Best/Worst Fantasy Football Playoff Schedules 2011

Which NFL football teams face the easiest and toughest schedules in weeks 13, 14, 15, 16 when most fantasy playoffs are taking place? You want to win your fantasy league and those are the weeks when you are most likely to be competing for the championship. The rankings below are based on the average yards per game allowed so far this season by their future opponents in weeks 13-16, split into rushing and passing. It's pretty simple. The number you see on the right is a strength of schedule percentage based multiplier. Ergo if you have two players who average 10 pts per game, one has a multiplier of 1.2 the other 0.8, then their expected fantasy points would be 12 and 8 respectively.

Passing Defense: This is a multiplier for your QBs and WRs. As it happens the Denver Broncos face the easiest pass defenses in those critical weeks. That can only help Tim Tebow who struggles throwing the football. Beware the Baltimore Ravens. Get what you can for Joe Flacco, as he faces a tough schedule.

Rank	Team
1	Denver	1.19
2	Miami	1.15
3	Kansas City	1.11
4	Green Bay	1.11
5	Oakland	1.11
6	Chicago	1.11
7	Washington	1.08
8	New England	1.06
9	Carolina	1.04
10	New Orleans	1.04
11	Philadelphia	1.03
12	Tennessee	1.02
13	Detroit	1.02
14	Seattle	1.01
15	Dallas	1.00
16	Houston	0.99
17	Buffalo	0.99
18	Indianapolis	0.99
19	Jacksonville	0.97
20	Minnesota	0.97
21	NY Giants	0.97
22	San Diego	0.96
23	San Francisco	0.95
24	NY Jets	0.95
25	Tampa Bay	0.93
26	Atlanta	0.92
27	St. Louis	0.92
28	Arizona	0.90
29	Pittsburgh	0.90
30	Cincinnati	0.89
31	Cleveland	0.88
32	Baltimore	0.84

Rushing Defense: Looks like the RB with the best schedule in the fantasy playoffs is one Marshawn Lynch. Cincinnati looks good and if Cedric Benson is suspended, I bet you can get him at a pretty low price. He'll be back and rested in time for your playoffs, if you have room on your bench to stash him.

Rank	Team
1	Seattle	1.20
2	Cincinnati	1.15
3	Miami	1.14
4	Baltimore	1.14
5	San Francisco	1.14
6	Dallas	1.13
7	Green Bay	1.12
8	Tennessee	1.11
9	Pittsburgh	1.06
10	Kansas City	1.05
11	NY Jets	1.05
12	New England	1.04
13	Houston	1.03
14	Denver	1.03
15	Atlanta	1.01
16	Buffalo	1.01
17	Carolina	0.99
18	Washington	0.99
19	Tampa Bay	0.97
20	Jacksonville	0.97
21	Minnesota	0.97
22	San Diego	0.96
23	Detroit	0.95
24	Oakland	0.94
25	Chicago	0.94
26	Philadelphia	0.90
27	Indianapolis	0.88
28	New Orleans	0.87
29	Cleveland	0.84
30	St. Louis	0.84
31	NY Giants	0.80
32	Arizona	0.79