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Fantasy Football Warning Signals For Week 13
Week 12 must have been the craziest slate of games to have ever been played. The Denver Broncos went without a quarterback. There’s a game getting pushed back until Wednesday. We also saw Latavius Murray outscore Alvin Kamara. The closer we get to the fantasy playoffs the more things get magnified. The warning signals are... Read More
Fantasy Warning Signals For Week 12
We are now in the final stretch of the fantasy season. With just a few weeks left, fantasy managers need to everything they can to make a push for the playoffs. Knowing the warning signals can prevent fantasy managers from hold an empty bad at the end of the season. Sometimes a player’s situation can... Read More
Fantasy Football Warning Signals For Week 11
The warning signals are starting to get brighter as we approach the fantasy playoffs. We are now ten weeks into the season. Every game is a must-win for many fantasy managers as we head into the stretch. The warning signals are becoming more important by the week. Staying on your toes and making the necessary... Read More
Fantasy Football Warning Signals For Week 10
For most fantasy football gamers, the fantasy playoffs are about a month away. As we have seen in 2020, a lot can happen between now and then that could impact our fantasy teams. Knowing the current player trends will allow fantasy managers to make the best decisions for their rosters. Knowing who is about to... Read More
Fantasy Football Warning Signals For Week 9
The warning signals are strobing bright after Week 8 since we are exactly half-way through the season. We now have a large enough sample size to make some sounds decisions for our fantasy rosters. We are about to hit the home stretch. This is a time where we need to think about how we can... Read More
Fantasy Football Warning Signals for Week 8
With Week 7 in the books, it’s time to look at some of the warning signals to determine which players are more likely to see a dip in their production. We are looking at workload and efficiency metrics when evaluating these players. We do not want to just chase points or condemn a player for... Read More
Fantasy Football Warning Signals for Week 7
The warning signals get brighter by the week since we have more data to work from. The larger the sample size the easier it is for us to connect the dots from the latest trends. Football is a game of small samples and many variables, making it one of the hardest sports to predict. How... Read More
Fantasy Football Warning Signals for Week 6
There are a lot of warning signals from Week 5. The 2020 season is possibly one of the hardest seasons to predict. We are seeing a lot of high-scoring contests that are allowing some lesser-known players to blow up the box score. We are also seeing a changing of the guard due to some of... Read More
Fantasy Football Warning Signals From Week 4
We are now four weeks into the season. We’ve gained a lot of knowledge about some of these players from a fantasy football perspective. As the sample size of information increases the easier it is to evaluate players. The warning signals get brighter by the week. Some of these players are dead weight in fantasy... Read More
Fantasy Football Warning Signals From Week 3
With Week 3 in the books, we now have to take a step back and analyze which players could be trending in the wrong direction. Being objective will be key here since some of these players were held in high regard going into the season. Nonetheless, it's about exploiting gaps in the market and selling... Read More
Warning Signals From Fantasy Football Week 2
Week 2 of the 2020 NFL season will hit the history books as one of the most injury-ridden slates of games in fantasy football history. On top of the injury madness, we have a lot of players who are currently stepping into different phases of their careers. Some are down trending and others are getting... Read More
Warning Signals From Week 1
The NFL season is finally underway and even with just a one-week sample size, there are still some indicators dictating that some of these players could experience a down year in production. Even though we shouldn’t overreact to the first week of the season, the writing is still on the wall for a lot of... Read More
ADP Showdown: CeeDee Lamb vs. Darius Slayton
Everyone knows the wide receiver position is deep with talent and you can find productive wide receivers in the later rounds of fantasy drafts. This year’s draft class added a lot of quality to the wide receiver pool. The extra depth at the position changed the way some fantasy managers play the game. Loading up... Read More
ADP Showdown: Courtland Sutton vs. D.K. Metcalf
The draft season brings out a lot of controversial dichotomies between players who are being selected within a few picks of each other. Sometimes these are really easy decisions to make and other times it’s almost too close to call. There are a lot of tough choices at the wide receiver position this year since... Read More
Deeper Draft Sleepers - Wide Receivers
Most fantasy managers are done with their drafts and are waiting for the season to start. For those of you who are still drafting or are already looking to the waiver wire for help, just know there are plenty of late-round sleepers at wide receiver who could provide a boost to your fantasy team. A... Read More
Stop That Hype Train! David Montgomery
David Montgomery finished his rookie season with 889 rushing yards and six touchdowns while also catching 25 passes and 185 yards and one touchdown. This production allowed him to achieve RB24 along with two RB1 weeks and three RB2 weeks. He was able to reach this level of production as a rookie on a team... Read More
Mecole Hardman (WR, KC) - Fantasy Football Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Target Around ~110 Overall CURRENT ADP: ~133 ANALYSIS: The Chiefs wanted to add more speed on offense when they drafted Hardman in 2019. The raw speed combined with Kansas City’s scheme intrigued a lot of fantasy gamers last off-season. From a pure counting stat perspective, Hardman produced just 26 receptions for 538 yards and... Read More
Michael Gallup (WR, DAL) - Wide Receiver Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Target Around ~62 Overall CURRENT ADP: ~79 ANALYSIS: Gallup finished his second season with the Cowboys catching 66 passes for 1,107 yards and six touchdowns and was the WR24 in PPR last year. He had seven top-25 weeks and three WR1 weeks. Even with him sharing the field with Amari Cooper and Ezekiel Elliott,... Read More
James Washington (WR, PIT) - Wide Receiver Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Target Around ~168 Overall CURRENT ADP: 180+ (Undrafted) ANALYSIS: Washington sneakily showed some promise last season as Pittsburgh's deep threat as the year progressed. With three-straight 1,000-yard seasons at Oklahoma State, many thought Washington was on the path to being considered a bust before he started flashing some of his talents in 2019.... Read More
Curtis Samuel (WR, CAR) - Fantasy Football Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Target Around ~138 Overall CURRENT ADP: ~157 ANALYSIS: The Panthers offense is going to be vastly different compared to last year. They signed Teddy Bridgewater to be the team’s starting quarterback and hired former LSU offensive coordinator Joe Brady to run the offense. That should translate into a high-tempo fantasy-boosted offense for multiple players,... Read More
Under-The-Radar Route Runners
The wide receiver position is deep with talent. There are a lot of players who are flying under the radar. Some of these pass catchers are going to provide more fantasy production than expected. While looking at some data from PFF.com, we are going to observe some wide receivers who could exceed expectations in 2020.... Read More
Stop That Hype Train! Kenyan Drake
The Miami Dolphins traded Kenyan Drake to the Arizona Cardinals during the midway point of the 2019 season. From there, he took the bull by the horns, rushing for 643 yards and eight touchdowns while also catching 28 passes for 171 yards. He finished in the top-25 in PPR scoring at his position in six... Read More
Rookie Wide Receiver Sleepers to Watch in 2020
This year’s NFL Draft was stacked from top to bottom with high-end wide receiver talent. We are going to see multiple fantasy starters come from this draft class. Some of them will come from the later rounds. The wide receivers mentioned in this article are going undrafted in most fantasy leagues. These are players we... Read More
Rookie Running Back Sleepers to Watch in 2020
We just experienced one of the deepest running back classes in the history of the NFL Draft. The draft was loaded with talent from top to bottom. Since there was more talent leaking to the later rounds of the draft, we are surely going to see some unexpected players break out. The running back position... Read More
Wide Receiver Standard Rankings, Tiers and Analysis
It’s June and the football season is right around the corner. Soon we will be meeting with our league mates to conduct our fantasy drafts. This is possibly the most exciting time of the fantasy season. The social interaction with a live draft adds a personal element to our fantasy rosters. The memories and good... Read More
Born to Run: Why You Should Go RB/RB in Rounds 1 and 2
The draft strategies we implement in our fantasy drafts can change from season to season. One year it will be advantageous to load up with wide receivers early in the draft and the following it’s best to draft heavy at running back. This is because the player pool is always changing. We always have a handful... Read More
