Fantasy football 2011-2012 NFL Playoffs Week 2 | Fantasy cheat sheet update
Here’s your updated cheat sheet Ninjas. After last week’s crazy finish, who knows what we’re in for in 2011-2012 NFL Playoffs Week 2.
This week I deleted the eliminated players and added a few others — like Demaryius Thomas, who wasn’t even on last week’s list after the way Tim Tebow and company ended the regular season.
Once again, the player rankings below reflect teams and players who will not only score high fantasy points the rest of the way, but also have the best chance to make the Super Bowl
If you are playing in playoff challenges this week, good luck. Everyone enjoy the games.
Best teams
- Saints
- Packers
- Giants
- Patriots
- Ravens
- Broncos
- Texans
- Niners
Quarterbacks
- Drew Brees
- Aaron Rodgers
- Tom Brady
- Eli Manning
- Tim Tebow
- Joe Flacco
- T.J. Yates
- Alex Smith
Running backs
- Darren Sproles
- Ray Rice
- Arian Foster
- Ryan Grant
- Stevan Ridley
- Pierre Thomas
- Ahmad Bradshaw
- James Starks
- Ben Tate
- BenJarvus Green-Ellis
- Frank Gore
- Christopher Ivey
- Willis McGahee
- Danny Woodhead
- Brandon Jacobs
- Kendall Hunter
Wide receivers
- Wes Welker
- Jordy Nelson
- Victor Cruz
- Hakeem Nicks
- Marques Colston
- Andre Johnson
- Greg Jennings
- Anquan Boldin
- Demaryius Thomas
- Mario Manningham
- Michael Crabtree
- James Jones
- Torrey Smith
- Deion Branch
- Robert Meachem
- Devery Henderson
*Lance Moore is out again this week.
Tight ends
- Jimmy Graham
- Rob Gronkowski
- Aaron Hernandez
- Jermichael Finley
- Owen Daniels
- Ed Dickson
- Vernon Davis
- Jake Ballard
For kickers and defenses, opportunity is going to be about as important as skill, so these rankings reflect which teams I think have the best chance to go far in the playoffs. I think Atlanta and Detroit have a better chance of playing in two games than San Francisco does. But if the 49ers advance it will be because of their defense and David Akers, so I boosted them ahead of the Falcons and Lions on the following two lists.
Kickers
- John Kasay
- Mason Crosby
- Stephen Gostkowski
- Neil Rackers
- Lawrence Tynes
- Billy Cundiff
- David Akers
- Matt Prater
- Shayne Graham
Defenses
- Saints
- Packers
- Ravens
- Giants
- Patriots
- Texans
- Niners
- Broncos
EP, Sorry but I do not agree with the pats being any thing less than 3. If the QB is 3,WR-1, TE-2, RB-5, K-3 and the D-5 than the math alone by my count would divide to 3rd. I am picking the Pats to go to the Super bowl against the Giants. But thats why they play the games. Good Luck with your site in the comming year. Dante
Dante Bruno: You’re right, I should have moved Eli Manning up to third QB. It just didn’t seem right. The team ranking reflects my thought that the best NFC team is going to win everything. The Packers are the favorite, but the Saints and Giants had momentum going into the second round.
I didn’t think it was likely, but I thought it was possible that the Broncos — and all of their luck — could beat the Patriots this week. The Patriots are the best AFC playoff team, they won their last eight regular season games, but they allowed at least 20 points in the last six and had the second worst pass defense in the league in 2011. Tim Tebow to Demaryius Thomas looked pretty good last week.
If the Patriots play like they did against the Broncos Saturday night — even though they won’t be facing an option offense next week — they’ll win it all. I’m not sure triple coverage would have stopped Gronkowski.
I’m rooting for the Giants all the way, but if they can’t make it I’d love to see Brady and Rodgers vs. the two worst pass defenses in the NFL.
Thanks for the good luck wishes.