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 five different WRs to be the first WR off the board. Today, I make the case for Demaryius Thomas. The Knocks Against Thomas I mostly want…...

Editor’s note: I met Josh Klein during the Grantland Fantasy Island competition in 2012. My recollection of Josh from that contest is that each week he would try to sneak in variants of the joke “dries up like Michelle Pfeiffer’s box office draw.” Since the Fantasy Island competition Josh has gone on to write for BroJackson.com where as far as I can tell his writing has…...

In the aftermath of Arian Foster’s groin injury, everyone’s trying to figure out what it means for the rest of Texans. A lot of the focus is on the running back situation or DeAndre Hopkins. But I think someone else may be the main beneficiary of Foster’s injury: rookie wide receiver Jaelen Strong. Less Rushing, More Passing Last season the Houston Texans ran the ball on 52 percent of…...

Arian Foster tore his groin off the bone. Once you’re done cringing we’ve got some thinking on DeAndre Hopkins‘ fantasy value to do. Foster is expected to be out until week 10 at the earliest. Even then he might not be ready to go. RotoViz has been talking up Hopkins often this offseason. 14Team Mocker showed us why we couldn’t afford to miss out on Hopkins,…...

I recently wrote that too many players carry draft prices that beg dozens of questions. Built into those prices are assumptions we ought to question before drafting those players. To that end, I suggested three quarterbacks you shouldn’t draft in 2015. Now, I want to flip that idea on its head. Many late-round QBs are far underpriced because people have wrong ideas about their range of…...

Jonathan Stewart is one of those players that will always scare off fantasy owners. After being a first round draft pick in 2008, he has only managed to crack 1,000 yards once, and has dealt with some injuries along the way. However, I think 2015 marks a chance to finally get some value off of Stewart, and that he is being overlooked right now. DeAngelo Williams…...

Tight End is arguably fantasy football’s most turbulent position. As James Todd recently pointed out, outside of an elite group of consistent producers it’s a position that sees a ton of turnover year to year. Because of this turnover (and because alternative options are cheap), owners tend to take big swings at tight end. It’s why Zach Ertz is being drafted as TE6 in MFL10s despite…...

Michael Floyd Broke three fingers, and is expected to miss up to six weeks. That’s two weeks/finger, if you’re scoring at home. While it’s true that Floyd is probably more valuable than you think, and that he does have high end potential, owning him can be a headache. Here are some cheaper alternatives. Zac Stacy May not make the Jets’ roster, according to the Newark…...

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…...