We are in the heart of draft season. As the NFL season inches closer, redraft leagues are in full swing. In my last two pieces, I focused on addressing streamable options at both the quarterback position and the tight end position. Each of those quarterbacks and tight ends has a favorable early-season schedule that should allow you to get your team off to a strong…...

Auction drafts are easy to “win” but even easier to “lose.” In this series, Dave Caban will overview the preparation, thought processes, and in-auction strategies needed to ensure that you’re ready for the intensity and challenges auctions will throw at you and are poised to leave your draft with a contender. On August 13, I took part in The Huddle’s 2020 Expert Auction. I’ve participated…...

Dave Caban compares RotoViz Ultimate Rankings to Wide Receiver ADP and highlight players that appear to be mispriced. Over the course of the last couple of months, I’ve built projections for every NFL team, explored historically based range of outcome projections, and helped to create our RotoViz redraft rankings. Each exercise played an important role in shaping my overall view of the 2020 fantasy football season and the…...

There aren’t a lot of guys like Josh Jacobs. We don’t have any close comps for him in the Box Score Scout, in part because backs who gain 640 yards, catch 20 passes, and skip combine testing are simply not selected in the first round. That first-round pick wasn’t necessarily wrong. Jacobs went on to an impressive rookie season where he averaged 4.8 yards per…...

In my previous piece, I touched on three quarterbacks who have favorable early-season schedules, which you should target if you are looking to stream the position. The late-round quarterback approach continues to grow in popularity each season. Later round options cost less in terms of draft capital and can afford you a comparable floor/ceiling to more expensive options. In this piece, I’m using the Strength…...

Dave Caban compares RotoViz Ultimate Rankings to Running Back ADP and identifies the player whose ADP fails to account for his massive workload. Over the course of the last couple of months, I’ve built projections for every NFL team, explored historically-based range of outcome projections, and helped to create our RotoViz redraft rankings. Each exercise played an important role in shaping my overall view of the 2020 fantasy…...

Last season, Miles Sanders’ ADP fell throughout July, and he temporarily dropped behind Jordan Howard before launching again in the final run-up to the season. In 2018, Nick Chubb’s ADP fell consistently throughout draft season as it became clear that Carlos Hyde was going to begin the season as the starter. Chubb wasn’t even the second Cleveland running back selected, as drafters assumed the Browns would continue to…...

Auction drafts are easy to “win” but even easier to “lose.” In this series, Dave Caban will overview the preparation, thought processes, and in-auction strategies needed to ensure that you’re ready for the intensity and challenges auctions will throw at you and are poised to leave your draft with a contender. As promised in Part 2, we’re finally going to prepare for an auction. If…...

Kareem Hunt is poised to be a fantasy factor in 2020 no matter what. In a training camp scare on Monday, Nick Chubb left the field to be evaluated for a concussion after a run-in with linebacker Mack Wilson. Thankfully, Chubb appears to be okay, though I’m sure to team will be careful easing him back in. The situation is a perfect reminder of Kareem Hunt’s league-winning fantasy upside in…...

We’ve all had that experience where we’re on a guy but he falls in a range with a couple of our other targets. You’re always thinking he’ll come back around to you, but somehow he never does. Someone always grabs him just a slot or two before your pick. And then, of course, that’s the player who ends up with a win rate around 17%…....

The Clyde Edwards-Helaire rocket ship has gone screaming into the first round. He’s primed to have a league-winning impact as a rookie, even at those lofty prices, but should you also be drafting his doppelgangers at the end of your fantasy football drafts? Once Damien Williams opted out of the 2020 season, the last impediment disappeared to a monster rookie campaign from Edwards-Helaire. Drafters responded…....

As we inch closer to the start of the season, many redraft leagues start to have their seasonal drafts. Regardless of your league format, one of the many roster decisions you will have to make is when to take a quarterback. There seem to be two major trains of thought in single quarterback leagues: pay up for an elite option (Lamar Jackson, Patrick Mahomes) or…...