Kevin Szafraniec

Lead Writer and Full-time Cat Dad. Sneakerhead, Record Collector, Beatmaker, Lord of the Rings Superfan, and Jeopardy Enthusiast in my free time. Follow me on X and Bluesky @thecatdadff

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What If Kevin Stefanski Really Was Cleveland’s Biggest Problem? The June ADP Heat Check: QB Edition

Kevin Szafraniec breaks down whether fantasy managers should be buying or selling the biggest quarterback risers and fallers following a hectic month of ADP movement since the NFL Draft.  It has been a little over a month since the NFL Draft wrapped, and it is time to see how the ADP market has shifted since the beginning of May. Given that any player can become…...

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The Continuation of This RB Trend Could Lead Us to Some Late-Round League Winners: Challenging the Wisdom of the Crowds, Part 6

Kevin Szafraniec applies the historical team trends he discovered by comparing running back ADP and their PPR finishes to the 2026 best ball environment. In Part 5 of this series, I asked the question: How effective is the fantasy community at predicting running back depth charts? To answer this, we compared ADP data from the past six years against how RBs ranked among their teammates in terms…...

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How Good Are We at Drafting Running Backs? Challenging the Wisdom of the Crowds, Part 5

Kevin Szafraniec analyzes the past six years of best ball ADP data in the Win Rate Explorer and compares it against running back PPR scoring to find out how accurately drafters are predicting team depth charts prior to the season. While I was researching best ball stacks recently, a few interesting trends emerged that caused me to question how accurately preseason positional ADPs align with…...

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Can James Cook Reprise His 2025 Season with Another Year of Elite Blocking? NFL Offensive Line Continuity Entering June Minicamps

Thomas Emerick launches his 12th offseason offensive line continuity series. James Cook is a special talent and, at the same time, reaped the benefit from years of continuity on the Bills’ starting offensive line, culminating in Buffalo’s best year up front since the ’90s. And this decade reminds us that getting to the Super Bowl is no small feat. Like that quartet of AFC champion squads,…...

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Rookie Wide Receivers Are a True Wild Card for NFL Depth Charts: Challenging the Wisdom of the Crowds, Part 4

Kevin Szafraniec applies the historical team trends he discovered by comparing wide receiver ADP and their PPR finishes to the 2026 best ball environment. In Part 1 of this series, I asked the question: How effective is the fantasy community at predicting wide receiver depth charts? To answer this question, we compared ADP data from the past six years against how WRs ranked among their…...

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These 9 WR2s Are in Danger of Tumbling Down Their Depth Charts: Challenging the Wisdom of the Crowds, Part 3

Kevin Szafraniec applies historical ADP trends to the 2026 best ball landscape in an effort to predict which team WR2s could end up tumbling down depth charts this season. In Part 1 of this series, I asked the question: How effective is the fantasy community at predicting wide receiver depth charts? To answer this question, we compared ADP data from the past six years against how WRs ranked…...

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The Stars are Aligning for These 5 WRs to Emerge as Their Team’s Alpha in 2026: Challenging the Wisdom of the Crowds, Part 2

Kevin Szafraniec applies historical ADP trends to the 2026 best ball landscape in an effort to predict which team WR2s have the best chances of taking over the top spot on their depth charts. In Part 1 of this series, I asked the question: How effective is the fantasy community at predicting wide receiver depth charts? To answer this question, we compared ADP data from…...

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How Good Are We at Drafting Wide Receivers? Challenging the Wisdom of the Crowds, Part 1

Kevin Szafraniec analyzes the past six years of best ball ADP data in the Win Rate Explorer and compares it against wide receiver PPR scoring to find out how accurately drafters are predicting team depth charts prior to the season. While reviewing best ball stacks in my previous article, I found that there was a pretty significant drop-off in success rates for stacks that feature…...

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The RotoViz Review: It’s Time to Get Hyped for Best Ball Summer

The RotoViz staff highlights some of the tools and content our site offers that will help you crush your best ball drafts this summer. For most people, Memorial Day represents the unofficial start of summer. And while some of us sickos were itching to jump into draft rooms as soon as best ball tournaments launched in January, the middle of the calendar represents a more…...

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Introducing the Consensus RotoViz Tiers and Dynasty Trade Calculator

RotoViz has a Dynasty Trade Calculator! We’ve also updated our site with new consensus tiers from some of the finest minds in the industry. Here’s a quick introduction. Give the People What They Want As a RotoViz subscriber, I wanted more regular updates from Shawn, Blair, and Kevin. And a trade calculator. So we built those things. We’re proud to introduce them. Consensus RotoViz Tiers…...

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Is It Possible to Correlate Too Much? Best Ball Stacks That Work and the Pitfalls of Stacking At All Costs

Kevin Szafraniec evaluates the team stack data in RotoViz’s Best Ball Win Rate Explorer to pinpoint the combinations that have historically provided the most profitable returns in best ball leagues. Anyone who plays best ball knows there are certain players “you have to have” every season to come out at the top of the leaderboard in large-scale tournaments. When we stack these players alongside other…...

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A Game of Give and Take: How to Use the Win Rate Explorer and Roster Construction Explorer Together to Build a Best Ball Juggernaut, Part 5

In Part 5 of this series, Kevin Szafraniec uses the lessons we’ve learned through the first four installments of the series to draft a team in the FFPC Best Ball Tournament. If you’re a RotoViz subscriber and aren’t taking advantage of our powerful suite of best ball tools, you are truly missing out. Prior to starting this series, I gave a broad overview of a…...

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The Final Piece of the Puzzle: How to Use the Win Rate Explorer and Roster Construction Explorer Together to Build a Best Ball Juggernaut, Part 4

In Part 4 of this series, Kevin Szafraniec combines the power of RotoViz’s Win Rate Explorer and Roster Construction Explorer to uncover ways to supercharge best ball teams while focusing on the quarterback position. If you’re a RotoViz subscriber and aren’t taking advantage of our powerful suite of best ball tools, you are truly missing out. Prior to starting this series, I gave a broad…...

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Searching for the TE Honey Hole: How to Use the Win Rate Explorer and Roster Construction Explorer Together to Build a Best Ball Juggernaut, Part 3

In Part 3 of this series, Kevin Szafraniec combines the power of RotoViz’s Win Rate Explorer and Roster Construction Explorer to uncover ways to supercharge best ball teams while focusing on the tight end position. If you’re a RotoViz subscriber and aren’t taking advantage of our powerful suite of best ball tools, you are truly missing out. Prior to starting this series, I gave a…...

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Choose Your Battles Wisely: How to Use the Win Rate Explorer and Roster Construction Explorer Together to Build a Best Ball Juggernaut, Part 2

In Part 2 of this series, Kevin Szafraniec combines the power of RotoViz’s Win Rate Explorer and Roster Construction Explorer to uncover ways to supercharge best ball teams while focusing on the wide receiver position. If you’re a RotoViz subscriber and aren’t taking advantage of our powerful suite of best ball tools, you are truly missing out. Prior to starting this series, I gave a…...

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Wonder Twin Powers, Activate! How to Use the Win Rate Explorer and Roster Construction Explorer Together to Build a Best Ball Juggernaut, Part 1

Kevin Szafraniec combines the power of RotoViz’s Win Rate Explorer and Roster Construction Explorer to uncover ways to supercharge best ball teams for the upcoming season. If you’re a RotoViz subscriber and aren’t taking advantage of our powerful suite of best ball tools, you are truly missing out. In my previous article, I gave a broad overview of a few of the features that the…...

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You Can’t Choose Your Draft Slot, But Everything Else Is Up to You: Maximizing Historical Data From the Best Ball Win Rate Explorer

Kevin Szafraniec uses historical data from RotoViz’s Best Ball Win Rate Explorer to help uncover actionable insights for drafters to implement in their 2026 FFPC Best Ball Tournament drafts. Examining the past is a good way to get an understanding of what may happen in the future. When it comes to best ball tournaments, the fantasy community is still trying to figure out the entire…...

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Injuries From 2025 Are Creating Buying Opportunities on Elite Talents in the Early Rounds of 2026 Drafts: Making the Most of Recency Bias, Part 3

Kevin Szafraniec highlights seven players going in the early rounds of best ball drafts who disappointed in 2025 but whose current ADPs may be an overcorrection. Everything in fantasy football is cost-related. Theoretically, any player can turn into an ADP value if their price drops low enough. As is the case every year, 2026’s best ball environment has no shortage of players whose ADPs have…...

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Don’t Let Sam LaPorta’s Down 2025 Scare You Off of Him in the Middle Rounds: Making the Most of Recency Bias, Part 2

Kevin Szafraniec highlights eight players going in the middle rounds of best ball drafts that disappointed in 2025 but whose current ADPs may be an overcorrection. Everything in fantasy football is cost-related. Theoretically, any player can turn into an ADP value if their price drops low enough. As is the case every year, 2026’s best ball environment has no shortage of players whose ADPs have…...

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9 Late-Round Best Ball Targets Whose 2026 ADPs Have Experienced an Overcorrection: Making the Most of Recency Bias, Part 1

Kevin Szafraniec highlights nine players going in the late rounds of best ball drafts who disappointed in 2025 but whose current ADPs may be an overcorrection. Everything in fantasy football is cost-related. Theoretically, any player can turn into an ADP value if their price drops low enough. As is the case every year, 2026’s best ball environment has no shortage of players whose ADPs have…...

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What If Kevin Stefanski Really Was Cleveland’s Biggest Problem? The June ADP Heat Check: QB Edition

Kevin Szafraniec breaks down whether fantasy managers should be buying or selling the biggest quarterback risers and fallers following a hectic month of ADP movement since the NFL Draft.  It has been a little over a month since the NFL Draft wrapped, and it is time to see how the ADP market has shifted since the beginning of May. Given that any player can become…...

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The Continuation of This RB Trend Could Lead Us to Some Late-Round League Winners: Challenging the Wisdom of the Crowds, Part 6

Kevin Szafraniec applies the historical team trends he discovered by comparing running back ADP and their PPR finishes to the 2026 best ball environment. In Part 5 of this series, I asked the question: How effective is the fantasy community at predicting running back depth charts? To answer this, we compared ADP data from the past six years against how RBs ranked among their teammates in terms…...

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How Good Are We at Drafting Running Backs? Challenging the Wisdom of the Crowds, Part 5

Kevin Szafraniec analyzes the past six years of best ball ADP data in the Win Rate Explorer and compares it against running back PPR scoring to find out how accurately drafters are predicting team depth charts prior to the season. While I was researching best ball stacks recently, a few interesting trends emerged that caused me to question how accurately preseason positional ADPs align with…...

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Can James Cook Reprise His 2025 Season with Another Year of Elite Blocking? NFL Offensive Line Continuity Entering June Minicamps

Thomas Emerick launches his 12th offseason offensive line continuity series. James Cook is a special talent and, at the same time, reaped the benefit from years of continuity on the Bills’ starting offensive line, culminating in Buffalo’s best year up front since the ’90s. And this decade reminds us that getting to the Super Bowl is no small feat. Like that quartet of AFC champion squads,…...

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Rookie Wide Receivers Are a True Wild Card for NFL Depth Charts: Challenging the Wisdom of the Crowds, Part 4

Kevin Szafraniec applies the historical team trends he discovered by comparing wide receiver ADP and their PPR finishes to the 2026 best ball environment. In Part 1 of this series, I asked the question: How effective is the fantasy community at predicting wide receiver depth charts? To answer this question, we compared ADP data from the past six years against how WRs ranked among their…...

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These 9 WR2s Are in Danger of Tumbling Down Their Depth Charts: Challenging the Wisdom of the Crowds, Part 3

Kevin Szafraniec applies historical ADP trends to the 2026 best ball landscape in an effort to predict which team WR2s could end up tumbling down depth charts this season. In Part 1 of this series, I asked the question: How effective is the fantasy community at predicting wide receiver depth charts? To answer this question, we compared ADP data from the past six years against how WRs ranked…...

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The Stars are Aligning for These 5 WRs to Emerge as Their Team’s Alpha in 2026: Challenging the Wisdom of the Crowds, Part 2

Kevin Szafraniec applies historical ADP trends to the 2026 best ball landscape in an effort to predict which team WR2s have the best chances of taking over the top spot on their depth charts. In Part 1 of this series, I asked the question: How effective is the fantasy community at predicting wide receiver depth charts? To answer this question, we compared ADP data from…...

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How Good Are We at Drafting Wide Receivers? Challenging the Wisdom of the Crowds, Part 1

Kevin Szafraniec analyzes the past six years of best ball ADP data in the Win Rate Explorer and compares it against wide receiver PPR scoring to find out how accurately drafters are predicting team depth charts prior to the season. While reviewing best ball stacks in my previous article, I found that there was a pretty significant drop-off in success rates for stacks that feature…...

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The RotoViz Review: It’s Time to Get Hyped for Best Ball Summer

The RotoViz staff highlights some of the tools and content our site offers that will help you crush your best ball drafts this summer. For most people, Memorial Day represents the unofficial start of summer. And while some of us sickos were itching to jump into draft rooms as soon as best ball tournaments launched in January, the middle of the calendar represents a more…...

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Introducing the Consensus RotoViz Tiers and Dynasty Trade Calculator

RotoViz has a Dynasty Trade Calculator! We’ve also updated our site with new consensus tiers from some of the finest minds in the industry. Here’s a quick introduction. Give the People What They Want As a RotoViz subscriber, I wanted more regular updates from Shawn, Blair, and Kevin. And a trade calculator. So we built those things. We’re proud to introduce them. Consensus RotoViz Tiers…...

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Is It Possible to Correlate Too Much? Best Ball Stacks That Work and the Pitfalls of Stacking At All Costs

Kevin Szafraniec evaluates the team stack data in RotoViz’s Best Ball Win Rate Explorer to pinpoint the combinations that have historically provided the most profitable returns in best ball leagues. Anyone who plays best ball knows there are certain players “you have to have” every season to come out at the top of the leaderboard in large-scale tournaments. When we stack these players alongside other…...

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A Game of Give and Take: How to Use the Win Rate Explorer and Roster Construction Explorer Together to Build a Best Ball Juggernaut, Part 5

In Part 5 of this series, Kevin Szafraniec uses the lessons we’ve learned through the first four installments of the series to draft a team in the FFPC Best Ball Tournament. If you’re a RotoViz subscriber and aren’t taking advantage of our powerful suite of best ball tools, you are truly missing out. Prior to starting this series, I gave a broad overview of a…...

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The Final Piece of the Puzzle: How to Use the Win Rate Explorer and Roster Construction Explorer Together to Build a Best Ball Juggernaut, Part 4

In Part 4 of this series, Kevin Szafraniec combines the power of RotoViz’s Win Rate Explorer and Roster Construction Explorer to uncover ways to supercharge best ball teams while focusing on the quarterback position. If you’re a RotoViz subscriber and aren’t taking advantage of our powerful suite of best ball tools, you are truly missing out. Prior to starting this series, I gave a broad…...

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Searching for the TE Honey Hole: How to Use the Win Rate Explorer and Roster Construction Explorer Together to Build a Best Ball Juggernaut, Part 3

In Part 3 of this series, Kevin Szafraniec combines the power of RotoViz’s Win Rate Explorer and Roster Construction Explorer to uncover ways to supercharge best ball teams while focusing on the tight end position. If you’re a RotoViz subscriber and aren’t taking advantage of our powerful suite of best ball tools, you are truly missing out. Prior to starting this series, I gave a…...

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Choose Your Battles Wisely: How to Use the Win Rate Explorer and Roster Construction Explorer Together to Build a Best Ball Juggernaut, Part 2

In Part 2 of this series, Kevin Szafraniec combines the power of RotoViz’s Win Rate Explorer and Roster Construction Explorer to uncover ways to supercharge best ball teams while focusing on the wide receiver position. If you’re a RotoViz subscriber and aren’t taking advantage of our powerful suite of best ball tools, you are truly missing out. Prior to starting this series, I gave a…...

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Wonder Twin Powers, Activate! How to Use the Win Rate Explorer and Roster Construction Explorer Together to Build a Best Ball Juggernaut, Part 1

Kevin Szafraniec combines the power of RotoViz’s Win Rate Explorer and Roster Construction Explorer to uncover ways to supercharge best ball teams for the upcoming season. If you’re a RotoViz subscriber and aren’t taking advantage of our powerful suite of best ball tools, you are truly missing out. In my previous article, I gave a broad overview of a few of the features that the…...

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You Can’t Choose Your Draft Slot, But Everything Else Is Up to You: Maximizing Historical Data From the Best Ball Win Rate Explorer

Kevin Szafraniec uses historical data from RotoViz’s Best Ball Win Rate Explorer to help uncover actionable insights for drafters to implement in their 2026 FFPC Best Ball Tournament drafts. Examining the past is a good way to get an understanding of what may happen in the future. When it comes to best ball tournaments, the fantasy community is still trying to figure out the entire…...

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Injuries From 2025 Are Creating Buying Opportunities on Elite Talents in the Early Rounds of 2026 Drafts: Making the Most of Recency Bias, Part 3

Kevin Szafraniec highlights seven players going in the early rounds of best ball drafts who disappointed in 2025 but whose current ADPs may be an overcorrection. Everything in fantasy football is cost-related. Theoretically, any player can turn into an ADP value if their price drops low enough. As is the case every year, 2026’s best ball environment has no shortage of players whose ADPs have…...

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Don’t Let Sam LaPorta’s Down 2025 Scare You Off of Him in the Middle Rounds: Making the Most of Recency Bias, Part 2

Kevin Szafraniec highlights eight players going in the middle rounds of best ball drafts that disappointed in 2025 but whose current ADPs may be an overcorrection. Everything in fantasy football is cost-related. Theoretically, any player can turn into an ADP value if their price drops low enough. As is the case every year, 2026’s best ball environment has no shortage of players whose ADPs have…...

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9 Late-Round Best Ball Targets Whose 2026 ADPs Have Experienced an Overcorrection: Making the Most of Recency Bias, Part 1

Kevin Szafraniec highlights nine players going in the late rounds of best ball drafts who disappointed in 2025 but whose current ADPs may be an overcorrection. Everything in fantasy football is cost-related. Theoretically, any player can turn into an ADP value if their price drops low enough. As is the case every year, 2026’s best ball environment has no shortage of players whose ADPs have…...

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What If Kevin Stefanski Really Was Cleveland’s Biggest Problem? The June ADP Heat Check: QB Edition

Kevin Szafraniec breaks down whether fantasy managers should be buying or selling the biggest quarterback risers and fallers following a hectic month of ADP movement since the NFL Draft.  It has been a little over a month since the NFL Draft wrapped, and it is time to see how the ADP market has shifted since the beginning of May. Given that any player can become…...

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The Continuation of This RB Trend Could Lead Us to Some Late-Round League Winners: Challenging the Wisdom of the Crowds, Part 6

Kevin Szafraniec applies the historical team trends he discovered by comparing running back ADP and their PPR finishes to the 2026 best ball environment. In Part 5 of this series, I asked the question: How effective is the fantasy community at predicting running back depth charts? To answer this, we compared ADP data from the past six years against how RBs ranked among their teammates in terms…...

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How Good Are We at Drafting Running Backs? Challenging the Wisdom of the Crowds, Part 5

Kevin Szafraniec analyzes the past six years of best ball ADP data in the Win Rate Explorer and compares it against running back PPR scoring to find out how accurately drafters are predicting team depth charts prior to the season. While I was researching best ball stacks recently, a few interesting trends emerged that caused me to question how accurately preseason positional ADPs align with…...

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Can James Cook Reprise His 2025 Season with Another Year of Elite Blocking? NFL Offensive Line Continuity Entering June Minicamps

Thomas Emerick launches his 12th offseason offensive line continuity series. James Cook is a special talent and, at the same time, reaped the benefit from years of continuity on the Bills’ starting offensive line, culminating in Buffalo’s best year up front since the ’90s. And this decade reminds us that getting to the Super Bowl is no small feat. Like that quartet of AFC champion squads,…...

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Rookie Wide Receivers Are a True Wild Card for NFL Depth Charts: Challenging the Wisdom of the Crowds, Part 4

Kevin Szafraniec applies the historical team trends he discovered by comparing wide receiver ADP and their PPR finishes to the 2026 best ball environment. In Part 1 of this series, I asked the question: How effective is the fantasy community at predicting wide receiver depth charts? To answer this question, we compared ADP data from the past six years against how WRs ranked among their…...

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These 9 WR2s Are in Danger of Tumbling Down Their Depth Charts: Challenging the Wisdom of the Crowds, Part 3

Kevin Szafraniec applies historical ADP trends to the 2026 best ball landscape in an effort to predict which team WR2s could end up tumbling down depth charts this season. In Part 1 of this series, I asked the question: How effective is the fantasy community at predicting wide receiver depth charts? To answer this question, we compared ADP data from the past six years against how WRs ranked…...

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The Stars are Aligning for These 5 WRs to Emerge as Their Team’s Alpha in 2026: Challenging the Wisdom of the Crowds, Part 2

Kevin Szafraniec applies historical ADP trends to the 2026 best ball landscape in an effort to predict which team WR2s have the best chances of taking over the top spot on their depth charts. In Part 1 of this series, I asked the question: How effective is the fantasy community at predicting wide receiver depth charts? To answer this question, we compared ADP data from…...

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How Good Are We at Drafting Wide Receivers? Challenging the Wisdom of the Crowds, Part 1

Kevin Szafraniec analyzes the past six years of best ball ADP data in the Win Rate Explorer and compares it against wide receiver PPR scoring to find out how accurately drafters are predicting team depth charts prior to the season. While reviewing best ball stacks in my previous article, I found that there was a pretty significant drop-off in success rates for stacks that feature…...

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The RotoViz Review: It’s Time to Get Hyped for Best Ball Summer

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Introducing the Consensus RotoViz Tiers and Dynasty Trade Calculator

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Is It Possible to Correlate Too Much? Best Ball Stacks That Work and the Pitfalls of Stacking At All Costs

Kevin Szafraniec evaluates the team stack data in RotoViz’s Best Ball Win Rate Explorer to pinpoint the combinations that have historically provided the most profitable returns in best ball leagues. Anyone who plays best ball knows there are certain players “you have to have” every season to come out at the top of the leaderboard in large-scale tournaments. When we stack these players alongside other…...

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A Game of Give and Take: How to Use the Win Rate Explorer and Roster Construction Explorer Together to Build a Best Ball Juggernaut, Part 5

In Part 5 of this series, Kevin Szafraniec uses the lessons we’ve learned through the first four installments of the series to draft a team in the FFPC Best Ball Tournament. If you’re a RotoViz subscriber and aren’t taking advantage of our powerful suite of best ball tools, you are truly missing out. Prior to starting this series, I gave a broad overview of a…...

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The Final Piece of the Puzzle: How to Use the Win Rate Explorer and Roster Construction Explorer Together to Build a Best Ball Juggernaut, Part 4

In Part 4 of this series, Kevin Szafraniec combines the power of RotoViz’s Win Rate Explorer and Roster Construction Explorer to uncover ways to supercharge best ball teams while focusing on the quarterback position. If you’re a RotoViz subscriber and aren’t taking advantage of our powerful suite of best ball tools, you are truly missing out. Prior to starting this series, I gave a broad…...

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Searching for the TE Honey Hole: How to Use the Win Rate Explorer and Roster Construction Explorer Together to Build a Best Ball Juggernaut, Part 3

In Part 3 of this series, Kevin Szafraniec combines the power of RotoViz’s Win Rate Explorer and Roster Construction Explorer to uncover ways to supercharge best ball teams while focusing on the tight end position. If you’re a RotoViz subscriber and aren’t taking advantage of our powerful suite of best ball tools, you are truly missing out. Prior to starting this series, I gave a…...

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Choose Your Battles Wisely: How to Use the Win Rate Explorer and Roster Construction Explorer Together to Build a Best Ball Juggernaut, Part 2

In Part 2 of this series, Kevin Szafraniec combines the power of RotoViz’s Win Rate Explorer and Roster Construction Explorer to uncover ways to supercharge best ball teams while focusing on the wide receiver position. If you’re a RotoViz subscriber and aren’t taking advantage of our powerful suite of best ball tools, you are truly missing out. Prior to starting this series, I gave a…...

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Wonder Twin Powers, Activate! How to Use the Win Rate Explorer and Roster Construction Explorer Together to Build a Best Ball Juggernaut, Part 1

Kevin Szafraniec combines the power of RotoViz’s Win Rate Explorer and Roster Construction Explorer to uncover ways to supercharge best ball teams for the upcoming season. If you’re a RotoViz subscriber and aren’t taking advantage of our powerful suite of best ball tools, you are truly missing out. In my previous article, I gave a broad overview of a few of the features that the…...

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You Can’t Choose Your Draft Slot, But Everything Else Is Up to You: Maximizing Historical Data From the Best Ball Win Rate Explorer

Kevin Szafraniec uses historical data from RotoViz’s Best Ball Win Rate Explorer to help uncover actionable insights for drafters to implement in their 2026 FFPC Best Ball Tournament drafts. Examining the past is a good way to get an understanding of what may happen in the future. When it comes to best ball tournaments, the fantasy community is still trying to figure out the entire…...

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Injuries From 2025 Are Creating Buying Opportunities on Elite Talents in the Early Rounds of 2026 Drafts: Making the Most of Recency Bias, Part 3

Kevin Szafraniec highlights seven players going in the early rounds of best ball drafts who disappointed in 2025 but whose current ADPs may be an overcorrection. Everything in fantasy football is cost-related. Theoretically, any player can turn into an ADP value if their price drops low enough. As is the case every year, 2026’s best ball environment has no shortage of players whose ADPs have…...

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Don’t Let Sam LaPorta’s Down 2025 Scare You Off of Him in the Middle Rounds: Making the Most of Recency Bias, Part 2

Kevin Szafraniec highlights eight players going in the middle rounds of best ball drafts that disappointed in 2025 but whose current ADPs may be an overcorrection. Everything in fantasy football is cost-related. Theoretically, any player can turn into an ADP value if their price drops low enough. As is the case every year, 2026’s best ball environment has no shortage of players whose ADPs have…...

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9 Late-Round Best Ball Targets Whose 2026 ADPs Have Experienced an Overcorrection: Making the Most of Recency Bias, Part 1

Kevin Szafraniec highlights nine players going in the late rounds of best ball drafts who disappointed in 2025 but whose current ADPs may be an overcorrection. Everything in fantasy football is cost-related. Theoretically, any player can turn into an ADP value if their price drops low enough. As is the case every year, 2026’s best ball environment has no shortage of players whose ADPs have…...

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