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Fantasy Football: 5 Players With Difficult Playoff Schedules

Matt Blair  —  @grizzlyblair Aug 7th, 2017
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Le'Veon Bell, RB, Pittsburgh Steelers

I know, I know, you aren't going to shy away from drafting Le'Veon Bell because he has a tough playoff schedule.

But don't say we didn't warn you.

Our Aaron Watson found that the Pittsburgh Steelers have the toughest playoff schedule for running backs in 2017. In Week 14 through Week 16, they run into the Baltimore Ravens, New England Patriots, and Houston Texans. All three of those teams were top-eight defenses against the run in 2016, per our numbers.

Using the Rotoviz Game Splits App, we can see that Bell has done worse against top-10 rush defenses.

Against the league's top defenses, he has scored about four half-PPR (point per reception) points per game less than he does against defenses outside of the top 10. Granted, Bell still scored over 16 fantasy points per game, but it's reasonable to think he may be slowed down against these defenses in the playoffs.

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