It’s easy to say that we’re into the area where the picks don’t really matter, that they have minimal or even negative roster value, but I don’t think that’s the case for several reasons. First, the likely direct backup to Jonathan Stewart went in this round. Stewart’s backup always has value. Second, several intriguing IDPs came off the board in this stanza. Adding excitement…...

  Round 4 may have been the strangest, most quixotic, and potentially most interesting of the RDL stanzas as participants vied to grab their favorite sleepers before they were snapped up by someone else. This is also a very fertile area for IDPs, the defensive player element adding some sizzle and entertainment to a portion of the draft that often falls flat in offense-only formats…....

  With fantasy football now a year round activity, sleepers aren’t necessarily players sliding below the radar – everyone is on the radar – but players whose names still don’t command much in the way of an ADP-boosting narrative. Here’s a look at 10 players I’m looking to acquire this offseason. All are currently valued outside the Top 100, and seven fall outside the Top…...

  As we move into Round 3, we’re following the same template from Round 1 and Round 2.  Keep in mind that our staff rankings and rookie ADP do not include IDPs, so it’s necessary to make the mental adjustment for the defensive players selected. Only one IDP was taken in the first 24 picks and three more came off the board here in the…...

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  The 2015 Fleaflicker RotoViz Dynasty rookie draft took place over the course of the last week. Our motley collection of rapscallions and rogues combined with Matthew Freedman’s deliciously labyrinthine league settings to create a raucous affair. As opposed to simply listing the selections, my goal is to make this a reference tool and hopefully have some fun in the process. The RotoViz Rank comes…...

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  The 2015 NFL Draft could be to running backs what 2014 was to wide receivers. You won’t necessarily need to be the best back in this loaded class to make an immediate impact. Jay Ajayi may be the Mike Evans to Todd Gurley’s Odell Beckham, or he might be the Sammy Watkins to Melvin Gordon’s . . . well, Gordon is (not) going to…...

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  As the 2015 NFL Draft inches closer, it’s time to delve into some advanced stats at the running back position. Football Study Hall guru Bill Connelly is one of the best writers covering college football, and you should check him out on RotoViz Radio with Jon Moore and Matt Freedman. He’s again made the Highlight Yard numbers available for college backs.((Highlight yards are the yards not…...

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We now have athleticism numbers for most of the 2015 prospects, and I’ve updated the rankings through the Prospect Lab. While the 40 yard dash was a disaster for numerous runners, this is still a deep and intriguing class. I was originally discouraged by the weekend’s events, but going through this exercise helped me realize there were almost as many winners as losers. A shake-up…...

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A few years ago, I played a handful of Draft Champions leagues through the NFFC using Zero RB. I came out slightly ahead and felt like Zero RB would certainly work in the draft-only format. But I also came out thinking that the opposite approach would work better. As a result of that experience and some other research on the topic, I proposed Zero WR as…...