Yesterday, one of my buddies called me to kvetch about the fact that the commissioner of his fantasy football league screwed up and accidentally set the playoffs to start last week.
Nobody in the league realized that, so there were nine fantasy owners who were irked to the nth degree, because had they known the postseason was, well, now, they might’ve handled things differently. Different starting lineups, different free agent pickups, different place to watch NFL RedZone, and so on.
For their part, the Los Angeles Rams wouldn’t mind if the postseason kicked off now, as they’re happily parked atop the NFC, but over the next two weeks, they’ll stare down a pair of contenders in the Lions and the Seahawks.
The Kansas City Chiefs, on the other hand, are thrilled that there are still four more games on the schedule. Granted, if they want to sneak into the playoffs — and at 6-7, that’s looking less and less likely — they’ll need to win out, which means victories over the 8-4 Chargers and the 11-2 Broncos.
Yikes.
So it’s probably not hard to guess where the Chiefs — who stumbled their way through a 20-10 loss to the Texans on Sunday night — landed in our NFL Week 13 Winners & Losers.
NFL Week 13 Winners and Losers
Here’s who crushed Sunday, and here’s who got crushed.
WINNERS: Rams RB Blake Corum
If you claim you inserted Rams RB2 into your fantasy lineup this week, I’m calling bee-ess.
Then again, it’s possible.
The Michigan product — whose 25.1 fantasy points landed him at RB3 — ripped off 125 yards and a pair of touchdowns, leading a Rams ground game that racked up 249 yards. (FWIW, QB Matthew Stafford and company put up 281 through the air, which all added up to 45 reality points.)
Do you, the fantasy manager, want to face any of them in the playoffs? Yeah, me neither.
And do you, the non-Rams fan want your team to face them in the playoffs? Hell no.
LOSER: Chiefs Head Coach Andy Reid
Chiefs Head Coach Andy Reid has led the Eagles and the Chiefs for a combined 27 seasons, and of those 27, only thrice has his team won less than eight games.
This might be season number four. Especially if he does stuff like, well, let’s let him explain:
“I put the guys, offensively, in a tough position with the fourth-downs [calls]. I was trying to stay aggressive with it. I take full responsibility for that. I thought we could get it. It's important that you take advantage of opportunities. In hindsight, it was wrong. I messed that one up."
This came after he chose to go for it on a fourth-and-one on his own 31. This was with 10 minutes left in a 10-10 game.
The Chiefs likely won’t win out, but they also likely miss the playoffs, the first time in a decade a Reid-led K.C. team would miss the postseason.
And fans of the Buffalo Bills couldn’t be happier.
WINNER: Browns QB Shedeur Sanders
A few weeks ago, I wrote something along the lines of, “Browns QB Shedeur Sanders will be a regular visitor to my loser column for the rest of the season, and possibly through 2026.”
Oops.
Yesterday, the Browns’ version of rookie Sanders looked a whole lot like the University of Colorado sophomore version of Sanders, racking up 364 yards, a pair of TDs through the air, and another on the ground. He wildly outplayed the opposing QB Cam Ward, who Tennessee, for reasons that are becoming inexplicable, chose with the top pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
As a reminder, Sanders was chosen at 144.
And Baby Prime’s 34.5 fantasy points landed him at QB2, while Ward’s 12.1 fantasy points, um, didn’t.
LOSER: Broncos WR Courtland Sutton
This one is personal.
Coming into the 2025 season, I targeted Sutton in my fantasy draft, nabbing him in the sixth round. He’s been eminently mediocre, currently fantasy’s WR17. And yesterday, against a Raiders team that’s playing out the string, Denver’s theoretical WR1 caught just 6 of his 10 targets for 62 yards and 6.2 fantasy points (WR32).
Granted, Bo Nix has a predilection for getting all of his receivers involved — 11 Broncos caught passes in their 24-17 dub. But if you’re a WR1 — even a theoretical WR1 — catch the damn ball and find the damn end zone.
Not that I’m bitter, or anything.
WINNERS: Browns TE Harold Fannin Jr.
This one is also personal.
I’m in a two tight end league — yes, those are a thing — and San Fran’s TE stud George Kittle was on a bye, so I made the inspired move of grabbing rookie TE Fannin off of the waiver wire.
This season’s TE8 proceeded to compile 144 yards and a tuddie on 8 catches, racking up 17.4 fantasy points (TE1).
And to think I almost grabbed Jets rookie Mason Taylor. Phew.
LOSER: Falcons RB Bijan Robinson
And it’s a good thing that Fannin balled out, because my No. 1 fantasy pick didn’t.
Bijan — was, before the season, the undisputed RB1 amongst us fantasy nerds — has been a perfectly good option, currently sitting at RB5. But yesterday, he posted his fourth sub-10-fantasy-point performance, squeezing out a piddly 7.4 (RB39).
It can’t be all blamed on him. Falcons QB Kirk Cousins, in a word, stinks, and Atlanta was without their WR1, Drake London. Of course their opponent, the Seahawks and their sixth-ranked defense, are going to throw everything at Robinson, because goodness knows that Cousins ain’t gonna make any noise, especially when Darnell Mooney is his WR1.
Atlanta hosts New Orleans next weekend, so this might be a get-right game for Robinson. And I’m headed to the playoffs, so I damn sure hope it is.
WINNER: Cardinals WR Michael Wilson
You never wish ill upon a teammate, but t.here might be a teeny-weenie-itty-bitty part of Cards WR Michael Wilson that hopes his teammate, WR Marvin Harrison Jr. is on the sidelines for another week or two.
Y’see, Wilson, this week’s WR2, has averaged 15.0 fantasy points, making him fantasy’s WR2, over the Rams’ fantasy god, Puka Nacua — and all of this went down while Harrison has been nursing a variety of ailments and dealing with personal issue
If you were one of the lucky fantasy managers who grabbed him off the waiver wire — like me, in two of my four leagues — you’re a happy puppy…
LOSER: Raiders RB Ashton Jeanty
…but if you drafted Jeanty in the second round of your big money fantasy league, you’re not a happy puppy. Far from it.
The rookie hasn’t been a bust — RB15 doth not a bust make — but in five of his 13 games, he’s failed to top 7 fantasy points. And yesterday, in Vegas’ 24-17 loss to Denver, Jeanty stunk up the joint, managing just 30 yards on 10 carries, and 8 yards on 2 catches, all of which added up to 3.8 fantasy points.
Not. A. Happy. Puppy.
Regardless of whether your Week 14 PrizePicks picks were good (Baby Prime), bad (Jeanty), or ugly (Reid), you had a ton of fun making your selections, and will continue to do so as the NFL season progresses.
And if you enjoyed our NFL Week 10 winners and losers, stick with Playbook all season for advice, predictions, takes, winners, and losers.
