Matthew Freedman

Matt is the Executive Producer of the RotoViz Radio podcast channel. He started contributing to RotoViz in March 2013. In January 2016 he started working full-time at FantasyLabs, where he's the Editor-in-Chief.

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Fantasyland No. 8 – GPPs

September 1, 2016: The eighth episode of Fantasyland – The podcast that covers everything you didn’t know you wanted to know about fantasy sports. GPPs: Not the Chalk… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Jump a Round: Breaking Free From ADP

We get obsessed with the idea of “value” and “sleepers” in fantasy football drafts. Are you a slave to average draft position? … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Early-Round Sleepers: The Overlooked Way that Injuries Create Breakout Stars

An important part of draft strategy is hypothesizing scenarios that could create breakout opportunities for our favorite sleepers. A typical strategy is drafting the backups to older players or guys perceived to be injury prone. But opportunity doesn’t just trickle down the depth chart, it also trickles up…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in...

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Efficiency-Agnostic Running Back Projections

This article is the second in a series of simple projections made by completely ignoring efficiency. Today we’ll discuss running backs. A previous article explored quarterbacks. Later articles will cover wide receivers and tight ends…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Best Player Available is a Sham and You Should Beware Those Who Peddle It

“I mean say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it’s an ethos.” – Walter Sobchak, The Big Lebowski Perhaps in response to the rising popularity of Zero RB as a strategy there’s been something of a recent backlash where some fantasy analysts have emerged to say that you shouldn’t get locked into Zero RB or any trendy strategy, and…...

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Black Tuesday – Recapping The Wild Day That Was

Tuesday was as wild of a day for NFL news as they come; here’s a recap of everything that happened, and the possible implications. … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Fantasy Golf: Deutsche Bank Projections and Picks

This week the PGA travels to TPC Boston for the Deutsche Bank Championship, the second tournament in the FedEx Cup playoffs…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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7 Fantasy Trends We Learned from Beat Reporters in August

After 32 episodes in 46 days, Pat Kerrane and I recently wrapped up the RotoViz Radio Season Preview series where we interviewed a beat reporter from each team. Here are some of the most interesting and fantasy-relevant soundbites we heard…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Winning the Main Event – Eric Balkman & Gary Allen: RotoViz Radio, 31 Aug 2016

August 31, 2016: RotoViz Radio: A Fantasy Football Podcast (@RotoVizRadio), featuring a discussion of changing average draft positions, drafting strategies, and key players for the 2016 season. … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Receiver Projections Using Air Yards – Josh Hermsmeyer (RotoViz): Numbers Game 67

Episode 67 (August 31, 2016): The sixty-seveth episode of The Numbers Game (@NumbersGamePod), an analytics-focused RotoViz Radio powered podcast…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Always Double Down on 14

Earlier today Teddy Bridgewater left Vikings practice with an apparently gruesome injury that will likely make him unavailable for the 2016 season. We really wish him the best in his return to play, so hopefully it’s not as serious as originally thought and he can make a full recovery…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log...

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Fantasy Golf: The Barclays Review

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Add Crockett Gillmore to the Growing List of Late-Round TE Targets for 2016

Last year, guys like Jordan Reed and Ben Watson were boons for drafters taking tight ends late, with Tyler Eifert and Delanie Walker also returning plenty of value in the middle rounds…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Using Air Yards Per Target and Machine Learning to Dominate Your 2016 Drafts

Last week Josh Hermsmeyer introduced to us air yards per target (aYPT), which aside from charting differences, is identical to Pro Football Focus’ aDOT. However, he was able to further break down receiving into its constituent components: air yards, whether the ball was caught or not, and if caught, the yards created after the catch…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this...

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4 Running Backs RotoViz Might be Overlooking

Using the Projection Machine, I recently projected all 32 teams and took a look at how my ranks compared to current ADP and the composite projections from the rest of the RotoViz crew…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Efficiency-Agnostic Quarterback Projections

This article is the first in a series of simple projections made by completely ignoring efficiency. Today we’ll discuss quarterbacks. Subsequent articles will cover running backs, wide receivers, and tight ends…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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3 Bounce Back Wide Receivers for 2016

In last week’s article, I used previous years’ ADP to pinpoint bounce back wide receivers. I noted that there were three reasons a WR saw his ADP drop: 1) an underwhelming year, 2) an injury that hampered their season, or 3) uncertainty with a scenario change. Here are three names that I am targeting in drafts, that fall into one or more of these categories: Randall Cobb, Jordan…...

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Fantasyland No. 8 – GPPs

September 1, 2016: The eighth episode of Fantasyland – The podcast that covers everything you didn’t know you wanted to know about fantasy sports. GPPs: Not the Chalk… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Jump a Round: Breaking Free From ADP

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Early-Round Sleepers: The Overlooked Way that Injuries Create Breakout Stars

An important part of draft strategy is hypothesizing scenarios that could create breakout opportunities for our favorite sleepers. A typical strategy is drafting the backups to older players or guys perceived to be injury prone. But opportunity doesn’t just trickle down the depth chart, it also trickles up…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in...

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Efficiency-Agnostic Running Back Projections

This article is the second in a series of simple projections made by completely ignoring efficiency. Today we’ll discuss running backs. A previous article explored quarterbacks. Later articles will cover wide receivers and tight ends…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Best Player Available is a Sham and You Should Beware Those Who Peddle It

“I mean say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it’s an ethos.” – Walter Sobchak, The Big Lebowski Perhaps in response to the rising popularity of Zero RB as a strategy there’s been something of a recent backlash where some fantasy analysts have emerged to say that you shouldn’t get locked into Zero RB or any trendy strategy, and…...

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Black Tuesday – Recapping The Wild Day That Was

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Fantasy Golf: Deutsche Bank Projections and Picks

This week the PGA travels to TPC Boston for the Deutsche Bank Championship, the second tournament in the FedEx Cup playoffs…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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7 Fantasy Trends We Learned from Beat Reporters in August

After 32 episodes in 46 days, Pat Kerrane and I recently wrapped up the RotoViz Radio Season Preview series where we interviewed a beat reporter from each team. Here are some of the most interesting and fantasy-relevant soundbites we heard…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Winning the Main Event – Eric Balkman & Gary Allen: RotoViz Radio, 31 Aug 2016

August 31, 2016: RotoViz Radio: A Fantasy Football Podcast (@RotoVizRadio), featuring a discussion of changing average draft positions, drafting strategies, and key players for the 2016 season. … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Receiver Projections Using Air Yards – Josh Hermsmeyer (RotoViz): Numbers Game 67

Episode 67 (August 31, 2016): The sixty-seveth episode of The Numbers Game (@NumbersGamePod), an analytics-focused RotoViz Radio powered podcast…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Always Double Down on 14

Earlier today Teddy Bridgewater left Vikings practice with an apparently gruesome injury that will likely make him unavailable for the 2016 season. We really wish him the best in his return to play, so hopefully it’s not as serious as originally thought and he can make a full recovery…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log...

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Fantasy Golf: The Barclays Review

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Add Crockett Gillmore to the Growing List of Late-Round TE Targets for 2016

Last year, guys like Jordan Reed and Ben Watson were boons for drafters taking tight ends late, with Tyler Eifert and Delanie Walker also returning plenty of value in the middle rounds…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Using Air Yards Per Target and Machine Learning to Dominate Your 2016 Drafts

Last week Josh Hermsmeyer introduced to us air yards per target (aYPT), which aside from charting differences, is identical to Pro Football Focus’ aDOT. However, he was able to further break down receiving into its constituent components: air yards, whether the ball was caught or not, and if caught, the yards created after the catch…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this...

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4 Running Backs RotoViz Might be Overlooking

Using the Projection Machine, I recently projected all 32 teams and took a look at how my ranks compared to current ADP and the composite projections from the rest of the RotoViz crew…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Efficiency-Agnostic Quarterback Projections

This article is the first in a series of simple projections made by completely ignoring efficiency. Today we’ll discuss quarterbacks. Subsequent articles will cover running backs, wide receivers, and tight ends…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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3 Bounce Back Wide Receivers for 2016

In last week’s article, I used previous years’ ADP to pinpoint bounce back wide receivers. I noted that there were three reasons a WR saw his ADP drop: 1) an underwhelming year, 2) an injury that hampered their season, or 3) uncertainty with a scenario change. Here are three names that I am targeting in drafts, that fall into one or more of these categories: Randall Cobb, Jordan…...

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Fantasyland No. 8 – GPPs

September 1, 2016: The eighth episode of Fantasyland – The podcast that covers everything you didn’t know you wanted to know about fantasy sports. GPPs: Not the Chalk… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Jump a Round: Breaking Free From ADP

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Early-Round Sleepers: The Overlooked Way that Injuries Create Breakout Stars

An important part of draft strategy is hypothesizing scenarios that could create breakout opportunities for our favorite sleepers. A typical strategy is drafting the backups to older players or guys perceived to be injury prone. But opportunity doesn’t just trickle down the depth chart, it also trickles up…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in...

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Efficiency-Agnostic Running Back Projections

This article is the second in a series of simple projections made by completely ignoring efficiency. Today we’ll discuss running backs. A previous article explored quarterbacks. Later articles will cover wide receivers and tight ends…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Best Player Available is a Sham and You Should Beware Those Who Peddle It

“I mean say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it’s an ethos.” – Walter Sobchak, The Big Lebowski Perhaps in response to the rising popularity of Zero RB as a strategy there’s been something of a recent backlash where some fantasy analysts have emerged to say that you shouldn’t get locked into Zero RB or any trendy strategy, and…...

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Black Tuesday – Recapping The Wild Day That Was

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Fantasy Golf: Deutsche Bank Projections and Picks

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7 Fantasy Trends We Learned from Beat Reporters in August

After 32 episodes in 46 days, Pat Kerrane and I recently wrapped up the RotoViz Radio Season Preview series where we interviewed a beat reporter from each team. Here are some of the most interesting and fantasy-relevant soundbites we heard…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Winning the Main Event – Eric Balkman & Gary Allen: RotoViz Radio, 31 Aug 2016

August 31, 2016: RotoViz Radio: A Fantasy Football Podcast (@RotoVizRadio), featuring a discussion of changing average draft positions, drafting strategies, and key players for the 2016 season. … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Receiver Projections Using Air Yards – Josh Hermsmeyer (RotoViz): Numbers Game 67

Episode 67 (August 31, 2016): The sixty-seveth episode of The Numbers Game (@NumbersGamePod), an analytics-focused RotoViz Radio powered podcast…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Always Double Down on 14

Earlier today Teddy Bridgewater left Vikings practice with an apparently gruesome injury that will likely make him unavailable for the 2016 season. We really wish him the best in his return to play, so hopefully it’s not as serious as originally thought and he can make a full recovery…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log...

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Fantasy Golf: The Barclays Review

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Add Crockett Gillmore to the Growing List of Late-Round TE Targets for 2016

Last year, guys like Jordan Reed and Ben Watson were boons for drafters taking tight ends late, with Tyler Eifert and Delanie Walker also returning plenty of value in the middle rounds…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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Using Air Yards Per Target and Machine Learning to Dominate Your 2016 Drafts

Last week Josh Hermsmeyer introduced to us air yards per target (aYPT), which aside from charting differences, is identical to Pro Football Focus’ aDOT. However, he was able to further break down receiving into its constituent components: air yards, whether the ball was caught or not, and if caught, the yards created after the catch…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this...

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4 Running Backs RotoViz Might be Overlooking

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Efficiency-Agnostic Quarterback Projections

This article is the first in a series of simple projections made by completely ignoring efficiency. Today we’ll discuss quarterbacks. Subsequent articles will cover running backs, wide receivers, and tight ends…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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3 Bounce Back Wide Receivers for 2016

In last week’s article, I used previous years’ ADP to pinpoint bounce back wide receivers. I noted that there were three reasons a WR saw his ADP drop: 1) an underwhelming year, 2) an injury that hampered their season, or 3) uncertainty with a scenario change. Here are three names that I am targeting in drafts, that fall into one or more of these categories: Randall Cobb, Jordan…...

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