In most fantasy leagues, the regular season ends after Week 13. That means it’s time to start planning for the postseason. Here are five tips to help you win your fantasy football playoffs. Trade Away Your Depth During the 13 week regular season grind, it makes sense to have solid players available on your bench, in case you lose a starter to injury, or to…...

You spent months planning in the off-season. You toiled over spreadsheets and printouts hoping to draft a team of destiny. Then you spent the last nine weeks trying to make waiver pickups and trades to beat your opponents. All of that may come down to this: the trade deadline. As we get into Week 10, many league trade deadlines are approaching, which means now is the…...

Happy Monday everybody! With seven games on tonight’s schedule, it should be an exciting night of basketball. With the season now two weeks old, we’ve got a better idea of how players will perform this season. Check out the NBA Game Splits App, the On the Daily podcast, and my predictions below! Here are my Plays of the Day: POINT GUARD *PLAY OF THE NIGHT*…...

Here are the players I am targeting on the waiver wire after Week 9. If you’re in a deeper league, consider these trade targets instead of free agent acquisitions…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

People love talking about contrarian play this and contrarian play that — well, let me tell you the ultimate contrarian play…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

Week 8 was a solid week for the model, with every position except the quarterback position hovering at an R-squared around 0.25. If not for huge games from Derek Carr and Drew Brees, the quarterback predictions would have been the most accurate of all the positions. The model will continue to improve as the less predictable, early season games are de-weighted over the next few weeks. Let’s jump into those…...

After starting the year on a four week losing streak, I’m now on a four week winning streak. I probably just jinxed myself though so way to go Rex. Week 8 Lineup Review As I mentioned in last week’s article, Todd Gurley was an absolute must-play. If you didn’t roster him, we might need to have a talk. His defense was also a must-play at home…...

Happy Saturday fellow degenerates! Between these recommendations, the On the Daily Podcast, the NBA Game Splits App, and the Daily Fantasy Finder App, we’ve got all the tools you need to start building better lineups here at RotoViz. Let’s jump right into the picks here on a nice Saturday slate. POINT GUARDS Jeff Teague ($6,500 – DK, $7,400 – FD) There was some worry when Teague…...

This is the eighth of a weekly series examining the actual fantasy production of wide receivers compared to what they would have been expected to do based on the targets that they saw. Got it? We determine that second part using line of scrimmage data. For a more detailed explanation, here’s the first iteration of this article. Here are the main terms you need to know:…...

If you read my work this preseason at RotoViz you’ll remember a series of posts where I charted each player’s opportunity and efficiency from 2014 on a quadrant[1]Opportunity was charted on the x-axis and Efficiency on the y-axis. The idea was simple: I wanted to be able to easily visualize which players were the most effective at scoring fantasy points. Now that the football season is…...

Each week this season, a group of RotoViz writers will offer their DraftKings Play of the Week. We’re tracking the value of our recommendations, using a DraftKings Millionaire Maker lineup metric, but we think these picks will also be valuable for seasonal leagues as well. For all the details about the thought process behind our picks, check the intro article. The goal is simple: recommend a…...

There are 10 games on tap for tonight, and quite a few different spots to consider, including a couple of projected blowouts. How you handle potential blowouts will be key to determining your fantasy success. Bill Monighetti of Fantasy Labs gives a great overview of how to handle blowouts, and shows that while being a heavy favorite may give a player an increased floor, it…...

Week 8 was an absolute nightmare for quarterback streaming. Very few potential streamers cracked the top 12 QBs, and the top of the charts was dominated by Drew Brees and Eli Manning, who combined for 13 TD passes. They were obviously outlier performances, but they absolutely sank any streaming strategy if you faced them. Let’s get to the recap. Week 8 Recap Streamer of the Week: 17.3 SOTW Total: 126.88 Remember…...

Dreams are weird. It’s your unconscious vacillating between trying to make you feel like you’re on top of the world and having an unusual sexual encounter and falling down a well and in a building that’s wobbling because it’s so windy outside. My nightmares used to always be the same…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log...