X
Lost password?

Don't have an account?
Gain Access Now

X

Receive free daily analysis

NFL
NBA
NHL
NASCAR
CFB
MLB
MMA
PGA
ESPORTS
BETTING

Already have an account? Log In

X

Forgot Password


POPULAR FANTASY TOOLS

Expert Advice
Articles & Tools
Import Your Leagues
Draft Rankings
Draft Simulator
Enter League Settings
Value Picks
Compare Any Players
News and Alerts

Auction Draft Strategies and Tips

It’s a hell of a thing to get caught in a legitimate auction moment that sends your whole draft on tilt, but much like the premise of “nobody wants to hear about your fantasy league,” similarly no one wants to hear about the time you messed up a strategy that was really important to you. I mean, unless it’s such a catastrophic failure that even a sports layman would know you messed up. 

In my home league with friends from college, it’s become a sort of game to see if we can get someone to slap that first dollar down on a guy who quite simply isn’t…. good. Of course, this is a bit of a gamble because by the virtue of nominating them, you’re risking a dollar in a draft that you may need at the very end.

So, before I break down the legitimate strategies I’ve learned from a decade (woof) of fantasy football auctions, I’ll give you some less than legitimate names to try to goad your friends with. Fair warning, this will only work if you can smell the desperation on a player who is on tilt already; the goal is to get him to knock the full pinball machine over:

Be sure to check all of our fantasy football rankings for 2025:

 

Fresh Bait

WR Alshon Jeffrey, who someone will absolutely believe is playing somewhere before they see the “FA” next to his name (no no, he’s about to sign, Schefter just tweeted…)

RB Jordan Howard, you know, the guy who we all thought would have an improved role in Miami last year. Bonus points if you can get a co-conspirator to say “ooh, big sleeper” non-sarcastically.

WR Riley Ridley, who is of course Calvin’s brother.

RB Cam Akers, where this trick is much funnier if the huge “IR” isn’t showing by then and someone has totally forgotten the injury happened (only funny in re-draft, this will likely be annoying to deal with in any keeper leagues).

K Dustin Hopkins (wait, I just saw D Hopkins and I… DANGIT).

WR Larry Fitzgerald, who someone inevitably forgot retired and confirmed this week he’ll be staying in the booth.

QB Deshaun Watson, who some of you are drafting on your own NOT as a joke and I will be praying for.

TE Tim Tebow, because even if he's not on a team right now, at least you'll have God on your side.

Feel free to tweet me and let me know if any of those work for you. A quick note about everything going forward in this piece, there are some base strategies here we’ll largely avoid that I’ll mention up top: mock draft a whole bunch of times before you start, understand the rules of your league before you get going (this includes scoring and position flexibility, which will prevent you from loading up on RB’s in a league where your FLEX may be reserved for pass catchers), and have a sheet or something printed out that doesn’t require you to switch screens from your draft. These are all really good and important, and if you haven’t started doing those yet, they may be the key difference for you here. Now, we’ll dig a little deeper. 

Some of these strategies are for the planner, and some are for the guy who found this article 10 minutes before the draft, but I have seen everything below used and deployed successfully in my decade of auction drafting.

 

Invest In Your Flexibility

I’ll crib from my good friend Nick Mariano here and his wonderful premium tools to remind you that signing up for RotoBaller Premium prior to the draft gives you incredible tools such as our rankings wizards that gives you a way to make a rankings and auction spend chart customized to the league that you’re in. The great thing about this tool is you can organize a tier system of your own, and allow yourself flexibility mid-draft that your other opponents simply won’t have. Unless, of course, you’re in a league with other RotoBallers, then you’ve simply got to have it.

If you’d rather go at it with your own system that allows you to set a draft budget and provide projections, then make sure you’re creating something that is very easily malleable, and run it through every silly scenario there is before the draft. What WILL happen if the guy with the team named Sweet Baby James Conner takes everyone with the name James? What will happen if everyone but you takes a QB in the first round? You don’t have to have a roadmap for chaos, but a compass to point you straight no matter what you’re sailing into.

Flexibility is the name of the game here, because as demonstrated in my scenario above, tilt is a very easy thing to get to. Trust me, as someone who follows a lot of fellow writers, I see it day in and day out; whether your opponent is hoarding a position to force trades, taking every single guy with the last name of Smith, or insisting on taking every player on the home team, tilt is easier to trigger than prevent. This is especially true for things above that 1) make no sense and 2) will not be recommended further because they are all very bad strategies that hurt others and help no one, like the premise of a “Just Say No” ad from the 90s. But paying a little bit of money, especially in cash leagues with a handsome payout, is a simple and worthwhile investment.

 

Review Your Previous Draft and Note Your League Specific Trends

This only applies in the same league you’re carrying over from, but the most common complaint I hear from guys is that they were surprised at the amount someone went for. There is likely precedent here that you and the rest of the league have totally forgotten about.

I’ll refer you to the secrets of my own longtime keeper league, that abides by the following trends:

  • For the last few years, 5-6 RBs will go for somewhere between 20-25% of a player’s total salary cap (meaning he’ll be grabbed for $100-$150 on our $500 cap), but they are guys who are ranked within the top-15. Anything after that sees a rather large deflation.
  • Second-year players go for far less year-over-year, usually being thrown back by the team who initially drafted them because their price point, which increases year-over-year, demanded best-in-the-league production to justify their price.
  • Only one non-kept TE was drafted for over 5% of the individual cap ($25).

Those three facts tell me a lot about my own personal draft that I will simply not find in any sort of “how to” guide or cheat sheet. Instead of just hoping that my league holds true to the auction budget I got from RotoBaller or my draft tool, I’m suddenly losing out on every single top RB because I didn’t devote 25% of my roster to grabbing Antonio Gibson, even if in a vacuum that’s advice no one will give objectively you. And why would no one give you this advice? Because it’s a league-specific proposal, one that makes no sense for 99% of leagues, meaning that there’s a gap you have to fill on your own.

If you don’t know how to adjust your strategy in line with your point type, then lean on history and understand the quirks of your league and how people bid. 

 

Trade In A Cap for a Standard Deviation Budget

If you’re someone who gets stressed out the moment that a player has blown past your budget for them, then you’re going to also be a person who enters tilt the moment you do it two or three times. So, what can you do?

Identify a deviation for your draft, and build in two deviations above and below your target price. If you’ve got George Kittle valued as $35 in your league with a $260 budget, then define your deviation (let’s say it’s a little over 1%, so $3) and map it out. If you find yourself shackled to your budget or unable to edit it on the fly, mapping how many deviations you are over your budget will help you edit the rest of your strategy. Your sheet should look like: Kittle, 29/32/35/38/41. $29 makes you the smartest guy in the room, and $41 means you’ve spent 2% more than what you were prepared to. 

Then hand tally it. Mark every deviation over, remove for every deviation under. You give yourself flexibility to bid, and it helps you keep a tally of how much you’re spending without just focusing on the “oh god, I’m spending a lot.” If you find yourself repeatedly missing, you can also keep an eye on the average deviation over rankings budget guys are going for, and mentally log away where position premiums are kicking it, and alternatively (as budget often affects) where guys are being bought for less than their value. 

 

Call a Break

It’s the equivalent of “have a glass of water with every drink” or “always have jumper cables in your car” of advice, but it’s yet another pivotal piece for people who may be thrown off their game and risk falling further away from their strategy the longer the draft goes. You’re gonna get boos, make peace with that early. If you’re a planner, asking for five minutes to “pee” may get you some light ribbing, but it’ll also allow you to assess what’s happening halfway through. 

There are one of two ways you can do this; you can either use this time to re-focus yourself if you’re on tilt and get your bearings back, or evaluate the field. It’s tempting to use this time, especially if you’re ahead, to just make yourself a drink and give yourself high-fives, but in deeper drafts or any leagues with a keeper element, who you can snag for cheap at the end can play an important role here.

If you feel confident in where you are, use this time to figure out who is most likely to outbid you for your stash of sleepers, or if you’re tapped on funds, map out where you are allocating your “max bid” and a collection of $2/$1 bids. If you feel behind, focus on your own roster instead; do you have more money or less money than expected, and how do you need to adjust? What moves can you make to get you back with a favorable draft?

This break seems equivalent to some of the basic moves listed before, but for those of us who draft multiple auction drafts, powering through it doesn’t always work. You’re getting outbid left and right, you’re slightly out to sea, and maybe you’re the guy who just put $1 on Deshaun Watson! 

 

Take The First Guy Off The Board. And the Second. Not the Third.

This one is in my notes every single year, because in my auction league I described earlier (the one where RB has a high price tag), we always see the first bid come up, get batted around for a while, and then land at a price point that is, historically a few dollars less than what he would’ve gone with if he was nominated five or six picks later. Generally, the profile of this guy is a top-10 FLEX eligible player, almost always an RB. 

Does this sound like your league? It’s because no matter how many mocks you do, your home league (or any league of non-fantasy writers you may play in) isn’t nearly as prepared to draft as the common group of strangers. They’ve got their budgets, they are trying to stick to them, and they don’t want to blow their money on the first guy.

If a top RB comes up first, he’ll go for the projected budget next to his name. He’ll likely go for more. But unless it’s Najee Harris in a Steelers Fan Parking Only draft, he’ll likely only go for a little more. It’s because in nearly every first and second round, the projected dollar value given to this player will be exceeded, and it’s only a question of how much. With the first one or two guys, don’t be afraid to get to your upper deviation, and maybe even higher, before the panic sets in and Dalvin Cook goes for $15 over asking. I’ve seen it happen every single year, especially in leagues where it's the normal $260 auction budget.

Obviously, this isn’t an unconditional statement, as I would say that a range of anyone outside of the top-20 may disprove this rule rather quickly. However, with nearly every auction league I’ve been in, this indeed has been the norm rather than the exception, and can keep you in a more favorable budget range than going in on a guy three or four nominations later.

 

Try Being The “Look At Anything Except the Auction Board” Person

“Hey man, that’s a hell of a grab, what will it take for you to give him up?”
“Ugh, wanted him, how can I get him off of you?”
“What’s Damien Harris worth to you these days for trade?”

You have seven or eight messages just like this queued up to copy or paste into the chat. And after probably slightly overpaying for an RB1 or two in an auction format, you’re now asking a lot of questions in the chat. Like, too many questions. Let’s be real, no one really knows what Damien Harris is worth to them at that moment, but they’ll now be looking at your roster, looking at theirs, and distracted. If you’re a particularly trusting person, you could start a bidding war going right around the time you are entering the portion of the draft where grabbing a handful of these guys, and not having to actively bid against anyone, is the way to do it.

This method can’t be deployed too quickly or too obviously. If you start doing this in Round 1, it’ll be painfully obvious to all that you are talking more than you can trade. The same measure can be applied to not asking each person about a random guy, as that just appears to be speed dating more than trading. But after the first 30 or so players are off the board, you can start to flag your needs and start conversation. "Hey, I’d love to get a better TE." "Ugh, I hate Dak this year because he can’t stay healthy." "Hey, anyone see So-and-So’s RB’s so far? Don’t let him grab another one guys!"

The goal is a little obvious, but simple: when the draft has gone on a certain point, a natural fatigue sets in, especially in home leagues with a mixed level of experience. The requests to turn the clock speed up come in, and the pee breaks start to get intermingled. Your goal is to get people a little off task, a little chatty, a little gamey in the rounds they are less confident about. And let’s face it, even the most experienced gamesman has to refer to their sheets to make sure they are on target for budget and team construction, so why not add in the element of the live trade?

Time this right, and you can find yourself avoiding bid-offs, and grabbing more of the $1 guys when you get to the point of the auction where minimal budget and lucky breaks are important. You can have a person make you pay an extra buck for Justin Jackson or Marvin Jones Jr., or they can be looking somewhere else and remind themselves they didn’t need that guy anyway.

 

Make a Trade in The Room

You can decide to not just talk about it and instead be about it, and start to make deals before you leave, at least in principle. While not all drafting softwares allow you to message an individual user, a quick email or text (again, don’t have too much going at once) will allow you to start to haggle.

Don’t come off too desperate here, as going “What do you want for Najee Harris” allows your opponent to immediately get the upper hand on you. Instead, ask if they want to move any RBs, or if they are committed to the multiple QBs they have. Let them make the offer to you, so they aren’t getting your players for $.70 on the dollar. Advertise to your league mates, especially if they groan when you get a highly touted player, that trades are open even when the draft room isn’t yet closed.

If an opponent has someone you feel strongly about, you can also steal a move from the actual pro drafts, one we see more in NBA circles than NFL, and ask if they want to trade for anyone still on the board. Suddenly, you’ve escaped multiple bidding wars, and are just trying to make your new trade partner happy without mutually assured destruction. This is one of the tougher moves to pull off in here, but arguably the one that has the greatest reward for your drafting short-term, and for the rest of the season (though obviously don’t let this distract you from the rest of the draft).

 

Use the Classic "Hometown Nomination"

Simple enough concept here, especially if you’re playing in a league with a regional bias. I play in a league with guys largely from Pennsylvania and the Northeast, meaning they aren’t just interested in Steelers and Eagles; they want guys from any college in the area they like too. Considering I’m not actively targeting players from those teams, I can line my queue up with those guys who may have that sort of hometown-inflated pricing.

 

Totally Off Base? Go $1 At a Time

A couple of years ago, I told my dad that he needed to do his own research, in a sort of tongue-in-cheek way. We had been half-serious, half-joking back and forth regarding where he was suddenly getting all of his great picks from, and so I left him with a challenge: do it yourself this year. He talked a very big game, told me about all of the articles he had been reading, and was absolutely ready to take me to the shed this year.

Admittedly, I was excited to see what he was about to do, or whose advice he was taking (this was in an era of my life where I was reading everything out there, and admittedly there were less outlets. I’m old) only for him to rely on an ESPN sleeper list…. not for sleepers, but for his whole draft. I am decently sure he took rookie receivers exclusively starting in the sixth round, though he will absolutely dispute this. He also won’t admit to drafting multiple retired players after their retirement.

The point of this story being, tilt happens when you’re hellbent on a plan or a series of plans that don’t come through, and you can’t adjust. Much of my article is about recovering or forcing someone else off of their own path in an intelligent way, but if you simply cannot find yourself recovering, then go back to the auto-draft basics.

You don’t have to religiously follow it if you’re committed to not drafting certain people, or if your platform hasn’t updated their ranking for injury, but if you are so far off your game that you haven’t felt like you’ve gotten anyone, go back to bidding $1 at a time. If someone is left on the board, or you have more money and fewer people, just go down the line; hit a guy, don’t put any pre-draft $ in, and literally go a single dollar at a time. You may have missed out on a top-10 receiver, but you could use this and get 11, 13, and 14. Great strategy? No. Lifeline if you’re feeling totally deflated and not sure what to do? Absolutely.

You’re gonna evaluate and tinker and play with your drafts, you are gonna love some drafts and hate others, but at the end of this, you’ve just got to adjust with what you have and go from there. There is an importance of leaving the room happy or at least prepared for the moves you need to make to be competitive.



Download Our Free News & Alerts Mobile App

Like what you see? Download our updated fantasy football app for iPhone and Android with 24x7 player news, injury alerts, rankings, starts/sits & more. All free!

More Fantasy Football Analysis




POPULAR FANTASY TOOLS

Expert Advice
Articles & Tools
Import Your Leagues
Draft Rankings
Draft Simulator
Enter League Settings
Value Picks
Compare Any Players
News and Alerts

REAL-TIME FANTASY NEWS

Bo Horvat49 mins ago

Strikes Twice In Victory
John Tavares58 mins ago

Tallies Three Points In Victory
Colton Dach1 hour ago

Sustains Injury On Thursday
Ryan McDonagh1 hour ago

Exits Early On Thursday
Stuart Skinner1 hour ago

Exits Early On Thursday
Connor McDavid1 hour ago

Departs With Lower-Body Injury
Blake Dunn7 hours ago

Securing Fifth Outfield Spot For Reds
Will Warren7 hours ago

Surrenders Four Earned Runs On Thursday
Kumar Rocker8 hours ago

Bounces Back With Eight-Strikeout Performance
Shane Smith8 hours ago

Earns Spot On Opening Day Roster
Jake Bloss9 hours ago

Optioned To Triple-A On Thursday
Jaylen Brown10 hours ago

Ruled Out Against Utah
Detroit Lions11 hours ago

Lions Re-Sign Khalil Dorsey
Ja Morant11 hours ago

Continues To Sit Out
Darius Garland11 hours ago

Set To Return On Friday
Gary Payton II11 hours ago

Downgraded To Out
11 hours ago

Browns Re-Sign Tony Brown
Jake LaRavia11 hours ago

Cleared For Thursday
Zach LaVine11 hours ago

Returning On Thursday
Philadelphia Eagles11 hours ago

Eagles Agree To Terms With Patrick Johnson On One-Year Deal
Arizona Cardinals11 hours ago

Cardinals Sign Jaylon Jones On Thursday
Patrick Williams11 hours ago

Available On Thursday
Kansas City Chiefs11 hours ago

Jerry Tillery Signs With Chiefs
Josh Giddey11 hours ago

Ruled Out On Thursday
Seattle Seahawks11 hours ago

Uchenna Nwosu Could Start On PUP After Having Offseason Surgery
Tyler Conklin12 hours ago

Visiting With Chargers
Eli Morgan12 hours ago

Sent To Triple-A
Jordan Wicks12 hours ago

Optioned To Minors
Cade Cavalli12 hours ago

To Face Live Hitters
Jorge López12 hours ago

Jorge Lopez To Throw On Friday
Jalen Brunson13 hours ago

Sheds Walking Boot
Orelvis Martinez13 hours ago

Headed To Triple-A
Dillon Tate13 hours ago

Optioned To Minors
Cole Anthony13 hours ago

Questionable For Friday Night
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander13 hours ago

Off The Injury Report
Pittsburgh Steelers13 hours ago

James Pierre Re-Signs With Pittsburgh
Feleipe Franks13 hours ago

Joins Atlanta
Robert Williams III13 hours ago

Undergoes Another Knee Surgery
Tennessee Titans14 hours ago

Lorenzo Carter Inks Deal With Tennessee
Marc-Edouard Vlasic14 hours ago

Unavailable Against Hurricanes
Dorian Finney-Smith14 hours ago

Is Doubtful On Thursday
Miles McBride14 hours ago

Cleared To Face Charlotte
Miles Bridges14 hours ago

Cleared To Suit Up On Thursday
Zach Benson14 hours ago

Unlikely To Play Thursday
LaMelo Ball14 hours ago

Available Versus The Knicks
JJ Peterka14 hours ago

Cleared To Return Thursday
Jarred Vanderbilt14 hours ago

Is Doubtful For Thursday
William Karlsson14 hours ago

Good To Go Thursday
Stefon Diggs14 hours ago

Patriots, Stefon Diggs To Stay In Touch
Thatcher Demko14 hours ago

Dresses As Backup Thursday
Tyrese Haliburton14 hours ago

Sidelined Again On Thursday
Gavin Sheets14 hours ago

Added To 40-Man Roster
Andrei Svechnikov14 hours ago

Doubtful For Thursday
Cleveland Browns14 hours ago

Jerome Baker Visits With Browns
Leon Draisaitl14 hours ago

Likely Out On Thursday
Rui Hachimura15 hours ago

Ruled Out Again On Thursday
Cleveland Browns15 hours ago

Teven Jenkins Signs With Browns
Jamal Agnew15 hours ago

Falcons Agree With Jamal Agnew On One-Year Deal
Ranger Suárez15 hours ago

Ranger Suarez To Play Catch On Friday
Austin Reaves15 hours ago

Ruled Out For Thursday
Clarke Schmidt15 hours ago

Throws Live Batting Practice On Thursday
Kris Bubic15 hours ago

Appears To Be Favorite For No. 5 Rotation Spot
Carson Spiers15 hours ago

Andrew Abbott To Start On IL, Carson Spiers To Open As Fifth Starter
Jordan Montgomery15 hours ago

Teams Showing Interest In Jordan Montgomery
Luka Dončić15 hours ago

Luka Doncic Unavailable Thursday Versus Bucks
Zac Gallen15 hours ago

To Start On Opening Day For Diamondbacks
Zack Gelof16 hours ago

X-Rays Come Back Negative For Zack Gelof
Félix Bautista16 hours ago

Felix Bautista Not A Lock To Be Ready For Opening Day
Gunnar Henderson16 hours ago

"Running Out Of Time" To Be Ready For Opening Day
Detroit Lions17 hours ago

Rock Ya-Sin Agrees To Terms With Lions
Cincinnati Bengals18 hours ago

Bengals Hosting Lucas Patrick On Visit
Washington Commanders18 hours ago

Nate Herbig Joins Commanders Offensive-Line Group
Miami Dolphins18 hours ago

Benito Jones Re-Signs With Dolphins
Seattle Seahawks18 hours ago

Seahawks Rework Uchenna Nwosu's Contract
Michael Gallup18 hours ago

Commanders Add Michael Gallup To Receiver Room
Casey DeSmith19 hours ago

Starting On Thursday
DeAndre Carter19 hours ago

Browns Sign DeAndre Carter To One-Year Deal
Sergei Bobrovsky19 hours ago

Facing Columbus On Thursday
Jeff Petry19 hours ago

Traveling With The Team
Nick Jensen19 hours ago

Not Playing On Thursday
Erik Gustafsson19 hours ago

Does Not Practice On Thursday
Alexander Romanov20 hours ago

Not Expected To Play On Thursday
Matt Boldy1 day ago

Strikes Twice In Victory
Filip Gustavsson1 day ago

Shuts The Door On Kraken On Wednesday
Jake Knapp2 days ago

Looks To Stay Hot At Valspar Championship
Adam Hadwin2 days ago

Looking To Bounce Back At Valspar Championship
Cam Davis2 days ago

Avoid Cam Davis At Valspar Championship
Sepp Straka2 days ago

Eyeing Victory At Valspar Championship
Sam Stevens2 days ago

Looking To Get Back Into Form At Valspar Championship
Jordan Spieth2 days ago

A Boom-Or-Bust Candidate At Valspar Championship
Alex Smalley2 days ago

Aims To Continue Strong Form At Valspar Championship
Adam Scott2 days ago

A Risky Play At Valspar Championship
Shane Lowry2 days ago

A Home Run Pick At Valspar Championship
Stephan Jaeger2 days ago

Looks To Continue Momentum At Valspar Championship
Thomas Detry2 days ago

Aims To Regain Form At Valspar Championship
Justin Thomas3 days ago

Continues To Spark But Hopes To Keep It Lit At Innisbrook
Michael Kim3 days ago

Looks To Rebound At Valspar Championship
Tom Kim3 days ago

Looking For Putter Form At Valspar Championship
Rasmus Hojgaard3 days ago

Looking For Form At Valspar Championship
Ben Griffin3 days ago

Needs To Find Ball-Striking Form Ahead Of Valspar Championship
Tommy Fleetwood3 days ago

Looks To Keep Short But Successful Run Going At Innisbrook
Eric Cole3 days ago

Needs To Find A Spark At Innisbrook
Sam Burns3 days ago

Looks To Rebound At Valspar Championship
Roman Dolidze4 days ago

Extends His Win Streak To Three
Marvin Vettori4 days ago

Suffers Back-To-Back Losses
Will Zalatoris4 days ago

Has Been Consistent At Least In 2025
Carson Young4 days ago

Makes The Cut In Second Straight Tournament
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos4 days ago

Suffers Second-Round TKO
Chidi Njokuani4 days ago

Scores TKO Win At UFC Vegas 104
Kurt Holobaugh4 days ago

Drops Decision At UFC Vegas 104
Alexander Hernandez4 days ago

Wins Decision At UFC Vegas 104
Cody Gibson4 days ago

Submitted At UFC Vegas 104
Da'Mon Blackshear4 days ago

Wins Back-To-Back Fights
Brendson Ribeiro4 days ago

Gets Submission Win At UFC Vegas 104
Diyar Nurgozhay4 days ago

Suffers His First Loss
MMA4 days ago

Seung Woo Choi Suffers First-Round TKO Loss At UFC Vegas 104
Kevin Vallejos4 days ago

Finishes Seung Woo Choi In Debut
Tyler Reddick4 days ago

Solid Performance Is Derailed By Late Pit-Road Issues At Las Vegas
Ryan Blaney4 days ago

Struggles End In A Disappointing Exit Late At Las Vegas
Josh Berry4 days ago

Impressively Earns First Cup Series Win At Las Vegas
AJ Allmendinger4 days ago

Scores First Top-10 Finish Of Season At Las Vegas
Kyle Larson4 days ago

Leads The Most Laps, But Settles For A Top-10 Finish At Las Vegas
Ross Chastain4 days ago

Obtains A Hard-Fought Top-Five Finish At Las Vegas
Daniel Suarez4 days ago

Scores Career-Best Finish At Las Vegas, But Falls Short Of Winning
NASCAR4 days ago

Bubba Wallace Wrecks At Las Vegas But Shows Promising Speed
Alex Bowman4 days ago

Recovers From Loose Wheel To Finish Seventh
Austin Cindric4 days ago

Wins Stage 1, But Loose Wheel Foils Victory Bid
William Byron4 days ago

Loses Las Vegas Race On Strategy But Expands Points Lead
Ryan Preece4 days ago

Earns Best Career Non-Drafting Oval Finish At Las Vegas
Christopher Bell5 days ago

Quest For Four Wins In A Row Just Got More Difficult
Kyle Larson5 days ago

Should Contend For Another Win At Las Vegas
Ryan Blaney5 days ago

Once Again The Chalk DFS Pick At Las Vegas
Ross Chastain5 days ago

Fastest In Practice At Las Vegas
Chris Buescher5 days ago

Has Sneaky Upside This Weekend
Chase Elliott5 days ago

May Be A Sneaky DFS Option For Las Vegas Lineups
William Byron5 days ago

Expect William Byron To Compete For The Win At Las Vegas
Tyler Reddick5 days ago

Is One Of The Top DFS Options For Las Vegas
Denny Hamlin5 days ago

Could Denny Hamlin Be A Quality Driver For DFS At Las Vegas?
RANKINGS
C
1B
2B
3B
SS
OF
SP
RP

RANKINGS

QB
RB
WR
TE
K
DEF

MORE RECENT ARTICLES

 
Saquon Barkley - Fantasy Football Rankings, NFL Injury News, DFS Lineup Picks

Dynasty Fantasy Football Sell-High Candidates: Five Players To Trade Away

The dynasty fantasy football market is very similar to Wall Street. Player values change by the minute depending on the slightest bit of news that breaks on a particular day. If you can identify players who are incorrectly valued, it can give you an advantage over the rest of your league. Today, we will discuss […]


Trevor Lawrence - Fantasy Football Rankings, NFL Injury News, DFS Lineup Picks

Fantasy Football Dynasty Price Check - Trevor Lawrence 2025 Outlook

Coming out of high school, Trevor Lawrence was regarded as one of the greatest QB prospects of all time, and the hype for him only intensified after three great seasons at Clemson. Picked first overall by the Jaguars, he had a tough rookie year, but made the Pro Bowl in his second year and even […]


Rashid Shaheed - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, NFL Injury News

Dynasty Fantasy Football Values: - Sneaky Trade Targets For 2025

There are a few pathways to winning trades in dynasty fantasy football. The first is targeting players who are undervalued ahead of each season. There are a lot of not-so-sexy players you can make moves for that could end up breaking out in 2025. Even if they don't have a huge breakout season, they could […]


Josh Jacobs - Fantasy Football Rankings, NFL Injury News, DFS Picks

Early 2025 Fantasy Football Busts: Overvauled NFC Draft Avoids

The NFC North, East, West, and South are home to a great many fantasy-relevant players. Picking the right ones for your team is extremely important, yet every season, many players from this conference fail to meet their ADPs and become poor draft picks in fantasy football. It's very important to avoid these, yet while everyone […]


Kaleb Johnson - College Football Rankings, NCAA CFB DFS Lineup Picks - NFL Draft

Here's How Kaleb Johnson Will Be A Bust: 2025 Rookie Film Analysis

Iowa running back Kaleb Johnson is a highly regarded RB prospect in the 2025 NFL Draft class, and many dynasty fantasy football managers are likely considering using a pick in the first two rounds to select the back, who finished his 2024 season with 240 carries for 1,537 yards (averaging 6.4 yards per carry) and […]


J.K. Dobbins - Fantasy Football Rankings, NFL Injury News, DFS Lineup Picks

J.K. Dobbins Top Landing Spots: Updated 2025 NFL Free Agency Outlook

J.K. Dobbins was coming off another devastating injury to begin the 2024 season. A torn Achilles tendon ended his 2023 season in Week 1. The veteran back had lobbied for a new contract in the run-up to the 2023 season, so this was an incredibly tough blow for Dobbins's prospects. He wound up signing a […]


Ashton Jeanty - College Football Rankings, NCAA CFB DFS Lineup Picks

Best Dynasty Fantasy Football Formats: Five Ways To Set Up Your League

There are plenty of major fantasy football formats to play. You can play Daily Fantasy Sports cash games or season-long money tournaments. You can set up a casual redraft league with your friends. You can also play Dynasty, which is the preferred format of many of fantasy football's biggest fans. But there are plenty of […]


Breece Hall - Fantasy Football Rankings, NFL Injury News, DFS Lineup Picks

Top Dynasty Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers For 2025

Most players don't retain the rankings they had the year before in dynasty fantasy football. There could be a million reasons for this, but change is one of the only constants in the NFL. Whether due to injury, poor seasons, trades, or unrealistic expectations being adjusted as the reality of each player's situation set in […]


Jalen Milroe - College Football Rankings, NCAA CFB DFS Lineup Picks

2025 NFL Draft Rankings for Fantasy Football: Top 9 Quarterbacks

Last year's rookie quarterback class was special. The first three players drafted were all quarterbacks, with Caleb Williams going to the Bears at No. 1 followed by Jayden Daniels to the Commanders at No. 2, and Drake Maye to the Patriots at No. 3. Daniels won Rookie of the Year. Maye made the Pro Bowl. […]


Abdul Carter - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, NFL Injury News

2025 NFL First-Round Mock Draft (Featuring Trades)

The 2025 NFL Draft is less than six weeks away. Every NFL team has different needs than they did two weeks ago because of free agency. There are still a few big-name players available on the open market. However, let’s dive into my first mock draft of the year for RotoBaller. This mock draft is […]


Josh Downs - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, NFL Injury News Updates

2025 Fantasy Football Sleepers: Third-Year Breakouts

Patience can be tough, especially in fantasy football. We want instant production from rookies, but these players often take a while to get going. These youngsters need to adjust to the speed of the NFL and learn from their early struggles to break out fully. The third year in the NFL is oftentimes when things […]


J.J. McCarthy - Fantasy Football Rankings, NFL Draft Sleepers

Florio's Non-Free Agent Fantasy Football Winners and Losers

Free Agency takes over the football world every March. It is always such a fun week that shakes up the league. It is followed by plenty of analysis over which players ended up in good fits and which hurt their stock.  Free agents are not the only players whose value is shaken up this week, […]


Bucky Irving - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, NFL Injury News

2025 Fantasy Football Rookie Regression Candidates: Potential Sophomore Slumps

No one, and especially not Dynasty fantasy football managers, wants to hear that their rookie breakout player is going to slump in their second season. Yet we see that happen pretty much every season with certain players. The best example from 2024 was quarterback C.J. Stroud. Stroud won the Offensive Rookie of the Year award […]