John Lapinski

Lead Writer at RotoViz with a focus on Dynasty and Best Ball leagues. Father, Giants fan, and Pork Roll aficionado.

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Man vs. Machine: How to Attack When the Stars Slide

RotoViz writers are using the Draft Dashboard, the flagship tool of the FFDRAFTPREP Package, to attack 2018 drafts. Twelve authors have participated and each is mock drafting from a different starting position. The aim of this series is to outline the strategies employed by our writers and the information they are using to inform their decisions…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this...

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NASCAR DFS Picks

NASCAR DFS Picks, Projections for Darlington

NASCAR heads to Darlington for one of its crown jewel events, the Southern 500. As always, I’ll give you my NASCAR DFS picks, fades, and projections for this weekend’s race. Also, the NASCAR DFS Multi-Lineup Optimizer, Sim Scores, and Splits apps are updated for your NASCAR DFS needs…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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RotoViz Radio Weekly Recap: Preseason Week 4

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NASCAR DFS Strategy

NASCAR – Darlington Raceway and DFS Strategy: On The Daily

On The Daily: The RotoViz Daily Fantasy Sports Podcast, powered by RotoViz Radio, hosted by Matthew Freedman (@MattFtheOracle) and Nick Giffen (@RotoDoc)… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Rest of Season RB Ranks

Computing the Optimal Draft Part 2: Using the App for Draft Weekend

Kevin’s previous article was a reader favorite and computed an optimal draft from each of the 12 slots. Now he’s making it possible for you to compute the results for yourself. Just in time for draft weekend, he discusses how to use the Optimal Draft App…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Top 15 Zero RB Candidates for 2018 – The Final Board

Each year we provide a 2018 Zero RB candidates countdown to help you find inexpensive RBs to destroy your league. Welcome to the final board. … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Young WRs

Amari Cooper Could Lead the League in Targets

Bunny Lebowski: Uli doesn’t care about anything. He’s a nihilist. The Dude: Ah, that must be exhausting. Remember how Amari Cooper finished his ascent as a superstar and single handedly won fantasy leagues last season? Neither do I. Cooper posted a career worst season following his second straight 1,000-yard season in Year 2, and there were whispers that he was a massive bust…. Membership Required You...

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4 Bargain Rookie WRs Models Say Could Be League Winners

The 2018 rookie wide receiver class is living in the shadow of the top-heavy running back class. With three straight WR classes underwhelming since 2014’s historic crop, fantasy players are ignoring the upside with this year’s picks, and it’s cheaper than ever to buy rookie WR sleepers in the late rounds…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a...

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How Will the Eagles Cover the Loss of Alshon Jeffery?

While the Philadelphia Eagles continue to keep us all in suspense with regard to the identity of their Week 1 quarterback, whoever that man is looks set to be without one of the key pieces of their passing game. Alshon Jeffery is reporting as likely to miss the opening two weeks of the season, with a Week 3 return against the Colts looking likely. The…...

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Returning Dominators: No. 10 – A.J. Brown and N’Keal Harry

In this series, I’m breaking down the top-10 returning college wide receivers from 2017 by dominator rating (DR). If you’re unfamiliar with dominator rating, it’s a receiver’s combined market share of receiving yardage and touchdowns. While it’s only one element in receiver evaluation – and requires age and experience adjustments to tell the full story – it provides an excellent snapshot of a player’s role within his offense…....

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4 Players I’m Begging You Not to Draft

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NFL GPP Strategy: On the Daily

On The Daily: The RotoViz Daily Fantasy Sports Podcast, powered by RotoViz Radio, hosted by Matt LaMarca (@MattLaMarca), Anthony Amico (@amicsta), and Matt Jones (@MattJonesTFR)… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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How to Avoid WR Busts: Another Perspective on Bounceback Opportunities – The Wrong Read, No. 48

Welcome to the 48th installment of the “The Wrong Read.” Finding bounceback wide receiver candidates can provide a nice boost to your fantasy team. But what if we could avoid 50-point declines in the first place? This one weird[1]Not really trick will help keep those busts far away from your dynasty roster…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a...

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When The Devy Breaks: Devin Singletary Motors Into Norman

When the Devy Breaks travels the college football landscape, keeping you up-to-date on last week’s results, previewing the big upcoming tilts, and providing updated devy rankings…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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How These 10 Results from the RotoViz Ultimate Rankings Could Shape Your Early-Round Plan

If you missed it earlier in the week, Dave Caban put together the RotoViz Ultimate Rankings, using his projections from the Projection Machine, the tiers from the Draft Dashboard, the Historical Distribution Scores created from the similarity feature in the Fantasy Stat Explorer, and ADP. If you’ve been taking advantage of Dave’s tools in the amazing FFDraftPrep suite, then you’re ready to dominate your draft…...

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Man vs. Machine: How to Attack When the Stars Slide

RotoViz writers are using the Draft Dashboard, the flagship tool of the FFDRAFTPREP Package, to attack 2018 drafts. Twelve authors have participated and each is mock drafting from a different starting position. The aim of this series is to outline the strategies employed by our writers and the information they are using to inform their decisions…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this...

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NASCAR DFS Picks

NASCAR DFS Picks, Projections for Darlington

NASCAR heads to Darlington for one of its crown jewel events, the Southern 500. As always, I’ll give you my NASCAR DFS picks, fades, and projections for this weekend’s race. Also, the NASCAR DFS Multi-Lineup Optimizer, Sim Scores, and Splits apps are updated for your NASCAR DFS needs…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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RotoViz Radio Weekly Recap: Preseason Week 4

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NASCAR – Darlington Raceway and DFS Strategy: On The Daily

On The Daily: The RotoViz Daily Fantasy Sports Podcast, powered by RotoViz Radio, hosted by Matthew Freedman (@MattFtheOracle) and Nick Giffen (@RotoDoc)… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Rest of Season RB Ranks

Computing the Optimal Draft Part 2: Using the App for Draft Weekend

Kevin’s previous article was a reader favorite and computed an optimal draft from each of the 12 slots. Now he’s making it possible for you to compute the results for yourself. Just in time for draft weekend, he discusses how to use the Optimal Draft App…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Top 15 Zero RB Candidates for 2018 – The Final Board

Each year we provide a 2018 Zero RB candidates countdown to help you find inexpensive RBs to destroy your league. Welcome to the final board. … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Young WRs

Amari Cooper Could Lead the League in Targets

Bunny Lebowski: Uli doesn’t care about anything. He’s a nihilist. The Dude: Ah, that must be exhausting. Remember how Amari Cooper finished his ascent as a superstar and single handedly won fantasy leagues last season? Neither do I. Cooper posted a career worst season following his second straight 1,000-yard season in Year 2, and there were whispers that he was a massive bust…. Membership Required You...

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4 Bargain Rookie WRs Models Say Could Be League Winners

The 2018 rookie wide receiver class is living in the shadow of the top-heavy running back class. With three straight WR classes underwhelming since 2014’s historic crop, fantasy players are ignoring the upside with this year’s picks, and it’s cheaper than ever to buy rookie WR sleepers in the late rounds…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a...

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week 10 fantasy

How Will the Eagles Cover the Loss of Alshon Jeffery?

While the Philadelphia Eagles continue to keep us all in suspense with regard to the identity of their Week 1 quarterback, whoever that man is looks set to be without one of the key pieces of their passing game. Alshon Jeffery is reporting as likely to miss the opening two weeks of the season, with a Week 3 return against the Colts looking likely. The…...

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Returning Dominators: No. 10 – A.J. Brown and N’Keal Harry

In this series, I’m breaking down the top-10 returning college wide receivers from 2017 by dominator rating (DR). If you’re unfamiliar with dominator rating, it’s a receiver’s combined market share of receiving yardage and touchdowns. While it’s only one element in receiver evaluation – and requires age and experience adjustments to tell the full story – it provides an excellent snapshot of a player’s role within his offense…....

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4 Players I’m Begging You Not to Draft

I tend to be pretty moderate in my fantasy football views. I believe the margins are so thin in this game that almost any pick is defensible. These players are the exception…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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NFL GPP Strategy: On the Daily

On The Daily: The RotoViz Daily Fantasy Sports Podcast, powered by RotoViz Radio, hosted by Matt LaMarca (@MattLaMarca), Anthony Amico (@amicsta), and Matt Jones (@MattJonesTFR)… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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How to Avoid WR Busts: Another Perspective on Bounceback Opportunities – The Wrong Read, No. 48

Welcome to the 48th installment of the “The Wrong Read.” Finding bounceback wide receiver candidates can provide a nice boost to your fantasy team. But what if we could avoid 50-point declines in the first place? This one weird[1]Not really trick will help keep those busts far away from your dynasty roster…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a...

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When The Devy Breaks: Devin Singletary Motors Into Norman

When the Devy Breaks travels the college football landscape, keeping you up-to-date on last week’s results, previewing the big upcoming tilts, and providing updated devy rankings…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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How These 10 Results from the RotoViz Ultimate Rankings Could Shape Your Early-Round Plan

If you missed it earlier in the week, Dave Caban put together the RotoViz Ultimate Rankings, using his projections from the Projection Machine, the tiers from the Draft Dashboard, the Historical Distribution Scores created from the similarity feature in the Fantasy Stat Explorer, and ADP. If you’ve been taking advantage of Dave’s tools in the amazing FFDraftPrep suite, then you’re ready to dominate your draft…...

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Man vs. Machine: How to Attack When the Stars Slide

RotoViz writers are using the Draft Dashboard, the flagship tool of the FFDRAFTPREP Package, to attack 2018 drafts. Twelve authors have participated and each is mock drafting from a different starting position. The aim of this series is to outline the strategies employed by our writers and the information they are using to inform their decisions…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this...

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NASCAR DFS Picks

NASCAR DFS Picks, Projections for Darlington

NASCAR heads to Darlington for one of its crown jewel events, the Southern 500. As always, I’ll give you my NASCAR DFS picks, fades, and projections for this weekend’s race. Also, the NASCAR DFS Multi-Lineup Optimizer, Sim Scores, and Splits apps are updated for your NASCAR DFS needs…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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RotoViz Radio Weekly Recap: Preseason Week 4

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NASCAR – Darlington Raceway and DFS Strategy: On The Daily

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Rest of Season RB Ranks

Computing the Optimal Draft Part 2: Using the App for Draft Weekend

Kevin’s previous article was a reader favorite and computed an optimal draft from each of the 12 slots. Now he’s making it possible for you to compute the results for yourself. Just in time for draft weekend, he discusses how to use the Optimal Draft App…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Top 15 Zero RB Candidates for 2018 – The Final Board

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Young WRs

Amari Cooper Could Lead the League in Targets

Bunny Lebowski: Uli doesn’t care about anything. He’s a nihilist. The Dude: Ah, that must be exhausting. Remember how Amari Cooper finished his ascent as a superstar and single handedly won fantasy leagues last season? Neither do I. Cooper posted a career worst season following his second straight 1,000-yard season in Year 2, and there were whispers that he was a massive bust…. Membership Required You...

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4 Bargain Rookie WRs Models Say Could Be League Winners

The 2018 rookie wide receiver class is living in the shadow of the top-heavy running back class. With three straight WR classes underwhelming since 2014’s historic crop, fantasy players are ignoring the upside with this year’s picks, and it’s cheaper than ever to buy rookie WR sleepers in the late rounds…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a...

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week 10 fantasy

How Will the Eagles Cover the Loss of Alshon Jeffery?

While the Philadelphia Eagles continue to keep us all in suspense with regard to the identity of their Week 1 quarterback, whoever that man is looks set to be without one of the key pieces of their passing game. Alshon Jeffery is reporting as likely to miss the opening two weeks of the season, with a Week 3 return against the Colts looking likely. The…...

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Returning Dominators: No. 10 – A.J. Brown and N’Keal Harry

In this series, I’m breaking down the top-10 returning college wide receivers from 2017 by dominator rating (DR). If you’re unfamiliar with dominator rating, it’s a receiver’s combined market share of receiving yardage and touchdowns. While it’s only one element in receiver evaluation – and requires age and experience adjustments to tell the full story – it provides an excellent snapshot of a player’s role within his offense…....

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4 Players I’m Begging You Not to Draft

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NFL GPP Strategy: On the Daily

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How to Avoid WR Busts: Another Perspective on Bounceback Opportunities – The Wrong Read, No. 48

Welcome to the 48th installment of the “The Wrong Read.” Finding bounceback wide receiver candidates can provide a nice boost to your fantasy team. But what if we could avoid 50-point declines in the first place? This one weird[1]Not really trick will help keep those busts far away from your dynasty roster…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a...

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When The Devy Breaks: Devin Singletary Motors Into Norman

When the Devy Breaks travels the college football landscape, keeping you up-to-date on last week’s results, previewing the big upcoming tilts, and providing updated devy rankings…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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How These 10 Results from the RotoViz Ultimate Rankings Could Shape Your Early-Round Plan

If you missed it earlier in the week, Dave Caban put together the RotoViz Ultimate Rankings, using his projections from the Projection Machine, the tiers from the Draft Dashboard, the Historical Distribution Scores created from the similarity feature in the Fantasy Stat Explorer, and ADP. If you’ve been taking advantage of Dave’s tools in the amazing FFDraftPrep suite, then you’re ready to dominate your draft…...

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