In Lesson 2 of the Best Ball Workshop, Shawn Siegele breaks down an aggressive approach to roster construction for Underdog’s Superflex tournament. As we close in on NFL draft day, Underdog’s Big Board: Superflex gives you the joy of drafting, the flexibility of SF, and the ability to tell your friends you won $100,000 because you knew which rookies were going to hit. If you’re following…...

Shawn Siegele explores how to attack the early rounds of Underdog’s fantastic new Superflex best ball tournament.  Colm Kelly and I have drafted Underdog and FFPC squads all spring on RotoViz Overtime, and I’m going to start the 2023 Best Ball Workshop by looking at our most recent foray, an entry in the Underdog Big Board: Superflex contest. I love the rise of Superflex…...

Shawn Siegele breaks down results from the first round of the Underdog playoff tournaments and begins the strategy session for new versions of the Gauntlet and Mitten. The Underdog playoff contests are compulsively addictive six-person drafts. Each team selects a 10-player best ball lineup that starts 1-QB, 1-RB, 2-WR/TE, and 1-Flex in the battle to progress through each individual playoff round and win the big…...

By now you’re probably familiar with how awesomely addictive this contest is, and if you’re not you can read the full intros in some of my previous strategy pieces. As I write this on Thursday night, four versions of the Mitten have filled and Gauntlet 2 is 53% full. If you have the best draft execution on Friday, you could win the $200,000. In this…...

Shawn Siegele examines the swiftly changing landscape of Underdog playoff contests and explains how to turn new prices to your advantage. Update: I’ve tweaked the Saturday version after the Jaguars, Dolphins, and Seahawks locked down their playoff spots.  Underdog playoff drafts are fast-paced, exciting, and addictive. The $25 Gauntlet contest is now 80% full. Update: The Gauntlet has filled and Gauntlet 2 is now open…...

Shawn Siegele explains his contrarian approach for the Underdog playoff tournaments. If you want to maximize your advance rates while building a potentially powerful Super Bowl squad, these reality underdogs could be the way to do it. Gauntlet and Mitten drafts are now live over at Underdog. The Mitten 1 filled, so we’re on to Mitten 2, which is currently at 40% and filling fast…....

Gauntlet and Mitten drafts are now live over at Underdog. Madison Parkhill wrote a great strategy piece earlier this week, and it’ll help get you start attacking these fun playoff tournaments. The Gauntlet is a $25 playoff contest that features a $100,000 top prize and requires contestants to advance through each of the first three rounds and then win the tournament during the Super Bowl…....

It’s one of my favorite times of the year – playoff best ball szn. As our season-long managed and best ball teams come to an end, playoff best ball comes to the rescue. While the optimization of our rosters is the same, the playoff format has some key differences. Let’s start with the basics. The Basics Each Underdog tournament has six drafters and 10 rounds,…...

The regular season is over, and this week is early Christmas for best ball competitors as we sift through our portfolios, unwrapping those teams that advanced into the FFPC and Underdog tournaments. For one member of the RotoViz community, that present included a remarkable bonus of $1 million dollars, as King Kap took down the regular season crown. I have to admit I love this…...