Over the course of the week we previewed all four teams playing this Sunday. Now it's time to throw all those projections into one place and see how the rankings shake out. There are some Patriots near the top of course; they're our choice to score the most points. And some components of the Vikings passing game also look good (because it's very hard to run on the Eagles).
A couple of injury developments caused me to scale back some numbers during the week. Leonard Fournette has been gimping around on an ankle injury he aggravated during the Pittsburgh game. They'll tape it up and he'll play, but what already looked like a poor matchup now looks worse; he won't be 100 percent. So his already modest projection declines, and T.J. Yeldon and Chris Ivory (now likely to be active) get a boost.
Some damn fool got within 10 yards of Tom Brady in practice on Wednesday, causing an injury to his throwing hand. The chances of Brady missing this game are nil, and of him being limited are pretty slim, too. But he didn't practice on Thursday, so it needs to be at least considered within the realm of possibility that Jimmy Garoppolo -- sorry, Brian Hoyer -- has to play. I doubt it, but Brady's projection has been lowered a bit (though he's still the top player on the board).
Here's how they shook out.
| CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND RANKINGS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Player | Tm | Rec | Run | Yards | TD | Points |
| QB | Brady | NE | 0 | 5 | 265 | 2.20 | 22.1 |
| QB | Bortles | JAX | 0 | 35 | 265 | 1.05 | 19.2 |
| QB | Keenum | MIN | 0 | 10 | 255 | 1.40 | 18.9 |
| QB | Foles | PHI | 0 | 5 | 210 | 1.10 | 15.2 |
| TE | Gronkowski | NE | 75 | 0 | 75 | 0.70 | 11.7 |
| RB | Lewis | NE | 20 | 55 | 75 | 0.50 | 10.5 |
| WR | Thielen | MIN | 77 | 0 | 77 | 0.25 | 9.2 |
| PK | Gostkowski | NE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9.0 |
| TE | Ertz | PHI | 63 | 0 | 63 | 0.40 | 8.7 |
| WR | Diggs | MIN | 60 | 5 | 65 | 0.35 | 8.6 |
| RB | Fournette | JAX | 10 | 50 | 60 | 0.40 | 8.4 |
| RB | Murray | MIN | 8 | 50 | 58 | 0.40 | 8.2 |
| RB | Ajayi | PHI | 10 | 45 | 55 | 0.35 | 7.6 |
| WR | Cooks | NE | 54 | 0 | 54 | 0.35 | 7.5 |
| PK | Forbath | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7.5 |
| PK | Elliott | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7.0 |
| D/ST | Patriots | NE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.12 | 6.7 |
| WR | Lee | JAX | 52 | 0 | 52 | 0.25 | 6.7 |
| RB | Burkhead | NE | 10 | 30 | 40 | 0.40 | 6.4 |
| TE | Rudolph | MIN | 43 | 0 | 43 | 0.35 | 6.4 |
| D/ST | Eagles | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.18 | 6.3 |
| RB | Yeldon | JAX | 30 | 15 | 45 | 0.20 | 6.2 |
| WR | Hogan | NE | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0.35 | 6.1 |
| D/ST | Vikings | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.11 | 6.0 |
| WR | Jeffery | PHI | 47 | 0 | 47 | 0.20 | 5.9 |
| WR | Westbrook | JAX | 44 | 5 | 49 | 0.15 | 5.8 |
| RB | McKinnon | MIN | 20 | 25 | 45 | 0.20 | 5.7 |
| D/ST | Jaguars | JAX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.15 | 5.6 |
| PK | Lambo | JAX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.5 |
| WR | Amendola | NE | 42 | 0 | 42 | 0.15 | 5.1 |
| WR | Agholor | PHI | 37 | 5 | 42 | 0.15 | 5.1 |
| RB | White | NE | 24 | 10 | 35 | 0.25 | 5.0 |
| WR | Cole | JAX | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0.10 | 4.3 |
| RB | Blount | PHI | 3 | 25 | 28 | 0.25 | 4.3 |
| RB | Clement | PHI | 25 | 10 | 35 | 0.05 | 3.8 |
| WR | Hurns | JAX | 29 | 2 | 31 | 0.10 | 3.7 |
| RB | Ivory | JAX | 5 | 25 | 30 | 0.05 | 3.3 |
| TE | Lewis | JAX | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0.20 | 2.7 |
| WR | Wright | MIN | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0.05 | 1.8 |
| RB | Ham | MIN | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0.05 | 1.8 |
| WR | Hollins | PHI | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.10 | 1.3 |
| WR | Smith | PHI | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.10 | 1.1 |
| RB | Barner | PHI | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.01 | 1.1 |
| RB | Bohanon | JAX | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.01 | 0.9 |
| TE | Hollister | NE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.06 | 0.9 |
| TE | Morgan | MIN | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0.02 | 0.8 |
| RB | Gillislee | NE | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.05 | 0.8 |
| WR | Floyd | MIN | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.05 | 0.8 |
| WR | Treadwell | MIN | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.05 | 0.8 |
| TE | Celek | PHI | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.02 | 0.6 |
| TE | Koyack | JAX | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.01 | 0.6 |
| TE | Burton | PHI | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.01 | 0.6 |
| RB | Develin | NE | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.04 | 0.4 |
| RB | Bolden | NE | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.02 | 0.3 |
--Andy Richardson