Guillotine Leagues: How to Think About the Most Controversial Players in Fantasy
Image Credit: Mingo Nesmith/Icon Sportswire. Pictured: Dalton Kincaid.

Shawn Siegele provides tactical insight for bidding in guillotine leagues and breaks down the future outlook for Mark Andrews, Stefon Diggs, Josh Allen, Dalton Kincaid, Darnell Mooney, Joe Mixon, and Zack Moss.

My favorite scoreboard-watching experience over the first couple of weeks has come in my Guillotine Leagues. Since every week is a must-win — or probably more accurately, a must-not-lose-big — you’re on the edge of your seat Sunday afternoons, waiting for your first starter to go off in a way that virtually guarantees you avoid the chop.

For the Stealing Bananas squad in Week 2, that player was James Cook, who gained 95 yards from scrimmage and scored three touchdowns on Thursday night. It was a good thing, too, as no other player in our eight-man lineup broke 12 points. Cooper Kupp and Tyjae Spears were injured in-game, joining Tee Higgins among the walking wounded.

Due to injuries we don’t have a viable starting lineup for Week 3, which means we’ll have to be more aggressive in bidding for chopped players than we might otherwise prefer to be.

The Overtime Teams Breeze Through

Colm and I had more success with our individual teams in the RotoViz Overtime league.

I was able to move through on the back of Breece Hall, DeVonta Smith, and, somewhat hilariously, Quentin Johnson, a player who wasn’t rostered on Sunday morning but went directly into my lineup with Jordan Addison out and the bench mostly full of RB stashes. Colm has been making the case for Johnston this offseason, so I’m sure he’d have been on this first if not for the arrival of baby Ryan to join the Kelly household last week.

Colm’s Have a Good One! squad easily advanced, as did Shawn’s Tennis Career, a team that’s having a lot more success than my actual tennis career.

The chopped team lost Puka Nacua in Week 1 and got the down fantasy performance from Josh Allen in Week 2. The McCaffrey and Nacua teams have both been chopped, illustrating the early impact of injuries. As a result, the first two QBs selected have already gone back into the pool.

If you’ve drafted any of these injured players in some of your favorite leagues and are looking for a new draft experience, Colm and I will be hosting a new league for the RotoViz community at some point in the next several weeks. To get involved, sign up at guillotineleagues.com and contact Colm (@OvertimeIreland), requesting to be put on the list.

In today’s exercise, I’m going to break down available players and discuss some bidding tactics. If you’re not involved in guillotine leagues but are interested in some of the more controversial players who struggled in Week 2, this piece is also for you. If you want to explore the waiver bidding process as it might relate to other formats as well, then this piece is for you.

How to Think About the Most Controversial Players in Fantasy

Membership Required

You must be a member to access this content.

View Membership Levels

Already a member? Log in here

Please subscribe For Full Access to all RotoViz content and tools!

 

What’s included in your subscription??

  • Exclusive Access to RotoViz Study Hall
    • A treasure trove of our most insightful articles that will teach you the metrics that matter, time-tested winning strategies, the approaches that will give you an edge, and teach you how to be an effective fantasy manager.
  • Revolutionary Tools
    • Including the NFL Stat Explorer, Weekly GLSP Projections, NCAA Prospect Box Score Scout, Combine Explorer, Range of Outcomes App, DFS Lineup Optimizer, Best Ball Suite,and many, many, more.
  • Groundbreaking Articles
    • RotoViz is home of the original Zero-RB article and continues to push fantasy gamers forward as the go-to destination for evidence-based analysis and strategic advantages.
  • Weekly Projections
    • Built using RotoViz’s unique GLSP approach.
  • Expert Rankings
  • And a whole lot more…

Shawn Siegele

Author of the original Zero RB article and 2013 NFFC Primetime Grand Champion. 11-time main event league winner. 2015, 2017, 2018 titles in MFL10 of Death.

Zero RB Universe: Week 6 – The Plot Thickens . . . and Tyrone Tracy Looks Awfully Good

Shawn Siegele breaks down the Zero RB Universe with trade ideas, deep stashes, start/sit thoughts, and much more as we head toward Week 6 of the 2024 fantasy football season. The Zero RB Universe covers the entire RB landscape, not just a single type of build. This isn’t a waiver wire piece. Kevin Szafraniec has you covered for that. We’re trying to understand the RB position…...

Membership Required

You must be a member to access this content.

View Membership Levels

Already a member? Log in here

Do Not Eliminate the Impossible: The Bengals Play to (Almost) Win and (Almost) Do; It’s Only a Matter of Time – Brock Bowers Is Going to Go for 40

Sherlock Holmes observed that once you have eliminated the impossible then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible. ― Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency Now this is fantasy football. In today’s exercise I’ll be breaking down the key box score developments and the key plays beyond the box score from Week 5 episodes of Stealing…...

Membership Required

You must be a member to access this content.

View Membership Levels

Already a member? Log in here

Zero RB Universe: Week 5 – Time to Dominate the Bye Weeks

Shawn Siegele breaks down the Zero RB Universe with trade ideas, deep stashes, start/sit thoughts, and much more as we head toward Week 5 of the 2024 fantasy football season. The Zero RB Universe covers the entire RB landscape, not just a single type of build. This isn’t a waiver wire piece. Kevin Szafraniec has you covered for that. We’re trying to understand the RB position…...

Membership Required

You must be a member to access this content.

View Membership Levels

Already a member? Log in here

Zero RB Universe: Week 6 – The Plot Thickens . . . and Tyrone Tracy Looks Awfully Good

Shawn Siegele breaks down the Zero RB Universe with trade ideas, deep stashes, start/sit thoughts, and much more as we head toward Week 6 of the 2024 fantasy football season. The Zero RB Universe covers the entire RB landscape, not just a single type of build. This isn’t a waiver wire piece. Kevin Szafraniec has you covered for that. We’re trying to understand the RB position…...

Membership Required

You must be a member to access this content.

View Membership Levels

Already a member? Log in here

Do Not Eliminate the Impossible: The Bengals Play to (Almost) Win and (Almost) Do; It’s Only a Matter of Time – Brock Bowers Is Going to Go for 40

Sherlock Holmes observed that once you have eliminated the impossible then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible. ― Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency Now this is fantasy football. In today’s exercise I’ll be breaking down the key box score developments and the key plays beyond the box score from Week 5 episodes of Stealing…...

Membership Required

You must be a member to access this content.

View Membership Levels

Already a member? Log in here

Zero RB Universe: Week 5 – Time to Dominate the Bye Weeks

Shawn Siegele breaks down the Zero RB Universe with trade ideas, deep stashes, start/sit thoughts, and much more as we head toward Week 5 of the 2024 fantasy football season. The Zero RB Universe covers the entire RB landscape, not just a single type of build. This isn’t a waiver wire piece. Kevin Szafraniec has you covered for that. We’re trying to understand the RB position…...

Membership Required

You must be a member to access this content.

View Membership Levels

Already a member? Log in here

The Blitz

Connect
Support

rotovizmain@gmail.com

Sign-up today for our free Premium Email subscription!

Data provided by

© 2021 RotoViz. All rights Reserved.

Welcome Back to RotoViz...

– IF YOU HAVE ISSUES LOGGING IN PLEASE CONTACT ROTOVIZMAIN@GMAIL.COM

– PLEASE NOTE THAT ROTOVIZ USES WORDPRESS FOR ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT. IF RESETTING YOUR PASSWORD YOU MAY BE FOWARDED TO A WORDPRESS PAGE.