NFL Fantasy Football Playoffs: Start 'Em, Sit 'Em And FanDuel Picks

Welcome to everyone who made the fantasy playoffs! Let's take a look at players I see as overrated/underrated for this week based on their ESPN rankings and players I will look at to construct my FanDuel lineup:

Underachievers

• New York Jets QB Ryan Fitzpatrick: The Cowboys are quite good versus the pass, I see this week as more Chris Ivory focused.
• New York Giants QB Eli Manning: He is coming off a great game but the Panthers have been awesome against the pass.
• Tennessee Titans QB Marcus Mariota: It is not his talent, but the lack of talent around him that makes me uncomfortable starting him.
• Atlanta Falcons RB Devonta Freeman:  He has barely been startable and even though the matchup is nice versus the Jaguars, I do not expect a huge game.
• New Orleans Saints RB Tim Hightower: He received 28 touches last week, I expect this to come down big time.
• Oakland Raiders RB Latavius Murray: He is really struggling, I think Derek Carr carries them this week.
• Seattle Seahawks WR Doug Baldwin: He has been on an incredible run, but regression has to come at some point.
• New England Patriots WR Danny Amendola: Game should be a blowout, plus the Patriots having Gronk back should limit his touches.
• Miami Dolphins WR Jarvis Landry: If he only had a decent QB.
• Cleveland Browns TE Gary Barnidge:  He has not exactly meshed with Manziel.

Overachievers

• Oakland Raiders QB David Carr: I expect a huge bounce back this week vs the Packers
• Atlanta Falcons QB Matt Ryan: He has been awful but this will be his best performance of the season playing the Jaguars, as they are 2nd worst vs the pass.
• Buffalo Bills QB Tyrod Taylor: He continues to be a QB1 and gets the Redskins. He has finally made a connection with Watkins.
• Cincinnati Bengals RB Jeremy Hill: He has been TD dependent, but with Dalton out I can see a heavy dose of 20+ carries this week.
• Seattle Seahawks RB Bryce Brown:There is no other option and he should get at least 15 touches - even with Christine Michael being back.
• New England Patriots RB James White: My hunch is, he get's the most snaps at RB.
• Oakland Raiders WR Amari Cooper: He has slowed down and has had a ton of drops, but I think he comes back big this week.
• Green Bay Packers WR Randall Cobb: Having McCarthy take over the play calling seems to gotten him back in the flow.
• Arizona Cardinals WR Michael Floyd: I will continue to list him every week as he produces every week.
• Green Bay Packers TE Richard Rodgers: The Raiders are bottom 5 defending tight ends.

Here are my FanDuel picks for the week. I will give some higher and lower salaries I like at each position. As you will see, I will be focusing on the defenses to pick on:

QB

• Oakland Raiders QB David Carr $7,200
• Atlanta Falcons QB Matt Ryan $7,200
• Detroit Lions QB Matthew Stafford $7,800
• Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson $8,800

RB

• Carolina Panthers RB Fozzy Whitaker $4,800
• Philadelphia Eagles RB Ryan Mathews $5,400
• Kansas City Chiefs RB Charcandrick West $5,900
• Jacksonville Jaguars RB Denard Robinson $6,200
• Buffalo Bills RB LeSean McCoy $7,900

WR

• Seattle Seahawks WR Tyler Lockett $6,000
• Arizona Cardinals WR Michael Floyd $6,100
• Oakland Raiders WR Michael Crabtree $6,700
• Buffalo Bills WR Sammy Watkins $7,200
• Detroit Lions WR Calvin Johnson $8,000

TE

• Jacksonville Jaguars TE Julius Thomas $6,100
• Washington Redskins TE Jordan Reed $6,300