Shawn Siegele looks at the best deep options for a tricky bye week and explores a variety of RB plays that could pay off down the line. Kenneth Gainwell got us going on Thursday night with 12.8 points for desperate managers. Let’s check out the full roster of Week 9 panic plays in the Zero RB Playbook. Want more Gainwell analysis? Shawn and Ben discuss…...

Shawn Siegele dives into the biggest WR performances from Week 8, including a handful of star veterans and at least one curious interloper. I wrote the full intro for this article yesterday. Suffice it to say that Week 8 was everything we’ve been dreaming about for an NFL Sunday. The 2022 season has finally arrived, or at least we can tell ourselves for a few…...

Shawn Siegele breaks down Christian McCaffrey’s historical performance and explains how he can maintain his production in San Francisco. After seven weeks of drudgery punctuated by the occasional fantasy eruption, Week 8 reminded us what football – reality and fantasy alike – is supposed to be. The NFL teams awakened from a prolonged slumber and gave us contests like Dolphins/Lions (that featured over 500 passing…...

Shawn Siegele breaks down all of his favorite deep stashes and look-ahead waiver options. Plus, a deep dive into an NFC backfield with league-winning potential. The 2022 season hasn’t been much fun for young RBs as Javonte Williams and Breece Hall go down. D’Andre Swift has been further marginalized as a potential workhorse after suffering shoulder and ankle injuries that have a chronic feel. Those…...

Shawn Siegele celebrates the emergence of Zero RB stars, laments the loss of 2022’s best story (and perhaps best overall player), and grapples with a zero-catch performance from Mark Andrews. Zero RB Options Continue to Roll Week 7 was a great example of the way Zero RB works to build power teams that annihilate opponents during the bye-week stretch. Michael Hitchcock and I were lucky…...

Shawn Siegele looks at Eno Benjamin’s breakout game, Christian McCaffrey’s new situation in San Francisco, and plenty more in the Week 7 edition of Zero RB Playbook. Well, that got exciting. I wrote a big chunk of the Zero RB Playbook Thursday afternoon, and then everything seemed to happen at once. RotoViz favorite Eno Benjamin blew up in Arizona’s dominant Thursday night performance, and Christian…...

After focusing on three separate elements of the RB position in his Week 5 articles, Shawn Siegele takes stock of the receiver position six weeks into the 2022 season. Week 6 featured more fireworks at the wide receiver position, but the variety made it special. We got further confirmation from Stefon Diggs and Tyreek Hill that the 2022 season will revolve around them. Bounceback performances…...

Shawn Siegele breaks down the key backfields heading into Week 6, including deep-league stash options, look-ahead free agent adds, and tactics for exploiting schedule quirks. Both of my earlier articles this week have centered around the running back position. On Monday, we examined the Return of the Veteran Star and considered the impact of stud performances from early-round picks. On Wednesday, the focus switched to…...

Shawn Siegele examines the biggest RB and WR developments from Week 5, including veteran options pushing to make their presence felt. Week 5 again brought the full range of emotions. Our favorite RB options joined the ground parade, with Saquon Barkley returning from the sidelines to score the game-winning touchdown, Raheem Mostert averaging 6.3 yards per carry and scoring his first TD of the season,…...

Shawn Siegele dives into the running back landscape ahead of Week 5, including players who could be expensive buys on next week’s waiver wire. Although D’Andre Swift left Week 3 with a multi-week injury and Jonathan Taylor missed last night’s mid-week affair, 2022’s first landscape-altering blow came when Javonte Williams was lost to an ACL tear. Much like recent season-ending injuries to Travis Etienne, Cam…...

Shawn Siegele dives into all of the Week 4 wide receiver metrics from the Advanced Stats Explorer, the Stealing Signals tool, and the Weekly Stats Explorer. I’m filling in for Ryan Ramsarran this week, one of several new writers you’ve got to check out if you haven’t already. There’s so much to cover. Let’s dispense with the pleasantries and dive straight in. 21 Things You…...

Shawn Siegele breaks down the RB Revival, T.J. Hockenson’s epic performance, and the best and worst of a rain-marred Week 4. Week 4 continued a spate of wild and crazy fantasy outcomes. After an offseason of unprecedented turnover, each additional week gives us new and surprising information. It was a big week for Dead Zone and dead zone adjacent running backs, with Miles Sanders and…...

Shawn Siegele examines the RB position and recommends some of forward-looking moves to keep your bench loaded with potential impact players down the line. I have to start by apologizing for the slight delay again this week. I got lost in the Passing Game Matchup Explorer and the Advanced Team Stat Explorer as I was preparing for our Friday recording of Stealing Bananas. These new…...

Shawn Siegele looks at the impact of injuries in Week 3 and presents some high-upside options for squads that need to bounce back. How to Address the Swift Injury… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

Shawn Siegele looks at all the best trade opportunities at the RB position and dives into the trendy names on next week’s waiver wire. The Zero RB Playbook will settle in as a Thursday or Friday article in most weeks, but I’ve really enjoyed the tempo of our RB content. Bjorn Yang-Vaernet gets you ready for those early waiver runs with two versions of Winning…...

Shawn Siegele checks in on historic wide receiver performances, discusses the Trey Lance injury, and ranks the tight end position for the rest of the season. The agony and the ecstasy were on full display in a Week 2 of historic wide receiver performances. Six WRs gained at least 75 yards with two touchdowns, and five of them came in the early wave of games…....

Shawn Siegele looks at all the best trade opportunities at the RB position and dives into the trendy names on next week’s waiver wire. I’ve really enjoyed our RB content this week. Bjorn Yang-Vaernet got you off to a fast start with the Winning the Waiver Wire, Blair Andrews helped you understand all 32 depth charts with the Zero RB Watch, and Corbin Young spotlighted…...