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How to Approach Superflex Fantasy Football Drafts in 2022
Scott Engel's 1st Round Fantasy Football Draft Guide: The King's Pick-By-Pick Draft Strategy
At this time of year, the biggest question in the fantasy football universe is naturally, “who do I take in the first round?” As an annual feature, I identify the best potential selections at every draft slot in the first round. We tell you who to consider and why in the first round of a... Read More
Scott Engel's Fantasy Football Mock Draft - The King's 2022 One-Man Mock
Now that the preseason is officially over, I have delivered my annual exercise that I have been furnishing since the late 1990s, the one-man mock draft. In this feature, I attempt to sit in the draft chairs of all participants in the first four rounds of a 12-team PPR league with four points for a... Read More
Will Rashaad Penny or Kenneth Walker Be Bell-Cow RBs? Fantasy Football Outlooks
The "Bell-Cow Back" archetype is slowly fading out of fantasy football. With more and more NFL teams employing committees in their backfields, the true workhorses become increasingly valuable to fantasy managers. The Seattle Seahawks spent the end of last season observing Rashaad Penny have the best stretch of games of his career to this point.... Read More
Running Backs Targets for Zero-RB Fantasy Football Drafts (2022)
There are so many different fantasy football draft strategies nowadays, but no other strategy comes with as much scrutiny and judgment as the zero-running back strategy. For the longest time, the running back position was widely accepted as the most important position in fantasy football. For some, that’s still very much the case. However, with... Read More
Suggested Roster Builds From Every Draft Slot: Fantasy Football Positions To Prioritize
The most popular preseason fantasy football question is “who do I take with the first pick?” We have covered that here. So we now must address a question that is asked seemingly almost as often, which is “how do I start my draft? What positions should I go for first, and in what order?” Every... Read More
Is Late-Round QB A Viable Strategy? QB Options To Target in Fantasy Football Drafts
It has generally been an accepted strategy by many in the fantasy community that you should always wait on a quarterback as the position can be hard to predict and the same players don't always repeat at the top every year. This has also rung true in most leagues since the running back position tends... Read More
Will Denzel Mims Be Traded? Is He Worth Drafting for Fantasy If Traded
Recently, New York Jets wide receiver Denzel Mims requested a trade. This shouldn't come as a shock considering Mims has been underutilized during his two seasons with the team. Still young, Mims is looking for a new start elsewhere, but are the Jets ready to let him go? Coming into the preseason, Mims appeared to... Read More
The Annual IDP One-Man/Multiple Personalities Mock Draft
As is our tradition, we close the pre-season every summer with a new One Man Mock with Multiple Personalities. As always, this will be a standard IDP format with our traditional IDP scoring (0.5 points per half-tackle, 1 point per solo, 2 points for PDs or FRs, 3 points for sacks, and 4 points for... Read More
NFL Teams With Favorable Late-Season Schedules: Stack 'Em
Predicting what will happen from one season to the next is hard. But we know what defenses looked vulnerable and could still be vulnerable. So here are what could be favorable matchups when fantasy football crunch time happens.Featured Promo: Get any full-season NFL Premium Pass for 50% off and win big in 2022. Exclusive access... Read More
Nick Mariano's Salary Cap Draft Strategies and Tips for Fantasy Football (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Prepare your graph paper and set up those spreadsheets for the entertaining format that is salary cap fantasy football. Also known as auctions, this is where your draft position doesn't lock you into a certain tier of players and it's all about how you... Read More
Fantasy Football IDP Sleepers and Busts: Defensive Backs Edition
With the offseason finally slipping into our rearview mirror, we at Rotoballer want to give IDP managers an early look at how each defensive position is playing out in the fantasy realm. To do that, we will look at how IDP analysts and managers value players at every defensive position. Based on that, we will... Read More
Fantasy Football Stock Risers and Fallers After Preseason Week 1
NFL Preseason Week 1 is in the books. Fantasy managers started tackling the games' data to uncover hidden gems. While we enjoyed the fact that football is finally back, it's time to get to work. The noise surrounding NFL teams is deafening but let's look at the who's who after the first week of the... Read More
Free Fantasy Football Mock Draft Simulator - How To Use The Draft Assistant Tool
We all know fantasy football mock drafts are an ideal method of preparing for upcoming real drafts. But if you would like to get them done very quickly and even complete a few in a shorter time period, there is a solution now available from RotoBaller.com. The Fantasy Football Mock Draft Simulator Tool and Draft... Read More
Unique Ways To Determine Your Fantasy League's Draft Order
The most wonderful time of the year has arrived! No, not Christmas. It's fantasy football draft season! The time to hang out with loved ones as you draft the team that is going to decimate each and every other one in your league. The time to trash talk your opponents and make them feel worthless.... Read More
Is Deshaun Watson Worth Drafting in 2022? Fantasy Football Draft Outlook
One of the most difficult things to do as a fantasy analyst is to make projections about a player for the upcoming season based off of incomplete information. This has been problematic as it relates to Deshaun Watson due to the NFL's very complicated system when it comes to player discipline. Newly-acquired Cleveland Browns quarterback... Read More
Introducing RotoBaller’s Standard IDP Scoring System and IDP Players to Target
Earlier this summer, I was given a tough mission. I was asked to come up with an IDP scoring system to use as a standard for doing analysis for RotoBaller. Now we are three weeks away from NFL kickoff. If you haven't set the scoring in your IDP league, you have to get on it.... Read More
Optimal Running Backs Draft Strategy for 2022 Fantasy Football Drafts
The running back position has been evolving in recent years. While having an elite back is a great way to usually win a fantasy championship, it is important to understand the shift taking place in the NFL landscape when it comes to running backs. Teams are continuing to value the running back position less and... Read More
Two Strategies to Win Your Fantasy Football League This Year!
We have a very, very interesting and different fantasy year upon us and it is our duty as fake football players to adjust our draft strategies accordingly. That doesn’t mean that you can’t win by executing the well-known draft strategies like balance, Zero RB, value, and so on. But, what it does mean is that... Read More
Who Should I Draft? RotoBaller's Fantasy Football Draft Assistant Tool
Whenever we are either making our draft plans, or are in the middle of the draft itself, there will always be tight decisions to sweat out. Most of us would like to be in the same environment as a real NFL Draft room, where you could get an expert take from a team executive or... Read More
Cincinnati Bengals WR: Is Three A Crowd?
Come and knock on my door…we’ve been waiting for you. This reference will probably be lost on some of you, but in the 1980s, there was a sitcom called Three’s Company. The premise is that a cute guy moves in with two women, one hot and buxomly and the other cute and smart. Sound familiar?... Read More
Drafting League Winners in Every Round - Fantasy Football Upside Picks
Many league-winning players will be picked up off the wire due to injuries or depth chart changes. But, there are some players that we can draft from the get that can greatly outperform their respective ADPs. I don’t like using the word sleeper, because to me it refers to surprise players; and many of the... Read More
Scott Fish Bowl 12 Draft Strategy
As many analysts, fans, and celebrities across the fantasy football landscape put some last-minute finishing touches on their Scott Fish Bowl 12 draft strategy it's important to remember why everyone in the community participates: raising money for charity and spreading camaraderie across the Fantasy Football community. I am thankful to be in the SFB12 this... Read More
RotoBaller Staff Mock Review - Dynasty Superflex PPR
As the NFL proceeds through the offseason, nearing training camp and draft season, player values and draft strategies become increasingly relevant. A mock draft is one of the most informative and enjoyable ways to familiarize yourself with the current landscape. With this in mind, the RotoBaller staff decided to complete a mock draft of their... Read More
Soft Early-Season NFL Schedules for Fantasy Football - Strength of Schedule Draft Targets
It's been more than a few weeks since the NFL released the full 18-week schedules for the 2022 season. The Strength Of Schedule will always make a huge impact on how successful your fantasy team performs in your league. In DFS football, there are no worries about planning for season-long runs in contrast to redraft... Read More
Christian McCaffrey Remains a Top-Five Pick in Fantasy Football
There is no more polarizing player in fantasy football this season than Christian McCaffrey. If you have listened to RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM you know what I am talking about. If you haven’t, you can go back to the June 25th episode on demand to hear myself and Scott Engel get into it over CMC. ... Read More
FFPC Best-Ball Tournament Stacks - Going All-In for Championship Week
The FFPC Best Ball Tournament is live with a prize pool of over one million dollars and a grand prize of $200,000. As if you needed the motivation to draft more best-ball teams... You're likely familiar with how a best-ball league works by now but the FFPC Best Ball Tourney is slightly different. A huge... Read More
Is Zero RB a Viable Strategy in 2022?
Maybe the most controversial draft strategy in a redraft league is the idea that you want to wait until the 5th or 6th Round before you draft a running back. This concept gained traction after Shawn Siegele perfected it in 2013 by continuing to hammer the value at wide receiver and grabbing running backs with... Read More
FFPC Best-Ball Tournament Playoff Strategy and Stacks - Drafting to Win It All
This is one of the best times to draft for best-ball leagues, especially big tournaments like the FFPC Best Ball Tournament with a $200k prize! Rookies are being overhyped and are still overvalued. A consensus ADP has just started to form into something that will change drastically in a few weeks once training camp and... Read More
Why You Should Buy Back in to Kyle Pitts in 2022
Perception is reality. You likely have heard that saying before and while it is often true – there is certainly one area where it is not: in fantasy football. For example, there is a perception by some that Kyle Pitts was a bust last season and that could not be further from reality. When Pitts... Read More
