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Stuck in a Bad-Draft-Slot Rut? Mix Things Up and Get Your Guys with the All-Reach Team
Blair Andrews
June 13, 2024
On some podcast episodes, Shawn has noted — when lamenting the preponderance of late picks in his Best Ball Mania 5 portfolio — that if you don’t get a top-10 pick, you basically don’t have access to any first-round values. (Of course, that assumes a rational drafter takes Garrett Wilson ahead of ADP, leaving you with A.J. Brown as an ADP — but not rankings…...
Dynasty Spotlight: De’Von Achane Is a Human Highlight Reel, but Is He Too Risky as a Dynasty Asset?
Mat Irby
June 11, 2024
Few players have been as breathtaking, mind-bending, and enigmatic in their rookie season as De’Von Achane was in 2023. A four-star recruit out of high school, Achane stayed in relative proximity to his suburban Houston upbringing, committing to Texas A&M and sitting behind Isaiah Spiller for the bulk of his first season, excelling in a limited role. By the time he made it to the…...
Forgiveness is the Key to Healing, Part 1: 4 Players Who Burned Best Ball Teams Last Season, But Deserve Another Chance in 2024
Kevin Szafraniec
June 10, 2024
Cautionary tales abound warning of the risks involved when dealing with unrequited love. Just turn on any Lifetime movie if you don’t believe me. As a fantasy football player, at times I have found myself to be just as irrational as any scorned lover in a made-for-TV movie. Being too quick to write off an underperforming player, and/or refusing to heed evidence that is contrary…...
The Roster Construction Explorer Provides a Key Hack for Beating the FFPC Superflex Best Ball Tournament
Shawn Siegele
June 7, 2024
Shawn Siegele dials up the RotoViz Roster Construction Explorer and looks at a key hack for beating the FFPC Superflex best ball tournament. Last year was a lot of fun in the Main Event with two teams placing in the money during the race (No. 30 overall with Ben Gretch and No. 125 overall with Colm Kelly). I loved the sweat with Ben as we…...
Elite Onesies, Bye Weeks, and Opportunity Cost: The High-Wire Balancing Act of a Real-Life Underdog Draft
Blair Andrews
June 5, 2024
As results try to stay ahead of wide receiver inflation, the 2024 landscape offers serious pressure to load up on the position early, especially as RB options in Rounds 2 through 5 are less appealing. Yet this is easier said than done in some ways. It’s also more important than ever to come away with at least one — and in some cases preferably two…...
Brock Bowers May Just Be the Best TE Prospect We Have Ever Seen, But Could His Landing Spot with the Raiders Limit His Ceiling?
Kevin Szafraniec
June 4, 2024
The NFL potential of Brock Bowers has been well-documented this offseason here at RotoViz, as both Blair Andrews and Shawn Siegele have provided fantastic articles detailing Bowers’ standing as a true generational prospect. In a landscape where the term “generational” is being slapped onto players seemingly every year, Bowers lives up to the hype. While his talent is not in question, Bowers’ landing spot in…...
Shawn Siegele’s 27 Priority Targets for Summer FFPC Drafts
Shawn Siegele
June 3, 2024
After an exciting 2023 FFPC season where he placed two Main Event teams and reached an FFPC best ball finals for the third straight year, Shawn Siegele provides an early look at his priority targets for the summer. In the past, I’ve put my priority targets list out in August to get subscribers ready for their most important Main Event and home league drafts. As…...
The NBA is Teaching Us a Lesson We Should Apply to Our Dynasty Leagues
Mat Irby
May 31, 2024
Full disclosure: I have been a fan of Dallas area sports teams since I was a kid in the early to mid-eighties and grew up in the northern suburbs of the DFW Metroplex. It’s been a pretty good ride for Dallas in terms of sports lately. As frustrating as they are, the Cowboys made the playoffs, a Dallas-based golfer has maintained his two-year stranglehold on…...
Is “WR2 Theory” the Key to Stockpiling Value? 12 Wide Receiver Depth Charts That Give You Surprising Upside
Jeff Matson
May 30, 2024
Background In the offseason I’m always reading articles and consuming fantasy football content trying to catch the latest new theory in the fantasy analysis world. I came across a theory by Scott Simpson (@NimbleWNumbers) he calls “Wide Receiver 2 Theory.” The theory is that drafters tend to overdraft the team’s WR1, but often the player with the higher ADP can end up finishing the season…...
Combining the Rankings and ADP Apps to Crush Your Drafts: The Must-Have Picks at 2 Key Positions
Conor O’Driscoll
May 29, 2024
As a drafter, my style is a little unique in that I place less emphasis on having my own player takes and more on more general drafting skills. I want to focus on being able to: Navigate tiers within positions effectively Make good decisions on risers and fallers Position myself where I’m able to take the best values in the middle rounds without getting locked…...
Jaylen Warren is Still Criminally Undervalued: Deciphering the Potential Outcomes for the 2024 Steelers Backfield
Kevin Szafraniec
May 28, 2024
In 2023, Jaylen Warren outpaced Najee Harris in PPR points despite receiving 50 fewer opportunities than the former first-round pick. Since Warren’s rookie year, it has been evident to most people (at least outside of the Steelers organization) that the former undrafted free agent is — to put it bluntly — just a flat-out better football player than Harris. With the two Steelers running backs’…...
Ladd McConkey Lands in a Desert of Pass-Catching Talent in Los Angeles, But Can He Take Advantage?
Mat Irby
May 24, 2024
Ladd McConkey probably isn’t what most people think of when envisioning a University of Georgia WR recruit in the Kirby Smart era. A three-star recruit listed as low as 158 pounds heading into college, he played high school football in a small town called Chatsworth, GA, near the border of Tennessee, and his only other offers, according to ESPN’s recruiting information, came from Army, Georgia…...
Jonathon Brooks was a Workhorse Before Injury Derailed His Final College Season, But Can He Earn the Same Role With the Panthers in 2024?
Kevin Szafraniec
May 21, 2024
After waiting his turn for the opportunity to lead Texas’s backfield, Jonathon Brooks showed signs of being the next great running back to emerge from the Longhorns’ storied program. Then disaster struck on November 11th against TCU, as Brooks’ breakout season ended prematurely due to a torn ACL. The injury was not enough to scare off the Carolina Panthers, as the team traded up to the…...
Correlation, Causation, Humility-Based Drafting, and the Importance of a Top-10 QB: How the Falcons Talked Themselves Into Michael Penix and How You Can Profit
Blair Andrews
May 20, 2024
While the Falcons’ selection of Michael Penix at No. 8 overall was a head scratcher — especially after the team signed Kirk Cousins — we can at least take solace in the fact that some explanation for the pick has since been made public. Here’s Albert Breer explaining how head coach Raheem Morris and general manager Terry Fontenot pitched owner Arthur Blank on the notion…...
Caleb Williams and Drake Maye Are on Diverging Paths, But Is Maye’s Landing Spot As Bad as We Think?
Mat Irby
May 17, 2024
Caleb Williams and Drake Maye have been inextricably linked for years, set on a collision course at the top of this 2024 draft class almost since setting sail out of high school. Both were Top 4 QB recruits in 2021 according to 247. The two have been brought up together ad nauseam since 2022, usually as the anticipated first and second pick in the 2024…...
Is Week 17 All That Matters? Best Ball Mania 5 Is My Favorite Prize Structure Yet
Michael Dubner
May 16, 2024
Underdog’s Best Ball Mania 5 boasts a staggering $15,000,000 prize pool, promising to turn one lucky drafter into a millionaire and 19 others into six-figure winners. Michael Dubner breaks down the prize structure and how it impacts our drafting strategy. Two years ago, I collaborated with friend of RotoViz Peter Overzet on the viral “Week 17 is all that matters” video that became the meme…...
Perpetual Reloading and the Permanent Championship Window: 2024 Rookie Draft Edition
Shawn Siegele
May 15, 2024
Shawn Siegele breaks down all seven of his FFPC rookie drafts in the RotoViz TriFlex format. He provides his favorite options in all rounds and explains how to create blockbuster deals that help you and your trade partner win (while the other 10 managers lose). Our dynasty approach is built on two intertwined ideas: Perpetual Reloading and the Permanent Championship Window. We use one to…...
Troy Franklin Checks (Almost) All the Boxes and Is the Steal of Every Draft
Blair Andrews
May 14, 2024
When we’re talking about players who check all the boxes, we typically mean that they are players who perhaps don’t jump off the page, yet they do a little bit of everything. Justin Jefferson’s prospect profile didn’t wow us with massive market shares or blazing speed, but he was good at everything: he declared early, he broke out early, he hit all our favorite production…...
Malik Nabers Isn’t the First Wide Receiver Selected in 2024 Rookie Drafts, But Could He Be the Dynasty WR1 Come 2025?
Kevin Szafraniec
May 10, 2024
In most years Malik Nabers would have been the clear-cut WR1 in rookie drafts, while also being in contention for the overall 1.01. But 2024 is definitely not most years. Sporting the deepest quarterback class in recent memory, in addition to a wide receiver group that rivals the fabled class of 2014, the value that can be had in the first round of Superflex rookie…...
Pygmalion, Cinderella, and J.J. McCarthy: The Transformative Nature of Meeting the Right People at the Right Time
Mat Irby
May 8, 2024
J.J. McCarthy, the National Championship-winning QB of the Michigan Wolverines, wasn’t tasked with much passing volume in the Jim Harbaugh system but finished with a 27-1 record in two seasons as a starter, his only loss coming in the 2022 semifinals against TCU. In large part due to a lack of counting stats, McCarthy started the draft process as a second-tier prospect in the minds…...
Stuck in a Bad-Draft-Slot Rut? Mix Things Up and Get Your Guys with the All-Reach Team
Blair Andrews
June 13, 2024
On some podcast episodes, Shawn has noted — when lamenting the preponderance of late picks in his Best Ball Mania 5 portfolio — that if you don’t get a top-10 pick, you basically don’t have access to any first-round values. (Of course, that assumes a rational drafter takes Garrett Wilson ahead of ADP, leaving you with A.J. Brown as an ADP — but not rankings…...
Dynasty Spotlight: De’Von Achane Is a Human Highlight Reel, but Is He Too Risky as a Dynasty Asset?
Mat Irby
June 11, 2024
Few players have been as breathtaking, mind-bending, and enigmatic in their rookie season as De’Von Achane was in 2023. A four-star recruit out of high school, Achane stayed in relative proximity to his suburban Houston upbringing, committing to Texas A&M and sitting behind Isaiah Spiller for the bulk of his first season, excelling in a limited role. By the time he made it to the…...
Forgiveness is the Key to Healing, Part 1: 4 Players Who Burned Best Ball Teams Last Season, But Deserve Another Chance in 2024
Kevin Szafraniec
June 10, 2024
Cautionary tales abound warning of the risks involved when dealing with unrequited love. Just turn on any Lifetime movie if you don’t believe me. As a fantasy football player, at times I have found myself to be just as irrational as any scorned lover in a made-for-TV movie. Being too quick to write off an underperforming player, and/or refusing to heed evidence that is contrary…...
The Roster Construction Explorer Provides a Key Hack for Beating the FFPC Superflex Best Ball Tournament
Shawn Siegele
June 7, 2024
Shawn Siegele dials up the RotoViz Roster Construction Explorer and looks at a key hack for beating the FFPC Superflex best ball tournament. Last year was a lot of fun in the Main Event with two teams placing in the money during the race (No. 30 overall with Ben Gretch and No. 125 overall with Colm Kelly). I loved the sweat with Ben as we…...
Elite Onesies, Bye Weeks, and Opportunity Cost: The High-Wire Balancing Act of a Real-Life Underdog Draft
Blair Andrews
June 5, 2024
As results try to stay ahead of wide receiver inflation, the 2024 landscape offers serious pressure to load up on the position early, especially as RB options in Rounds 2 through 5 are less appealing. Yet this is easier said than done in some ways. It’s also more important than ever to come away with at least one — and in some cases preferably two…...
Brock Bowers May Just Be the Best TE Prospect We Have Ever Seen, But Could His Landing Spot with the Raiders Limit His Ceiling?
Kevin Szafraniec
June 4, 2024
The NFL potential of Brock Bowers has been well-documented this offseason here at RotoViz, as both Blair Andrews and Shawn Siegele have provided fantastic articles detailing Bowers’ standing as a true generational prospect. In a landscape where the term “generational” is being slapped onto players seemingly every year, Bowers lives up to the hype. While his talent is not in question, Bowers’ landing spot in…...
Shawn Siegele’s 27 Priority Targets for Summer FFPC Drafts
Shawn Siegele
June 3, 2024
After an exciting 2023 FFPC season where he placed two Main Event teams and reached an FFPC best ball finals for the third straight year, Shawn Siegele provides an early look at his priority targets for the summer. In the past, I’ve put my priority targets list out in August to get subscribers ready for their most important Main Event and home league drafts. As…...
The NBA is Teaching Us a Lesson We Should Apply to Our Dynasty Leagues
Mat Irby
May 31, 2024
Full disclosure: I have been a fan of Dallas area sports teams since I was a kid in the early to mid-eighties and grew up in the northern suburbs of the DFW Metroplex. It’s been a pretty good ride for Dallas in terms of sports lately. As frustrating as they are, the Cowboys made the playoffs, a Dallas-based golfer has maintained his two-year stranglehold on…...
Is “WR2 Theory” the Key to Stockpiling Value? 12 Wide Receiver Depth Charts That Give You Surprising Upside
Jeff Matson
May 30, 2024
Background In the offseason I’m always reading articles and consuming fantasy football content trying to catch the latest new theory in the fantasy analysis world. I came across a theory by Scott Simpson (@NimbleWNumbers) he calls “Wide Receiver 2 Theory.” The theory is that drafters tend to overdraft the team’s WR1, but often the player with the higher ADP can end up finishing the season…...
Combining the Rankings and ADP Apps to Crush Your Drafts: The Must-Have Picks at 2 Key Positions
Conor O’Driscoll
May 29, 2024
As a drafter, my style is a little unique in that I place less emphasis on having my own player takes and more on more general drafting skills. I want to focus on being able to: Navigate tiers within positions effectively Make good decisions on risers and fallers Position myself where I’m able to take the best values in the middle rounds without getting locked…...
Jaylen Warren is Still Criminally Undervalued: Deciphering the Potential Outcomes for the 2024 Steelers Backfield
Kevin Szafraniec
May 28, 2024
In 2023, Jaylen Warren outpaced Najee Harris in PPR points despite receiving 50 fewer opportunities than the former first-round pick. Since Warren’s rookie year, it has been evident to most people (at least outside of the Steelers organization) that the former undrafted free agent is — to put it bluntly — just a flat-out better football player than Harris. With the two Steelers running backs’…...
Ladd McConkey Lands in a Desert of Pass-Catching Talent in Los Angeles, But Can He Take Advantage?
Mat Irby
May 24, 2024
Ladd McConkey probably isn’t what most people think of when envisioning a University of Georgia WR recruit in the Kirby Smart era. A three-star recruit listed as low as 158 pounds heading into college, he played high school football in a small town called Chatsworth, GA, near the border of Tennessee, and his only other offers, according to ESPN’s recruiting information, came from Army, Georgia…...
Jonathon Brooks was a Workhorse Before Injury Derailed His Final College Season, But Can He Earn the Same Role With the Panthers in 2024?
Kevin Szafraniec
May 21, 2024
After waiting his turn for the opportunity to lead Texas’s backfield, Jonathon Brooks showed signs of being the next great running back to emerge from the Longhorns’ storied program. Then disaster struck on November 11th against TCU, as Brooks’ breakout season ended prematurely due to a torn ACL. The injury was not enough to scare off the Carolina Panthers, as the team traded up to the…...
Correlation, Causation, Humility-Based Drafting, and the Importance of a Top-10 QB: How the Falcons Talked Themselves Into Michael Penix and How You Can Profit
Blair Andrews
May 20, 2024
While the Falcons’ selection of Michael Penix at No. 8 overall was a head scratcher — especially after the team signed Kirk Cousins — we can at least take solace in the fact that some explanation for the pick has since been made public. Here’s Albert Breer explaining how head coach Raheem Morris and general manager Terry Fontenot pitched owner Arthur Blank on the notion…...
Caleb Williams and Drake Maye Are on Diverging Paths, But Is Maye’s Landing Spot As Bad as We Think?
Mat Irby
May 17, 2024
Caleb Williams and Drake Maye have been inextricably linked for years, set on a collision course at the top of this 2024 draft class almost since setting sail out of high school. Both were Top 4 QB recruits in 2021 according to 247. The two have been brought up together ad nauseam since 2022, usually as the anticipated first and second pick in the 2024…...
Is Week 17 All That Matters? Best Ball Mania 5 Is My Favorite Prize Structure Yet
Michael Dubner
May 16, 2024
Underdog’s Best Ball Mania 5 boasts a staggering $15,000,000 prize pool, promising to turn one lucky drafter into a millionaire and 19 others into six-figure winners. Michael Dubner breaks down the prize structure and how it impacts our drafting strategy. Two years ago, I collaborated with friend of RotoViz Peter Overzet on the viral “Week 17 is all that matters” video that became the meme…...
Perpetual Reloading and the Permanent Championship Window: 2024 Rookie Draft Edition
Shawn Siegele
May 15, 2024
Shawn Siegele breaks down all seven of his FFPC rookie drafts in the RotoViz TriFlex format. He provides his favorite options in all rounds and explains how to create blockbuster deals that help you and your trade partner win (while the other 10 managers lose). Our dynasty approach is built on two intertwined ideas: Perpetual Reloading and the Permanent Championship Window. We use one to…...
Troy Franklin Checks (Almost) All the Boxes and Is the Steal of Every Draft
Blair Andrews
May 14, 2024
When we’re talking about players who check all the boxes, we typically mean that they are players who perhaps don’t jump off the page, yet they do a little bit of everything. Justin Jefferson’s prospect profile didn’t wow us with massive market shares or blazing speed, but he was good at everything: he declared early, he broke out early, he hit all our favorite production…...
Malik Nabers Isn’t the First Wide Receiver Selected in 2024 Rookie Drafts, But Could He Be the Dynasty WR1 Come 2025?
Kevin Szafraniec
May 10, 2024
In most years Malik Nabers would have been the clear-cut WR1 in rookie drafts, while also being in contention for the overall 1.01. But 2024 is definitely not most years. Sporting the deepest quarterback class in recent memory, in addition to a wide receiver group that rivals the fabled class of 2014, the value that can be had in the first round of Superflex rookie…...
Pygmalion, Cinderella, and J.J. McCarthy: The Transformative Nature of Meeting the Right People at the Right Time
Mat Irby
May 8, 2024
J.J. McCarthy, the National Championship-winning QB of the Michigan Wolverines, wasn’t tasked with much passing volume in the Jim Harbaugh system but finished with a 27-1 record in two seasons as a starter, his only loss coming in the 2022 semifinals against TCU. In large part due to a lack of counting stats, McCarthy started the draft process as a second-tier prospect in the minds…...
Stuck in a Bad-Draft-Slot Rut? Mix Things Up and Get Your Guys with the All-Reach Team
Blair Andrews
June 13, 2024
On some podcast episodes, Shawn has noted — when lamenting the preponderance of late picks in his Best Ball Mania 5 portfolio — that if you don’t get a top-10 pick, you basically don’t have access to any first-round values. (Of course, that assumes a rational drafter takes Garrett Wilson ahead of ADP, leaving you with A.J. Brown as an ADP — but not rankings…...
Dynasty Spotlight: De’Von Achane Is a Human Highlight Reel, but Is He Too Risky as a Dynasty Asset?
Mat Irby
June 11, 2024
Few players have been as breathtaking, mind-bending, and enigmatic in their rookie season as De’Von Achane was in 2023. A four-star recruit out of high school, Achane stayed in relative proximity to his suburban Houston upbringing, committing to Texas A&M and sitting behind Isaiah Spiller for the bulk of his first season, excelling in a limited role. By the time he made it to the…...
Forgiveness is the Key to Healing, Part 1: 4 Players Who Burned Best Ball Teams Last Season, But Deserve Another Chance in 2024
Kevin Szafraniec
June 10, 2024
Cautionary tales abound warning of the risks involved when dealing with unrequited love. Just turn on any Lifetime movie if you don’t believe me. As a fantasy football player, at times I have found myself to be just as irrational as any scorned lover in a made-for-TV movie. Being too quick to write off an underperforming player, and/or refusing to heed evidence that is contrary…...
The Roster Construction Explorer Provides a Key Hack for Beating the FFPC Superflex Best Ball Tournament
Shawn Siegele
June 7, 2024
Shawn Siegele dials up the RotoViz Roster Construction Explorer and looks at a key hack for beating the FFPC Superflex best ball tournament. Last year was a lot of fun in the Main Event with two teams placing in the money during the race (No. 30 overall with Ben Gretch and No. 125 overall with Colm Kelly). I loved the sweat with Ben as we…...
Elite Onesies, Bye Weeks, and Opportunity Cost: The High-Wire Balancing Act of a Real-Life Underdog Draft
Blair Andrews
June 5, 2024
As results try to stay ahead of wide receiver inflation, the 2024 landscape offers serious pressure to load up on the position early, especially as RB options in Rounds 2 through 5 are less appealing. Yet this is easier said than done in some ways. It’s also more important than ever to come away with at least one — and in some cases preferably two…...
Brock Bowers May Just Be the Best TE Prospect We Have Ever Seen, But Could His Landing Spot with the Raiders Limit His Ceiling?
Kevin Szafraniec
June 4, 2024
The NFL potential of Brock Bowers has been well-documented this offseason here at RotoViz, as both Blair Andrews and Shawn Siegele have provided fantastic articles detailing Bowers’ standing as a true generational prospect. In a landscape where the term “generational” is being slapped onto players seemingly every year, Bowers lives up to the hype. While his talent is not in question, Bowers’ landing spot in…...
Shawn Siegele’s 27 Priority Targets for Summer FFPC Drafts
Shawn Siegele
June 3, 2024
After an exciting 2023 FFPC season where he placed two Main Event teams and reached an FFPC best ball finals for the third straight year, Shawn Siegele provides an early look at his priority targets for the summer. In the past, I’ve put my priority targets list out in August to get subscribers ready for their most important Main Event and home league drafts. As…...
The NBA is Teaching Us a Lesson We Should Apply to Our Dynasty Leagues
Mat Irby
May 31, 2024
Full disclosure: I have been a fan of Dallas area sports teams since I was a kid in the early to mid-eighties and grew up in the northern suburbs of the DFW Metroplex. It’s been a pretty good ride for Dallas in terms of sports lately. As frustrating as they are, the Cowboys made the playoffs, a Dallas-based golfer has maintained his two-year stranglehold on…...
Is “WR2 Theory” the Key to Stockpiling Value? 12 Wide Receiver Depth Charts That Give You Surprising Upside
Jeff Matson
May 30, 2024
Background In the offseason I’m always reading articles and consuming fantasy football content trying to catch the latest new theory in the fantasy analysis world. I came across a theory by Scott Simpson (@NimbleWNumbers) he calls “Wide Receiver 2 Theory.” The theory is that drafters tend to overdraft the team’s WR1, but often the player with the higher ADP can end up finishing the season…...
Combining the Rankings and ADP Apps to Crush Your Drafts: The Must-Have Picks at 2 Key Positions
Conor O’Driscoll
May 29, 2024
As a drafter, my style is a little unique in that I place less emphasis on having my own player takes and more on more general drafting skills. I want to focus on being able to: Navigate tiers within positions effectively Make good decisions on risers and fallers Position myself where I’m able to take the best values in the middle rounds without getting locked…...
Jaylen Warren is Still Criminally Undervalued: Deciphering the Potential Outcomes for the 2024 Steelers Backfield
Kevin Szafraniec
May 28, 2024
In 2023, Jaylen Warren outpaced Najee Harris in PPR points despite receiving 50 fewer opportunities than the former first-round pick. Since Warren’s rookie year, it has been evident to most people (at least outside of the Steelers organization) that the former undrafted free agent is — to put it bluntly — just a flat-out better football player than Harris. With the two Steelers running backs’…...
Ladd McConkey Lands in a Desert of Pass-Catching Talent in Los Angeles, But Can He Take Advantage?
Mat Irby
May 24, 2024
Ladd McConkey probably isn’t what most people think of when envisioning a University of Georgia WR recruit in the Kirby Smart era. A three-star recruit listed as low as 158 pounds heading into college, he played high school football in a small town called Chatsworth, GA, near the border of Tennessee, and his only other offers, according to ESPN’s recruiting information, came from Army, Georgia…...
Jonathon Brooks was a Workhorse Before Injury Derailed His Final College Season, But Can He Earn the Same Role With the Panthers in 2024?
Kevin Szafraniec
May 21, 2024
After waiting his turn for the opportunity to lead Texas’s backfield, Jonathon Brooks showed signs of being the next great running back to emerge from the Longhorns’ storied program. Then disaster struck on November 11th against TCU, as Brooks’ breakout season ended prematurely due to a torn ACL. The injury was not enough to scare off the Carolina Panthers, as the team traded up to the…...
Correlation, Causation, Humility-Based Drafting, and the Importance of a Top-10 QB: How the Falcons Talked Themselves Into Michael Penix and How You Can Profit
Blair Andrews
May 20, 2024
While the Falcons’ selection of Michael Penix at No. 8 overall was a head scratcher — especially after the team signed Kirk Cousins — we can at least take solace in the fact that some explanation for the pick has since been made public. Here’s Albert Breer explaining how head coach Raheem Morris and general manager Terry Fontenot pitched owner Arthur Blank on the notion…...
Caleb Williams and Drake Maye Are on Diverging Paths, But Is Maye’s Landing Spot As Bad as We Think?
Mat Irby
May 17, 2024
Caleb Williams and Drake Maye have been inextricably linked for years, set on a collision course at the top of this 2024 draft class almost since setting sail out of high school. Both were Top 4 QB recruits in 2021 according to 247. The two have been brought up together ad nauseam since 2022, usually as the anticipated first and second pick in the 2024…...
Is Week 17 All That Matters? Best Ball Mania 5 Is My Favorite Prize Structure Yet
Michael Dubner
May 16, 2024
Underdog’s Best Ball Mania 5 boasts a staggering $15,000,000 prize pool, promising to turn one lucky drafter into a millionaire and 19 others into six-figure winners. Michael Dubner breaks down the prize structure and how it impacts our drafting strategy. Two years ago, I collaborated with friend of RotoViz Peter Overzet on the viral “Week 17 is all that matters” video that became the meme…...
Perpetual Reloading and the Permanent Championship Window: 2024 Rookie Draft Edition
Shawn Siegele
May 15, 2024
Shawn Siegele breaks down all seven of his FFPC rookie drafts in the RotoViz TriFlex format. He provides his favorite options in all rounds and explains how to create blockbuster deals that help you and your trade partner win (while the other 10 managers lose). Our dynasty approach is built on two intertwined ideas: Perpetual Reloading and the Permanent Championship Window. We use one to…...
Troy Franklin Checks (Almost) All the Boxes and Is the Steal of Every Draft
Blair Andrews
May 14, 2024
When we’re talking about players who check all the boxes, we typically mean that they are players who perhaps don’t jump off the page, yet they do a little bit of everything. Justin Jefferson’s prospect profile didn’t wow us with massive market shares or blazing speed, but he was good at everything: he declared early, he broke out early, he hit all our favorite production…...
Malik Nabers Isn’t the First Wide Receiver Selected in 2024 Rookie Drafts, But Could He Be the Dynasty WR1 Come 2025?
Kevin Szafraniec
May 10, 2024
In most years Malik Nabers would have been the clear-cut WR1 in rookie drafts, while also being in contention for the overall 1.01. But 2024 is definitely not most years. Sporting the deepest quarterback class in recent memory, in addition to a wide receiver group that rivals the fabled class of 2014, the value that can be had in the first round of Superflex rookie…...
Pygmalion, Cinderella, and J.J. McCarthy: The Transformative Nature of Meeting the Right People at the Right Time
Mat Irby
May 8, 2024
J.J. McCarthy, the National Championship-winning QB of the Michigan Wolverines, wasn’t tasked with much passing volume in the Jim Harbaugh system but finished with a 27-1 record in two seasons as a starter, his only loss coming in the 2022 semifinals against TCU. In large part due to a lack of counting stats, McCarthy started the draft process as a second-tier prospect in the minds…...
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