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Over? Did you say over? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was the fantasy football season over when Jamaal Charles bombed your team in Week 17? OK, so Bluto I am not, and this is a fantasy football blog, not the set of "Animal House." Still, you get the point. You either won or didn't win your fantasy football league. Either way, you turn the page and start over again in the playoffs. And the best part is we no longer have to worry about which players will or will not get rested after a few series. Hey, Peyton Manning, get out there and show us something. … Well, not this week, but next week!

I'm sure you all know about our cool Gridiron Playoff Challenge, in which you can pick a pair of quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers, plus a tight end, kicker and defense using standard fantasy scoring in a salary cap-style system, and compete against your pals, fantasy writers, whomever you like. I won't bore with you too many details; you can read all you need to know on the game page. But suffice it to say, you should get into the game.

Let's get right to the rankings. I'm issuing two sets of them, and for good reason. Some people need to know about the entire playoffs, as though they were drafting today in a league in which players cannot be changed out (as I am in another league), and certainly with adjusted salaries in our official game, it behooves game players to select NFLers who will be around for that game in Miami in February. I've also listed rankings for this week, and will discuss my strategies after each position, as well as what players I chose in the Gridiron Playoff Challenge.

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