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3 Wide Receivers Make a Case for the First Round in 2022 – Plus 21 Other Players to Watch in the Big Ten
Matt Wispe
July 30, 2021
Matt Wispe examines the top prospects in the Big Ten, including three potential 2022 first-rounders at wide receiver. Is Rondale Moore’s former teammate an even better prospect? Does Ohio State have three first-round receivers on their current roster? Is the next Jonathan Taylor already in a Wisconsin uniform? This positional overview provides analysis on athletic and production profiles and projects NFL Draft capital. Tiers are…...
Draft Tomorrow’s First-Round Picks Today: 3 Young WRs to Supercharge Your Modified Zero RB Builds
Michael Hitchcock
July 29, 2021
Want to select a running back early and still have the firepower to blow away your opponents at the key position? Michael Hitchcock helps you draft the first-round picks of 2022 at a big discount today. There are a lot of ways to approach the first round in 2021. You can go with Christian McCaffrey if you’re lucky enough to get the first pick or…...
Decoding Backfields: Ronald Jones Easily Beat ADP in 2020 and It’s Time to Load Up Again
Sam Wallace
July 29, 2021
In part two of a three-part series, Sam Wallace analyzes the difference between regular season and playoff production and how fantasy managers should use that information heading into 2021. In Part 1 of the Decoding Backfields series, I wrote about the value of understanding opportunity cost and how proper roster construction can make you a better fantasy manager. Today, I want to touch on a…...
Will Chasing Austin Ekeler Into Round 1 Wreck Your Draft Or Will He Be the 2021 Kamara?
Shawn Siegele
July 28, 2021
Shawn Siegele goes deep into the numbers to answer one of fantasy’s most important questions: Can Austin Ekeler be the Alvin Kamara of 2021? It’s no secret that the 2021 first round is full of potholes, if not land mines. After Christian McCaffrey and Dalvin Cook, fantasy drafters are faced with difficult choices between Kamara (QB), Derrick Henry (ceiling), Ezekiel Elliott (declining), Jonathan Taylor (bad…...
The Next Generation of NFL Quarterbacks Offers a Compelling Blend of Safety and Upside: How We Use Advanced Metrics to Evaluate Quarterback Prospects
Travis May
July 28, 2021
In case you missed it, I just recently outlined a new way to predict future NFL draft capital and success for quarterbacks. It’s not perfect, but making small adjustments to how we process quarterback stats can go a long way in predicting success. That’s what we’ll attempt to do here today. We’ll be taking a look at the next generation of quarterbacks who are still…...
2 Is Better Than 1: Double Stacking Your Best Ball Teams To Victory
Michael Dubner
July 28, 2021
Michael Dubner continues his deep dive series in stacking for Best Ball Tournaments. So far we’ve touched on historical success of the most popular stacks and we uncovered three successful stacks that the Best Ball community is ignoring. Single-stacks are flooding best ball draft boards, but like in DFS, fantasy football managers should take it to the next level with double stacks. Here we’ll see…...
The Jaguars Backfield Presents an Opportunity to Boost Your Win Rates, But at What Cost? Small-Gap RBs on 2 Polarizing Teams
Corbin Young
July 27, 2021
Last time we identified a couple of bargains at the running back position with a large ADP gap. We used research by Jack Miller on the ADP gap between RB teammates to identify Myles Gaskin and Mike Davis. Both running backs hold an ADP gap greater than 98.5 with their team’s RB2, which qualifies as a big-gap running back. However, small-gap backfields also provide an opportunity to find…...
10 Players to Target Late If You Want to Win Your League in the Double-Digit Rounds
Shawn Siegele
July 26, 2021
Shawn Siegele works through a real $100,000 draft to show the importance of executing structurally in the double-digit rounds. In this exercise he profiles the players and tactics necessary to build safety and upside into your rosters. Recently, Colm Kelly, Blair Andrews, and I drafted an FFPC Best Ball Tournament team with the goal of winning the $100,000. We received the 12 slot in our…...
A Julio Jones Lookalike Headlines the Next Crop of Devy Stars and Multiple RBs Make a Case for the First Round – Plus 20 Key Players to Watch in our SEC Devy Preview
Travis May
July 26, 2021
Travis May breaks down a few future first-round running backs, the new wide receiver university, and a couple tight ends who could earn some serious draft capital. With a look at the quarterback, running back, and wide receiver positions, Travis helps you understand their athletic and production profiles, tells you where they rank now in devy, and projects their future NFL Draft capital. SEC PREVIEW…...
Decoding Backfields: The Key Concept That Helps Us Choose Between Chase Edmonds & James Conner
Sam Wallace
July 26, 2021
In the first of a three-part series, Sam Wallace breaks down a talented backfield on an explosive offense and provides actionable insight for fantasy managers heading into this season. When faced with difficult draft choices, some fantasy managers totally avoid them. They take a hands-off approach and avoid the confusion altogether. Some draft the cheaper of the two options as a way of generating some…...
Why You Should Fade the Elite Mobile QBs in Best Ball: Historical Win Rates Show the Opportunity Cost of Missing the QB Window
Bjorn Yang-Vaernet
July 24, 2021
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…...
5 Reasons Clyde Edwards-Helaire Is Poised to be This Year’s 20% Win Rate Running Back
Shawn Siegele
July 24, 2021
Shawn Siegele breaks down the five reasons Clyde Edwards-Helaire is poised to become a 20% win rate back in 2021. Over the last four years, nine different backs have hit the 20% win rate level in FFPC best ball. Given the rhetoric around early-round RB, it may be a surprise to discover that only two of those backs were drafted in Round 1. That’s one…...
Constructing A Zero RB Monster In An FPPC Best Ball Slim Draft
Tim Talmadge
July 23, 2021
Last week, Shawn Siegele and friend of RotoViz Sal Stefanile co-drafted and live-streamed an FPPC best ball slim draft. You can watch the replay here. I hopped in for a little fun and while it didn’t go fully to plan, I ended up with a squad Shawn labeled “a pure RotoViz branded team.” It’s absolutely true because the strategy was mostly formed by our best…...
The Undervalued RB Prospect Who Looks a Lot Like Antonio Gibson – Plus 12 Key Players to Watch in Our Pac-12 Devy Preview
Stefan Lako
July 22, 2021
Stefan Lako breaks down the a running back sleeper with the potential to be a star. In our Pac-12 preview, he breaks down 12 more key devy players who could dictate the future of your devy squad. With a look at the quarterback, running back, and wide receiver positions, Stefan helps you understand their athletic and production profiles, tells you where they rank now in…...
Could 2021’s Nyheim Hines Come From The Rams Backfield?
Tim Talmadge
July 22, 2021
In 2021, Nyheim Hines had an ADP outside the top 150. His team had just drafted one of the best college running backs in history, and drafters were wary that he might lose the pass-catching role he’d come to enjoy. Furthermore, it looked like he was the third running back on the team’s depth chart, behind the rookie Jonathan Taylor and the incumbent Marlon Mack. But…...
Darrell Henderson’s Value Jumps to a Top-24 RB in the Wake of the Cam Akers Injury
Monty Phan
July 21, 2021
Back in April, before the NFL Draft, Shawn Siegele and I drafted a team together in one of the new RotoViz TriFlex FFPC dynasty leagues that had just launched. After drafting our first running back, Chuba Hubbard, in the 10th round, and our second RB, Tony Pollard, in the 12th, we waited until the 15th round to draft our third RB: Darrell Henderson. You probably…...
Looking For A Robert Woods Type Of Value? This Discounted Offense Is Perfect For Rounding Out Your Roster
Sam Wallace
July 21, 2021
In the final installment of a three-part series, Sam Wallace highlights a potentially underrated wide receiver room, a cheap, high-volume running back, and one of his favorite values at quarterback. Fantasy managers naturally want to roster the best possible players. However, fundamental economic principles remind us that there are a scarce number of elite players, and we have to make choices. Simply put, we can’t…...
Stuck With a Terrible Draft Slot? This Evidence-Based Plan Flips the Script to Create Silly Win Rates
Shawn Siegele
July 20, 2021
Stuck with an unfavorable draft slot? Shawn Siegele details the aggressive tactics that allow you to take control of your 2021 fantasy drafts early and put the rest of your league on the defensive. This weekend Colm Kelly and I were joined by special guest Blair Andrews for a bonus episode of RotoViz Overtime. We take aim at the FFPC $100,000 best ball tournament and…...
Predicting Future NFL Success for Wide Receivers: The Adjusted Production Index
Travis May
July 20, 2021
This may seem obvious, but predicting the NFL Draft pick by pick is truly impossible. And that’s not what we’re trying to do here. But when it comes to fantasy football, we like to see wide receivers drafted in Rounds 1-3 of the NFL Draft. Those receivers typically produce fantasy points at a much higher rate than those drafted later or not at all. Makes…...
The Broncos Offense Is Loaded: Why You’ll Find League Winners at RB, WR, and TE Despite Poor QB Play
Sam Wallace
July 19, 2021
In the second of a three-part series, Sam Wallace highlights an emerging offense so loaded it could provide fantasy football league-winners at RB, WR, and TE in 2021. Going against the grain is not an uncommon approach in fantasy football. While many fantasy managers work within the confines of the consensus, many also embark on their own path, looking to uncover unique values, intriguing sleepers,…...
3 Wide Receivers Make a Case for the First Round in 2022 – Plus 21 Other Players to Watch in the Big Ten
Matt Wispe
July 30, 2021
Matt Wispe examines the top prospects in the Big Ten, including three potential 2022 first-rounders at wide receiver. Is Rondale Moore’s former teammate an even better prospect? Does Ohio State have three first-round receivers on their current roster? Is the next Jonathan Taylor already in a Wisconsin uniform? This positional overview provides analysis on athletic and production profiles and projects NFL Draft capital. Tiers are…...
Draft Tomorrow’s First-Round Picks Today: 3 Young WRs to Supercharge Your Modified Zero RB Builds
Michael Hitchcock
July 29, 2021
Want to select a running back early and still have the firepower to blow away your opponents at the key position? Michael Hitchcock helps you draft the first-round picks of 2022 at a big discount today. There are a lot of ways to approach the first round in 2021. You can go with Christian McCaffrey if you’re lucky enough to get the first pick or…...
Decoding Backfields: Ronald Jones Easily Beat ADP in 2020 and It’s Time to Load Up Again
Sam Wallace
July 29, 2021
In part two of a three-part series, Sam Wallace analyzes the difference between regular season and playoff production and how fantasy managers should use that information heading into 2021. In Part 1 of the Decoding Backfields series, I wrote about the value of understanding opportunity cost and how proper roster construction can make you a better fantasy manager. Today, I want to touch on a…...
Will Chasing Austin Ekeler Into Round 1 Wreck Your Draft Or Will He Be the 2021 Kamara?
Shawn Siegele
July 28, 2021
Shawn Siegele goes deep into the numbers to answer one of fantasy’s most important questions: Can Austin Ekeler be the Alvin Kamara of 2021? It’s no secret that the 2021 first round is full of potholes, if not land mines. After Christian McCaffrey and Dalvin Cook, fantasy drafters are faced with difficult choices between Kamara (QB), Derrick Henry (ceiling), Ezekiel Elliott (declining), Jonathan Taylor (bad…...
The Next Generation of NFL Quarterbacks Offers a Compelling Blend of Safety and Upside: How We Use Advanced Metrics to Evaluate Quarterback Prospects
Travis May
July 28, 2021
In case you missed it, I just recently outlined a new way to predict future NFL draft capital and success for quarterbacks. It’s not perfect, but making small adjustments to how we process quarterback stats can go a long way in predicting success. That’s what we’ll attempt to do here today. We’ll be taking a look at the next generation of quarterbacks who are still…...
2 Is Better Than 1: Double Stacking Your Best Ball Teams To Victory
Michael Dubner
July 28, 2021
Michael Dubner continues his deep dive series in stacking for Best Ball Tournaments. So far we’ve touched on historical success of the most popular stacks and we uncovered three successful stacks that the Best Ball community is ignoring. Single-stacks are flooding best ball draft boards, but like in DFS, fantasy football managers should take it to the next level with double stacks. Here we’ll see…...
The Jaguars Backfield Presents an Opportunity to Boost Your Win Rates, But at What Cost? Small-Gap RBs on 2 Polarizing Teams
Corbin Young
July 27, 2021
Last time we identified a couple of bargains at the running back position with a large ADP gap. We used research by Jack Miller on the ADP gap between RB teammates to identify Myles Gaskin and Mike Davis. Both running backs hold an ADP gap greater than 98.5 with their team’s RB2, which qualifies as a big-gap running back. However, small-gap backfields also provide an opportunity to find…...
10 Players to Target Late If You Want to Win Your League in the Double-Digit Rounds
Shawn Siegele
July 26, 2021
Shawn Siegele works through a real $100,000 draft to show the importance of executing structurally in the double-digit rounds. In this exercise he profiles the players and tactics necessary to build safety and upside into your rosters. Recently, Colm Kelly, Blair Andrews, and I drafted an FFPC Best Ball Tournament team with the goal of winning the $100,000. We received the 12 slot in our…...
A Julio Jones Lookalike Headlines the Next Crop of Devy Stars and Multiple RBs Make a Case for the First Round – Plus 20 Key Players to Watch in our SEC Devy Preview
Travis May
July 26, 2021
Travis May breaks down a few future first-round running backs, the new wide receiver university, and a couple tight ends who could earn some serious draft capital. With a look at the quarterback, running back, and wide receiver positions, Travis helps you understand their athletic and production profiles, tells you where they rank now in devy, and projects their future NFL Draft capital. SEC PREVIEW…...
Decoding Backfields: The Key Concept That Helps Us Choose Between Chase Edmonds & James Conner
Sam Wallace
July 26, 2021
In the first of a three-part series, Sam Wallace breaks down a talented backfield on an explosive offense and provides actionable insight for fantasy managers heading into this season. When faced with difficult draft choices, some fantasy managers totally avoid them. They take a hands-off approach and avoid the confusion altogether. Some draft the cheaper of the two options as a way of generating some…...
Why You Should Fade the Elite Mobile QBs in Best Ball: Historical Win Rates Show the Opportunity Cost of Missing the QB Window
Bjorn Yang-Vaernet
July 24, 2021
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…...
5 Reasons Clyde Edwards-Helaire Is Poised to be This Year’s 20% Win Rate Running Back
Shawn Siegele
July 24, 2021
Shawn Siegele breaks down the five reasons Clyde Edwards-Helaire is poised to become a 20% win rate back in 2021. Over the last four years, nine different backs have hit the 20% win rate level in FFPC best ball. Given the rhetoric around early-round RB, it may be a surprise to discover that only two of those backs were drafted in Round 1. That’s one…...
Constructing A Zero RB Monster In An FPPC Best Ball Slim Draft
Tim Talmadge
July 23, 2021
Last week, Shawn Siegele and friend of RotoViz Sal Stefanile co-drafted and live-streamed an FPPC best ball slim draft. You can watch the replay here. I hopped in for a little fun and while it didn’t go fully to plan, I ended up with a squad Shawn labeled “a pure RotoViz branded team.” It’s absolutely true because the strategy was mostly formed by our best…...
The Undervalued RB Prospect Who Looks a Lot Like Antonio Gibson – Plus 12 Key Players to Watch in Our Pac-12 Devy Preview
Stefan Lako
July 22, 2021
Stefan Lako breaks down the a running back sleeper with the potential to be a star. In our Pac-12 preview, he breaks down 12 more key devy players who could dictate the future of your devy squad. With a look at the quarterback, running back, and wide receiver positions, Stefan helps you understand their athletic and production profiles, tells you where they rank now in…...
Could 2021’s Nyheim Hines Come From The Rams Backfield?
Tim Talmadge
July 22, 2021
In 2021, Nyheim Hines had an ADP outside the top 150. His team had just drafted one of the best college running backs in history, and drafters were wary that he might lose the pass-catching role he’d come to enjoy. Furthermore, it looked like he was the third running back on the team’s depth chart, behind the rookie Jonathan Taylor and the incumbent Marlon Mack. But…...
Darrell Henderson’s Value Jumps to a Top-24 RB in the Wake of the Cam Akers Injury
Monty Phan
July 21, 2021
Back in April, before the NFL Draft, Shawn Siegele and I drafted a team together in one of the new RotoViz TriFlex FFPC dynasty leagues that had just launched. After drafting our first running back, Chuba Hubbard, in the 10th round, and our second RB, Tony Pollard, in the 12th, we waited until the 15th round to draft our third RB: Darrell Henderson. You probably…...
Looking For A Robert Woods Type Of Value? This Discounted Offense Is Perfect For Rounding Out Your Roster
Sam Wallace
July 21, 2021
In the final installment of a three-part series, Sam Wallace highlights a potentially underrated wide receiver room, a cheap, high-volume running back, and one of his favorite values at quarterback. Fantasy managers naturally want to roster the best possible players. However, fundamental economic principles remind us that there are a scarce number of elite players, and we have to make choices. Simply put, we can’t…...
Stuck With a Terrible Draft Slot? This Evidence-Based Plan Flips the Script to Create Silly Win Rates
Shawn Siegele
July 20, 2021
Stuck with an unfavorable draft slot? Shawn Siegele details the aggressive tactics that allow you to take control of your 2021 fantasy drafts early and put the rest of your league on the defensive. This weekend Colm Kelly and I were joined by special guest Blair Andrews for a bonus episode of RotoViz Overtime. We take aim at the FFPC $100,000 best ball tournament and…...
Predicting Future NFL Success for Wide Receivers: The Adjusted Production Index
Travis May
July 20, 2021
This may seem obvious, but predicting the NFL Draft pick by pick is truly impossible. And that’s not what we’re trying to do here. But when it comes to fantasy football, we like to see wide receivers drafted in Rounds 1-3 of the NFL Draft. Those receivers typically produce fantasy points at a much higher rate than those drafted later or not at all. Makes…...
The Broncos Offense Is Loaded: Why You’ll Find League Winners at RB, WR, and TE Despite Poor QB Play
Sam Wallace
July 19, 2021
In the second of a three-part series, Sam Wallace highlights an emerging offense so loaded it could provide fantasy football league-winners at RB, WR, and TE in 2021. Going against the grain is not an uncommon approach in fantasy football. While many fantasy managers work within the confines of the consensus, many also embark on their own path, looking to uncover unique values, intriguing sleepers,…...
3 Wide Receivers Make a Case for the First Round in 2022 – Plus 21 Other Players to Watch in the Big Ten
Matt Wispe
July 30, 2021
Matt Wispe examines the top prospects in the Big Ten, including three potential 2022 first-rounders at wide receiver. Is Rondale Moore’s former teammate an even better prospect? Does Ohio State have three first-round receivers on their current roster? Is the next Jonathan Taylor already in a Wisconsin uniform? This positional overview provides analysis on athletic and production profiles and projects NFL Draft capital. Tiers are…...
Draft Tomorrow’s First-Round Picks Today: 3 Young WRs to Supercharge Your Modified Zero RB Builds
Michael Hitchcock
July 29, 2021
Want to select a running back early and still have the firepower to blow away your opponents at the key position? Michael Hitchcock helps you draft the first-round picks of 2022 at a big discount today. There are a lot of ways to approach the first round in 2021. You can go with Christian McCaffrey if you’re lucky enough to get the first pick or…...
Decoding Backfields: Ronald Jones Easily Beat ADP in 2020 and It’s Time to Load Up Again
Sam Wallace
July 29, 2021
In part two of a three-part series, Sam Wallace analyzes the difference between regular season and playoff production and how fantasy managers should use that information heading into 2021. In Part 1 of the Decoding Backfields series, I wrote about the value of understanding opportunity cost and how proper roster construction can make you a better fantasy manager. Today, I want to touch on a…...
Will Chasing Austin Ekeler Into Round 1 Wreck Your Draft Or Will He Be the 2021 Kamara?
Shawn Siegele
July 28, 2021
Shawn Siegele goes deep into the numbers to answer one of fantasy’s most important questions: Can Austin Ekeler be the Alvin Kamara of 2021? It’s no secret that the 2021 first round is full of potholes, if not land mines. After Christian McCaffrey and Dalvin Cook, fantasy drafters are faced with difficult choices between Kamara (QB), Derrick Henry (ceiling), Ezekiel Elliott (declining), Jonathan Taylor (bad…...
The Next Generation of NFL Quarterbacks Offers a Compelling Blend of Safety and Upside: How We Use Advanced Metrics to Evaluate Quarterback Prospects
Travis May
July 28, 2021
In case you missed it, I just recently outlined a new way to predict future NFL draft capital and success for quarterbacks. It’s not perfect, but making small adjustments to how we process quarterback stats can go a long way in predicting success. That’s what we’ll attempt to do here today. We’ll be taking a look at the next generation of quarterbacks who are still…...
2 Is Better Than 1: Double Stacking Your Best Ball Teams To Victory
Michael Dubner
July 28, 2021
Michael Dubner continues his deep dive series in stacking for Best Ball Tournaments. So far we’ve touched on historical success of the most popular stacks and we uncovered three successful stacks that the Best Ball community is ignoring. Single-stacks are flooding best ball draft boards, but like in DFS, fantasy football managers should take it to the next level with double stacks. Here we’ll see…...
The Jaguars Backfield Presents an Opportunity to Boost Your Win Rates, But at What Cost? Small-Gap RBs on 2 Polarizing Teams
Corbin Young
July 27, 2021
Last time we identified a couple of bargains at the running back position with a large ADP gap. We used research by Jack Miller on the ADP gap between RB teammates to identify Myles Gaskin and Mike Davis. Both running backs hold an ADP gap greater than 98.5 with their team’s RB2, which qualifies as a big-gap running back. However, small-gap backfields also provide an opportunity to find…...
10 Players to Target Late If You Want to Win Your League in the Double-Digit Rounds
Shawn Siegele
July 26, 2021
Shawn Siegele works through a real $100,000 draft to show the importance of executing structurally in the double-digit rounds. In this exercise he profiles the players and tactics necessary to build safety and upside into your rosters. Recently, Colm Kelly, Blair Andrews, and I drafted an FFPC Best Ball Tournament team with the goal of winning the $100,000. We received the 12 slot in our…...
A Julio Jones Lookalike Headlines the Next Crop of Devy Stars and Multiple RBs Make a Case for the First Round – Plus 20 Key Players to Watch in our SEC Devy Preview
Travis May
July 26, 2021
Travis May breaks down a few future first-round running backs, the new wide receiver university, and a couple tight ends who could earn some serious draft capital. With a look at the quarterback, running back, and wide receiver positions, Travis helps you understand their athletic and production profiles, tells you where they rank now in devy, and projects their future NFL Draft capital. SEC PREVIEW…...
Decoding Backfields: The Key Concept That Helps Us Choose Between Chase Edmonds & James Conner
Sam Wallace
July 26, 2021
In the first of a three-part series, Sam Wallace breaks down a talented backfield on an explosive offense and provides actionable insight for fantasy managers heading into this season. When faced with difficult draft choices, some fantasy managers totally avoid them. They take a hands-off approach and avoid the confusion altogether. Some draft the cheaper of the two options as a way of generating some…...
Why You Should Fade the Elite Mobile QBs in Best Ball: Historical Win Rates Show the Opportunity Cost of Missing the QB Window
Bjorn Yang-Vaernet
July 24, 2021
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…...
5 Reasons Clyde Edwards-Helaire Is Poised to be This Year’s 20% Win Rate Running Back
Shawn Siegele
July 24, 2021
Shawn Siegele breaks down the five reasons Clyde Edwards-Helaire is poised to become a 20% win rate back in 2021. Over the last four years, nine different backs have hit the 20% win rate level in FFPC best ball. Given the rhetoric around early-round RB, it may be a surprise to discover that only two of those backs were drafted in Round 1. That’s one…...
Constructing A Zero RB Monster In An FPPC Best Ball Slim Draft
Tim Talmadge
July 23, 2021
Last week, Shawn Siegele and friend of RotoViz Sal Stefanile co-drafted and live-streamed an FPPC best ball slim draft. You can watch the replay here. I hopped in for a little fun and while it didn’t go fully to plan, I ended up with a squad Shawn labeled “a pure RotoViz branded team.” It’s absolutely true because the strategy was mostly formed by our best…...
The Undervalued RB Prospect Who Looks a Lot Like Antonio Gibson – Plus 12 Key Players to Watch in Our Pac-12 Devy Preview
Stefan Lako
July 22, 2021
Stefan Lako breaks down the a running back sleeper with the potential to be a star. In our Pac-12 preview, he breaks down 12 more key devy players who could dictate the future of your devy squad. With a look at the quarterback, running back, and wide receiver positions, Stefan helps you understand their athletic and production profiles, tells you where they rank now in…...
Could 2021’s Nyheim Hines Come From The Rams Backfield?
Tim Talmadge
July 22, 2021
In 2021, Nyheim Hines had an ADP outside the top 150. His team had just drafted one of the best college running backs in history, and drafters were wary that he might lose the pass-catching role he’d come to enjoy. Furthermore, it looked like he was the third running back on the team’s depth chart, behind the rookie Jonathan Taylor and the incumbent Marlon Mack. But…...
Darrell Henderson’s Value Jumps to a Top-24 RB in the Wake of the Cam Akers Injury
Monty Phan
July 21, 2021
Back in April, before the NFL Draft, Shawn Siegele and I drafted a team together in one of the new RotoViz TriFlex FFPC dynasty leagues that had just launched. After drafting our first running back, Chuba Hubbard, in the 10th round, and our second RB, Tony Pollard, in the 12th, we waited until the 15th round to draft our third RB: Darrell Henderson. You probably…...
Looking For A Robert Woods Type Of Value? This Discounted Offense Is Perfect For Rounding Out Your Roster
Sam Wallace
July 21, 2021
In the final installment of a three-part series, Sam Wallace highlights a potentially underrated wide receiver room, a cheap, high-volume running back, and one of his favorite values at quarterback. Fantasy managers naturally want to roster the best possible players. However, fundamental economic principles remind us that there are a scarce number of elite players, and we have to make choices. Simply put, we can’t…...
Stuck With a Terrible Draft Slot? This Evidence-Based Plan Flips the Script to Create Silly Win Rates
Shawn Siegele
July 20, 2021
Stuck with an unfavorable draft slot? Shawn Siegele details the aggressive tactics that allow you to take control of your 2021 fantasy drafts early and put the rest of your league on the defensive. This weekend Colm Kelly and I were joined by special guest Blair Andrews for a bonus episode of RotoViz Overtime. We take aim at the FFPC $100,000 best ball tournament and…...
Predicting Future NFL Success for Wide Receivers: The Adjusted Production Index
Travis May
July 20, 2021
This may seem obvious, but predicting the NFL Draft pick by pick is truly impossible. And that’s not what we’re trying to do here. But when it comes to fantasy football, we like to see wide receivers drafted in Rounds 1-3 of the NFL Draft. Those receivers typically produce fantasy points at a much higher rate than those drafted later or not at all. Makes…...
The Broncos Offense Is Loaded: Why You’ll Find League Winners at RB, WR, and TE Despite Poor QB Play
Sam Wallace
July 19, 2021
In the second of a three-part series, Sam Wallace highlights an emerging offense so loaded it could provide fantasy football league-winners at RB, WR, and TE in 2021. Going against the grain is not an uncommon approach in fantasy football. While many fantasy managers work within the confines of the consensus, many also embark on their own path, looking to uncover unique values, intriguing sleepers,…...
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