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Kevin Szafraniec
May 12, 2025
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Kevin Szafraniec
Full-time Cat Dad, Sneakerhead, Record Collector, LOTR Fanboy, and Jeopardy Enthusiast. Fantasy football writer and beatmaker in my free time. Follow me on X and Bluesky @thecatdadff
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Can Trey Benson Become an NFL Bell Cow, or is He Destined to Spend His Career as a Committee Back?
Kevin Szafraniec
July 2, 2024
After flashing game-breaking ability and elite athleticism despite never truly earning a featured role during his time in college, Trey Benson showed enough potential for the Arizona Cardinals to use an early third-round pick on him in the 2024 NFL draft. With James Conner producing career highs in both rushing yards and yards per carry for Arizona last season, the addition of Benson could be…...
2024 Projections: Kyle Pitts and Drake London Look to Take Flight Alongside Kirk Cousins
Dave Caban
July 2, 2024
Dave Caban shares his baseline 2024 projection for the Atlanta Falcons while also considering the impacts of increases/decreases to market shares and team play volume. Every offseason, I undertake the process of creating projections for every team. In previous years, this involved developing a projection that I believed would represent the average performance of all relevant players if a given season were played out thousands…...
Can Best Ball Simulations Unlock New Quarterback Strategies? Analyzing Millions of Simulated Teams In Search of a Contrarian Build
Jake Boes
July 1, 2024
While impassioned debates carry on about the ideal strategies for running backs, wide receivers, and tight ends in Underdog’s Best Ball Mania (BBM) contests, quarterback strategy seems to have reached consensus. More than 95% of teams in BBM history have selected two or three quarterbacks. On the surface, it seems reasonable to take at least two QBs to ensure you have coverage for bye weeks…...
2024 Projections: Marvin Harrison Jr. and Trey Benson Look to Ignite the Cardinals’ Offense
Dave Caban
July 1, 2024
Welcome to our first team-specific projection of 2024. Every offseason, I undertake the process of creating projections for every team. In previous years, this involved developing a projection that I believed would represent the average performance of all relevant players if a given season were played out thousands of times. This year, I have added steps to better understand how a player’s fantasy scoring could…...
Is 2024 a Good Year for Zero RB? Why That’s the Wrong Question When Facing the Wide Receiver Avalanche
Michael Dubner
June 28, 2024
Wide receivers are flying off fantasy football draft boards earlier than ever, creating a “WR avalanche” that’s reshaping best ball. Michael Dubner dives deep into the new best ball WR avalanche landscape, explores why WRs are going earlier than ever, and reveals the best ways to navigate the WR avalanche so you don’t get buried. Should we lean into Zero RB to get ahead of…...
2024 Is a Race to the Tier Breaks: 3 Key Tactics and 11 Priority Players to Help You Win
Shawn Siegele
June 27, 2024
Shawn Siegele explores three races best-ball drafters have to win in 2024 and helps you hit the tape first with tactics from the RotoViz tools and research. The 2024 MFL10 of Death began last week in its 11th incarnation. This charity league organized by Pat Thorman includes 11 of my favorite fantasy analysts. As a one-off league with full-season scoring, it allows fantasy’s best minds…...
Is Najee Harris Finally a Bargain? 2 Small Gap Backfields With New Offensive Coordinators
Corbin Young
June 26, 2024
In the past, we’ve looked at big gap and small gap running backs to identify undervalued players based on their ADP. The idea comes from Jack Miller’s research on the win and hit rates for big or small gap backs, and from similar research by Charlie Kleinheksel before that. First, let’s define our terms: B1 and B2 running backs refer to a team’s RB1 and…...
These Fantasy Football Stars Are WILDLY Mispriced! – Rotoviz Overtime
Colm Kelly
June 26, 2024
These names are the most incorrectly valued assets in fantasy football, they should be selected many rounds ahead of their current ADP. Shawn Siegele and Colm Kelly discuss the names that you can draft to smash their ADP and lead you to glory! Listen in to find out who! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:00 RotoViz Overtime Listener leagues – Get involved! 5:00 The Most Crazy FFPC
2024 Projections: Why This Year’s Will Be Our Most Actionable Set Yet
Dave Caban
June 25, 2024
Last week, I published my first set of 2024 projections on the site. In previous years, I have shared a note like the one below when introducing them for the first time each season. Creating accurate fantasy football projections is a time-consuming process, but it’s one that I’ve grown to appreciate. It’s an important part of my annual offseason preparation because it helps me understand…...
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Opportunity: It’s Blake Corum Versus Kyren Williams, Winner-Take-All, for One of Fantasy’s Most Prestigious Assignments, or is It?
Mat Irby
June 25, 2024
This side of Kyle Shanahan, there is no one in the NFL touted for their offensive genius quite like Sean McVay, who took over as the head coach of the Rams at the age of 30 in 2017 and immediately turned a troubled slog of an offense into a juggernaut. Truly, McVay and Shanahan are entwined, because they each served at the feet of the…...
The Commanders Added Jayden Daniels and a Duo of Exciting Pass Catchers in the 2024 Draft, but How Long Before They Become Fantasy Producers?
Kevin Szafraniec
June 24, 2024
Heading into the 2024 NFL draft with six of the top 100 picks, the Washington Commanders were in a prime position to rebuild their roster in a hurry. To the delight of fantasy owners, the team decided to kick off their rebuild by using four of their top 100 picks on the offensive side of the ball. With the second overall pick, the Commanders selected…...
The Only Untradeable Star in Fantasy Football Is . . . – Rotoviz Overtime
Colm Kelly
June 24, 2024
We always talk about Perpetual Reloading, the Championship Window, and how to create a true dynasty in your fantasy football league. However, are some players so good and offer such a distinct advantage that you can roster them till they retire because they are untradable? Shawn Siegele and Colm Kelly debate whether Christian McCaffrey is the rule’s greatest exception. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:00 Is CMC
You Have Our FFPC Superflex Cheat Code, Now Jump To The Next Level With Crazy Prices on 5 Player Targets
Shawn Siegele
June 21, 2024
Shawn Siegele begins his 5 Crazy Prices series with a look at the FFPC Superflex best ball tournament. I wanted to start with the FFPC Superflex Best Ball Tournament as a follow-up to my recent Best Ball Workshop. In that strategy session, the Roster Construction Explorer exposed just how catastrophic conventional tactics have been . . . Conventional Tactics – FFPC SF Best Ball (2021-2023)…...
WR Early and Often Has Dominated Best Ball Mania But Is That a Historical Fluke? Simulating Thousands of Seasons and Millions of Teams to Find the Answer
Jake Boes
June 20, 2024
Over the last three months I’ve been working in collaboration with the RotoViz team to develop a tool to simulate Best Ball Mania (BBM) tournaments. This includes generating an original player pool for each “season,” simulating drafts, pulling fantasy scores from a weighted distribution, and finally adding up each team’s score using Underdog’s BBM roster settings. The simulation methodology includes injuries, bye weeks, quarterback changes,…...
Range of Outcomes Tool Tutorial: Developing Realistic Expectations for 2024
Dave Caban
June 19, 2024
Heading into the 2023 season, I revamped the Range of Outcomes app, one of our favorite tools on the site. We will spend some time considering its results in the coming months. If you are not familiar with the tool, I encourage you to quickly read through what I wrote last year and watch the tutorial video. 2023 Synopsis The RotoViz Range Of Outcomes tool…...
Rome Odunze Mixes Crazy Upside With Multiple Red Flags Even Before the Real Controversy: The Anatomy of Rookie WR Landing Spot Evaluation
Blair Andrews
June 18, 2024
Rome Odunze was drafted by Chicago with the ninth overall pick, who bolstered their receiving corps after the Bears made Caleb Williams the first player picked in the 2024 NFL Draft. With D.J. Moore and Keenan Allen already on the roster, along with new running back addition D’Andre Swift, the Bears do not appear to be the best situation for a rookie to earn targets…....
Is Lamar Jackson Overvalued and Managing TE in Dynasty? – Rotoviz Overtime
Colm Kelly
June 18, 2024
In fantasy football, every roster slot counts. However, how should your TE depth chart be constructed and valued across different formats, such as TEP or PPR? Shawn Siegele and Colm Kelly discuss the many ideas to consider when making those choices and go over several instances where they use various valuations. Shawn also questions whether Lamar Jackson is worth the elite QB price tag, raising
Can This Bold Strategy Win in Best Ball? – Rotoviz Overtime
Colm Kelly
June 17, 2024
We’ve discussed avoiding quarterbacks to the later rounds in Superflex Best Ball, but how does that affect how the final roster looks? That’s precisely what Shawn Siegele and Colm Kelly do when they put together a roster in the Underdog Fantasy Superflex Puppy. Plus, they selected two of the first three tight ends selected in the draft. How did the team turn out? Listen in to find out! Subscribe
Forgiveness is the Key to Healing, Part 2: 2 WRs and 2 TEs Who Burned Best Ball Teams Last Season, But Deserve Another Chance in 2024
Kevin Szafraniec
June 14, 2024
Cautionary tales abound warning of the risks involved when dealing with unrequited love. Just turn on any Lifetime movie if you don’t believe me. As a fantasy football player, at times I have found myself to be just as irrational as any scorned lover in a made-for-TV movie. Being too quick to write off an underperforming player, and/or refusing to heed evidence that is contrary…...
Stuck in a Bad-Draft-Slot Rut? Mix Things Up and Get Your Guys with the All-Reach Team
Blair Andrews
June 13, 2024
On some podcast episodes, Shawn has noted — when lamenting the preponderance of late picks in his Best Ball Mania 5 portfolio — that if you don’t get a top-10 pick, you basically don’t have access to any first-round values. (Of course, that assumes a rational drafter takes Garrett Wilson ahead of ADP, leaving you with A.J. Brown as an ADP — but not rankings…...
Can Trey Benson Become an NFL Bell Cow, or is He Destined to Spend His Career as a Committee Back?
Kevin Szafraniec
July 2, 2024
After flashing game-breaking ability and elite athleticism despite never truly earning a featured role during his time in college, Trey Benson showed enough potential for the Arizona Cardinals to use an early third-round pick on him in the 2024 NFL draft. With James Conner producing career highs in both rushing yards and yards per carry for Arizona last season, the addition of Benson could be…...
2024 Projections: Kyle Pitts and Drake London Look to Take Flight Alongside Kirk Cousins
Dave Caban
July 2, 2024
Dave Caban shares his baseline 2024 projection for the Atlanta Falcons while also considering the impacts of increases/decreases to market shares and team play volume. Every offseason, I undertake the process of creating projections for every team. In previous years, this involved developing a projection that I believed would represent the average performance of all relevant players if a given season were played out thousands…...
Can Best Ball Simulations Unlock New Quarterback Strategies? Analyzing Millions of Simulated Teams In Search of a Contrarian Build
Jake Boes
July 1, 2024
While impassioned debates carry on about the ideal strategies for running backs, wide receivers, and tight ends in Underdog’s Best Ball Mania (BBM) contests, quarterback strategy seems to have reached consensus. More than 95% of teams in BBM history have selected two or three quarterbacks. On the surface, it seems reasonable to take at least two QBs to ensure you have coverage for bye weeks…...
2024 Projections: Marvin Harrison Jr. and Trey Benson Look to Ignite the Cardinals’ Offense
Dave Caban
July 1, 2024
Welcome to our first team-specific projection of 2024. Every offseason, I undertake the process of creating projections for every team. In previous years, this involved developing a projection that I believed would represent the average performance of all relevant players if a given season were played out thousands of times. This year, I have added steps to better understand how a player’s fantasy scoring could…...
Is 2024 a Good Year for Zero RB? Why That’s the Wrong Question When Facing the Wide Receiver Avalanche
Michael Dubner
June 28, 2024
Wide receivers are flying off fantasy football draft boards earlier than ever, creating a “WR avalanche” that’s reshaping best ball. Michael Dubner dives deep into the new best ball WR avalanche landscape, explores why WRs are going earlier than ever, and reveals the best ways to navigate the WR avalanche so you don’t get buried. Should we lean into Zero RB to get ahead of…...
2024 Is a Race to the Tier Breaks: 3 Key Tactics and 11 Priority Players to Help You Win
Shawn Siegele
June 27, 2024
Shawn Siegele explores three races best-ball drafters have to win in 2024 and helps you hit the tape first with tactics from the RotoViz tools and research. The 2024 MFL10 of Death began last week in its 11th incarnation. This charity league organized by Pat Thorman includes 11 of my favorite fantasy analysts. As a one-off league with full-season scoring, it allows fantasy’s best minds…...
Is Najee Harris Finally a Bargain? 2 Small Gap Backfields With New Offensive Coordinators
Corbin Young
June 26, 2024
In the past, we’ve looked at big gap and small gap running backs to identify undervalued players based on their ADP. The idea comes from Jack Miller’s research on the win and hit rates for big or small gap backs, and from similar research by Charlie Kleinheksel before that. First, let’s define our terms: B1 and B2 running backs refer to a team’s RB1 and…...
These Fantasy Football Stars Are WILDLY Mispriced! – Rotoviz Overtime
Colm Kelly
June 26, 2024
These names are the most incorrectly valued assets in fantasy football, they should be selected many rounds ahead of their current ADP. Shawn Siegele and Colm Kelly discuss the names that you can draft to smash their ADP and lead you to glory! Listen in to find out who! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:00 RotoViz Overtime Listener leagues – Get involved! 5:00 The Most Crazy FFPC
2024 Projections: Why This Year’s Will Be Our Most Actionable Set Yet
Dave Caban
June 25, 2024
Last week, I published my first set of 2024 projections on the site. In previous years, I have shared a note like the one below when introducing them for the first time each season. Creating accurate fantasy football projections is a time-consuming process, but it’s one that I’ve grown to appreciate. It’s an important part of my annual offseason preparation because it helps me understand…...
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Opportunity: It’s Blake Corum Versus Kyren Williams, Winner-Take-All, for One of Fantasy’s Most Prestigious Assignments, or is It?
Mat Irby
June 25, 2024
This side of Kyle Shanahan, there is no one in the NFL touted for their offensive genius quite like Sean McVay, who took over as the head coach of the Rams at the age of 30 in 2017 and immediately turned a troubled slog of an offense into a juggernaut. Truly, McVay and Shanahan are entwined, because they each served at the feet of the…...
The Commanders Added Jayden Daniels and a Duo of Exciting Pass Catchers in the 2024 Draft, but How Long Before They Become Fantasy Producers?
Kevin Szafraniec
June 24, 2024
Heading into the 2024 NFL draft with six of the top 100 picks, the Washington Commanders were in a prime position to rebuild their roster in a hurry. To the delight of fantasy owners, the team decided to kick off their rebuild by using four of their top 100 picks on the offensive side of the ball. With the second overall pick, the Commanders selected…...
The Only Untradeable Star in Fantasy Football Is . . . – Rotoviz Overtime
Colm Kelly
June 24, 2024
We always talk about Perpetual Reloading, the Championship Window, and how to create a true dynasty in your fantasy football league. However, are some players so good and offer such a distinct advantage that you can roster them till they retire because they are untradable? Shawn Siegele and Colm Kelly debate whether Christian McCaffrey is the rule’s greatest exception. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:00 Is CMC
You Have Our FFPC Superflex Cheat Code, Now Jump To The Next Level With Crazy Prices on 5 Player Targets
Shawn Siegele
June 21, 2024
Shawn Siegele begins his 5 Crazy Prices series with a look at the FFPC Superflex best ball tournament. I wanted to start with the FFPC Superflex Best Ball Tournament as a follow-up to my recent Best Ball Workshop. In that strategy session, the Roster Construction Explorer exposed just how catastrophic conventional tactics have been . . . Conventional Tactics – FFPC SF Best Ball (2021-2023)…...
WR Early and Often Has Dominated Best Ball Mania But Is That a Historical Fluke? Simulating Thousands of Seasons and Millions of Teams to Find the Answer
Jake Boes
June 20, 2024
Over the last three months I’ve been working in collaboration with the RotoViz team to develop a tool to simulate Best Ball Mania (BBM) tournaments. This includes generating an original player pool for each “season,” simulating drafts, pulling fantasy scores from a weighted distribution, and finally adding up each team’s score using Underdog’s BBM roster settings. The simulation methodology includes injuries, bye weeks, quarterback changes,…...
Range of Outcomes Tool Tutorial: Developing Realistic Expectations for 2024
Dave Caban
June 19, 2024
Heading into the 2023 season, I revamped the Range of Outcomes app, one of our favorite tools on the site. We will spend some time considering its results in the coming months. If you are not familiar with the tool, I encourage you to quickly read through what I wrote last year and watch the tutorial video. 2023 Synopsis The RotoViz Range Of Outcomes tool…...
Rome Odunze Mixes Crazy Upside With Multiple Red Flags Even Before the Real Controversy: The Anatomy of Rookie WR Landing Spot Evaluation
Blair Andrews
June 18, 2024
Rome Odunze was drafted by Chicago with the ninth overall pick, who bolstered their receiving corps after the Bears made Caleb Williams the first player picked in the 2024 NFL Draft. With D.J. Moore and Keenan Allen already on the roster, along with new running back addition D’Andre Swift, the Bears do not appear to be the best situation for a rookie to earn targets…....
Is Lamar Jackson Overvalued and Managing TE in Dynasty? – Rotoviz Overtime
Colm Kelly
June 18, 2024
In fantasy football, every roster slot counts. However, how should your TE depth chart be constructed and valued across different formats, such as TEP or PPR? Shawn Siegele and Colm Kelly discuss the many ideas to consider when making those choices and go over several instances where they use various valuations. Shawn also questions whether Lamar Jackson is worth the elite QB price tag, raising
Can This Bold Strategy Win in Best Ball? – Rotoviz Overtime
Colm Kelly
June 17, 2024
We’ve discussed avoiding quarterbacks to the later rounds in Superflex Best Ball, but how does that affect how the final roster looks? That’s precisely what Shawn Siegele and Colm Kelly do when they put together a roster in the Underdog Fantasy Superflex Puppy. Plus, they selected two of the first three tight ends selected in the draft. How did the team turn out? Listen in to find out! Subscribe
Forgiveness is the Key to Healing, Part 2: 2 WRs and 2 TEs Who Burned Best Ball Teams Last Season, But Deserve Another Chance in 2024
Kevin Szafraniec
June 14, 2024
Cautionary tales abound warning of the risks involved when dealing with unrequited love. Just turn on any Lifetime movie if you don’t believe me. As a fantasy football player, at times I have found myself to be just as irrational as any scorned lover in a made-for-TV movie. Being too quick to write off an underperforming player, and/or refusing to heed evidence that is contrary…...
Stuck in a Bad-Draft-Slot Rut? Mix Things Up and Get Your Guys with the All-Reach Team
Blair Andrews
June 13, 2024
On some podcast episodes, Shawn has noted — when lamenting the preponderance of late picks in his Best Ball Mania 5 portfolio — that if you don’t get a top-10 pick, you basically don’t have access to any first-round values. (Of course, that assumes a rational drafter takes Garrett Wilson ahead of ADP, leaving you with A.J. Brown as an ADP — but not rankings…...
Can Trey Benson Become an NFL Bell Cow, or is He Destined to Spend His Career as a Committee Back?
Kevin Szafraniec
July 2, 2024
After flashing game-breaking ability and elite athleticism despite never truly earning a featured role during his time in college, Trey Benson showed enough potential for the Arizona Cardinals to use an early third-round pick on him in the 2024 NFL draft. With James Conner producing career highs in both rushing yards and yards per carry for Arizona last season, the addition of Benson could be…...
2024 Projections: Kyle Pitts and Drake London Look to Take Flight Alongside Kirk Cousins
Dave Caban
July 2, 2024
Dave Caban shares his baseline 2024 projection for the Atlanta Falcons while also considering the impacts of increases/decreases to market shares and team play volume. Every offseason, I undertake the process of creating projections for every team. In previous years, this involved developing a projection that I believed would represent the average performance of all relevant players if a given season were played out thousands…...
Can Best Ball Simulations Unlock New Quarterback Strategies? Analyzing Millions of Simulated Teams In Search of a Contrarian Build
Jake Boes
July 1, 2024
While impassioned debates carry on about the ideal strategies for running backs, wide receivers, and tight ends in Underdog’s Best Ball Mania (BBM) contests, quarterback strategy seems to have reached consensus. More than 95% of teams in BBM history have selected two or three quarterbacks. On the surface, it seems reasonable to take at least two QBs to ensure you have coverage for bye weeks…...
2024 Projections: Marvin Harrison Jr. and Trey Benson Look to Ignite the Cardinals’ Offense
Dave Caban
July 1, 2024
Welcome to our first team-specific projection of 2024. Every offseason, I undertake the process of creating projections for every team. In previous years, this involved developing a projection that I believed would represent the average performance of all relevant players if a given season were played out thousands of times. This year, I have added steps to better understand how a player’s fantasy scoring could…...
Is 2024 a Good Year for Zero RB? Why That’s the Wrong Question When Facing the Wide Receiver Avalanche
Michael Dubner
June 28, 2024
Wide receivers are flying off fantasy football draft boards earlier than ever, creating a “WR avalanche” that’s reshaping best ball. Michael Dubner dives deep into the new best ball WR avalanche landscape, explores why WRs are going earlier than ever, and reveals the best ways to navigate the WR avalanche so you don’t get buried. Should we lean into Zero RB to get ahead of…...
2024 Is a Race to the Tier Breaks: 3 Key Tactics and 11 Priority Players to Help You Win
Shawn Siegele
June 27, 2024
Shawn Siegele explores three races best-ball drafters have to win in 2024 and helps you hit the tape first with tactics from the RotoViz tools and research. The 2024 MFL10 of Death began last week in its 11th incarnation. This charity league organized by Pat Thorman includes 11 of my favorite fantasy analysts. As a one-off league with full-season scoring, it allows fantasy’s best minds…...
Is Najee Harris Finally a Bargain? 2 Small Gap Backfields With New Offensive Coordinators
Corbin Young
June 26, 2024
In the past, we’ve looked at big gap and small gap running backs to identify undervalued players based on their ADP. The idea comes from Jack Miller’s research on the win and hit rates for big or small gap backs, and from similar research by Charlie Kleinheksel before that. First, let’s define our terms: B1 and B2 running backs refer to a team’s RB1 and…...
These Fantasy Football Stars Are WILDLY Mispriced! – Rotoviz Overtime
Colm Kelly
June 26, 2024
These names are the most incorrectly valued assets in fantasy football, they should be selected many rounds ahead of their current ADP. Shawn Siegele and Colm Kelly discuss the names that you can draft to smash their ADP and lead you to glory! Listen in to find out who! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:00 RotoViz Overtime Listener leagues – Get involved! 5:00 The Most Crazy FFPC
2024 Projections: Why This Year’s Will Be Our Most Actionable Set Yet
Dave Caban
June 25, 2024
Last week, I published my first set of 2024 projections on the site. In previous years, I have shared a note like the one below when introducing them for the first time each season. Creating accurate fantasy football projections is a time-consuming process, but it’s one that I’ve grown to appreciate. It’s an important part of my annual offseason preparation because it helps me understand…...
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Opportunity: It’s Blake Corum Versus Kyren Williams, Winner-Take-All, for One of Fantasy’s Most Prestigious Assignments, or is It?
Mat Irby
June 25, 2024
This side of Kyle Shanahan, there is no one in the NFL touted for their offensive genius quite like Sean McVay, who took over as the head coach of the Rams at the age of 30 in 2017 and immediately turned a troubled slog of an offense into a juggernaut. Truly, McVay and Shanahan are entwined, because they each served at the feet of the…...
The Commanders Added Jayden Daniels and a Duo of Exciting Pass Catchers in the 2024 Draft, but How Long Before They Become Fantasy Producers?
Kevin Szafraniec
June 24, 2024
Heading into the 2024 NFL draft with six of the top 100 picks, the Washington Commanders were in a prime position to rebuild their roster in a hurry. To the delight of fantasy owners, the team decided to kick off their rebuild by using four of their top 100 picks on the offensive side of the ball. With the second overall pick, the Commanders selected…...
The Only Untradeable Star in Fantasy Football Is . . . – Rotoviz Overtime
Colm Kelly
June 24, 2024
We always talk about Perpetual Reloading, the Championship Window, and how to create a true dynasty in your fantasy football league. However, are some players so good and offer such a distinct advantage that you can roster them till they retire because they are untradable? Shawn Siegele and Colm Kelly debate whether Christian McCaffrey is the rule’s greatest exception. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:00 Is CMC
You Have Our FFPC Superflex Cheat Code, Now Jump To The Next Level With Crazy Prices on 5 Player Targets
Shawn Siegele
June 21, 2024
Shawn Siegele begins his 5 Crazy Prices series with a look at the FFPC Superflex best ball tournament. I wanted to start with the FFPC Superflex Best Ball Tournament as a follow-up to my recent Best Ball Workshop. In that strategy session, the Roster Construction Explorer exposed just how catastrophic conventional tactics have been . . . Conventional Tactics – FFPC SF Best Ball (2021-2023)…...
WR Early and Often Has Dominated Best Ball Mania But Is That a Historical Fluke? Simulating Thousands of Seasons and Millions of Teams to Find the Answer
Jake Boes
June 20, 2024
Over the last three months I’ve been working in collaboration with the RotoViz team to develop a tool to simulate Best Ball Mania (BBM) tournaments. This includes generating an original player pool for each “season,” simulating drafts, pulling fantasy scores from a weighted distribution, and finally adding up each team’s score using Underdog’s BBM roster settings. The simulation methodology includes injuries, bye weeks, quarterback changes,…...
Range of Outcomes Tool Tutorial: Developing Realistic Expectations for 2024
Dave Caban
June 19, 2024
Heading into the 2023 season, I revamped the Range of Outcomes app, one of our favorite tools on the site. We will spend some time considering its results in the coming months. If you are not familiar with the tool, I encourage you to quickly read through what I wrote last year and watch the tutorial video. 2023 Synopsis The RotoViz Range Of Outcomes tool…...
Rome Odunze Mixes Crazy Upside With Multiple Red Flags Even Before the Real Controversy: The Anatomy of Rookie WR Landing Spot Evaluation
Blair Andrews
June 18, 2024
Rome Odunze was drafted by Chicago with the ninth overall pick, who bolstered their receiving corps after the Bears made Caleb Williams the first player picked in the 2024 NFL Draft. With D.J. Moore and Keenan Allen already on the roster, along with new running back addition D’Andre Swift, the Bears do not appear to be the best situation for a rookie to earn targets…....
Is Lamar Jackson Overvalued and Managing TE in Dynasty? – Rotoviz Overtime
Colm Kelly
June 18, 2024
In fantasy football, every roster slot counts. However, how should your TE depth chart be constructed and valued across different formats, such as TEP or PPR? Shawn Siegele and Colm Kelly discuss the many ideas to consider when making those choices and go over several instances where they use various valuations. Shawn also questions whether Lamar Jackson is worth the elite QB price tag, raising
Can This Bold Strategy Win in Best Ball? – Rotoviz Overtime
Colm Kelly
June 17, 2024
We’ve discussed avoiding quarterbacks to the later rounds in Superflex Best Ball, but how does that affect how the final roster looks? That’s precisely what Shawn Siegele and Colm Kelly do when they put together a roster in the Underdog Fantasy Superflex Puppy. Plus, they selected two of the first three tight ends selected in the draft. How did the team turn out? Listen in to find out! Subscribe
Forgiveness is the Key to Healing, Part 2: 2 WRs and 2 TEs Who Burned Best Ball Teams Last Season, But Deserve Another Chance in 2024
Kevin Szafraniec
June 14, 2024
Cautionary tales abound warning of the risks involved when dealing with unrequited love. Just turn on any Lifetime movie if you don’t believe me. As a fantasy football player, at times I have found myself to be just as irrational as any scorned lover in a made-for-TV movie. Being too quick to write off an underperforming player, and/or refusing to heed evidence that is contrary…...
Stuck in a Bad-Draft-Slot Rut? Mix Things Up and Get Your Guys with the All-Reach Team
Blair Andrews
June 13, 2024
On some podcast episodes, Shawn has noted — when lamenting the preponderance of late picks in his Best Ball Mania 5 portfolio — that if you don’t get a top-10 pick, you basically don’t have access to any first-round values. (Of course, that assumes a rational drafter takes Garrett Wilson ahead of ADP, leaving you with A.J. Brown as an ADP — but not rankings…...
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