Bjorn Yang-Vaernet explores how best ball drafters sabotage themselves by taking too many running backs and how to build a roster after a WR/TE start I recently drafted in my home redraft league. I started off with Travis Kelce and by the time it came back to my pick in Round 2, so many running backs were taken that I ended up with Stefon Diggs.((My…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet shares three RBs with asymmetric upside that complement WR-heavy roster builds in best ball. In my article last week, I wrote about how to make the most of a late-round draft pick by starting with back-to-back wide receivers. Drafters that followed the structural guidelines within that piece will likely have one, or possibly two, running backs heading into Round 9. In this article,…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet explores how two structural guidelines can turn a late-round draft pick into a roster that can rival any Christian McCaffrey team. During the past two months, Shawn Siegele put out a number of articles detailing how to make the best of a late-round draft pick in best ball. One of the key tenets of his argument is picking the elite wide receivers. It…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet explains the three roster-building guidelines to follow after drafting Travis Kelce and running back in the first two rounds to more than double your baseline win rate. In the 2019 season when Christian McCaffrey had the legendary 448.4 PPR fantasy point season, best ball managers that had him on their team won an insane 36.9% of the time. Considering 8.3% is the baseline…...

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet makes the case for why drafting Travis Kelce early in Round 1 can not only lead to a higher floor, but a better ceiling in 2021 best ball. In the Stealing Banana’s episode “Is Modified Zero RB Part of the Zero RB Universe?” (31:00 min), Ben Gretch and Shawn Siegele talked about the questions surrounding the running backs in Round 1 going after…...

Are the best mobile QBs worth their draft price in best ball drafts? Bjorn Yang-Vaernet examines historical win rates to determine which elite QBs to be overweight and underweight on in 2021. The fantasy football draft has similarities to the stock market. The players are similar to stocks in that one can craft the portfolio of players that you believe in most. However, everything comes…...

Is stacking always the right play in best ball leagues? What if your quarterback picks get much of their fantasy production on the ground, rather than in the passing game? Bjorn Yang-Vaernet explains how to approach stacking with mobile quarterbacks and provides some easy tactics that can give your win rates a significant boost. Blanket rules are pervasive in the fantasy football industry.  Wait on…...