Earlier this offseason, Jacob Rickrode wrote a great piece arguing for Andrew Luck as the first overall pick in dynasty startup drafts. I had always been pretty firmly opposed to it on principle, but the piece certainly warmed me to the idea. But I still don’t think Andrew Luck should be the first pick in dynasty drafts. To help me explain, I’ve enlisted the help of four other QBs: Aaron…...

Have you ever played a certain wide receiver because of the quarterback your opponent was starting? Have you ever picked up a defense or tight end off waivers not because you need one, but because your opponent’s top option was on a bye week? Do you often fade players that are likely to be highly owned in DFS tournaments? If you in any way take…...

What does it mean to wait on quarterback in a superflex league? Simply by virtue of the roster requirements, it is unlikely to mean the same thing in superflex that it does in a traditional one-quarterback league. It does not mean QB5 is on the board until pick 60 and QB15 until pick 122, like we are seeing in MFL10 drafts this year. Last week,…...

In a week’s time two of our writers, Kevin Cole and AJ Bessette, will face off against a slew of fantasy experts and high stakes players in the FFPC/Fantasy Mojo Pros vs. Joes competition. I chose Kevin and AJ to represent RotoViz for a couple of reasons. First, they both play the higher buy-in levels of the MFL10 contest, so they have some relevant game…...

I’m not saying Mark Sanchez will win you free money in your MFL10 leagues this year, but I am saying it’s possible. Hear me out.[1]Hat tip to commenter Joseph Rupp, who suggested this article back in June. At the end of May, Eagles’ coach Chip Kelly said Sanchez and Sam Bradford would have an open competition for the starting job this year: Q. In the…...

We’ve spent a lot of time prognosticating this offseason. We’re still confident in most of our calls. Some…not so much. As training camp approaches, our staff took some time for quiet reflection and identified the calls we’re most afraid will be wrong. Martavis Bryant Some part of my trepidation over my Martavis Bryant article from earlier in the off-season is inherent to a player like…...

Martavis Bryant was an iffy prospect. He was kind of old, he had bad raw and market share production, and he was drafted in the fourth round of the NFL Draft. I think if you were being optimistic when trying to predict his NFL success you would have pointed to his 4.42 forty time and 22.2 yards per reception as indicators of big play ability or…...

Cleveland Running Backs From ClevelandBrowns.com: “The hot hand. Offensive coordinator John DeFilippo has made it clear there won’t be an exact science for how carries are distributed. As an example, if West were to rush for big yards In the first half of Week 1’s game against the Jets, the Browns may lean toward featuring him prominently during the second half.” “The hot hand approach”…...

From NJ.com Position-specific fieldwork follows later in the day. For Williams this includes an emphasis on catching passes, something he didn’t do much at Boston College and in high school. He did it sparingly during an up-and-down rookie season with the Giants (18 catches). Almost the entire 90-minute or so of fieldwork on Thursday afternoon focused on catching the football. “A lot of pass catching,”…...

The first overall pick in 2015 fantasy football drafts should be a wide receiver. But even if you disagree with me on that, someone has to be the first WR drafted. I think you can make a case for six different WRs to be the first WR off the board. Today, I make the case for Odell Beckham Jr. The Knocks Against Beckham I mostly…...

From Sports Business Daily: Patriots QB Tom Brady “intends to challenge his four-game suspension in federal court if NFL commissioner Roger Goodell doesn’t completely wipe out the punishment,” according to a report and sources cited by Ben Volin of the BOSTON GLOBE. Goodell is “expected to announce the outcome of the appeal before the Patriots begin training camp” on July 30, although “exactly when remains murky.”…...

Jordan Matthews has been a prominent topic of discussion leading up to drafts in 2015. As of today, his ADP is in the mid fourth round at wide receiver 17 overall. Some in the fantasy football community are quite pessimistic on his outlook, feeling he may be significantly overvalued given his image as a “big slot receiver” that is a tier below other second year players. However, I feel he is a prime…...

From Matt Williamson of ESPN on CJ Spiller: “I think he’s a better player at his best than Sproles,” Williamson said. “I think his highs could be very, very high. You look at his best year two or three years ago with the Bills, he had an insane yards-per-carry. He’s a big play waiting to happen. When he’s at his best, he’s very, very good. “But…...

DeVante Parker From ProFootballTalk.com: “Everything is perfect” with DeVante Parker’s recovery http://t.co/I8CtRF3wvA — ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) July 14, 2015 DeVante Parker underwent foot surgery on June 5th to replace a screw in his foot from a previous surgery. At the time, a majority of media outlets were saying that Parker would be ready for the start of Week 1. It appears the same sentiment still holds…....

Waiting to draft a tight end usually pays dividends in fantasy drafts. Only a small handful of TEs end up being true difference-makers each year, then the TE field quickly plateaus into a broad group of players who all score within a fairly tight range of PPG once the elite options are gone. Best of all, several of the TEs who comprise this group are late or undrafted…...

Anthony Amico recently wrote a piece on Joseph Randle being a value trap. If you haven’t read it, you should. It’s got everything you need to know about why you shouldn’t draft a marginally athletic, medium-sized running back with limited production just because he has a good chance to be the starter for the Cowboys. Anthony’s reasoning is sound. When I read it, I felt myself…...

Russell Wilson, QB Contract talks between Wilson and the Seahawks seem to have broken down. Popular opinion suggests Seattle has two options: pay him a market-level contract, or use the franchise tag. I humbly suggest there’s a third option: YOLOQB! Here’s how our own Editor-in-chief describes the strategy: …there aren’t enough pocket passing QBs to supply an entire professional football league…NFL teams should just say eff…...