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Sam Wallace
A featured writer for RotoViz, Sam specializes in dynasty. One of our favorite social media voices, he's developing a reputation as a breakout expert.
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Using The Game Splits App & Range Of Outcomes Tool To Identify 3 Running Back Values Heading Into 2021
Sam Wallace
July 1, 2021
Sam Wallace uses two powerful RotoViz tools to help fantasy managers uncover undervalued running backs as they prepare for the upcoming season. Fantasy managers tend to hold onto old wounds. It’s only human nature, I suppose. We spend significant draft capital on a player, and he gets injured in prime time, costing us a matchup. We leverage our future assets to acquire a depth piece…...
This Undervalued Offense Could Be An Embarrassment of Fantasy Riches in 2021
Shawn Siegele
July 1, 2021
Shawn Siegele encourages you to check out the debut of Stealing Bananas and explains why a stealth juggernaut could be the offense you need to target in 2021. This past week has been special for me personally, as Ben Gretch makes his return to RotoViz Radio as my co-host on Stealing Bananas. Ben’s the Stealing half, and I’m the Bananas half, and together we hope…...
Simulating Optimal Roster Construction With The Scott Fish Bowl
Matt Spencer
June 30, 2021
Last week I went through the process of transforming your projections to include expected first downs. Now that Dave Caban dropped the official RotoViz projections, we can explore the snake draft simulation tool I created. I was lucky enough to be invited to participate in the Scott Fish Bowl Tournament again this year. One of Scott’s goals with this format is to create a really balanced…...
Are You Making the Right Stacking Decisions for Best Ball Tournaments?
Michael Dubner
June 29, 2021
The genie is out of the bottle in terms of best ball tournament drafters utilizing stacks hoping to hit the jackpot combination in the money-maker playoff rounds. While much of the conversation on stacking has been largely intuition and feel-based, the RotoViz Stack Analysis and Stack Explorer provides objective data to examine how stacks have historically fared in best ball leagues. Best Ball’s Most Popular…...
2021 Projections: Jared Cook to The Moon and Some Love For CEH
Dave Caban
June 29, 2021
For the last month and a half, I’ve been knee-deep in preparing for the 2021 fantasy season and my first set of projections for all NFL teams is complete. Building a set of well-reasoned fantasy football projections is a time-consuming process but one that I’ve come to appreciate. It’s a key piece of my annual offseason preparation as it helps me to better understand a…...
2 Reasons I’m Drafting Nick Chubb Over Ezekiel Elliott
Tim Talmadge
June 28, 2021
A couple weeks ago, I participated in an NFFC draft and ended up with the fifth pick. Christian McCaffrey, Dalvin Cook, Alvin Kamara and Jonathan Taylor were the first four selections, and I was staring at a few running backs with red flags. Saquon Barkley, who is recovering from a torn ACL and Derrick Henry, facing inevitable regression and an offensive shake up.((New play caller,…...
History Tells Us These Inexpensive Starting Running Backs Fit a Winning Fantasy Profile
Corbin Young
June 25, 2021
Corbin Young examines the big gap/small gap ADP concept at running back and locates inexpensive RBs who fit a historically winning profile. We all want to find that impact RB1 in the bargain barrel of our drafts. After reading through Jack Miller’s research on the ADP gap between RB teammates, I wanted to see if I could find undervalued runners with a large ADP gap. …...
How to Get a Stefon Diggs-Level Impact – 2 Players Poised to Destroy ADP in Every Format
Shawn Siegele
June 24, 2021
Shawn Siegele discusses the players he wants to own in all fantasy leagues, regardless of format. Last weekend I had the chance to draft a $100,000 FFPC best ball tournament team with Zachary Krueger on his show, Roster Locked. In the question-and-answer session, I mentioned that I don’t diversify my rosters quite as much as some fantasy players. I’m willing to own a high concentration…...
Tyler Boyd Is Always a Value: Check Out 2 Other Veteran Wide Receivers You Can Buy at a Discount
Sam Wallace
June 23, 2021
Each NFL offseason has the potential to leave fantasy managers with more questions than answers. Rookies find themselves on their first official rosters, veteran free agents transition to new squads searching for better pay or a shot at a title, and star players returning from injuries light up social media with rehab workouts. During this time, we have so much information available, but we often…...
3 to Buy Now – You Can Still Get a Discount on the Next Aiyuk or Metcalf But Time Is Running Out
Shawn Siegele
June 22, 2021
Shawn Siegele discusses the fantasy players he’s buying everywhere before they get too expensive in July. We’ve been focusing a lot lately on the Best Ball Workshop and How to Win $100,000 in the FFPC Best Ball Tournament. Frequent readers know how to structure their drafts and the loopholes they need to exploit. I’ll have more on fantasy tactics soon, but over the next week…...
Estimating Expected First Downs for the Scott Fish Bowl
Matt Spencer
June 21, 2021
I was lucky enough to be invited to participate in the Scott Fish Bowl Tournament again this year. If you are not familiar, it is a massive charity tournament run by the great Scott Fish to raise money for charity. Among its various eccentricities, the unique scoring is always my favorite part of the tournament. This year it is effectively a half-PPR format with additional points…...
Roster Locked FFPC Tournament Special: Stacks That Bend but Won’t Break and Some That Could Win it All
Zachary Krueger
June 18, 2021
Earlier this week I published Roster Locked Special Part 1: Exploit the Schedule to Win the FFPC $100,000 Best Ball Tournament as Shawn Siegele and I prepare for our Saturday draft on Roster Locked: A Best Ball Show. In Part 1 of this series, we focused on the NFL schedule and discussed our wariness of Week 14, the first week of the playoffs in this tournament…....
Have Drafters Fixed a Key Mistake As They Attempt to Win the $100,000 FFPC Best Ball Tournament?
Shawn Siegele
June 17, 2021
Shawn Siegele examines the behavior of drafters and explains why it gives us confidence in our 2021 draft plan. Zachary Kreuger and I are putting the final touches on our draft plan for the live Roster Locked FFPC $100,000 Best Ball Tournament draft on Saturday. Yesterday, Zach looked at some of the schedule-based elements as we try to run the Week 14-17 gauntlet. In my…...
Roster Locked Special Part 1: Exploit the Schedule to Win the FFPC $100,000 Best Ball Tournament
Zachary Krueger
June 16, 2021
Earlier this spring, Dave Caban and the powers that be at RotoViz were generous enough to give me a platform to host a weekly best ball live stream. For those that haven’t checked it out, you can tune into Roster Locked: A Best Ball Show, live on RotoViz’s YouTube channel. Shows generally air every Saturday (occasionally Friday) night around 7:00 PM EST or later. This…...
Favorite or Underdog? Answering That Question Is Critical to Best Ball Success
Madison Parkhill
June 16, 2021
Quarterbacks are being drafted earlier than ever, making it essential we do our homework at the position. In a study I did last June, I found that quarterbacks generally score more points when they are favored. Specifically, they perform best when they are slight favorites (3.5 to 6.5 points), followed by clear favorites (-7 or better), then in toss-ups (-3 to +3), as slight underdogs…...
What Do Devy Drafts Look Like in Established Leagues? Breaking Down a 2-Round Experts Draft
Shawn Siegele
June 14, 2021
Shawn Siegele breaks down the first two rounds of a devy draft in one of his most competitive expert leagues. A few weeks ago our college football and developmental dynasty guru, Travis May, put together a cool look at a three-round draft that was a mix of rookie and devy. It helps answer some key questions for startup managers. Where do the current devy assets…...
Inaccurate Auction Valuations Make It Possible for You to Draft a Super Team
Matt Spencer
June 11, 2021
This year I got roped into yet another league bringing the official total to … too many. This particular league is an auction draft which in my opinion is the all-time best format for analytics-driven fantasy managers to gain an edge. Rather than being forced into the confines of your draft position, you are free to define your own strategy. Planning In an auction draft,…...
Running Back Draft Age Is Still Exploitable And It Provides an Earlier, Larger Edge Than You Might Think, The Wrong Read, No. 72
Blair Andrews
June 10, 2021
Blair Andrews revisits his research on running back draft age. Do younger RBs still provide an edge? Where does that edge come from? And which RBs should we be targeting in redraft and trading for in dynasty? We know, when looking for fantasy wide receiver prospects, younger is generally better. Does this hold for running back prospects? In the Wrong Read, No 30, I found…...
Early-Round Tactics Are Crucial If You Want to Take Down the FFPC $100,000 Best Ball Tournament
Shawn Siegele
June 9, 2021
In his first look at the FFPC $100,000 best ball tournament, Shawn Siegele breaks down the early-round tactics that separate contenders and pretenders. We’ve written extensively on the FFPC Classic and Superflex options in best ball, helping you take down these contests with insights from the Best Ball Win Rate Explorer and the FFPC Roster Construction Explorer. Today we’ll jump into the FFPC $100,00 best…...
4 Core Elements to More and Better Dynasty Trades, Plus Examples from RotoViz TriFlex Startups
Shawn Siegele
June 7, 2021
Shawn Siegele discusses the importance of trading during dynasty startups and outlines concepts that will help you dominate leagues like the new RotoViz TriFlex Dynasty format from the FFPC. Blair Andrews and I recently participated in a dynasty startup in the awesome RotoViz TriFlex format. This new offering from the FFPC includes superflex, TE Premium, a greater emphasis on wide receivers, and more flex spots…...
Using The Game Splits App & Range Of Outcomes Tool To Identify 3 Running Back Values Heading Into 2021
Sam Wallace
July 1, 2021
Sam Wallace uses two powerful RotoViz tools to help fantasy managers uncover undervalued running backs as they prepare for the upcoming season. Fantasy managers tend to hold onto old wounds. It’s only human nature, I suppose. We spend significant draft capital on a player, and he gets injured in prime time, costing us a matchup. We leverage our future assets to acquire a depth piece…...
This Undervalued Offense Could Be An Embarrassment of Fantasy Riches in 2021
Shawn Siegele
July 1, 2021
Shawn Siegele encourages you to check out the debut of Stealing Bananas and explains why a stealth juggernaut could be the offense you need to target in 2021. This past week has been special for me personally, as Ben Gretch makes his return to RotoViz Radio as my co-host on Stealing Bananas. Ben’s the Stealing half, and I’m the Bananas half, and together we hope…...
Simulating Optimal Roster Construction With The Scott Fish Bowl
Matt Spencer
June 30, 2021
Last week I went through the process of transforming your projections to include expected first downs. Now that Dave Caban dropped the official RotoViz projections, we can explore the snake draft simulation tool I created. I was lucky enough to be invited to participate in the Scott Fish Bowl Tournament again this year. One of Scott’s goals with this format is to create a really balanced…...
Are You Making the Right Stacking Decisions for Best Ball Tournaments?
Michael Dubner
June 29, 2021
The genie is out of the bottle in terms of best ball tournament drafters utilizing stacks hoping to hit the jackpot combination in the money-maker playoff rounds. While much of the conversation on stacking has been largely intuition and feel-based, the RotoViz Stack Analysis and Stack Explorer provides objective data to examine how stacks have historically fared in best ball leagues. Best Ball’s Most Popular…...
2021 Projections: Jared Cook to The Moon and Some Love For CEH
Dave Caban
June 29, 2021
For the last month and a half, I’ve been knee-deep in preparing for the 2021 fantasy season and my first set of projections for all NFL teams is complete. Building a set of well-reasoned fantasy football projections is a time-consuming process but one that I’ve come to appreciate. It’s a key piece of my annual offseason preparation as it helps me to better understand a…...
2 Reasons I’m Drafting Nick Chubb Over Ezekiel Elliott
Tim Talmadge
June 28, 2021
A couple weeks ago, I participated in an NFFC draft and ended up with the fifth pick. Christian McCaffrey, Dalvin Cook, Alvin Kamara and Jonathan Taylor were the first four selections, and I was staring at a few running backs with red flags. Saquon Barkley, who is recovering from a torn ACL and Derrick Henry, facing inevitable regression and an offensive shake up.((New play caller,…...
History Tells Us These Inexpensive Starting Running Backs Fit a Winning Fantasy Profile
Corbin Young
June 25, 2021
Corbin Young examines the big gap/small gap ADP concept at running back and locates inexpensive RBs who fit a historically winning profile. We all want to find that impact RB1 in the bargain barrel of our drafts. After reading through Jack Miller’s research on the ADP gap between RB teammates, I wanted to see if I could find undervalued runners with a large ADP gap. …...
How to Get a Stefon Diggs-Level Impact – 2 Players Poised to Destroy ADP in Every Format
Shawn Siegele
June 24, 2021
Shawn Siegele discusses the players he wants to own in all fantasy leagues, regardless of format. Last weekend I had the chance to draft a $100,000 FFPC best ball tournament team with Zachary Krueger on his show, Roster Locked. In the question-and-answer session, I mentioned that I don’t diversify my rosters quite as much as some fantasy players. I’m willing to own a high concentration…...
Tyler Boyd Is Always a Value: Check Out 2 Other Veteran Wide Receivers You Can Buy at a Discount
Sam Wallace
June 23, 2021
Each NFL offseason has the potential to leave fantasy managers with more questions than answers. Rookies find themselves on their first official rosters, veteran free agents transition to new squads searching for better pay or a shot at a title, and star players returning from injuries light up social media with rehab workouts. During this time, we have so much information available, but we often…...
3 to Buy Now – You Can Still Get a Discount on the Next Aiyuk or Metcalf But Time Is Running Out
Shawn Siegele
June 22, 2021
Shawn Siegele discusses the fantasy players he’s buying everywhere before they get too expensive in July. We’ve been focusing a lot lately on the Best Ball Workshop and How to Win $100,000 in the FFPC Best Ball Tournament. Frequent readers know how to structure their drafts and the loopholes they need to exploit. I’ll have more on fantasy tactics soon, but over the next week…...
Estimating Expected First Downs for the Scott Fish Bowl
Matt Spencer
June 21, 2021
I was lucky enough to be invited to participate in the Scott Fish Bowl Tournament again this year. If you are not familiar, it is a massive charity tournament run by the great Scott Fish to raise money for charity. Among its various eccentricities, the unique scoring is always my favorite part of the tournament. This year it is effectively a half-PPR format with additional points…...
Roster Locked FFPC Tournament Special: Stacks That Bend but Won’t Break and Some That Could Win it All
Zachary Krueger
June 18, 2021
Earlier this week I published Roster Locked Special Part 1: Exploit the Schedule to Win the FFPC $100,000 Best Ball Tournament as Shawn Siegele and I prepare for our Saturday draft on Roster Locked: A Best Ball Show. In Part 1 of this series, we focused on the NFL schedule and discussed our wariness of Week 14, the first week of the playoffs in this tournament…....
Have Drafters Fixed a Key Mistake As They Attempt to Win the $100,000 FFPC Best Ball Tournament?
Shawn Siegele
June 17, 2021
Shawn Siegele examines the behavior of drafters and explains why it gives us confidence in our 2021 draft plan. Zachary Kreuger and I are putting the final touches on our draft plan for the live Roster Locked FFPC $100,000 Best Ball Tournament draft on Saturday. Yesterday, Zach looked at some of the schedule-based elements as we try to run the Week 14-17 gauntlet. In my…...
Roster Locked Special Part 1: Exploit the Schedule to Win the FFPC $100,000 Best Ball Tournament
Zachary Krueger
June 16, 2021
Earlier this spring, Dave Caban and the powers that be at RotoViz were generous enough to give me a platform to host a weekly best ball live stream. For those that haven’t checked it out, you can tune into Roster Locked: A Best Ball Show, live on RotoViz’s YouTube channel. Shows generally air every Saturday (occasionally Friday) night around 7:00 PM EST or later. This…...
Favorite or Underdog? Answering That Question Is Critical to Best Ball Success
Madison Parkhill
June 16, 2021
Quarterbacks are being drafted earlier than ever, making it essential we do our homework at the position. In a study I did last June, I found that quarterbacks generally score more points when they are favored. Specifically, they perform best when they are slight favorites (3.5 to 6.5 points), followed by clear favorites (-7 or better), then in toss-ups (-3 to +3), as slight underdogs…...
What Do Devy Drafts Look Like in Established Leagues? Breaking Down a 2-Round Experts Draft
Shawn Siegele
June 14, 2021
Shawn Siegele breaks down the first two rounds of a devy draft in one of his most competitive expert leagues. A few weeks ago our college football and developmental dynasty guru, Travis May, put together a cool look at a three-round draft that was a mix of rookie and devy. It helps answer some key questions for startup managers. Where do the current devy assets…...
Inaccurate Auction Valuations Make It Possible for You to Draft a Super Team
Matt Spencer
June 11, 2021
This year I got roped into yet another league bringing the official total to … too many. This particular league is an auction draft which in my opinion is the all-time best format for analytics-driven fantasy managers to gain an edge. Rather than being forced into the confines of your draft position, you are free to define your own strategy. Planning In an auction draft,…...
Running Back Draft Age Is Still Exploitable And It Provides an Earlier, Larger Edge Than You Might Think, The Wrong Read, No. 72
Blair Andrews
June 10, 2021
Blair Andrews revisits his research on running back draft age. Do younger RBs still provide an edge? Where does that edge come from? And which RBs should we be targeting in redraft and trading for in dynasty? We know, when looking for fantasy wide receiver prospects, younger is generally better. Does this hold for running back prospects? In the Wrong Read, No 30, I found…...
Early-Round Tactics Are Crucial If You Want to Take Down the FFPC $100,000 Best Ball Tournament
Shawn Siegele
June 9, 2021
In his first look at the FFPC $100,000 best ball tournament, Shawn Siegele breaks down the early-round tactics that separate contenders and pretenders. We’ve written extensively on the FFPC Classic and Superflex options in best ball, helping you take down these contests with insights from the Best Ball Win Rate Explorer and the FFPC Roster Construction Explorer. Today we’ll jump into the FFPC $100,00 best…...
4 Core Elements to More and Better Dynasty Trades, Plus Examples from RotoViz TriFlex Startups
Shawn Siegele
June 7, 2021
Shawn Siegele discusses the importance of trading during dynasty startups and outlines concepts that will help you dominate leagues like the new RotoViz TriFlex Dynasty format from the FFPC. Blair Andrews and I recently participated in a dynasty startup in the awesome RotoViz TriFlex format. This new offering from the FFPC includes superflex, TE Premium, a greater emphasis on wide receivers, and more flex spots…...
Using The Game Splits App & Range Of Outcomes Tool To Identify 3 Running Back Values Heading Into 2021
Sam Wallace
July 1, 2021
Sam Wallace uses two powerful RotoViz tools to help fantasy managers uncover undervalued running backs as they prepare for the upcoming season. Fantasy managers tend to hold onto old wounds. It’s only human nature, I suppose. We spend significant draft capital on a player, and he gets injured in prime time, costing us a matchup. We leverage our future assets to acquire a depth piece…...
This Undervalued Offense Could Be An Embarrassment of Fantasy Riches in 2021
Shawn Siegele
July 1, 2021
Shawn Siegele encourages you to check out the debut of Stealing Bananas and explains why a stealth juggernaut could be the offense you need to target in 2021. This past week has been special for me personally, as Ben Gretch makes his return to RotoViz Radio as my co-host on Stealing Bananas. Ben’s the Stealing half, and I’m the Bananas half, and together we hope…...
Simulating Optimal Roster Construction With The Scott Fish Bowl
Matt Spencer
June 30, 2021
Last week I went through the process of transforming your projections to include expected first downs. Now that Dave Caban dropped the official RotoViz projections, we can explore the snake draft simulation tool I created. I was lucky enough to be invited to participate in the Scott Fish Bowl Tournament again this year. One of Scott’s goals with this format is to create a really balanced…...
Are You Making the Right Stacking Decisions for Best Ball Tournaments?
Michael Dubner
June 29, 2021
The genie is out of the bottle in terms of best ball tournament drafters utilizing stacks hoping to hit the jackpot combination in the money-maker playoff rounds. While much of the conversation on stacking has been largely intuition and feel-based, the RotoViz Stack Analysis and Stack Explorer provides objective data to examine how stacks have historically fared in best ball leagues. Best Ball’s Most Popular…...
2021 Projections: Jared Cook to The Moon and Some Love For CEH
Dave Caban
June 29, 2021
For the last month and a half, I’ve been knee-deep in preparing for the 2021 fantasy season and my first set of projections for all NFL teams is complete. Building a set of well-reasoned fantasy football projections is a time-consuming process but one that I’ve come to appreciate. It’s a key piece of my annual offseason preparation as it helps me to better understand a…...
2 Reasons I’m Drafting Nick Chubb Over Ezekiel Elliott
Tim Talmadge
June 28, 2021
A couple weeks ago, I participated in an NFFC draft and ended up with the fifth pick. Christian McCaffrey, Dalvin Cook, Alvin Kamara and Jonathan Taylor were the first four selections, and I was staring at a few running backs with red flags. Saquon Barkley, who is recovering from a torn ACL and Derrick Henry, facing inevitable regression and an offensive shake up.((New play caller,…...
History Tells Us These Inexpensive Starting Running Backs Fit a Winning Fantasy Profile
Corbin Young
June 25, 2021
Corbin Young examines the big gap/small gap ADP concept at running back and locates inexpensive RBs who fit a historically winning profile. We all want to find that impact RB1 in the bargain barrel of our drafts. After reading through Jack Miller’s research on the ADP gap between RB teammates, I wanted to see if I could find undervalued runners with a large ADP gap. …...
How to Get a Stefon Diggs-Level Impact – 2 Players Poised to Destroy ADP in Every Format
Shawn Siegele
June 24, 2021
Shawn Siegele discusses the players he wants to own in all fantasy leagues, regardless of format. Last weekend I had the chance to draft a $100,000 FFPC best ball tournament team with Zachary Krueger on his show, Roster Locked. In the question-and-answer session, I mentioned that I don’t diversify my rosters quite as much as some fantasy players. I’m willing to own a high concentration…...
Tyler Boyd Is Always a Value: Check Out 2 Other Veteran Wide Receivers You Can Buy at a Discount
Sam Wallace
June 23, 2021
Each NFL offseason has the potential to leave fantasy managers with more questions than answers. Rookies find themselves on their first official rosters, veteran free agents transition to new squads searching for better pay or a shot at a title, and star players returning from injuries light up social media with rehab workouts. During this time, we have so much information available, but we often…...
3 to Buy Now – You Can Still Get a Discount on the Next Aiyuk or Metcalf But Time Is Running Out
Shawn Siegele
June 22, 2021
Shawn Siegele discusses the fantasy players he’s buying everywhere before they get too expensive in July. We’ve been focusing a lot lately on the Best Ball Workshop and How to Win $100,000 in the FFPC Best Ball Tournament. Frequent readers know how to structure their drafts and the loopholes they need to exploit. I’ll have more on fantasy tactics soon, but over the next week…...
Estimating Expected First Downs for the Scott Fish Bowl
Matt Spencer
June 21, 2021
I was lucky enough to be invited to participate in the Scott Fish Bowl Tournament again this year. If you are not familiar, it is a massive charity tournament run by the great Scott Fish to raise money for charity. Among its various eccentricities, the unique scoring is always my favorite part of the tournament. This year it is effectively a half-PPR format with additional points…...
Roster Locked FFPC Tournament Special: Stacks That Bend but Won’t Break and Some That Could Win it All
Zachary Krueger
June 18, 2021
Earlier this week I published Roster Locked Special Part 1: Exploit the Schedule to Win the FFPC $100,000 Best Ball Tournament as Shawn Siegele and I prepare for our Saturday draft on Roster Locked: A Best Ball Show. In Part 1 of this series, we focused on the NFL schedule and discussed our wariness of Week 14, the first week of the playoffs in this tournament…....
Have Drafters Fixed a Key Mistake As They Attempt to Win the $100,000 FFPC Best Ball Tournament?
Shawn Siegele
June 17, 2021
Shawn Siegele examines the behavior of drafters and explains why it gives us confidence in our 2021 draft plan. Zachary Kreuger and I are putting the final touches on our draft plan for the live Roster Locked FFPC $100,000 Best Ball Tournament draft on Saturday. Yesterday, Zach looked at some of the schedule-based elements as we try to run the Week 14-17 gauntlet. In my…...
Roster Locked Special Part 1: Exploit the Schedule to Win the FFPC $100,000 Best Ball Tournament
Zachary Krueger
June 16, 2021
Earlier this spring, Dave Caban and the powers that be at RotoViz were generous enough to give me a platform to host a weekly best ball live stream. For those that haven’t checked it out, you can tune into Roster Locked: A Best Ball Show, live on RotoViz’s YouTube channel. Shows generally air every Saturday (occasionally Friday) night around 7:00 PM EST or later. This…...
Favorite or Underdog? Answering That Question Is Critical to Best Ball Success
Madison Parkhill
June 16, 2021
Quarterbacks are being drafted earlier than ever, making it essential we do our homework at the position. In a study I did last June, I found that quarterbacks generally score more points when they are favored. Specifically, they perform best when they are slight favorites (3.5 to 6.5 points), followed by clear favorites (-7 or better), then in toss-ups (-3 to +3), as slight underdogs…...
What Do Devy Drafts Look Like in Established Leagues? Breaking Down a 2-Round Experts Draft
Shawn Siegele
June 14, 2021
Shawn Siegele breaks down the first two rounds of a devy draft in one of his most competitive expert leagues. A few weeks ago our college football and developmental dynasty guru, Travis May, put together a cool look at a three-round draft that was a mix of rookie and devy. It helps answer some key questions for startup managers. Where do the current devy assets…...
Inaccurate Auction Valuations Make It Possible for You to Draft a Super Team
Matt Spencer
June 11, 2021
This year I got roped into yet another league bringing the official total to … too many. This particular league is an auction draft which in my opinion is the all-time best format for analytics-driven fantasy managers to gain an edge. Rather than being forced into the confines of your draft position, you are free to define your own strategy. Planning In an auction draft,…...
Running Back Draft Age Is Still Exploitable And It Provides an Earlier, Larger Edge Than You Might Think, The Wrong Read, No. 72
Blair Andrews
June 10, 2021
Blair Andrews revisits his research on running back draft age. Do younger RBs still provide an edge? Where does that edge come from? And which RBs should we be targeting in redraft and trading for in dynasty? We know, when looking for fantasy wide receiver prospects, younger is generally better. Does this hold for running back prospects? In the Wrong Read, No 30, I found…...
Early-Round Tactics Are Crucial If You Want to Take Down the FFPC $100,000 Best Ball Tournament
Shawn Siegele
June 9, 2021
In his first look at the FFPC $100,000 best ball tournament, Shawn Siegele breaks down the early-round tactics that separate contenders and pretenders. We’ve written extensively on the FFPC Classic and Superflex options in best ball, helping you take down these contests with insights from the Best Ball Win Rate Explorer and the FFPC Roster Construction Explorer. Today we’ll jump into the FFPC $100,00 best…...
4 Core Elements to More and Better Dynasty Trades, Plus Examples from RotoViz TriFlex Startups
Shawn Siegele
June 7, 2021
Shawn Siegele discusses the importance of trading during dynasty startups and outlines concepts that will help you dominate leagues like the new RotoViz TriFlex Dynasty format from the FFPC. Blair Andrews and I recently participated in a dynasty startup in the awesome RotoViz TriFlex format. This new offering from the FFPC includes superflex, TE Premium, a greater emphasis on wide receivers, and more flex spots…...
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