I get questions all the time about folks being in keeper leagues. There’s a whole host of questions, baseline kinda stuff, that needs to be addressed before any rendering of a decision on a trade can be given. How big is your league? How many roster spots do you have? What is the starting lineup
Evergreen
The Trade Market & Do You Trade Too Much?
Ever hear of the idea called ‘timing the stock market?’ You know, the idea that you can tell exactly when the high point of a stock will be, so you wait for that moment, patiently, and the moment it hits that phantom mark you sell all of your stock for a monster profit. The problem
Navigating The 2019 Bye Weeks
Happy Thursday my peeps! For those of you in the daily rat race you’ve got one more day to go, so push on through! The NFL has already released their schedule for the 2019 season. Bye weeks begin in Week 4 and last until Week 12. Some weeks there are just two teams on bye
Selecting the Right Defense for Fantasy Football
There are two suggestions I have for anyone looking to make their fantasy football leagues more entertaining. The first one would be to add a Superflex position. The addition of a second quarterback being flexed raises the importance of the position from something we can get by totally neglecting, to something that actually needs to
League Format: Two-Quarterback
Happy Wednesday Fantasy Guru Fam! Hope everyone is having a great week so far. I pumped myself full of plenty of Cuban coffee this morning because I was up pretty late working on the offensive line rankings and breakdowns for the Draft Guide. Ted Schuster and I are working on this together and it should
Declining Stars
An age old question in fantasy football is… how do we determine when a player is declining in skill? A lot of research has been done over the years on this topic, to varying results. The NFL is a complex beast, specifically when trying to figure out how long a player will sustain success. There’s
Ray’s Ramblings: Does The All-Star Game Mean Anything?
At one point in time the All-Star Game meant something in baseball. It was a true honor to be named to the game, and in fact, we used to judge players careers by the amount of times they were named to the game. We would also look at players numbers years later and wonder what
Building A Wide Receiver Corps
Happy Monday Fantasy Guru fam! I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend and found some time to relax. It’s the start of the week and we are back on the grind. When drafting your fantasy football teams, there are multiple ways you can go about it, and it is all dependent on your style of play.
NFL RBs & College Workload
Our commander in chief, Jeff Mans, threw out a list of about 300 article ideas (ok, really about 75, but still) for the summer, and I thought this was a great topic to tackle when I saw it. Today you get a peek inside my process as a researcher, and something I do for fun
Targeting Third Down Running Backs in Fantasy Drafts
When people talk about third down running backs, what typically comes to mind? The PPR catch-specialists, right? While these players certainly see an uptick in volume on third downs, once opposing defenses see them run out onto the field, the offense is generally tipping off that it’ll be a pass play. Unsurprisingly, these backs don’t
Fade Rookie Wide Receivers in Redraft Leagues
One of the most successful things veteran fantasy football players do is avoid the hype surrounding incoming rookies at the wide receiver position. Historically, we’ve seen very few produce elite fantasy numbers right off the bat. In fact, over the past decade, we’ve only seen 13 rookie receivers finish as top-24 fantasy assets — and
Redraft Leagues Roster Construction
Happy Monday Fantasy Guru fam! Hopefully everyone had a relaxing weekend and a great start to the summer. Let’s get this week started off with some roster construction talk. Normally this is something you hear often in daily fantasy sports, being that it is a crucial part of the process. That being said, it is
How Penalties Impacted the 2018 NFL Season
When the typical NFL fan sits down to watch an NFL game, they want to see high scoring games, fast pace with few interruptions, and even fewer penalties. It’s not an easy job for NFL officials. They go through years of training, studying, and calling games to then being tested with millions of eyes on
League Formats: Standard
Happy Wednesday Fantasy Guru fam! Just a heads up before we get into things, there is new content in the Draft Guide, so make sure to stop by and give it a look. Now that I’ve got plenty of Cuban coffee in my system, I’m ready to roll out another edition of the League Format
The Art of Deep Passing
Outside of a game-changing turnover for a touchdown, is there any better play than the deep ball? It can flip the field in an instant, putting the offense from a punting situation to a scoring one. Some of the most iconic plays in NFL history are a result of deep passes being completed. Not only
Who Is The Best Hitter in Baseball?
Cobb or Ruth? Williams or Mays? Bonds or Pujols? A debate as old as time. Is there an answer to who the best hitter in baseball is? Probably not. Am I going to solve the question in this piece? Likely not. Doesn’t mean I ain’t gonna try though. Let me define the scope of this
When To Draft Quarterbacks
At this time it may be a bit too early for season-long league fantasy drafts, but it’s only a matter of time before they get going. It’s one of my favorite times of the year. You get together with your buddies, throw some food on the grill or order in, crack open a couple of
Rushing Quarterbacks – All the Rage or Just a Phase?
It’s no secret that the league is starting to gain more and more athletic quarterbacks. This is here to stay. With how today’s quarterbacks are raised from the different systems they play in, to the different coaches they learn under, we’re seeing a common thread among recent successful quarterbacks. If you want to make it
A Beginner’s Guide to Sports Betting
Sports betting is as popular as ever in the USA. This guide will introduce you to basic concepts like moneylines (also called wagerlines), point spreads, and probability, in an attempt to show beginners how to bet on sports.
League Formats: PPR
What’s up Fantasy Guru fam! It’s Wednesday morning and I have my Cuban coffee in hand, ready for another edition of the league formats series. Last week I discussed my approach for a super flex league and this week I’ll be discussing my thoughts on how I approach a good old fashioned PPR format. For