Welcome to the first installment of Diary of a DFS Novice. If you can’t guess based on the title, I’m going to take my daily fantasy play to another level this season, but have not had a ton of previous experience. I’m talking less than 50 dollars total of previous experience in NFL DFS. This will be just one of two ongoing diaries we will have…...

Fantasy football news, featuring Ameer Abdullah and the NY Jets. Ameer Abdullah Over the weekend, Rotoworld suggested that the release of Jeremy Ross would make Abdullah Detroit’s primary returner. If your league doesn’t score return yardage, I wouldn’t be a fan of that move. Going back to 1995, here are the seasonal and per-game PPR fantasy points for rookie running backs, drafted in the first or…...

Tevin Coleman had a ton of buzz before the NFL draft, but during fantasy draft season he has received virtually no hype. Some believe that Devonta Freeman will limit his upside, but let’s examine the two as prospects to disprove that notion. Coleman or Freeman?   Coleman was drafted 73rd overall this year, and he clearly trumps Freeman in both production and speed. Some will argue…...

Christine Michael has been traded to the Dallas Cowboys and Robert Turbin has been placed on season-ending injured reserve. The running backs left on the Seattle Seahawks roster are juggernaut Marshawn Lynch, newly acquired 34 year old Fred Jackson, and unheralded, unknown, undrafted rookie Thomas Rawls. In May, RotoViz super scout (and truth bearer of Kevin White’s real age) Jon Moore pegged several under-the-radar college…...

I love waiting on quarterback. While there are definitely some strong arguments for taking a QB early, it has just never suited my drafting style. It is really important, though, to not just go into waiting on your QB without preparation. It will probably take more work, more paying attention to schedules, more mixing and matching of options. After all, you aren’t just looking to…...

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Dallas Running Backs This offseason has seen no shortage of coverage of the Cowboys’ backfield. For a while, it’s seemed that Joseph Randle would be the back to own. But now that Dallas has acquired Christine Michael, things are murky once again. Let’s take a look at the concerns presented by each running back, and plot a course of action. Joseph Randle Let’s do a little timeline,…...

Chris Johnson Chris Johnson didn’t look terrible on Thursday night, although he was running against the second and third-team defenses. Arizona’s signing of Johnson was never a deal breaker for me when it came to Andre Ellington because Ellington is one of the guys on my “do not draft” list. I was however, interested in David Johnson. Ellington’s ADP has stayed relatively constant since Chris Johnson…...

Lets just get this out of the way – Ezekiel Elliott is phenomenal. Widely viewed as the top running back prospect for the 2016 Draft, Elliott put together a season for the ages last year. The point of this article isnt to figure out whether or not he’s any good, but rather to examine the magnitude of his excellence and compare him to other players on…...

I think the Similarity Scores Apps are pretty amazing, and they tend to get overlooked around here, among all the other great tools and content. If you want to understand them better, I recommend you read this post by The Douche. But here’s the nutshell version: It’s not perfect. It doesn’t know everything. It probably just knows a lot more than you do. Disagree with…...

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Fantasy football is a game of variable analysis. Every week, we are attempting to optimize our lineup depending on our various players’ match-ups in order to maximize point scoring potential. However, as point differential typically makes no difference in the outcome,[1]aka defeating our opponent by one point as opposed to 31 points is the same outcome should we also be evaluating our opponent’s lineup and its potential range…...

My QB strategy has been all over the board this year for a few reasons. First, while I think that you could look at the early QBs and find them to be values, I’m not that intrigued by them. Aaron Rodgers might struggle (at least for him) without Jordy Nelson. Peyton Manning is a year older, will be in a new and less predictable offense,…...