Fantasy football is all about finding that next big value and there’s no position more volatile at the top end than running backs. Every year there’s an Arian Foster, C.J. Anderson, Justin Forsett, or Knowshon Moreno. Finding these values in fantasy football player is like getting your hands on the Holy Grail. I took my visualization skills (i.e., I just like making charts) and took a stab…...

There appears to be as little agreement on the first overall pick in 2015 as there ever has been. When I wrote my 24 Championship Building Blocks series, I noted that there exists an argument for Rob Gronkowski as not just a high first round pick, but perhaps the first overall selection. Today I would like to make that argument. Positional Dominance Any pro-Gronk argument has…...

NFL training camps have started and positional battles have begun to take shape. While diving head first into your 2015 fantasy football draft research, you may have just heard about these “MFL10s.” So what are these things that everyone seems to be talking about? I know some of you, like myself, have been drafting in MFL10 leagues with the other self-labeled “addicts” since the final whistle blew…...

It’s RotoViz, so you know we’re always in favor of inexpensive opportunities and contrarian plays. Now that we know Arian Foster will miss extensive time this season, some of us might be tempted to acquire him on the cheap in dynasty leagues. Such a move would be predicated on Foster having more value in the future than he does right now. Here are three reasons why I…...

In the Houston Texans’ first practice of training camp with full pads, running back Arian Foster suffered a season-altering groin injury. The injury will require surgery, and Foster is likely to be placed on injured reserve/designated to return, costing him at least the first half of the season. While most fantasy owners on this news are buying 2014 sixth-round selection Alfred Blue as if he were Adrian Peterson‘s cousin, and while old-timers Pierre Thomas and BenJarvus…...

I love the RotoViz Trade Calculator.  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: It’s the best approximation of dynasty value you’ll find anywhere. Charles Kleinheksel recently wrote a great piece utilizing the Calculator, suggesting that it might be time to move away from a certain 30-year-old RB with over 2,000 career carries. I definitely agree with him. Adrian Peterson still has real trade value…...

When I first broke down the concept of Situational Touches, I focused solely on player production and output. From this piece, I received some questions on how a player’s Situational Touches related to his team’s total, and if that was relevant. I also wanted to take a look at team totals to see if we could draw some more conclusions for 2015. Well it took…...

Fantasy football updates for Doug Martin, Ameer Abdullah, Michael Crabtree, and more. Doug Martin Was affirmed as Tampa Bay’s starter by Lovie Smith. Of course that could change between now and the season, but I think it’s a little harder for a coach to change their mind once they’ve gone on record. Martin’s ADP (RB34) makes him one of the last backs with RB1 upside…....

These three quarterbacks will sink your draft, lose your year before you start. Live your life, sure, but don’t draft these three. Have you heard the phrase “That Begs the Question”? Surprising to most, it has an old meaning far more intellectually rewarding than the modern, “That makes me think this question.” An argument begs the question, in the philosophical sense, when it assumes as…...

@RotoDoc has a PhD in Mathematics while @14TeamMocker has just been obsessed with Jamaal Charles for years. Below they debate the points and counterpoints of taking Charles as a top 3 overall redraft pick in 2015. (@14TeamMocker) This all started when @RotoDoc contributed to an article entitled “7 Fantasy Draft Ideas So Simple They Have To Be Right” by saying not to draft Jamaal Charles. The…...

Earlier I posted an article on why I’m fading Martavis Bryant in redraft leagues this year. That article outlined Bryant’s current ADP, probable outcomes, final projections, and it served as the pre-cursor for this piece. If you want to see my thought process for coming to this conclusion, hit the link at the bottom of the page. Training camp buzz has started, and Bryant is creepin’…...

Earlier this offseason I wrote an article where I made the case for Allen Robinson as 2015’s breakout wide receiver. At the time, Robinson’s ADP was in the sixth round of redraft leagues, but it’s risen since, with Robinson now going towards the end of the fifth round. Many people are concerned about or suspect that his ADP will rise even higher if there’s positive hype in…...

When Fantasy Douche went over the outlook of Sammy Watkins back in May, he came to the conclusion that the sophomore wide receiver was a little over-valued as WR18 off the board. Two months later, and Watkins has fallen to WR24. After a summer littered with questions about Watkins and a dropoff in price, I think it’s finally time to ask: Are we too low…...

Fantasy football drafts are all about value, and that’s especially true of auction drafts. By combining our composite projections, which you can find in the Cheat Sheet Calculator and Best Ball ADP apps, and My Fantasy League’s average auction values I was able to boil value down into a single number. Without further ado, here are the best auction values at running back: The table is pretty…...

Martavis Bryant has reportedly gained 15-20 pounds, and is connecting on 40 yard bombs for touchdowns from Ben Roethlisberger in training camp. National sources are ecstatic about his potential for a break-out this year. How much substance is there in this discussion, and how much of it is noise? What does this all mean, and will it translate into the production needed to pay off…...

Dr. Jeffrey E. Budoff is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon who wades through misleading coach-speak and vague team injury information to offer advice for your fantasy team…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

This piece was really inspired by Shawn Siegele’s piece projecting Sam Bradford to throw 50 touchdowns. After reading that article I immediately thought of Mike Evans as a guy who, just like Bradford, has a chance to really burn up fantasy leagues if a few things bounce his way. Evans was, and still is, my favorite prospect in the 2014 draft class. Admittedly, I was slightly…...