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Welcome RotoBallers to Wild Card Weekend -- the NFL playoffs have arrived! Below are our Wild Card Weekend fantasy football rankings for PPR leagues. Playoff leagues are going to kick off this week, and DFS contests are another great option, so we'll be guiding you with our rankings as always. Where do Joe Mixon, Leonard Fournette, Darrel Williams, Sony Michel and Ezekiel Elliott rank, among others?
In addition to our staff rankings, below you will also find a summary of the important fantasy football injury news for this week. There are many key injuries and COVID-19 situations to keep track of, so be sure to check back until kickoff. These Wild Card Weekend fantasy football rankings are brought to you by three of our NFL team leads - Nick Mariano, Pierre Camus and Brandon Murchison. Good luck RotoBallers!
A big congrats to our very own Nick Mariano who once again finished as a top-10 ranker in 2021 across the entire fantasy football industry!
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Wild Card Weekend Injury Updates for Fantasy Football
- Clyde Edwards-Helaire Ruled Out for Wild Card Round
- Joe Mixon Returns From COVID-19 List
- Leonard Fournette To Be A Game-Time Decision
- DeAndre Hopkins Won't Play On Monday
- Ronald Jones II Out For Wild-Card Weekend
- Chiefs Think Tyreek Hill Will Be OK
- Eagles Expected To Have Miles Sanders, Jordan Howard
- Tony Pollard Will Be Ready Against 49ers
- Darrel Williams Expected To Be Available Against Steelers
- Tee Higgins Good To Go For Saturday
- JuJu Smith-Schuster Trending Towards Playing
- Rhamondre Stevenson Not On Injury Report
- Mike Evans Still Managing Hamstring Injury
- Another Full Practice For Emmanuel Sanders
- James Washington Activated From COVID-19 List Thursday
- Jalen Hurts Practicing In Full
- Dallas Goedert Back From COVID-19 List
- Joe Burrow Practicing In Full
- Josh Jacobs Remains On Injury Report
- Darren Waller Limited In Practice
- Hunter Renfrow Dealing With Hip Injury
- Giovani Bernard Back At Practice
- Boston Scott Activated From COVID-19 List
- Cyril Grayson Ruled Out For Wild-Card Game
- Marquez Valdes-Scantling Injured In Week 18
- C.J. Uzomah, Evan McPherson Practicing In Full
- Limited Practice For Damien Harris
- 49ers Activate Trey Sermon From Injured Reserve
- J.J. Arcega-Whiteside Goes On Injured Reserve
Wild Card Weekend Fantasy Football Rankings (PPR)
Be sure to also check out our Half-PPR rankings and Standard rankings.
Note that quarterbacks, defenses and kickers are all grouped separately towards the bottom. Each of those positions is ranked on their own. This helps to compare running backs, wide receivers and tight ends for FLEX spots (without QB, DEF, K mixed in).
Last updated on Friday 1/14 at 3:30 pm ET:
| Tier | Rank | Player Name | Pos |
| 1 | 1 | Cooper Kupp | WR |
| 1 | 2 | Joe Mixon | RB |
| 1 | 3 | Deebo Samuel | WR |
| 1 | 4 | Leonard Fournette | RB |
| 1 | 5 | Ja'Marr Chase | WR |
| 1 | 6 | Najee Harris | RB |
| 1 | 7 | Mike Evans | WR |
| 1 | 8 | Josh Jacobs | RB |
| 1 | 9 | Diontae Johnson | WR |
| 2 | 10 | Elijah Mitchell | RB |
| 2 | 11 | Stefon Diggs | WR |
| 2 | 12 | James Conner | RB |
| 2 | 13 | Tyreek Hill | WR |
| 2 | 14 | Devin Singletary | RB |
| 2 | 15 | Rob Gronkowski | TE |
| 2 | 16 | Travis Kelce | TE |
| 2 | 17 | Hunter Renfrow | WR |
| 3 | 18 | Tee Higgins | WR |
| 3 | 19 | Ezekiel Elliott | RB |
| 3 | 20 | Sony Michel | RB |
| 3 | 21 | Damien Harris | RB |
| 3 | 22 | CeeDee Lamb | WR |
| 3 | 23 | Amari Cooper | WR |
| 3 | 24 | Darrel Williams | RB |
| 3 | 25 | Odell Beckham Jr. | WR |
| 3 | 26 | George Kittle | TE |
| 3 | 27 | DeVonta Smith | WR |
| 3 | 28 | Miles Sanders | RB |
| 3 | 29 | Christian Kirk | WR |
| 3 | 30 | Chase Edmonds | RB |
| 3 | 31 | Rhamondre Stevenson | RB |
| 3 | 32 | Zach Ertz | TE |
| 3 | 33 | Brandon Aiyuk | WR |
| 3 | 34 | Dalton Schultz | TE |
| 3 | 35 | Van Jefferson | WR |
| 3 | 36 | Tony Pollard | RB |
| 3 | 37 | Chase Claypool | WR |
| 4 | 38 | Cam Akers | RB |
| 4 | 39 | A.J. Green | WR |
| 4 | 40 | Dallas Goedert | TE |
| 4 | 41 | Gabriel Davis | WR |
| 4 | 42 | Jakobi Meyers | WR |
| 4 | 43 | Zay Jones | WR |
| 4 | 44 | Tyler Boyd | WR |
| 4 | 45 | Cedrick Wilson Jr. | WR |
| 4 | 46 | Kendrick Bourne | WR |
| 4 | 47 | Dawson Knox | TE |
| 4 | 48 | Darren Waller | TE |
| 4 | 49 | Cole Beasley | WR |
| 4 | 50 | Byron Pringle | WR |
| 4 | 51 | Boston Scott | RB |
| 5 | 52 | Mecole Hardman | WR |
| 5 | 53 | Jordan Howard | RB |
| 5 | 54 | Breshad Perriman | WR |
| 5 | 55 | Zack Moss | RB |
| 5 | 56 | Antoine Wesley | WR |
| 5 | 57 | Kenneth Gainwell | RB |
| 5 | 58 | Tyler Johnson | WR |
| 5 | 59 | Pat Freiermuth | TE |
| 5 | 60 | Samaje Perine | RB |
| 5 | 61 | Ke'Shawn Vaughn | RB |
| 5 | 62 | Derrick Gore | RB |
| 5 | 63 | Jauan Jennings | WR |
| 5 | 64 | Quez Watkins | WR |
| 5 | 65 | Ray-Ray McCloud | WR |
| 5 | 66 | Jeff Wilson Jr. | RB |
| 5 | 67 | Rondale Moore | WR |
| 5 | 68 | Brandon Bolden | RB |
| 5 | 69 | Isaiah McKenzie | WR |
| 5 | 70 | Peyton Barber | RB |
| 5 | 71 | Tyler Higbee | TE |
| 5 | 72 | Bryan Edwards | WR |
| 5 | 73 | Demarcus Robinson | WR |
| 5 | 74 | Kyle Juszczyk | RB |
| 6 | 75 | Hunter Henry | TE |
| 6 | 76 | Corey Clement | RB |
| 6 | 77 | Le'Veon Bell | RB |
| 6 | 78 | C.J. Uzomah | TE |
| 6 | 79 | Eno Benjamin | RB |
| 6 | 80 | Nelson Agholor | WR |
| 6 | 81 | DeSean Jackson | WR |
| 6 | 82 | Jalen Reagor | WR |
| 6 | 83 | Cameron Brate | TE |
| 6 | 84 | Emmanuel Sanders | WR |
| 6 | 85 | Chris Evans | RB |
| 6 | 86 | Kristian Wilkerson | WR |
| 6 | 87 | Jerick McKinnon | RB |
| 6 | 88 | JaMycal Hasty | RB |
| 7 | 89 | Scotty Miller | WR |
| 7 | 90 | Jonnu Smith | TE |
| 7 | 91 | Noah Brown | WR |
| 7 | 92 | Foster Moreau | TE |
| 7 | 93 | Mike Thomas | WR |
| 7 | 94 | Benny Snell Jr. | RB |
| 7 | 95 | Stanley Morgan Jr. | WR |
| 7 | 96 | Jalen Richard | RB |
| 7 | 97 | Michael Burton | RB |
| 7 | 98 | Blake Jarwin | TE |
| 7 | 99 | Jason Huntley | RB |
| 7 | 100 | Kenjon Barner | RB |
| 7 | 101 | Zach Gentry | TE |
| 7 | 102 | Jake Funk | RB |
| 7 | 103 | Jakob Johnson | RB |
| 7 | 104 | Jonathan Ward | RB |
| 7 | 105 | Tom Brady | QB |
| 7 | 106 | Patrick Mahomes II | QB |
| 7 | 107 | Josh Allen | QB |
| 7 | 108 | O.J. Howard | TE |
| 7 | 109 | Joe Burrow | QB |
| 7 | 110 | Dak Prescott | QB |
| 7 | 111 | Matthew Stafford | QB |
| 8 | 112 | Kyler Murray | QB |
| 8 | 113 | Jalen Hurts | QB |
| 8 | 114 | Derek Carr | QB |
| 8 | 115 | Jimmy Garoppolo | QB |
| 8 | 116 | Mac Jones | QB |
| 8 | 117 | Ben Roethlisberger | QB |
| 8 | 118 | Trey Lance | QB |
| 8 | 119 | Gardner Minshew II | QB |
| 8 | 120 | Harrison Butker | K |
| 8 | 121 | Kansas City Chiefs | DST |
| 8 | 122 | Nick Folk | K |
| 8 | 123 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | DST |
| 8 | 124 | Dallas Cowboys | DST |
| 8 | 125 | Matt Gay | K |
| 8 | 126 | Matt Prater | K |
| 8 | 127 | Buffalo Bills | DST |
| 8 | 128 | Cincinnati Bengals | DST |
| 8 | 129 | New England Patriots | DST |
| 8 | 130 | Ryan Succop | K |
| 8 | 131 | Greg Zuerlein | K |
| 8 | 132 | Evan McPherson | K |
| 9 | 133 | Tyler Bass | K |
| 9 | 134 | Arizona Cardinals | DST |
| 9 | 135 | Los Angeles Rams | DST |
| 9 | 136 | San Francisco 49ers | DST |
| 9 | 137 | Daniel Carlson | K |
| 9 | 138 | Las Vegas Raiders | DST |
| 9 | 139 | Jake Elliott | K |
| 9 | 140 | Robbie Gould | K |
| 9 | 141 | Pittsburgh Steelers | DST |
| 9 | 142 | Philadelphia Eagles | DST |
| 9 | 143 | Chris Boswell | K |
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