"Every fantasy football postseason follows its own, difficult-to-foresee storyline. This year, having the right players from each week's early games -- and, in one case, the week's final game -- played a critical role in deciding league championships. Each of the three best individual player scores from Weeks 14-17 occurred in either a Thursday or Saturday game, and five of the top 10 during that span came from games played outside of the traditional Sunday window."
"In Week 14, it was Jahmyr Gibbs, whose 37.0 fantasy points on Thursday Night Football gave his managers quite the head start in their semifinal matchups. Gibbs would, unfortunately, then total 39.0 points the next three weeks combined. Finally -- not only a reference to the weekly progression, but also to the final game of our traditional playoffs -- Bijan Robinson's 39.9 fantasy point performance in Week 17 on Monday Night Football probably decided many championship games."
"In Week 15, Kyle Pitts Sr. obliterated his previous career best for fantasy points by scoring 45.6 on Thursday night, one of the most unexpected single-game outcomes of the entire year. Pitts was started in a large enough percentage of leagues (46.3%), too, to heavily influence semifinal matchups. In Week 16, a wild, overtime Thursday game between the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks gave us 's 46.5 fantasy point performance."
Early- and late-week game timing had outsized effects on fantasy playoff outcomes, with several top single-game scores coming outside the traditional Sunday window. Jahmyr Gibbs produced a 37.0-point Thursday performance in Week 14 that gave managers a semifinal advantage but then scored only 39.0 combined over the next three weeks. Kyle Pitts Sr. recorded a 45.6-point Thursday explosion in Week 15 and was started in 46.3% of leagues. A Week 16 overtime Thursday produced a 46.5-point performance, and Bijan Robinson posted 39.9 points on Monday Night Football in Week 17, influencing many championships. Those high single-game totals placed the featured players among the most common members of championship rosters.
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