Week 9 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings

Earlier this week, we handed out some fancy awards to our waiver-eligible defenders. You have no idea how fancy these were. They were presented in a decorated affair for which men donned their flashiest tuxedos and women their most revealing pantsuits. There was a red carpet, several very unimportant individuals considered attending, and fun was […]

IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 9

With Week 8 in our rearview and nearly half the season done, this is an excellent time for us to consider some of the most disappointing and most surprising fantasy defenders this year. What better way to address that ever-popular issue than with our first-ever Mid-Season IDP Waiver Wire Awards?! With that in mind, we […]

Week 8 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings

If you want an idea of just how valuable fantasy defenders can be, look no further than Antonio Gibson…. While this statement may seem odd at first glance, just consider that Gibson (PPR's RB16) is outscoring the RB30 in PPR scoring by 25%. Now consider that T.J. Watt is outscoring fantasy’s DL9 by 23%, while […]

IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8

As you know, because we keep reminding you, Week 7 was the fantasy football equivalent of a direct-to-DVD movie experience. Something was playing on your television this Sunday, and it looked kind of like something you might enjoy. Deep down you knew it was a cheap imitation of what you love. With countless players on […]

Week 7 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings

You’ve all heard about how bad Week 7 is shaping up to be, with six teams on bye and five of those squads loaded to the brim with fantasy assets. Things are so bad that some are naming this week the “Bye-Nado,” while others refer to it as the “Bye-Pocalypse," and if you get creative […]

Week 6 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings

It is officially the beginning of bye weeks in the NFL, which means your set-it-and-forget-it defensive lineups are about to be tossed like a salad. Times like these often force you to make adjustments you don't like, take risks, and get creative. Sometimes creativity can be great, too, like when Caleb Oreo decided to glue […]

IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 6

Like clockwork, every NFL season brings a new set of players who disappoint for weeks on end, only to explode on your bench. The most impatient of fantasy managers will likely rage drop these tortoise-type players. That’s why countless fantasy teams saw Myles Gaskin, Chase Claypool, and Kadarius Toney gorge their fantasy benches with points […]

IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 7

Six weeks of NFL football are in the books now, and we can finally start concluding what is real and what isn’t. There’s no longer any need to rely on 2020 metrics, hoping that a team's offensive and defensive lines will be the same this year as last despite turnover and age. This far into […]

Week 5 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings

“Why do analysts consistently rank Player X so high when he isn't doing much?” It’s a fair question posed by one of our readers, and it is a solid observation considering that analysts do tend to be more patient with players than most. We wait on a rebound from Allen Robinson, we stash Robert Woods […]

IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 5

As is always the case, fantasy football is a war of attrition. You start the year healthy and optimistic, only to face Week 5 without six of your key starters. It can be completely backbreaking when you lose a major contributor like Cam Akers in the preseason, and it can be just as bad when […]

Week 4 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings

It's another week and another series of breakouts and injuries for IDP managers to consider. We will first start with the biggest breakout of this season so far, Logan Wilson. Last week, the Bengals' linebacker was our IDP Streamer of the Week, and he came through with two interceptions and 14 total tackles. That production […]

IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 4

Take one look at the fantasy football corner of any social media platform, and you’ll find no shortage of people who have the entire NFL figured out after just one or two games. Two weeks ago, people on Reddit might have told you, “Toss Aaron Rodgers like you would any rotten cheese." This week, your […]

Week 3 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings

All fantasy fans have had that moment, where every yard in an otherwise meaningless game carries tremendous weight for your fantasy team. At that moment, you find yourself counting the inches to make sure the scorekeeper gets it right. Meticulous stat counting during games like these is common for overinvested fantasy fans, and it can […]

IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 3

As you rush to the waiver wire in Week 3 of this season, it's worth noting that pickings are slim on the offensive side of the ball. Despite multiple injuries to key offensive players, many waiver wires have been picked clean and the remaining backups don't profile as worthwhile investments. With the offensive end of […]

Week 2 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings

Everything went according to plan in Week 1, right? No injuries to key pass rushers, no mysterious benching of a young WR without warning, and no goose eggs laid by defending MVPs? No late-night trips to a certain fast-food chain that tied you to your toilet and rendered you physically unable to claim Elijah Mitchell […]

IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 2

If you're like me, every year you look down at your final fantasy scores for Week 1 and find yourself thinking, “That was the strangest beginning to an NFL season ever.” The statement feels true when you say it, too. You really can’t recall a time when a coach purposefully sat a stud like Brandon […]

Week 1 IDP Fantasy Football Rankings

It’s officially that time for you to set your lineups for Week 1 of the 2021 football season. We are done with drafts and big picture thinking, and we are now forced to dive into the weeds of weekly contests. That means we must look more closely at individual matchups on a weekly basis, knowing […]

IDP Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 1

Hope springs eternal at the beginning of each fantasy football season. Regardless of what injuries, failures, and misguided trades might lie ahead, Week 1 is a time when everyone can dream of placing a plastic football trophy that cost $5.95 atop their mantle next to their war medals, photos of their kids, and grandma's ashes. […]

Updated Fantasy Football IDP Rankings - Risers and Fallers

We are less than one week away from the beginning of the 2021 NFL season, and that means it’s time for us to put together our final preseason IDP Positional Rankings. Injuries have been suffered, cuts made, trades executed, and depth charts announced. Now, we have tons of information about everyone we care about and […]

IDP One-Man Mock Draft for Fantasy Football

Whether you're an analyst or a casual fan, nearly everyone in fantasy football has what we call a "home league." These are the types of leagues where you gather with your oldest and closest friends to drink beer, make fun of each other’s anatomy, and eventually draft a fantasy team that you won’t recognize once […]

One-Man Mock: Rookie Dynasty Drafts (Superflex)

With the NFL Draft in our rearview mirror, we have finally embarked on Dynasty Rookie Draft season, and the start of Dynasty Startup season is just around the corner. That means that many of you are actively wondering what to do with this year’s rookie class. It’s a fair question in need of an answer, […]

IDP Positional Rankings for 2021 (Pre-Training Camp)

NFL Free Agency and the Draft are both done, and teams are finishing up OTAs now. That means we are entering the dull part of summer where there’s not much going on in the world of football, which gives all of us a lot of dead air we need to fill with arguments and conjecture. […]

A One Man Mock: Rookie Dynasty Drafts (Non-Superflex)

With the NFL Draft in our rearview mirror, Dynasty Rookie Draft season is well underway, and the start of Dynasty Startup season is just around the corner. That means that many of you are actively wondering what to do with this year’s rookie class. It’s a fair question, and the answer to that query will […]

Dynasty Value of the 2021 Rookie Quarterbacks

Not in recent memory have we seen a team bluff and fake-out the media and general public like the San Francisco 49ers just did when they convinced most that they prized the plus-sized Winklevoss cousin known as Mac Jones at pick #3. They didn't take Jones, though, and they blew up many mock drafts in […]

IDP Stock Report: Post NFL Draft

If you’re like me, one of your favorite times of the year is the NFL Draft. It’s that magical moment where you can pretend your team is just a few picks away from greatness, even if they are the Jets or Lions! It’s a fantastical season when real football can somehow feel like fantasy football. […]

Sam Darnold to Carolina, Is Zach Wilson An Upgrade for Jets?

Jets fans are one of the longest-suffering fan bases in all of football. Some of the more storied passers in their team history include Mark ‘Butt Fumble’ Sanchez, Ken O’Brien, and Chad Pennington. So this is a fan base that needs good news. They need to believe that their newest quarterback (presumably Zach Wilson) will […]

IDP Free Agent Moves - Fantasy Risers and Fallers

We are now three days into the start of the real offseason and many moves have already been made. The Patriots have gone on a spending spree, the Jets made several significant moves, and Oprah interviewed… wait, that's for a different blog. Anyways, the point is that a lot has changed in just three days […]

San Francisco 49ers' Offseason Predictions and Fantasy Fallout

Since the 49ers’ Super Bowl loss 13 months ago, they have suffered serious turnover. Five of their 22 starters from the Super Bowl have already left town, including All-Pro caliber players like Deforest Buckner and Joe Staley. By the end of this summer, they could be without 13 starters from that 2019 NFC Champion team […]

Week 17 IDP Rankings

As many of us have already discussed, Week 17 is an odd time for fantasy football. With at least one or two NFL teams looking to rest multiple starters the final week of the season every year, a lot of fantasy leagues end their season in Week 16 as a way of avoiding that fantasy […]

Week 17 IDP Waivers and Teams to Worry About

A vast majority of you are done with your fantasy season, thanks to the overwhelming number of leagues that end their playoffs in Week 16. Considering the specialized nature of the IDP format, the odds are that most IDP setups are done by now. That said, not all fantasy teams are finished, and not all […]