Best Ball Journal: Underdog Playoffs Rankings Update

This article is part of our Best Ball Strategy series.

This post is a quick update to the previously posted rankings for Underdog's NFL playoff best ball contests at UnderdogFantasy.com, of which they have a wide range of format offerings. The following rankings are done with the ostensible purpose of advancing each of the individual rounds of the playoffs, which requires some amount of balance between the earlier and later rounds. The format is 10-round drafts of six teams, and the starting lineup each week is 1QB/1RB/2WR-TE/1FLEX.

There are two rankings below, the first is an overall top-30 and after that there are more in-depth positional rankings.

OVERALL

1. Josh Allen, QB, BUF
2. Christian McCaffrey, RB, SF
3. Patrick Mahomes, QB, KC
4. Jalen Hurts, QB, PHI
5. Stefon Diggs, WR, BUF
6. Travis Kelce, TE, KC
7. A.J. Brown, WR, PHI
8. Joe Burrow, QB, CIN
9. Justin Jefferson, WR, MIN
10. Ja'Marr Chase, WR, CIN
11. DeVonta Smith, WR PHI
12. Deebo Samuel, WR, SF
13. George Kittle, TE, SF
14. Tee Higgins, WR, CIN
15. Gabe Davis, WR, BUF
16. Brandon Aiyuk, WR, SF
17. Jerick McKinnon, RB, KC
18. Isiah Pacheco, RB, KC
19. Joe Mixon, RB, CIN
20. Austin Ekeler, RB, LAC
21. Saquon Barkley, RB, NYG
22. Miles Sanders, RB, PHI
23. CeeDee Lamb, WR, DAL
24. Devin Singletary, RB, BUF
25. James Cook, RB, BUF
26. Brock Purdy, QB, SF
27. Justin Herbert, QB, LAC
28. Dalvin Cook, RB, MIN
29. Elijah Mitchell, RB, SF
30. Tony Pollard, RB, DAL

QB

1. Josh Allen, BUF
2. Patrick Mahomes, KC
3. Jalen Hurts, PHI
4. Joe Burrow, CIN
5. Brock Purdy, SF
6. Justin Herbert, LAC
7. Kirk Cousins, MIN
8. Daniel Jones, NYG
9. Dak Prescott, DAL
10. Tom Brady, TB
11. Trevor Lawrence, JAC
12. Geno Smith, SEA
13. Tyler Huntley, BAL
14. Skylar Thompson, MIA

RB

1. Christian McCaffrey, SF
2. Jerick McKinnon, KC
3. Isiah Pacheco, KC
4. Joe Mixon, CIN
5. Austin Ekeler, LAC
6. Saquon Barkley, NYG
7. Miles Sanders, PHI
8. Devin Singletary, BUF
9. James Cook, BUF
10. Dalvin Cook, MIN
11. Elijah Mitchell, SF
12. Travis Etienne, JAC
13. Tony Pollard, DAL
14. Ezekiel Elliott, DAL
15. Leonard Fournette, TB
16. Rachaad White, TB
17. Kenneth Gainwell, PHI
18. Samaje Perine, CIN
19. Jordan Mason, SF
20. Nyheim Hines, BUF
21. Kenneth Walker, SEA
22. J.K. Dobbins, BAL
23. Raheem Mostert, MIA
24. Boston Scott, PHI
25. Ronald Jones, KC
26. Gus Edwards, BAL
27. Jeff Wilson, MIA
28. Joshua Kelley, LAC

WR/TE

1. Stefon Diggs, BUF
2. Travis Kelce, KC
3. A.J. Brown, PHI
4. Ja'Marr Chase, CIN
5. DeVonta Smith, PHI
6. Justin Jefferson, MIN
7. Deebo Samuel, SF
8. George Kittle, SF
9. Tee Higgins, CIN
10. Gabe Davis, BUF
11. Brandon Aiyuk, SF
12. JuJu Smith-Schuster, KC
13. Keenan Allen, LAC
14. Mike Williams, LAC
15. Dallas Goedert, PHI
16. CeeDee Lamb, DAL
17. Isaiah McKenzie, BUF
18. Mecole Hardman, KC
19. Marquez Valdes-Scantling, KC
20. Kadarius Toney, KC
21. Chris Godwin, TB
22. Mike Evans, TB
23. D.K. Metcalf, SEA
24. Tyler Lockett, SEA
25. T.J. Hockenson, MIN
26. Tyler Boyd, CIN
27. Joshua Palmer, LAC
28. Tyreek Hill, MIA
29. Jaylen Waddle, MIA
30. Mark Andrews, BAL
31. Christian Kirk, JAC
32. Darius Slayton, NYG
33. Adam Thielen, MIN
34. Jauan Jennings, SF
35. Zay Jones, JAC
36. Evan Engram, JAC