The teams have been discussed and projected, and now we can assemble an overall set of rankings. The Kansas City-Tennessee game figures to be a little higher scoring (because Kansas City is involved, and because Tennesee's defense isn't as good as either NFC team.
With San Francisco a candidate to use two different ballcarriers as lead backs, those players don't show up quite as high as the other teams' starters (where there's less potential mystery). Latch onto Raheem Mostert or Tevin Coleman and you're less certain of getting the player who leads the backfield than with Henry, Jones or Williams.
Mahomes, to me, is the slam-dunk best quarterback. Travis Kelce also looks like the clear top option at tight end (though George Kittle could certainly make a run at him), while Davante Adams and Tyreek Hill (pictured) lead the way at wideout.
Here are the rankings, sorted by PPR scoring. Feel free to let me know where you think I'm off the mark.
CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK PLAYER RANKINGS | ||||||
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Pos | Player | Pass/Rec | Run | TD | Std | PPR |
QB | Patrick Mahomes | 307 | 12 | 2.33 | 25.9 | 25.9 |
RB | Derrick Henry | 18 | 115 | 1.28 | 21.0 | 23.2 |
WR | Davante Adams | 89 | 0 | .56 | 12.2 | 18.8 |
TE | Travis Kelce | 84 | 0 | .64 | 12.2 | 18.6 |
WR | Tyreek Hill | 86 | 3 | .58 | 12.7 | 18.3 |
QB | Aaron Rodgers | 238 | 7 | 1.4 | 18.2 | 18.2 |
QB | Ryan Tannehill | 228 | 11 | 1.39 | 18.2 | 18.2 |
QB | Jimmy Garoppolo | 233 | 3 | 1.4 | 17.7 | 17.7 |
RB | Damien Williams | 28 | 63 | .74 | 13.2 | 16.6 |
RB | Aaron Jones | 17 | 72 | .74 | 13.2 | 15.2 |
WR | Deebo Samuel | 60 | 6 | .34 | 8.7 | 14.1 |
RB | Raheem Mostert | 14 | 68 | .65 | 12.0 | 13.8 |
TE | George Kittle | 61 | 0 | .38 | 8.4 | 13.7 |
WR | A.J. Brown | 55 | 1 | .30 | 7.5 | 11.5 |
RB | Tevin Coleman | 9 | 47 | .56 | 9.0 | 10.2 |
TE | Jonnu Smith | 39 | 0 | .25 | 5.4 | 8.9 |
WR | Emmanuel Sanders | 41 | 1 | .18 | 5.4 | 8.8 |
WR | Sammy Watkins | 43 | 0 | .23 | 5.7 | 8.8 |
D/ST | Kansas City | 0 | 0 | .20 | 7.3 | 8.5 |
PK | Harrison Butker | 0 | 0 | .00 | 8.5 | 8.5 |
PK | Robbie Gould | 0 | 0 | .0 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
D/ST | San Francisco | 0 | 0 | .17 | 6.5 | 7.8 |
WR | Allen Lazard | 38 | 1 | .11 | 4.5 | 7.6 |
RB | LeSean McCoy | 16 | 16 | .34 | 5.2 | 7.3 |
TE | Jimmy Graham | 34 | 0 | .15 | 4.3 | 7.3 |
WR | Mecole Hardman | 28 | 2 | .37 | 5.2 | 6.9 |
WR | Kendrick Bourne | 29 | 0 | .24 | 4.3 | 6.4 |
WR | Corey Davis | 30 | 0 | .13 | 3.8 | 6.0 |
WR | Adam Humphries | 23 | 1 | .18 | 3.4 | 5.8 |
RB | Jamaal Williams | 12 | 17 | .16 | 3.8 | 5.5 |
TE | Anthony Firkser | 23 | 0 | .16 | 3.2 | 5.2 |
D/ST | Green Bay | 0 | 0 | .17 | 6.6 | 5.1 |
PK | Mason Crosby | 0 | 0 | .00 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
PK | Greg Joseph | 0 | 0 | .00 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
RB | Dion Lewis | 10 | 10 | .12 | 2.7 | 4.2 |
WR | Tajae Sharpe | 21 | 1 | .07 | 2.7 | 4.1 |
WR | Demarcus Robinson | 19 | 0 | .09 | 2.4 | 3.7 |
WR | Geronimo Allison | 12 | 0 | .07 | 1.7 | 2.8 |
RB | Matt Breida | 5 | 11 | .09 | 2.1 | 2.7 |
RB | Tyler Ervin | 5 | 10 | .03 | 1.7 | 2.3 |
D/ST | Titans | 0 | 0 | .17 | 4.2 | 2.2 |
WR | Kalif Raymond | 9 | 0 | .05 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
WR | M. Valdes-Scantling | 10 | 0 | .06 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
WR | Jake Kumerow | 7 | 0 | .04 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
RB | Kyle Juszczyk | 5 | 1 | .07 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
RB | Anthony Sherman | 2 | 1 | .10 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
TE | Blake Bell | 3 | 0 | .09 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
TE | Robert Tonyan | 5 | 0 | .04 | 0.7 | 1.2 |
TE | Jace Sternberger | 5 | 0 | .03 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
WR | Richie James | 5 | 0 | .06 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
RB | Darwin Thompson | 0 | 3 | .03 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
TE | MyCole Pruitt | 2 | 0 | .03 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
TE | Ross Dwelley | 0 | 2 | .01 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
TE | Marcedes Lewis | 2 | 0 | .03 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
WR | Dante Pettis | 2 | 0 | .01 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
TE | Levine Toilolo | 1 | 0 | .01 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
RB | Khari Blasingame | 1 | 1 | .02 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
RB | Jeff Wilson | 0 | 1 | .01 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
TE | Deon Yelder | 1 | 0 | .01 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
WR | Byron Pringle | 1 | 0 | .01 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
--Andy Richardson