Tyler's Thoughts
Tyler’s Thoughts – Mid-Season Recap and Third Quarter Preview
Eight weeks into the season marks the midpoint of the NFL fantasy season with most leagues wrapping up in Week 16. It provides us a chance to review some of the early season success stories as well as project a bit more confidently into the final eight weeks and how to adapt our fantasy squads. Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Tyler’s Thoughts – Players to Acquire Before the NFL Trade Deadline
The NFL’s trade deadline is set to hit next Tuesday, October 29th and 4PM ET. Last year’s trade deadline had a few notable fantasy football names find themselves in new homes. Golden Tate went from the Lions to the Eagles. The Texans acquired Demaryius Thomas from the Broncos. Ty Montgomery was sent from Green Bay Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Tyler’s Thoughts – Timing the Trade Market
I know over the past couple weeks we’ve done a lot of great work trying to turn around some 0-4 or 1-3 squads. Hopefully many of you have seen some progress, whether it be with your start/sits, working the waiver wire, or through a series of trades. That last subject — trades — is what Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Tyler’s Thoughts – Navigating Early Bye Weeks
We talked about it last week when analyzing the 2019 season at the quarter pole. It’s important to keep an eye on the immediate future when planning for fantasy football. I’m not suggesting looking at playoff fantasy matchups, but instead, we should take a look at the next 3-4 weeks and see how our fantasy Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Tyler’s Thoughts – Quarter Season Recap
Four weeks into the season is typically when we like to start transitioning from using some 2018 data in our week-to-week analysis to almost solely 2019 information. The NFL will always have an inevitably size sample size than we’d prefer, but we work with what we have in a season that’s only 16 games (15 Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Tyler’s Thoughts – Overcoming a Slow Fantasy Start
There are many different ways that a fantasy squad can get off to a slow start. Injuries, poor drafts, roster shakeups, etc. can all play an important role and move things in the blink of an eye. Teams that start out 0-3 or 1-2 have a tough, but not impossible, road ahead of them if Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Tyler’s Thoughts – Week 2 Quarterback Injury Fallout
Sunday had two pivotal injuries at the quarterback position. Ben Roethlisberger’s elbow injury will require surgery and force him to miss the remainder of the season. Drew Brees is anticipated to miss at least six weeks after tearing a ligament in his thumb. Entering the season, these were two of the league’s most potent offenses Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Tyler’s Thoughts – Don’t Overreact to Week 1
After waiting for months and months for football to return, I don’t fault fantasy footballers that want to take what we saw in Week 1 and quickly run to their waiver wires to band-aid a bad situation. Take a breath and relax. Overreacting to Week 1 with a one-game sample is just about the worst Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Tyler’s Thoughts – Revamped Running Back Situations
It was a wild and crazy cut down day last Saturday. Teams made a flurry of moves and transactions in order to finalize their 53-man rosters that they’ll take into the season. While there was a lot of action that went down — trades, cuts, IR designations, etc. — there were three key moves involving Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Tyler’s Thoughts – Andrew Luck and the Indianapolis Colts’ Future
Over the past weekend, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck announced his retirement from the NFL. It was a shocking move for one of the league’s top signal callers. The 29-year-old is coming off a Comeback Player of the Year season but injuries have piled up to the point where it was impacting his psyche. With Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Tyler’s Thoughts – 10 Receivers to Target if Drafting Running Backs Early
Drafting in fantasy football leagues isn’t always black and white. When you’re on the clock and have a ticking down timer in front of you, sometimes you make sub-optimal choices. Sometimes you keep going for the “value” pick, round after round, and before you know it, you’re looking at a roster with three running backs Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Tyler’s Thoughts – 10 ZeroRB Candidates for 2019 – Part II
The ZeroRB drafting strategy is a contrarian method designed to fade the oft-injured running back position in favor of a more antifragile approach. Check out more information on the background of this innovative drafting method in last week’s column, as well as five potential candidates that ZeroRB drafters should be targeting. That article highlighted five Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Tyler’s Thoughts – 10 ZeroRB Candidates for 2019 – Part I
What is “ZeroRB” and why is it all the commotion? For those that don’t know, ZeroRB is a contrarian drafting strategy. RotoViz’s Shawn Siegele highly popularized the concept in 2013, discussing the merits to fading the oft-injured running back position in favor of starting your lineups with a heavy receiver and tight end approach. By Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Tyler’s Thoughts – DraftKings Week 1 Salary Review
Yesterday we saw DraftKings release their pricing for Week 1 DFS. We still have ages until this actually means anything, but it’s never too early to take a quick look at how they priced specific players. After spending all spring and summer focused on dynasty and bestball leagues, it’s interesting to see how the DFS Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Tyler’s Thoughts – Pros and Cons for the Top-4 Running Backs
Entering the month of August, we can definitively state that we have the top four picks in most fantasy drafts locked into position. No matter the scoring format (Full PPR, Standard), the top-four picks are going to be some combination of Saquon Barkley, Ezekiel Elliott, Christian McCaffrey,and Alvin Kamara. Which one should you draft? In Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Tyler’s Thoughts – Late Round Quarterbacks to Target in Fantasy Football
I’m a big proponent of the late round quarterback drafting method. Advocating for such a no-brainer drafting method isn’t that difficult at all. There’s plenty of sound reasons for foregoing the quarterback position in traditional start-one quarterback leagues and waiting to select your signal caller. The position is the most predictable, it’s flat in scoring, Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Tyler’s Thoughts – Drafting Strategies and Sneak Peek at Early Flag Planting
At this point in the offseason, I have nearly 100 bestball drafts completed under my belt. The plurality of my investments have been under DRAFT and Fanball, but a few FFPC drafts and some industry-led mocks have led me to a quality handling of ADP at this juncture. While these bestball drafts have a different Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Tyler’s Thoughts – Tearing Down the Tier 2 Tight Ends
This week’s “Tyler’s Thoughts” analyzes a new topic on a subject that I feel strongly about, yet drafters don’t seem to share similar confidence. That immediately made me want to start writing about why my conviction is so high in my early rankings. I’m talking about breaking down the second tier of tight ends. While some Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.
Tyler’s Thoughts – 12 Rookies to Target or Fade in Bestball
What is up FantasyGuru fam! I’m extremely excited to get started writing here as a fantasy analyst for FG! For those who have not heard of me, I’ve been working in the fantasy industry for quite a while now with previous stops at ProFootballFocus, 4for4, RotoViz, FantasyLabs, and numberFire/FanDuel. My style of writing is aimed Read More! You need a subscription to access this content. Choose from the following: VIP Memberships – Seasonal Annual Season-long content, draft guide, rankings, podcasts, and Discord access. $109.99 VIP Memberships – VIP Monthly Includes all plans: Seasonal, Daily, and Betting, plus exclusive tools and Discord. $99.99 NFL Memberships – NFL (All-In) $499.99 Already a member? Sign in.