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All In on Derrick Henry? A RotoViz Mailbag

Tell a man how to set his lineup, and he’ll win the week. Teach a man to leverage the full might of the RotoViz apps and expertise, and he’ll crush his league. … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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PGA DFS: The CJ Cup Course Intro/Key Stats, Picks, and Chalk Pivots/Fades

We are on a short week with the tournament kicking off Wednesday at 7 PM EST, so there will not be a podcast and all three articles are condensed into one. Another exciting week on the tour approaches with a field of 78 traveling to Jeju Island, South Korea for a first time PGA tour no-cut event, The CJ Cup. Nine Bridges Golf Course will…...

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Daily Fantasy Basketball GPP Plays for October 18th

The season has finally started, and now we are faced with our first big slate of the year.  There is a lot to sift through with 11 games on deck, and finding lower owned options with upside can be even more of a time consuming task.  … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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The Players Championship Projections

PGA DFS Projections and Picks: The CJ Cup

Welcome to my PGA DFS machine learning model for the CJ Cup at Nine Bridges. This is the first PGA Tour event at Nine Bridges. Although, Nine Bridges has hosted some LPGA tournaments…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Stealing Signals Week 7: NFC Advanced Stats

Stealing Signals provides your Week 7 look at snaps, touches, game flow, efficiency, and everything in between. Also, check out the AFC…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Diary of High Stakes Sophomores: One In A Million

Pete Overzet and Pat Kerrane are sharing their experiences playing high stakes fantasy football in the FFPC Main Event with a weekly article. In this edition, they get their hopes up after their first win of the season…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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The Buy Low Report – Week 7

We are close to the halfway mark of the 2017 fantasy football season. Hopefully your teams all have winning records, and you’re likely to make the playoffs. If not, don’t worry as there’s plenty of time left to try and make up the deficit. Let’s try and identify several players you should acquire/divest in the coming weeks. Welcome to the Week 7 Buy Low Report!… Membership Required...

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WR Targets: Demaryius Thomas Bounces Back After Broncos Bye

Demaryius Thomas, Jarvis Landry, and Marvin Jones tied for the most targets in with 14. They were three of 14 wide receivers to see double-digit targets in Week 6. Did you know that Thomas and Landry have averaged nearly 10 targets per game in their last 37 NFL games? Jones has averaged 6.6 targets per game over his last 37…. Membership Required You must be a member...

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Rest of Season RB Ranks – Week 7

Now that several players have six games worth of data for 2017, the model will be at its strongest point from here on out. That’s because I’ve shown before that six games of recent data is the most predictive in terms of predicting future performance, at least for a single-term model…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a...

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Ultimate Zero RB Watchlist: Rest-of-Season NFC Rankings

Welcome to the Ultimate Zero RB Watchlist. The goal of this piece is to help you find RB targets for your Zero-RB teams before anyone else even knows about them. We know that startable RB weeks can come from almost anywhere in the NFL. By being aware of depth charts that could yield surprising weekly starters, we put ourselves in position to grab the next…...

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Ultimate Zero RB Watch List – Ranking the AFC Contenders

The picture isn’t complete, but we know the players and the plot. Some situations have yet to fully reveal themselves, but there is enough information available to allow us some pretty good guesses at how the rest of the seasons will shake out…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Who Will Be the Tight End Fantasy Playoff MVP?

Now that the fantasy football season is at the halfway point, it’s time to think about the fantasy playoffs. We gathered the RotoViz team at headquarters to discuss our picks for the fantasy playoffs MVP. Up next, the tight end position…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Tuesday Trades: Week 7 and the Sneaky Cheap WR

Welcome back to Tuesday Morning Trades, a weekly column that will highlight players to target today before their prices change tomorrow…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Who Will be the Fantasy Playoff QB MVP?

Now that the fantasy football season is at the halfway point, it’s time to think about the fantasy playoffs. We gathered the RotoViz team at headquarters to discuss our picks for the fantasy playoffs MVP. Up first, our quarterback picks…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Returning Dominators: No. 6 Wyatt Demps

In this series, I’m breaking down the top-10 returning college wide receivers from 2016 by dominator rating (DR), using our FBS WR database. If you’re unfamiliar with dominator rating, it’s a receiver’s combined market share for yardage and TDs. 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…...

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NBA Strategy

3-Point NBA Strategy – Maximizing Expected Value on Offense

Analytics is growing in the NBA as teams gather talented thinkers to unlock basketball’s hidden secrets and strengthen their front office’s ability to predict and evaluate player impact…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Waiver Wire Dumpster Diving Week 7

Week 6 goes in the “win” column for Dumpster Dives with guys like Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Cameron Brate, and Josh Doctson coming up big while JuJu Smith-Shuster and Ryan Griffin got a lot of snaps and targets and showed more promise going forward. With more bye weeks and some unfortunate injuries, the waiver wire promises to be active. If you miss out on your top targets, however,…...

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Daily Fantasy Basketball Plays of the Day for October 17th

It’s finally here! The NBA is back with two premiere matchups. I know I’m excited and I hope you are too. This offseason was action-packed with trades and signings. It’ll be interesting to see how long it takes each of these teams to adjust to their new teammates, but don’t worry about figuring that out on your own; that’s the reason we’re here…. Membership Required...

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Early GLSP Projections – Falcons Will Feast, Kamara Emerges

On a weekly basis, I’ll use Game Level Similarity Projections to find players with surprising ranges of outcomes. Early in the week, I’ll post the results of my personal model with some quick commentary…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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All In on Derrick Henry? A RotoViz Mailbag

Tell a man how to set his lineup, and he’ll win the week. Teach a man to leverage the full might of the RotoViz apps and expertise, and he’ll crush his league. … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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PGA DFS: The CJ Cup Course Intro/Key Stats, Picks, and Chalk Pivots/Fades

We are on a short week with the tournament kicking off Wednesday at 7 PM EST, so there will not be a podcast and all three articles are condensed into one. Another exciting week on the tour approaches with a field of 78 traveling to Jeju Island, South Korea for a first time PGA tour no-cut event, The CJ Cup. Nine Bridges Golf Course will…...

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Daily Fantasy Basketball GPP Plays for October 18th

The season has finally started, and now we are faced with our first big slate of the year.  There is a lot to sift through with 11 games on deck, and finding lower owned options with upside can be even more of a time consuming task.  … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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The Players Championship Projections

PGA DFS Projections and Picks: The CJ Cup

Welcome to my PGA DFS machine learning model for the CJ Cup at Nine Bridges. This is the first PGA Tour event at Nine Bridges. Although, Nine Bridges has hosted some LPGA tournaments…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Stealing Signals Week 7: NFC Advanced Stats

Stealing Signals provides your Week 7 look at snaps, touches, game flow, efficiency, and everything in between. Also, check out the AFC…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Diary of High Stakes Sophomores: One In A Million

Pete Overzet and Pat Kerrane are sharing their experiences playing high stakes fantasy football in the FFPC Main Event with a weekly article. In this edition, they get their hopes up after their first win of the season…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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The Buy Low Report – Week 7

We are close to the halfway mark of the 2017 fantasy football season. Hopefully your teams all have winning records, and you’re likely to make the playoffs. If not, don’t worry as there’s plenty of time left to try and make up the deficit. Let’s try and identify several players you should acquire/divest in the coming weeks. Welcome to the Week 7 Buy Low Report!… Membership Required...

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WR Targets: Demaryius Thomas Bounces Back After Broncos Bye

Demaryius Thomas, Jarvis Landry, and Marvin Jones tied for the most targets in with 14. They were three of 14 wide receivers to see double-digit targets in Week 6. Did you know that Thomas and Landry have averaged nearly 10 targets per game in their last 37 NFL games? Jones has averaged 6.6 targets per game over his last 37…. Membership Required You must be a member...

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Rest of Season RB Ranks – Week 7

Now that several players have six games worth of data for 2017, the model will be at its strongest point from here on out. That’s because I’ve shown before that six games of recent data is the most predictive in terms of predicting future performance, at least for a single-term model…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a...

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Ultimate Zero RB Watchlist: Rest-of-Season NFC Rankings

Welcome to the Ultimate Zero RB Watchlist. The goal of this piece is to help you find RB targets for your Zero-RB teams before anyone else even knows about them. We know that startable RB weeks can come from almost anywhere in the NFL. By being aware of depth charts that could yield surprising weekly starters, we put ourselves in position to grab the next…...

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Ultimate Zero RB Watch List – Ranking the AFC Contenders

The picture isn’t complete, but we know the players and the plot. Some situations have yet to fully reveal themselves, but there is enough information available to allow us some pretty good guesses at how the rest of the seasons will shake out…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Who Will Be the Tight End Fantasy Playoff MVP?

Now that the fantasy football season is at the halfway point, it’s time to think about the fantasy playoffs. We gathered the RotoViz team at headquarters to discuss our picks for the fantasy playoffs MVP. Up next, the tight end position…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Tuesday Trades: Week 7 and the Sneaky Cheap WR

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Who Will be the Fantasy Playoff QB MVP?

Now that the fantasy football season is at the halfway point, it’s time to think about the fantasy playoffs. We gathered the RotoViz team at headquarters to discuss our picks for the fantasy playoffs MVP. Up first, our quarterback picks…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Returning Dominators: No. 6 Wyatt Demps

In this series, I’m breaking down the top-10 returning college wide receivers from 2016 by dominator rating (DR), using our FBS WR database. If you’re unfamiliar with dominator rating, it’s a receiver’s combined market share for yardage and TDs. 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…...

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NBA Strategy

3-Point NBA Strategy – Maximizing Expected Value on Offense

Analytics is growing in the NBA as teams gather talented thinkers to unlock basketball’s hidden secrets and strengthen their front office’s ability to predict and evaluate player impact…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Waiver Wire Dumpster Diving Week 7

Week 6 goes in the “win” column for Dumpster Dives with guys like Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Cameron Brate, and Josh Doctson coming up big while JuJu Smith-Shuster and Ryan Griffin got a lot of snaps and targets and showed more promise going forward. With more bye weeks and some unfortunate injuries, the waiver wire promises to be active. If you miss out on your top targets, however,…...

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Daily Fantasy Basketball Plays of the Day for October 17th

It’s finally here! The NBA is back with two premiere matchups. I know I’m excited and I hope you are too. This offseason was action-packed with trades and signings. It’ll be interesting to see how long it takes each of these teams to adjust to their new teammates, but don’t worry about figuring that out on your own; that’s the reason we’re here…. Membership Required...

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Early GLSP Projections – Falcons Will Feast, Kamara Emerges

On a weekly basis, I’ll use Game Level Similarity Projections to find players with surprising ranges of outcomes. Early in the week, I’ll post the results of my personal model with some quick commentary…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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All In on Derrick Henry? A RotoViz Mailbag

Tell a man how to set his lineup, and he’ll win the week. Teach a man to leverage the full might of the RotoViz apps and expertise, and he’ll crush his league. … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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PGA DFS: The CJ Cup Course Intro/Key Stats, Picks, and Chalk Pivots/Fades

We are on a short week with the tournament kicking off Wednesday at 7 PM EST, so there will not be a podcast and all three articles are condensed into one. Another exciting week on the tour approaches with a field of 78 traveling to Jeju Island, South Korea for a first time PGA tour no-cut event, The CJ Cup. Nine Bridges Golf Course will…...

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Daily Fantasy Basketball GPP Plays for October 18th

The season has finally started, and now we are faced with our first big slate of the year.  There is a lot to sift through with 11 games on deck, and finding lower owned options with upside can be even more of a time consuming task.  … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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The Players Championship Projections

PGA DFS Projections and Picks: The CJ Cup

Welcome to my PGA DFS machine learning model for the CJ Cup at Nine Bridges. This is the first PGA Tour event at Nine Bridges. Although, Nine Bridges has hosted some LPGA tournaments…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Stealing Signals Week 7: NFC Advanced Stats

Stealing Signals provides your Week 7 look at snaps, touches, game flow, efficiency, and everything in between. Also, check out the AFC…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Diary of High Stakes Sophomores: One In A Million

Pete Overzet and Pat Kerrane are sharing their experiences playing high stakes fantasy football in the FFPC Main Event with a weekly article. In this edition, they get their hopes up after their first win of the season…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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The Buy Low Report – Week 7

We are close to the halfway mark of the 2017 fantasy football season. Hopefully your teams all have winning records, and you’re likely to make the playoffs. If not, don’t worry as there’s plenty of time left to try and make up the deficit. Let’s try and identify several players you should acquire/divest in the coming weeks. Welcome to the Week 7 Buy Low Report!… Membership Required...

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WR Targets: Demaryius Thomas Bounces Back After Broncos Bye

Demaryius Thomas, Jarvis Landry, and Marvin Jones tied for the most targets in with 14. They were three of 14 wide receivers to see double-digit targets in Week 6. Did you know that Thomas and Landry have averaged nearly 10 targets per game in their last 37 NFL games? Jones has averaged 6.6 targets per game over his last 37…. Membership Required You must be a member...

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Rest of Season RB Ranks – Week 7

Now that several players have six games worth of data for 2017, the model will be at its strongest point from here on out. That’s because I’ve shown before that six games of recent data is the most predictive in terms of predicting future performance, at least for a single-term model…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a...

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Ultimate Zero RB Watchlist: Rest-of-Season NFC Rankings

Welcome to the Ultimate Zero RB Watchlist. The goal of this piece is to help you find RB targets for your Zero-RB teams before anyone else even knows about them. We know that startable RB weeks can come from almost anywhere in the NFL. By being aware of depth charts that could yield surprising weekly starters, we put ourselves in position to grab the next…...

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Ultimate Zero RB Watch List – Ranking the AFC Contenders

The picture isn’t complete, but we know the players and the plot. Some situations have yet to fully reveal themselves, but there is enough information available to allow us some pretty good guesses at how the rest of the seasons will shake out…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Who Will Be the Tight End Fantasy Playoff MVP?

Now that the fantasy football season is at the halfway point, it’s time to think about the fantasy playoffs. We gathered the RotoViz team at headquarters to discuss our picks for the fantasy playoffs MVP. Up next, the tight end position…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Tuesday Trades: Week 7 and the Sneaky Cheap WR

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Who Will be the Fantasy Playoff QB MVP?

Now that the fantasy football season is at the halfway point, it’s time to think about the fantasy playoffs. We gathered the RotoViz team at headquarters to discuss our picks for the fantasy playoffs MVP. Up first, our quarterback picks…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Returning Dominators: No. 6 Wyatt Demps

In this series, I’m breaking down the top-10 returning college wide receivers from 2016 by dominator rating (DR), using our FBS WR database. If you’re unfamiliar with dominator rating, it’s a receiver’s combined market share for yardage and TDs. 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…...

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NBA Strategy

3-Point NBA Strategy – Maximizing Expected Value on Offense

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Waiver Wire Dumpster Diving Week 7

Week 6 goes in the “win” column for Dumpster Dives with guys like Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Cameron Brate, and Josh Doctson coming up big while JuJu Smith-Shuster and Ryan Griffin got a lot of snaps and targets and showed more promise going forward. With more bye weeks and some unfortunate injuries, the waiver wire promises to be active. If you miss out on your top targets, however,…...

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Daily Fantasy Basketball Plays of the Day for October 17th

It’s finally here! The NBA is back with two premiere matchups. I know I’m excited and I hope you are too. This offseason was action-packed with trades and signings. It’ll be interesting to see how long it takes each of these teams to adjust to their new teammates, but don’t worry about figuring that out on your own; that’s the reason we’re here…. Membership Required...

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Early GLSP Projections – Falcons Will Feast, Kamara Emerges

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