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2023 was a strange season in at least one way. It was the first time that the Win the Flex tool didn’t unapologetically recommend a Zero-RB strategy. As wide receivers got pushed up draft boards and running backs got pushed down, it looked as though value would coalesce around early RBs. In such a season, it may seem that Zero RB is sub-optimal. When it’s…...
Sometimes, we are successful not because of the decisions we made, but because of the decisions we did not make. And sometimes, we are successful because of the decisions someone else did not make. It is early days, of course, but right now the Houston Texans are the big winners because the Carolina Panthers chose to draft Bryce Young. This left them free to select,…...
“Self-examination, the observation of one’s own experience, is the very root of the intelligence.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti. Using self-examination to accept the person you are could be worthwhile for your mental health, but it can’t generally improve your performance at a craft. Using self-examination to become better requires action. And it begins with an honest evaluation of what you have been doing and what results…...
The Bills drafted Devin Singletary in 2019 to pair with veteran Frank Gore in his age-36 season. Singletary bested Gore in snap share (68% vs. 35%) and rush share (42% vs. 36%). He also edged Gore in rushing yards (775 vs. 599). Singletary saw a healthy rush share and a 12% target share (No. 17), and averaged 12.5 PPR/G (No. 27) as a rookie. The…...
“Self-examination, the observation of one’s own experience, is the very root of the intelligence.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti. Using self-examination to accept the person you are could be worthwhile for your mental health, but it can’t generally improve your performance at a craft. Using self-examination to become better requires action. And it begins with an honest evaluation of what you have been doing and what results…...
We will see a large chunk of the field playing “cash” lineups in small-field tournaments. This presents a unique opportunity to play a lineup you would expect to see in a larger field tournament. Even if you hit the right stack in a large field tournament, it may not be enough even to hit the cash line because all the other players in that tournament…...
Week 2 of the Playoffs also brings Part 2 of the FFPC Playoff Challenge. The rules are a little different, and the prizes are a little smaller, but the games are more important and arguably less predictable. The Divisional Round Playoff Challenge differs from the original version in that it only includes eight roster spots. There are only eight teams remaining in the playoffs, so…...
Shawn Siegele explores the nuances of building Underdog playoff rosters now that we’re down to eight teams as we enter the Divisional Round. Wild Card weekend lived up to its branding and delivered in a way that regular season football generally did not in 2023. As Colm and I broke down on Overtime yesterday, the initial wave of playoff games followed our expected script but…...
Michael Thomas immediately earned target volume as a rookie with the Saints. In Thomas’ rookie season, the Saints had three receivers with over 100 targets, including Thomas (121), Brandin Cooks (117), and Willie Snead (104). As a rookie, Thomas ranked 21st in EP/G and third in FPOE/G with a 19% target share. After Year 1, Thomas posted three consecutive seasons with 145 or more targets…....
Being the first overall pick in the NFL Draft is often daunting. Especially if you are a quarterback. There is usually a strong reason behind how that team came to select you with that pick. Namely, they suck. But in the case of Bryce Young, the Carolina Panthers made a blockbuster trade to go up and get their guy. This, they hoped. would help stop…...
“Self-examination, the observation of one’s own experience, is the very root of the intelligence.” — Jiddu Krishnamurti. Using self-examination to accept the person you are could be worthwhile for your mental health, but it can’t generally improve your performance at a craft. Using self-examination to become better requires action. And it begins with an honest evaluation of what you have been doing and what results…...
Welcome to Playoff DFS! Today I will break down both games on the two-game Sunday slate and the best ways to attack them from a DFS perspective, with a focus on small-field tournament play. We will see a large chunk of the field playing “cash” lineups in small-field tournaments. This presents a unique opportunity to play a lineup you would expect to see in a…...
We’re doing something a little different this week. While I will still include the team-level numbers for the Wild Card round, I want to start elsewhere. One of my favorite fantasy contests is the FFPC Playoff Challenge. Much of the strategy for that contest revolves around the game theory aspect — how do you fill your lineup with players who will score points and help…...
Welcome to Playoff DFS! This week I will break down both games on the two-game Saturday slate and the best ways to attack them from a DFS perspective, with a focus on small-field tournament play. Later this week we’ll look at the Sunday slate. We will see a large chunk of the field playing “cash” lineups in small-field tournaments. This presents a unique opportunity to…...
Shawn Siegele dives deep into the RotoViz tools and presents his game plan for attacking the 2024 FFPC Playoff contest. Perhaps no fantasy game is quite as fun to enter, discuss, and debate as the FFPC Playoff contest. You get to choose your own players without interference from other drafters, eliminating every excuse. You can win $500,000 in the course of a month instead of…...
In the first of a two-part series breaking down the FFPC and Underdog playoff contests, Shawn Siegele helps you build a juggernaut in this week’s Underdog drafts. If you were waiting on the playoff matchups to dive into the Underdog playoff drafts, they’re currently offering six different contest structures to drafters. In today’s exercise, we’ll work through the general tactics, the differences between the contests,…...
The Wrong Read has had many lives — first as a reflection on insights from the RotoViz podcasts; then as a freeform space for exploring a variety of metrics and strategies. It will likely continue in that latter function, but at least for now — in season — it’s an in-depth matchup lookahead article. Each week I’ll gather advanced stats from our tools — mainly…...
In week 18, monitoring news throughout the weekend is important because you will see teams resting players this week. This opens up values you would not see on a normal slate. The challenge is making sure the high-priced studs those values are allowing you to fit are going to be playing the entirety of the game. You should have zero doubt about playing time or…...
The Wrong Read has had many lives — first as a reflection on insights from the RotoViz podcasts; then as a freeform space for exploring a variety of metrics and strategies. It will likely continue in that latter function, but at least for now — in season — it’s an in-depth matchup lookahead article. Each week I’ll gather advanced stats from our tools — mainly…...
For most of the free footballing world, the 2023 fantasy football season is over. Titles have been won, belts have changed hands, and prize money is being collected. Fun times for the winners and those who did not taste triumph thoughts are already turning to next year. (Unless your league is playing in Week 18, of course, which, if so, I applaud and am baffled…...
2023 was a strange season in at least one way. It was the first time that the Win the Flex tool didn’t unapologetically recommend a Zero-RB strategy. As wide receivers got pushed up draft boards and running backs got pushed down, it looked as though value would coalesce around early RBs. In such a season, it may seem that Zero RB is sub-optimal. When it’s…...
Sometimes, we are successful not because of the decisions we made, but because of the decisions we did not make. And sometimes, we are successful because of the decisions someone else did not make. It is early days, of course, but right now the Houston Texans are the big winners because the Carolina Panthers chose to draft Bryce Young. This left them free to select,…...
“Self-examination, the observation of one’s own experience, is the very root of the intelligence.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti. Using self-examination to accept the person you are could be worthwhile for your mental health, but it can’t generally improve your performance at a craft. Using self-examination to become better requires action. And it begins with an honest evaluation of what you have been doing and what results…...
The Bills drafted Devin Singletary in 2019 to pair with veteran Frank Gore in his age-36 season. Singletary bested Gore in snap share (68% vs. 35%) and rush share (42% vs. 36%). He also edged Gore in rushing yards (775 vs. 599). Singletary saw a healthy rush share and a 12% target share (No. 17), and averaged 12.5 PPR/G (No. 27) as a rookie. The…...
“Self-examination, the observation of one’s own experience, is the very root of the intelligence.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti. Using self-examination to accept the person you are could be worthwhile for your mental health, but it can’t generally improve your performance at a craft. Using self-examination to become better requires action. And it begins with an honest evaluation of what you have been doing and what results…...
We will see a large chunk of the field playing “cash” lineups in small-field tournaments. This presents a unique opportunity to play a lineup you would expect to see in a larger field tournament. Even if you hit the right stack in a large field tournament, it may not be enough even to hit the cash line because all the other players in that tournament…...
Week 2 of the Playoffs also brings Part 2 of the FFPC Playoff Challenge. The rules are a little different, and the prizes are a little smaller, but the games are more important and arguably less predictable. The Divisional Round Playoff Challenge differs from the original version in that it only includes eight roster spots. There are only eight teams remaining in the playoffs, so…...
Shawn Siegele explores the nuances of building Underdog playoff rosters now that we’re down to eight teams as we enter the Divisional Round. Wild Card weekend lived up to its branding and delivered in a way that regular season football generally did not in 2023. As Colm and I broke down on Overtime yesterday, the initial wave of playoff games followed our expected script but…...
Michael Thomas immediately earned target volume as a rookie with the Saints. In Thomas’ rookie season, the Saints had three receivers with over 100 targets, including Thomas (121), Brandin Cooks (117), and Willie Snead (104). As a rookie, Thomas ranked 21st in EP/G and third in FPOE/G with a 19% target share. After Year 1, Thomas posted three consecutive seasons with 145 or more targets…....
Being the first overall pick in the NFL Draft is often daunting. Especially if you are a quarterback. There is usually a strong reason behind how that team came to select you with that pick. Namely, they suck. But in the case of Bryce Young, the Carolina Panthers made a blockbuster trade to go up and get their guy. This, they hoped. would help stop…...
“Self-examination, the observation of one’s own experience, is the very root of the intelligence.” — Jiddu Krishnamurti. Using self-examination to accept the person you are could be worthwhile for your mental health, but it can’t generally improve your performance at a craft. Using self-examination to become better requires action. And it begins with an honest evaluation of what you have been doing and what results…...
Welcome to Playoff DFS! Today I will break down both games on the two-game Sunday slate and the best ways to attack them from a DFS perspective, with a focus on small-field tournament play. We will see a large chunk of the field playing “cash” lineups in small-field tournaments. This presents a unique opportunity to play a lineup you would expect to see in a…...
We’re doing something a little different this week. While I will still include the team-level numbers for the Wild Card round, I want to start elsewhere. One of my favorite fantasy contests is the FFPC Playoff Challenge. Much of the strategy for that contest revolves around the game theory aspect — how do you fill your lineup with players who will score points and help…...
Welcome to Playoff DFS! This week I will break down both games on the two-game Saturday slate and the best ways to attack them from a DFS perspective, with a focus on small-field tournament play. Later this week we’ll look at the Sunday slate. We will see a large chunk of the field playing “cash” lineups in small-field tournaments. This presents a unique opportunity to…...
Shawn Siegele dives deep into the RotoViz tools and presents his game plan for attacking the 2024 FFPC Playoff contest. Perhaps no fantasy game is quite as fun to enter, discuss, and debate as the FFPC Playoff contest. You get to choose your own players without interference from other drafters, eliminating every excuse. You can win $500,000 in the course of a month instead of…...
In the first of a two-part series breaking down the FFPC and Underdog playoff contests, Shawn Siegele helps you build a juggernaut in this week’s Underdog drafts. If you were waiting on the playoff matchups to dive into the Underdog playoff drafts, they’re currently offering six different contest structures to drafters. In today’s exercise, we’ll work through the general tactics, the differences between the contests,…...
The Wrong Read has had many lives — first as a reflection on insights from the RotoViz podcasts; then as a freeform space for exploring a variety of metrics and strategies. It will likely continue in that latter function, but at least for now — in season — it’s an in-depth matchup lookahead article. Each week I’ll gather advanced stats from our tools — mainly…...
In week 18, monitoring news throughout the weekend is important because you will see teams resting players this week. This opens up values you would not see on a normal slate. The challenge is making sure the high-priced studs those values are allowing you to fit are going to be playing the entirety of the game. You should have zero doubt about playing time or…...
The Wrong Read has had many lives — first as a reflection on insights from the RotoViz podcasts; then as a freeform space for exploring a variety of metrics and strategies. It will likely continue in that latter function, but at least for now — in season — it’s an in-depth matchup lookahead article. Each week I’ll gather advanced stats from our tools — mainly…...
For most of the free footballing world, the 2023 fantasy football season is over. Titles have been won, belts have changed hands, and prize money is being collected. Fun times for the winners and those who did not taste triumph thoughts are already turning to next year. (Unless your league is playing in Week 18, of course, which, if so, I applaud and am baffled…...
2023 was a strange season in at least one way. It was the first time that the Win the Flex tool didn’t unapologetically recommend a Zero-RB strategy. As wide receivers got pushed up draft boards and running backs got pushed down, it looked as though value would coalesce around early RBs. In such a season, it may seem that Zero RB is sub-optimal. When it’s…...
Sometimes, we are successful not because of the decisions we made, but because of the decisions we did not make. And sometimes, we are successful because of the decisions someone else did not make. It is early days, of course, but right now the Houston Texans are the big winners because the Carolina Panthers chose to draft Bryce Young. This left them free to select,…...
“Self-examination, the observation of one’s own experience, is the very root of the intelligence.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti. Using self-examination to accept the person you are could be worthwhile for your mental health, but it can’t generally improve your performance at a craft. Using self-examination to become better requires action. And it begins with an honest evaluation of what you have been doing and what results…...
The Bills drafted Devin Singletary in 2019 to pair with veteran Frank Gore in his age-36 season. Singletary bested Gore in snap share (68% vs. 35%) and rush share (42% vs. 36%). He also edged Gore in rushing yards (775 vs. 599). Singletary saw a healthy rush share and a 12% target share (No. 17), and averaged 12.5 PPR/G (No. 27) as a rookie. The…...
“Self-examination, the observation of one’s own experience, is the very root of the intelligence.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti. Using self-examination to accept the person you are could be worthwhile for your mental health, but it can’t generally improve your performance at a craft. Using self-examination to become better requires action. And it begins with an honest evaluation of what you have been doing and what results…...
We will see a large chunk of the field playing “cash” lineups in small-field tournaments. This presents a unique opportunity to play a lineup you would expect to see in a larger field tournament. Even if you hit the right stack in a large field tournament, it may not be enough even to hit the cash line because all the other players in that tournament…...
Week 2 of the Playoffs also brings Part 2 of the FFPC Playoff Challenge. The rules are a little different, and the prizes are a little smaller, but the games are more important and arguably less predictable. The Divisional Round Playoff Challenge differs from the original version in that it only includes eight roster spots. There are only eight teams remaining in the playoffs, so…...
Shawn Siegele explores the nuances of building Underdog playoff rosters now that we’re down to eight teams as we enter the Divisional Round. Wild Card weekend lived up to its branding and delivered in a way that regular season football generally did not in 2023. As Colm and I broke down on Overtime yesterday, the initial wave of playoff games followed our expected script but…...
Michael Thomas immediately earned target volume as a rookie with the Saints. In Thomas’ rookie season, the Saints had three receivers with over 100 targets, including Thomas (121), Brandin Cooks (117), and Willie Snead (104). As a rookie, Thomas ranked 21st in EP/G and third in FPOE/G with a 19% target share. After Year 1, Thomas posted three consecutive seasons with 145 or more targets…....
Being the first overall pick in the NFL Draft is often daunting. Especially if you are a quarterback. There is usually a strong reason behind how that team came to select you with that pick. Namely, they suck. But in the case of Bryce Young, the Carolina Panthers made a blockbuster trade to go up and get their guy. This, they hoped. would help stop…...
“Self-examination, the observation of one’s own experience, is the very root of the intelligence.” — Jiddu Krishnamurti. Using self-examination to accept the person you are could be worthwhile for your mental health, but it can’t generally improve your performance at a craft. Using self-examination to become better requires action. And it begins with an honest evaluation of what you have been doing and what results…...
Welcome to Playoff DFS! Today I will break down both games on the two-game Sunday slate and the best ways to attack them from a DFS perspective, with a focus on small-field tournament play. We will see a large chunk of the field playing “cash” lineups in small-field tournaments. This presents a unique opportunity to play a lineup you would expect to see in a…...
We’re doing something a little different this week. While I will still include the team-level numbers for the Wild Card round, I want to start elsewhere. One of my favorite fantasy contests is the FFPC Playoff Challenge. Much of the strategy for that contest revolves around the game theory aspect — how do you fill your lineup with players who will score points and help…...
Welcome to Playoff DFS! This week I will break down both games on the two-game Saturday slate and the best ways to attack them from a DFS perspective, with a focus on small-field tournament play. Later this week we’ll look at the Sunday slate. We will see a large chunk of the field playing “cash” lineups in small-field tournaments. This presents a unique opportunity to…...
Shawn Siegele dives deep into the RotoViz tools and presents his game plan for attacking the 2024 FFPC Playoff contest. Perhaps no fantasy game is quite as fun to enter, discuss, and debate as the FFPC Playoff contest. You get to choose your own players without interference from other drafters, eliminating every excuse. You can win $500,000 in the course of a month instead of…...
In the first of a two-part series breaking down the FFPC and Underdog playoff contests, Shawn Siegele helps you build a juggernaut in this week’s Underdog drafts. If you were waiting on the playoff matchups to dive into the Underdog playoff drafts, they’re currently offering six different contest structures to drafters. In today’s exercise, we’ll work through the general tactics, the differences between the contests,…...
The Wrong Read has had many lives — first as a reflection on insights from the RotoViz podcasts; then as a freeform space for exploring a variety of metrics and strategies. It will likely continue in that latter function, but at least for now — in season — it’s an in-depth matchup lookahead article. Each week I’ll gather advanced stats from our tools — mainly…...
In week 18, monitoring news throughout the weekend is important because you will see teams resting players this week. This opens up values you would not see on a normal slate. The challenge is making sure the high-priced studs those values are allowing you to fit are going to be playing the entirety of the game. You should have zero doubt about playing time or…...
The Wrong Read has had many lives — first as a reflection on insights from the RotoViz podcasts; then as a freeform space for exploring a variety of metrics and strategies. It will likely continue in that latter function, but at least for now — in season — it’s an in-depth matchup lookahead article. Each week I’ll gather advanced stats from our tools — mainly…...
For most of the free footballing world, the 2023 fantasy football season is over. Titles have been won, belts have changed hands, and prize money is being collected. Fun times for the winners and those who did not taste triumph thoughts are already turning to next year. (Unless your league is playing in Week 18, of course, which, if so, I applaud and am baffled…...
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