Best Ball Journal: Underdog Playoffs Rankings Update

Best Ball Journal: Underdog Playoffs Rankings Update

This article is part of our Best Ball Strategy series.

This post is a quick update to the previously posted rankings for Underdog's NFL playoff best ball contests at UnderdogFantasy.com, of which they have a wide range of format offerings. The following rankings are done with the ostensible purpose of advancing each of the individual rounds of the playoffs, which requires some amount of balance between the earlier and later rounds. The format is 10-round drafts of six teams, and the starting lineup each week is 1QB/1RB/2WR-TE/1FLEX.

There are two rankings below, the first is an overall top-30 and after that there are more in-depth positional rankings.

OVERALL

  1. Josh Allen, QB, BUF
  2. Christian McCaffrey, RB, SF
  3. Patrick Mahomes, QB, KC
  4. Jalen Hurts, QB, PHI
  5. Stefon Diggs, WR, BUF
  6. Travis Kelce, TE, KC
  7. A.J. Brown, WR, PHI
  8. Joe Burrow, QB, CIN
  9. Justin Jefferson, WR, MIN
  10. Ja'Marr Chase, WR, CIN
  11. DeVonta Smith, WR PHI
  12. Deebo Samuel, WR, SF
  13. George Kittle, TE, SF
  14. Tee Higgins, WR, CIN
  15. Gabe Davis, WR, BUF
  16. Brandon Aiyuk, WR, SF
  17. Jerick McKinnon, RB, KC
  18. Isiah Pacheco, RB, KC
  19. Joe Mixon, RB, CIN
  20. Austin Ekeler, RB, LAC
  21. Saquon Barkley, RB, NYG
  22. Miles Sanders, RB, PHI
  23. CeeDee Lamb, WR, DAL
  24. Devin Singletary, RB, BUF
  25. James Cook, RB, BUF
  26. Brock Purdy, QB, SF
  27. Justin Herbert, QB, LAC
  28. Dalvin Cook, RB, MIN
  29. Elijah Mitchell, RB, SF
  30. Tony Pollard, RB, DAL

QB

  1. Josh Allen, BUF
  2. Patrick Mahomes, KC
  3. Jalen Hurts, PHI
  4. Joe Burrow, CIN
  5. Brock Purdy, SF
  6. Justin Herbert, LAC
  7. Kirk Cousins, MIN
  8. Daniel Jones, NYG
  9. Dak Prescott, DAL
  10. Tom Brady, TB
  11. Trevor Lawrence, JAC
  12. Geno Smith, SEA
  13. Tyler Huntley, BAL
  14. Skylar Thompson, MIA

RB

  1. Christian McCaffrey, SF
  2. Jerick McKinnon, KC
  3. Isiah Pacheco, KC
  4. Joe Mixon, CIN
  5. Austin Ekeler, LAC
  6. Saquon Barkley, NYG
  7. Miles Sanders, PHI
  8. Devin Singletary, BUF
  9. James Cook, BUF
  10. Dalvin Cook, MIN
  11. Elijah Mitchell, SF
  12. Travis Etienne, JAC
  13. Tony Pollard, DAL
  14. Ezekiel Elliott, DAL
  15. Leonard Fournette, TB
  16. Rachaad White, TB
  17. Kenneth Gainwell, PHI
  18. Samaje Perine, CIN
  19. Jordan Mason, SF
  20. Nyheim Hines, BUF
  21. Kenneth Walker, SEA
  22. J.K. Dobbins, BAL
  23. Raheem Mostert, MIA
  24. Boston Scott, PHI
  25. Ronald Jones, KC
  26. Gus Edwards, BAL
  27. Jeff Wilson, MIA
  28. Joshua Kelley, LAC

WR/TE

  1. Stefon Diggs, BUF
  2. Travis Kelce, KC
  3. A.J. Brown, PHI
  4. Ja'Marr Chase, CIN
  5. DeVonta Smith, PHI
  6. Justin Jefferson, MIN
  7. Deebo Samuel, SF
  8. George Kittle, SF
  9. Tee Higgins, CIN
  10. Gabe Davis, BUF
  11. Brandon Aiyuk, SF
  12. JuJu Smith-Schuster, KC
  13. Keenan Allen, LAC
  14. Mike Williams, LAC
  15. Dallas Goedert, PHI
  16. CeeDee Lamb, DAL
  17. Isaiah McKenzie, BUF
  18. Mecole Hardman, KC
  19. Marquez Valdes-Scantling, KC
  20. Kadarius Toney, KC
  21. Chris Godwin, TB
  22. Mike Evans, TB
  23. D.K. Metcalf, SEA
  24. Tyler Lockett, SEA
  25. T.J. Hockenson, MIN
  26. Tyler Boyd, CIN
  27. Joshua Palmer, LAC
  28. Tyreek Hill, MIA
  29. Jaylen Waddle, MIA
  30. Mark Andrews, BAL
  31. Christian Kirk, JAC
  32. Darius Slayton, NYG
  33. Adam Thielen, MIN
  34. Jauan Jennings, SF
  35. Zay Jones, JAC
  36. Evan Engram, JAC

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