Kevin Szafraniec details how the Texans offense went from one of the most exciting in the league to one of the most uninspiring in the matter of a year and how recent moves could turn things around in 2025. Fantasy championships aren’t won by chasing last year’s production – they’re secured by managers who understand how team-level changes create cascading effects throughout a roster. This…...

Kevin Szafraniec looks back on Kevin O’Connell’s history of quarterback production when detailing J.J. McCarthy’s upside. Will a breakout season from the first-year starter be enough for Minnesota to take the next step toward the Super Bowl? Fantasy championships aren’t won by chasing last year’s production – they’re secured by managers who understand how team-level changes create cascading effects throughout a roster. This exhaustive 32-team…...

Kevin Szafraniec dissects the 49ers’ roster changes and offers a blueprint for finding fantasy value as San Francisco’s championship window narrows. Fantasy championships aren’t won by chasing last year’s production – they’re secured by managers who understand how team-level changes create cascading effects throughout a roster. This exhaustive 32-team outlook series leverages our proprietary metrics and tools to identify these critical transitions before your leaguemates…...

Kevin Szafraniec breaks down why 2025 might be Lamar Jackson’s best shot at Super Bowl glory and how fantasy managers can capitalize on Baltimore’s loaded roster. Fantasy championships aren’t won by chasing last year’s production – they’re secured by managers who understand how team-level changes create cascading effects throughout a roster. This exhaustive 32-team outlook series leverages our proprietary metrics and tools to identify these…...

Kevin Szafraniec launches our comprehensive 2025 NFL Team Breakdown series with a deep dive into Miami’s troubling offensive regression and the fantasy implications of their myriad roster changes. Fantasy championships aren’t won by chasing last year’s production – they’re secured by managers who understand how team-level changes create cascading effects throughout a roster. This exhaustive 32-team outlook series leverages our proprietary metrics and tools to…...

I can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and I can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and I can do you all three concurrent or consecutive, but I can’t do you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory—they’re all blood, you see. – Tom Stoppard, Rosencratz and Guildenstern Are Dead This is the quote that always jumps out to…...

Shawn Siegele explains why Guillotine leagues will eventually become your new home-league default, details his strategic objectives in these formats, and breaks down a Stealing Bananas draft with Ben Gretch. A couple of years ago, Colm Kelly, Ben, and I participated in a guillotine league for charity, and it was one of our favorite fantasy experiences. It’s impossible to overstate the excitement of waivers when…...

Blair Andrews discusses four contrarian fantasy football principles that will help you elevate your approach to home leagues.  If you’re a new RotoViz reader just starting to get into some of the more advanced topics we cover, you might be looking for the perfect point of entry. This article is for you. If you’re coming to RotoViz because your goal is still to dominate your…...

Thomas Emerick files a final update on offensive line continuity before the season starts. Which teams will be best able to protect their quarterbacks and make room for their running backs, and which teams might struggle in the early-going? Just three teams have emerged in September with their entire starting offensive line from last year intact. If you’re Bijan Robinson and Kirk Cousins, Jonathan Taylor and Anthony Richardson,…...

Shawn Siegele updates the 2024 Zero RB Candidates Countdown as we head into the home stretch of fantasy football draft season. As I mentioned in yesterday’s Priority Targets – The Update, we’ve received some meaningful new information and I’ve participated in a flurry of high-stakes drafts since the Countdown came out. The list doesn’t change dramatically, because these plays are almost entirely talent-based. In cases…...

One of the best ways to win our home league drafts is by identifying clear values in ADP. If we are able to consistently grab values across the entirety of our drafts, there is a very good chance our teams will be in the running for a championship at the end of the year. Earlier in the week, I broke down the best strategy for…...

In 2024 Redraft Game Plan: The Update, Shawn Siegele provides his 27 priority targets for fantasy football draft weekend. Since releasing last week’s 24 Priority Targets for High Stakes and 25 Priority Targets for Home Leagues, we’ve published an avalanche of additional research, NFL reality teams have made roster moves, and I’ve drafted a large number of new fantasy rosters. Ben Gretch and I drafted…...

There is a new wind blowing in home leagues. For years, it has been uncommon for RotoViz to be ahead of the market on any RB, yet here we are; this year, there are a few. The home leagues are drafting more WRs in the first few rounds than ever before, and RBs are being pushed down, even on places like Yahoo, where eight WRs…...