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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.
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Blood Is Compulsory: It’s Time to Buy (High) and Sell (Low)
Shawn Siegele
September 12, 2023
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, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Week 1 brought a torrent of victories for the…...
How to Exploit Our In-Season Content and Tools for Fantasy Success
Shawn Siegele
September 11, 2023
Shawn Siegele details what the 2023 in-season will look like from a tools, articles, and podcasting perspective. With a glorious, harrowing, and occasionally desultory Week 1 mostly in the books, it’s overreaction season. Talking about Week 1 is almost as much fun as watching it play out on the gridiron (especially if you were starting players like Tua Tagovailoa, Tyler Allgeier, and Brandon Aiyuk). During…...
2023 Zero RB Countdown: The Update – Risers/Fallers, Plus the 3 Who Made It and the 3 Who Fell Out
Shawn Siegele
September 1, 2023
With new information after a week of cuts, injuries, and wild ADP developments, Shawn Siegele re-examines all 15 backs from the Zero RB Candidates Countdown. In the ever evolving world of fantasy pricing, three backs fall out, and three new players join the list. The Update helps me work through the logic behind the RB selections ahead of my most important drafts and hopefully provide…...
The 2023 Josh Jacobs Isn’t Who You Think: A Deep-League Redraft Plan to Win $1 Million
Shawn Siegele
August 31, 2023
We’ve arrived at the best week of the fantasy season. Redraft week. And the best mix of entry level ($350), field size, and grand prize ($1 million) comes in the FFPC FantasyPros tournament. Last week, I published my 2023 Home League Draft Plan and then complemented it a couple of days ago with the player-specific version, 39 Priority Targets and How to Play Them. Today,…...
The FFPC Superflex Tournament 2 Is Live (and Awesome) – This Is How You Win
Shawn Siegele
August 30, 2023
Shawn Siegele finished No. 2 overall in the 2021 FFPC Best Ball Tournament and reached the finals of the 2022 FFPC Superflex Tournament (both with his Overtime co-host Colm Kelly). Now he looks at what the Roster Construction Explorer tells you about winning in 2023. The original FFPC Superflex tournament has filled, but not to worry. Superflex 2 offers a $10,000 grand prize in a…...
Shawn’s 2023 Draft Plan: 39 Priority Targets and How to Play Every Position in a Wild ADP Environment
Shawn Siegele
August 28, 2023
Shawn Siegele breaks down his philosophy for 2023 drafts by position group and highlights his 39 priority targets. We had a lot of great content over the weekend, with Mat Irby providing his home league targets at RB and WR, Curtis Patrick detailing how to execute Hero RB and which players to select, and Bjorn Yang-Vaernet exploring the 5 Situations in Rounds 1 or 2…...
2023 Zero RB Candidates Countdown: No. 5 to No. 1 – The Tournament Winners?
Shawn Siegele
August 25, 2023
In Part 1 of the 2023 Zero RB Candidates Countdown, Shawn Siegele profiled backs with the types of explosive physical profiles that could help you win even at bargain basement costs. In Part 2, he broke down the league’s most dangerous backups, players with standalone value and the talent upside to land in next year’s top-10 backs. Today, he unveils the top five. Welcome to the…...
2023 Zero RB Candidates Countdown: No. 10 to No. 6 – Big-Time Talent, Standalone Value, and Top-10 Upside
Shawn Siegele
August 24, 2023
In Part 1 of the 2023 Zero RB Candidates Countdown, Shawn Siegele profiled backs with the types of explosive physical profiles that could help you win even at bargain basement costs. Today, he breaks down the league’s most dangerous backups, players with standalone value and the talent upside to land in next year’s top-10 backs. Welcome to the 2023 Zero RB target list, where we…...
2023 Zero RB Candidates Countdown: No. 15 to No. 11 – These Guys Are Electric . . . and Almost Free
Shawn Siegele
August 23, 2023
Shawn Siegele begins the 2023 Zero RB Candidates Countdown with a look at the backs who rank No. 15 to No. 11. Welcome to the 2023 Zero RB target list, where we help you find inexpensive RBs to destroy your league. The list isn’t just for Zero RB owners. You can use the list to build out the back end of home leagues, augment your…...
The 4 Key Elements of Fantasy Football Home Leagues and a 3-Part Plan to Build a Bulletproof Draft
Shawn Siegele
August 22, 2023
Shawn Siegele looks at four key elements of fantasy football home leagues and outlines the three planks of a bulletproof home-league draft plan. The biggest draft weekend of the 2023 fantasy season is on the horizon. That means it’s time to dust off your draft plan and prepare to do battle with your extended family, college friends, and long-time co-workers. Whether you’ve got a couple…...
4 Lessons from the Apex Experts League That Will Make You a Better Drafter Down the Stretch
Shawn Siegele
August 19, 2023
Mike Braude’s fantasy platform provides an excellent window into the 2023 draft landscape and gives us insights into the player targets of top analysts. The Apex Experts League is one of my favorite drafts every year. It gives us a feel of how the best minds in the industry are playing it from both a tactical and player-specific perspective, and it offers a window into…...
Dynasty Startups Are All About Guts and Patience: 13 Trade Ideas to Navigate Any Draft Environment
Shawn Siegele
August 16, 2023
Shawn Siegele explains the mechanism that makes trading down your dynasty startup superpower and details the types of trades you can and should make in real leagues. This weekend we posted Completely Revamp Your Startup Strategy With These 3 Key Insights, and in a year where I’ve had more fun writing than ever before, this was probably the piece that I enjoyed the most. If…...
A Couple of Stats That Might Change Your Mind About the Highest-Profile Running Back Committees
Shawn Siegele
August 16, 2023
Shawn Siegele offers a couple of contrarian stats to help you process – or grieve – the Dalvin Cook and Ezekiel Elliott signings. A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece arguing for Breece Hall as the most important player in fantasy. On Monday afternoon, Ben Gretch and I recorded our favorite podcast – the one where we give our first-round predictions for next year’s…...
Dynasty Workshop: Completely Revamp Your Superflex Startup Approach With 3 First-Round Insights
Shawn Siegele
August 13, 2023
Shawn Siegele looks at the first round of his 2023 dynasty startup and helps you avoid the mistakes that effectively eliminate squads from both short- and long-term contention. Bjorn Yang-Vaernet and I are currently involved in a dynasty startup in the RV TriFlex format at the FFPC. Since this lineup and scoring format have become the default for new dynasty leagues across the industry, these…...
This Cheap Underdog Hack Allows You to Create a Dominant Advantage at All Positions
Shawn Siegele
August 10, 2023
Shawn Siegele explores the evidence for a cheap Underdog hack that helps you dominate all positions and pushes your advance rates through the roof. When Colm Kelly and I draft our RotoViz Overtime squads, we tend to emphasize Zero RB constructions that include Elite TE builds. The WR-heavy approach dominated 2022, and top TEs often give you a trump card through the playoffs even when…...
5 Priority Wide Receiver Targets Who Are Also Dominating Early in Training Camp
Shawn Siegele
August 7, 2023
Shawn Siegele explains why these five WRs have been the foundation of his summer draft plans and why training camp developments are making them even better picks for your big redraft leagues this August. One consistent and justified refrain from our subscribers is that you want my 2023 Draft Plan early enough for most drafters to use it on the big day. While I’ll still…...
We’re Starting to Get Serious Jamaal Charles Vibes From a Young Star in an Ascending Offense
Shawn Siegele
August 3, 2023
Shawn Siegele looks at a young back who appears ready to make the leap to stardom, perhaps even infringing upon that rarefied air that’s usually saved for discussing Jamaal Charles. There’s never been a better season for buying superstar RBs at reasonable prices, and that includes the next wave of backs floundering in what used to be the Dead Zone. We’re only getting eight RBs…...
The Next Tony Pollard Has Less Backfield Competition and Is Already Blowing Up Camp
Shawn Siegele
August 1, 2023
Shawn Siegele breaks down the thesis for one of his favorite undervalued RBs and explains why the early-camp star could be the 2023 Tony Pollard . . . but with even more ceiling. Last year, we had four backs absolutely crush formats from what is traditionally the RB Dead Zone. Josh Jacobs and Miles Sanders were pure dead zoners, but two of their compatriots came…...
The Next Kittle Already Here? Plus, How Perpetual Reloading Put Us All-In on a Top Rookie Sleeper at WR
Shawn Siegele
July 28, 2023
Shawn Siegele looks at two young stars already excelling in training camp and lays down the rationale for a Perpetual Reloading approach that starts right from the dynasty startup draft. Bjorn Yang-Vaernet and I are about to embark on an RV TriFlex startup over at the FFPC, and we’ll keep you posted on the developments. Bjorn recently wrote a great piece breaking down the mix…...
A Must-Draft Player from Each of the First 5 Rounds in FFPC Main Event and Fantasy Pros Drafts
Shawn Siegele
July 27, 2023
Shawn Siegele starts his redraft strategy sessions with a look at the best pick in each of the first five rounds of the FFPC Main Event. The best part of fantasy football has arrived. We’ve reached redraft season. In 2023 drafters can win $1 million in both the $2,000 (Main Event) and $350 (Fantasy Pros) levels at the FFPC. You can plot to win the…...
Blood Is Compulsory: It’s Time to Buy (High) and Sell (Low)
Shawn Siegele
September 12, 2023
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, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Week 1 brought a torrent of victories for the…...
How to Exploit Our In-Season Content and Tools for Fantasy Success
Shawn Siegele
September 11, 2023
Shawn Siegele details what the 2023 in-season will look like from a tools, articles, and podcasting perspective. With a glorious, harrowing, and occasionally desultory Week 1 mostly in the books, it’s overreaction season. Talking about Week 1 is almost as much fun as watching it play out on the gridiron (especially if you were starting players like Tua Tagovailoa, Tyler Allgeier, and Brandon Aiyuk). During…...
2023 Zero RB Countdown: The Update – Risers/Fallers, Plus the 3 Who Made It and the 3 Who Fell Out
Shawn Siegele
September 1, 2023
With new information after a week of cuts, injuries, and wild ADP developments, Shawn Siegele re-examines all 15 backs from the Zero RB Candidates Countdown. In the ever evolving world of fantasy pricing, three backs fall out, and three new players join the list. The Update helps me work through the logic behind the RB selections ahead of my most important drafts and hopefully provide…...
The 2023 Josh Jacobs Isn’t Who You Think: A Deep-League Redraft Plan to Win $1 Million
Shawn Siegele
August 31, 2023
We’ve arrived at the best week of the fantasy season. Redraft week. And the best mix of entry level ($350), field size, and grand prize ($1 million) comes in the FFPC FantasyPros tournament. Last week, I published my 2023 Home League Draft Plan and then complemented it a couple of days ago with the player-specific version, 39 Priority Targets and How to Play Them. Today,…...
The FFPC Superflex Tournament 2 Is Live (and Awesome) – This Is How You Win
Shawn Siegele
August 30, 2023
Shawn Siegele finished No. 2 overall in the 2021 FFPC Best Ball Tournament and reached the finals of the 2022 FFPC Superflex Tournament (both with his Overtime co-host Colm Kelly). Now he looks at what the Roster Construction Explorer tells you about winning in 2023. The original FFPC Superflex tournament has filled, but not to worry. Superflex 2 offers a $10,000 grand prize in a…...
Shawn’s 2023 Draft Plan: 39 Priority Targets and How to Play Every Position in a Wild ADP Environment
Shawn Siegele
August 28, 2023
Shawn Siegele breaks down his philosophy for 2023 drafts by position group and highlights his 39 priority targets. We had a lot of great content over the weekend, with Mat Irby providing his home league targets at RB and WR, Curtis Patrick detailing how to execute Hero RB and which players to select, and Bjorn Yang-Vaernet exploring the 5 Situations in Rounds 1 or 2…...
2023 Zero RB Candidates Countdown: No. 5 to No. 1 – The Tournament Winners?
Shawn Siegele
August 25, 2023
In Part 1 of the 2023 Zero RB Candidates Countdown, Shawn Siegele profiled backs with the types of explosive physical profiles that could help you win even at bargain basement costs. In Part 2, he broke down the league’s most dangerous backups, players with standalone value and the talent upside to land in next year’s top-10 backs. Today, he unveils the top five. Welcome to the…...
2023 Zero RB Candidates Countdown: No. 10 to No. 6 – Big-Time Talent, Standalone Value, and Top-10 Upside
Shawn Siegele
August 24, 2023
In Part 1 of the 2023 Zero RB Candidates Countdown, Shawn Siegele profiled backs with the types of explosive physical profiles that could help you win even at bargain basement costs. Today, he breaks down the league’s most dangerous backups, players with standalone value and the talent upside to land in next year’s top-10 backs. Welcome to the 2023 Zero RB target list, where we…...
2023 Zero RB Candidates Countdown: No. 15 to No. 11 – These Guys Are Electric . . . and Almost Free
Shawn Siegele
August 23, 2023
Shawn Siegele begins the 2023 Zero RB Candidates Countdown with a look at the backs who rank No. 15 to No. 11. Welcome to the 2023 Zero RB target list, where we help you find inexpensive RBs to destroy your league. The list isn’t just for Zero RB owners. You can use the list to build out the back end of home leagues, augment your…...
The 4 Key Elements of Fantasy Football Home Leagues and a 3-Part Plan to Build a Bulletproof Draft
Shawn Siegele
August 22, 2023
Shawn Siegele looks at four key elements of fantasy football home leagues and outlines the three planks of a bulletproof home-league draft plan. The biggest draft weekend of the 2023 fantasy season is on the horizon. That means it’s time to dust off your draft plan and prepare to do battle with your extended family, college friends, and long-time co-workers. Whether you’ve got a couple…...
4 Lessons from the Apex Experts League That Will Make You a Better Drafter Down the Stretch
Shawn Siegele
August 19, 2023
Mike Braude’s fantasy platform provides an excellent window into the 2023 draft landscape and gives us insights into the player targets of top analysts. The Apex Experts League is one of my favorite drafts every year. It gives us a feel of how the best minds in the industry are playing it from both a tactical and player-specific perspective, and it offers a window into…...
Dynasty Startups Are All About Guts and Patience: 13 Trade Ideas to Navigate Any Draft Environment
Shawn Siegele
August 16, 2023
Shawn Siegele explains the mechanism that makes trading down your dynasty startup superpower and details the types of trades you can and should make in real leagues. This weekend we posted Completely Revamp Your Startup Strategy With These 3 Key Insights, and in a year where I’ve had more fun writing than ever before, this was probably the piece that I enjoyed the most. If…...
A Couple of Stats That Might Change Your Mind About the Highest-Profile Running Back Committees
Shawn Siegele
August 16, 2023
Shawn Siegele offers a couple of contrarian stats to help you process – or grieve – the Dalvin Cook and Ezekiel Elliott signings. A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece arguing for Breece Hall as the most important player in fantasy. On Monday afternoon, Ben Gretch and I recorded our favorite podcast – the one where we give our first-round predictions for next year’s…...
Dynasty Workshop: Completely Revamp Your Superflex Startup Approach With 3 First-Round Insights
Shawn Siegele
August 13, 2023
Shawn Siegele looks at the first round of his 2023 dynasty startup and helps you avoid the mistakes that effectively eliminate squads from both short- and long-term contention. Bjorn Yang-Vaernet and I are currently involved in a dynasty startup in the RV TriFlex format at the FFPC. Since this lineup and scoring format have become the default for new dynasty leagues across the industry, these…...
This Cheap Underdog Hack Allows You to Create a Dominant Advantage at All Positions
Shawn Siegele
August 10, 2023
Shawn Siegele explores the evidence for a cheap Underdog hack that helps you dominate all positions and pushes your advance rates through the roof. When Colm Kelly and I draft our RotoViz Overtime squads, we tend to emphasize Zero RB constructions that include Elite TE builds. The WR-heavy approach dominated 2022, and top TEs often give you a trump card through the playoffs even when…...
5 Priority Wide Receiver Targets Who Are Also Dominating Early in Training Camp
Shawn Siegele
August 7, 2023
Shawn Siegele explains why these five WRs have been the foundation of his summer draft plans and why training camp developments are making them even better picks for your big redraft leagues this August. One consistent and justified refrain from our subscribers is that you want my 2023 Draft Plan early enough for most drafters to use it on the big day. While I’ll still…...
We’re Starting to Get Serious Jamaal Charles Vibes From a Young Star in an Ascending Offense
Shawn Siegele
August 3, 2023
Shawn Siegele looks at a young back who appears ready to make the leap to stardom, perhaps even infringing upon that rarefied air that’s usually saved for discussing Jamaal Charles. There’s never been a better season for buying superstar RBs at reasonable prices, and that includes the next wave of backs floundering in what used to be the Dead Zone. We’re only getting eight RBs…...
The Next Tony Pollard Has Less Backfield Competition and Is Already Blowing Up Camp
Shawn Siegele
August 1, 2023
Shawn Siegele breaks down the thesis for one of his favorite undervalued RBs and explains why the early-camp star could be the 2023 Tony Pollard . . . but with even more ceiling. Last year, we had four backs absolutely crush formats from what is traditionally the RB Dead Zone. Josh Jacobs and Miles Sanders were pure dead zoners, but two of their compatriots came…...
The Next Kittle Already Here? Plus, How Perpetual Reloading Put Us All-In on a Top Rookie Sleeper at WR
Shawn Siegele
July 28, 2023
Shawn Siegele looks at two young stars already excelling in training camp and lays down the rationale for a Perpetual Reloading approach that starts right from the dynasty startup draft. Bjorn Yang-Vaernet and I are about to embark on an RV TriFlex startup over at the FFPC, and we’ll keep you posted on the developments. Bjorn recently wrote a great piece breaking down the mix…...
A Must-Draft Player from Each of the First 5 Rounds in FFPC Main Event and Fantasy Pros Drafts
Shawn Siegele
July 27, 2023
Shawn Siegele starts his redraft strategy sessions with a look at the best pick in each of the first five rounds of the FFPC Main Event. The best part of fantasy football has arrived. We’ve reached redraft season. In 2023 drafters can win $1 million in both the $2,000 (Main Event) and $350 (Fantasy Pros) levels at the FFPC. You can plot to win the…...
Blood Is Compulsory: It’s Time to Buy (High) and Sell (Low)
Shawn Siegele
September 12, 2023
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, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Week 1 brought a torrent of victories for the…...
How to Exploit Our In-Season Content and Tools for Fantasy Success
Shawn Siegele
September 11, 2023
Shawn Siegele details what the 2023 in-season will look like from a tools, articles, and podcasting perspective. With a glorious, harrowing, and occasionally desultory Week 1 mostly in the books, it’s overreaction season. Talking about Week 1 is almost as much fun as watching it play out on the gridiron (especially if you were starting players like Tua Tagovailoa, Tyler Allgeier, and Brandon Aiyuk). During…...
2023 Zero RB Countdown: The Update – Risers/Fallers, Plus the 3 Who Made It and the 3 Who Fell Out
Shawn Siegele
September 1, 2023
With new information after a week of cuts, injuries, and wild ADP developments, Shawn Siegele re-examines all 15 backs from the Zero RB Candidates Countdown. In the ever evolving world of fantasy pricing, three backs fall out, and three new players join the list. The Update helps me work through the logic behind the RB selections ahead of my most important drafts and hopefully provide…...
The 2023 Josh Jacobs Isn’t Who You Think: A Deep-League Redraft Plan to Win $1 Million
Shawn Siegele
August 31, 2023
We’ve arrived at the best week of the fantasy season. Redraft week. And the best mix of entry level ($350), field size, and grand prize ($1 million) comes in the FFPC FantasyPros tournament. Last week, I published my 2023 Home League Draft Plan and then complemented it a couple of days ago with the player-specific version, 39 Priority Targets and How to Play Them. Today,…...
The FFPC Superflex Tournament 2 Is Live (and Awesome) – This Is How You Win
Shawn Siegele
August 30, 2023
Shawn Siegele finished No. 2 overall in the 2021 FFPC Best Ball Tournament and reached the finals of the 2022 FFPC Superflex Tournament (both with his Overtime co-host Colm Kelly). Now he looks at what the Roster Construction Explorer tells you about winning in 2023. The original FFPC Superflex tournament has filled, but not to worry. Superflex 2 offers a $10,000 grand prize in a…...
Shawn’s 2023 Draft Plan: 39 Priority Targets and How to Play Every Position in a Wild ADP Environment
Shawn Siegele
August 28, 2023
Shawn Siegele breaks down his philosophy for 2023 drafts by position group and highlights his 39 priority targets. We had a lot of great content over the weekend, with Mat Irby providing his home league targets at RB and WR, Curtis Patrick detailing how to execute Hero RB and which players to select, and Bjorn Yang-Vaernet exploring the 5 Situations in Rounds 1 or 2…...
2023 Zero RB Candidates Countdown: No. 5 to No. 1 – The Tournament Winners?
Shawn Siegele
August 25, 2023
In Part 1 of the 2023 Zero RB Candidates Countdown, Shawn Siegele profiled backs with the types of explosive physical profiles that could help you win even at bargain basement costs. In Part 2, he broke down the league’s most dangerous backups, players with standalone value and the talent upside to land in next year’s top-10 backs. Today, he unveils the top five. Welcome to the…...
2023 Zero RB Candidates Countdown: No. 10 to No. 6 – Big-Time Talent, Standalone Value, and Top-10 Upside
Shawn Siegele
August 24, 2023
In Part 1 of the 2023 Zero RB Candidates Countdown, Shawn Siegele profiled backs with the types of explosive physical profiles that could help you win even at bargain basement costs. Today, he breaks down the league’s most dangerous backups, players with standalone value and the talent upside to land in next year’s top-10 backs. Welcome to the 2023 Zero RB target list, where we…...
2023 Zero RB Candidates Countdown: No. 15 to No. 11 – These Guys Are Electric . . . and Almost Free
Shawn Siegele
August 23, 2023
Shawn Siegele begins the 2023 Zero RB Candidates Countdown with a look at the backs who rank No. 15 to No. 11. Welcome to the 2023 Zero RB target list, where we help you find inexpensive RBs to destroy your league. The list isn’t just for Zero RB owners. You can use the list to build out the back end of home leagues, augment your…...
The 4 Key Elements of Fantasy Football Home Leagues and a 3-Part Plan to Build a Bulletproof Draft
Shawn Siegele
August 22, 2023
Shawn Siegele looks at four key elements of fantasy football home leagues and outlines the three planks of a bulletproof home-league draft plan. The biggest draft weekend of the 2023 fantasy season is on the horizon. That means it’s time to dust off your draft plan and prepare to do battle with your extended family, college friends, and long-time co-workers. Whether you’ve got a couple…...
4 Lessons from the Apex Experts League That Will Make You a Better Drafter Down the Stretch
Shawn Siegele
August 19, 2023
Mike Braude’s fantasy platform provides an excellent window into the 2023 draft landscape and gives us insights into the player targets of top analysts. The Apex Experts League is one of my favorite drafts every year. It gives us a feel of how the best minds in the industry are playing it from both a tactical and player-specific perspective, and it offers a window into…...
Dynasty Startups Are All About Guts and Patience: 13 Trade Ideas to Navigate Any Draft Environment
Shawn Siegele
August 16, 2023
Shawn Siegele explains the mechanism that makes trading down your dynasty startup superpower and details the types of trades you can and should make in real leagues. This weekend we posted Completely Revamp Your Startup Strategy With These 3 Key Insights, and in a year where I’ve had more fun writing than ever before, this was probably the piece that I enjoyed the most. If…...
A Couple of Stats That Might Change Your Mind About the Highest-Profile Running Back Committees
Shawn Siegele
August 16, 2023
Shawn Siegele offers a couple of contrarian stats to help you process – or grieve – the Dalvin Cook and Ezekiel Elliott signings. A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece arguing for Breece Hall as the most important player in fantasy. On Monday afternoon, Ben Gretch and I recorded our favorite podcast – the one where we give our first-round predictions for next year’s…...
Dynasty Workshop: Completely Revamp Your Superflex Startup Approach With 3 First-Round Insights
Shawn Siegele
August 13, 2023
Shawn Siegele looks at the first round of his 2023 dynasty startup and helps you avoid the mistakes that effectively eliminate squads from both short- and long-term contention. Bjorn Yang-Vaernet and I are currently involved in a dynasty startup in the RV TriFlex format at the FFPC. Since this lineup and scoring format have become the default for new dynasty leagues across the industry, these…...
This Cheap Underdog Hack Allows You to Create a Dominant Advantage at All Positions
Shawn Siegele
August 10, 2023
Shawn Siegele explores the evidence for a cheap Underdog hack that helps you dominate all positions and pushes your advance rates through the roof. When Colm Kelly and I draft our RotoViz Overtime squads, we tend to emphasize Zero RB constructions that include Elite TE builds. The WR-heavy approach dominated 2022, and top TEs often give you a trump card through the playoffs even when…...
5 Priority Wide Receiver Targets Who Are Also Dominating Early in Training Camp
Shawn Siegele
August 7, 2023
Shawn Siegele explains why these five WRs have been the foundation of his summer draft plans and why training camp developments are making them even better picks for your big redraft leagues this August. One consistent and justified refrain from our subscribers is that you want my 2023 Draft Plan early enough for most drafters to use it on the big day. While I’ll still…...
We’re Starting to Get Serious Jamaal Charles Vibes From a Young Star in an Ascending Offense
Shawn Siegele
August 3, 2023
Shawn Siegele looks at a young back who appears ready to make the leap to stardom, perhaps even infringing upon that rarefied air that’s usually saved for discussing Jamaal Charles. There’s never been a better season for buying superstar RBs at reasonable prices, and that includes the next wave of backs floundering in what used to be the Dead Zone. We’re only getting eight RBs…...
The Next Tony Pollard Has Less Backfield Competition and Is Already Blowing Up Camp
Shawn Siegele
August 1, 2023
Shawn Siegele breaks down the thesis for one of his favorite undervalued RBs and explains why the early-camp star could be the 2023 Tony Pollard . . . but with even more ceiling. Last year, we had four backs absolutely crush formats from what is traditionally the RB Dead Zone. Josh Jacobs and Miles Sanders were pure dead zoners, but two of their compatriots came…...
The Next Kittle Already Here? Plus, How Perpetual Reloading Put Us All-In on a Top Rookie Sleeper at WR
Shawn Siegele
July 28, 2023
Shawn Siegele looks at two young stars already excelling in training camp and lays down the rationale for a Perpetual Reloading approach that starts right from the dynasty startup draft. Bjorn Yang-Vaernet and I are about to embark on an RV TriFlex startup over at the FFPC, and we’ll keep you posted on the developments. Bjorn recently wrote a great piece breaking down the mix…...
A Must-Draft Player from Each of the First 5 Rounds in FFPC Main Event and Fantasy Pros Drafts
Shawn Siegele
July 27, 2023
Shawn Siegele starts his redraft strategy sessions with a look at the best pick in each of the first five rounds of the FFPC Main Event. The best part of fantasy football has arrived. We’ve reached redraft season. In 2023 drafters can win $1 million in both the $2,000 (Main Event) and $350 (Fantasy Pros) levels at the FFPC. You can plot to win the…...
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