Updated FLEX Rankings for Fantasy Football Playoff Leagues: Brandon Aiyuk, Tyler Boyd, Christian Kirk, Devonta Smith, Allen Lazard

It has arrived -- the NFL playoffs are right around the corner. In this article you'll see our team's updated fantasy football FLEX rankings for playoff leagues. For many of you new fantasy football leagues and contests with fresh drafts will be taking place, just for the NFL playoffs. Our rankings in this article will help guide to setting the best lineups.

Playoff leagues are a fun way to kick off a fresh new fantasy football contest for the NFL postseason. For most of us, we've been left with a void and that weekly excitement with season-long fantasy football leagues all wrapped up. There will be DFS contests all through the Super Bowl, but playoff league formats are really fun and replicate that season-long feel. Most of these contests will require you to choose only a single player from each NFL team, and to fill out a certain amount of rosters spots at each position. There are many different contests out there, but our friends at FFPC of course hold the biggest and best Playoff Challenge tournament with a $500K grand prize to the first place winner.

Our rankings below are geared towards playoff league formats, and take into account how far we think each team will get in the NFL playoffs. The goal is to choose the best combination of players that will play the most games, and score the most points. In addition to our staff FLEX 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. Good luck RotoBallers!

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NFL Playoffs Injury Updates for Fantasy Football

• Joe Mixon Returns From COVID-19 List
• Leonard Fournette Will Be Game-Time Decision
• DeAndre Hopkins Won't Play On Monday
• Ronald Jones II Out For Wild-Card Weekend
• Clyde Edwards-Helaire Will Not Play
• 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
• 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 Out For Wild-Card Game
• Marquez Valdes-Scantling Injured In Week 18
• C.J. Uzomah Practicing In Full
• Limited Practice For Damien Harris
• 49ers Activate Trey Sermon From Injured Reserve
• J.J. Arcega-Whiteside Goes On Injured Reserve

 

Playoff League Fantasy Football FLEX Rankings

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!

Last updated on Friday 1/14 at 4:00 pm ET:

FLEX Rank	Player Name	Pos
1	Davante Adams	WR
2	Leonard Fournette	RB
3	Joe Mixon	RB
4	Cooper Kupp	WR
5	Stefon Diggs	WR
6	Travis Kelce	TE
7	Mike Evans	WR
8	Tyreek Hill	WR
9	Rob Gronkowski	TE
10	Deebo Samuel	WR
11	Devin Singletary	RB
12	Aaron Jones	RB
13	James Conner	RB
14	Ezekiel Elliott	RB
15	Ja'Marr Chase	WR
16	Josh Jacobs	RB
17	A.J. Brown	WR
18	Sony Michel	RB
19	AJ Dillon	RB
20	Tee Higgins	WR
21	CeeDee Lamb	WR
22	Najee Harris	RB
23	Zach Ertz	TE
24	Amari Cooper	WR
25	Hunter Renfrow	WR
26	Damien Harris	RB
27	Elijah Mitchell	RB
28	Diontae Johnson	WR
29	Chase Edmonds	RB
30	Odell Beckham Jr.	WR
31	Darrel Williams	RB
32	Dalton Schultz	TE
33	Mecole Hardman	WR
34	Allen Lazard	WR
35	Brandon Aiyuk	WR
36	Tyler Boyd	WR
37	Christian Kirk	WR
38	DeVonta Smith	WR
39	George Kittle	TE
40	Dawson Knox	TE
41	Miles Sanders	RB
42	Cole Beasley	WR
43	Tony Pollard	RB
44	Van Jefferson	WR
45	Chase Claypool	WR
46	Dallas Goedert	TE
47	Cam Akers	RB
48	Cedrick Wilson Jr.	WR
49	D'Onta Foreman	RB
50	Rhamondre Stevenson	RB
51	Ke'Shawn Vaughn	RB
52	Gabriel Davis	WR
53	Jordan Howard	RB
54	Jakobi Meyers	WR
55	Zack Moss	RB
56	Boston Scott	RB
57	Zay Jones	WR
58	Marquez Valdes-Scantling	WR
59	A.J. Green	WR
60	Brandon Bolden	RB
61	Kendrick Bourne	WR
62	Derrick Gore	RB
63	Byron Pringle	WR
64	Nelson Agholor	WR
65	Rondale Moore	WR
66	Dontrell Hilliard	RB
67	Darren Waller	TE
68	Randall Cobb	WR
69	Samaje Perine	RB
70	Breshad Perriman	WR
71	Emmanuel Sanders	WR
72	Kenneth Gainwell	RB
73	Le'Veon Bell	RB
74	Julio Jones	WR
75	Benny Snell Jr.	RB
76	Jalen Reagor	WR
77	Jauan Jennings	WR
78	Jeff Wilson Jr.	RB
79	Bryan Edwards	WR
80	Pat Freiermuth	TE
81	Jalen Richard	RB
82	Tyler Higbee	TE
83	DeSean Jackson	WR
84	Eno Benjamin	RB
85	Tyler Johnson	WR
86	Trey Sermon	RB
87	Anthony Miller	WR
88	Jerick McKinnon	RB
89	Hunter Henry	TE
90	James Washington	WR
91	Anthony Firkser	TE
92	Antoine Wesley	WR
93	Anthony McFarland Jr.	RB
94	Ray-Ray McCloud	WR
95	Kyle Juszczyk	RB
96	Demarcus Robinson	WR
97	Chris Evans	RB
98	Matt Breida	RB

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