Kevin Szafraniec

Full-time Cat Dad, Sneakerhead, Record Collector, LOTR Fanboy, and Jeopardy Enthusiast. Fantasy football writer and beatmaker in my free time. Follow me on X and Bluesky @thecatdadff

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There’s No Place Like Home: Navigating 2024 Yahoo ADP Through the Eyes of a Year-Round Fantasy Drafter, Part 3 – Elite or Late at QB and TE?

Kevin Szafraniec August 30, 2024

For the real weirdos who were already knee deep in best ball drafts before the conclusion of last year’s Super Bowl, home leagues can seem like a formality in the final few weeks before the NFL regular season kicks off. As part of this cohort, it can be a shock to my system entering the first home league draft room of the year, only to…...

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The 5 Craziest Values in FFPC $350 Redraft Contests: No. 1 – The Best Dead Zone RB Option Is Not James Cook

Shawn Siegele August 29, 2024

Shawn Siegele brings you his five favorite upside values in the FFPC FantasyPros contest. At No. 1 we find a Dead Zone running back ready to make the leap to superstardom . . . and it’s not James Cook. Right now there’s no question about your best chance to win $1 million in fantasy football this season. It’s the FFPC $350 FantasyPros contest. Blair Andrews has…...

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There’s No Place Like Home: Navigating 2024 Yahoo ADP Through the Eyes of a Year-Round Fantasy Drafter, Part 2 – Either Zero or Hero, Let’s Get Those RBs

Kevin Szafraniec August 29, 2024

For the real weirdos who were already knee deep in best ball drafts before the conclusion of last year’s Super Bowl, home leagues can seem like a formality in the final few weeks before the NFL regular season kicks off. As part of this cohort, it can be a shock to my system entering the first home league draft room of the year, only to…...

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Home League Titles Live Forever: 10 Upside Plays to Crush Your Most Important Draft

Shawn Siegele August 28, 2024

Shawn Siegele provides his 10 favorite upside plays to crush your home league drafts this weekend. A few days ago I released my 25 Priority Targets for Home Leagues with ESPN ADP. Our priority recommendations are built on three concepts. Crafting rosters with an extreme emphasis on talent Emphasizing players who provide exposure to scenarios with explosive upside Leveraging cost such that drafters have plenty…...

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Draft Breakdown: How to Evaluate Your Team’s Chances in an FFPC FantasyPros Championship League

Blair Andrews August 28, 2024

Blair Andrews’ FFPC redraft strategy session breaks down all the dos and don’ts to help your high-stakes team win $1 million. If you want to win a million dollars playing fantasy football, there aren’t many more accessible ways to do it than the FFPC FantasyPros Championship. This contest features the same top prize as its sister contest, the FFPC Main Event, and has an ever…...

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There’s No Place Like Home: Navigating 2024 Yahoo ADP Through the Eyes of a Year-Round Fantasy Drafter, Part 1 – The WR Gameplan

Kevin Szafraniec August 28, 2024

For the real weirdos who were already knee deep in best ball drafts before the conclusion of last year’s Super Bowl, home leagues can seem like a formality in the final few weeks before the NFL regular season kicks off. As part of this cohort, it can be a shock to my system entering the first home league draft room of the year, only to…...

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The 5 Craziest Upside Values in FFPC $350 Redraft Contests: No. 2 – Why Risk Brandon Aiyuk When You Get an Incredible Price on This Breakout Star

Shawn Siegele August 28, 2024

Shawn Siegele brings you his five favorite upside values in the FFPC FantasyPros contest. At No. 2 we find a young receiving star who gives you Brandon Aiyuk’s upside but at a discount and without the drama. Right now there’s no question about your best chance to win $1 million in fantasy football this season. It’s the FFPC $350 FantasyPros contest. Blair Andrews has been getting…...

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5 Cheap Rookie Wide Receivers Who Are Going To Explode in the Fantasy Playoffs

Michael Dubner August 27, 2024

Scoring the most fantasy points in the fantasy playoffs seems obvious and straightforward, yet it can be tempting to get Week 1 brain with the NFL season rapidly approaching. While the 14-week fantasy football regular season accounts for 82% of the games played, all weeks are not created equal, as Weeks 16 and 17 matter more than the first 14 weeks combined. Drafting rosters with…...

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The 5 Craziest Upside Values in FFPC $350 Redraft Contests: No. 3 – A Better Vertical Option Than George Pickens at a Fraction of the Cost?

Shawn Siegele August 27, 2024

Shawn Siegele brings you his five favorite upside values in the FFPC FantasyPros contest. No. 3 is a vertical threat about to go supernova. Right now there’s no question about your best chance to win $1 million in fantasy football this season. It’s the FFPC $350 FantasyPros contest. Blair Andrews has been getting you ready for the contest with his 10 Best Value Picks in…...

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Range of Outcomes Projections: Overlooked WRs Presenting Tremendous Upside at ADP

Dave Caban August 27, 2024

Dave Caban uses his detailed projections process to visualize ranges of outcomes for the top 72 wide receivers, factoring in shifts in market shares and team play volumes. Over the past three months, I’ve dedicated significant time to working on the RotoViz 2024 Fantasy Football Player Projections. This year, I introduced a new element by analyzing how potential shifts in market share and team play volume…...

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Searching for Similarities Between the 2021 Seahawks and 2022 Buccaneers Reveals 1 Offense That Could Outperform Expectations in 2024 (And 2 Other Teams to Keep an Eye On)

Kevin Szafraniec August 27, 2024

It is often said that quarterback is the most important position in all of sports. A statement like that makes it not all that surprising when the perception of an offense changes following the move from a potential Hall-of-Fame QB to an inconsistent journeyman. In the past two seasons we have seen two situations where the departure of a pillar at the QB position, and…...

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The 5 Best Picks in FFPC $350 Redraft Contests: No. 4 – This TE Shouldn’t Fall Behind Tyler Conklin

Shawn Siegele August 27, 2024

Shawn Siegele brings you his five favorite values in the FFPC FantasyPros contest. The No. 4 option is an unfashionable TE about to jump to elite status. Right now there’s no question about your best chance to win $1 million in fantasy football this season. It’s the FFPC $350 FantasyPros contest. Blair Andrews has been getting you ready for the contest with his 10 Best…...

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The 5 Best Picks in FFPC $350 Redraft Contests: No. 5 – A Better Late-Round WR Than Jalen Tolbert

Shawn Siegele August 26, 2024

Shawn Siegele brings you his five favorite values in the FFPC FantasyPros contest, starting with a league-winning late-round WR. Right now there’s no question about your best chance to win $1 million in fantasy football this season. It’s the FFPC $350 FantasyPros contest. Blair Andrews has been getting you ready for the contest with his 10 Best Value Picks in FantasyPros Contests and a look…...

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Is Elite QB the Key to 2024 Drafts? How to Exploit Underdog’s ADP Shift with an Underutilized Yet Powerful Stacking Strategy

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet August 26, 2024

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet explores the nuances of the Elite-QB roster construction strategy for Underdog best ball tournaments in 2024 After a whole summer of drafting best ball teams on Underdog, I’ve come to love Rounds 4 and 5 because I can draft elite QBs. This position group is underpriced because the market overreacted to how the one season sample of 2023 played out. The knee-jerk reaction…...

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The RotoViz Home League Blueprint: 25 Priority Targets to Help Navigate Your Most Important Draft

Shawn Siegele August 25, 2024

Shawn Siegele unveils his 25 Priority Targets for home leagues with PPR settings and shallower 2-RB, 2-WR, 1-Flex starting lineups. Yesterday we looked at the 24 Priority Targets for redraft leagues using FFPC settings. When combined with the Upside Mega-Tiers, those targets are broadly applicable to all formats. But today, we want to dig a little bit deeper into formats that are more starting-lineup heavy…...

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Become a Shark in Your Home League: These High-Stakes Favorites Are the 12 Best Current Values in ESPN Drafts

Blair Andrews August 24, 2024

Blair Andrews compares ESPN average draft positions against those in FFPC Main Event and FantasyPros Championship drafts to find the best current values in ESPN leagues. Even with the huge prize pools available in the many high-stakes contests — including one that represents your most cost-effective chance to become a millionaire playing fantasy football — still there’s nothing like the feeling of winning your home…...

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Shawn’s 24 Priority Targets and 2024 Redraft Game Plan: How to Land the League Winners

Shawn Siegele August 24, 2024

Shawn Siegele provides his 24 priority targets for the 2024 redraft season and works through how to attack upcoming fantasy football drafts. The Priority Targets list works best in companion with my 2024 draft plan, The Upside Mega-Tiers Use Optimism and Humility to Help You Crush Your League. That workshop allows you to envision the entire 2024 draft landscape as a dynamic organism that can be…...

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Range of Outcomes Projections: 2 Undervalued Veterans and the RB Who Can Take Teams at the Turn to the Next Level

Dave Caban August 24, 2024

Dave Caban uses his detailed projections process to visualize ranges of outcomes for the top-48 running backs, factoring in shifts in market shares and team play volumes. Over the past three months, I’ve dedicated significant time to working on the RotoViz 2024 Fantasy Football Player Projections. This year, I introduced a new element by analyzing how potential shifts in market share and team play volume…...

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These Undervalued Metrics Are the Secret to Unlocking RB Breakouts – 4 Must-Draft RBs for 2024

Blair Andrews August 24, 2024

Blair Andrews helps you conceptualize the types of RB performances at the NFL level that lead to huge breakouts and big-time win rates. Last time we uncovered a group of running backs that have historically returned a 40% breakout rate. But knowing that a certain group of players break out at a higher rate than others doesn’t necessarily tell us who is most likely to…...

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2024 Zero RB Candidates Countdown: No. 5 to No. 1 – The Tournament Winners

Shawn Siegele August 23, 2024

In Part 3 of the 2024 Zero RB Candidates Countdown, Shawn Siegele looks at five RBs who are poised to beat ADP by four or more rounds, including two who could leap into the 2025 first round. The first two parts of the Countdown included the full intro with links to our articles explaining the Zero RB rationale and the hits from previous seasons. If…...

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There’s No Place Like Home: Navigating 2024 Yahoo ADP Through the Eyes of a Year-Round Fantasy Drafter, Part 3 – Elite or Late at QB and TE?

Kevin Szafraniec August 30, 2024

For the real weirdos who were already knee deep in best ball drafts before the conclusion of last year’s Super Bowl, home leagues can seem like a formality in the final few weeks before the NFL regular season kicks off. As part of this cohort, it can be a shock to my system entering the first home league draft room of the year, only to…...

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The 5 Craziest Values in FFPC $350 Redraft Contests: No. 1 – The Best Dead Zone RB Option Is Not James Cook

Shawn Siegele August 29, 2024

Shawn Siegele brings you his five favorite upside values in the FFPC FantasyPros contest. At No. 1 we find a Dead Zone running back ready to make the leap to superstardom . . . and it’s not James Cook. Right now there’s no question about your best chance to win $1 million in fantasy football this season. It’s the FFPC $350 FantasyPros contest. Blair Andrews has…...

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There’s No Place Like Home: Navigating 2024 Yahoo ADP Through the Eyes of a Year-Round Fantasy Drafter, Part 2 – Either Zero or Hero, Let’s Get Those RBs

Kevin Szafraniec August 29, 2024

For the real weirdos who were already knee deep in best ball drafts before the conclusion of last year’s Super Bowl, home leagues can seem like a formality in the final few weeks before the NFL regular season kicks off. As part of this cohort, it can be a shock to my system entering the first home league draft room of the year, only to…...

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Home League Titles Live Forever: 10 Upside Plays to Crush Your Most Important Draft

Shawn Siegele August 28, 2024

Shawn Siegele provides his 10 favorite upside plays to crush your home league drafts this weekend. A few days ago I released my 25 Priority Targets for Home Leagues with ESPN ADP. Our priority recommendations are built on three concepts. Crafting rosters with an extreme emphasis on talent Emphasizing players who provide exposure to scenarios with explosive upside Leveraging cost such that drafters have plenty…...

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Draft Breakdown: How to Evaluate Your Team’s Chances in an FFPC FantasyPros Championship League

Blair Andrews August 28, 2024

Blair Andrews’ FFPC redraft strategy session breaks down all the dos and don’ts to help your high-stakes team win $1 million. If you want to win a million dollars playing fantasy football, there aren’t many more accessible ways to do it than the FFPC FantasyPros Championship. This contest features the same top prize as its sister contest, the FFPC Main Event, and has an ever…...

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There’s No Place Like Home: Navigating 2024 Yahoo ADP Through the Eyes of a Year-Round Fantasy Drafter, Part 1 – The WR Gameplan

Kevin Szafraniec August 28, 2024

For the real weirdos who were already knee deep in best ball drafts before the conclusion of last year’s Super Bowl, home leagues can seem like a formality in the final few weeks before the NFL regular season kicks off. As part of this cohort, it can be a shock to my system entering the first home league draft room of the year, only to…...

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The 5 Craziest Upside Values in FFPC $350 Redraft Contests: No. 2 – Why Risk Brandon Aiyuk When You Get an Incredible Price on This Breakout Star

Shawn Siegele August 28, 2024

Shawn Siegele brings you his five favorite upside values in the FFPC FantasyPros contest. At No. 2 we find a young receiving star who gives you Brandon Aiyuk’s upside but at a discount and without the drama. Right now there’s no question about your best chance to win $1 million in fantasy football this season. It’s the FFPC $350 FantasyPros contest. Blair Andrews has been getting…...

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5 Cheap Rookie Wide Receivers Who Are Going To Explode in the Fantasy Playoffs

Michael Dubner August 27, 2024

Scoring the most fantasy points in the fantasy playoffs seems obvious and straightforward, yet it can be tempting to get Week 1 brain with the NFL season rapidly approaching. While the 14-week fantasy football regular season accounts for 82% of the games played, all weeks are not created equal, as Weeks 16 and 17 matter more than the first 14 weeks combined. Drafting rosters with…...

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The 5 Craziest Upside Values in FFPC $350 Redraft Contests: No. 3 – A Better Vertical Option Than George Pickens at a Fraction of the Cost?

Shawn Siegele August 27, 2024

Shawn Siegele brings you his five favorite upside values in the FFPC FantasyPros contest. No. 3 is a vertical threat about to go supernova. Right now there’s no question about your best chance to win $1 million in fantasy football this season. It’s the FFPC $350 FantasyPros contest. Blair Andrews has been getting you ready for the contest with his 10 Best Value Picks in…...

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Range of Outcomes Projections: Overlooked WRs Presenting Tremendous Upside at ADP

Dave Caban August 27, 2024

Dave Caban uses his detailed projections process to visualize ranges of outcomes for the top 72 wide receivers, factoring in shifts in market shares and team play volumes. Over the past three months, I’ve dedicated significant time to working on the RotoViz 2024 Fantasy Football Player Projections. This year, I introduced a new element by analyzing how potential shifts in market share and team play volume…...

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Searching for Similarities Between the 2021 Seahawks and 2022 Buccaneers Reveals 1 Offense That Could Outperform Expectations in 2024 (And 2 Other Teams to Keep an Eye On)

Kevin Szafraniec August 27, 2024

It is often said that quarterback is the most important position in all of sports. A statement like that makes it not all that surprising when the perception of an offense changes following the move from a potential Hall-of-Fame QB to an inconsistent journeyman. In the past two seasons we have seen two situations where the departure of a pillar at the QB position, and…...

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The 5 Best Picks in FFPC $350 Redraft Contests: No. 4 – This TE Shouldn’t Fall Behind Tyler Conklin

Shawn Siegele August 27, 2024

Shawn Siegele brings you his five favorite values in the FFPC FantasyPros contest. The No. 4 option is an unfashionable TE about to jump to elite status. Right now there’s no question about your best chance to win $1 million in fantasy football this season. It’s the FFPC $350 FantasyPros contest. Blair Andrews has been getting you ready for the contest with his 10 Best…...

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The 5 Best Picks in FFPC $350 Redraft Contests: No. 5 – A Better Late-Round WR Than Jalen Tolbert

Shawn Siegele August 26, 2024

Shawn Siegele brings you his five favorite values in the FFPC FantasyPros contest, starting with a league-winning late-round WR. Right now there’s no question about your best chance to win $1 million in fantasy football this season. It’s the FFPC $350 FantasyPros contest. Blair Andrews has been getting you ready for the contest with his 10 Best Value Picks in FantasyPros Contests and a look…...

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Is Elite QB the Key to 2024 Drafts? How to Exploit Underdog’s ADP Shift with an Underutilized Yet Powerful Stacking Strategy

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet August 26, 2024

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet explores the nuances of the Elite-QB roster construction strategy for Underdog best ball tournaments in 2024 After a whole summer of drafting best ball teams on Underdog, I’ve come to love Rounds 4 and 5 because I can draft elite QBs. This position group is underpriced because the market overreacted to how the one season sample of 2023 played out. The knee-jerk reaction…...

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The RotoViz Home League Blueprint: 25 Priority Targets to Help Navigate Your Most Important Draft

Shawn Siegele August 25, 2024

Shawn Siegele unveils his 25 Priority Targets for home leagues with PPR settings and shallower 2-RB, 2-WR, 1-Flex starting lineups. Yesterday we looked at the 24 Priority Targets for redraft leagues using FFPC settings. When combined with the Upside Mega-Tiers, those targets are broadly applicable to all formats. But today, we want to dig a little bit deeper into formats that are more starting-lineup heavy…...

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Become a Shark in Your Home League: These High-Stakes Favorites Are the 12 Best Current Values in ESPN Drafts

Blair Andrews August 24, 2024

Blair Andrews compares ESPN average draft positions against those in FFPC Main Event and FantasyPros Championship drafts to find the best current values in ESPN leagues. Even with the huge prize pools available in the many high-stakes contests — including one that represents your most cost-effective chance to become a millionaire playing fantasy football — still there’s nothing like the feeling of winning your home…...

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Shawn’s 24 Priority Targets and 2024 Redraft Game Plan: How to Land the League Winners

Shawn Siegele August 24, 2024

Shawn Siegele provides his 24 priority targets for the 2024 redraft season and works through how to attack upcoming fantasy football drafts. The Priority Targets list works best in companion with my 2024 draft plan, The Upside Mega-Tiers Use Optimism and Humility to Help You Crush Your League. That workshop allows you to envision the entire 2024 draft landscape as a dynamic organism that can be…...

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Range of Outcomes Projections: 2 Undervalued Veterans and the RB Who Can Take Teams at the Turn to the Next Level

Dave Caban August 24, 2024

Dave Caban uses his detailed projections process to visualize ranges of outcomes for the top-48 running backs, factoring in shifts in market shares and team play volumes. Over the past three months, I’ve dedicated significant time to working on the RotoViz 2024 Fantasy Football Player Projections. This year, I introduced a new element by analyzing how potential shifts in market share and team play volume…...

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These Undervalued Metrics Are the Secret to Unlocking RB Breakouts – 4 Must-Draft RBs for 2024

Blair Andrews August 24, 2024

Blair Andrews helps you conceptualize the types of RB performances at the NFL level that lead to huge breakouts and big-time win rates. Last time we uncovered a group of running backs that have historically returned a 40% breakout rate. But knowing that a certain group of players break out at a higher rate than others doesn’t necessarily tell us who is most likely to…...

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2024 Zero RB Candidates Countdown: No. 5 to No. 1 – The Tournament Winners

Shawn Siegele August 23, 2024

In Part 3 of the 2024 Zero RB Candidates Countdown, Shawn Siegele looks at five RBs who are poised to beat ADP by four or more rounds, including two who could leap into the 2025 first round. The first two parts of the Countdown included the full intro with links to our articles explaining the Zero RB rationale and the hits from previous seasons. If…...

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There’s No Place Like Home: Navigating 2024 Yahoo ADP Through the Eyes of a Year-Round Fantasy Drafter, Part 3 – Elite or Late at QB and TE?

Kevin Szafraniec August 30, 2024

For the real weirdos who were already knee deep in best ball drafts before the conclusion of last year’s Super Bowl, home leagues can seem like a formality in the final few weeks before the NFL regular season kicks off. As part of this cohort, it can be a shock to my system entering the first home league draft room of the year, only to…...

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The 5 Craziest Values in FFPC $350 Redraft Contests: No. 1 – The Best Dead Zone RB Option Is Not James Cook

Shawn Siegele August 29, 2024

Shawn Siegele brings you his five favorite upside values in the FFPC FantasyPros contest. At No. 1 we find a Dead Zone running back ready to make the leap to superstardom . . . and it’s not James Cook. Right now there’s no question about your best chance to win $1 million in fantasy football this season. It’s the FFPC $350 FantasyPros contest. Blair Andrews has…...

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There’s No Place Like Home: Navigating 2024 Yahoo ADP Through the Eyes of a Year-Round Fantasy Drafter, Part 2 – Either Zero or Hero, Let’s Get Those RBs

Kevin Szafraniec August 29, 2024

For the real weirdos who were already knee deep in best ball drafts before the conclusion of last year’s Super Bowl, home leagues can seem like a formality in the final few weeks before the NFL regular season kicks off. As part of this cohort, it can be a shock to my system entering the first home league draft room of the year, only to…...

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Home League Titles Live Forever: 10 Upside Plays to Crush Your Most Important Draft

Shawn Siegele August 28, 2024

Shawn Siegele provides his 10 favorite upside plays to crush your home league drafts this weekend. A few days ago I released my 25 Priority Targets for Home Leagues with ESPN ADP. Our priority recommendations are built on three concepts. Crafting rosters with an extreme emphasis on talent Emphasizing players who provide exposure to scenarios with explosive upside Leveraging cost such that drafters have plenty…...

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Draft Breakdown: How to Evaluate Your Team’s Chances in an FFPC FantasyPros Championship League

Blair Andrews August 28, 2024

Blair Andrews’ FFPC redraft strategy session breaks down all the dos and don’ts to help your high-stakes team win $1 million. If you want to win a million dollars playing fantasy football, there aren’t many more accessible ways to do it than the FFPC FantasyPros Championship. This contest features the same top prize as its sister contest, the FFPC Main Event, and has an ever…...

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There’s No Place Like Home: Navigating 2024 Yahoo ADP Through the Eyes of a Year-Round Fantasy Drafter, Part 1 – The WR Gameplan

Kevin Szafraniec August 28, 2024

For the real weirdos who were already knee deep in best ball drafts before the conclusion of last year’s Super Bowl, home leagues can seem like a formality in the final few weeks before the NFL regular season kicks off. As part of this cohort, it can be a shock to my system entering the first home league draft room of the year, only to…...

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The 5 Craziest Upside Values in FFPC $350 Redraft Contests: No. 2 – Why Risk Brandon Aiyuk When You Get an Incredible Price on This Breakout Star

Shawn Siegele August 28, 2024

Shawn Siegele brings you his five favorite upside values in the FFPC FantasyPros contest. At No. 2 we find a young receiving star who gives you Brandon Aiyuk’s upside but at a discount and without the drama. Right now there’s no question about your best chance to win $1 million in fantasy football this season. It’s the FFPC $350 FantasyPros contest. Blair Andrews has been getting…...

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5 Cheap Rookie Wide Receivers Who Are Going To Explode in the Fantasy Playoffs

Michael Dubner August 27, 2024

Scoring the most fantasy points in the fantasy playoffs seems obvious and straightforward, yet it can be tempting to get Week 1 brain with the NFL season rapidly approaching. While the 14-week fantasy football regular season accounts for 82% of the games played, all weeks are not created equal, as Weeks 16 and 17 matter more than the first 14 weeks combined. Drafting rosters with…...

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The 5 Craziest Upside Values in FFPC $350 Redraft Contests: No. 3 – A Better Vertical Option Than George Pickens at a Fraction of the Cost?

Shawn Siegele August 27, 2024

Shawn Siegele brings you his five favorite upside values in the FFPC FantasyPros contest. No. 3 is a vertical threat about to go supernova. Right now there’s no question about your best chance to win $1 million in fantasy football this season. It’s the FFPC $350 FantasyPros contest. Blair Andrews has been getting you ready for the contest with his 10 Best Value Picks in…...

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Range of Outcomes Projections: Overlooked WRs Presenting Tremendous Upside at ADP

Dave Caban August 27, 2024

Dave Caban uses his detailed projections process to visualize ranges of outcomes for the top 72 wide receivers, factoring in shifts in market shares and team play volumes. Over the past three months, I’ve dedicated significant time to working on the RotoViz 2024 Fantasy Football Player Projections. This year, I introduced a new element by analyzing how potential shifts in market share and team play volume…...

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Searching for Similarities Between the 2021 Seahawks and 2022 Buccaneers Reveals 1 Offense That Could Outperform Expectations in 2024 (And 2 Other Teams to Keep an Eye On)

Kevin Szafraniec August 27, 2024

It is often said that quarterback is the most important position in all of sports. A statement like that makes it not all that surprising when the perception of an offense changes following the move from a potential Hall-of-Fame QB to an inconsistent journeyman. In the past two seasons we have seen two situations where the departure of a pillar at the QB position, and…...

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The 5 Best Picks in FFPC $350 Redraft Contests: No. 4 – This TE Shouldn’t Fall Behind Tyler Conklin

Shawn Siegele August 27, 2024

Shawn Siegele brings you his five favorite values in the FFPC FantasyPros contest. The No. 4 option is an unfashionable TE about to jump to elite status. Right now there’s no question about your best chance to win $1 million in fantasy football this season. It’s the FFPC $350 FantasyPros contest. Blair Andrews has been getting you ready for the contest with his 10 Best…...

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The 5 Best Picks in FFPC $350 Redraft Contests: No. 5 – A Better Late-Round WR Than Jalen Tolbert

Shawn Siegele August 26, 2024

Shawn Siegele brings you his five favorite values in the FFPC FantasyPros contest, starting with a league-winning late-round WR. Right now there’s no question about your best chance to win $1 million in fantasy football this season. It’s the FFPC $350 FantasyPros contest. Blair Andrews has been getting you ready for the contest with his 10 Best Value Picks in FantasyPros Contests and a look…...

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Is Elite QB the Key to 2024 Drafts? How to Exploit Underdog’s ADP Shift with an Underutilized Yet Powerful Stacking Strategy

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet August 26, 2024

Bjorn Yang-Vaernet explores the nuances of the Elite-QB roster construction strategy for Underdog best ball tournaments in 2024 After a whole summer of drafting best ball teams on Underdog, I’ve come to love Rounds 4 and 5 because I can draft elite QBs. This position group is underpriced because the market overreacted to how the one season sample of 2023 played out. The knee-jerk reaction…...

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The RotoViz Home League Blueprint: 25 Priority Targets to Help Navigate Your Most Important Draft

Shawn Siegele August 25, 2024

Shawn Siegele unveils his 25 Priority Targets for home leagues with PPR settings and shallower 2-RB, 2-WR, 1-Flex starting lineups. Yesterday we looked at the 24 Priority Targets for redraft leagues using FFPC settings. When combined with the Upside Mega-Tiers, those targets are broadly applicable to all formats. But today, we want to dig a little bit deeper into formats that are more starting-lineup heavy…...

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Become a Shark in Your Home League: These High-Stakes Favorites Are the 12 Best Current Values in ESPN Drafts

Blair Andrews August 24, 2024

Blair Andrews compares ESPN average draft positions against those in FFPC Main Event and FantasyPros Championship drafts to find the best current values in ESPN leagues. Even with the huge prize pools available in the many high-stakes contests — including one that represents your most cost-effective chance to become a millionaire playing fantasy football — still there’s nothing like the feeling of winning your home…...

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Shawn’s 24 Priority Targets and 2024 Redraft Game Plan: How to Land the League Winners

Shawn Siegele August 24, 2024

Shawn Siegele provides his 24 priority targets for the 2024 redraft season and works through how to attack upcoming fantasy football drafts. The Priority Targets list works best in companion with my 2024 draft plan, The Upside Mega-Tiers Use Optimism and Humility to Help You Crush Your League. That workshop allows you to envision the entire 2024 draft landscape as a dynamic organism that can be…...

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Range of Outcomes Projections: 2 Undervalued Veterans and the RB Who Can Take Teams at the Turn to the Next Level

Dave Caban August 24, 2024

Dave Caban uses his detailed projections process to visualize ranges of outcomes for the top-48 running backs, factoring in shifts in market shares and team play volumes. Over the past three months, I’ve dedicated significant time to working on the RotoViz 2024 Fantasy Football Player Projections. This year, I introduced a new element by analyzing how potential shifts in market share and team play volume…...

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These Undervalued Metrics Are the Secret to Unlocking RB Breakouts – 4 Must-Draft RBs for 2024

Blair Andrews August 24, 2024

Blair Andrews helps you conceptualize the types of RB performances at the NFL level that lead to huge breakouts and big-time win rates. Last time we uncovered a group of running backs that have historically returned a 40% breakout rate. But knowing that a certain group of players break out at a higher rate than others doesn’t necessarily tell us who is most likely to…...

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2024 Zero RB Candidates Countdown: No. 5 to No. 1 – The Tournament Winners

Shawn Siegele August 23, 2024

In Part 3 of the 2024 Zero RB Candidates Countdown, Shawn Siegele looks at five RBs who are poised to beat ADP by four or more rounds, including two who could leap into the 2025 first round. The first two parts of the Countdown included the full intro with links to our articles explaining the Zero RB rationale and the hits from previous seasons. If…...

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