Playoff Winners

These 5 players have a great shot at winning you your fantasy trophy. Read on to find out why … in two minutes or less.

QB: Jayden Daniels (WAS)

Daniels has barely played since that brutal Week 9 elbow injury but every time he’s been on the field, he’s produced at a top-10 per-game level and reminded everyone how dangerous he is as a runner and positive play creator. Washington’s offense has clearly missed that spark so getting him back right as they enter a playoff stretch that ranks as one of the easiest for fantasy quarterbacks (featuring the Giants, Eagles, and Cowboys) puts him in a perfect spot to swing matchups. Marcus Mariota even held this offense afloat while Daniels healed but the fact that Mariota handled the same supporting cast so well only highlights how productive Daniels can be when he returns to full contact. So if he’s on your roster heading into Week 15, you’re walking into the playoffs with a QB who already scores like a star and now gets one of the softest finishing schedules in the entire league.

RB: Bucky Irving (TB)

Bucky Irving is the kind of playoff swing piece you wait all season for… he missed time, but he came back looking completely fresh, and Tampa immediately fed him like the guy they’d been saving for the stretch run. But even while easing him in during Week 13, he still controlled touches whenever he was on the field and punched in a score, showing the same every-down impact he flashed early in the year when he never finished worse than RB15 in any fully healthy game. So with the Bucs entering a fantasy playoff run against the Falcons, Panthers, and Dolphins, one of the most favorable RB schedules in the league, you’re using a rejuvenated workhorse. If you held him through the downtime, you’re about to step into the exact three-week window he was built to win.

RB: De’Von Achane (MIA)

Achane spent the first half of the year trying to carry an offense that kept putting him in impossible game scripts, but even through the chaos, he kept stacking explosive weeks and eventually turned into one of the only players Miami could trust. He’s now hitting the fantasy playoffs on a streak of three straight 20-carry games and sits top-five in PPR points per game with elite efficiency across rushing and receiving. Miami’s defense has collapsed all year and keeps forcing shootouts, so his upcoming matchups against the Steelers, Bengals, and Bucs (including the most RB-friendly spot of the entire stretch against Cincinnati), give him exactly the environment to tilt fantasy titles when it matters most .

WR: Justin Jefferson (MIN)

Justin Jefferson’s season has felt like one long uphill climb, but even through the injuries, quarterback chaos, and weeks where he couldn’t buy a clean target, the one thing that never changed was the matchup waiting for him when it matters most. He gets the No. 1 fantasy playoff schedule for wide receivers: Cowboys, Giants, and Lions. That’s a stretch where all three defenses rank near the top of the league in points allowed to WRs, and Minnesota will have to throw. His recent box scores look bleak, but every one of those struggles came against tougher spots and unstable quarterback play. So if your team is still alive, this is exactly the kind of late-season script where a superstar snaps back to life, and Jefferson is built to punish secondaries that are this forgiving.

WR: Jauan Jennings (SF)

Jauan Jennings has been battling through injuries all year, but as he’s gotten healthier, he’s turned into Brock Purdy’s most trusted wideout, stacking four straight games with six-plus targets and touchdowns in four of his last five. He’s stepped into the de facto WR1 role while the 49ers offense keeps stabilizing around him, but the real kicker is what’s next: a fantasy playoff slate against the Titans, Colts, and Bears, each sitting top-10 in points allowed to the position. So if you’re holding Jennings, you’re holding a late-season surge in volume and touchdowns attached to an offense that continues to win games and lean on the passing attack as it gets healthy again. So he’s exactly the kind of heat-check wideout who can carry you through Weeks 15–17 and flip your playoff matchups.

So if you have these guys, start them confidently in the fantasy playoffs… As promised, in two minutes or less.

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-Joe

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