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Redrafting the 2020 Fantasy Football Season
Defense Wins Championships - Top DST Streamers for Fantasy Playoffs
The playoffs are here. The work you've been putting in over the past 14-plus weeks has gotten you to this point, and now is the time to bring it home. For that, you'll need the right defense. Yes, having a guy like Christian McCaffrey coming back or Patrick Mahomes as your quarterback helps a little... Read More
Pivot Plays and Post-Waiver Pickups: Week 14
This is the week that will define your fantasy football season. Do not pull a Gregg Williams and make a mistake at the worst possible time. You MUST have healthy bodies at each starting position in your fantasy football lineup this week. No excuses! If one of your players has a hangnail or a common... Read More
Pivot Plays and Post-Waiver Pickups: Week 13
This is the week that makes or breaks the seasons of millions of fantasy football managers. Week 13 is when most fantasy leagues are only one or two weeks away from their playoffs, so paying attention to the injury report and your league’s waiver wire are just as important as paying attention to your spouse,... Read More
Cam Akers - League Winner or Fool's Gold?
Rams running back Cam Akers has been highly-touted on many a waiver wire column heading into Week 13 following his season-high 84-yard rushing effort versus San Francisco and second consecutive week with a touchdown. For some fantasy analysts, this author included, it is a ray of hope that he may finally be blossoming into the... Read More
Pivot Plays and Post-Waiver Pickups: Week 12
Just because no NFL teams or players are on bye this week, it does not mean that fantasy football managers will not be in search of a last-minute replacement this week. Fantasy football teams are now battling for playoff berths and the opportunity to win their league titles. Making sure every player in your lineup... Read More
Digging Deeper Into Shadow Coverage Impact on Wide Receivers
If you only play redraft fantasy football, you know that no matter what you have to play your studs week in and week out. That is non-negotiable, and your lineup decisions mostly come down to who to play at lower-level spots such as WR3 or FLEX. If you play DFS contests, though, you know that... Read More
Pivot Plays and Post-Waiver Pickups: Week 11
The waiver wire players available in your fantasy football leagues by the end of Week 11 are not going to win you a championship singlehandedly, but they could help you win this week and propel your squad into the playoffs. Fantasy football managers must deal with another four teams being on bye, although three of... Read More
Playoff Tight End Streamers: ROS Schedules to Attack
The tight end position has been a crapshoot all year, which even the seemingly dependable options like Zach Ertz, George Kittle, and Mark Andrews either hurt or failing to meet expectations. That has left the landscape as Travis Kelce and a whole bunch of other guys, which has amounted to a massive headache for fantasy... Read More
Running Back Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 11
Fantasy GMs are to be commended for rising to the unique challenges that have unfolded during this regular season. Injuries to critical players is an unwelcome reality that occurs every year. This is also the case for backs that were expected to operate as RB1s, but have been relegated to committees. However, this season has... Read More
Pivot Plays and Post-Waiver Pickups: Week 10
The waiver wires in fantasy football leagues start getting bare by Week 10. Fantasy football managers will be without their Chiefs, Cowboys, Falcons and Jets this week. They will also be without the same abundance of available talent on the waiver wire that there is during the first half of the season. Now that the... Read More
Early 2021 NFL Mock Draft
Although the NFL and college football seasons are not close to ending, we all want to know what shiny new prospects will be coming by way of the draft for our favorite teams as soon as possible. Can't blame fans for being hopeful! This mock draft does not bother guesstimating potential trades because of how... Read More
Tape Tells All: Jake Luton's Week 9 Performance
The Jacksonville Jaguars have a new starting quarterback. As Gardner Minshew II deals with a hand injury, the team has turned to rookie sixth-round pick Jake Luton to man the QB position. In Luton's first NFL start, the Oregon State product threw for a surprisingly high 304 yards, going 26-for-38 with a touchdown and an... Read More
Running Back Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 10
Fantasy GMs are to be commended for rising to the unique challenges that have unfolded during this regular season. Injuries to critical players is an unwelcome reality that occurs every year. This is also the case for backs that were expected to operate as RB1s, but have been relegated to committees. However, this season has... Read More
Tape Tells All: Sterling Shepard's Week 8 Performance
After a week off because of #life, we're back with another edition of Tape Tells All. This week, we're talking about New York Giants wide receiver Sterling Shepard, who is looking pretty good since returning to the football field. Is he a consistent fantasy option going forward? Can we really trust someone in this Giants offense? Let's... Read More
Week 9 Pivot Plays and Post-Waiver Wire Fliers
Week 9 should be fine for fantasy footballers --- as long as their players are not on bye or listed as “questionable.” Fantasy football managers will be without their Bengals, Browns, Rams and Eagles this week, so there will be plenty of talent on fantasy benches. This bye week did not sneak up on fantasy... Read More
How Much Does Shadow Coverage Impact Wide Receivers?
If you only play redraft fantasy football, you know that no matter what you have to play your studs week in and week out. That is non-negotiable, and your lineup decisions mostly come down to who to play at lower-level spots such as WR3 or FLEX. If you play DFS contests, though, you know that... Read More
Pivot Plays and Post-Waiver Pickups - Week 8
The need for last-minute replacements and waiver wire pickups in fantasy football has never been higher. Arizona, Washington, Jacksonville and Houston are on bye this week, which already leaves most fantasy football teams shorthanded. Add in the players that are listed as “questionable” for their games this week and fantasy managers are probably as upset... Read More
Antonio Brown's Fantasy Outlook in Tampa Bay
Antonio Brown was the hottest pickup of the previous week. We’re not just talking about fantasy football, either. Bruce Arians seems to be as grateful to have him as any of us will be if the troubled fallen star can recapture much of his past form. The Buccaneers have a definite need for Brown as... Read More
How Much Attention Should We Give WR/CB Matchups?
Depending on who you ask, you will get widely varying answers. Some fantasy GMs pay attention to opposing defenses as a whole, while others try to get a step further but looking at individual cornerback matchups. After a time in which I had not paid much attention to those individual battles, I just wanted to... Read More
Pivot Plays and Post-Waiver Pickups - Week 7
Things are starting to get difficult for fantasy football managers. Indianapolis, Minnesota, Miami and Baltimore all have the week off, so fantasy managers are already playing shorthanded. Fielding a full lineup is going to be tough as it is if you have a few injuries. If one of your key guys is listed as questionable... Read More
Re-Evaluating the Rookie Running Back Class of 2020
We're six weeks into the 2020 NFL season and are starting to get some good ideas of what usage patterns are looking like. Which means we probably have enough data now to start to re-evaluate where certain players stand in relation to other players. For example, we've got a better idea of how this year's... Read More
Lies, Damned Lies, and Fantasy Statistics - Target Share
The more data we get as the season goes on, the better equipped we are to interpret matchups and make informed decisions. Then Week 6 comes along and blows it all to hell. The unpredictability of sports is what keeps us intrigued, as frustrating as it may be at times. Numbers are supposedly to be... Read More
How to Value Clyde Edwards-Helaire with Le'Veon Bell in KC
Clyde Edwards-Helaire or Jonathan Taylor? Coming into the season this was the biggest question for fantasy GMs, both dynasty managers who were thinking long-term and redraft managers who wanted to know who would be better for this season. There were many different theories and believe me when I say, both sides thought they were 100%... Read More
Tape Tells All: D'Andre Swift's Week 6 Performance
Welcome to another edition of Tape Tells All. I've been thinking of rebranding as just TAPE. All-Caps like that. Probably wouldn't be a good idea for SEO purposes, right? Anyways, this week we'll be discussing Detroit Lions rookie running back D'Andre Swift. Swift set a lot of career highs this week, with bests in carries... Read More
WR/CB Matchups to Target & Avoid - Week 6
It's Week 6 and with a larger sample size, the CB Matchup Chart is becoming even more meaningful. This week's chart will give the most accurate landscape of CB matchups yet, as I spent time reviewing alignment percentages for WR and CB groups and updated the chart accordingly. The main idea of the chart was... Read More
Pivot Plays and Post-Waiver Pickups - Week 6
The pivot plays and post-waiver pickups keep coming, RotoBallers! There is no Thursday game this week to burn fantasy football players, but there are now two Monday night games and plenty of Sunday games that could catch fantasy managers off guard if they do not have backup plans in place for the “questionable” players on... Read More
Tape Tells All: Chase Claypool's Week 5 Performance
On Sunday, a potential new star emerged in the NFL, as Pittsburgh Steelers rookie wide receiver Chase Claypool scored four touchdowns. Claypool is going to be the biggest add on the waiver wire this week, which is the right decision. Get him on your rosters. In fact, by the time you're reading this, there's a... Read More
Lies, Damned Lies, and Fantasy Statistics - Yards Per Carry
Are five games enough to start reading into ROS player values based on performance? Unlike baseball, where certain statistics can start to become reliable or "sticky" after a certain at-bat or innings-pitched threshold, it's never the case in football. It's a game where big individual plays make all the difference and only 16 games make... Read More
Digging for Value in the New York Jets Backfield
It was a long time coming and finally it happened. The Jets wanted away from Le’Veon Bell and the feeling was certainly mutual. In a season marred by bad play and worse coaching, the Jets took another loss by releasing their prized free-agent signing from last season. In a total of 21 games on the... Read More
