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. If you haven’t yet read The 2020 Auction Draft Strategy Guide: Part 1, be…...

Marvin Jones has had an interesting career. He’s 30-years-old with only a single 1,000-yard season, and yet his WR37 ADP looks like a value. Jones is not a target volume guy. He’s never had a 110-target season, and over the last two years he hasn’t managed 100 combined receptions. And yet, he’s been a top-30 WR in PPR/G in each of the last three years,…...

After a slow stretch from 2013 to 2017 where Davante Adams was the only third-year wide receiver to crest 200 points for the first time, the last two seasons brought Tyler Boyd, Chris Godwin, and Cooper Kupp into the ranks of the elite. And Godwin and Kupp didn’t just break out. They scored 270 points a piece, capitalizing on the promise of earlier seasons and…...

Will Fuller was one of my most-started players when he scored 53 points in Week 5 last year. He was one of my most-started players when he “dropped” three TDs passes in Week 6. He was one of my most-started players when he went out with yet another soft tissue injury at the beginning of Week 7. When you own Fuller, it’s always a roller…...

Shawn Siegele looks at the scenarios necessary for elite wide receivers to finish as the overall fantasy WR1 in 2020. In working on other research, I found myself wondering how many WRs had a scenario where they could realistically finish as the WR1 . . . even if it was a pretty outside shot. For example, I agree with Neil Dutton’s take that Adam Thielen…...

Welcome to the second part in our series looking at players who could be absolute superstars in 2020 … if only the player(s) ahead of them on the depth chart would just get out of the way. In the previous edition of The Guy Behind the Guy, we looked at backup running backs that our writers are particularly high on, and would rally behind if…...

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. If you’ve never participated in an auction draft, or have spent little time considering…...

Don’t call it a comeback! Well actually, as this is a sequel to a series that ran prior to the 2019 NFL season, I suppose you should call it a comeback. Anyway, call it what you want but this piece will focus not on the superstars of the NFL, but rather their understudies. Players that our writers believe could be fantasy relevant producers in the coming…...

Shawn Siegele deploys the RotoViz Screener to provide all the key stats on fourth-year breakouts at the wide receiver position. The 2017 WR class has given us stars like JuJu Smith-Schuster, Chris Godwin, Kenny Golladay, and Cooper Kupp. That’s not a bad quartet, especially when you consider that the first five receivers selected in that draft are yet to record a 200-point season. How much hope should…...

Austin Ekeler may be my favorite player in the NFL, or at least he might be my second favorite after his higher priced and higher scoring doppelganger. In 2020, Ekeler and Christian McCaffrey generated win rates of 21% and 31% respectively. They did so with the type of freakish athleticism at smaller sizes that offers make-you-miss ability with transcendent receiving skills. Given the tenuous nature…...

David Montgomery slogged to a frustrating RB24 finish on 242 carries as a rookie. He averaged only 3.7 yards per attempt and ranked No. 152 in fantasy points over expectation. Only Frank Gore and Le’Veon Bell generated more negative FPOE in the run game. Montgomery still offers intriguing potential entering his second year. He ranked No. 12 in opportunities a season ago, and his current…...

The wide receiver class of 2020 is very good and very deep. Devy owners have been looking forward to their arrival, while dynasty owners are loading up in rookie drafts. In the Black Crown startup, I prioritized rookie picks, and then I selected six WRs during the rookie draft. Still, this class has an almost impossible task if they want to match the 2014 group…....

Allen Robinson has been a personal favorite since we pushed dynasty owners to grab him during the loaded 2014 receiver draft. He broke out with a massive 304-point performance in Year 2 and looked like a permanent member of the WR firmament. Unfortunately, quarterback play and injuries derailed his career. He didn’t post another top-24 season until 2019. Robinson’s 254-point campaign returned him to WR1…...

In The Ultimate 2020 Fantasy Football Sleepers List – Tight Ends, Curtis Patrick shares his top late-round targets who could pop this NFL Season. Last week, I released my Ultimate 2020 Fantasy Football Sleepers List – Running Back edition. Ultimate Sleepers at RB had to meet the following criteria: must have an overall ADP outside the top-180 must have a positional ADP outside the top-60…...

Every offseason brings new opportunities, new hope, and new possibilities. Teams look to reload and make the changes needed to get over the playoff hump. Others are looking to run it back to the Conference Championship or the Super Bowl. Still, others are rebuilding and addressing team needs via free agency or the draft. I’m narrowing my scope to focus on three teams that will…...

DeVante Parker broke out with 246 points in 2019. The No. 14 overall pick from 2015 crested the 200-point threshold for the first time in his fifth season. Parker followed an unusual path. Over the last 20 years, this was the first time a former first-round pick had broken out in Year 5. It was also the first time in several years that a fifth-round…...

After five years in the Buffalo desert, Robert Woods emerged when he joined the Rams in 2017. Three seasons with finishes between WR18 and WR14 (per game) followed. Woods has parlayed that into a WR18 ADP in 2020, a fair price for a player with his profile. But what if you don’t want to pay a fair price? If you’re looking to get this production…...