John looks at fantasy football playoffs landmines, busts, and avoids for Weeks 15, 16, 17 of 2025. Given these fantasy situations, consider benching these players.

We're just one week away from the fantasy football playoffs in most fantasy leagues. Public ESPN leagues actually start the playoffs in Week 14, but most leagues don't, as there are still a lot of teams on bye that week. It doesn't make much sense to have playoff games that week.

Instead, it's the last week of the fantasy regular season for most leagues, meaning it's still about time to start thinking about strategies to win your playoff games down the stretch. It's very difficult to secure a bye week, so Week 15 is still very important for most fantasy managers in the playoffs.

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