There are a lot of determining factors when rostering for your team — skill, their role on the team, and even their schedule. Making a mid-season trade for a player who has a favorable playoff schedule is a smart move and says you’re thinking about the future.
But what if you can plan for that during the draft?
We’ll look at some players to draft now who could have an easier fantasy playoff schedule to help you claim a championship.
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Players with Easy Fantasy Playoff Schedules to Target (2023 Fantasy Football)
- Week 14: vs. Buccaneers
- Week 15: @ Panthers
- Week 16: vs. Colts
- Week 17: @ Bears
There are a lot of exceptions for Ridder in his first full season as the Falcons starting quarterback. Atlanta did a great job at strengthening this offense, and now he has an excellent group of playmakers with the addition of Bijan Robinson.
Overall, the Falcons are considered to have one of the easier schedules this season, which would make Ridder a great value to grab late in your drafts. During the fantasy playoffs, he gets three opponents that finished in the bottom ten last season in fantasy points allowed by the quarterback last season (Bears, Panthers, and Colts), and the Buccaneers allowed the fourth-most passing touchdowns.
- Week 14: @ Las Vegas
- Week 15: @ Cincinnati
- Week 16: vs. Detroit
- Week 17: vs. Green Bay
You may not believe it, but Cousins has a history of being Mr. Reliable, especially in fantasy. He finished last season at QB7 and has three straight seasons with top-11 finishes. The Vikings had the third-highest passing play percentage in 2022, and with the addition of WR Jordan Addison on the other side of Justin Jefferson and the release of Dalvin Cook, that number could stay on par.
His toughest matchup in the fantasy playoffs will be on the road at Cincinnati, but if you can get through that, then there’s Detroit and Green Bay at home. In the four games against them last year, he finished that week in the top 10 in three of them.
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