Hines	PIT	2.26	7.0	50	0.3	0	0.0
34	Decker, Eric	DEN	1.29	6.9	44	0.4	0	0.0
35	Douglas, Harry	ATL	1.51	6.7	52	0.2	0	0.0
36	Cobb, Randall	GB	2.5	6.0	57	0.1	0	0.0
37	Ochocinco, Chad	NE	2.35	5.8	38	0.3	0	0.0
38	Johnson, Bryant	HOU	1.75	5.1	39	0.2	0	0.0
39	Ginn, Ted	SF	1.56	4.9	38	0.0	10	0.0
40	Willis, Matt	DEN	1.29	3.4	33	0.0	0	0.0
41	Hawkins, Andrew	CIN	1.53	3.3	30	0.0	4	0.0
42	Evans, Lee	BAL	1.82	2.6	26	0.0	0	0.0
43	Royal, Eddie	DEN	1.29	2.4	13	0.1	7	0.0
44	Barden, Ramses	NYG	1.71	0.8	8	0.0	0	0.0

NFL Playoffs - Top Tight Ends

One-Time-Draft Cheat Sheet for Entire NFL Playoffs

Rank	Player	Team	Expected Number of Games	Fantasy Points	Rec Yds	Rec TD
1	Gronkowski, Rob	NE	2.35	38.5	211	2.9
2	Graham, Jimmy	NO	2.52	32.8	210	2.0
3	Hernandez, Aaron	NE	2.35	23.5	179	0.9
4	Finley, Jermichael	GB	2.5	21.4	131	1.4
5	Davis, Vernon	SF	1.56	11.2	82	0.5
6	Daniels, Owen	HOU	1.75	10.7	81	0.4
7	Gonzalez, Tony	ATL	1.51	10.6	80	0.4
8	Gresham, Jermaine	CIN	1.53	10.1	70	0.5
9	Dickson, Ed	BAL	1.82	10.1	62	0.6
10	Pettigrew, Brandon	DET	1.2	9.5	67	0.5
11	Miller, Heath	PIT	2.26	8.3	77	0.1
12	Pitta, Dennis	BAL	1.82	8.2	59	0.4
13	Dreessen, Joel	HOU	1.75	8.2	37	0.7
14	Ballard, Jake	NYG	1.71	6.4	44	0.3
15	Scheffler, Tony	DET	1.2	6.3	39	0.4
16	Fells, Daniel	DEN	1.29	4.8	22	0.4
17	Beckum, Travis	NYG	1.71	4.5	31	0.2
18	Casey, James	HOU	1.75	2.8	21	0.1
19	Rosario, Dante	DEN	1.29	2.3	22	0.0

NFL Playoffs - Top Defenses

One-Time-Draft Cheat Sheet for Entire NFL Playoffs

Rank	Team	Expected Number of Games
1	PIT	2.26
2	GB	2.5
3	NO	2.52
4	BAL	1.82
5	NE	2.35
6	SF	1.56
7	HOU	1.75
8	NYG	1.71
9	CIN	1.53
10	ATL	1.51
11	DEN	1.29
12	DET	1.2

NFL Playoffs - Top Kickers

One-Time-Draft Cheat Sheet for Entire NFL Playoffs

Rank	Player	Team	Expected Number of Games
1	John Kasay	NO	2.52
2	Mason Crosby	GB	2.5
3	Stephen Gostkowski	NE	2.35
4	Shaun Suisham	PIT	2.26
5	David Akers	SF	1.56
6	Neil Rackers	HOU	1.75
7	Matt Bryant	ATL	1.51
8	Lawrence Tynes	NYG	1.71
9	Billy Cundiff	BAL	1.82
10	Mike Nugent	CIN	1.53
11	Jason Hanson	DET	1.2
12	Matt Prater	DEN	1.29