Fantasy football is the best game out there, so why wouldn’t we re-rack things and play in the NFL postseason? To help guide you as you enter into this next phase of fantasy, here are my rest-of-playoffs WR fantasy rankings.
Which WRs Should You Draft in Fantasy Football?
These fantasy WR rankings are designed to help you navigate your fantasy playoff league. The rules are simple: build the roster that scores the most fantasy points throughout the entirety of the playoffs.
Of course, every league will offer tweaks (player limits per team, unique scoring bonuses, etc.), so use these as a guide more than anything. Or, hit me up on social media with your specific situation and I’ll advise as best I can!
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Before I get to the positional rankings, the first step of succeeding in a format like this is to predict how you see the playoffs going.
Who is one-and-done? What teams make it to the Super Bowl? By no means do you have to agree with how I see things playing out, but understand that my projected bracket very much influences my rankings.
AFC Playoff Bracket Projections
Wild Card
- No. 5 Cleveland Browns over No. 4 Houston Texans
- No. 3 Kansas City Chiefs over No. 6 Miami Dolphins
- No. 2 Buffalo Bills over No. 7 Pittsburgh Steelers
Divisional Round
- No. 1 Baltimore Ravens over No. 5 Cleveland Browns
- No. 3 Kansas City Chiefs over No. 2 Buffalo Bills
Conference Championship
- No. 1 Baltimore Ravens over No. 3 Kansas City Chiefs
NFC Playoff Bracket Projections
Wild Card
- No. 5 Philadelphia Eagles over No. 4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- No. 3 Detroit Lions over No. 6 Los Angeles Rams
- No. 2 Dallas Cowboys over No. 7 Green Bay Packers
Divisional Round
- No. 1 San Francisco 49ers over No. 5 Philadelphia Eagles
- No. 3 Detroit Lions over No. 2 Dallas Cowboys
Conference Championship
- No. 1 San Francisco 49ers over No. 3 Detroit Lions
NFL Playoffs WR Rankings
1) Brandon Aiyuk | SF (BYE)
2) Amon-Ra St. Brown | DET (vs. LAR)
3) CeeDee Lamb | DAL (vs. GB)
4) Deebo Samuel | SF (BYE)
5) Zay Flowers | BAL (BYE)
6) A.J. Brown | PHI (at TB)
7) Rashee Rice | KC (vs. MIA)
8) Stefon Diggs | BUF (vs. PIT)
9) Tyreek Hill | MIA (at KC)
10) DeVonta Smith | PHI (at TB)
11) Amari Cooper | CLE (at HOU)
12) Nico Collins | HOU (vs. CLE)
13) Brandin Cooks | DAL (vs. GB)
14) Odell Beckham Jr. | BAL (BYE)
15) Mike Evans | TB (vs. PHI)
16) Puka Nacua | LAR (at DET)
17) Jaylen Waddle | MIA (at KC)
18) Cooper Kupp | LAR (at DET)
19) Elijah Moore | CLE (at HOU)
20) Jameson Williams | DET (vs. LAR)
21) Jayden Reed | GB (at DAL)
22) Chris Godwin | TB (vs. PHI)
23) George Pickens | PIT (at BUF)
24) Diontae Johnson | PIT (at BUF)
25) Gabe Davis | BUF (vs. PIT)
Top WRs To Start in the NFL Playoffs
Brandon Aiyuk, San Francisco 49ers
Removing the meaningless Week 18 loss to the Rams from the equation, Aiyuk had been cruising with 110+ receiving yards in three of four games and scored in five of his past eight.
While Deebo Samuel and George Kittle offer elite per-target upside, it’s been Aiyuk as the consistent target earner in this offense, and that doesn’t figure to change in the postseason.
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If you’re confident like I am in the volume and the connection with Brock Purdy, this is an easy sell. Aiyuk’s yards per catch are up 40.8% from last season and are 46.1% higher at home than on the road this season.
He has scored on all five of his red-zone receptions this season, giving him a nice TD conversion rate to go along with a consistently solid opportunity count.
Brandin Cooks, Dallas Cowboys
The veteran receiver has scored in three straight games (and in eight of his past 11) while picking up more volume down the stretch (three games this season with 5+ catches and two of them have come in the past two weeks).
Those are nice trends to take into matchups against the Packers (sixth-most red-zone trips allowed) and the Lions (fifth-highest opponent TD rate when reaching their 20-yard line).
I feel pretty good about Dallas advancing past Green Bay, and even though I have them losing in the Divisional Round, that game looks close to a coin toss in my eyes.
I mentioned the importance of picking your bracket and ranking accordingly, but it’s equally important to acknowledge the spots in which you are less confident. You’re going to have to pick players from a handful of teams, so if you hedge your bet in those 50/50 spots (for me, that Lions/Cowboys game would profile as such a spot), you allow yourself to optimize your production floor.
- 2023: 14.8% of receptions result in a TD
- 2014-22: 7.6% of receptions resulted in a TD