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2026 Wide Receiver Free Agency Preview: Is There Any Chance George Pickens Makes His Way Out of Dallas?

Kevin Szafraniec breaks down 2026’s impending free agent wide receiver class in addition to discussing a handful of other wideouts who could become available this offseason. Over the past decade, wide receiver has become the most coveted offensive position outside of quarterback. Eleven wideouts are currently signed to contracts that pay them a higher average annual salary than the NFL’s top-paid offensive tackle. Given the…...

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2026 Running Back Free Agency Preview: The Top End of the Class Certainly Isn’t Lacking in Star Power

Kevin Szafraniec breaks down 2026’s impending free agent running back class in addition to discussing a handful of other rushers who could become available this offseason. The devaluation of the running back position has been a running theme across the NFL for nearly a decade now. But with a lack of surefire high-end talent in this year’s draft class, teams may be forced to look…...

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2026 Quarterback Free Agency Preview: Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures

Kevin Szafraniec breaks down 2026’s impending free agent quarterback class in addition to discussing a handful of other signal callers who could become available this offseason. Quarterback is the most important position in professional sports. For NFL teams that don’t have a viable starting QB on their roster, the search to find one should always be their top priority. With the 2026 NFL draft class…...

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The 2025 Zero WR Candidates Countdown: We’re Not Going to Get Another Puka Nacua, But The Lottery Tickets in This Class Are Insane

Shawn Siegele counts down 10 of the most compelling late-round WRs, and breaks down their profiles and outlook for the 2025 season. If you select Jahmyr Gibbs in Round 1 this year, you could be well on your way to selecting RBs in four of the first five rounds. That’s not as crazy as it sounds in 2025. While opportunities exist at most price points…...

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Good Players Are Good, But Good Values Are Better: How to Beat the Running Back Market in Fantasy

Blair Andrews explores the metrics that best predict running back outperformance. The RB fantasy market is exploitable, if we know where to look. My last article detailed the key wide receiver metrics you need to chase to beat ADP — that is, to return an above-average win rate. In a 12-team league, every team can expect to win about 8.3% of the time, as a…...

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Why Woody Marks Could Be This Year’s Kyren Williams, and 5 Other Day 3 Running Backs Moving Quickly Up Draft Boards

We’ve seen Day 3 running backs move up the draft boards, and some with good reason. Day 3 running backs have been relatively helpful over the past few seasons, especially in their first two seasons. We saw Bucky Irving, Chase Brown, and Tyrone Tracy Jr. hit last season, with Isiah Pacheco, Chuba Hubbard, and Kyren Williams being other notables (though Hubbard broke out in Year…...

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Never Chase Your Zero RB Winners, Right? Even for a Young, Supercharged Version of Aaron Jones?

What would you pay for a young, supercharged version of Aaron Jones, especially if he labored for one of the NFL’s best offenses? For years, I’ve forced myself to avoid Zero RB hits during their follow-up seasons. After all, taking the next step and becoming a 350-point sensation requires a mix of attributes that is incredibly difficult to deliver. Of course, it’s always tempting to…...

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Good Players Are Still Good: The Most Undervalued Wide Receiver Metric

If you think you fully understand the importance of fantasy efficiency, think again. Fantasy football doesn’t have to be difficult. We love digging into all the advanced metrics, refining our models, and finding tiny edges using new data sources. But sometimes the old standbys still give you the best bang for your buck. We’ve advocated using win rates to evaluate player seasons for several years…...

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The Concentrated Player Pool in FastDraft’s Flex 4 Contest Leads to a Wealth of Low-Owned Player Targets Ready to Lead Your Team to Victory

Kevin Szafraniec discusses why the unique format of FastDraft’s Flex 4 contest has quickly become one of his favorite ways to play best ball. The tournament’s innovative structure leads to unique strategies to exploit the contest’s early edges. As a fantasy manager who is always looking for fresh and exciting ways to play the game I love, the Flex 4 contest on the FastDraft app…...

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When Rules of Thumb Fail: Winning the Next War

Shawn Siegele argues that occasionally simple rules of thumb end up not being so simple. Understanding the trajectory for players as they move through the NFL can be very important. That’s one of the reasons I so frequently reference Blair’s groundbreaking WR age series. It’s also helpful to understand the role that draft slot plays in establishing a baseline for a player’s likely usage. While…...

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The 15 Affordable RBs You Must Draft to Win in 2025

Shawn Siegele provides an early look at inexpensive RB tactics for fantasy football and teases the mid-August Zero RB Candidates Countdown. I always receive quite a bit of correspondence around the Zero RB Candidates Countdown in mid-August as subscribers prepare for their most important drafts. This article is both an early camp state-of-the-position and a lookahead to the Countdown itself. Last year we hit on Chase…...

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The 2025 Version of Last Year’s Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, Chase Brown Eruption Is Available at Big Discounts

A year ago, Shawn Siegele penned a 6,000-word deep dive into the Seattle Seahawks’ passing game and what history told us about the upside of Jaxon Smith-Njigba and the risks to D.K. Metcalf and Tyler Lockett. This season’s deep dive features a squad even closer to his heart . . . and even more important for fantasy purposes.  When looking at advance rates from 2024,…...

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The 2025 FFPC Superflex Blueprint: A Complete Strategy Breakdown from the Roster Construction Explorer, Top 200 Rankings and Tiers, Discussing Tactics from Tournament Drafts, and More

In the 2025 FFPC Best Ball Superflex Blueprint, Shawn Siegele provides his updated top-200 rankings, detailed insights from the Roster Construction Explorer, and tactics from tournament drafts. I don’t think I need to pull any punches here. The FFPC Superflex Tournament is my favorite best ball format. It’s got everything you want — big prizes ($100,000 to first), low entry fee ($35), Superflex, and starting…...

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The 15 Most Controversial Players in Fantasy and Why You Should Take a Closer Look at These 45 Options

Shawn Siegele breaks down the 15 most controversial players in fantasy football, talks about his favorite selections, and explains his own picks, all within the context of one of his favorite annual drafts. Pat Thorman’s MFL10 of Death is into its 12th year, and while the cast has subtly changed over the years, one thing stays the same. Pat assembles 11 of the best analysts…...

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J.K. Dobbins Provides a Rare Same-Team Arbitrage Opportunity, But Is It Worth Paying More for the Exciting Rookie Instead?

Corbin Young breaks down J.K. Dobbins’ surprising move to Denver and reveals why this late-round veteran might be the smartest backfield investment in Sean Payton’s offense. J.K. Dobbins signed a one-year contract with the Broncos for just under $3 million. Dobbins was one of the most notable running back free agents that had not signed with a team, especially since he reached career highs in…...

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This Contrarian Strategy Helped Me Finish No. 2 Overall in the 2024 Scott Fish Bowl . . . and It’s Even More Potent in 2025

Despite many recent successes, as a site we’re generally quite modest. This has mainly to do with the personalities of the central players. I’m not a fantasy analyst who likes to toot my own horn, as it were. That’s why, unless you were paying close attention, you might not know that I finished second overall in the Scott Fish Bowl last season (SFB14), out of…...

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The Next Kyren Williams Is Already on the Rams’ Roster: Is This Day-3 After-Contact Monster Your Ultimate Late-Round Lottery Ticket?

Kyren Williams flew under the radar as a rookie after being selected on Day 3 of the draft and missing half of the year due to injury. Heading into his second season, there was a steady drumbeat of positive reports surrounding Williams during training camp before he emerged in Week 1 as the Rams’ workhorse and finished as a top-10 fantasy running back that year…....

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The Ultimate Zero-QB Target: Could Jaxson Dart’s First-Round Pedigree and Vertical Passing Prowess Make Him the Key to Superflex Glory?

After putting up some impressive statistics as the starting quarterback at Ole Miss over the past three years, Jaxson Dart’s climb up draft boards this offseason resulted in him being the second QB selected in this year’s draft. The Giants did not want to take a chance of missing out on him, trading back into the first round to guarantee that they got their guy…....

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The Tomlinson Effect: Is Ashton Jeanty the Generational Running Back Prospect That Forces Us to Abandon Zero RB?

Ever since exploding onto the scene for Boise State in 2023, Ashton Jeanty has been destined to be selected in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft. Not only was he able to accomplish this feat, but he also became the highest running back selected since Saquon Barkley went No. 2 overall in 2018. Heading to a Raiders offense that lacks true difference makers…...

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Sean McVay’s Excitement Over Terrance Ferguson Should Get Fantasy Managers Hyped Up as Well

Terrance Ferguson was one of the biggest winners of the pre-draft process after putting up some impressive numbers at the NFL combine. But Ferguson is more than a workout warrior, posting solid production over the entirety of his college career at Oregon. After the Rams drafted Ferguson with the 46th pick in this year’s draft, head coach Sean McVay had some flattering things to say…...

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