Fantasy football news from week 1, featuring Chris Johnson, Jay Cutler, Brandon Coleman, Tavon Austin, Arian Foster, Allen Hurns, Sammy Watkins, Karlos Williams, and Ameer Abdullah. Chris Johnson I know, David Johnson is the much sexier pick up in light of Andre Ellington’s injury. And I absolutely think that David Johnson has a higher ceiling than Chris Johnson. But I wouldn’t be in a big rush to…...

When playing the stock market, it can be extremely difficult to make an early move on a particular investment. After all, with little information about it, whose to say that said investment will continue to trend in its current direction, good or bad, or reverse field in the coming days or weeks or even months? The infinite timeline of the stock market can make “buy…...

Here are the players I am targeting on the waiver wire after Week 1. If you’re in a deeper league, consider these trade targets instead of free agent acquisitions. Over the course of the season, @14TeamMocker or I will provide our overreactions every Monday morning to what happened in the NFL that week. One of us might show up in the other’s article to tell them…...

Alshon Jeffery suffered a calf injury during the first preseason game versus the Dolphins on August 13th. The Bears downplayed the injury early on and Coach John Fox has offered little insight. So you likely invested a high draft pick on him with little concern about the injury. Unfortunately, the situation has escalated to the point that we aren’t even sure how effective he’ll be…...

Welcome to The Position Report, the weekly column in which I will humor myself and maybe a few of you by looking at the NFL franchises and coming up with something to say. Some of the time, what I say might even be (ir)relevant. If you’re looking for actionable information, you should probably stop reading. Otherwise, read on—but remember that I gave you fair warning…....

One of the things we can do now that we have projections from multiple sources in our database is to use the standard deviation in that data, along with simulation, to generate unique lineups for the Milly Maker. The reason it might be beneficial to do that is because random number generation has the potential to raise the specter of an outcome you weren’t previously…...

I wanted to post a final version of the player targets articles I’ve been sharing throughout August. In the time since my last article I’ve done one more draft and also gone through one round of FAAB to land at the rosters that I’ll take into Week 1. In total I have eight mid-stakes teams that I largely drafted with some version of a Zero…...

Given his success as an NFL receiver, it`s easy to overlook the fact that Randall Cobb didn’t really play the position until his final year at Kentucky. True story. In his first season he touched the ball most as a passer, in his second the most as a runner and in his third the most as receiver. In advance of Saturday night’s showdown against Michigan…...

Welcome to Week 1 (That sounds nice, doesn’t it?). It truly is like Christmas morning. Before we dive into Week 1 plays – and by the way I’ll talk about both FanDuel and DraftKings picks – I think it’s always good to do some reflection and self-examination, and there’s no better time than now. Anyone who wants to be a serious player should download their performance history…...

Each week his season, a group of RotoViz writers writers will offer their Play of the Week. We’re tracking the value of our recommendations, using a DraftKings Millionaire Maker lineup metric, but we think these picks will also be valuable for seasonal leagues as well. For all the details about the thought process behind our picks, check the intro article. The goal is simple: recommend a…...

Finally. FINALLY. The long wait is over. Our national nightmare has ended. There was a football game last night. There were yards gained, and touchdowns touched, hell, Lev & Martavis probably passed a blunt on the sidelines…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

I’ve been playing fantasy football since I started a home league when I was 12 years old.[1]No joke, I drafted Jason Elam in the first round. In college, I found my new group of friends was more into fantasy baseball than pretend pigskin. I was a more casual fan of baseball, but it wasn’t long before I was reading Moneyball and finding myself knee-deep in appreciation for…...

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This is my first post in a weekly series that will act as a diary of sorts, chronicling my journey into daily fantasy football. My focus this season will be on DraftKings, while my colleague Anthony Amico will be covering FanDuel. Firstly, I’ll admit that this is not my first time with daily fantasy football. I dipped my toes in the water last season, and enjoyed…...