Welcome to the 2020-2021 NFL playoffs! It’s hard to believe we’ve made it this far in this ridiculous year, but we want to thank each and every one of you for a very successful first season at Fantasy Points, pandemic or not.
But we’re not done — there are fantasy playoff championships to be won. Check out some of the formats you can play if interested.
In building our playoff content, the first thing we must do is figure out a bracket. It’s self-evident, but not every team is on equal footing in the playoffs — this isn’t like projecting a universal 16-game season. There will be guys whom we would typically consider WR3s outscoring WR1s because our WR3 plays three games to just one for or WR1. So any and all rankings have to take games played into account. And there will be disagreements, which makes building a set of playoff rankings even more difficult.
So each member of our full-time staff has come up with a set of playoff predictions, which we’ve then distilled into a consensus, with an average of games played. Our overall playoff rankings will be built around this.
John Hansen
Wild Card Round
| AFC | NFC |
| (7) Indianapolis at (2) BUFFALO | (7) Chicago at (2) NEW ORLEANS |
| (6) Cleveland at (3) PITTSBURGH | (6) LA Rams at (3) SEATTLE |
| (5) Baltimore at (4) TENNESSEE | (5) TAMPA BAY at (4) Washington |
Divisional Round
| AFC | NFC |
| (4) Tennessee at (1) KANSAS CITY | (5) TAMPA BAY at (1) Green Bay |
| (3) Pittsburgh at (2) BUFFALO | (3) Seattle at (2) NEW ORLEANS |
Championship Round
| AFC | NFC |
| (2) Buffalo at (1) KANSAS CITY | (5) TAMPA BAY at (2) New Orleans |
Super Bowl LV
| AFC | NFC |
| (1) Kansas City | (5) Tampa Bay |
Joe Dolan
Wild Card Round
| AFC | NFC |
| (7) Indianapolis at (2) BUFFALO | (7) Chicago at (2) NEW ORLEANS |
| (6) CLEVELAND at (3) Pittsburgh | (6) LA Rams at (3) SEATTLE |
| (5) BALTIMORE at (4) Tennessee | (5) TAMPA BAY at (4) Washington |
Divisional Round
| AFC | NFC |
| (6) Cleveland at (1) KANSAS CITY | (5) Tampa Bay at (1) GREEN BAY |
| (5) Baltimore at (2) BUFFALO | (3) Seattle at (2) NEW ORLEANS |
Championship Round
| AFC | NFC |
| (2) BUFFALO at (1) Kansas City | (2) New Orleans at (1) GREEN BAY |
Super Bowl LV
| AFC | NFC |
| (2) BUFFALO | (1) Green Bay |
Tom Brolley
Wild Card Round
| AFC | NFC |
| (7) Indianapolis at (2) BUFFALO | (7) Chicago at (2) NEW ORLEANS |
| (6) Cleveland at (3) PITTSBURGH | (6) LA RAMS at (3) Seattle |
| (5) BALTIMORE at (4) Tennessee | (5) TAMPA BAY at (4) Washington |
Divisional Round
| AFC | NFC |
| (5) Baltimore at (1) KANSAS CITY | (6) LA Rams at (1) GREEN BAY |
| (3) Pittsburgh at (2) BUFFALO | (5) Tampa Bay at (2) NEW ORLEANS |
Championship Round
| AFC | NFC |
| Buffalo at (1) KANSAS CITY | (2) New Orleans at (1) GREEN BAY |
Super Bowl LV
| AFC | NFC |
| (1) Kansas City | (1) GREEN BAY |
Scott Barrett
Wild Card Round
| AFC | NFC |
| (7) Indianapolis at (2) BUFFALO | (7) Chicago at (2) NEW ORLEANS |
| (6) Cleveland at (3) PITTSBURGH | (6) LA Rams at (3) SEATTLE |
| (5) BALTIMORE at (4) Tennessee | (5) TAMPA BAY at (4) Washington |
Divisional Round
| AFC | NFC |
| (5) Baltimore at (1) KANSAS CITY | (5) Tampa Bay at (1) GREEN BAY |
| (3) Pittsburgh at (2) BUFFALO | (3) Seattle at (2) NEW ORLEANS |
Championship Round
| AFC | NFC |
| (2) Buffalo at (1) KANSAS CITY | (2) New Orleans at (1) GREEN BAY |
Super Bowl LV
| AFC | NFC |
| (1) KANSAS CITY | (1) Green Bay |
Graham Barfield
Wild Card Round
| AFC | NFC |
| (7) Indianapolis at (2) BUFFALO | (7) Chicago at (2) NEW ORLEANS |
| (6) Cleveland at (3) PITTSBURGH | (6) LA Rams at (3) SEATTLE |
| (5) BALTIMORE at (4) Tennessee | (5) TAMPA BAY at (4) Washington |
Divisional Round
| AFC | NFC |
| (5) Baltimore at (1) KANSAS CITY | (5) Tampa Bay at (1) GREEN BAY |
| (3) Pittsburgh at (2) BUFFALO | (3) SEATTLE at (2) New Orleans |
Championship Round
| AFC | NFC |
| (2) Buffalo at (1) KANSAS CITY | (3) Seattle at (1) GREEN BAY |
Super Bowl LV
| AFC | NFC |
| (1) KANSAS CITY | (1) Green Bay |
Wes Huber
Wild Card Round
| AFC | NFC |
| (7) Indianapolis at (2) BUFFALO | (7) Chicago at (2) NEW ORLEANS |
| (6) CLEVELAND at (3) Pittsburgh | (6) LA RAMS at (3) Seattle |
| (5) Baltimore at (4) TENNESSEE | (5) TAMPA BAY at (4) Washington |
Divisional Round
| AFC | NFC |
| (6) Cleveland at (1) KANSAS CITY | (6) LA Rams at (1) GREEN BAY |
| (4) TENNESSEE at (2) Buffalo | (5) Tampa Bay at (2) NEW ORLEANS |
Championship Round
| AFC | NFC |
| (4) Tennessee at (1) KANSAS CITY | (2) New Orleans at (1) GREEN BAY |
Super Bowl LV
| AFC | NFC |
| (1) Kansas City | (1) GREEN BAY |
Fantasy Points Staff Consensus
Wild Card Round
| AFC | NFC |
| (7) Indianapolis at (2) BUFFALO | (7) Chicago at (2) NEW ORLEANS |
| (6) Cleveland at (3) PITTSBURGH | (6) LA Rams at (3) SEATTLE |
| (5) BALTIMORE at (4) Tennessee | (5) TAMPA BAY at (4) Washington |
Divisional Round
| AFC | NFC |
| (5) Baltimore at (1) KANSAS CITY | (5) Tampa Bay at (1) GREEN BAY |
| (3) Pittsburgh at (2) BUFFALO | (3) Seattle at (2) NEW ORLEANS |
Championship Round
| AFC | NFC |
| (2) Buffalo at (1) KANSAS CITY | (2) New Orleans at (1) GREEN BAY |
Super Bowl LV
| AFC | NFC |
| (1) KANSAS CITY | (1) Green Bay |
Our staff predicted three different Super Bowl champions: Kansas City (3), Green Bay (2), and Buffalo (1)
Games Played Average
Note: Any tiebreaker is settled by the highest-round game our staff has predicted a team will win (and number of those wins predicted). For teams projected to play just one game, we sort by a power rating of those teams.
| TEAM | GAMES PROJECTED |
| Buffalo | 3 |
| Kansas City | 2.83 |
| New Orleans | 2.83 |
| Green Bay | 2.67 |
| Tampa Bay | 2.33 |
| Seattle | 1.83 |
| Baltimore | 1.67 |
| Pittsburgh | 1.67 |
| Tennessee | 1.5 |
| Cleveland | 1.33 |
| LA Rams | 1.33 |
| Indianapolis | 1 |
| Chicago | 1 |
| Washington | 1 |
